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File:Israeli Transgender Flag.svg

Did you know that your "optimization" actually increased the SVG file size? AnonMoos (talk) 15:10, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

Hi AnonMoos, it's always such a pleasure to read your lovely messages, please come back more often! But, yes, I already know for the size increase (I'm probably stupid like you implicitly suggest, but not that much): I added a XML declaration, and some formatting. Thomas Linard (talk) 15:20, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

@AnonMoos: :

If you optimize a file you should:

1. rendered correclty by librsvg
2. rendered correctly by other common renderes such as Chrome, Firefox, Inkscape
3. correct xml Syntax (otherwise the file is considered as broken and generally does not render)
4. make the file easier to edit (e.g. real Text instead of {{Path text SVG}} or keep SVG-invalid elements such as <inkscape:grid,<sodipodi:guide, sodipodi:type="arc")
5. make the file human readable (e.g. linebreaks and indents)
6. remove errors and warrnings from c:Commons:Commons SVG Checker or https://tools.wmflabs.org/svgcheck/index.php
7. valid SVG (maybe adding DTD)
8. reduce file-size

I would consider it in this order (and 7 and 8 are IMO not worth reuploading)

Thomas upload did improve:

• (2) correct rending of browsers such as Firefox, see https://github.com/RazrFalcon/svgcleaner/issues/121#issuecomment-354525426 for details
• (5) added linebreaks and indents
• (6) removed "WARNING: XML declaration not found and is strongly recommended" by c:Commons:Commons SVG Checker

Even edits like File:Oxygen480-mimetypes-application-x-k3b.svg (160699->160769) can be argued (2 indents instead of one), but are in my opinion not worth reuploading.

You find an essay about optimizaion on User:JoKalliauer/Optimization (But be aware that I am often not agreeing about optimizaiton/reuploading with Thomas and Thomas does not agree with all statements in my essay, but I am agreeing with Thomas that file-size should not be the prior concern, therfore I would consider your argument as invalid.)

 — Johannes Kalliauer - Talk | Contributions 22:29, 5 July 2019 (UTC)

Welcome, Dear Filemover!

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Hi Thomas Linard, you're now a filemover. When moving files please respect the following advice:

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• Please know and follow the file rename guidelines.

Jianhui67 ^T★C 18:41, 4 August 2019 (UTC)

Request - "Droit Suisse"

Hello Thomas Linard,

If you have some time, would you be able to do the same as File:Droit fr.svg for File:Droit CH.svg (to create) for Switzerland ?

Here is the vector flag of CH: File:Nuvola Swiss flag.svg

Best regards

AntonierCH ^(d) 23:22, 25 August 2019 (UTC)

I just tried to do it with some online tool, but it is far from perfect. :) AntonierCH ^(d) 00:27, 26 August 2019 (UTC)

Hello, @AntonierCH: j'ai téléversé une nouvelle version. Thomas Linard (talk) 11:00, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

Merci beaucoup pour ton aide ! AntonierCH ^(d) 11:06, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

Important message for file movers

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Possible acceptable uses of this ability:

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Google Code-In 2019 is coming - please mentor some documentation tasks!

Hello,

Google Code-In, Google-organized contest in which the Wikimedia Foundation participates, starts in a few weeks. This contest is about taking high school students into the world of opensource. I'm sending you this message because you recently edited a documentation page at Wikimedia Commons.

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File:Lipstick lesbian Pride Flag.svg

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The Anome (talk) 03:42, 26 December 2019 (UTC)

Quality Image Promotion

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Dharma Wheel Rotating.svg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments  Support Good quality. --Andrew J.Kurbiko 09:00, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

--QICbot (talk) 05:24, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

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Affected:

• File:Faenza-openjdk-6.svg

And also:

• File:Faenza-system-switch-java.svg

Yours sincerely, Larryasou (talk) 11:43, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

We need your feedback!

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I am writing to you because we are looking for feedback for a new Wikimedia Foundation project, Structured Data Across Wikimedia (SDAW). SDAW is a grant-funded programme that will explore ways to structure content on wikitext pages in a way that will be machine-recognizable and -relatable, in order to make reading, editing, and searching easier and more accessible across projects and on the Internet. We are now focusing on designing and building image suggestion features for experienced users.

We have some questions to ask you about your experience with uploading images here on Wikimedia Commons and then adding them to Wikipedia. You can answer these questions on a specific feedback page on Mediawiki, where we will gather feedback. As I said, these questions are in English, but your answers do not need to be in English! You can also answer in your own language, if you feel more comfortable.

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Template:Twemoji

Sorry that I did not test it carefully. No I got a version which is doing better, category and everything. But if you are not content just let me know, thanks -- sarang♥사랑 16:07, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

Hi @Sarang: it's better, But |other versions = (…) is still lost. Thomas Linard (talk) 16:53, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

File:Dharma Wheel Rotating.svg

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Takuyakoz (talk) 09:37, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

File:Faenza-text-x-java.svg

File:Faenza-text-x-java.svg has been marked as a possible copyright violation. Wikimedia Commons only accepts free content—that is, images and other media files that can be used by anyone, for any purpose. Traditional copyright law does not grant these freedoms, and unless noted otherwise, everything you find on the web is copyrighted and not permitted here. For details on what is acceptable, please read Commons:Licensing. You may also find Commons:Copyright rules useful, or you can ask questions about Commons policies at the Commons:Help desk. If you are the copyright holder and the creator of the file, please read Commons:But it's my own work! for tips on how to provide evidence of that. The file you added has been deleted. If you have written permission from the copyright holder, please have them send us a free license release via COM:VRT. If you believe that the deletion was not in accordance with policy, you may request undeletion. (It is not necessary to request undeletion if using VRT; the file will be automatically restored at the conclusion of the process.) This file is a copyright violation for the following reason: Copyrighted logo. See also Commons:Office_actions/DMCA_notices#Java_logo Warning: Wikimedia Commons takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

 

SCP-2000 04:01, 31 May 2023 (UTC)

Hi @SCP-2000: in this case, Faenza-application-x-jar.svg should be included also. Keymap9 (talk) 07:33, 31 May 2023 (UTC)

File:Faenza-application-x-jar.svg

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SCP-2000 07:43, 31 May 2023 (UTC)

File:Oxygen-actions-im-qq.svg

File:Oxygen-actions-im-qq.svg has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry. If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

Larryasou (talk) 02:38, 22 July 2023 (UTC)

File:Twemoji12 1f625.svg

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APiggingPig (talk) 12:21, 8 September 2023 (UTC)

Upload request

Hi,

Could you please use pattypan to upload any files for the emoji with Unicode points U+1faad, 1fada, 1fadb, 1fabb, and 1fabc (if you haven't done so already)? I have already updated Emoji/Table to include U+1FABD, U+1FABF, U+1FACE, and U+1FACF (each of those categories have only two files). Shāntián Tàiláng (talk) 14:04, 22 April 2024 (UTC)