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The Graphics Lab is a project to improve the graphical content of the Wikimedia projects. Requests for image improvements can be added to the workshop pages: Illustrations, Photographs and Maps. For questions or suggestions one can use the talk pages: Talk:Graphics Lab, Talk:Illustrations, Talk:Photographs and Talk:Maps.
This specific page is the requests page for the illustration workshop. Anyone can make a request for an illustration to be improved or created for a Wikipedia article. Clicking the "New Request" button will bring you to a standard template for submitting requests, as well as general advice that should be followed.

Advice to requesters

All requests: Please make sure your request is "legitimate" by copyright. If the image(s) are in the public domain or freely licensed, you are fine. If the image(s) are "Fair use", there are only certain things we can do with them without falling afoul of Wikipedia's fair-use policies. If you are requesting assistance with a copyright or fair-use image, don't display it on this page; place {{GLNF|Example.png|caption|align=left}} to create a link to it. Do not add the File: extension. Our fair-use policy does not allow displaying fair-use images out of their articles on ANY account. Please check back regularly to see if progress has been made or if any additional questions need to be answered before the request can be completed. If a request is done to your satisfaction, please mark it with {{resolved}}. SVG requests: Make sure your request can actually BE vectorized. Note that vector drawings are not suitable for certain applications. We generally use SVG format for icons, logos, drawings, maps, flags, and such. Certain things, photographs especially, are totally impossible to vectorize. Per our non-free content policy, vectorization of copyrighted images is not permitted. If a vectorized non-free image is desired, seek out such an image from the copyright holder.

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Flag and arms of Plomelin - corrections

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  File to be overwritten
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  File to be overwritten

Article(s)

All articles these already appear on.

Request

Could somebody please modify the above files representing the flag and coat of arms of Plomelin, so that they look closer to the way they actually should? The proper version of the flag can be seen here and here. And the full version of the arms can be seen here (albeit obviously without the captions at the top and bottom). Thanks. Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 14:47, 11 October 2024 (UTC) Bumping thread. Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 12:37, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

Discussion

Is the dragon meant to be identical between the coat of arms and the flag? Just asking, since that coat of arms image that you sent is by far the highest quality version I've been able to find, so I'd like to use it as a reference for both.

DeVosMax [ contribs • talk • created media ] 05:29, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

@DeVos Max: Yes, I agree that the dragon from the version of the COA in the link should be used as a reference in the update of both files. Thanks for your interest! Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 15:52, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

Flag and coat of arms of the Holy Britannian Empire (Code Geass)

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  Flag of the Holy Britannian Empire (JPG version)
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  Flag of the Holy Britannian Empire (PNG version)
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  Coat of arms of the Holy Britannian Empire (PNG version)
• Flag of the Holy Britannian Empire (SVG version)
  Flag of the Holy Britannian Empire (SVG version)
• Coat of arms of the Holy Britannian Empire (SVG version)
  Coat of arms of the Holy Britannian Empire (SVG version)

Article(s)

List of fictional countries set on Earth, List of Code Geass characters, various pages on other wikis

Request

Hi, I'd like to kindly ask if someone can please vectorize both the flag and coat of arms of the fictional country of the Holy Britannian Empire from the anime Code Geass? I have two versions of the flag and one version of the coat of arms posted to help you with the request. Thanks in advance!--109.79.30.209 (talk) 21:26, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

Discussion

109.79.30.209 (talk) 21:26, 19 October 2024 (UTC) Bumping thread. 109.78.223.88 (talk) 23:00, 16 November 2024 (UTC)This request is still open.--109.78.223.88 (talk) 23:00, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

PNG to SVG request

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  Waale Wikipedia Logo

Article(s)

Wikipedia:Slogans

Request

Please, is there someone that can kindly make svg of this Wikipedia logo (Wikipedia-logo-v2-wlx.svg)? Text is:

Wikipiideɛ

Yɛŋ duohi-mɔla bɔjie

Many, many and many thanks in advance for all you can do!!!

-- 151.95.216.228 (talk) 16:44, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

Discussion

WLX Wali language (Gur)

DGA Dagaare language

So if I'm right, you want us to make the logo for a WLX Wali language (Gur) Wiki. This image is slightly different from the DGA Dagaare language, which according to its page is in the same dialect continuum. Groetjes, Peter (talk) 15:05, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

I've asked the maker of the DGA logo whether he can make the WLX logo as well. Groetjes, Peter (talk) 15:31, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

Odder already made the logo. Groetjes, Peter (talk) 11:36, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

U.S. Air Force service mark

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  U.S. Air Force service mark (Emblem of the United States Air Force)
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Article(s)

U.S. Air Force

Request

The font on this vector should be changed to match that found here: https://www.trademark.af.mil/Branding/The-Air-Force-Emblem/ Indefatigable2 ^talk 00:41, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

Discussion

@Indefatigable2: what do you think is wrong with this font? i think it matches very well.

there are to almost indentical files for this service mark, is there a meaningful difference? --Mrmw (talk) 18:14, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

Yes, because the colors on this version are much closer to those in the official source (particularly the blue background, which is a darker as opposed to a lighter shade of blue). Also, while the font is close, it is definitely a different style from what's on the Air Force website. It should be possible to directly pull the font from the Air Force source, and vectorize it, but that is something above my personal skill level. Indefatigable2 ^talk 19:13, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

Actually, it appears to me that the font used by the Air Force is simply "Times New Roman" or "Times" (or something very similar). So, it should be very easy for someone to adjust this. Indefatigable2 ^talk 19:18, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

 Done Taken care of. Uploaded new version with corrected font. Indefatigable2 ^talk 14:55, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

Swiss Guard Flag

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  Current PNG
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  Previous version

Article(s)

Swiss Guard (among others)

Request

Please could someone create an SVG version of the current Swiss Guard flag? Notable changes from the former flag is the swapping of the blue and red stripes in the top right corner, and the coat of arms of the current commander in the centre. Also the shield in the bottom left corner ought to be the same colour as the blue in the stripes. Thank you! -- Mangwanani ^(talk) 15:17, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

Discussion

Flag of Bissau

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  Flag of Bissau (PNG version)
• Flag of Bissau (SVG version)
  Flag of Bissau (SVG version)
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  Coat of arms of Bissau (use this as a base)
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  Flag of Ceuta without coat of arms (use this as a base)
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  Former flag of Dili (for reference)

Article(s)

Bissau

Request

Hi! I was wondering if someone can kindly please vectorize the flag of Bissau, the capital city of Guinea-Bissau? It uses a Gyronny pattern that is typically used by Portuguese cities as Guinea-Bissau was previously a Portuguese colony. The flag uses a Gyronny pattern of black and red with the coat of arms of the city placed in front. I have included the former flag of Dili, the capital city of East Timor to use as a reference as this flag used Gyronny pattern while East Timor was a colony of Portgual. I also included a version of the Gyronny pattern flag of Ceuta, Spain that does not have a coat of arms on it to use as a base so the request can be done more quickly. I'll be grateful to see it done. Thanks in advance!--78.152.226.46 (talk) 22:52, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

Discussion

78.152.226.46 (talk) 22:52, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

 Request taken. I'll put the right crown on the arms of Bissau first + make the flag. Groetjes, Peter (talk) 08:03, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

Time for some feedback, I've been reading and searching for answers to questions that popped up.

• This is a Portugese flag for Bissau with the crown of a capital city of one of their colonies. I would be surprised if this flag and Coat of Arms (CoA) were still used after 1974. They were symbols of a colonisor dictatorship, that was driven out of the country by over a decade of guerilla war, and we're talking about the official symbols of the capital. I presume that the name of the flag should be something like File:Flag of Bissau (1941-1974).svg. 1941 Being the year the capital was moved from Bolama to Bissau. 1974 Is the year of the downfall of the dictatorship and Guinea's independence. That would imply that these flags and CoAs should be removed from infoboxes of over 45 different language Bissau pages, and replaced by the new flag and CoA if they exist.
• The correctness of the crown on the provided Bissau Coat of Arms.svg was disputed, so I searched its origin. This particular crown was used on a CoA of the Quebeqois town of Saint Lambert, which looks a lot different than the official design. If you're used to that version, you might not recognise our alternative design as being correct. But in order to establish whether a design is correct, we need to check if it does fit its description. To my surprise the Saint Lambert alternative design did fit the description.
• Unfortunately, I was unable to find a reliable source for the provided Bissau design, probably due to my non existing Portugese language skills. I did find just one blog that talked about a red tower and two facing women with turbans, but it didn't cite any sources. FOTW (Flags Of The World) is generally not a reliable source, but in this case, a statement is posted which mentions a book (lgh66) about overseas CoAs as the source for the original picture.

Book: Armorial do Ultramar Português (in English: Arms of Overseas Portugal) by F. P. de Almeida Langhans, publisher: Agência Geral das Colónias, Lisboa (Portugal) Language: Portuguese, first edition date: 1966.

The pictures I've seen on the web, have a similar style like the Bissau CoA, so there's a good chance this is indeed our original source. If we take this picture as a good enough source, the provided svg's tower is much coarser than the original CoA, but I guess it would still fit the description. The crown design is definately different than the usual Portugese capital of a colony design on Commons, of which we have a few designs available. So, if only for consistency reasons, I still think we'd better use one of those.

• We cannot simply ask the city of Bissau what their current flag and CoA are, as they don't have a website. If we have a team of correspondence, and they think it's important enough to find out, they might send a letter to the city council, or try to get in contact through the national regime?

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Groetjes, Peter (talk) 10:32, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

@Groetjes, Peter: Here is my help - Since 1930, the rules of Portuguese heraldry have been rigidly established and the flag discussed here complies with them. You can read about them in the Portuguese article on local heraldry. I also have two fairly reliable sources for the appearance of the flag and the year 1947 as the adoption of the coat of arms and de facto establishment of the appearance of the flags.[1][2] In Portugal, there are two types of municipal flags for different uses. In addition to the typical rectangular flag, there is also a square banner. I do not know, however, how to interpret the golden crown, specially dedicated to the coat of arms of the capital city of Lisbon, which breaks the above-mentioned rules, but since Bissau was the capital in a colony, there may be some sense behind it. I am providing a picture of such a banner proposed for the entire colony of Guinea in 1932. I found relatively little about Bissau, which is probably due in part to the city's short history compared to other colonial cities such as Luanda.

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Swiãtopôłk (talk) 19:29, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

Thank you @Swiãtopôłk for this great addition. I like learning a bit more about these foreign heraldic systems. The translation options of Firefox have evolved so much that the Portugese article can be easily read. That means there's more available info on future topics. And now I know that the proposed gold and black banner you show, wears the crown of a colony, with the red Portugese crosses and armillary spheres that shows they are a seafaring nation on a holy mission to conquer the world...

» The first publication date of 1947-01-27 means the name should say 1947-1974. The first source didn't load (not safe enough to my software's liking) but the second shows an exact copy of the below-left cutout from the flag, from which the provided by request CoA was derived. The same flying flag (post/buildings) and parade banner (ceremonial square variant with tassels) picture was posted on reddit. The original image might be from the mentioned 1966 book of Arms of Overseas Portugal from the General Agency of the Colonies. I've made a version of the banner (see above).

» It indeed looks like the same heraldic rules applied to colonies, so to speak being recognised as "countries within the realm". The Portugese colony category contains CoAs of colony capitals that had the same crown as Lisbon, Luanda also the Military Order of the Tower and Sword like Lisbon. I saw only one silver crown, on a 1962 São Tomé first CoA, which changed to a second with golden crown (no date mentioned).[3] That's puzzling as well. Maybe the rules weren't applied strictly all the time? Maybe this correction, and the non acceptance of banner and flag designs on de:Flagge Portugals, show that the strict line was dominant after all.

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  Cutout from banner
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  Dili, Timor colony capital
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  Luanda with T&S Order
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  1962 São Tomé CoA
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  just wow... Art

Let's see if the request is considered to be done. I'll ask for the year change in the CoA/flag name. And I'll edit the text and will check categories on Commons. Thanks again, Groetjes, Peter (talk) 10:41, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

Ok, I think we can consider this done though if anyone is on contact with the government of Guinea-Bissau, they do need to check with them to see if modern-day Bissau city has a city flag separate to its Portuguese colonial design. Once contact is established with the Guinea-Bissau, contact with the city council is easily established shortly thereafter because both are involved with administrating Bissau city. Should I mark this as done yet?--93.107.203.142 (talk) 22:22, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada logo

CEP logo

Article(s)

Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada

Request

Could the background of this image please be made transparent and an appropriate amount of whitespace be added around the logo? Thanks, Graham (talk) 23:35, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

Discussion

Flag of Yerbas Buenas

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  Flag of Yerbas Buenas (PNG version)
• Flag of Yerbas Buenas (SVG version)
  Flag of Yerbas Buenas (SVG version)
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  Original flag of Chile (use this as a base)

Article(s)

Yerbas Buenas

Request

Hi! I was wondering if someone can kindly please vectorize the flag of Yerbas Buenas in Chile? I have included the original flag of Chile to use as a reference so the request can be done more quickly as this flag is the what the flag of Yerbas Buenas seems to be based on. The Yerbas Buenas flag uses the three vertical stripes from the original Chilean flag with the colors from top to bottom of blue, white and yellow but including the letters "YB" and some other objects (including a sword crossed with something else, a leaf?, a feather?) in the white stripe. I'll be grateful to see it done. Thanks in advance!--78.152.226.46 (talk) 20:32, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

Discussion

78.152.226.46 (talk) 20:32, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

Flags of UNITA

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• File:Flag of UNITA - variant 1.svg
• File:Flag of UNITA - variant 2.svg

Article(s)

UNITA

Request

Please change the shade of green in the current file to something similar to these photos [4] [5] [6]. I also ask you to make two additional variants that are sometimes used:

• a mirror version [7]
• a version with centered sun [8] [9] [10].

Swiãtopôłk (talk) 00:01, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

Discussion

Université de Saint-Boniface logo

Université de Saint-Boniface logo

Article(s)

Université de Saint-Boniface

Request

Could the slogan please be cropped out from the image? The university doesn't appear to use that slogan as part of their logo anymore. Graham (talk) 00:25, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

Discussion

University of Manitoba coat of arms

University of Manitoba coat of arms

Article(s)

University of Manitoba

Request

Could the background of the image please be made transparent? Thanks, Graham (talk) 00:58, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

Discussion

Request - 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force badge

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  603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force Crest

Article(s)

No. 603 Squadron RAuxAF

Request

Please remove the black background so it is transparent -- Gavbadger (talk) 19:38, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

Discussion

Fake SVGs

Article(s)

Various

Request

Would appreciate if someone can clear out Category:SVGs containing nothing but raster graphics & Category:SVGs containing raster graphics. --Min☠︎rax^«¦talk¦» 01:37, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

Discussion

Karl Thopia Coat of Arms

Description of the image

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  Stone coat of arms this will be the one that the SVG will be created for
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  Colors of the coat of arms
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  Colors of the coat of arms

Article(s)

Karl Thopia and Principality of Albania (medieval)

Request

Hello! I would like for someone to create an SVG of Karl Thopias Coat of arms based on the stone coat of arms. I want it similar to how they did it for the Bosnian Coat of arms and how it has this look [11] Thank you! Arberian2444 (talk) 04:34, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

Discussion

Patrick Keohane's sledge flag

• File:Patrick Keohane's sledge flag.svg

Article(s)

Patrick Keohane, List of flags of Ireland, List of Antarctic flags, Erin go bragh

Request

Could somebody please create an SVG file of the sledge flag used by Patrick Keohane in Antarctica during the Terra Nova Expedition (1910–1913), as seen here? Thanks. Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 17:37, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

Discussion

Flag of Dangar Island

• File:Flag of Dangar Island.svg

Article(s)

Dangar Island, List of Australian flags, Flags depicting the Southern Cross, Saint Piran's Flag

Request

Can someone please create an SVG file for the flag of Dangar Island, New South Wales, as seen here? Thanks. Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 21:04, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

Discussion

Flag of Syria

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Article(s)

Flag of Syria

Request

Hi

Could you made a variant flag of Syria with these colors? Regards.

Discussion

Details of your request go here... -- Panam2014 (talk) 01:47, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

For now I don't see the point in changing colours. It is not uncommon that different sellers of flags use different colours. I've looked at a whole series of photos of new Syrian flags. They show different shades of gray/black and lighter/darker green, because of the (see through or not) materials used and the amount of sun that falls on the flag. Yes there are photos with a seemingly lighter green version, but there are darker green versions too. These designs seem to all refer to the usual colours of earlier versions of the Flag of Syria. However, if you have an official source stating that particular different green should be used in the new flag, we would of course change it accordingly. Groetjes, Peter (talk) 11:40, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

@Groetjes, Peter: there are no official colors and proportions for Syrian flag, especially during these period. So it is good to have variants of it here (like we have variants of the previous flag). Panam2014 (talk) 12:11, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

Don't get me wrong, I understand your excitement about the changes in Syria. I hope with all my heart that they finally get a long time of peace and prosperity. Again, we don't need a picture of all colour differences due to material use, glossy, mat, fluffy, faded due to the sun, etcetera. It's really overkill if we'd have to make colour variants for all flags of the world. Flag of Syria shows that the used colour palette is actually pretty persistent. Groetjes, Peter (talk) 12:23, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

I understand. But for others countries, generally, colors and proportions are fixed by law. light green version is used since years. Panam2014 (talk) 12:50, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

Again, you show me a picture of a faded flag: light green - pink - gray. Colours do fade, whether it is by weathering or by technical lighting causes while taking a photo. To me it would feel disrespectful to the people, if I'd draw such a faded flag. A new flag would be green - red - black. I've already discussed the range of colours, and why it doesn't make sense to repeat ourselves. Groetjes, Peter (talk) 14:29, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

Brunei Fire and Rescue Department logo

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  Logo of the Fire and Rescue Department (Brunei)

Article(s)

Fire and Rescue Department (Brunei)

Request

I would like to request the vectorisation of this Brunei Fire and Rescue Department logo. Please take note that the date of creation of the logo is still unknown. More references: [12] and [13] -- Pangalau (talk) 11:43, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

Discussion

Royal Brunei Armed Forces emblem

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  Emblem of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces
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  Royal Brunei Armed Forces cap badge
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  Royal Brunei Armed Forces cap badge

Article(s)

Royal Brunei Armed Forces

Request

I would like to request the vectorisation of this Royal Brunei Armed Forces emblem. More references to the emblem: [14] -- Pangalau (talk) 11:45, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

Discussion

Flag of the Civil Freedom of Argentina - corrections

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  File to be overwritten
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  File to be overwritten
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  this map can also be improved

Article(s)

Flag of the Civil Freedom of Argentina, all articles these already appear on.

Request

Could somebody please modify the above files representing this flag? This is a detailed design of the coat of arms which should look like this . I know that what I propose looks crooked and worse than the current ones, but these are representations of a specific fabric from 1813, which is actually crooked [15]. All current reproductions in use are crooked [16][17][18][19], this is the official version [20] [21]. It is a flag of historical importance to Argentina and at the same time the official flag of one of their provinces. This flag has two versions in the proportions of 8:5 like the original and an officially existing modified version in 5:8. We currently have 3 files should also have a new coat of arms, the first representing the Jujuly flag must have an 8:5 aspect ratio, the next two representing two versions of the flag used in the commemoration. The second file should be identical to the first and we don't really need a copy, but it has already been uploaded and therefore should also be fixed. I have provided a graphic that accurately reflects the original coat of arms, but it needs to be vectorized. I also ask for the coat of arms without the white background, sent under the name "Coat of Arms Assembly of the Year XIII (Civil Freedom flag version).svg" Swiãtopôłk (talk) 19:39, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

Discussion