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WikiProject Stagecraft

I've noticed a few of your recent edits to stagecraft related articles, and would like to invite you to WikiProject Stagecraft, a WikiProject dedicated to improvement and expansion of articles related to stagecraft. -JWGreen (talk) 03:43, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the invitation. Hotshot977 (talk) 01:27, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Please don't rename articles using cut&paste

Hello, Hotshot977. It appears that you copied and pasted Parts of a theater to Parts of a theatre. Please do not move articles by copying and pasting them because it splits the article's history, which is needed for attribution and is helpful in many other ways. If there is an article that you cannot move yourself using the move link at the top of the page, follow the instructions at Wikipedia:Requested moves. Also, if there are any other articles that you copied and pasted, even if it was a long time ago, please list them at Wikipedia:Cut and paste move repair holding pen. Thank you, Ravenna1961 (talk) 06:29, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Sensor sizes diagram

To tell you the truth, I think my PNG version looks a lot better than your SVG version, so I'm rather unhappy that you've done a wholesale replacement. What's the purpose? --RenniePet (talk) 01:20, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

It was tagged as a graphic that should be replaced with an SVG, as per the Wikipedia guidelines. Also, I'm hoping that the increased visibility will cause someone with more vector experience to see it and fix the cropping issues that I've been having. Aside from said issues, I think that the .SVG is nearly identical to the .PNG, so I don't see what the problem is. If you would like to try an SVG version yourself and replace my attempt, you are more than welcome, especially if you have a layered PSD file availible Hotshot977 (talk) 01:27, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

The problem (for me) is that I spent hours and hours and hours (literally) doing research and setting up various attempts (what you see is the third generation) and making that graphic as good looking as I could. I even solicited feedback at dpReview.com, and got some suggestions I incorporated into the final version. [1]

The size of the PNG file is 17 KB, while your SVG is 52 KB, so your's is actually much less efficient than the PNG. (I think Wikipedia's obsession with SVGs is bullshit.) Your text is too big and too black and takes the focus away from the rectangles, which should be the main message. Your text even goes off the edge of the drawing, and contains a spelling mistake.

All-in-all it's a major downer for me to see all my work replaced by something that I think is less attractive and less efficient. --RenniePet (talk) 01:49, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

As long as I'm at it, I can also mention that instead of mm² (square millimeters) you've written mm2, which doesn't really mean anything. --RenniePet (talk) 01:57, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

You have a point, but as you can see I just got an appreciation from another member for it, so I'm going to take his support. The mm² apparently didn't make it through the save, because I took extra time in formatting in the original file. Also, it is still possible that a more experienced vectorist could reduce the file size. Your work was not in vain, as I traced directly off of your original file and, in my browser, they are nearly identical. The text you are seeing is mostly likely a result of your browser, as the formatting is identical to me. Hotshot977 (talk) 03:28, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the .svg of image sensor formats!

It looks great! You beat me to it :-) ǝɹʎℲxoɯ (contrib) 02:08, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Glad to make a small contribution! I used Inkscape, which has a handy option to resize the document to just barely fit its contents. Also, Inkscape supports flowed text (a draft SVG 1.2 feature), which makes it a lot easier to maintain text alignment. Thanks again. ǝɹʎℲxoɯ (contrib) 20:34, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, it may be a bug that only appears when using the combination of Illustrator to produce the document and MediaWiki to render it... I'm not really sure about that. ǝɹʎℲxoɯ (contrib) 20:41, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of "Joeseph Lieberman"

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Thanks. StaticGull  Talk  17:59, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

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