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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.

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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.
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Good article and featured article topicon redesign

Current good article icon
Current featured content icon

Article(s)

5,859 featured articles
3,696 featured lists
32,507 good articles
Assorted additional talk, help, and process pages

Request

Yes, this one is a big one.

Background: The current symbols for good articles and featured content have been used since those systems were introduced way back in Wikipedia's early days. They have significant problems. The featured article icon is too skeuomorphic, giving it an outdated look, and its excessive detail causes it to render poorly at small scale. The good article icon, meanwhile, has been adopted throughout the rest of Wikimedia (and in some places on Wikipedia) as the "support vote" icon, leading to conflicting usage. Far worse than the issues with them individually, however, is the fact that there is no shared visual language between them (the GA icon uses the norro style, and the FA icon does not use any style). When compounded by their overall lack of prominence (a separate issue that we're trying to address), this has led to the unfortunate situation where many (perhaps most) non-editing readers could not tell you whether a star or a green badge is a higher distinction. Given how much effort we put into the GA/FA systems, there's more than a bit of tragic irony to that.

Process: This is the first stage in the process of redesigning the icons (after informal discussions in various places). Ideally, several proposals will be put forth that can be compared against the status quo in a more formal and widely-advertised round of !voting (similar to the process for the MediaWiki logo redesign), with the winner adopted.

Design details: The redesigned icons could end up being anything from checkmarks (a la the Twitter verification badge) to a silver star for GAs to a multi-star system that begins with one star for stubs and increases thereafter; feel free to get creative.

Also, since the whole idea here is to unify the symbology, the redesign will need to include the associated symbols in addition to the main icons. You don't have to design them all now, but candidates with at least an articulated vision of what they should look like may be more likely to win support once we reach the formal !voting stage. Here are the current icons still in use that I could find (there may be a few more fringe ones):

Related icons
Former good article icon Good article reassessment icon Good article candidate icon Former featured article icon Former featured article candidate icon Featured article candidate icon Article for improvement icon Good topic icon Good topic candidate icon Featured topic icon Featured topic candidate icon Former featured topic icon Former featured topic candidate icon

In truth, the potential scope of this project could be a lot bigger, trying to unify all of the icons used anywhere on Wikipedia. However, recent attempts to do so have failed, and their utility is questionable, given that most icons do not appear in reader-facing areas and thus have a vastly more limited reach. Redesigning these two icons is a more feasible task with clear and significant benefits for readers across tens of thousands of pages.; Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 05:08, 7 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Discussion

@Sdkb: I would recommend posting this at the Commons graphics lab as well, as it is significantly more active over there. Pbrks (talk) 14:50, 16 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Pbrks: Thanks for the tip. Since this request is specific to en-WP, I'd prefer the main discussion be hosted here, but I'll copy the request there and invite folks over. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 21:38, 17 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Consider color blindness (esp. red-green): In data visualization circles, there is increasing awareness of how graphics should be crafted to allow color blind individuals to distinguish through shading, what normally sighted individuals distinguish directly through color perception. (One can test shading in Photoshop etc by removing saturation.) It's my understanding that red-green color blindness is a common type, though not the only type of color blindness. Some color scales are better than others: see Scientific American. —RCraig09 (talk) 22:53, 17 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved discussion about mandate for change

Has there actually been any discussion about changing these icons somewhere? Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^talk 23:37, 17 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
David Fuchs, the direct impetus for this request was a tangential discussion at the Village Pump. I think there have been a few other "we ought to change this" offhand musings over the years that are mostly buried in archives at this point. But largely, as I lay out above, this is the ground floor. If you have thoughts about how to organize the process to ensure visibility/boost participation/etc., those are welcome. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 22:09, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
You may want to start with an RfC (or, I guess, two parallel questions) on changing the icons in general to get a mandate for the change, as well as soliciting opinions on what changes people would like to see so any designers have a firmer grasp of what might be acceptable. Not like the original icons were chosen with a ton of deliberation (from what I can see at the WT:GA archives one editor unilaterally came up with the GA icon) but at this point I think you're going to have to get buy-in. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^talk 00:16, 21 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
David Fuchs, hmm, I'm not quite sure what form that RfC would take. Should it be a yes/no "should these be changed?" question at WP:VPR, or an open-ended "What changes would you want to see?" brainstorming at WP:VPI, or something in between? I don't want to hand over too much of designers' work to general editors, since I trust designers to know best when it comes to designing. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 00:48, 21 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I'd suggest the former, with an area for further discussion of the latter. First step of making changes is getting people to agree to a change. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^talk 15:21, 21 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
David Fuchs, sounds good. I'm going to put the proposal forward there, and mark this as on hold for now. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 19:51, 24 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This is my passing opinion. There is a ooui icon called "articleCheck" () and this is what I think a "GA" icon should look similar to. Basically a sheet (representing a page) with a check on it. And in a green color instead of black. For the FA icon, a simple star/medal design on a sheet with an appropriate color would make sense to keep the two icons inline with each other. SInce I believe that most users could understand a star is more important than a check icon. Basic icons such as these are the only way to keep them readable when used as topicons. Terasail ^[✉] 17:00, 11 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Update: Mandate acquired

The formal Village Pump proposal has been archived, and per here, it successfully acquired a mandate for the icons to be redesigned, so I am removing the "on hold" box around this section. I'll leave it up to others to decide how precisely to proceed from here; I hope that someone steps up to take the lead on shepherding the process from here forward, since I'm not sure I can do it myself. This thread can be archived once (and only once) we've moved to the next stage. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 22:09, 24 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

As a note, there is also a proposal about it.Ahmetlii (talk) 10:33, 29 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Ahmetlii: That's a much more ambitious but still underdeveloped proposal that's been sitting for a while; in my view, it would need a lot of work to become comprehensive enough to become useful, and I don't see that amount of work forthcoming or really worth the effort. I think we should focus on this one, much more feasible task that we have agreed to do, rather than dreaming about bringing all of Wikipedia in line with a universal standard that, realistically, is not likely to happen any time soon. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 23:53, 31 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

EU Map

EU Map

Article(s): List of military and civilian missions of the European Union
Request: Please remove the UK from the map as the UK is no longer part of the EU. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 16:57, 17 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Discussion

Hi @The C of E: the Falklands would also have to be removed too wouldn't it? Tsange (Talk) 07:59, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Tsange: Yes it would. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 08:17, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@The C of E:

Done Tsange (Talk) 08:59, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I don't know if it's a technical issue, but when I see it here or click on it the UK is still on it but in the article, it's been updated @Tsange:. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 09:14, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia logo resize request

Meitei script Wikipedia logo

Article(s): wikipedia:Slogans
Request: Is there someone that could gently resize Wikipedia logo to 135x155 px? It will be very appreciated! Thanks in advance!!! -- 2001:B07:6442:8903:25D4:FB4D:B41C:B957 (talk) 10:08, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Discussion: This one cannot be trivially resized using viewbox because it does not have the correct aspect ratio. Let me raise the issue to whoever made this. Oh and it's just a big fat raster?? Gosh this work is sloppy. Raising the issue on m:Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Meitei#Settings. --Artoria 2e5 🌉 21:55, 3 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia logo fix request

Wikipedia logo
Meitei script Wikipedia logo

Article(s): wikipedia:Slogans
Request: Is there someone that could gently fix this Wikipedia logo and resize to 135x155 px? Many thanks in advance!!! --2001:B07:6442:8903:606B:8C21:E6DD:1CAA (talk) 08:38, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Brandenburg-Prussia

Brandenburg-Prussia
Map-Germany-1945
Locator Brandenburg-Prussia within the Holy Roman Empire (1618)

Can this map of Brandenburg-Prussia (picture No. 1) be drawn against the background of Germany's modern political borders after 1945 (picture No. 2) to understand where she was in relation to modern political boundaries? --Vyacheslav84 (talk) 07:15, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Or, in the worst case, instead of figure 1, figure 3. --Vyacheslav84 (talk) 07:27, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Article(s): Brandenburg-Prussia
Request

Discussion

Request

SVG shape
JPG coa
SVG flag
SVG coa Done

Article(s): Studenec (Třebíč District)
Request: Is there someone that could gently make SVG of the coa using the SVG of the flag based on the SVG shape? Many many many thanks in advance!!! -- 93.35.184.189 (talk) 14:57, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Discussion: Done --Mrmw (talk) 17:47, 5 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Request Yangon–Mandalay Expressway shield sign

YGN-MDY Expressway Sign E1
YGN-MDY Expressway Sign E1

Article(s): Yangon–Mandalay Expressway
Request: Hello. I would like to request for illustration of YGN-MDY Expressway signboard in svg format if available. Thank you. -- Ninja✮Strikers ^«☎» 08:43, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Discussion

Hear ye! Excel .xlsx spreadsheets that automatically generate XML code for .SVG graphs

Click at right to show/hide User:RCraig09/Excel to XML for SVG, etc

Transcluded:

Warming stripes
(five examples compared)

Warming stripes bar chart

Bar chart (vertical)

Pie chart

Line charts

Scatterplot

I've uploaded .xlsx (Microsoft Excel) spreadsheets that automatically generate XML code for charts in SVG format.

You simply paste or enter your data into the spreadsheet, and specify image dimensions, number of grid lines, font sizes, etc. The spreadsheet instantly and automatically generates a column of XML code that you simply copy and paste into a text editor and save as an ".svg" file. The spreadsheets produce lean SVG code, avoiding the "extra stuff" that Inkscape inserts. They should save you time in creating SVG charts.

Feedback and suggestions on my talk page are welcome. RCraig09 (talk) 23:41, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Click HOW TO for detailed explanation.

Click HERE (else HERE) to download the spreadsheets.

Example SVG files: Category:SVG diagrams created with spreadsheet.

Warming stripes — Accepts a single dataset and converts to SVG code portraying Ed Hawkins' warming stripes graphics. User chooses vertical or horizontal stripes; normal or reverse data ordering; or from a variety of geometric shapes (updated 17 May 2023). . . . . Click here to see examples of warming stripes embedded in different shapes.
Warming stripes bar chart — Accepts a single dataset and creates a conventional bar chart whose individual bars/columns are coloured according to Dr. Hawkins' warming stripes colour scheme. Alternate option: choose one colour for ascending bars and another colour for descending bars. (updated 28 August 2023)
Line charts — Accepts up to six datasets. (updated 30 August 2023)
Vertical bar charts (column charts) — Accepts up to six datasets. Toggle between clustered and stacked charts; user can adjust "Yfloor"—the Y level (usually=0) from which columns rise or fall; user chooses to keep or ignore negative input values. (updated 27 August 2023)
Horizontal bar charts — Accepts up to six datasets. Toggle between clustered and stacked charts; user can adjust "Yfloor"—the value (usually=0) from which bars extend; user chooses to keep or ignore negative input values. (updated 27 August 2023)
Scatter plots — Accepts up to five datasets. (updated 28 August 2023)
Pie charts — Accepts a single dataset of up to 36 items. (updated 17 May 2023)
Variable-width bar charts — Accepts up to six datasets; is like "Vertical bar charts", above, but user can choose different widths for different bars. (updated 27 August 2023)

Transcluded

SVG flag

SVG COA
PNG FLAG
SVG FLAG Done

Article(s): Burtnieki Municipality
Request: Is there someone that could gently make SVG of the flag using the SVG of the coa? Many many many thanks in advance!!! -- 2001:B07:6442:8903:49B7:290D:7323:9B8E (talk) 17:40, 3 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Discussion: Done --17:32, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

Communist Party of Nicaragua logo

Article(s): Communist Party of Nicaragua
Request: Could someone create an SVG version of the logo of the Communist Party of Nicaragua based on its appearance in the upper-left of the election poster provided? -- HapHaxion _{(talk / contribs)} 03:43, 6 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Discussion: @HapHaxion: there is a png on en-wiki (see above) and a svg on ru-wiki: ru:File:PCdeN logo.svg --Mrmw (talk) 16:31, 7 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

BAA USA logo

BAA logo

Article(s): Heathrow Airports Holdings
Request: Can a copy of this be made with USA (in the same typeface) after BAA for the BAA USA logo seen here please? The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 10:59, 7 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Discussion