Talk:Summary and map of the 2005 French riots

the map

I made this image now, highlighting the departements affected (as of Nov 5th). I used bucketfill on an antialiased image though, and somebody may want to do a nicer job. Also, there is no distinction as to the scale of the riots. In most departements except for the Ile-de-France and Dijon I think the riots are only sporadic.

since there have been riots way beyond Paris now, we might need a map of all of France highlighting affected areas. The present map is only intended to show the area where the first riots flared up. dab (ᛏ) 08:29, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

The German wiki has this: [1] --24.31.29.171 12:33, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

well, it's a beginning. I would prefer something based on Image:Île-de-France map.png, with greater accuracy and the administrative boundaries visible. 83.79.177.187 13:46, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for this pretty job ! we were and are planning to do a little the same on wiki-fr. We noticed the same difficulties : how show every where have vandalism without affraid all the world. I live in Bordeaux, and here is just some little acts of vandalism, really not riots, and the mojority of french cities are like this : vandalism, but not riot.

Moreover, please : what is your former pic to do this ? Yug (talk) 00:37, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

the image is based on Image:Carte France Département 77.png. I just used bucket-fill, not very professional at all. Now, I see what you mean. it would be better not to paint entire departments red if there were one or two cars torched. I suggest we do red dots for the cities affected instead. Ideally, using a colour code showing when the incidents occurred, and maybe varying the sizes of the dots according to the number of cases of vandalism or so. The image as it is is not satisfactory. But to do it right, we first need clean data to base it on. So, please help fixing the references for the "cités cibles" section. 83.79.181.237 10:31, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

It is a good map, the bucket serves you well ! :)

On the content, it is true that the effect is a little bit dramatic... perhaps using a red more or less dark according to the level of trouble might help (but it is more work of course). Incidentally, I notice that you mark Strasbourg as a calm area, though I think that it has known some trouble -- the town is well-known for its car-torching every year an New Year's eve (almost a local sport, I regret to say)... Rama 10:49, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

I know, I never meant it to be uploaded to commons in this state. It is still provisional. Also, it is dated to 5 November. Several departments would have to be added as of now. 83.79.181.237 11:01, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

Obviously, this sort of maps is very difficult to keep up to date, it is already nice of you to begin doing it ! Rama 11:05, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

Could it be instructive to paint areas depending on when riots first occured? Poulpy 12:36, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

What is going on here?

??? -- Zeno of Elea 08:12, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

Article title

I have moved the page so that the title is correct. It should state "Summary and map of the 2005 French riots" not "Summary and Map of the 2005 French riots". --Kilo-Lima 19:41, 9 December 2005 (UTC)