User talk:Geo Swan/archive/2019-08

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Maps

You are aware of mw:Help:Extension:Kartographer right? Just checking as your user page information about maps seems a bit dated. --Gryllida (talk) 21:37, 4 August 2019 (UTC)

• Gryllida, no, I was not aware. Yes, the several hundred maps I created were all created with an online tool that went away over a decade ago. I was just thinking the other day of how much I missed it.
• This project looks extremely interesting. I tried experimenting with it, using the most recent geographical article I started Metishto River - which unfortunately I do not have the geographical coordinates for.
• I have a couple of questions. I hope you don't mind me asking them of you...

1. That online tool would render maps in one of 6 projections, Mercator, which I never used, Orthographic, Lambert Azimuthal and three others. Are all the Kartographer maps Mercator projection.
2. If the map doesn't show a feature, like a river, or a railway, are there any steps one can take to add that feature?
3. There seem to be a small number of additional cartographic databases one can specify. Is there a list? How does one figure out which features the additional databases contain?
4. That online tool required two latitude, longitude pairs. These would become two opposing corners of the map. Is there a similar way to mark the boundaries of the map with this tool?

Thanks! Geo Swan (talk) 00:15, 5 August 2019 (UTC)

Interesting questions. I only know for #2 - add it to www.osm.org, it would become available on-wiki then. I'd suggest to inquire at mw:Help talk:Extension:Kartographer. Gryllida (talk) 02:11, 5 August 2019 (UTC)

• Gryllida I've added some simple maps to a dozen or so articles, since you left me this heads-up. So thanks for that. Cheers! Geo Swan (talk) 03:30, 16 August 2019 (UTC)

  I'm happy it helps. Did you ask your questions some where? I would be curious to know the answers. Gryllida (talk) 04:40, 23 August 2019 (UTC)

Amir Hamza

Could you please solve the 23 links to the disambiguation page Amir Hamza that you have caused by changing the redirect in a disambiguation page? Thanks in advance! The Banner talk 09:54, 10 August 2019 (UTC)

•  Done several of the links were to Mohammed uncle, not the cricket player. Geo Swan (talk) 15:42, 10 August 2019 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for August 15

An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Angela McShan, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page David Rosen (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver).

(Opt-out instructions.) --DPL bot (talk) 07:27, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

•  Done Geo Swan (talk) 03:31, 16 August 2019 (UTC)

August 2019

Hello GS. Please read the guidelines at WP:DABRED - where is says "Do not create red links to articles that are unlikely ever to be written, or are likely to be removed as insufficiently notable topics" and "Red links should not be the only link in a given entry" Remember dab pages are not list articles - in other words dab pages are directional not informative. Now per "Unlink the entry word but still keep a blue link in the description" if you can find the name of a newspaper, magazine, website or blog that Yasmin Khan writes for that also has an article at WikiP then you can add that as a blue link and restore that persons name to the dab page. Your cooperation in this will be appreciated. MarnetteD|Talk 04:01, 26 August 2019 (UTC)

1. 2019-08-25 19:45 I start Yasmin Khan (disambiguation), I leave Yasmin Khan (writer) a red link, because I expect to start it momentarily.
2. 2019-08-25 20:38 you excise Yasmin Khan (writer) from the dab.
3. 2019-08-25 21:42 I start Yasmin Khan (writer)
4. 2019-08-25 21:46 after checking the new article's links I find you trimmed the dab page, and I restore it.
5. 2019-08-25 22:51 you excise the Yasmin Khan (writer) entry again, on the grounds it contains only a redlink, apparently without checking to confirm whether Yasmin Khan (writer) was still a redlink.
6. 2019-08-25 23:01 you left the note, above, apparently without checking to confirm whether Yasmin Khan (writer) was still a redlink.
7. 2019-08-26 09:43 I restore the Yasmin Khan (writer) entry.

• MarnetteD I do not believe DABRED is applicable to Yasmin Khan (writer). She is not just a writer of a pair of cookbooks, many RS, around the world, have noted that she was a lawyer and human rights worker, before she became a food writer. Those RS have commented that, after shifting to food writing her cookbooks serve to acquaint food readers with the human rights and other issues Palestinian and Iranian people face. It is not just a few RS. I became aware of her when PBS Newshour devoted over five minutes to interviewing her, last night.
• When I started the dab page, I left a redlink, without a blue link, as I started the Yasmin Khan (writer) article. I anticipated it would take 15 or 20 minutes to publish the first draft of that article. For various reasons it took me just under two hours. This is a very minor breach of rules. Do you want an apology for this? Please see User:Geo Swan/opinions/On apologies. Geo Swan (talk) 15:05, 26 August 2019 (UTC)

I am glad you got her article going - well done. MarnetteD|Talk 15:38, 26 August 2019 (UTC)