User talk:NASCARFAN160

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Proposed deletion of 199 lives[edit]

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Proposed deletion of The Day (NASCAR)[edit]

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PNGs from an SVG[edit]

Maproom (talk) 20:38, 11 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note that technically you should not do this with this graphic as it is a copyrighted image, so wikipedia has a bunch of policies about their use (as does the US copyright office) WP:F. However there are free programs that allow you to convert from svg to png. Inkscape is the one that I use http://inkscape.org. — Preceding unsigned comment added by XFEM Skier (talk • contribs) 21:13, 11 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, that sounds good, thanks. I'll wait and see if Maproom shows up maybe later, I don't know if he'll be notified or anything because I'm still not very used to the system. In any case that he is, I'll be off and on tonight, as I've homework to do, but even so I'll be on here in between in a matter to discuss the topic onward. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.241.181.22 (talk) 21:57, 11 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You can get a given size directly by changing the url. If you right-click an image then your browser probably displays a menu with "View image" or something like that. This is a browser feature and not specific to Wikipedia. For File:TampaBayLightningAlternate.svg it produces https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/85/TampaBayLightningAlternate.svg/190px-TampaBayLightningAlternate.svg.png which is the actual image displayed at File:TampaBayLightningAlternate.svg. Manually change 190px in your browser's address bar and our software will automatically generate the requested resolution. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:05, 11 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I was notified, kind of, because I have put this page on my "watch list". This means that when anyone makes any edit to this page or to your user page, I will become aware of it when I look at my watch list, which I do fairly often.

I accept XFEM Skier's warning about copyright infringement.

Yes, you can download the SVG and use Inkscape, which is free, to do the conversion. You can also use Wikipedia in the way I have shown to do the conversion. I hope you now understand how. I imagine that Wikipedia doesn't exactly approve of its resources being used in this way; but unless you write a script to do this with thousands of images, I don't think anyone will mind. Maproom (talk) 22:11, 11 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I understand now, I tried the Wikipedia process and will try the Inkscape process later tonight possibly. Thank you so much, everyone for the help, especially Maproom. I'm glad to know more and more about how this fascinating expansive site works as time goes on. NASCARFAN160 (talk) 22:13, 11 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I have replaced the Florida image on this page by one with no copyright restrictions, for the sake of Wikipedia rules and the US copyright office. Maproom (talk) 22:28, 11 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Good idea, and thanks. Also, what's the size limit for the Wikipedia method? Or is it infinite? NASCARFAN160 (talk) 22:35, 11 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think there is a limit to how large you can make it. I just previewed it at 4000px and it worked. SVG is a vector format so there is no limit to how much you can expand the image. That does require that image original source was a vector image as well. XFEM Skier (talk) 22:56, 11 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hm, I typed in 4000, and the image that was aforementioned only goes up to 2368px. I can work with that, but I'm just saying. NASCARFAN160 (talk) 02:13, 12 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

OK. I did not check the actual size of the image I just saw that it rendered. Also I converted an svg made from a pdf (both vector) to an png in Inkscape and also in Gimp (another free image software). In my experience both softwares have good help online through search. XFEM Skier (talk) 02:51, 12 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, so how do I download the SVG file and open it up in Inkscape? NASCARFAN160 (talk) 20:08, 12 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You get to the SVG file by clicking the image at File:Cayley graph Pauli.svg, or clicking "Cayley_graph_Pauli.svg" below the image. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:57, 12 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

That will be all for now, thanks you, everyone. NASCARFAN160 (talk) 01:13, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You should now have PNG links at Wikipedia after a discussion at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 121#No PNG views. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:39, 9 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sweet, thanks. Prime. NASCARFAN160 (talk) 08:01, 10 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]