Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Countries/Archive 3

message: This is for copyright issues relating to countries. I've proposed moving prospective country copyright violations from Wikipedia:Possible copyright infringements to this section so all on the project will have them in a convenient to do list to get them fixed as time allows. Please consider leaving this in its current prominent location to make it easy to move from copyvio to this project. JamesDay 17:28, 26 Oct 2003 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible country copyright violations

message: Prior to becoming aware of this project I modified Democratic Republic of the Congo so that it's CD internet TLD linked to the page giving the related ISO 3166 codes for its regions. Seems like a useful place for it to link. Any views on this? JamesDay 02:57, 7 Oct 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: I like the sound of that. JamesDay 23:52, 17 Oct 2003 (UTC)
thread_title:  Internet TLD link to ISO region codes? 

message: My apologies if this has already been covered (I'm new here...), but I recently experimented with making additional locator maps similar to the one currently on the United States page. My first attempt (just an experiment) was: . I also made a map for Austria, showing one possible solution for the problem of countries that are a bit small - it's here: . Another option for smaller countries might be to have two maps (one for the world, one for the region). Anyway, is this something that people think is worthwhile? (Or have I completely missed something important, like someone already doing this?) - Vardion 00:44, 21 Oct 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: I am not aware of anyone having worked on this recently. In any case, I am very much in favor of having such locator maps included into the articles. I also like the idea of having 2 maps for the smaller countries. My suggestion is that you just go on and start including them as a test, and if yo do not hear any negative comment, just continue and make all the countries! (wish, wish). olivier 01:57, 21 Oct 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, I've added maps for Canada and Armenia (the later including a regional-level map as well as a world one). Is that suitable, do you think? I'll see whether anyone objects to them, anyway. If nobody does, I'll start to put up some for other countries. - Vardion 03:37, 21 Oct 2003 (UTC)

text: I like the maps. Here is an alternative layout for small countries. Gives a large view of the area around the country while still providing global context. Blurred because I just magnified a portion of your first sample - goo d enough for a quick concept demo. JamesDay 06:23, 21 Oct 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: Good idea. I'll try that for the other ones I try, and change them for the ones I've done so far. Thanks. - Vardion 09:23, 21 Oct 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks great to me, thus far. Great job! olivier 15:22, 21 Oct 2003 (UTC)

text: I've finished the countries beginning with A through C now, but please tell me if I've made a mistake somewhere (uploaded the wrong map, for example). One thing I was a bit concerned about, though, was what to do when the country page hasn't been converted to WikiProject Countries format yet - so far, I've just been placing the location map somewhere on the existing page, but perhaps I should wait until the page is changed over and I can put them in the correct place. Any suggestions as to what would be best?
Great job so far! Just place it in the talk page, but keep the image hidden by adding a colon - :Imagename.png instead of Imagename.png --Jiang 09:37, 24 Oct 2003 (UTC)

text: I think that keeping the locator map on the main article page of the countries which do not have the project format applied yet, is a good idea. The examples of (Angola - Bahrain -  Benin - Botswana  - Burkina Faso - Burundi - Cameroon - Cape Verde - Central African Republic - Costa Rica) look good to me. In most cases the locator map is there along with the flag and the CIA world factbook country map. Why should it be hidden in the talk page? Having it on the main page enhances the quality of the page and makes its presence obvious to whoever wants to convert the article according to the project template. If it was hidden in the talk page, it could easily be ignored. olivier 14:29, 27 Oct 2003 (UTC)

text: Main article sounds best to me as well. Might as well have the information there as soon as possible. JamesDay 23:31, 28 Oct 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: OOps! you forgot to include the island of Corsica as part of France on the locator map. olivier 09:31, 31 Oct 2003 (UTC)

text: Thanks. That should be corrected now. If anyone notices any other mistakes, please let me know. (Also, while I'm here... I was wondering what people prefered in the way of borders around the edges of these maps... A through C have are borderless, while D through G have a dark grey border around them. I prefer the latter, but others may not. Any opinions?) - Vardion 03:39, 5 Nov 2003 (UTC)
replies: text:  I agree about the gray link border color and you're doing an excellent job on these maps! JamesDay 02:14, 8 Nov 2003 (UTC)

text: It is generated automatically, see Wikipedia:Section. olivier 11:23, 22 Nov 2003 (UTC)
thread_title:  Locator Maps