User talk:Kathovo

What is "Judeo-Arabic", apparently spoken between Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Ashkelon? See map in Levantine Arabic — Preceding unsigned comment added by Monosig (talk • contribs) 13:06, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

Libyan images

Hi! Most of the imagry of the Libyan protest/uprising/revolt are going to be copyright. Just upload them to en.wikipedia with a copyright notice and "non-free use rationale" Free is nice, but these images are so specifically related to the events that using non-free versions is not going to be particularly problematic.
— V = IR (Talk • Contribs) 16:58, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

File:Libyan Uprising.svg

Can you make the dots in the legend bigger? I can't discern the colors at their current size without difficulty.--Chaser (talk) 13:18, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

 Done-- Rafy (talk) 14:38, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Discover the bullet character for yourself

It is easy to make solid dots of various colors:

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It it quite simple even to magnify these:

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Discover and explore the wonderful world of text-based design. Incnis Mrsi (talk) 13:50, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

TUSC token 359e3f573a034b398396d3fc83289c18

I am now proud owner of a TUSC account!

أهلا و سهلا بك

لا شكر على واجب أخي إنها لمسات فقط .و تشكر على مساهماتك القيّمة في كلّ من كومنز و ويكيبيديا--ترجمان05 (talk) 17:00, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Gulf of Sirt Front

Hello. Ras Lanuf Gaddafi forces captured 10 Mar (http://blogs.aljazeera.net/live/africa/libya-live-blog-march-10-0; 5:30pm), no 6 Mar, as you wrote. Omega933 (talk) 10:40, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

File:Libyan Uprising.svg

hey, thanks for editing the map. Please note that the name most commonly used of the town is "Sirte" not not "Sirt", can you please change that on the map? Thank you. Gryffindor (talk) 11:14, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

hi there, please don't forget the change request. thank you. Gryffindor (talk) 22:55, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

 Done, although Sirt wasn't necessarily a wrong spelling. -- Rafy (talk) 16:49, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

File:Libyan Uprising - Gulf of Sidra.svg

Hey Rafy, I made some changes on the map today, and when I upload it the text looks very different from what you had, is it like that on your screen? It looks a lot bigger on my screen and I don't know why, I didn't touch any of the text from your edit. I am new to making .svg's and it always seems to export differently than what I had. I'm using Illustrator CS5 if that helps. Also - when viewing the picture in the commons page with the description it looks normal, but then when I view it in a direct link all the text turns from sans-serif to serif. Is this normal? Thanks. Infernoapple (talk) 21:47, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

I tried out inkscape and I just did my first edit on the map with it and it turned out great! Everything is exactly how it was, thanks a lot! Infernoapple (talk) 17:46, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Brega still contested

See: File talk:Libyan Uprising.svg#Loyalists retreat from Brega. ~~ Lothar von Richthofen (talk) 22:41, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

Make a map

A while ago I promised another user I'd help make a map, but I frankly suck at it, so do you think you could take over? The relevant threads are at w:User talk:The Evil Spartan/Archive 5#Map request and w:User talk:Magog the Ogre/Archive 10#File:European empires.png. It should be a relatively easy thing to do, but my brain is only throwing out farts when it should be coughing up a musical tune. Magog the Ogre (talk) 12:16, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

It shouldn't be that difficult. I could also make different colour outlines for each empire. Can you provide me with a list of changes to be done. --Rafy (talk) 16:12, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

The list of changes are in the two threads I linked for you. There are also some on the talk page, but I wasn't asked about those. Magog the Ogre (talk) 23:23, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

I just finished it. You can see it here.--Rafy (talk) 10:16, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

Yafran

Out of curiosity, from where did you get the 15 May loyalist capture date for Yafran? ~~ Lothar von Richthofen (talk) 15:52, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

Okay. I'm trying to place a more exact date for the capture of the city for the w:2011 Nafusa Mountains Campaign article. I don't think it fell back in April, when the first report of such events came out, mostly because continued fighting was reported in the city weeks afterward. ~~ Lothar von Richthofen (talk) 17:41, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

Battle of Misratah map

Congratulations, and very big thanks (Azoée from fr:)

Update in Tripolitania front map

In the end of June rebels raided a loyalist army base at El Ga'a, 25 miles south of Zintan (31.69149°N 12.33202°E) `~~ Barzdonas

If you're not going to update the maps on the Libyan Civil War page, I'm going to try to figure out how to do it. Just giving you a heads up so you don't feel slighted. --Wikiharr (talk) 18:38, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

The rebels are advancing on Gharyan, so could you add an arrow accordingly?--Yalens (talk) 16:33, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Latest news coming from there show the city firmly under loyalists control.--Rafy (talk) 17:33, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

I"m not questioning the control, I meant you should put an arrow because the rebels are moving toward the city.--Yalens (talk) 01:32, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

Do you have a source for a significant rebel advance? All I can find are reports of an eminent rebel attack on Gharyan...--Rafy (talk)

Well, they took al-Qawalish (as we learned later, apparently actually originally a pro-Gaddafi town in sympathy) some days ago, as well as some other unknown towns (I can get sources up for another if you want). As for the continuing gradual rebel advance towards Gharyan, its pretty much been saying that every day on Al Jazeera... advance to Gharyan cited here (first lesss-than-a-day-old google source, since you asked): [[1]]--Yalens (talk) 19:28, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

File:Sirt Front-ar.svg requires updating

Hi Kathovo,
Thank you for your contributions to Commons. I noticed File:Sirt Front-ar.svg is out of date. Could you update it? Thanks again.Sammy pompon (talk) 21:14, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

I ignored Maps in Arabic since they weren't used anymore, well actually the Arabic language article has been stalled since May. I promised I will update the maps in the coming days.--Rafy (talk) 00:29, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Misrata

Please you could update this?--Sammy pompon (talk) 20:49, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

I have updated this one though it's not used any more in any article. BTW what was the difference in the map you uploaded? The only difference I could spot was a blue patch that you added over Misrata.--Rafy (talk) 02:25, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Western Libya

Bir al Ghanam and Msallota are in rebel hands (for now at least), though Msallota is under seige (perhaps a green arrow?). --Yalens (talk) 20:44, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

Eastern Libya

Hi, can you please add Tawarga to rebel territory? It appears that you did it once, but then you updated it, and now it's not included. Can you please update it? Thank you!

It's probably a thumbnail issue. It should be fixed automatically. otherwise I will upload is again.--Rafy (talk) 20:38, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

Tripoli

Can you please update the Tripoli (not tripolitanian) front map, the one that has a map of the entire city? 69.235.80.27 02:30, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

 Done--Rafy (talk) 19:14, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Can you please fix the thumbnail issue on the map? When I click on the map, I get the version that was used for the majority of the war. 70.187.185.194 19:10, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

It's a thumbnail issue which happen every now and then to heavily updated svg images. I'm afraid I can do nothing to help out as it's a technical issue with Wikipedia itself.--Rafy (talk) 19:14, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Ah, that explains it :). In any case, the svg check at http://toolserver.org/~jarry/svgcheck/stable/index.php linked from Commons:SVG Check points out that your versions of the svg file could in principle cause problems because they insist on Arial and Ubuntu fonts without giving a fallback font. If you cannot find an easy way of including a fallback font using your svg editor, the fact that you seem to be using Ubuntu :) means that you can do this trivially from the command line:

sed -e 's/font-family:\([^\";]*\)/font-family:\1,sans-serif/g' \
Tripoli_uprising_nofallback.svg > Tripoli_uprising_fallback.svg

with appropriate choices of filenames, and then you upload Tripoli_uprising_fallback.svg.

Boud (talk) 21:39, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

I have changed all fonts to sans serif. The only warning that I get with svg check tool is " It appears you have a trailing space in one of your attributes". I have no idea what it implies but I guess it shouldn't be serious.--Rafy (talk) 11:24, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Hi. Rebels say G still controls port. Will try to refind ref. Also hospital in Tajura, but they may have surrendered by now.

Wondering if G might be in the hospital suggests they haven't taken the hospital.[2]

Ah, here: tanks at the port (Al Jazeera blog reporting a rebel commander)[3]

Al Mansoura neighborhood under fighting per Al Jazeera live news a few minutes ago. Kwamikagami (talk) 11:09, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Kwamikagami (talk) 10:49, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

 Done.--Rafy (talk) 11:24, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. Al Mansoura is here,[4] west of Mitiga. Perhaps just as extension of Mitiga, as you did in the east to the hospital? Also, for all I know it links up to the port. When they say 'tanks at the port', they could just as easily mean the part of the port on the mainland, near Mansoura. (Though you had the Zawiat al Dahmani neighborhood red early on, so maybe not.) Kwamikagami (talk) 11:27, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Oops! Al Jazeera is hard to follow: their video is out of sync with their narration. I think they meant that G had abandoned Mitiga, but fighting at Al Mansoura. Kwamikagami (talk) 12:07, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

So Mitiga is now under rebel control? How about the hospital?--Rafy (talk) 12:44, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

I don't know. I'm trying to remember the wording: they were showing G's compound on a map of the city, said G's forces had fled the military base (no name), but that there was still fighting going on - at which point they panned over to Mitiga - in Mansourah. Then they panned to the middle of the city. When I looked it up on Gmaps, that was Mansoura. So I assume that the "military base" was Mitiga, and there was a delay with whoever was doing the panning, so that when they said there was fighting going on and showed Mitiga, they didn't mean there was fighting going on in Mitiga. But that was several hours ago now. And they never mentioned the hospital. Kwamikagami (talk) 14:54, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

This is difficult to make out.[5] But it sounds as though the rebel they're interviewing says that they encountered fire when clearing out the last of the fighters in Mitiga, and then were able to secure it. (About 2 minutes in.) And before that shelling from what sounded like Mansoura. So I'm guessing that Mansoura (just east of the green at the port) should be green, and Mitiga red, but you'd better listen for yourself. Your ears may be better than mine. Kwamikagami (talk) 15:03, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Most sources mention that the airport was bombarded by NATO yesterday and that rebels have engaged loyalists stationed there later. It seems that the speaker confirms that it have been secured.--Rafy (talk) 15:21, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

But then there's CNN, though this may be earlier info:

August 22, 2011 10:44 a.m. EDT[6]:

Rebel TV later reported that it had taken control of state TV, which had gone black.

Rebels on Monday afternoon pulled back from an area near Tripoli's Green Square [I've heard this several times]

Gadhafi's regime remained in control of at least three sites in the city -- a hospital, a military barracks and the Rixos hotel, where international journalists are staying, said El-Gamaty [the UK coordinator of the NTC]

Gadhafi's forces in Tajoura, where the hospital is located, were negotiating their surrender Monday morning, according to Jumma Ibrahim, a rebel military spokesman.

No mention of G's compound, but I assume that's not what they meant by "military barracks".

And no mention of the port. I would assume that those tanks came from G's compound, though there supposedly weren't many inside. But tanks drink a lot of fuel - what happens to them when they run out of gas?

BTW, I think you're right in connecting G's compound to the hotel. That's a single area of dug-in loyalist control from what I can tell. Kwamikagami (talk) 15:24, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Sirte under siege?[7] Per rebels, but power cuts confirmed by Al Jazeera. From Misrata, maybe? Not clear if Benghazi has broken through Brega. Kwamikagami (talk) 16:38, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

question

Hi, What is the software you use to edit images in Wikipedia? Is there any tools in Wikipedia or you use external applications for this purpose--174.91.217.205 22:45, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Inkscape... It's free and should work under all operating systems.--Rafy (talk) 23:11, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Cartographer's barnstar

For the exceptional maps you've created (I'm amazed your ethnolinguistic maps aren't done professionally), and for your dedication in maintaining the quality of maps on the Libyan Civil War, I award you the Cartographer's Barnstar.

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Fezzan map

I think since most activity now is in the Fezzan region, I think it would be a good time to make a map in the Fezzan region. --Spesh531, My talk, and External links 22:13, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Hi, I'm still not sure we would get enough coverage from RS there. Also I'm a bit busy these days. You can always contact me if you are facing any technical difficulties.--Rafy (talk) 11:19, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Map of Sicily

Hello! Thanks for using my map of Sicily for creating the Arab version of it! If you are looking for the maps of the other Italian regions you can find them here! Bye! -- Vonvikken (talk) 20:06, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

No prob. I will keep a look at your link as I might need it for future requests at the Arabic language Graphic lab.--Rafy (talk) 21:31, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

Ok, good work! Bye! -- Vonvikken (talk) 19:44, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

Hiona St Stephen's Church

Just a courtesy note that I have undone your removal of Category:Cannibalism from Category:Hiona St Stephen's Church. I've outlined on the talk page why. Schwede66 04:17, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Chaldean flag

Do not put speedy deletion tags, but rather nominate for an ordinary deletion (preferably all files in a single request), since there are a number of issues to consider (such as that the basic symbol was used in File:Victory_stele_of_Naram_Sin_9071_Star-sun-glyph.jpg / File:Iraq state emblem CoA 1959-1965 Qassem.svg long before 1997). AnonMoos (talk) 16:25, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

File:Semitic languages.svg

Interesting graphic, but I'm not sure what it seems to be saying when East Semitic is shown as a subgroup of Central Semitic... AnonMoos (talk) 16:38, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

I also hesitated before including the the area east to the Tigris. I guess the main reason was that the region spawned other Aramaic languages at later times such as Mandaic and Jewish Babylonian. The best thing to do imho is to merge Mandaic with Aramaic and strict the red outline to the Levant and northern Arabia.--Rafy (talk) 20:35, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

There's no problem with including different chronological periods in the same map, but you need to make clear the way in which you're doing so. If including the green loop within the red loop does NOT mean that east Semitic is a subgroup of central Semitic, then you need to state this very clearly... AnonMoos (talk) 02:37, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

File:Coat of arms (emblem) of Iraq 2008.svg

By the way, which font did you use for that file? I have the "Arabic7Kufi" font. which I've used in files such as File:Iraq state emblem CoA 1959-1965 Qassem.svg etc., but I'm not sure that it's all that great (some letters don't seem to have the full four forms, etc.). AnonMoos (talk) 04:28, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

I have used "AlBattar" which is also a Kufic font. I found it to be the closest one to the official script.--Rafy (talk) 11:44, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

File:Al-Jazira.svg

Seems to mix some 80 B.C. names from the original source map (Arsamosata etc.) with Islamic-era terminology... AnonMoos (talk) 00:03, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

Actually the town had a Syriac Orthodox bishop until the 10th century. Anyway, I removed since it doesn't occur that much in Arabic sources.--Rafy (talk) 19:38, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

File:Semitic_languages.svg

You added a border line between the Somaliland Province and Somalia itself. But Somaliland is not officialy recognized by any state nor the UN. So why is there a border anyway? Thank you. Runehelmet (talk) 19:31, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

No problem, I will remove the border.--Rafy (talk) 19:38, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

File:Orthodoxy by Country.svg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Orthodoxy_by_Country.svg

I saw the note asking for help [ I want to add India as oriental orthodox Christian, as there are many Oriental orthodox in India, specially in the Indian state of Kerala]. I edited the post as the spelling of Kerala was wrong.

Kerala is in India so in my opinion you could just edit the map to include India. Less than 1% of us are Orthodox, about 8% are Christians. Hope that helps.

The map depicts countries as a whole, if we depict Indian provinces then we should do the same for all second degree administrative regions.--Rafy (talk) 16:01, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

Tripolitanian Front-final-ar.svg

Hi, Can you put this map in the Arabic Wikipedia's 2011 Nafusa Mountains Campaign article? Thanks. - Sammy pompon - Talk now, or shut up for ever 13:25, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

 Done--Rafy (talk) 15:59, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

File:Al-Anbar map.svg

This graphic appears in an article I'm pushing for Featured Status; as such, I was asked to supply the source or data set on which it was based. If the ones I put in were incorrect, obviously feel free to change them. Thanks for the awesome map! Palm dogg (talk) 18:50, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

No problem. You can also contact me if you have requests for another map. Good luck with the nomination.--Rafy (talk) 12:15, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

Your maps of Iraq

Hello! Your maps of Iraq are derivative works of file:Iraq location map.svg. The license of that file requires that you name the original file and its author when you use it for own works and share-alike means that the license of your work has to be similar to that of the original file. PD-self is not similar to neither GFDL nor CC-BY-SA-3.0. Please correct the file descriptions of your files. Regards, NNW (talk) 08:11, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

I did those when I was still a noob at commons. I will put appropriates attributes.--Rafy (talk) 12:14, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

Levantine arabic in your map of Arabic dialects

Mar7aba ya Rafy

Your global map of arabic dialects is a useful one for wikipedia.

I conducted some documentary research on the levantine arabic dialect, which allowed me to build the map you see in the Levantine Arabic article (see references there).

The sub-dialect boundaries are only indicative, but as far as limits between levantine vs. badawi and mesopotamian are concerned, the maps, especially those of Syria by Behnstedt show very clear cut limits, closer to the Mediterranean than you show. I suggest you could use this information to update you global map once more.

Iza 3indak as'ileh, bteqder tekteb-li, ba3tiik maqaalaat ...

Ma3 es-salaameh.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Hurayshi (talk • contribs) 01:31, 28 July 2012‎ (UTC)

Mar7aba 3azizi,

I just vectorised an older map. I know it has many errors but I thought it's better than nothing.

By the way the maps you added lately are indeed much more accurate I might use them to modify "my map".--Rafy (talk) 03:00, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

Generous Request

Hello Mr. Rafy,
I really appreciate your work, you have made some very interesting and unique contributions to WP.
As you may know already, my interest in the Arabic language made me interested in your File:Arabic Dialects.svg which is why I ended up doing much independent research on the subject because I knew the map needed a little fixing. I already posted the finalized updated file twice, but you don't approve b/c it's not a real SVG. To be honest I modified the image using microsoft paint b/c using inkscape would take me a long time as I don't know how to use it. But I should point-out that the version I posted was well researched and well sourced as seen on the file's talk page. Although it is not 100% perfect (and it never will be), I truly believe that my updated version is much more accurate than the original one posted, but I just don't know how to recreate it as an original svg. That is why I came here to ask you nicely if you could please recreate my finalized version as an original svg to make it the best Arabic dialects map ever! Thanks and bye.

(by the way, I'll also post this message on your wikipedia talk page just to make sure you can see it, but if you read this first then don't bother reading the second one) Moester101 (talk) 01:15, 16 August 2012 (UTC)

Hi Rafy, I have uploaded my version on the File:Arab_World-Large.PNG. I made one last change to the file by correcting the name of arabic spoken on Cyprus from "Mediterranean" to its proper "Cypriot Arabic" and also fixed the southern boundary of Touareg Arabic. If you there's anything else just contact me. Thanks and bye. Moester101 (talk) 20:07, 16 August 2012 (UTC)

Misspelled words in "Christological spectrum.svg"

Hi. I noticed some misspelled Greek words ('qnoma', 'qnome', and 'prosoposn') in File:Christological spectrum.svg. I tried to use a translation tool to edit the labels myself, but the tool failed to create a valid SVG. May I ask you to edit the file yourself? I will be glad to help. — Alarob (talk) 18:21, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. Are Qnoma and Qnome (in Syriac) loaned from the Greek, or do they have a different meaning unrelated to Greek gnoma? If qnoma translates gnoma, I think we should stick with the Greek when writing in English. — Alarob (talk) 22:59, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

AFAIK Qnoma (ܩܢܘܡܐ) is of Semitic origin non of the Syriac dictionaries I know says otherwise[8][9][10]. BTW Qnome is the plural form in Syriac.--Rafy (talk) 17:17, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

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By the way, I think it might be "hypostasis"... AnonMoos (talk) 00:09, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

Qnoma has different meanings in Syriac, it can be interpreted as hypostasis in non-Chalcedonian theology but for the COE theologians it came to mean prosopon or nature. According to Brock this confusion was an important factor in the schisms of Ephesus and Chalcedon.--Rafy (talk) 16:35, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

No, I mean it's "sypostasis" now... AnonMoos (talk) 06:27, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

Ah, I see it now, I'll fix it soon.--Kathovo (talk) 21:44, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

Need your help

Hi,rafy,we need your help int syrian civil war map,I appreciate your work int eh libyan civil war map,but we have a problem in the syrian map

Here is the discussion http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File_talk:Syria_southern_front.svg.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Alhanuty (talk • contribs) 21:31, 3 January 2013‎ (UTC)

How can I help? I'm not following the news so I can't really keep it up to date.--Rafy (talk) 13:51, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

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Another Hanan Tork image

Hi! I wonder if File:Picture_for_hanan_turk.jpg this image has a bad license too WhisperToMe (talk) 00:01, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

Palestine's map

Why did you update a smaller version of Palestine's map instead of this [11]?--Uishaki (talk) 00:47, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

I removed the cropped part which reduced the size from 1.86MB to 376KB. The map portrays relations between Iraq and the PLO, and later the proposed Palestinian state, I found no reason to include Israel or Jordan.--Kathovo (talk) 09:08, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

File:Italy1328.svg

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File:Assyrian info.jpg

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South Sudan-Israel relations

Please update this map you created. Israel and South Sudan have mutually recognized and have maintained diplomatic relations since 2011. --01:55, 13 November 2013 (UTC)Keshetsven (talk)

File:Semitic 1st AD.svg

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BlankMap-World6-Equirectangular.svg

I appreciate your edits of the map. However, there's a small mistake: The new South Sudan path has class sd (Sudan) instead of ss, whereas the remaining Sudan path has no class at all now (should be sd).

Also, in contrast to the previous version, there are now style tags for all individual paths. I think that's bad because they override the CSS definitions. Previously, one could e.g. just set a style for a class corresponding to some countries in order to color them, as indicated in the comment near the top. It also wastes space. AFIACS, the given styles are completely redundant with the initial style definitions, so just removing all style tags reduces the file size noticeably and restores CSS functionality.

Seems I can't upload the complete file on WM (I don't have an account), but here's a gawk script to make the mentioned changes. (I can send you the complete file some other way if you prefer.)

/<\/style>/ { nostyle = 1 }
nostyle && /style=/ { sub (/style="[^"]*"/, "") }

/sd/ { sub (/land sd/, "land ss") }

/path3894/ { pre_sd = 1 }
pre_sd && /<path/ { pre_sd = 0; sd = 1; print "  <g\n     class=\"land sd\"\n     id=\"sd\">" }
sd { $0 = "  " $0 }

/id="sg\."/ { pre_ss = 1 }
pre_ss && /<path/ { pre_sd = 0; ss = 1; print "  <g\n     id=\"ss\">" }
ss { $0 = "  " $0 }

sd && />/ { sd = 0; $0 = $0 "\n  </g>" }
ss && />/ { ss = 0; $0 = $0 "\n  </g>" }

# Uncomment to demonstrate
#/<\/style>/ { print ".ss{fill:red;} .sd{fill:green;}" }

{ print }

Arabic language in Iran

Hi, please edit File:Arabic Dialects.svg map whit detail from this map as you can see there no one speak Arabic in Bushehr province and there is a vast region in Fars province whit Arabic speakers. Also there is Arabic speakers in Tehran province which you can see in this map.Farvartish (talk) 14:49, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

Also on that map Republic of Azerbaijan merge whit Caspian sea, please correct it.Farvartish (talk) 15:42, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

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Archer90 (talk) 12:28, 27 June 2015 (UTC)

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Hedwig in Washington ^(mail?) 00:38, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

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Fut.Perf. ☼ 07:51, 28 November 2015 (UTC)

It's heavily used in many languages and seems to be the only surviving copy on the Internet, as the original page whence you took it is gone, it's not even in the Internet Archive. Could you try to locate the author of that page and find any proof of this image's age? Or, perhaps, find a book where this might be taken from? (Seems to be a rather lousy copy, so it might have been scanned from a quite small page.) Hate to lose it but currently, it's age is, indeed, unproven. --85.253.175.72 10:28, 28 November 2015 (UTC)

Syriac Christianity

I made a Portuguese translation of your file Syriac_Christian_Churches.svg; and now? How I should upload and use it?--MiguelMadeira (talk) 14:20, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

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109.238.80.47 14:32, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

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Slow 20:02, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

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ᴀlbanɢeller (talk) 05:35, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

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