User talk:AlgaeGraphix

Creating a broken link

Hello! As you know I’m renaming the road×rail icons, and some of the almost unused redirects from the old names are used in your page(s). (See example: uRP4h.)

What do you want me to do with those? Ask for deletion as it is and make the redlink in your page? Or edit your page to point to the new name?

-- Tuválkin ✉ 12:46, 10 June 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, just go ahead and let them redlink. AlgaeGraphix (talk) 00:20, 11 June 2012 (UTC)

The weird #D1E231 series

Hello again! With all that renaming and fixing, seems that you missed   (exABZlg d1e231). Not a big loss, but I know you want to be comprehensive. -- Tuválkin ✉ 15:56, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

 Done. AlgaeGraphix (talk) 22:50, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

Renaming legende

Hello! Can you come over and cast your vote at Talk:BSicon/Renaming#With a prefix and maybe your opinion at Talk:BSicon/Renaming#Renaming "legende", please? -- Tuválkin ✉ 17:04, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

filefinder.js

{{Helpme|JavaScript}} en:User:Bility wrote this .js script for me almost two years ago (and hasn't made any contributions since), but all of a sudden it seems to have stopped working correctly. Can anyone debug it to determine the problem? (Also, while you're "poking around under the hood", would it be possible to have it default to checking the last seven days, but have an option to allow searching a specific date range?)
Thanks, AlgaeGraphix (talk) 20:30, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

Will you pay me? ;-) No, just a bad joke. It's really a lot to do here at Commons. I hope, I don't forget your request. Anyone else feeling boring is welcome to take it as long as I didn't indicate that I would start.

I accept under one Condition: You promise writing a Help-page for the tool like Help:RenameLink. Will you? -- Rillke^(q?) 23:23, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

Certainly. Which tool is it? AlgaeGraphix (talk) 17:47, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

Let's shake on it. I was conferring to the script I will write for you as a tool. It will have more flexible filtering options (not yet). -- Rillke^(q?) 00:15, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

Your delivery: Commons:User scripts/BSIcon (launch directly). It automatically stops after 300 queries but it would be better if you press stop before. No need to write a documentation for this stub yet :-) -- Rillke^(q?) 00:15, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

A promising start! Will the output format be choosable? Also, another thought: will the "BSicon" prefix be hard-coded, or will ther be a text box so that it can be changed and make the tool usable to search for any family of files? AlgaeGraphix (talk) 00:13, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

This is indeed what I had in mind (among other filtering options for the recent changes). But this requires more coding; especially the user interface always takes a lot of time to design. If you would like to see a specific format, let me know as this requires less efforts. -- Rillke^(q?) 17:50, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

My number one priority is a script that functions. Second would be the ability to select a specific date rage. Choosing output format would be nice, but not essential. Any other bells and whistle are a bonus. Does that help? AlgaeGraphix (talk) 19:15, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

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Commons:WikiProject BSicon‎

You are invited to join Commons:WikiProject BSicon‎. Useddenim (talk) 19:50, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

Thx & wb

Thanks for the barnstar, and welcome back. If I can help you with anything, especially about the new icon catalog, just ask. -- Tuválkin ✉ 18:19, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

Catalogue

Your tool lists new uploads once again, hooray! Thanks for creating those catalogues. YLSS (talk) 15:13, 17 February 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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BSicon catalogue

Whichever script you're using, just letting you know it seems to have skipped a bunch of Useddenim's uploads in December (as well as some others), all of which were correctly categorized. Jc86035 (talk) Use {{re|}}
to reply to me 16:10, 6 January 2017 (UTC)

@Jc86035: I don't have the computer knowledge to maintain it; the original author disappeared three years ago, and no one seems willing to help fiox it. Can you? AlgaeGraphix (talk) 19:02, 6 January 2017 (UTC)

I have no experience writing in JavaScript, but you might find help on enwiki's village pump. Jc86035 (talk) Use {{re|Jc86035}}
to reply to me 05:31, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

Do you think it's a good idea to retire the catalogue, given that the script is getting increasingly unreliable (it's missed at least 500 uploads and page moves in the last few weeks)? I think JJMC89's changelog is working well enough to replace it, even if the pages take slightly longer to load. Jc86035 (talk) Use {{re|Jc86035}}
to reply to me 15:11, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

Fixing is good, improving past records even better, but JJMC89's changelog documents all edits, which is nice — but a catalog of changed and new images is necessary. And AlgaeGraphix’s work, even faulty as it is now, is much better than nothing. -- Tuválkin ✉ ✇ 16:15, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

@Tuvalkin: Why is it entirely necessary if all of the uploads are also in the changelog? I know it helps by filtering the information, but it just can't work if the script collects less than 5% of uploads and page moves for whatever reason. I guess we could ask JJMC89 to update AlgaeGraphix's pages as well (or make a changelog going back from January 20). Jc86035 (talk) Use {{re|Jc86035}}
to reply to me 15:48, 4 March 2017 (UTC)

@Tuvalkin: JJMC89's bot is now creating four different logs (changes, uploads, moves, deletions), which is quite nice given that the unified changelog is currently not rendering due to the large number of uses of {{BS-q}}. Jc86035 (talk) Use {{re|Jc86035}}
to reply to me 08:23, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

I noticed it yesterday, and split pages is good — it really helps monitorizing new uploads. Is it possible to have an overview area for each section, showing all its icons at a glance? -- Tuválkin ✉ ✇ 09:30, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

Update: JJMC89 bot is now going through everything from September 2006 (except the "all changes" log) and is currently at the start of 2011. Jc86035 (talk) 15:17, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

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Uploads

Hi. Why did you blank out a redirect and upload over it? I'm trying to understand so we can fix the issue. Please respond with the {{Ping}} template. Magog the Ogre (talk) (contribs) 01:49, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

@Magog the Ogre: Compare  (GRZr),  (exGRZr),  (lGRZr) &  (exlGRZr). Notice anything out of place? More than 48 hours after I requested the {{Speedy}} deletion of the unused redirect to allow uploading of a new, correct icon nothing had been done, so I took care of it myself (perhaps not in the most elegant manner). So, please revert your "undo" so that the correct icon is at exlGRZr. AlgaeGraphix (talk) 02:20, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

You can undo it. But make sure you add a license and source this time, please. Magog the Ogre (talk) (contribs) 02:59, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

File:Branc carretera groga de carretera verda.png: {{Speedy}} to {{Delete}}

Hello AlgaeGraphix, I've moved your speedy deletion request to a classical deletion request as requesting a speedy deletion for a bad categorized file seems to me a bit excessive. The standard DR is here: Commons:Deletion requests/File:Branc carretera groga de carretera verda.png. Best regards, -- AlNo (discuter/talk/hablar/falar) 08:27, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

BSicon

Hi AlgaeGraphix, I noticed that you've had problems on gallery pages. I changed the abuse filter by whitelisting 'BSicon', so it should work now. Best, --Achim (talk) 09:45, 3 May 2020 (UTC)

@Achim55: Thank you (although I did manage to figure out a creative work-around). AlgaeGraphix (talk) 13:25, 3 May 2020 (UTC)

New uploads

Thanks for the work you've done in expanding the BSicon catalogue. There are some things I did want to note, though.

•  (ehvBHF~L) is incorrect for two reasons: the formations should be touching the circle, and the name implies that the other half of the parallel lines station would be shown beyond the icon edge.  (hv-BHF) has the correct railings. The correct icon title would be ehv-BHF(r), since this is the shortest possible way to name it using the new standard suffixes.  (hveBHF-STR) is also already available, along with  (hdvBHF~LLL).

 Done Fixed & moved.

•  (vABZg3u-vABZg3) is incorrect (or nonstandard) for three reasons: the convention I used for renaming non-KRZ crossings was to always use the o suffix, v is used twice, and the geometry of 45° curves depends on whether they are named as single or double lines. While it would be convenient to introduce standard syntax for these parallel lines icons, perhaps it would be better to choose a different format and not necessarily v...-v... (although it does actually avoid naming conflicts with other existing icons, so it does have that going for it).

If we were willing adopt the X suffix (as I suggested last week in Talk:BSicon/New icons and icon requests#New ABZ icons for parallel lines), then the name of this icon would simplify to vABZg3Xo.

• The end of the formation on  (hvSTRc3a) is too short.  (hSTRa) uses 70px/50px. I understand you probably did it to allow for a crossing to be shown, but it would be better to preserve consistent icon geometry if possible.

I've uploaded a new version of  (hvSTRc3a); is it any better?

•  (dKRZ3+1h~G) is not correctly named. If it didn't have the formation at the corner it would be named dKRZc4vh, but I think at the moment it would have to be something like dSTR+hdvSTRc4~l (or perhaps dKRZc4vh(L), if that makes sense).

My thinking was, start with  (dKRZ3+1u-), add the formation (h), and move the crossing point back to the top edge (~G).

• The diagonal parallel station icons you uploaded don't seem to have the correct geometry. The distance between diagonal parallel lines is 235.702px (500(√2)/3).

Why don't they maintain the standard 250px separation? I did create them from the existing  (uvSTR3+1) icon. (There's some tangential discussion of line separation here, here and here.)

• At w:en:Template:Hamburg-Altona link line:
  • The S-Bahn icon for Hamburg-Altona should have a new icon, lBHF3-R. I did upload  (lBHF3) and the rest of that icon group, but neglected to do the interchange stations (it should really have been done ages ago).

The existing icons are close enough; it's only a two or three pixel difference.

• Tunnel–tunnel crossings should ideally indicate whether tunnels cross over or under each other.

I've changed that, assuming that the new tunnel goes below the old one.

• The flying junctions after Hamburg-Altona and after Hamburg-Barmbek are missing the corner pieces, e.g.  (dKRZc1o). Furthermore, if two adjacent crossings are continuous they should use the parallel icons, such as  (vKRZ3+1u).

That's an easy icon to overlook, but I've fixed the crossings.

• For the junction before Hamburg Hauptbahnhof, the icon you've used isn't a tunnel portal.

 Done Fixed (although I had to use  (o) to shoehorn the PORTAL in).

• For the junction after Hamburg Hasselbrook, I think it would be appropriate to create actual junction icons between kvSTR and normal diagonals, since it's already been shown to be desirable in at least one other diagram. However, I have no idea what they would be called.

Me either, and I don't really want to start poking at what would be a very large set.

Jc86035 (talk) 13:35, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

It's kinda remarkable that fixing up one diagram would result in creating approximately 150 new icons! AlgaeGraphix (talk) 20:48, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

On diagonal parallel lines:  (ehvHST3+1) is clearly misaligned with the adjacent icons on w:en:Template:Hamburg-Altona link line. Looking at the source it looks like you've used 176.8 instead of 166.67 (I haven't checked all the things that would need to be changed); compare  (evHST3+1). Also, the icon title is missing the h, and the S-Bahn circle should probably be lvSHST3+1~l, à la  (lvHSTc4~l).

On the X suffix: The main issue for me was actually that we don't use a lot of capital letters as suffixes, although it is sort of hard to see the X prefix being used as a suffix. If you would be able to define clearly how the new suffix would be applicable to various icons, I think that would be very helpful. (Would it be a separate suffix to the one used for indicating the crossing geometry variation (for  (STR+l-STRl)), or would the same suffix indicate both?) Jc86035 (talk) 08:03, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

I also somehow didn't notice that all the corner pieces have the formation a little too close to the track. The straight ones should be easy enough to fix in a few minutes, but I'm not sure if the ones with start/end formations should keep their start/end positions (since usually they're in the middle of the visible portion of the track by default). I think @f/@g could be useful in this case. Jc86035 (talk) 15:35, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

Crossing formations

Would you be able to redo  (utbvvSHI5lo+l--) using the 40px crossing formations (e.g.  (kKRZ3+lo),  (dKRZc2o))? Jc86035 (talk) 12:29, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

BSicon catalogue

Hi AlgaeGraphix, could you help me to correct links that you undoed (Undo revision 525008468): (to match BS2) on BSicon/Catalogue/straight_tracks#Basis page? It's a wrong link: there is no correct destination named "BS2": Shift 1/2 icon on BSicon/Catalogue/branchings page. Etvcom 02:32, 10 January 2021 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 95.238.151.55 (talk) 02:32, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

I'll have to give it some thought as to what the replacement should be. AlgaeGraphix (talk) 04:26, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

 Fixed. AlgaeGraphix (talk) 22:10, 4 August 2021 (UTC)

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