User talk:Swinnall
How do I replace the SVG image file?
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In Friedrich_Glasl's_Model_of_Conflict_Escalation (an article I created) I improved the translation of the stage names. This means that I also need to replace the SVG file included in the article. I have tried 3 times to upload the corrected SVG file, but it makes no difference: each new version is identical to the original. Stephen Winnall (talk) 13:17, 26 November 2015 (UTC)
- Hi, I think the error is with the SVG file you tried to upload. I don't know how that error came about, though. I downloaded the file and opened it in Inkscape. The last step on the image should be "Together into the abyss", right? I think whatever is wrong with the SVG file caused Wikimedia's servers to give up trying to convert the SVG into PNG for display in the article. I'll try to re-upload in a minute. --BurritoBazooka (talk) 14:23, 26 November 2015 (UTC)
- I've tried to upload a new version which renders fine in Firefox, but Commons still seems to be giving the old rendering. I've asked around at other places now. Like on Commons' Graphics talk page and their IRC channel. The last resort is to upload the current apparently working version of the file to a different filename. --BurritoBazooka (talk) 15:05, 26 November 2015 (UTC)
- I've stopped trying for now. A Commons user Perhelion replied to me and said it's related to a bug on Wikimedia's end. I suggest waiting about a week and see whether the developers solve it, or at least whether the rendering of the image ends up being updated in Wikimedia's caches. The last resort would be to upload the file under a different filename, as the problem seems to persist on all versions of that file. --BurritoBazooka (talk) 15:54, 26 November 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks for all your hard work and assistance. I tried changing the name of the file and uploading it anew, but the server spotted it was the same as the existing file and stopped me...
- I've stopped trying for now. A Commons user Perhelion replied to me and said it's related to a bug on Wikimedia's end. I suggest waiting about a week and see whether the developers solve it, or at least whether the rendering of the image ends up being updated in Wikimedia's caches. The last resort would be to upload the file under a different filename, as the problem seems to persist on all versions of that file. --BurritoBazooka (talk) 15:54, 26 November 2015 (UTC)
- I've tried to upload a new version which renders fine in Firefox, but Commons still seems to be giving the old rendering. I've asked around at other places now. Like on Commons' Graphics talk page and their IRC channel. The last resort is to upload the current apparently working version of the file to a different filename. --BurritoBazooka (talk) 15:05, 26 November 2015 (UTC)
- This problem seems to have solved itself. I'm glad that large, reputable, successful organisations have the same problems with software that I do... :-)
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I assume that the English Wikipedia is intended for English users from anywhere in the world. What is the correct way to deal with concepts which are expressed differently in different parts of the world? As an example: in many English-speaking countries 'hockey' denotes the summer sport https://www.olympic.org/hockey; however, in North America, 'hockey' denotes the winter sport https://www.olympic.org/ice-hockey.
Disambiguation occurs in North America by distinguishing the pair 'hockey'/'field hockey' whereas the rest of the world distinguishes 'hockey'/'ice-hockey'.
It seems to me that that
- there should be some policy for dealing with these situations;
- there should be some technical means to display only the 'correct' term (for the reader's own value of 'correct');
- there should be some support in the editors for configuring the local variants.
Do such things exist?
It's not just hockey: see Comparison_of_American_and_British_English for some differences along the American/British axis for further examples. And there are obviously other national variants too.
I think it is important to recognise/recognize that articles written in one variety of English can jar with readers who use a different variety and even be completely misunderstood. However, the greatest danger - in my view - is that they can cause wasteful editing wars.