User talk:Mr. Matté/Archive 4

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--Mr. Matté

Dynamic Coloring of your Map
Hi, I recently created a script using the NY Times API to dynamically color your map using their data.

The script could be extended to automatically provide all kinds of maps for any election!

Here's the demo http://www.greentoko.com/nytimes —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.120.238.200 (talk) 22:56, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

United States Senate Elections, 2012
Hi! Nice work on. West Virginia should be Grey now, like New York, since it too is being filled by special election in 2010 (after Robert Byrd's death). Could you do it or show me how? KevinCuddeback (talk) 14:41, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

Hi, I noticed you were the author of so I figured you would be the one to ask. Nevada's seat has been filled by appointment and Heller will be running for a full term as an incumbent so the coloration should be changed to a darker red. Herb Kohl of Wisconsin is retiring also so it should be a light blue now. I would do it myself but I'm not sure how to edit files in wikimedia. Rxguy (talk) 14:40, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

United States gubernatorial elections, 2010
How's it going?



Hi, don't know if it's worth switch, but from July 3 to July 26, Alask with have a retiring Republican governor. Then after July 26, it will have a incumbent Governor seeking re-election.

Also, another odd case. Right now, there is no election is Utah for 2010. But if and when Jon Huntsman, Jr. get confirmed by the U.S. Senate as U.S. Ambassador to China, then there will be a special election for Governor of Utah and the then-incumbent, Gary Herbert, will be seeking re-election. So guess it's a bit of a heads up, but just ask Diane Denish and Bonnie Newman if resigning is the same as a plan to resign. Cladeal832 (talk) 19:48, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

US Congrssional Districts, party colors.svg
I'm not sure why there's a misspelling in this file, but and inherited by Wikipedia so it might be cumbersome to rename.

I noticed that a similar file was recently altered to change NY_27's boundaries. However, the editor has overlapped an existing area, and named it with a less intuitive ID (path4103 instead of NY_27).

I was wondering if you could do three things: Thanks! --Goldfndr (talk) 07:34, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Change the NY_27 boundaries similarly, but without the overlap.
 * Change the CA_10 color to show the vacancy. (The only part I feel brave enough to conquer.)
 * Revert (or recreate) the legend at the bottom as text instead of paths; see the recommendation (they don't need to reflow). This also would simplify substitution.
 * Thanks for telling me that; I guess I've got a lot of 'splaining fixin' to do. :) —Mr. Matté (Talk/Contrib) 13:39, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Coordinates for SEPTA stations
You missed some "M's" again; Manchester Avenue (SEPTA Route 101 station) and Monroe Street (SEPTA Route 101 station). Just thought you'd like to know, since you've been doing them in alphabetical order. DanTD (talk) 02:20, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
 * There is a template at the bottom of articles: .  That template puts that article into a hidden category Category:Pennsylvania articles missing geocoordinate data.  The two articles you listed here do not have those templates, but I thank you for letting me know about them. —Mr. Matté (Talk/Contrib) 02:23, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Aw, crap. I should've found them and added them. I wonder how many other coordinates missing templates I didn't add. DanTD (talk) 02:41, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

Go to the location, right click on the spot, click "What's Here?" and the title of the page becomes the coordinates of the spot. Then just add  °N, °W  to the coordinates parameter in the infobox. WP:GEO has more information about it. I guess you do know how to do that. —Mr. Matté (Talk/Contrib) 04:45, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

Coords
Kudos to you for all of the geographical coordinates you're adding. Much appreciated. --Tagishsimon (talk) 00:56, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

D&LW Bridges
You are correct, the Delaware River Viaduct does not cross current PA 611, although it did cross the old route, now Slateford Road. By the way, do you know why the point on Google Maps links to the Paulinskill Viaduct entry instead, and how to fix this? I fixed the coords in the articles themselves.Martindelaware (talk) 06:45, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Wouldn't know how to fix the error on Google's side. —Mr. Matté (Talk/Contrib) 13:56, 29 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Use Yahoo. Google's cartography stinks. Or you can cite some other map.Mitch/HC32 14:04, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm mainly using the map to locate the coordinates of a place (so I can put them here). I use Live Search Maps as well (or whatever the hell it's called now) to verify what's there or as a primary source for finding a place. —Mr. Matté (Talk/Contrib) 14:09, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Change for Kentucky on File:2010 Senate election map.svg
I see you've made some of the recent changes to the 2010 Senate election map. Could you cahnge Kentucky to light red, as Bunning is retiring? Thank You.Naraht (talk) 14:11, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Quadrant Routes
I tried uploading the images as PA QR xxx, but for the weirdest reason it wouldn't allow me. ~ EDDY  (talk /contribs /editor review ) ~ 21:26, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

File:1992_Senate_election_map.svg
Hey there, I believe there is a slight error on this map. In Oregon in 1992, there was a Republican hold, not a Democratic hold, so I believe Oregon should be red, not blue. Can you make the change? Or if I'm reading the map wrong, let me know! Thanks! --Esprqii (talk) 16:27, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the quick fix! --Esprqii (talk) 20:49, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Discussion at WikiProject New Jersey
Hi, Mr. Matté, User:Nightscream and I had a disagreement over certain parts of NJ municipality articles; because the discussion could potentially affect hundreds of articles, we decided to bring the discussion to WikiProject New Jersey. I would value your input in the discussion, which you can find here. Thanks, A Stop at Willoughby (talk) 15:37, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

File:US Congressional districts.svg
The map for CA-23 is incorrect (it was incorrect on the old map to begin with). CA-23 (the thin ribbon-like district) extends northward up to CA-17, so CA-22 does not reach the ocean. Also, the northern part of CA-17 has a thin extension that wraps around Monterey Bay (to get to Santa Cruz). -- kur  ykh   06:12, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
 * That map and some related maps are now up-to-date and correct (as far as I know, at least). Thanks for letting me know about that issue. —Mr. Matté (Talk/Contrib) 22:35, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Sorry that I have to ask for another change, but the border between CA-04 and CA-02 needs to be modified. They have parts jutting into each other near Butte County, and the CA-04 part seems to have been cut off. Thanks! -- kur  ykh   00:19, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

What was the method you used to create this, and how might one go about updating it to reflect the 2012 redistricting? --KernelSanders (talk) 21:56, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I got all the shapefiles from each state's redistricting webpage, used QGIS to convert them to svg, traced the new lines onto a state map of the U.S., saved and uploaded it to Wikipedia. Finished it on August 9th. —Mr. Matté (Talk/Contrib) 22:56, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (November 2009)

 * Newsletter delivery by xenobot  14:09, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Your map of US counties
Hi there, I was just admiring your map of US counties and I was wondering if you could tell me how you made it? I ask because I've been hoping to find or make a similar SVG map of Census districts, and maybe some other division maps of Canada, but have had no luck. I'm hoping your answer is a little less labour intensive than "I traced out and named each county in Inkscape" ;) Thanks a lot,  TastyCakes (talk) 16:14, 19 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Your suspicion is true, sorta. I can't remember exactly, but I got the map off another .svg on Wiki, then fiddled with it a little, and went to every county individually for the name. —Mr. Matté (Talk/Contrib) 23:11, 19 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah I see, so you had an svg with each county already an object in it? I wonder how the maker of that map did it :)  Anyway, thanks a lot for making that map, it seems very useful.  TastyCakes (talk) 18:18, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

FM 1832 highway shield
The highway shield you created for FM 1832 (File:Texas FM 1832.svg) has the wrong number, 1833, on the shield. Although that route is now designated RM 1832, I'd like to use the historic shield in the history section of the present road's Wikipedia article. ThanksFortguy (talk) 23:46, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
 * New batch of TX shields are up including the one you mentioned (although there was a funky issue with File:Texas FM 1266.svg where some user tried uploading it this morning but got screwed up along the way). —Mr. Matté (Talk/Contrib) 01:29, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject New Jersey Newsletter (January 2010)

 * Newsletter delivery by xenobot  13:50, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Municipal election results maps
Hi there. I recently uploaded a derivative work (see here) of File:2009_NJ_gubernatorial_results_by_muni.svg. The revised party shading colors are consistent with the colors used in county election results maps as well as the cells of tables showing county-level election results and below (e.g. here and  here). In addition to adding some level of consistency, I think the lighter shade of blue in the new municipal results map makes boundaries between adjacent Democratic-voting municipalities discernible. What are your thoughts?

There is also a discussion about whether municipal results maps or county results maps are more appropriate for election infoboxes. See Talk:New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009 if you're interested.

Purnell School
Thanks for adding coordinates to the article. Per the template documentation, the type code used for schools in Coord is actually, not. Otherwise, it looks like you're doing good work. Please keep it up. --Stepheng3 (talk) 05:36, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * That edu/school error was a brain fart. I did a lot of those coord things in a lot of NJ and PA articles last summer, it's just that I forgot what the type name was. —Mr. Matté (Talk/Contrib) 06:16, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

United States gubernatorial elections, 1979
I created the article United States gubernatorial elections, 1979 on March 14 (because of the fact that I thought that it should be made considering that articles for the 1978 and 1980 elections had already been made), but I do not know how to create the maps that are included in such articles. I am in no way saying that this needs to be created immediately but it would be good to include it sometime in the future.Fuelsaver (talk) 05:16, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the late reply, but here it is anyway: To create these maps, you would need to get a scalable vector graphics editor (Inkscape is pretty good and free!) and one of the old maps from one of the other articles. You would then color in the states based on the data from what you found and the colors used. I hope that cleared things up. —Mr. Matté (Talk/Contrib) 04:09, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

April 2010 USRD newsletter

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Six Flags template
Hi, just wondering why Déjà Vu (roller coaster) was removed - according to the article, it's still operational at one park? Best, CliffC (talk) 02:05, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
 * It's because Deja Vu is not and never was at Six Flags Great Adventure. 02:13, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Ohhhh, I get it... living in New Jersey, I've somehow come to think of "Six Flags Great Adventure" as the name of the whole company. Sorry. --CliffC (talk) 03:40, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

Summer 2010 USRD newsletter

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South Carolina Highway 73
I'm a little confused. The sign in the article never actually existed, except on Wikipedia.Vchimpanzee ·  talk  ·  contributions  · 19:50, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't know about this road either; when I created those new SC shields (many years ago), I just made them based on old shields there. —Mr. Matté (Talk/Contrib) 12:23, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
 * If we could find an actual photo of how the signs looked, we could probably do that.Vchimpanzee ·  talk  ·  contributions  · 18:00, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
 * I contacted the South Carolina Department of Transportation over this and they used to be really good to respond but they haven't in this case. Maybe they were too confused by what I was requesting. They might not have had any photos. You could work with anything with the old-style 7 and the old-style 3, though, and maybe I can find something for you with those. I am probably going to Myrtle Beach in about a month. I'm surprised I didn't investigate this when I was there last year.Vchimpanzee ·  talk  ·  contributions  · 18:23, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I was reading a help desk question regarding road signs and I remembered this issue. It seems the correct road sign has been on Commons since 2007 and I didn't know this. User:Fredddie corrected it in his last edit.— Vchimpanzee ·  talk  ·  contributions  · 18:34, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

Sock investigation
You previously filed a sock investigation on this user, now there is another one, at Sockpuppet investigations/WikiLubber. Perhaps you may have some prior knowledge, experience and expertise to impart, with this particular case. Thank you for your time, -- Cirt (talk) 22:24, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

Fall 2010 USRD newsletter

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Winter 2010 USRD newsletter


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NJ Legislative districts
Nice job on the New Jersey Legislative Districts Map (2011)! Any chance of you making maps for the divisions of Jersey City and Newark for use on New Jersey Legislative Districts, 2011 apportionment? I think showing the breakdowns in those districts would be helpful to the article.  Jim Miller  See me 16:49, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

U.S. Roads WikiProject Newsletter, Spring 2011

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Question about editing Wheel of Fortune Templates
In your explanation on the "Wheel of Fortune Template" page http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wheel_of_Fortune_template.svg you explain how to make your own values and such... one thing I am curious about, is when I am attempting to recreate the 1989 Bob Goen configurations, how do I insert the "diamond" symbol seen on the $50 and $75 spaces... I have never attempted photo editing before, so I am curious about that... any advice would be appreciated! Blozier2006 (talk) 01:44, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
 * When you download the file, there is a wedge with the $/X/X/♦. As you rotate the main wheel, make a duplicate of the diamond wedge and center it to the page horizontally (edit accordingly). I haven't used that file in many years so I'm not sure if all the kinks have been worked out of centering it, etc. —Mr. Matté (Talk/Contrib) 02:34, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Thank you! Blozier2006 (talk) 19:22, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

USRD WikiProject Newsletter, Winter 2012

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USRD WikiProject Newsletter, Spring 2012

 * —  Imzadi 1979  →   00:14, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Congressional districts map
I see you created a File with the outlines of the new congressional districts. Great! Do you have a source for the individual states? We'd like to start updating articles about the districts, but needed new maps. Please note, however, that if you add the maps, don't remove the old ones — we want to preserve them for historical reference.—GoldRingChip 12:37, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I do have sources for individual states, and I would include those sources if I were to start doing individual states' districts. That might take some time because the source files I have are .shps from each state and they have too much detail for .svgs that are only going to be displayed at most 500px wide. Right now, I'm going to focus on coloring in the incumbents/open seats in the national map, then get to each state. Thanks for your patronage! —Mr. Matté (Talk/Contrib) 13:43, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
 * OK.—GoldRingChip 14:32, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

File:2012_House_elections_incumbents.svg


The multiple colors and their key are confusing. If it's an "open seat" or the "Primary has not been held" then there's still an incumbent. —GoldRingChip 21:29, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

File:2012 Senate election map.svg
Richard Lugar (R-Indiana) isn't retiring; he lost renomination.—GoldRingChip 15:26, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Precedent shows that the same color is used for retiring and primaried Senators. Example: . You can change the key on the article's infobox if the semantics are very important. —Mr. Matté (Talk/Contrib) 15:49, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Good point. I think the earlier (2010) map should be changed, too.  It would be best if we had a final map (after the election), separating senators' intent and results, such as: Dark Red: Republican gain; Dark Blue: Democratic gain; Medium Red: Republican change/hold (like Murkowski in Alaska, 2010); etc.—GoldRingChip  16:25, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Wynona Lipman
Hi, I've reverted your edit of her birth year -- please see the talk page for more discussion. —Offenbach (talk) 02:56, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the clarification. —Mr. Matté (Talk/Contrib) 03:08, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

113th U.S. Congress House districts blank.svg: state boundary lines
Hey, Mr. Matté. Long time fan, first time commenter. I love that you've already created a map for the new congressional districts starting with the 113th Congress. I have one complaint, however; this map does not distinguish state boundary lines and congressional boundary lines like the current congressional district map does, so demarcating states can be confusing, especially for those not from the U.S. Would it be possible to bold the state boundary lines to fix this problem? Many thanks, X  n  u  x 22:22, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Buttering up will get you far in life. I made an alternate version of the 113th map based on the old design: File:113th U.S. Congress House districts alternate.svg —Mr. Matté (Talk/Contrib) 01:24, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks a bunch. By the way, if I wanted to add a path for Washington, D.C., would it be easy to do in Inkscape (i.e., could I fill in the space where D.C. should be without breaking things)? X  n  u  x 21:52, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I left DC out of the national map because it's not a part of the United States. it's a non-voting delegate unlike the members of the other 435 districts displayed. I figure if you wanted to display results of NV delegates, you would use this map: File:Non voting US House delegations blank.svg which coincidentally was also created by me. :) —Mr. Matté (Talk/Contrib) 22:14, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

USRD Summer 2012 Newsletter

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KML
Just so you know, you do need to edit the talk page when adding a KML so that the categories refresh. Bit annoyed that this doesn't happen, but in the meantime... --Rschen7754 01:21, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I was confused about why they were showing up in the categories but no "needs-kml" was in the talk pages. Thanks for clearing that up. —Mr. Matté (Talk/Contrib) 01:25, 3 September 2012 (UTC)