User talk:Mxn/2020

Updating Template:Vietnam road banner
Could you help to update the Template:Vietnam road banner to include the expressways ? The signs are already available in the format File:CT 01, VNM.svg, with numbers from 01 to 22. I'd rather not break the template if I would to it myself. Thanks! Pieceofmetalwork (talk) 20:25, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

Map creation steps
Hi - would you be interested in reviewing the steps I wrote out for map creation? Located here: User:Ɱ/sandbox4

I'm not amazing at writing it, used the etherpad notes which helped. If you can help make it sound better, I would appreciate it - I've never written instructions before. ɱ (talk) 03:26, 2 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Sure thing, I just transcribed what you were demonstrating in the meeting into the Etherpad notes. The instructions you've written are sound. I think it'll make the Wikimedia Maps/OpenStreetMap integration that much more discoverable to editors. I just added an alternative workflow involving the OSM Relation Analyzer, which is handy if you already know how the relation would be tagged in OSM. (It just generates an Overpass API query under the hood, but I like not having to figure out the correct OverpassQL syntax.) – Minh Nguyễn &#x1f4ac; 19:21, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

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Maps
Hi again - I was wondering if you could help me out again with some OSM-related things? For one thing, I want to create route maps of Broad Street and High Street. The tutorial you helped me with makes it mostly possible, but how do I select the entire road on OSM? Is there an easy way to do that? Also, many lines and shapes are "ways" which prevents me from using OSM Relation Analyzer or listing the shape/route on Wikidata? What is the difference between a "way" and a "relation"; can they be converted for use for the analyzer and Wikidata? I noticed Columbus Commons park is a relation while for instance, Genoa Park is a way?

My other topic that you might be able to help with is this new tutorial, as I've recently responded to numerous people asking about how to map out neighborhoods, parks, historic districts, etc., and figured this would be helpful to them. I've mostly copy-and-pasted from the route tutorial, and need to re-adapt it further. I just added 'Part 2' for creating shapes (definitely easier than transit routes), let me know how that wording sounds!

Thanks and best, ɱ  (talk) 23:02, 13 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Glad to hear that your tutorial is having an impact! A node represents a point geometry, while a way represents a polyline or polygon geometry. Most parks are either nodes or ways. A relation is a data structure for grouping nodes and ways for various reasons. You're familiar with route relations, which group ways to form a longer polyline geometry. There are also multipolygon relations: for example, a multipolygon can group an outer way with an inner way to create a park polygon with a hole in it. In general, there isn't a data structure that wholly encapsulates an arbitrary road, though there have been some experiments to that effect. Because OSM is so detail-oriented, determining the endpoints of a road can be fraught anyways: is a road defined by consistent naming? What if only the directional prefix or street type suffix differs, or a slight spelling variation? What if the same name applies to a freeway and a connecting surface street or a parallel frontage road? Numbered routes are special in that they're represented unambiguously as route relations, but this isn't the case for less consistent attributes like names. Since Broad Street wouldn't be represented by a single feature, you wouldn't be able to refer to an ID. Instead, you'll need to query OSM for all the features that meet your definition of the street, optionally union the geometries together, and store the data in a Commons map data page. Using Overpass turbo, you can query for a consistent run of adjacent roadways matching arbitrary criteria, such as what's in the name, using a  statement. The results come back as lots of little ways that are split for a variety of reasons. As far as I know, there isn't a way to union all the ways within Overpass, but you can export the results as GeoJSON and use an external tool like Shapely's   function to accurately combine them into a single, coherent LineString geometry. Hope that helps! – Minh Nguyễn  &#x1f4ac; 06:33, 16 July 2020 (UTC)


 * This interactive map demonstrates the  statement that the query above relies on. Under the hood, it runs a more generic query that doesn't require hard-coding a particular road name if you know the starting way ID. It doesn't union the geometries together, though. – Minh Nguyễn  &#x1f4ac; 20:04, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

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Using the Tabular Data module
Hi Minh! I want to use the tabular data module inside another Lua module, but I'm having some troubles setting it up. I saw you on the edit history, so I was wondering if you could help me out.

This is what I have:

local tabular = require("Module:Tabular data") return tabular.wikitable("COVID-19 cases in Asturias.tab")

When I call the function, I get:

Lua error in Module:Tabular_data at line 140: attempt to index field 'args' (a nil value).

Thanks in advance,

Ajuanca (talk) 09:18, 19 September 2020 (UTC)


 * The  function takes a frame rather than just the page name by itself. I split out a   function that can take a table that contains the page name as the first element:  The other underscore-prefixed functions may also be handy for reuse in your module. I also added an example of a time series chart to c:Data talk:COVID-19 cases in Asturias.tab, in case you find that presentation more effective in an article. – Minh Nguyễn  &#x1f4ac; 19:38, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much, Minh! I've been working on in today. You were right, the functions I was looking for were the ones prefixed by an underscore. Anyway, I'm trying a new approach (that almost is finished). Again, thank you so much for your fast response! Have a nice day, Ajuanca (talk) 22:49, 21 September 2020 (UTC)


 * Glad you found it helpful! – Minh Nguyễn &#x1f4ac; 03:12, 22 September 2020 (UTC)

Help with importing OSM map?
Hi Minh! I noticed you made this edit, which spurred me to revisit an attempt to improve the map at Claremont Colleges, which I had put on hold due to the phab ticket. It still doesn't seem to be fully working, though—yesterday, it only drew the outline of the consortium, Harvey Mudd College, and Claremont McKenna College, and when I checked again today with the same code (currently on the page, but commented out) it only drew the outline and Pomona College. Would you know what's going on and how to fix it? &#123;{u&#124; Sdkb  }&#125;  talk 22:39, 1 November 2020 (UTC)


 * I just uncommented your redesigned map and it seems to show all the colleges. There is still a small lag between an OSM changeset being saved and availability in Wikimedia Maps – this is expected with any mirror of OSM data – but it looks like these particular features have been tagged with  in OSM for quite some time, so I'm unsure why you weren't seeing a functioning map before. – Minh Nguyễn  &#x1f4ac; 22:51, 1 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Hmm, it's still only showing Pomona/the consortium outline to me, with same result on mobile/incognito mode. Yeah, I added Wikidata on OSM a while back for them all, but I just added the OSM property for them on Wikidata last night, so maybe there's a delay there. I'll give it a little bit and ask at VPT if it still appears that way to me. Thanks for taking a look! &#123;{u&#124; Sdkb  }&#125;  talk 22:59, 1 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I am noticing some weird issues too, not sure what's up. My "Method 2", however, using data files on Commons, works very reliably always, it'd just take a few more minutes+ of plugging things in. Would be willing to do this for you if you'd like! ɱ  (talk) 23:05, 1 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Is the Commons-hosted version actually linked to/able to sync with OSM the same way the Wikidata version appears to be? I'm a little wary of creating any fork, just since the borders may change in the future. &#123;{u&#124; Sdkb  }&#125;  talk 02:56, 2 November 2020 (UTC)


 * Interesting, I am seeing on that map somehow. Have you tried force-refreshing your browser? Sometimes after I update the various data tables at c:Category:Tabular data of COVID-19 cases in the San Francisco Bay Area, Interactive COVID-19 maps/Per capita confirmed cases/San Francisco Bay Area shows stale data or is blank until I force-refresh or even make a null edit. By the way, when you put a QID in maplink, the Kartographer extension uses the QID to look up the feature based on the   key on OSM; it doesn't consider the  statement on the Wikidata item. – Minh Nguyễn  &#x1f4ac; 23:09, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

Cần giúp đỡ
Bạn Mxn ơi, mình cần bạn giúp tại Wikibooks tiếng Việt vì dự án này chỉ có mình bạn là bảo quản viên giao diện. Bạn nhìn bên trái trang Wikibooks sẽ có một thanh, ở phần nội dung có ghi "Sách Wikibooks", "Sách trẻ em" và "Sách nấu ăn". Bên cạnh 3 mục này đều có một dấu "?" (sách ngẫu nhiên) và một "★" (sách chọn lọc). Mỗi khi sửa đổi sách thì 2 kí hiệu lại gây phiền toái cản trở việc sửa đổi. Bạn có thể bỏ chúng đi hoặc thay bằng cái mới không gây phiền toái được không, vì mình thấy tại các dự án ngôn ngữ khác họ không dùng 2 kí hiệu này. Đức Anh (talk) 00:35, 29 November 2020 (UTC)


 * See Thảo luận Thành viên:mxn at the Vietnamese Wikibooks.