User talk:Orthuberra

ICU Logo
There's a version of that logo on the ICU's website: http://www.midowgamaxkamadaha.com/ It's G.M.I.S. or the Golaha Maxaakiimta Islaamiga Soomaaliyeed, roughly translated as the Somalian Council of Islamic Sharia Courts, the ruling council of the Union. I'm going to use it as the "correct" arms, and place the one currently used as the alternate. --Ingoman 03:45, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Sounds good to me. -Orthuberra 03:51, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Welcome, and thanks
First of all, welcome to Wikipedia! I'm shocked that you've been around so long, doing such good work, without anyone giving you a proper welcome. Hopefully you've got your head around the way things work here, but if you've got any questions, drop a note on my talk page.

Secondly, I just wanted to say thanks for the excellent map you've created of the Districts of Afghanistan - it's much appreciated. --OpenToppedBus - Talk to the driver 08:58, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Hi
Hi Orthuberra,

Thanks for all your hard work, especially the excellent maps you've made. I just thought I'd ask if you would like to join the DPRK working group in WikiProject Korea, since you have done such excellent work on North Korea-related topics. Cheers, -- Visviva 07:42, 3 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Great! Welcome aboard!   Since you're interested in the military side of things, maybe you'd like to drop by Ch'onma-ho.  Fellow member User:Catalan (and others) have been doing a great job there, I think; it might not take too much more to get it to featured status.
 * In terms of maps, well, if you had time it would be great to have location maps for the secondary divisions as well, since we're soon going to have articles on all of them. Something like the map in Gimpo City, maybe, but for the cities & counties of North Hamgyong &c.  If you just created a starter map for each province, the rest of us could probably handle the "grunt work" of creating separate maps highlighting each div.  In any case, thanks again for all your efforts.  Happy editing!  Cheers, -- Visviva 03:50, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Image:NKorea_county_map.png
Excellent work on the map! However, I'm a little concerned about copyright given the World Food Program's map. Yours is definitely not a direct copy, but it keeps the same selection of minor islands, the same mixed Romanization scheme, the inclusion of some lower-level entities (like Puyun, North Hamgyong), etc. I don't really know to what degree it's permissible to use an existing map to create a new one without running into copyright issues. --Reuben 05:05, 25 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Actually North Hamgyong is a province. ;-)  -- Visviva 10:19, 25 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Yes, I meant Puyun in North Hamgyong. Puyun-guyok is a district in Chongjin-si, but it's shown separately.  --Reuben 14:32, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! That must have taken a lot of work. Re Reuben's comment above, I don't *think* this should be a problem, although I'm no expert; looking at the two maps, I see quite a few differences, and significant additional information (for example, separation of autonomous areas) has been added. There are a few glitches, mostly romanization and the like, but now that you've got us started out we can work on that over time. (I'll look into that once we have a full set of county & city articles. In any case, there are some naming-conventions issues & such that we'll have to sort out before that can be 100% solidified.)  Thanks again, -- Visviva 10:19, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

PS If it's not too much trouble, could you also upload a blank (no lettering) version of the map to Commons? That would make the map usable in the Korean & other wikis. Cheers, -- Visviva

NK Map: thanks
Hi Orthuberra, thanks for taking the time to reassure me about the maps. No doubt the world food program map simply used some of the same sources you did. It's really excellent work, and adds a huge amount to the articles. --Reuben 05:51, 26 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Thank you again. But your maps do not reflect recent reform of the NK provinces. Nampho and Rason are designated as not Directly Governed Cities, but Special Cities. -- ChongDae 06:07, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

NSAU logo
Hi. Thanks for making the better-quality NSAU logo. I've replaced it with the old one in the article for now, because your version has several spelling mistakes. Details at Image talk:NSAU Logo1.png. Regards. —Michael Z. 2006-12-11 17:37 Z 


 * Eek. I'm sorry; I committed a typo in my sample text, and didn't notice until you updated the logo.  The word should be АГЕНТСТВО, with another Т before the С.  Thanks for the good work, and my apologies. —Michael Z. 2006-12-12 03:29 Z 

Image:Iraq Dec05 Elect.png
nice work small mistake ,,, in Baghdad 59% in black and also 59% in red it must be 59% in black and 41% in red ..--82.194.53.15 07:16, 24 December 2006 (UTC) Thanks for the catch, I'll fix that.Orthuberra 08:20, 24 December 2006 (UTC)


 * oh, sorry for disturbing the red was for the No. of seats so it is right ,, Baghdad has 59 seats ,,, take care--84.255.151.9 10:11, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Yeah I noticed that myself shortly after I posted the message. -Orthuberra 10:14, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Sudan Roundel.png
Hi, could you upload your image on wikimedia commons please? I would like to use it on another language wikipedia Zz99 13:00, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

I uploaded the file and a few more, look under User:Orthuberra on wikimedia commons for the link. -Orthuberra 00:36, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Zz99 12:49, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

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I have a slightly unusual request. I was wondering if you could make a replica of a Risk game board map for the Risk article. I'm not really sure if it would be a copyright vio or anything but I think a map would look better than the chart currently on the page. In case you were wondering what I was envisioning, I was just hoping for a numerated map, with color tones similar to the real game. The names wouldn't need to be on the individual countries, and actually I think I would prefer if they weren't. I'd rather make it look something like Libya administrative divisions with the names on the side. Please let me know what you think. Thanks. b_cubed 01:38, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Looks pretty cool. I was just wondering if there was anyway you could just throw some numbers on the countries. That way I could label them with a side key. Also, is there anyway the background color could be white? Thanks again. Looks really cool. b_cubed 21:20, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I think it looks amazing and I already put it into the article. Feel free to take a look at it. thanks b_cubed 09:13, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
 * As another editor of Risk, I would also like to thank you for your work in creating the map. It looks very nice and is of great benefit to the article.  Thanks, Dan Slotman 17:53, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

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Map request
Hi Orthuberra, i was wondering whether i could get hold of a photoshop version of RISK map? would you be able to email to manu.dias@gmail.com thankx heaps (ManuDias (talk) 22:46, 6 June 2008 (UTC))

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could you make separate maps for the insurgency in maghreb, and insurgency in the sahel region? we will soon split the article Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present) into two. Ridax2020 (talk) 13:24, 2 January 2021 (UTC)