Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Map workshop/Archive/May 2023

Quick update

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  No promo homo and school bullying laws
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  Updated map, now only showing laws related to school bullying.
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  New map showing laws related to LGBT inclusive instruction in the classroom.

This Map needs to be updated with Florida and Alabama in the Red for State law that forbids instruction on LGBT issues within public schools. La lopi (talk) 15:44, 21 May 2023 (UTC)

 Request taken by Dragon401k (talk) 20:33, 21 May 2023 (UTC). I'm noticing a bunch of different issues with this map. I'll start with the smaller issues and move into the more fundamental.

First of all, it needs to be remade into a text-editable version-- one of the upload logs says "please don't use Inkscape to edit these files", but all the file versions, including the original, are Inkscape created. The basemap listed in the description also looks to be incorrect, as it's state-level, not county. File:Usa counties large.svg is the best basemap to use, as it's text-editable and county-level.

Secondly, it looks like File:School bullying laws in the United States.svg is identical in scope to this map, but sometimes edits aren't made to both versions. Seems like one of these maps should be superseded, as they both (aim to) show the same information.

Thirdly, there are some issues with the concept behind the map. This map aims to chart two different types of laws:

• Laws prohibiting discrimination/bullying against LGBT students
• Laws prohibiting LGBT-positive classroom instruction (also called "No promo homo" and "Don't say gay" laws).

I can understand why it would be helpful to view these two types of laws together, as they're closely related. But it leaves out another closely related type of law, which is laws that mandate LGBT-positive classroom instruction. [1] Of course, adding that category would make the map even more cluttered.

I propose splitting this into two maps: one that shows laws prohibiting LGBT discrimination/bullying in schools, and another that shows laws related to LGBT-positive curriculum (both prohibiting and mandating it). I think that could be accomplished by having File:School bullying laws in the United States.svg be the first map in question, and then creating a new file for the second map. File:No promo homo and school bullying laws in the United States.svg would be superseded by File:School bullying laws in the United States.svg.

Open to input from you, @La lopi, as well as others. I'll get started making the versions I proposed using the text-editable basemap, which would make it much easier to combine/dis-aggregate the maps based on what people have to say. Dragon401k (talk) 20:33, 21 May 2023 (UTC)

@Dragon401k Hi to tell you the truth I was actually thinking the same on the many issues you raised. Thank you for talking about it.La lopi (talk) 23:04, 21 May 2023 (UTC)

 Done @La lopi I've updated File:School bullying laws in the United States.svg to remove the curricular laws (shown in gallery). I tried to update the basemap to a text-editable version, but there was a rendering issue. There doesn't seem to be a good county-level basemap that includes territories and is text-editable, so I just left the basemap alone for now and updated it with Inkscape. I also created File:LGBT Curricular Laws in the United States.svg (shown in gallery) and added superseded templates directing users to the new maps on File:No promo homo and school bullying laws in the United States.svg. I may keep working on updating the basemap for File:LGBT Curricular Laws in the United States.svg, but it's satisfactory as is. Dragon401k (talk) 23:18, 26 May 2023 (UTC)

@Dragon401k Thanks for making the Map.La lopi (talk) 11:00, 27 May 2023 (UTC)

@Dragon401k Hi, i posted this map https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LGBT_Curricular_Laws_in_the_United_States.svg on a couple pages and some guy removed it. By saying removed inaccurate map, no source provided on how Montana, Arizona, etc." prohibit LGBT inclusive instruction in the classroom". i will check the issue but can you also. Thanks. La lopi (talk) 05:28, 28 May 2023 (UTC)

Aguascalientes Department map

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  The first example (map of the Arizona Department).
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  The second example (map of the California Department).
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  The source map – Arizona and California maps were derived from it, as should be the future Aguascalientes map.
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  The map that indicates the location of the Aguascalientes Department (it is numbered as "21").

Article(s)

Aguascalientes Department

Request

Please create a separate map of the Aguascalientes Department, modeled on the existing maps of the Arizona Department and the California Department. — Sundostund mppria ^{(talk / contribs)} 02:21, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

Discussion

Hi @Sundostund, done with this file. I've updated it to use the standard locator map conventions and colours, but am happy to amend it to the above style as needed. – Isochrone (T) 15:09, 16 June 2023 (UTC)

Hi @Isochrone! Thank you so much for your work! It does look fine, but I would prefer if you change it to the above style – this map should be the same as the Arizona and California maps, just for the sake of consistency. — Sundostund mppria ^{(talk / contribs)} 15:14, 16 June 2023 (UTC)

@Sundostund  Done – Isochrone (T) 15:18, 16 June 2023 (UTC)