Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Map workshop/Archive/Jul 2015
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Map for article on King Æthelwulf of Wessex
Resolved. Many thanks again. Dudley Miles (talk) 17:46, 19 July 2015 (UTC)
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Map by Ikonact which I have amended -
Map of southern England for article on King Æthelwulf of Wessex (839-858) -
Draft of new map
- Article(s)
- Æthelwulf
- Request
- Ikonact kindly created a map for the article on King Æthelstan, and I have amended it to show the places mentioned in the article on his great-grandfather, King Æthelwulf. I hope to get the article on this important king to FA, and a map would be very helpful. Note: Sites of battles are shown with crosses, and I have shown towns in upper case for clarity but they would need to be in title case on the map. Dudley Miles (talk) 21:41, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
- Graphist opinion(s)
- @Dudley Miles: I made the map on the right some time ago and could modify it to your requirements. Let me know if it's suitable. Philg88 ♦talk
- Thanks @Philg88:. There would be substantial changes needed as the new map is for the mid-ninth century, pre-Viking, and I do not know how easy they would be. Changes are: 1. Only the southern half is relevant. 2. No map I know of for c.850 shows boundaries, presumably because they are so uncertain, so the colours and boundaries would need to be stripped out, leaving a white map. 3. Mercia would be shown across where English and Danish Mercia are now, and the Welsh sub-kingdoms deleted, leaving just Wessex, Mercia, Wales and East Anglia.
- Does that seem practical? Dudley Miles (talk) 09:25, 19 July 2015 (UTC)
- @Dudley Miles: Sounds like it would be more practical to modify the Ikonact map. Leave it with me and let me see what I can do. Cheers, Philg88 ♦talk 09:51, 19 July 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks very much Phil. Dudley Miles (talk) 10:21, 19 July 2015 (UTC)
- @Dudley Miles: Please take a look at the draft above and let me have any comments or suggestions. Philg88 ♦talk 16:03, 19 July 2015 (UTC)
- @Philg88: Thanks very much. That's brilliant. A few minor points. 1. Sorry I did not make myself clear about the forest. It should be Selwood Forest, and slightly more vertical in shape and a bit further west, on the same longitude as Sherborne. 2. I would delete Polesworth and the other northern (on this map) towns. They are not relevant to this article and I do not know whether they all existed in 850. 3. There does not seem to be room to put in Surrey, which is a pity but not crucial. Dudley Miles (talk) 16:50, 19 July 2015 (UTC)
- @Dudley Miles: New version uploaded. Please mark request as resolved if you're happy. Philg88 ♦talk 17:31, 19 July 2015 (UTC)
- @Philg88: Thanks very much. That's brilliant. A few minor points. 1. Sorry I did not make myself clear about the forest. It should be Selwood Forest, and slightly more vertical in shape and a bit further west, on the same longitude as Sherborne. 2. I would delete Polesworth and the other northern (on this map) towns. They are not relevant to this article and I do not know whether they all existed in 850. 3. There does not seem to be room to put in Surrey, which is a pity but not crucial. Dudley Miles (talk) 16:50, 19 July 2015 (UTC)
- @Dudley Miles: Please take a look at the draft above and let me have any comments or suggestions. Philg88 ♦talk 16:03, 19 July 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks very much Phil. Dudley Miles (talk) 10:21, 19 July 2015 (UTC)