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This workshop is part of the Graphics Lab, a project aimed at picture retouching to improve the graphical content of the Wikimedia projects. More information about the lab can be found on its main page and requests pages (Illustrations ; Photographs ; Maps ; Video and Sound). To ask questions or make a suggestions, see the talk page of the graphic lab page.

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Emblem of the Democratic People's Republic of Angola

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  Flag of UNITA

Article(s): en:Democratic People's Republic of Angola

Request

Hello, I'm looking to see if anyone could remake the emblem used by UNITA's rival government of the Democratic People's Republic of Angola; the emblem is the same as the middle of the one on UNITA's party emblem but with the text SOCIALISMO, NEGRITUDE, DEMOCRACIA NÃO-ALINHAMENTO.
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• Military Ranks as used by UNITA's armed forces
• Pin
• Stamps

Colors should be all the same as the one on the current logo of UNITA and the rooster & sun should be the same as the colors on the flag.
Thanks a million in advance if anyone takes this request :) --NorthTension (talk) 16:28, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

I made some progress in Inkscape (not the full emblem though)

https://editsvgcode.com/d22r00ohf5lr2t17c4 SVG-image-maker (talk) 01:19, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

This is fantastic! Can't wait to see you finish :) NorthTension (talk) 18:22, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Oh right, @SVG-image-maker you should drop a message saying the request is taken in the Graphist opinion section. NorthTension (talk) 04:00, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Hey I'm sorry to ping you again, but it's been two months now, did you make any headway with this? NorthTension (talk) 19:28, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

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Revectorization of File:Coat of arms of the Soviet Union (1936–1946).svg

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Article(s): w:en:State Emblem of the Soviet Union, w:en:Coat of arms of Russia, w:ru:Великая Отечественная война, w:ru:Герб СССР, and other sister projects

Request

Coat of arms of the Soviet Union (1936–1946).svg is the only vector file of the 1936 coat of arms of the Soviet Union. However, it's a poorly vectorized version since it's a bitmap tracing of a raster image. It's also not the most accurate to the official design as approved on May 27, 1937 (shown below). Could somebody please revectorize that image to make it a proper vector image and also an accurate representation of the official design? For reference, this file here is an accurate vector representation of the 1956 coat of arms. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Colohisto (talk • contribs) 00:58, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

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Coats of arms of Venlo in the Belgium period

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  The coats of arms in the Belgium period. I need a vectorised file/version of this coats of arms.
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  For example the coats of arms of Venlo in 1819, which is a little bit different.

Article(s): nl:Wapen van Venlo

Request

Best,

I see that during Belgian times a coat of arms was also granted to the city of Venlo, of which there is no known image on Commons. The coat of arms can be found here in a photo of the awarded weapons diploma. Would anyone like to draw this coats of arms on an .svg file?

Yours sincerely,

--Grasmat (talk) 16:10, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

Update: I already have a jpg. file uploaded of this coat of arms, which you can find above. It's copyright free and hopefully it will help with the drawing. --Grasmat (talk) 12:39, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

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@Grasmat:  Request taken by --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 16:35, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

@Grasmat Just want you to know I'm working on this but it will take some time. It's complex and the source is not that good. Will be back. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 10:42, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

@Goran tek-en, No problem :). I know it's more complex then the other requests, so I have to be patient. --Grasmat (talk) 15:39, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

@Grasmat Hi, I want to check with you.

I see now that I started of maybe a bit to detailed so it takes a lot of time for this, sorry for that.

I want you to check this partial Draft if you think the appearance of this is fine with you? If so I will continue with the work so just let me know, thanks. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 16:46, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

@Grasmat Updated Partial Draft-2

Hi Goran tek-en, sorry for the late answer. It looks good for me. But the crown looks in the diploma yellow and not decorated with blue and red parels (but it is not very visible either). Thanks for letting me know. --Grasmat (talk) 14:23, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

P icon People's Republic of China rapid transit

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Article(s): en:Template:PRChina-metro-stub

Request

Can someone vectorite and superimpose image of Chinese rapid transit over P_blank.svg? Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.109.162.46 (talk • contribs) 17:46, 5. January 2024 (UTC)

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Erroneous flag of Washington (Liggett & Myers)

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  The current state seal of Washington. The image of George Washington could be used in the creation of the file in this request.
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Article(s): Flag of Washington

Request

Could someone please create an SVG file of the flag that was erroneously displayed as the state flag of Washington on a cigarette silk available from various brands of the Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company circa 1905–1917, as seen as part of this image here. Thanks. Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 01:32, 7 January 2024 (UTC) Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 22:04, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

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@Snow Lion Fenian:  Done. Basically just a recolor of File:Flag of Washington.svg and remove the rest of the text. I think the erroneous silk has him smiling more, but I think that's more of a stylistic choice. QuickQuokka ^{[⁠talk • contribs]} 20:59, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

@QuickQuokka: Thanks for taking this request! Just a few more things though... perhaps Washington's head could be made bigger, so that the top of it is closer to the rim of the circle, as it appears to be in the link? Also, even though I'm rather uncertain about it myself, I'm also inclined to think that the central circle from the flag in the link is meant to be light blue (albeit a much lighter shade than the modern seal). What do you think? Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 22:39, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

After Midnight logo

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  Original image

Article(s): en:After Midnight (TV series)

Request

I am not entirely sure if this logo can be recreated in SVG form due to the blurs and multi-colored gradients, but I guess it's worth asking. (Note: sorry for the bad quality of the logo. Taking it from the series itself is not plausible as it's shown over a wide shot(?), and other bigger versions do not show the outer colors well. Now that I think about it I'm also not sure if the outer colors are needed, so it can be omitted if so.) --Spinixster (talk) 10:16, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

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I just tried to simulate the blur with filters.

I do not know the font. It has a two-story "a" but a one-story "g". The font "Trebuchet MS" shows the gist, but has the wrong "g" and "M".

I only uploaded to File:Test.svg. WMF's rasterizer has too many limitations, and I do not have tracing on this machine. See archived Test.svg.

Glrx (talk) 19:36, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

I think it may be Helvetica Bold or a similar font, with adjustments to the a so it resembles a @. Not sure about the smaller font at the bottom, though. I think remaking this logo in SVG would be hard, so if that's not possible, I wish for someone to override the original file with a better picture. Spinixster (talk) 02:25, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

(Edit conflict) Definitely not Helvetica; note the round dot on the i, showing a Geometric influence. Avenir is closer but not quite right either. The two-storey a is quite unusual in the at-sign and may have been substituted.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 03:24, 31 January 2024 (UTC) P.S. The ft ligature is another unusual feature suggesting hand-alteration.—03:29, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

The "ſt" ligature was present in all the fonts I tried. Glrx (talk) 03:34, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Uh, the "ſt" ligature may have been obtained from another font.... Glrx (talk) 04:03, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

The font is an issue. This link

• https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/144457/what-typefaces-if-any-use-a-double-storey-a-in-the-sign

only found a few fonts with a double-story atsign. Tahoma and Verdana have double-story "a" characters, but single-story atsigns.

A hack would use the Trebuchet MS atsign and Helvetica/Arial for the rest. But many users (and WMF) do not have Trebuchet MS.

A better method than trying to match the font would trace the characters and then employ the filters.

Glrx (talk) 03:14, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Animated illustration of the PCC door movement

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  Closed position
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Article(s):nl:Treindeur]] and Commons gallery Mechanism of PCC tram door movement

Request

I would an animated illustration of the door movement of a PCC tram door. --Smiley.toerist (talk) 11:27, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

The similar animation can be changed wih

• the green line (sliding rail) lower down
• A new line showing the door opening with at the end the turningpoint of the yellow line
• The yellow line passing beyond the green line (the turning point is on the new line)
• The blue line (doorpanel) and connection to sliding rail is not a straigth line. The actual panel (with windows) has the show the orientation. The panel does an 90 degree turn.

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Seal of the Territory of New Mexico (1887–1912) - TIF to SVG

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Article(s): New Mexico Territory, Seal of New Mexico

Request

Would anybody be able to redraw the above TIF file of the seal used by the New Mexico Territory from 1887 to 1912 as SVG please? Thanks. Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 13:28, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

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Keir Starmer Approval Graph

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Article(s): en:Leadership approval opinion polling for the next United Kingdom general election

Request

Can someone please update this graph to the latest version using the information in the Keir Starmer section on the Wikipedia page linked above, which as of the time of writing stetches from April 2020 to 19 Sep 2023. Helper201 (talk) 13:21, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

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Seal of Indiana (1879–1899) - PNG to SVG

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Article(s): Any article this already features on.

Request

Would anyone be able to please redraw the above PNG file of the 1879–1899 State Seal of Indiana as SVG? Thanks. Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 21:29, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

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Modify vector files and vectorize raster files

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  Vector file #1 [OK]
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  Raster file #2
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  SVG [OK]
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  SVG [OK]
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  Raster file #4  Not done

Article(s): en:Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, en:San Bernardino County Transportation Authority, en:Riverside County Transportation Commission, en:Ventura County Transportation Commission, and en:Southern California Rapid Transit District

Request

Hello! I want these two vector files modified, as well as for the four raster files to be vectorized.

To modify the LA Metro Logo, please use this page. To modify the SBCTA logo, please use the full logo on page 7 of this PDF.

Thank you! --OrdinaryScarlett (talk) 02:57, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

@OrdinaryScarlett:  Request taken by Mrmw (talk) 05:39, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

• for Raster file #3, there is a sharper image at https://www.newgeography.com/content/004761-los-angeles-rail-others Glrx (talk) 06:00, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

@OrdinaryScarlett: mostly done - i wont do #4 --Mrmw (talk) 20:59, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

Thank you so much! And understandable, haha! —-OrdinaryScarlett (talk) 21:02, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

Mauryan Court Flag

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  Image of the flag at the Maurya Court

Article(s): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_flags https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurya_Empire (Possibly, I have to get the approval of the other editors.)

Request

Hello, I was looking through the Wikipedia category on vexilloids in hope of finding something, and I stumbled upon this image of a painting of the Maurya court with a flag. I was wondering if someone could vectorize the flag in the image. FYI, a higher resolution image is found here: https://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r5smDLKc8XA/StBhngrRK9I/AAAAAAAABpA/OA0sZKp8BZc/s1600-h/Mauryan+emperor+Chandragupta.jpg.--Sci Show With Moh (talk) 20:52, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

@Mrmw Would you possibly be able to do it? If not, who would you reccomend? Sci Show With Moh (talk) 00:55, 25 February 2024 (UTC)

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Diamond record icon.svg

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  A diamond record. Someone on its creator's profile said it looks more like a mango due to the colors.
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  silver
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  white
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  platinum / blue

Article(s): Many, but the Music page on Wikipedia Testsite (test.wikipedia.org) is an example.

Request

Make it look more Diamond-ish, i.e blue? Originally it was clear. A day later, the creator turned it orange. --The Master of Hedgehogs (talk) 21:11, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

@The Master of Hedgehogs: there are already two other discs at commons - you should upload new versions as new file instead of changing existing files - are you happy with silver and white? --Mrmw (talk) 05:43, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

yep! The Master of Hedgehogs (talk) 13:08, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

@The Master of Hedgehogs: pls have a look at c:Template:Other versions/Discs --Mrmw (talk) 13:23, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

SVG and split religious habits

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Article(s): a lot of them!

Request

Hello. On the it.wiki's Graphics Lab we're working on converting to SVG and splitting religios habit/vestments sketches on Commons, so they can be used more easily and without scaling problems. Since it's a really long process, we would like to ask for your help taking some of that work.

More precisely, the steps are the following:

1. Creating an SVG version of the sketches and uploading it
2. Uploading the individual sketches on Commons

If it's possible, I would ask for coherence to make them on the style of those sketches: 1, 2, 3, since it's the one used by most of the sketches already present

Thanks a lot --Sciking (talk) 15:19, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

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SVG emblems request

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  Emblem with motto (but wrong colours)
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  Emblem without motto
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  Non vector emblem with motto
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  Vector emblem without motto

Article(s): en:Indian Navy and en:Indian Air Force

Request

• For the Indian Navy emblem, the colour of the emblem having the motto is wrong, while the emblem with correct colours is missing the motto. Source - Official website of Indian Navy

• For the Indian Air Force emblem, the motto is missing in the vector version of the emblem but the emblem with motto is not in SVG format. Source - Indian Air Force --Bairagi Ram (talk) 12:27, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

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Granducato di Toscana (political flag of Tuscany)

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  Actual flag of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany
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  SVG [OK]

Article(s): Flag of Tuscany

Request

I noticed there is not a very common political flag of Tuscany, used from the early '90s to about 2010 by Lega Nord and called "Granducato di Toscana" but actually it was a simplified version of the real flag of the Grand Duchy. --Carnby (talk) 06:11, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

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@Carnby:  Done --Mrmw (talk) 09:46, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. Could you please check the crown and surrounding area and transform the shield into a Sannitic one?-- Carnby (talk) 09:51, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

@Carnby: which shield do you prefer? seems to be a mix of

• CoA English2 260x300.svg: 

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• CoA modFrench2 260x300.svg: 

see: en:Escutcheon (heraldry)#Shapes --Mrmw (talk) 10:31, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

I'd say the first one. Thanks again.-- Carnby (talk) 11:34, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

@Carnby:  Done --Mrmw (talk) 18:29, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank you again, but now the flag has disappeared and there's only the CoA... Also, the shield seems to be a bit too large.-- Carnby (talk) 04:40, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

@Carnby:  Done --Mrmw (talk) 05:48, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

Could you please move up a bit the CoA? Also, is it possible to simplify a bit the design of the crown? Thanks again.-- Carnby (talk) 06:51, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

@Carnby:  Done --Mrmw (talk) 11:25, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

Vectorize raster logo files

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  Raster logo file #1
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  Raster logo file #3
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  SVG #3

Article(s): en:West Coast Express, en:Rapid Ride, and en:Line 5 Eglinton

Request

Hi! Please vectorize this raster logo files. Thanks! --OrdinaryScarlett (talk) 01:19, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

@OrdinaryScarlett:  Done for #3. #1 is probably best recreated from scratch; I'm having trouble identifying the typeface for #2, but am working on it! Fvasconcellos (t·c) 12:22, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

Vectorize raster logo file

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Article(s): id:Sekolah Dinas Luar Negeri

Request

Hi! Could someone help making a vectorized file of this logo? Please supersede the file and put your name on the author, thanks --Regards, Jeromi Mikhael ^(marhata) 00:07, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

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Vectorize raster logo

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  Raster logo
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Article(s): en:Big Eight Conference

Request

Can someone please vectorize this raster logo file? Thank you. --Colohisto (talk) 18:43, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

@Colohisto:  Done Fvasconcellos (t·c) 01:41, 15 March 2024 (UTC)>

House flag of Bristol City Line

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  Helpful file, just change the colors
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Article(s): en:Bristol City Line

Request

Please make a house flag used by Bristol City Line. [1] [2] Swiãtopôłk (talk) 20:43, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

@Swiãtopôłk:  Done Colohisto (talk) 22:42, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

@Colohisto: Thanks for taking care of it so quickly, I would also like a gray frame like in LB to mark the shape. Swiãtopôłk (talk) 20:39, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Logo ACDC

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  SVG pwrup [OK]
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Article: AC/DC

Request

There's already an AC/DC logo, but my problem with it is that it doesn't resemble such in official products due to the bolt being too far from "AC" and a little unaligned as the slash. In official material (references here and here) the bolt is sized and aligned enough to barely touch the C & D without overlapping either, and the top of the bolt is also connected with the upper-left point of the D. I'm requesting another logo with such details, basically. And just to be safe, could there be two variants of it? One in flat black and one in red and with a gradient, both transparent. Thanks. --Carlinal (talk) 02:35, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

 Request taken by Mrmw (talk) 11:05, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

@Carlinal:  Done --Mrmw (talk) 21:21, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

This is wonderful. Thanks a lot! Carlinal (talk) 01:18, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

Flag of Lundy - GIF to SVG

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Article(s): Any article this already appears on.

Request

Could someone redraw the above GIF flag of the island of Lundy as SVG please? Thanks. Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 23:45, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

@Snow Lion Fenian:  Done using the 2:1 ratio of the actual flag flown in the reference photo and video, and, lacking a construction sheet, proportions reckoned from the folds of the flag. Let me know if you'd like a second version matching the GIF exactly. Fvasconcellos (t·c) 03:30, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

@Fvasconcellos: That's better than the one I asked for, many thanks as usual for your assistance! Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 13:51, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

Full GPT architecture (PNG to SVG)

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  The full architecture of a GPT model
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  SVG [OK]

Article(s): en:GPT-4

Request

Hi! Would it be possible to vectorize this image? Thanks a lot in advance! --Listz3 (talk) 02:49, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

 Request taken by Mrmw (talk) 07:37, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

@Listz3:  Done --Mrmw (talk) 10:30, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

Original burgee of Penzance Sailing Club

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Article(s): Penzance Sailing Club, List of Cornish flags, Jolly Roger.

Request

Could someone please create an SVG file of the original burgee used by Penzance Sailing Club until sometime in the 1990s, as seen and described on this page, in the "1970s onwards" section. It could be derived from the current club burgee provided above, albeit with the background changed entirely to white and the skull-and-crossbones enlarged. Thanks. Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 02:25, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

 Done Fvasconcellos (t·c) 10:08, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

@Fvasconcellos: Perfect, thanks! Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 13:29, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

"Gongbi Quanshu" logo and Qiuwen logo

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Article(s): en:Qiuwen

Request

Could you make a green colored variant of the logo without the WMC text? Source

Also please make a SVG of Qiuwen baike logo.--2001:4455:21F:D700:D6:BCEF:F820:63E1 03:04, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

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