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June 5

Help creating a map that links to the list in a template

I would like to create a map similar to Template:National Historical Parks of the United States for Template:National Monuments of the United States. I will use the coordinates from the List of National Monuments of the United States. I cannot find the linked image except the underlying US map. Thank you for any help.Jllm06 (talk) 14:18, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

It really is much too tough to find such templates or whatever this is(image?){{National Historical Parks of the United States map}} Sometime you can search for the name in the search box but this case just got me a long list of places where it has been used. As an aside for whatever reason {{National Historical Parks of the United States map}} does not even have the first park in the template box list on the map, so maybe that can get sorted out here too.Alanscottwalker (talk) 14:31, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

Is the image you're trying to find the one here? If so, that's a dynamic map template based on Image:US Locator Blank.svg — you can see the code used to generate it . —  crh ₂₃  (Talk) 14:42, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for the information and for updating the original map.Jllm06 (talk) 19:31, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

What is the proper format for the "line break" command?

Can someone please explain to me the difference in the following three commands? What is each one supposed to do, or supposed to be used for? Thanks.

• <br> (just the two letters "b" and "r")
• </br> (the two letters with a slash/virgule before them)
• <br/> (the two letters with a slash/virgule after them)

Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 17:58, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

The all do the same thing. (See here for a discussion.) RJFJR (talk) 18:02, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

Yeah, what he said. I will only add that the second form is clearly malformed and shouldn't be used (MediaWiki knows that it's wrong but seems to do the right thing anyway).

—Trappist the monk (talk) 18:10, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

WP:LINEBREAK says the preferred form is <br />. Omitting the slash has the additional downside that it breaks syntax highlighting. – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 18:29, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

Is there any difference between <br/> and <br />? The first one does not have a space between the letter "r" and the slash. The second one does have a space between the letter "r" and the slash. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 19:56, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

See WP:LINEBREAK. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:16, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

This goes back in HTML history a bit since <br> used to be the standard. Then came along an HTML standard that said all tags should have a closing /. To anyone not in the web design world, and even for some in that world, it's a pedantic difference. You can just use <br /> and not worry. Dismas|^(talk) 01:25, 6 June 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, all. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 16:03, 6 June 2016 (UTC)

Uploading images for an article

Hi,

The rules say that you can only upload your own images, copy write free images, or if the original creator has given permission. I was wondering whether it would be okay to give the graphic artist credit. Would this work? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hydrogeology (talk • contribs) 20:14, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

Simply giving credit wouldn't work. The producer of the image (photo, illustration, etc) would have to give permission for the work to be used again even for commercial purposes. I stress that since it's what most people get hung up on and why some people don't want to give their work to license their image in a way that works with Wikipedia. Many people are fine with donating to WP but when they find that someone else can take their image, without their explicit permission, and publish it in a book, for example, then they get upset because the image is being used to make money for someone else. Wikipedia:Image use policy might help here. Dismas|^(talk) 20:16, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

................................ Hi, . I received permission from the owner of the graphic (owned by “Bonestell LLC (“Bonestell”)" that I would like to use to illustrate the Wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadean

“Bonestell LLC (“Bonestell”) grants the non-exclusive right and limited permission to use, display and transmit the following copyrighted Images (“Image(s)”) described in Exhibit A for illustrative and noncommercial purposes, such as identifying or commenting on works of Chesley Bonestell, on the following website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadean

This limited permission shall be royalty-free, non-transferable and perpetual. This permission is subject to You including the credit with the Image(s) as specified in Exhibit A.”

The image is entitled "Formation of the Earth’s continents, 1952" and must include the credit, “Reproduced courtesy of Bonestell LLC”.

So, how do I proceed to utilize the image? The full text of the permission granted letter to me is available if necessary. Please advise, as I am unsure of the exact Upload/Inert procedures.

Thank you, Andy hydrogeology

Wingless flies

How is it that some flies are wingless, like the sheep ked or the New Zealand bat fly? Heegoop, 5 June 2016.

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