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Adjustment?

Could you adjust File:Ordnance Survey National Grid.svg to use a different landmark? It looks to me as if Nelson's Column, for example is slap on the square border, possibly edging over into the next square (TQ 30 80). Perhaps the nearby equestrian statue marking the site of Charing Cross would be suitable.

Rich Farmbrough, 07:06 17 January 2016 (GMT).

Hello, Rich. I like your choice of the statue as it's traditionally where distances to London are measured, as I just found out. However, its grid reference, TQ 30037 80373 still puts it at the edge of a square. I'll think about how I can better present it. Cheers, cmglee (talk) 15:47, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

P.S. This might sound silly, but I like "TRAFALGAR SQUARE" because "TQ" is hidden in it. I suppose I could also pick Buckingham Palace because it has "The Queen"!

I like the TQ/Trafalgar Square too, hadn't thought of "The Queen"! Rich Farmbrough, 22:58 18 January 2016 (GMT).

Thank "Q"!  ͡°  ͜১͡° 

APOD :)

Hey there, I see your work on APOD today. Congratulations! Reyk (talk) 06:32, 25 January 2016 (UTC)

Many thanks for bringing it to my attention, Reyk. It's a great honour! ୯ ͡°  ͜১͡° ੭ cmglee (talk) 13:35, 25 January 2016 (UTC)

Interesting graphic! Thanks. I was wondering if the abundance distribution of the elements could be laid over their sources too? That is how much from where from what? Ali, Oakland, CA — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2601:643:8100:8A41:CD6B:6E94:F8FC:D3B8 (talk) 02:42, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, I think it would be difficult to do so without cluttering up the table. Moreover, is it abundance in the Universe, Earth's crust, the human body, etc? Anyway, here are some diagrams you might be interested in:

1. http://periodictable.com/Properties/A/UniverseAbundance.bt.log.html
2. http://visual.ly/elements-according-relative-abundance

Cheers, cmglee (talk) 14:19, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

Posting your image and caption on my blog, any credit you'd like me to attach besides "Cmglee"? I think it is worthy of it.- http://stanflouride.com/2016/01/25/we-are-star-stuff/ — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 192.195.81.149 (talk) 04:23, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for asking — the standard Wikimedia credit line below will do. Cheers, cmglee (talk) 14:05, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

© CMG Lee / http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/file:nucleosynthesis_periodic_table.svg / CC-BY-SA-3.0

P.S. I like your collection of periodic tables, and thanks for your kind words, too!

Love it, but (to cmglee): I don't see an explanation for the brown color? Is that missing from the key? --Jasperjon (talk) 13:09, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

Huge thanks for the updated graphic (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Nucleosynthesis_periodic_table.svg) -- 06:04, 20 November 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.234.176.2 (talk) 06:05, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

Nucleosynthesis

Nucleosynthesis_Cmglee_1080.jpg

Love the concept, well played! Small correction/suggestion: Technetium (Tc) should be L (large star) and M (man-made), since it has no stable isotopes. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.128.187.16 (talk) 13:04, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! I'm aware of several disputes. Please have a look at file_talk:nucleosynthesis_periodic_table.svg#Chart_accuracy Cheers, cmglee (talk) 14:28, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

B, Li & Be

Isn't it more likely that these three, being close to He & H, are outliers of the big bang? -jlw

Not sure I understand the question, but if you're asking whether these elements were produced by the Big Bang, I don't have enough knowledge to answer the question. Try asking at en:Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Science. Cheers, cmglee (talk) 12:52, 28 January 2016 (UTC)

3d Bubble Chart

Hi,

I am really interested to know the name of the program you used to create that 3d bubble chart of life expectancy for males vs females. Any support either in terms of the code or any other information is gretaly appreciated. Thanks. You can reach me at: [email protected]

John

Hi John, the program is a one-off Perl script embedded in the SVG file itself. If you open http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Comparison_gender_life_expectancy_CIA_factbook.svg in a text editor, from near line 4000 to the end of the file is an SVG comment ( <!-- --> ) containing the script. Extracting and running it generates the SVG file. I've since moved on to Python — see en:user:cmglee#animal_hearing_frequency_range.svg_.E2.98.8E_26_Oct_2014 — but if you've any questions about this script, just ask! Cheers, cmglee (talk) 13:23, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

File:Variance_visualisation.svg

Hi! I love your illustration of Standard Deviation. It made the concept make sense to me for the first time.

Thanks, glad to be of help! cmglee (talk) 02:06, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the awesome graphics!

Hi!

I recently used parts of this graphic in a term project: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=35180401

And I just wanted to say: thanks for the awesome graphics you do for wikipedia! :) SpeedOfDarkness (talk) 09:51, 18 April 2016 (UTC)

Hi @SpeedOfDarkness, thanks for your kind words. Glad to be of help, and best wishes in your project! cmglee (talk) 10:03, 18 April 2016 (UTC)

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MichaelFrey (talk) 21:25, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

I am very sorry for this deletion request. Honest.

It looks to me as if "GMG NETWORK ORG" was not careful when uploading this video to youtube.

Read the video description:

Note: We do not own the rights to this video, our goals are to promote this cause and do not make any financial gain from this video.

If "GMG NETWORK ORG" does not own the rights of the video,"GMG NETWORK ORG" can not release it under a creative commons license.

If it was released at some point under Creative Commons License, "GMG NETWORK ORG" forgot the attribution/source.

In both cases, we can not use the frame grab.

I am very very sorry. It is a valuable picture illustrating an idea, that makes the world a better place.

That is why am sad and sorry to request the deletion. But with the unknown original source, the image it self is a copy right risk.

I am very sorry.

-- MichaelFrey (talk) 21:40, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

No worries; that's fine by me. I found it on Google Image Search using the Labeled for reuse with modification option, so have no vested interest in it. Cheers, cmglee (talk) 11:57, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

File:Comparison optical telescope primary mirrors.svg

Hi, your graphic of the large primary mirrors is really well made and accurate. It lacks a little something though, the Five hundred meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) which China is building and will complete in 2016. I figure it won't be too difficult to add since it's just a curved line at the bottom. I don't know if it will even be relevant because it will maybe look like a straight line, but since it will be the largest telescope in the world, I think it has its place. Thank you and good job on your great graphics. --Piponwa (talk) 21:19, 11 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi @Piponwa, Thanks for bringing FAST to my attention. It's a radio telescope whereas the graphic is about optical telescopes. Arecibo was put in as a comparison because it is well-known. I'll keep it in mind if I decide to make one on radio telescopes. Cheers, cmglee (talk) 11:53, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Doing one on radio telescopes would definitely be cool, I feel like the more quality material there is, the more people are going to be excited about telescopes. Thanks for all that you do! --Piponwa (talk) 15:19, 14 May 2016 (UTC)

file:Phase_diagram_of_water.svg

hi, I tried to use this nice file at google.sites and it seems that svg files are not allowed therefore I uploaded the file at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phase_diagram_of_water_as_png.png but I am not sure if it was well referenced..... please let me know if it is ok, because I am rookie in this things of Cretive Commons License... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joseasorrentino (talk • contribs) 16:54, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi @Joseasorrentino, It's ok, as long as you link back to the original page [1], though I think you could have just linked to a PNG automagically rendered to the size you want by using a URL similar to http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Phase_diagram_of_water.svg/1234px-Phase_diagram_of_water.svg.png (replace 1234 with your preferred width in pixels). Cheers, cmglee (talk) 21:05, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

Thanks Cmglee.... I did not found the way to link it before although I saw the reference to this rendered file.... I am now using the file you produced because the main idea is to give you the credit.... very nice plot... yours. Joseasorrentino

Hi @Joseasorrentino, Thanks for your kind words. If you could link me to the Google sites you're using it on, I'd love to see your work! cmglee (talk) 23:45, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

file:nucleosynthesis_periodic_table.svg

Hi There, I was interested in using your periodic table of elements graphic in a publication. Would that be possible? Thank you!

Thanks for asking — certainly! Could you please add the standard Wikimedia credit line below so that your readers can find its vector-graphics version, and also be aware of the discussion regarding its accuracy? Cheers, cmglee (talk) 00:10, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

© CMG Lee / http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/file:nucleosynthesis_periodic_table.svg / CC-BY-SA-3.0

Good work

I've been looking through the SVG images you've created and they're very impressive. I actually saw the comparison of bridges one in the past and was surprised SVGs could do that. As if the technical details weren't cool enough, the way you implemented them makes them really useful. Great experiments! Opencooper (talk) 06:24, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi @Opencooper, Thanks for your kind words! If you're attending Wikimania 2016, I'm having a talk and hands-on session on Saturday, 25 June. Cheers, cmglee (talk) 12:23, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

A small mistake?

First, thank you for your work.

Second, I think I might have found a small mistake in one of your additions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:3D_shapes_in_isometric_projection.svg

In the cube there is a measurement that says sqrt(3) and I believe it should be 2*sqrt(3), I haven't checked the others, but I just happened to notice that.

Sorry if I am wrong.

Hi @Sempiedram, Thanks for your feedback. I think √3 is correct. One way of looking at it is to consider that the cube appears as a regular hexagon made of 6 equilateral triangles of side 1. Looking at the top-right one, its top most angle (the one just under the 3 of the √3 label) is 60°. As the top-right side (hypotenuse) has length 1, the horizontal width of the triangle is sin 60° = ⁠√3/2⁠. Hence, the total width of two of these triangles back-to-back is √3. Cheers, cmglee (talk) 09:23, 13 June 2016 (UTC)

About missile demo

飛彈防止遊戲

. The bug of translation is a thing we need to fix. Thank you. --Shangkuanlc (talk) 20:55, 22 June 2016 (UTC)

Hi @Shangkuanlc, Thanks for translating it! Clicking (to destroy a missile) works on my Chrome browser, but the text encoding is messed up. I'll see what I can do... cmglee (talk) 13:45, 23 June 2016 (UTC)

I think it's fixed... Can you please see if it's fixed on your PC? Ta, cmglee (talk) 15:39, 23 June 2016 (UTC)

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Yours sincerely, Josve05a (talk) 16:06, 23 June 2016 (UTC)

Spherical panorama

Hi,

I'm curious- what device did you use to take the above image? Andy Mabbett (talk) 19:19, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

Hi Andy,

Just an old Nexus 7 (using the Photo Sphere mode of the native Google Camera app, then converting to a Tiny Planet projection on the same app). Alas, there are plenty of misstitches due to my handholding it... Are you planning to snap some yourself?

Cheers,
cmɢʟee⎆τaʟκ 19:48, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. Yes, I'd like to have a go. You might like to use Category:Taken with Nexus 7. Andy Mabbett (talk) 10:54, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

Good idea – done!

You're probably aware of these but if not, here are some techniques for better results:

1. Choose scenes far from the camera to reduce parallax – best are landscapes, but at least stand up and stay away from railings.
2. If possible, choose scenes without obvious geometric patterns e.g. large floor tiles and roof beams.
3. Avoid taking a shot when moving people are in the scene to avoid half bodies.
4. Pick an identifyable point on the ground and try to keep the camera over it.
5. Pivot around the camera rather than standing still and turning the body; I grasp the device around the lens with one stationary hand and use the other to swing it around the pivot.

Shame I discovered them only as I went along, but I suppose one gets better with practice... Good luck :-) cmɢʟee⎆τaʟκ 11:31, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

Useful tips, thanks - why not write them up at, say, Commons:Polar coordinates panoramics, so others can benefit? Also, sadly, the Google Camera page on the app store tells me "Sorry! This content is not available in your country yet." :-( Andy Mabbett (talk) 20:06, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

I could do that, but I'm uncertain about Commons' policy; I know Wikipedia discourages How-to articles. Strange it complained about the country; mine came preinstalled. I suppose you could sideload it with adb, or find another app? Alternatively, just snap enough coverage and use AutoStitch (easier but less control) or Hugin (lots of options but a pain to use). After watching a clip on Hololens today, I had a thought that spherical panoramas would be a useful application, if only there was a good way of navigating between panoramas. Cheers, cmɢʟee⎆τaʟκ 20:26, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

Use of Your Image (Nucleosynthesis_periodic_table) on My Science Twitter Page

Hello Cmglee!

I love your image of "Nucleosynthesis_periodic_table.svg" and would like to promote it on my Twitter account for public educational outreach, but with the character limitation, instead of using the image URL, could I download and than upload your image and insert the following in the Twitter text box "A Great Nucleosynthesis Periodic Table By Cmglee CC BY-SA 3.0" @annafrebel @jina_cee #FirstStarsV" Would this suffice?

I would also like to add your image to my Science Facebook page but would be able to add the full attribution since I'm not limited to characters.

You are more than welcome to visit both of my social media sites at these links.

https://twitter.com/tracy_karin

https://www.facebook.com/tracy.prell

Thank you for your time and support.

Tracy Karin Prell — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tracykarin (talk • contribs) 15:38, 07 August 2016 (UTC)

Hello Tracy!

Thanks for kind words and for checking with me. I'm happy to grant you special permission for you to promote it as you've described. It's great to have science enthusiasts like you to make knowledge more accessible. Keep up the good work!

Cheers,
cmɢʟee⎆τaʟκ 22:52, 7 August 2016 (UTC)

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Fixed Base64 typo

I know it's been years since you did this image. I hate to tell you this, but the spacecraft doesn't render. How are we supposed to see the labels and the scale comparision without a spacecraft?!?!? This image is literally USELESS in its current state!!! 8.40.151.110 00:59, 24 November 2016 (UTC)

Fixed. Thanks for bringing it to my attention, cmɢʟee⎆τaʟκ 18:29, 24 November 2016 (UTC)

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