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• http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2007675305/ - No article, but this might be an adaptation of Snakes and Ladders
• http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002716792/ - Around the World in Seventy-Two Days (already in use)
• http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2009632884/ - History of Go
• http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2001695089/ (different version here) - Pope Joan (card game)
• http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2004670574/ - Something in the Chess family of articles
• http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002719589/ - Something in the Playing cards family of articles. Also military history?
• http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2010652157/ - Something in the gambling family, Saratoga Springs, New York

SVG files

Please stop removing {{non-free reduce}} from SVG files. The policy is very clear that they shouldn't contain too many or too detailed geometric elements. If they nevertheless contain too detailed geometric elements, then the source code needs to be modified to remove several geometric elements and to make the remaining ones less detailed. An easy way to check is to look at a big thumnail (say, a 2000 px one): if the image still displays perfectly at that resolution, then the image need to be reduced. --Stefan2 (talk) 07:10, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

While you were writing to me, I was writing to you. No point in having it on two venues, so we should continue there. Sven Manguard Wha? 07:12, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

WikiCup 2013 September newsletter

In 30 days, we will know the identity of our 2013 WikiCup champion. Cwmhiraeth (submissions) currently leads; if that lead is held, she will become the first person to have won the WikiCup twice. Sasata (submissions), Hawkeye7 (submissions)—who has never participated in the competition before—and Casliber (submissions) follow. The majority of points in this round have come from a mix of good articles and bonus points. This final round is seeing contributions to a number of highly important topics; recent submissions include Phoenix (constellation) (FA by Casliber), Ernest Lawrence (GA by Hawkeye7), Pinniped, and red fox (both GAs by Sasata).

The did you know (DYK) eligibility criteria have recently changed, meaning that newly passed good articles are accepted as "new" for did you know purposes. However, in the interests of not changing the WikiCup rules mid-competition, please note that only articles eligible for DYK under the old system (that is, newly created articles or 5x expansions) will be eligible for points in this year's WikiCup. We do, however, have time to discuss how this new system will work for next year's competition; a discussion will be opened in due course. On that note, thoughts are welcome on changes you'd like to see for next year. What worked? What didn't work? What would you like to see more of? What would you like to see less of? All Wikipedians, new or old, are also warmly invited to sign up for the 2014 WikiCup.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 23:07, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

Image check

I don't think there's any issues - it's a different book - but do you see any colour issues with these? WARNING: NUDITY It's illustrations to Kipling, but... it's a bit... ruder than you might expect. Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/Set:_The_Taking_of_Lungtungpen Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 05:21, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

The colors on those borders are near-perfectly uniform, better than even the good ones from the batch of 20. I don't see any issues at all. By the way, when you run out of things to fix, there are some images linked above under the header "Storage", and if any of them strike your fancy for restoration, I could definitely use more FPs for Portal:Games. Sven Manguard Wha? 05:30, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

LoC's down due to the shutdown, so I suspect I'll want something soon enough. Thanks for the suggestions and help! I suspect my copy of Soldier Tales hasn't been read as much, so is cleaner and less vignetted. =) Also, it probably doesn't hurt that I had to use material from the other side (left or right) to extend out one side on each of them - the book's very tightly bound, so it's simply impossible to get enough width of useable paper on one side. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 08:05, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

...Oh, wait. Yeah, not happening until the U.S. has a functioning federal government again, I fear. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 08:06, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

This nonsense should only last for a few days. Sven Manguard Wha? 17:54, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

Greetings, an old discussion, and a request for an apology or please either substantiate your claim

Greetings and thank you for your contributions. I still think you owe me a direct apology for what I consider to be a false allegation that I was attacking people over there. Either that or please substantiate your allegation that attacking people that disagree with you has merit. But I've made something good of the discussion and your main points. See WP:Wikimedia Foundation. Best. Biosthmors (talk) pls notify me (i.e. {{U}}) while signing a reply, thx 10:43, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

I'm going to go with "No, and go away". How's that? You just came out of nowhere to demand an apology for something that happened eight months ago. Not only do I not feel that anything I said merits an apology, but I find it outright pathetic that you'd revisit an eight month old conversation to demand an apology. Don't expect any further replies from me. We're done here. Sven Manguard Wha? 18:03, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

Puss in Boots

It's not bad, although it could certainly use a better scan, if possible. The description gives the original source, you could probably PD-Art it. The main problem is whether it'd pass FPC. I'd say probably not at the moment (we're a bit low on reviewers, feel free to join in), but it might when things pick up again a bit, though I'm a little neutral on it due to some faded lines. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 22:43, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

That said, if your plan is simply a desire to have a Puss in Boots FP, I have a plan that may help with that. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 07:32, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

I hadn't been looking for one in particular, I just found that image and figured I'd bring it to you and see what you thought. Sven Manguard Wha? 18:02, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

Sven Manguard

	Awesome Bot
	I think this is you. Cute! David 09:50, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

Yeah, that definitely looks like him :) Legoktm (talk) 15:37, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

Looks like Sven agrees: User_talk:Sven_Manguard/2011_Q1#Note_to_Self. -- ТимофейЛееСуда. 17:14, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

Low bitrate samples

The non-free content guidelines explicitly link to WP:SAMPLE when talking about music samples, and that guideline says that 64kbps will normally be sufficient. The non-free-content policy itself, meanwhile, requires that "An entire work is not used if a portion will suffice. Low- rather than high-resolution/fidelity/bit rate is used". If we have to use lower rather than higher, and 64kbps is normally sufficient, we should be reducing music samples to 64kbps (especially when the article in which they are used is nominated at GAC or FAC) unless we have a good reason not to. (And the burden of proof would lie on those believing it should not be reduced to demonstrate that we have a good reason.) This is just the same as the way that we reduce the size of album covers to 300 by 300 px. J Milburn (talk) 07:10, 15 October 2013 (UTC)