Hello!
I have sent this message to another mailing list (wikimedia-sk). It is
related to Commons and to Slovakia. At this
page<http://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redaktor:Hosmich>is gallery of coats
of arms of Slovak bishops. Almost all are unofficial,
the official ones were uploaded by me after e-mail permissions from
bishops. Official CoAs from sites of dioceses are here:
http://abu-bratislava.sk/portal/system/files/erb_zvolensky.jpg
http://abu-bratislava.sk/portal/system/files/erb_halko.png
http://www.abu.sk/gallery/spravy/erb5-u3-a4-final_n.jpg
http://www.biskupstvo-nitra.sk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/erb_kardin_la_kor…
http://dcza.sk/files/3
http://bbdieceza.sk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/ErbbiskupaChovanca-150x150.p…
http://dieceza.kapitula.sk/userfiles/image/erb.png
http://rkbu.kapitula.sk/userfiles/image/erb_imrich.jpg
http://www.ke-arcidieceza.sk/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/erbbober_resize.jpg
http://www.ke-arcidieceza.sk/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/erbstolarik-258x300…
,
http://www.ke-arcidieceza.sk/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/erbtkac-275x300.png
http://grkatpo.sk/pub/pic/biskupi/erb_babjak.jpg
http://grkatpo.sk/pub/pic/biskupi/lach_milan_erb_2013.png
http://www.exarchat.rcc.sk/images/erb_Chautur.jpg
http://new.grkatba.sk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/b_800_600_0_0___images_sto…
These are missing: Viliam Judák, Vladimír Filo, František Rábek. But they
as well as bishops emeriti and Slovak bishops abroad are listed here:
http://www.kbs.sk/obsah/sekcia/h/konferencia-biskupov-slovenska/p/biskupiand
links.
My questions:
What is situation in other countries? Are files in
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Coats_of_arms_of_bishops_by_coun…
official or not? Please select one country and describe it when
responding. I am interested in officiality, naming convention and file
format of CoAs, as well as whether all files respect them. As for Slovakia
I can say:
1. There are two naming convention: File:Biskup_Surname_Name_CoA.jpg (or
without "_CoA"), used by Tomas.urban; and
File:COA_bishop_SK_Surname_Name.png, used by GiMa38.
Files uploaded by other editors usually don't respect either of them, with
exception of CoAs of Lach uploaded by me. Some are named
File:Coat_of_arms_of_Name_Surname.svg (Korec, Tomko, Lach and old*
Chautur). Some old* CoAs were uninteresting for Tomas.urban, they are
uploaded by another editor with different naming convention.
2. All files uploaded by Tomas.urban and GiMa38 are unofficial. SVG
versions of Korec and Tomko follow distinct "cardinal" template. (Official
version of Tomko is uploaded as
GIF<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tomkoerb.gif>if>.)
JPG versions of Vasiľ and Lach are official. Old* CoA of Babjak is scan of
official version. GiMa38 uploads only shield, because he uploads CoAs of
historic bishops and their insignia are complex.
3. I don't understand Tomas.urban, who uploaded CoAs for many (not all!)
Slovak bishops (he is Czech) with HIS OWN unofficial template, but his
upload of CoA of Czech bishop Hučko is almost
official<http://reckokat.cz/exarchat/images/pictures/hucko-znak.gif>,
yet little different! He uploaded CoAs of other Czech bishops too, their
officiality I don't examine. However, If you are Czech, I will appreciate
your reply.
*old = unused due to change of bishop's office (when bishop is retired or
changed his CoA)
Off-topic: I like logo of Wikimedia Slovakia. It is ambigram:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Slovakia_logo.svg
This is ambigram too:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Miss_World_logo.svg
When WMSK becomes regular division of Wikimedia Foundation (now it isn't),
will it keep its logo or adopt logo of WMF?
PS: I would appreciate correct drawing of these CoAs:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Milan_Chautur_1992-1…
,
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Milan_Lach.svg.
The first CoA is traced and then regrouped, its redrawing would be usable
as SVG template for Hirka, Babjak, Šášik and Rusnák. The second CoA was
drawn by me using template from
Meniok<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Stephan_Me…vg>.
It would be usable as SVG template for Vasiľ.
Thank you for reading. Be happy!
User:Hosmich