Support wanted to solidify graphic initiatives and SVG innovation

Support wanted to solidify graphic initiatives and SVG innovation

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Last edit: 20:44, 3 September 2011

Dear Philippe,

I've been for 6 years the architect-coordinator and a leading graphist & mapmaker of the +6 Graphic Labs and about one hundred graphists, who edited or created more than 10.000 images and +3.000 maps for wikipedia over the last 6 years. I'm now returning to active involvement, coordination, and R&D for images edition on wikipedia. My interest for graphics start with the following fact: articles are made of both textual and graphic contents. But I'm quite stuck to see there is no graphic team pushing for graphic innovation neither at the WM level, nor at the strategic wiki level. On the other hand, there are some tremendous visions and opportunities open to us on the graphic, SVG and mapmaking sides. The capabilities of SVG are underused, a web 2.0 online collaborative GIS mapmaking is need and possible (Sharemap.org : the webmaster is willing to collaborate), images should not be duplicated for translations, but multi-linguistic layers should be used with online translation, thus easing our work on commons and enlarging WM's reach, etc.

These directions and others are several heavy projects specific to the graphic edition side that I overviewed for this last 6 years. Also, Briana Laugher advised me to contact you for supports. I'm indeed interested to know : To push SVG, maps & graphic innovation :

  • can the wikimedia foundation actively support these projects ?
  • how ?
    • a call to developpers to support the initiative (effective ?)
    • some founding.
      • the OSM-Wikipedia collaboration got 15.000US$
      • Are the 20.000US$ of the Greenspun project explicitly donated to improve SVG still available
      • and who should I contact to find solid supports/funding to push these innovations ?

Hoping your support for this graphic side of wikipedia, Regards,

-- User:Yug Management, Chinese, Graphism ——please reply en:user talk:Yug

78.231.120.520:38, 3 September 2011