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DOC help - raster v/s svg
by Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer 22 Oct '17

22 Oct '17

i am ready to contribute to the page stating the difference between an svg and a normal image ^^ . thank you ! Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer, Mauritius abdurrahmaanjanhangeer.wordpress.com

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moderation - 'could have been made w/Inkscape'
by brynn 16 Oct '17

16 Oct '17

Hi Friends, I think I probably know how the community leans on this. But since it bothers me so much, and happens so often, I thought it was worth not assuming the answer, and finding out for sure. A few months ago, we decided not to allow random photos in the gallery, which are unrelated to the project in any way. We also decided not to bother with copyright issues. (long discussion - https://sourceforge.net/p/inkscape/mailman/message/35798617/) Probably equally as often as random photos being uploaded, are images which *could have been made with Inkscape* but which I doubt were. So far, I've been letting these go through. But as I said, I wanted to have a discussion, rather than assume. Here are a couple of recent examples: -- 2 images, 1 resource and 1 thumbnail -- https://inkscape.org/en/~noahgabe@...172.../%E2%98%85music -- https://inkscape.org/en/~KristiBryant113/%E2%98%85jesus-saves-the-world2 (I did a little research on this one, and found it at many different sites (many on different sites selling tshirts, as well as just web images) with the same basic image (and this exact image here: https://res.cloudinary.com/teepublic/image/private/s--rVeDm8Gt--/t_Preview/…) -- so I'm pretty sure it wasn't made with Inkscape) --https://inkscape.org/en/~chiquitita/%E2%98%8515230751-703016283207581-8475381764676214363-n To me, all of those /could have been/ made with Inkscape. But I have reasons to doubt all of them. How do you all think they should be handled? I think they should be handled similarly to random photos (contact the member, explain and link to CoC, ask to explain the relation to Inkscape, ask if they would like to remove, inform after 2 weeks we will do it, of course with graciousness. Or do we let them have the benefit of our doubt? I honestly don't understand why people go around posting random images (apparently, afaict) in random galleries, once or twice, and never come back. (I have the same curiosity about people who post 1 or 2 frivolous, sometimes meaningless messages in forums and never return.) But it seems worth the effort not to waste our limited resource on hosting these things. Anyway, thanks for any thoughts or comments :-) All best, brynn

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website curate questions
by brynn 10 Oct '17

10 Oct '17

Hi Friends, Since the external link for this image: https://inkscape.org/en/~mahafuj/%E2%98%85images-27 points to the upload form, I thought I would remove the link via Curate. But it won't let me save the changes unless I enter a URL. The curate form doesn't look like the others I've seen. Usually in the black area, it allows to actually change the image, and the external link is the top field below-right (just under the black area). But here, the external link field is in the black area, and there's no opportunity to change the image. And the usual external link field below the black area isn't there. If I remove the URL from the field in the black area, and click Save, it warns me that the URL is missing, and won't save it. There must be something about this image that makes it different, which would probably explain this. But I don't see what it is. Can someone offer some guidance on this? Thank you very much, brynn PS - At the moment, I don't think this is a bug, or else I would have posted it to the gitlab issue. But if it is, let me know and I'll post a new Issue.

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quick question re website messaging
by brynn 09 Oct '17

09 Oct '17

Hi Friends, Just a quick question. Somewhere recently someone told me not to paste text into the website pages editor, from a word processing type of text document (like LibreOffice). Apparently it transfers conflicting codes or something. Is it the same for using the website's private message? Should I only use Notepad? (I'm just making myself some templates for when I need to message members as a moderator. Then I can just paste in the message, change the member name and maybe the name of the image.) Thanks, brynn

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UX team?
by brynn 24 Sep '17

24 Sep '17

Hi Friends, I just noticed there is no UX team showing on the Teams page (https://inkscape.org/en/teams/). I could have sworn I saw one there, not too long ago (couple of months maybe). I think it had several members. What happened with that? Thanks, brynn

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how to edit the top part of FAQ page
by brynn 20 Sep '17

20 Sep '17

Hi Friends, Having finally learned how to use the Scale setting and change units for version 0.92, I wanted to make a new FAQ for it. But I can only edit the "answers" section of the page. I can't figure out how to edit the top part, where the "questions" are. I tried switching from Content to Structure, in case the page was divided into 2 sections (like it once was in the past). But no luck. By right-clicking on the title of the toc, I found a box to edit the toc, but it only lets me edit the title. I would need to add a new item. Even if I look at the Source, it only references a toc id "259261". The "questions" don't even appear in the source! I think I just don't have the right kind of access. Shall I just write the contents that I want to add, and send them to someone who can add them? Thank you very much, brynn

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new pm notification
by brynn 28 Aug '17

28 Aug '17

Hi Friends, I've noticed the little envelope icon no longer flashes, when I have a new message. I've double-checked the Notification Settings. I have the email alert enabled. Does that disable the flashing icon? I looked through the Issues in the Inkscape-web gitlab account, but didn't see this. Should I make a new Issue report for this? Or is it not supposed to flash anymore? Thanks, brynn

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use StopForumSpam for gallery moderation?
by brynn 28 Aug '17

28 Aug '17

Hi Friends, I guess this is the only way to have a group discussion among moderators (other than setting a time to meet in chatroom) since I don't have diehumblex's email address yet. Other community members are welcome to respond, if you have comments or opinions, but otherwise, this is directed towards moderators. A resource (small text file with javascript) was recently flagged (by Maren) which she thought might have been testing to find out if the site could be hacked or traffic redirected. (She wasn't sure though). But being potentially so severe, I thought I would utilize SFS to look and see if the member had been previously reported as a spammer. Of course I could only look up the username, since I don't have access to email or IP address. But it made me wonder if we should consider using StopForumSpam, to report newly identified spammers? What do we think about potientially using SFS in gallery moderation? It would not necessarily require an interface, such as Inkscape Community has (where you just click a button, and SFS is accessed and searched for the selected member). We can simply look up member names "manually". But more importantly, I would like to report spammers there. Just our small contribution to the effort, you know. But to me, it's worth the extra effort. It would stop them from spamming other sites. Although admittedly, just reporting the member name won't do much. It would really only have a significant effect if moderator had the IP address and email address. Thanks for comments :-) All best, brynn

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Re: [Inkscape-docs] [Inkscape-devel] should this remain in the gallery?
by brynn 20 Aug '17

20 Aug '17

Thanks C R! Off topic PS - I received the plaque. Thanks again :-) brynn -----Original Message----- From: C R Sent: Friday, August 18, 2017 2:41 AM To: brynn Cc: Inkscape-Docs ; Inkscape-Devel Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] should this remain in the gallery? My thought - If it mentions Inkscape, it's free advertising for the project. If it's spam, at least it's relevant spam. :D I vote to leave it up. imho we don't need to be ruthless unless there's some problem with too much of it. - It will make the project seem unfriendly to anything outside its own interests, and hostile to working with designers/developers who offer free editing with Inkscape as a benefit (I do this a lot with my own design work). They no-doubt post that pdf elsewhere with Inkscape compatibility listed as a benefit. I believe that's exactly the kind of thing we want. My 2p -C On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 5:17 AM, brynn <brynn@...78...> wrote: > Hi Friends, > There's a recent new upload to the gallery, which appears to be > instructions for using a website which helps people create their own logos, > for a price. I can't see that it has anything to do with Inkscape (except > in its PDF, it recommends using Inkscape to edit the logos). > > They could be considering the phrase in the CoC "made to be used with > Inkscape" wrongly. But I'm not sure. (copying to the devel list, re CoC) > > I'm just looking for some other opinions about this, whether it > should remain in the gallery at all, or remain under a different category. > Personally, I think it's spam. But since I tend to be rather ruthless about > spam, I thought I should ask for other opinions. > > Does anyone see any relationship to Inkscape here? > > Thanks, > brynn > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-devel mailing list > Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel

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Re: [Inkscape-docs] [Inkscape-devel] Not as awesome as....?
by brynn 20 Aug '17

20 Aug '17

Thanks Gord. But unfortunately, when I click Release, it turns blue, and that's all. There's no edit button. I'm not so much a website developer, as someone who watches out for the contents. (Originally I created a lot of the contents, but only the simple pages. There's a lot of the site I just don't have access to, because I don't understand it.) All best, brynn -----Original Message----- From: Gord Caswell Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2017 4:57 AM To: brynn Cc: Inkscape-Docs ; Inkscape-Devel Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Not as awesome as....? On 20 August 2017 at 05:17, brynn <brynn@...78...> wrote: > > PS - I'd offer to delete them, except I don't appear to have access to those > pages. > Brynn, To edit the page, when you're on the page, click on "Release" in the header, then "Edit Release" Gord

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