User talk:Seav

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Here be archive #1.

Contents 1 New Philippine Province 2 Can you make a map of Pangasinan? 3 RFA 4 Award 5 Filipino Wikipedians 6 featured picture 7 Sabah dispute 8 tl-wiki needs another admin 9 City/Municipality maps 10 The voting section in tambayan 11 Philippines: Regions and Provinces 12 About those maps.. 13 commons 14 Pronunciation of Quezon City 15 Hallelujah 16 Picture of the Day 17 Guidelines for writing the Ethnic Groups of the Philippines Article 18 AfD 19 So which region is Palawan? 20 CMM vs. CMMI 21 Request 22 Maps 23 Source files for Manila map 24 Image:Ph_physical_map.png up for delisting from WP:FP 25 Google Maps 26 Image:Ph locator cebu mactan.PNG 27 Message on tl.wikipedia.org 28 You have a fan 29 Map 30 My RfA 31 PH provinces 32 Vincente Piccio 33 Other Filipino articles 34 Categories: Filipino people by ethnic or national origin and Overseas Filipinos 35 Tagalog Wikipedia 36 Photos 37 Template:Luzon lateral, Template:Visayas lateral, and Template:Mindanao lateral 38 Maps about to be deleted from Wikitravel

[edit] New Philippine Province

Maguindanao voters approve new province Last updated 04:17am (Mla time) 10/31/2006 Published on Page A14 of the October 31, 2006 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer

Voters in Maguindanao’s 29 municipalities have approved the creation of a new province to be composed of 10 towns, Of Maguindanao’s more than 500,000 registered voters, 285,372 favored the creation of Shariff Kabunsuan province. Only 8,802 voted against it.

Shariff Kabunsuan became the country’s 80th province and the 6th in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.

The new province, carved out of Maguindanao, is composed of the towns of Datu Odin Sinsuat, Kabuntalan, Upi, Sultan Kudarat, Datu Blah Sinsuat, Sultan Mastura, Parang, Buldon, Matanog and Barira.

ARMM is now composed of Maguindanao, Shariff Kabunsuan, Lanao del Sur, Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi and the city of Marawi.

The new province was named after an Arab-Malay Islamic preacher who introduced Islam in Central Mindanao in the 14th century.

[edit] Can you make a map of Pangasinan?

http://www.pangasinan.gov.ph/theprovince/towncity.htm

http://www.pangasinan.gov.ph/theprovince/map.htm

http://www.pangasinan.org/surfmap.htm

I hope you could make a detailed political map of pangasinan with its towns and cities. --Homboy 12:36, 04 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] RFA

Thank you for your vote of confidence!--Jondel 09:56, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Award

Congratulations on your award. It is well deserved. Please feel free to tidy it up a bit.--Jondel 02:30, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Filipino Wikipedians

Hi, you were listed in the Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Philippines page as living in or being associated with Philippines. As part of the Wikipedia:User categorisation project, these lists are being replaced with user categories. If you would like to add yourself to the category that is replacing the page, please add [[Category:Filipino Wikipedians|{{subst:PAGENAME}}]] to your user page. Thanks!

Also, I nominated your Map of Manila at WP:FPC. ;) Coffee 03:17, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] featured picture

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, Image:Ph map manila large.png, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. ~~~~

Jtkiefer ^{T | @ | C} ----- 00:33, August 22, 2005 (UTC)

Hmm...I think that should be on my talk page, actually. :p Anyway, congratulations on having that pic promoted to feature picture, and thanks for supporting my adminship. :) Coffee 08:54, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Sabah dispute

Hey. I forked out the claims part of Sabah, to Sabah dispute. Hope you approve, feel free to revise the thing. --Noypi380 06:51, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] tl-wiki needs another admin

Hi Seav, it seems that tl needs another admin since I cannot be online most of the time. Take a look at the nomination page: tl:Wikipedia:Nominasyon para sa pagka-administrador ng Wikipedia Tagalog. tl:User:Jojit fb (talk) is a good editor there. tl:User:Život (talk) declined. -- bluemask (talk) 04:40, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] City/Municipality maps

You asked about a page that lists the maps already created... I made User:TheCoffee/Maps. That page has links to all the locator maps, assuming they're in the format Ph_locator_(provincename)_(townname).png – omitting the word "city" and changing all instances of ñ to n. Blue links are maps that exist, red links haven't been created yet (and there's an occasional misspelling that causes a few red links.. I'll fix those sometime). 670 created so far.

And here's a barnstar. :) Coffee 14:17, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The voting section in tambayan

hey, may I remove the voting section in the bottom of tambayan. I realized that if it remains there, the whole tambayan will be filled with nominations and votes eh. Boracay was already nominated anyway. --Noypi380 09:27, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

thanks. :) --Noypi380 09:38, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Philippines: Regions and Provinces

In response to: I'm reverting your changes to the Provinces and Regions section in the Philippines article.

Yes, OK, I accept that some of those divisions only really apply to the City of Manila so that's fine.

However, I have reinstated some of my changes as follows:

All provinces are grouped into 17 regions...

There are no provinces in Metro Manila therefore provinces are grouped into 16 regions. Metro Manila is divided into four districts and DILG and NSCB do list these districts as subdivisions of the NCR on their websites.

and:

...and Cordillera regions, which are autonomous.

Although Republic Act No. 6766 provides for an autonomous Cordillera Region, as far as I know Congress blocked this part, hence Cordillera is just another regular administrative region.

Regards, Taiwai94 18:57, 6 November 2005 (UTC);

[edit] About those maps..

How did you make your Manila map? I mean, did you base it on a commercial map, scan it and trace it in Photoshop? Because I actually have an "E-Z Map" of Boracay from when I went there a couple of years ago... Since we're working on Boracay, maybe I can make a similar kind of map. :) Coffee 15:37, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

I based it on a bunch of commercial maps. And yes, I used Photoshop too. :) --seav 17:09, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] commons

Your maps are beautiful, I'm in awe! Do you use commons???? --pfctdayelise 02:25, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Pronunciation of Quezon City

Hey there Seav. Two years and a couple of days ago you added P to the first line of Quezon City. It does nothing, and I don't know how to fix it. Care to take a look? Cheers. Moriori 18:39, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Hallelujah

Done at last, done at last! Thank God Almighty, it is done at last! Coffee 18:12, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Picture of the Day

Hi Seav,

Just to let you know that your photo Image:Ph map manila large.png is due to make an appearance as Pic of the Day on the 3rd January. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Wikipedia:Picture of the day/January 3, 2006. -- Solipsist 17:08, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Guidelines for writing the Ethnic Groups of the Philippines Article

Hi seav, we're discussing guidelines in writing the Ethnic groups in the Philippines article in the Tambayan. Would appreciate your inputs! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:TAMBAY#Guidelines_for_writing_the_Ethnic_Groups_of_the_Philippines_Article btw, congrats with the POTD! --Nino Gonzales 14:02, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AfD

Pls visit AfD Cyberservices, and see an article created by the same "user" - AfD Philippine Cyberservices Corridor. Pls encourage more well known users to make a vote. I have a suspicion that there will be a flood of posts from anons, and new users in those two AfDs. Thanks. Wikipedia is not for promotion. --Noypi380 11:46, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] So which region is Palawan?

hehehe, i just posted in your google blog before i figured out i could post here; feel free to delete that one since it's so off-topic. so anyway, i was just checking NCSB and they still list palawan as region 4, since the move to region 6 is blocked. is there some other more recent EO or AO that says Palawan is now definitely moved to region 6? btw, as i've said in that other post, i love your maps--congrats on pic of the day--and wiki articles; i referred to them continually while doing my thesis. i was actually wondering if i could collab with you after my thesis defense is finished? i was required to finish only cordillera but i was hoping to finish the entire philippines. i can give more details via email. please let me know either way if you're interested or not or too busy.  ;) cheers! -- corey

[edit] CMM vs. CMMI

Help for a newbie, please! Seems like there should be separate entries for CMM and CMMI. Best I can tell, you created the redirect from CMMI to CMM; is that correct? Is there discussion somewhere about redirect vs. separate pages for CMM/CMMI? Do I just create a new CMMI page, or does the redirect need to be removed somehow?. Thanks! --Xsmith 02:40, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Request

Hi Seav,

My name is Fernanda Viégas and I have been studying Wikipedia for a while now (you can see a paper I published on the subject here). I would like to ask you a few questions about your activities as a Wikipedia "illustrator." I am fascinated by the pictorial side of Wikipedia and it would be great to hear about this community from one of its members. Would you be available for an email interview? Thanks, Fernanda.

[edit] Maps

Hello there, I'm from Indonesia, and I want to make a pretty locator maps for every regencies in Indonesia. I've made several, but it looks bad (e.g. [1] and [2]). I made it by directly exporting from ESRI's Arcview to Microsoft Paint. Do you have any idea to make the pretty map (like yours)? What software/font should I use? Indonesia is an archipelago country, just like the Philippines =)

[edit] Source files for Manila map

Your Manila map is amazing -- can I just double-confirm that it's also multi-licensed until CC by-sa 1.0, as stated on your user page? Also, do you have the original source of the map somewhere (PSD, SVG, etc), so it could be modified for use on Wikitravel? Jpatokal 08:57, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Ph_physical_map.png up for delisting from WP:FP

Hey Seav, I just noticed your image Image:Ph_physical_map.png is up for delisting from WP:FP. Do you still have the source files? If so, what did you use to create the map? Could an SVG version be provided (terrain shading looks like bitmap data though)? It would enable higher quality reproductions and make translations of the map for other wikipedias easier. Cheers, Dschwen 09:29, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Hiya Seav, I came here for the same reason. Sorry when I nominated your map for delisting, I didn't notice it had been created by a wikipedian or I'd have come here first. I had run a script to identify pictures that hadn't been through the formal FPC nomination process and I was ploughing through lots of them. Anyway if you are able to provide a larger (or even an svg) version I'll be glad to withdraw the nomination. The map may well be kept in any case of course, and you are very welcome to come along and vote for keeping your own image even if you no longer have the source files ~ Veledan • Talk 11:57, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

I just read your note on the delisting page. I don't think most people will require a SVG, just a bit bigger. Nothing extra is really needed. Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. I know it can be a thankless job to create something and then have people complain, so I just thought I'd pass along a word of gratitude. See ya. --LV ^{(Dark Mark)} 15:56, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Google Maps

Haha.. you and me both, I've never been to Mindanao. But I still enjoy looking at the satellite images. Actually, it can get kind of depressing seeing how dirty and poorly planned our cities are compared to first world countries. Well, it's interesting... Coffee 12:16, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Ph locator cebu mactan.PNG

Hope you don't mind if I used your maps to create a new map. Howard the Duck | talk, 04:28, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Message on tl.wikipedia.org

I left a message sa Tagalog na wikipedia. Thanks. Anonymous_anonymous_Have a Nice Day 23:01, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] You have a fan

You seem to have a fan at abs-cbnnews.com... right now there's a close-up of part Image:Ph_map_manila_large.png on their front page, down at the "special feature" section. And about a week ago I saw them use Image:Ph_locator_ncr_taguig.png. :p Coffee 03:21, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Map

Hey, how's Pinoy Wikidom's favorite mapmaker?  ;-) I just have a question - what do use to make maps? I am thinking of making a language map for Bikol and Tagalog - I want to color the areas where they are native to. The Bikol one would be more complex since it would have 4 types of colors depending on the certain towns in the Bicol region. Is there any program that you use or do you do something else? I'm awfully curious. Maraming salamat. --Chris S. 02:28, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

[edit] PH provinces

Hi Seav, IMO the primary redirects are ok in most cases, and also I do not feel that strong about "X (province)" vs "X Province". Maybe the "X (province)" is even the better one. best regards Tobias Conradi (Talk) 14:31, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Just wanna let you know that I wrote the above _before_ Chris Sundita with abuse of admin rights reverted the moves. The above only was meant as a friendly gesture or to tell you that I won't revert. I thought this would be good after the disputes we had in January of this year. Unfortunatly there now is a new dispute. Tobias Conradi (Talk) 13:56, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vincente Piccio

I agree with you that the article says nothing of such ethnic origins so the categories do not fit, but the name could not be more Italian. What to do to find the facts? Thanks Hmains 04:55, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Same with Sotto: an obvious Italian name. Thanks Hmains 05:05, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

OK thanks.

[edit] Other Filipino articles

By the way, what do you think generally about (those few) WP bio articles on Filipinos of various ethnic/national origins. Good to identify their origins or not? Good to put them in origin categories or not based on what the articles say? Thanks Hmains 06:52, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Categories: Filipino people by ethnic or national origin and Overseas Filipinos

Category:Filipino people by ethnic or national origin Category:Overseas Filipinos

I have no access to research resources, so my work in WP is limited to the area of copyedits and categories. In the matter of categories, I think that the facts in the articles ('right' until changed by the WP editing/review process) should be the basis on which an article is connected to any given category.

That said, I wonder if you might take a look at the two categories above and their sub-categories. Especially, in the 'ethnic/national origin' subcategories, there are not too many articles so they can all be read/worked on in a few hours. Yesterday, I worked on these articles. In cases, where the ethnic/national origins are stated in the article, the categories seem correct to me--but I did leave some discussion notes on various articles where it is not clear that the categories can be justified. Perhaps you have access to, or knowledge of, the facts and can write them into the article where necessary and fix the categories accordingly.

I might add that I am "in a discussion" with another editor who, earlier this week, did a mass delete of all these category connections. In effect, he is saying he knows better than all previous editors of the facts stated in the articles and, in his mind, almost none of the categories can be justified. He expects me to document every ethnic/national origin statement in the articles or he will delete the categories again. As I said above, I have no way to research/document any article fact--I just use the article text, as is. Also, most sentences in WP articles are not 'documented'; for better or for worse, that is the way it is, with article content depending on the good faith and collective efforts of all WP editors, I suppose.

I happen to believe that ethnic/national categories are important in helping to show the movement of individuals from country to country and helping to 'know' the person in the article better. They also help illustrate the 'ethnic origin' articles, proving there are actual named people who fit that origin.

Thanks for anything you can do. Hmains 15:56, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tagalog Wikipedia

Sir, I will be busy with work for the next few weeks so I was hoping that you will check out the tl wiki from time to time for vandalisms and others. Thanks. --bluemask ^(talk) 17:11, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Photos

The following articles need accompanying photos: Claro M. Recto, Raul Manglapus, Jose Diokno. If anyone can help. Also someone to start an article on Lorenzo Tanada. thanks!

[edit] Template:Luzon lateral, Template:Visayas lateral, and Template:Mindanao lateral

Hello. I'm planning to replace those three templates into one unified template. The draft can be found at User:Howard the Duck/Pinoy. Since you are the creator of the templates, I figured to ask your permission first. The three templates can be redirected to the new template name so that the templates would not have to be deleted. --Howard the Duck 05:24, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Actually, I'd like them omitted. We can always retain {{Philippine regions}}, though. --Howard the Duck 07:32, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

I've added a link to a list of regions, because they're aren't really political divisions, but I thought it'll be a blunder if I'll omit them. Exception for ARMM because it has actual political power. What do you think? --Howard the Duck 15:47, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

== Blank Philippine map (with provincial boundaries) and Metro Manila (with city and municipal boundaries) ==

Can you help me?

[edit] Maps about to be deleted from Wikitravel

Greetings -- some of your maps, currently used on Wikitravel, are about to be deleted [3] [4] there because it's not 100% clear that they are multi-licensed also under Creative Commons. Please reply and confirm that they are. Jpatokal 02:04, 12 October 2006 (UTC)