User talk:Napets007

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Napets007 Napets007 (talk) 01:48, 27 September 2025 (UTC)

Your draft at Draft:MAX Green (Calgary) came to my attention after you created some BSicons ( (KINTa brunswick),  (exKINTa brunswick) and  (eKINTa brunswick). I proposed a file move due to the naming conventions of the BSicon project — small letter "k" denotes a type of curve whereas capital letter "K" denotes a terminus (from German "Kopf" meaning "head" in English). Many of the names are derived from German as the BSicon system originated on the German language Wikipedia.

As I am already working on a project to create BSicons in the additional colours, and it just so happens that I am working on directional stations at the moment, I created  (BHFf brunswick) as well as the other directions and their "ex" variants. Taking a look at the route diagram in your draft I noticed a couple of other BSicons that did not exist in the brunswick colour scheme so I took a few minutes to upload them. Next time you edit your draft you can change the BSicons that are still in the default colour to their "set brunswick" versions. -=# Amos E Wolfe ^talk #=- 20:55, 1 October 2025 (UTC)

Hello there,
I just had a look and updated my icons for the correct colours. Thanks so much for the help! You just took another thing off my to-do list.
Many Thanks!
Napets007 (talk) 21:59, 1 October 2025 (UTC)

Many thanks for fixing my upload error on  (exkSTRr+1 brunswick). Wikimedia Commons checks for exact duplicates during file uploads but as I had changed the title but not edited the colour value, there were two extra bytes and the file slipped through as it wasn't exactly identical.

I've uploaded yet another version of the image with a smaller filesize, as I noted you used Inkscape to make the edit. Did you know that for simple changes such as uploading a colour variant of an existing BSicon, it's relatively easy to use a text editor? (such as Notepad++ if you use Windows). This method is preferred because software like Inkscape adds a load of its own proprietary code thus increasing the filesize.

Here's an example of the SVG code which can be edited. A regular BSicon uses the hex value #BE2D2C (dark red) which represents an open line which in this case I have replaced with #64A064 to represent the "ex" variant of the brunswick colour set.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="500" height="500">
  <title>exkSTRr+1 brunswick</title>
   <path stroke="#64A064" d="M 750,-482.84 A 732.84,732.84 0 0 1 17.16,250 H 0" stroke-width="100" fill="none"/>
 </svg>

To find this code, which you can then copy-paste into your text editor of choice, simply click-through on the SVG as shown on its file description page (or on the text link "Original file"), then right-click and select "View page source" or "View source" depending on your browser.

I also uploaded  (kSTR3 brunswick) and its "ex" variant as I noticed you had added to your route diagram template. If you need to use any more BSicons which don't have an equivalent in the brunswick colour set, why not try using the text editor method to upload one yourself? You can leave me a message on my talk page if you have any problems or further questions — either here on Wikipedia or on Commons with the same username. -=# Amos E Wolfe ^talk #=- 13:03, 2 October 2025 (UTC)

I had a look at the diagram under construction at User:Napets007/sandbox. What you are trying to create is more like a geographically-accurate map, whereas the BSicon system is designed to show a schematic diagram of where lines interconnect, showing stations, junctions, and other important features. I don't think adding vertical and diagonal text to your under-construction "map" is the way forward, and I don't really have any experience of doing so.

I can think of three ways you could take this project: (1) Create a map by drawing coloured lines which accurately represent the railways using graphics software and export it as a Scalable Vector Graphic (SVG); (2) Use Template:Rapid transit OSM map which takes its information from WikiData (I have no experience with this method); (3) Create the diagram by "straightening out" the lines and concentrate more on the connections between lines rather than an accurate representation of how it would appear on a map.

You can see examples of all three methods described above in the article MBTA subway — you have to click [show] next to the words "System map" at the bottom of the infobox to display the Route Diagram Template (or view it directly at Template:MBTA subway system). When I'm working on a complex diagram, I normally draw it out with pencil and paper first. There are numerous websites which allow printing of different sized "grid paper" yourself.

If you need a catalog of coloured BSicons you can find them at commons:User:YLSS/BSicon/navbox and commons:User:AmosWolfe/BSicon. The page by YLSS is no longer being updated, and mine is a work-in-progress. If there's an icon you need and it's not available in your chosen colour, first find the icon in the default colour scheme (use commons:Template:Bsicon and its subpages, or drill-down into the subcategories of commons:Category:BSicon/railway or road–rail), and you can then edit and upload a new version as described above. Alternatively drop me a talk page message and I can add the colour variant(s) of the BSicons next time I'm working on Commons (usually daily but needs to fit around other IRL commitments). -=# Amos E Wolfe ^talk #=- 23:07, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for getting back to me.

I had a look at Template:Rapid transit OSM map, and that is something I will look into, as it could be useful. I was aiming for developing something simmilar to the London Overground RDT map for Calgary transit, as the system is not complex enough to make it impractical. Looking into the code of the Overground map, I can see some of the text formatting work.

Many thanks for your help, your advice was very useful.

Napets007 (talk) 23:28, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

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