Hello Ikonact

I first heard of Lukanka on this BBC article (linked below), and the tasty-looking photo prompted me to look further into it on Wikipedia. Lo and behold, the source of the BBC photo was yours!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6222615.stm

Could you add some more info about this for us salami lovers? If you are not a native English writer, I would be glad to edit whatever you write about it.

Thanks for posting this picture!Grammarmonger 09:59, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Grammarmonger, thank you for the information. It was greet to see my picture on the BBC site and I was really surprised :-)

I've translated ... with some external help ... the Bulgarian version of the article, which I'm the author. I hope I'll be able to add some more information in the near future. I'll be grateful if you can edit it, because I'm not a native English speaker.

Hope this can satisfy the need of more info for the salami lovers... and... I suggest to taste the lukanka with some good wine or rakia ;-) --Ikonact 20:57, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again Ikonact

Your article has a good start. I made a few changes to your wording for you. please read carefully what I wrote, and if I changed the meaning to anything incorrect, please tell me.

I have a couple of questions:

1. About the first sentence: Is lukanka typical of Bugarian sausage, or of Bulgarian cuisine? What I mean is, when one thinks of Bulgarian food, does lukanka come to mind as one of the first things? (like pizza and spaghetti for Italian cuisine or hamburgers and hotdogs for American), or do people think of lukanka more in a context of sausages? I want to improve that first sentence, but I need to understand the meaning more exactly.

2. Is pork-only or beef-only lukanka a modern style, a regional style, or is it just made that way sometimes (like when momma has no pork in the kitchen)?

3. Is "Bulgarian Patent Service" the correct name for the government department? Grammarmonger_TALK 15:51, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Grammarmonger, thank you for the corrections in the article. Here I try to answer your questions.

1. I think Lukanka is a typical Bulgarian sausage... I mean, one of the things that come to mind (but not the first one) thinking about Bulgarian food and the first one thinking about a Bulgarian sausage. Additionally, this is a sausage, that can not be found in other countries.

2. I've found the pork-only or beef-only lukanka in a cooking book, but honestly I've never seen a lukanka like this. In my opinion, the typical one is the mixed one, and the pork-only or beef-only are made sometimes at home or probably present on the market exceptionally.

3. The correct name is Patent office of the Republic of Bulgaria

Hope this answers your questions.

If you think that there is something unclear, please put your questions in the discussion page of the article. This will involve more people and you will have more opinions. Thank you --Ikonact 09:25, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Ikonact. I started some talk on the discussion page. I wanted to give you the first chance to input your ideas, since it was your article.

Here is a gift to you:

http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/bugarian-store_1927_7676253

(probably copywrited)

Grammarmonger_TALK

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EGNOS_map.svg has the HBK (Hartebeesthoek) base station incorrectly on the southern coast of South Africa. The correct location 25°53′14″S 27°41′05″E / 25.88722°S 27.68472°E / -25.88722; 27.68472.

Thank you for the comment. I've updated the map. --Ikonact (talk) 10:03, 23 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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	Excellent work with the maps! Cavann (talk) 19:52, 19 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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		For your awesome work on File:Map Valley Metro Rail Phoenix Arizona.svg. Thank you for your help! « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 21:48, 23 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Ikonact! An editor on my WP:FLC for List of Valley Metro Rail stations has requested that the text in the File:Map Valley Metro Rail Phoenix Arizona.svg map be enlarge or made easier to see when viewed as a thumbnail (see discussion here). Is this something you would be able to try to adjust? Thanks! « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 22:21, 2 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Gonzo fan2007: I have increased the text. Let me know if this is OK. Thanks--Ikonact (talk) 13:23, 3 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Ikonact! You made map topographic map of the Czech Republic. I have got just one question and one more request. I would like to ask you a source of shades of bigger cities (Plzeň, Brno, etc...) and also I would like to ask you if its possible to add railway network to map. Thank you map is awesome :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tomashavelec (talk • contribs) 20:57, 16 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Talk with @Yug: moved from Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Map workshop

Elle est magnifique ta carte ! Tu viens à l'AG du 2 décembre ??? qu'on discute cartographie ? --Yug (talk) 22:07, 22 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Yug: Je ne viens pas à l'AG mais je serais interessé de discuter cartographie ailleurs :) --Ikonact (talk) 12:52, 23 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I examined your code and layers : well coded with layers named, all vector (including shadows), roads by level. I'am in love with your map <3.

You may remember this nodejs/d3js project, which is great but lightly buggy and staled due to lack of devs.

I still love to talk about how to do such artworks, where/how you get your data, and how to automotive.

I don't know how to navigate OSM data nor how to integrate it as of now, so I don't provide roads or urban layers, but I'am interested to explore and rely more on it.

We need to talk Maurice --Yug (talk) 13:10, 23 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Yug: I moved the discussion here.

I will be glad to talk about maps. I have developed a script myself because I found the use of QGis too complicate. This allows me to have a complete control on the map generation and to arrange the data in layers as I wish. Unfortunately, the use of these scripts is quite complex too if you are not used to work with. I think Sémhur tried to use the script but he abandoned quickly. The other problem I have is the data. The DEM data is scattered in different places and I am lost. The OSM data is so fractioned that it is a nightmare to present it. But I think I managed to deal with. I have to ask you about the scales. I see you add scales in your maps but I do not know how to do this.--Ikonact (talk) 15:56, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, can I send you an e-mail here? Tezwoo (talk) 21:30, 5 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Tezwoo Thanks. You can send me a mail via the "Email this user" link in the left menu--Ikonact (talk) 19:17, 6 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Tezwoo Thanks. I got your mail and I managed to download the data. --Ikonact (talk) 14:58, 7 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Ikonact, hope you are doing well.

I wanted to ask you if you are still planning to make the topographic map of the Balkans? I had requested the map through the Map Workshop if you remember [1]. Ahmet Q. (talk) 16:53, 7 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Ahmet Q.! Yes, this is in my "to do" list but I will move it higher in the priority :) I will try to have a draft in the following days. Cheers --Ikonact (talk) 07:01, 8 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Alright! Take your time though, considering the maps you have already made I'm sure the result will be great. Ahmet Q. (talk) 11:16, 10 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Ahmet Q. Just for informaiton. I started working on the map and I have already a basic map. I will need to put the names on it. I hope I will release it soon. --Ikonact (talk) 10:37, 5 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That is great! I'm curious to see the end result. Ahmet Q. (talk) 10:05, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Ahmet Q.Done!!!--Ikonact (talk) 08:02, 15 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wow amazing work! Thank you very much! Ahmet Q. (talk) 09:09, 17 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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		Thank you for your tremendous efforts at making the new topographic map of the Balkans. Keep up the great work! Ahmet Q. (talk) 09:17, 17 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Ikonact.

I recently came across your idea on Picturepedia on the English Wikipedia village pump about creating an image mode or a slideshow for Wikipedia articles. I work on a team at the Wikimedia Foundation that is thinking about building such an experience. Please see the project page here: Wikistories. Would you be open to having a virtual meeting to talk more about this? If you are, please choose a timeslot. If none of those dates work for you, we can look at some other options.

Thank you,

AMuigai (WMF) (talk) 18:50, 23 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello AMuigai (WMF) (talk · contribs). I will be glad to help if I can. --Ikonact (talk) 14:04, 24 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

AMuigai (WMF) I put some availability last week --Ikonact (talk) 09:15, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again Ikonact. Apologies that I missed your availability. Have you had a chance to look at the Wikistories page? Do you have any immediate thoughts? How does it fit with your idea on Picturepedia? In terms of meeting, I hope to reach out to you again with some options for a discussion in January. --AMuigai (WMF) (talk) 20:55, 30 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]