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« Reply #100 on: March 28, 2020, 03:02:31 PM »
« edited: March 28, 2020, 03:19:39 PM by Virginiá »

Guys, I would just ask beforehand if your avatar would be acceptable to upload for use in user profiles. Counties and congressional districts are a bit too far, especially since we're getting new districts in a little over a year. And for historical avatars, I don't want to add every region imaginable. There are like two I'm thinking about but that's it. I appreciate the enthusiasm and contributions obviously, but needs to be some limits here.
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« Reply #101 on: March 28, 2020, 03:18:57 PM »

Uploaded NYC, Colombia, Iraq, Slovakia, Turkey, Romania, Hong Kong and Holy Roman Empire
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« Reply #102 on: March 28, 2020, 04:19:05 PM »

Uploaded NYC, Colombia, Iraq, Slovakia, Turkey, Romania, Hong Kong and Holy Roman Empire

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« Reply #103 on: March 28, 2020, 04:21:10 PM »

The avalanche of avatars illustrates the old principle that anything worth doing is worth overdoing. Wink
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« Reply #104 on: March 28, 2020, 04:25:40 PM »

Guys, I would just ask beforehand if your avatar would be acceptable to upload for use in user profiles. Counties and congressional districts are a bit too far, especially since we're getting new districts in a little over a year. And for historical avatars, I don't want to add every region imaginable. There are like two I'm thinking about but that's it. I appreciate the enthusiasm and contributions obviously, but needs to be some limits here.

Btw, of course I understand it won't be uploaded for official use. Just giving the offer since there seemed to be users interested in having one, jut for the "fun" of it.

Probably though this isn't the right thread to ask
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« Reply #105 on: March 28, 2020, 05:08:38 PM »

I'd really like a Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth avatar. If we have the Ottoman, Napoleonic Empire, Roman and Byzantine empires, not to mention the USSR, I think it should be included as well.
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« Reply #106 on: March 28, 2020, 05:11:23 PM »

Can we just have uploadable avatars at this point? I mean, Dave's original intent with them is pretty much dead at this point imo
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« Reply #107 on: March 28, 2020, 05:12:24 PM »

This is why we can’t have nice things.
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« Reply #108 on: March 28, 2020, 05:18:22 PM »

I'd really like a Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth avatar. If we have the Ottoman, Napoleonic Empire, Roman and Byzantine empires, not to mention the USSR, I think it should be included as well.

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« Reply #109 on: March 28, 2020, 05:25:46 PM »

Peru and Venezuela

       

       
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« Reply #110 on: March 28, 2020, 05:34:34 PM »
« Edited: March 28, 2020, 05:41:44 PM by Virginiá »

Can we just have uploadable avatars at this point? I mean, Dave's original intent with them is pretty much dead at this point imo

Dave had international avatars before, it was just limited because there are hundred(s) of countries and it's too time consuming to try and make them all (even just uploading each country takes time). There are only 7 historical avatars right now, which means there are only 7 avatars not in line with his previous list. Even then, it's still keeping the spirit of the idea - having regions as avatars. Just not current boundaries or governments.
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« Reply #111 on: March 28, 2020, 05:39:05 PM »


Needs a couple changes. R-PE and D-VE both have black text instead of white.
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« Reply #112 on: March 28, 2020, 06:00:04 PM »


Needs a couple changes. R-PE and D-VE both have black text instead of white.

Thanks, fixed

 
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« Reply #113 on: March 28, 2020, 06:01:15 PM »


Dave had international avatars before, it was just limited because there are hundred(s) of countries and it's too time consuming to try and make them all (even just uploading each country takes time). There are only 7 historical avatars right now, which means there are only 7 avatars not in line with his previous list.
But the spirit in itself has definitely changed over time, though. Anyway, on a different not:

Here's avatars for interwar Germany.

       


And I also fixed yours too, btw:  
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« Reply #114 on: March 28, 2020, 06:32:27 PM »

Philippines

       
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« Reply #115 on: March 28, 2020, 06:50:22 PM »

Can we just have uploadable avatars at this point? I mean, Dave's original intent with them is pretty much dead at this point imo

Honestly I think we can still save Dave's original intent by getting rid of the historical avatars. Everything else that has been uploaded is either an actual country (even Vatican City) or at least it can plausibly pass as one (Palestine, Taiwan)
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« Reply #116 on: March 28, 2020, 06:53:53 PM »

Guys, I would just ask beforehand if your avatar would be acceptable to upload for use in user profiles. Counties and congressional districts are a bit too far, especially since we're getting new districts in a little over a year. And for historical avatars, I don't want to add every region imaginable. There are like two I'm thinking about but that's it. I appreciate the enthusiasm and contributions obviously, but needs to be some limits here.

What about Worth Townshop?  I’ll never ask for anything again.  Im in isolation.  I need it.
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« Reply #117 on: March 28, 2020, 07:14:32 PM »

Can we just have uploadable avatars at this point? I mean, Dave's original intent with them is pretty much dead at this point imo

Honestly I think we can still save Dave's original intent by getting rid of the historical avatars. Everything else that has been uploaded is either an actual country (even Vatican City) or at least it can plausibly pass as one (Palestine, Taiwan)
Originalism is a cancer that must be eradicated.
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« Reply #118 on: March 28, 2020, 07:21:06 PM »

Iceland (just making Dule's avatars workable for the site)

       
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« Reply #119 on: March 28, 2020, 07:42:41 PM »

Iceland (just making Dule's avatars workable for the site)

       
Who's Dule, btw? Someone from AAD?
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« Reply #120 on: March 28, 2020, 07:44:17 PM »

Iceland (just making Dule's avatars workable for the site)

       
Who's Dule, btw? Someone from AAD?

John Dule https://talkelections.org/FORUM/index.php?action=profile;u=15521
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« Reply #121 on: March 28, 2020, 08:03:48 PM »

Guys, I would just ask beforehand if your avatar would be acceptable to upload for use in user profiles. Counties and congressional districts are a bit too far, especially since we're getting new districts in a little over a year. And for historical avatars, I don't want to add every region imaginable. There are like two I'm thinking about but that's it. I appreciate the enthusiasm and contributions obviously, but needs to be some limits here.

What about Worth Townshop?  I’ll never ask for anything again.  Im in isolation.  I need it.

What is the abbreviation for it? And who?
*which party / partisanship affiliation would you like for it to be listed under?
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« Reply #122 on: March 28, 2020, 08:58:40 PM »

How would people feel about avatars for major Indian nations/reservations? I generally agree we don't want to go too overboard with historical or extremely local avatars. But this is one I'd be reasonably cool with, especially since it does have political implications what kind of jurisdiction one lives in, in a way that congressional districts or counties don't.

I think the biggest concern, as others have noted, is we don't want to have a list of thousands of avatars for new users to sort though. Would it be possible under the "Forum Profile Information" menu to have nested options that would make the list less daunting? For example, having an initial list for "US States and Territories, Other Countries and Territories, Historical Entities," and within each of these, have more thorough lists? Just a thought.
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« Reply #123 on: March 28, 2020, 10:24:18 PM »

How would people feel about avatars for major Indian nations/reservations? I generally agree we don't want to go too overboard with historical or extremely local avatars. But this is one I'd be reasonably cool with, especially since it does have political implications what kind of jurisdiction one lives in, in a way that congressional districts or counties don't.

I think the biggest concern, as others have noted, is we don't want to have a list of thousands of avatars for new users to sort though. Would it be possible under the "Forum Profile Information" menu to have nested options that would make the list less daunting? For example, having an initial list for "US States and Territories, Other Countries and Territories, Historical Entities," and within each of these, have more thorough lists? Just a thought.

Good idea for the trick to get used as an organization tool, though I assume it must be difficult for Virginia to personally get to, as she says it's tough enough to simply change the display name of one of the countries as it currently appears atm right now, much less their ordering, etc. And so much so as to of course prevent her from getting around to it anytime soon.

Still an interesting and great proposal to consider nonetheless imo, though!
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« Reply #124 on: March 28, 2020, 10:49:46 PM »

The problem is that this forum's avatar selection has long been based on sets, with each distinct region having multiple different versions based on party. To add another categorization would make it too complicated to manage. I don't really know how I would go about doing it even. The entire avatar selection format is based on literal file folders, like those you use on Windows. The avatar files each go into folders.  And the forum only supporters one level of folders, meaning I can't add folders-within-folders and thus cannot categorize the way you're suggesting without major modifications.

However we go about this, it has to work with the system as it currently exists.
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