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This thread deals with all issues concerning the icons used for namespaces and their buttons, including proposals for icons for new namespaces and bugs with existing icons.

When submitting an icon, the icon images should be exactly 16x16 png with a transparent background. A gif can also be used, but png is usually better. Also, the naming convention is important. It should be the namespace in lowercase.

I am compiling a list of namespaces that need icons, and icons for those name spaces. This would be preferred to be done quickly because I've convinced Eddie to hook them up when I get them complied. I will be editing the OP as we go.

NOTE: Use the link to the sandbox in the thread title to see what still needs to be decided on.

Subpages that still need icons:

  • Animation/
  • FanWorks/
  • Manhua/
  • Sandbox/
  • Timeline/

Subpages that already have icons hooked up (please note, this list has been collapsed into a note, so that the floating header post isn't huge)

Links to installation-ready icons here and forward.

pages that have icons 

edited 27th Oct '14 6:01:01 AM by SeptimusHeap

ShadowHog from Earth Since: May, 2009 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
#851: Dec 26th 2013 at 3:43:25 PM

Then let's have the logo one as an option. Made a quickie one from this ludicrously large version of the logo that's on Giant Bomb's website for some reason. Had to trim out the handle, though (didn't even realize it was a handle until I saw this version).

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#852: Dec 26th 2013 at 5:50:30 PM

I like the orange for self-demonstrating and the lampshade for administrivia.

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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#853: Dec 27th 2013 at 12:13:07 AM

I think I already voted, but just to reaffirm: Yes to the orange for SelfDemonstrating/ (works and is funny), no to the lampshade for Administrivia/ (these pages are only a small subset of what the site does, and are mostly self-referential).

Also, I wonder if a wrench and helmet would work for Administrivia/ and Tropers/ repsectively (don't have an image suggestion ATM, though).

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#854: Dec 27th 2013 at 6:41:37 AM

I think a crossed wrench/screwdriver would be good for Tropers/ . I'll hook a crowner shortly for Self-Demonstrating/ .

EDIT: Done.

edited 27th Dec '13 6:44:01 AM by Willbyr

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#855: Dec 27th 2013 at 10:43:24 AM

You omitted the lampshade for Self-Demonstrating (added it in myself). I never wanted it for Administrivia...

edited 27th Dec '13 10:44:20 AM by ShadowHog

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troacctid (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#856: Dec 27th 2013 at 2:42:49 PM

I still don't think Administrivia needs an icon. They already use the Main tab. They don't need two.

Reaffirming support for the orange, though. [tup]

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#857: Dec 27th 2013 at 2:50:22 PM

I am not sure if "There is a Main/ redirect for that" is actually a reason to not have an icon - especially since we might not keep them. I've voted [tup] for the orange and [tdown] for the lampshade - doesn't show the namespace, here.

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#858: Dec 27th 2013 at 3:00:17 PM

Wait, I don't get it. Why is Orange self demonstrating?

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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#859: Dec 27th 2013 at 3:01:03 PM

An orange is orange, I've been told.

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MorganWick (Elder Troper)
#860: Dec 27th 2013 at 5:59:44 PM

Do any Administrivia pages share a name with any other pages?

BlueGuy (Ten years in the joint)
#862: Dec 30th 2013 at 11:44:14 AM

So the orange is the only one in the green (and has a score of 11). Can we call the crowner now?

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Rethkir Since: Mar, 2013
#863: Dec 31st 2013 at 7:17:45 PM

I'd say call it. What about Laconic? Should I add that to the list?

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#865: Dec 31st 2013 at 11:39:27 PM

The crowner's called and the sandbox is updated.

Yotsuyasan Mysterious Resident of Room 4 from Massachusetts Since: Jul, 2012
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#866: Jan 1st 2014 at 12:06:10 PM

I'm still not even sold on the need for an icon for Administrivia, but if people are that keen to have one and if it will help move things along, through the magic of Google Image Search, I came up with a few (or rather, four) suggestions and threw them up on the Sandbox.

I'm a bit stumped at what to do for Animation.

I have a suggestion for Audio Play, although it may be beyond my own graphic skills. So if anyone else agrees it might work, and may want to whip it up, be my guest. Anyway, the suggestion: a theatre mask wearing headphones.

And, on the other end of things alphabetically, I threw up a suggestion for Useful Notes.

edited 1st Jan '14 12:19:44 PM by Yotsuyasan

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MorganWick (Elder Troper)
#867: Jan 1st 2014 at 2:50:31 PM

[up]Does Useful Notes have any pages that share a name with pages in any other namespace? I'm sure it does, but I figured I'd raise the question anyway...

edited 1st Jan '14 2:51:54 PM by MorganWick

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#868: Jan 1st 2014 at 2:54:09 PM

I think that, given the modality of the creation of namespace icons, we should ask us "how likely is a namespace collision going to occur?"

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Yotsuyasan Mysterious Resident of Room 4 from Massachusetts Since: Jul, 2012
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#869: Jan 1st 2014 at 3:16:31 PM

I'm not sure if Useful Notes needs an icon or not... But much like with Administrivia, someone added it to the Sandbox as needing one, and rather then waste time debating that, I figured if there were icon suggestions we could get through things quicker. (I suppose if there is much debate on if a particular one needs an icon, the eventual crowner could include a "No Icon Needed" option.)

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troacctid (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#870: Jan 2nd 2014 at 9:22:50 PM

Useful Notes could get a tab, but it shouldn't get an icon. The text is already long enough.

Rethkir Since: Mar, 2013
#872: Jan 4th 2014 at 6:32:30 AM

[up] Why is that, anyway? The tab for WA is so small, I never even click on it. It really should have text.

treelo Since: Jun, 2010
#873: Jan 4th 2014 at 6:54:35 AM

Thought it didn't have text because "Western Animation" is a long piece of text.

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#874: Jan 4th 2014 at 8:28:22 AM

I like those suggestions for Administrivia.

Also, how's this for the aforementioned Audio Play/ suggestion?

edited 4th Jan '14 8:44:27 AM by Willbyr

Rethkir Since: Mar, 2013
#875: Jan 4th 2014 at 9:18:34 AM

[up] Looks alright. [up][up] I still think Western Animation should have text, even if it's just shortened to Animation or abbreviated.


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