User talk:Will Pittenger
You can reach me regarding all matters involving Commons at Wikipedia:User talk:Will Pittenger. You may prefer that as I don't log into Commons very often. Will (Talk - contribs) 05:06, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
- Brasilia's circuit (Nelson Piquet) is wrong. It goes clockwise, so all turns are incorectely numbered. 2804:14C:6591:4759:7FFE:730D:85DA:D74B 13:56, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
Image:Circuit Silverstone.png
[edit]Dear frend, please choose antoher name for You own another stile image. No need to destroy other images, just create all tracks and upload all them with different mane. Thank You very much. Arz (talk) 14:13, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
librsvg problem
[edit]It is interesting how your broken images resemble the commons A-list and people who have changed their personality or are not available to comment on things they did just a few months ago.
It is much easier and a nicer place if people do what they are supposed to do and also, in my now several decades, if stupid wrongly founded rules go away.
<the only thing you really need to read>
Real answers for real software problems now (no more whining and imagery), svn update has a "-r" flag which accepts dates and/or version numbers. The version numbers are a pain to me, I have not yet been able to determine how that would be useful for an active development tree with "people" active in it. When I have turned back my software (development versions tend to break right before they get together) it usually takes a few attempts to get the syntax correct for the date. Their online book has too much information and I think I end up looking at the linux documentation for the different time formats and not all of the formats that were promised to work in the svn documentation actually did work.
</the only thing you really need to read>
As someone who should have been on an A list (especially if this doesn't mean losing all friends and welcome where I lived and having an income equal to the local cost of living) I can tell you my experience with making almost always good or excellent contributions or at least entertaining; I can tell you that for whatever wrong or right reasons, it ended up being the most lonely thing. Somewhere, there is (or at least it existed for a long while and is difficult to imagine has gone away) a place where people can be and are "themselves". Not pretending to be things they aren't. It should be like that here, it is easier and the environment would be easier to enjoy for everyone. -- carol (talk) 05:03, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
- With nightly binary installation, the same thing applies. If the nightly that you installed did not work, try one from a different day or to be very sure of images that are not broken, install the stable version.
- I am sorry that I misunderstood -- there is not too much difference between installing a binary and using a compiler on your own computer to build it with the exception that you can build it with and/or without things and building it on your own computer makes it "fit" better.
- Sorry I whined also -- no need to understand and as I marked it, no need to even read it. Deleting it would be fine also. -- carol (talk) 05:48, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
Image:Californiaspeed.png
[edit]Hello. Don't you know what is "Nasa World Wind 1.3.5" ? Can't you patch yourself the image. Thanks a lot. ~ bayo or talk 08:31, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
- You can READ "World Wind" on the description of the image. No more. I will not (and i can't) "proof" that, no more i can proof "self work" or something like that. ~ bayo or talk 11:25, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
- Somebody patch it. And its not me. Thank for your help. [1]. ~ bayo or talk 11:27, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
Longford circuit
[edit]I saw that you are the capable author of the Adelaide street circuit map. I was wondering if it would be possible for you, when you get some free time, to do one for the page on the [Longford circuit], one time home of the [Australian Grand Prix]. There is an old hand-drawn map of the circuit here that you could base it on? -- Robert_Fleming (talk) 16:35, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
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Image: Brno circuit
[edit]Hello. I think you drew the start/finish line on the Brno circuit too close to turn 1. Check it at www.automotodrombrno.cz or at Google maps --Aidannn (talk) 18:21, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
File:Spa-Francorchamps of Belgium.svg
[edit]Hi, the Spa-Francorchamps track map you uploaded has an error (Pouhon, not Poulhon). Could you fix it? --junafani (?) 18:41, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
Silverstone
[edit]Hello. A number of editors, including myself, are experiencing a problem with viewing your Silverstone circuit map below a resolution of 660px. We are using a variety of browsers, and we can all see the full-size image without any problems (the discussion is here). Interestingly, looking at the upload log, I can see all of the versions before August 4, 2008, without any problem; it's just the two most recent versions which aren't displaying correctly. Is there a way this can be fixed?--Midgrid (talk) 18:02, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
Circuit maps - TMI
[edit]Hi Will. I appreciate the effort that you have taken to update the circuit diagrams of late, its good to have them accurate. However, I think you may be including too much information and you are making them too fussy and detailed. Mostly they get used at reduced scale in infoboxes and when reduced the text style and spacing you are using are getting lost. More concerning, though, are you recent inclusions of lateral g-force, gearshift and speed information. Apart from greatly adding to the clutter (and thus reducing the readability of these diagrams), this information is actually deeply subjective and is likely to go out of date in a matter of weeks, if it ever was actually accurate in the first place. Take File:Autódromo José Carlos Pace (AKA Interlagos) track map.svg for example. Lateral g-force information to two decimal places and speed to three significant figures? That's just not realistic. Quite apart from being F1-specific (and so these diagrams are now useless for all other racing series and for the track article itself) this information is unsourced and ludicrously detailed. If you want to make a track map then go ahead and make track maps. What we need for most articles, however, are simplified diagrams with basic information shown clearly. Pyrope (talk) 00:44, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
- I take your point and I understand that these diagrams are used elsewhere, but for Wikipedia I'm struggling to see the encyclopedic value of the information, period. As I'm only really concerned with the diagrams' Wiki applications I'll confine my comments to this environment, rather than getting involved in an external blog. We aren't a detailed stats site, this is a general interest encyclopedia. Here, information should be reliable and stable. Speed, gear and g info vary from lap to lap, from car to car, driver to driver, year to year, and so on. Speculative or selective data reproduction (it looks as though someone just got hold of the telemetry for one car from one lap in one year) is not helpful. These circuit diagrams need to be tailored to the use to which they are put. If you want to keep cramming more information into them then that is obviously up to you, and this may find a use somewhere else in this publication (although my comment about citing all such information stands), but for Grand Prix and individual circuit article infoboxes we need something simpler and cleaner, that reproduces well at 250px. In terms of readability, even in the larger, full page format, you need to address some serious graphic shortcomings. Just off the cuff, I'd single out: 1) use of serif fonts (not great in a diagram, save it for script); 2) corner numbers too small, and too tightly crushed into their white roundels; 3) corner and straight names placed too far from their appropriate position and at awkward angles; 4) the track line is too thin and doesn't stand out from the other information, especially at smaller resolutions. There is much to like about the diagrams, though, and in particularly the North arrow and scale bars are a very necessary addition in comparison to older diagrams. Pyrope (talk) 13:39, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
Miami Airport Map
[edit]here's the current link: http://www.naco.faa.gov/d-tpp/0910/00257AD.PDF
apparently they update it manothly and change the url. so much for citability. Google search to find it: [2]
Cheers -- Duesentrieb ⇌ 09:29, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
Helsinki Thunder maps
[edit]Hi, I noticed that your track maps of Helsinki Thunder have couple spelling errors (Hämeentic -> Hämeentie and Sörnaisten -> Sörnäisten). Could you fix those? --junafani (?) 13:06, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
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Hello
[edit]I would like to ask for some help. I want to create maps of race tracks similar to yours, but I cannot figure out Inkscape. Will you please help. Thanks. --Nascar1996 21:23, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks for you reply, now I figured out how to make a path, but what do you use the pencil, pen, or that other thing? --Nascar1996 23:33, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
- I can't do it, my lines are to messed up, and it doesnt look likke the real thing. Most NASCAR tracks need to be redone. Well, not by me. --Nascar1996 01:24, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
- They turn right when the go into the wall. :) And the chat room will not load on my computer. Since you wouldn't like to change them I won't ask.--Nascar1996 03:00, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
- Will you please fix this. Thanks. --Nascar1996 03:42, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
- Hi, again. If your not busy could you create the NASCAR road course at Watkins Glen, which does not include the Boot? --Nascar1996 19:07, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
- Will you please fix this. Thanks. --Nascar1996 03:42, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
- They turn right when the go into the wall. :) And the chat room will not load on my computer. Since you wouldn't like to change them I won't ask.--Nascar1996 03:00, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
- I can't do it, my lines are to messed up, and it doesnt look likke the real thing. Most NASCAR tracks need to be redone. Well, not by me. --Nascar1996 01:24, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
Manfeild Autocourse (New Zealand)
[edit]Please, correct filename with Manfeild Autocourse track map (New Zealand).svg, wich is the right one and correct the arrow direction, because they run clockwise on this circuit, as you can see here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m143x5sSPWc. Thank you. ---Micap (talk) 22:50, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
Which layout was used for the 1980 through 1984 Australian Grand Prix at Calder Park Raceway?
[edit]The correct answer is, none of the existing tracks. Those three variations came into existance only in 1987. Older versions of Calder were shorter again just one mile long containing only the Northern most sections of the track course. A close analogy is the short circuit marked in grey that turns right halfway down the front straight but the northern-most corners had a different profil back then being more constant radius. Turn 6 & 7 are similar, but truns 8, 9 & 10 were one constant radius U turn. In either 83 or 84 turn 7 was replaced with a tighter left-right-left combination which linked back into the old 8. Turn 1 isn't accurate as the old turn 1 was one constant radius bend linking front and back straights, rejoining exactly as you have it at turn 5. Turns 1-2-3-4-5 were added to Calder in 1987 and debuted on the longest course for the World Touring Car Championship event in October 1987. --Falcadore (talk) 04:15, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
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Corrections for Bucharest Ring map
[edit]On your Bucharest Ring street circuit map, the names aren't correct. Here's a list of errors:
Calca 13 Septembric -> Calea 13 Septembrie
Bulevardul Liberătii -> Bulevardul Libertății
Bulevardul Natiunile Unite -> Bulevardul Națiunile Unite
Piata Arsenululi -> Piața Arsenalului
Parliment Building -> Palace of the Parliament
File:Jacarepaguá.svg
[edit]Hi,
First of all thanks for great maps. Anyway, seems that you've messed up turn 3 of Jacarepagua's oval and road course. The T3 of map is T3 of oval and T4 of road course. Also, as the track has (or in fact had) 13 corners, and you had 11 corners plus ? corner (i.e. the actual T3), the another missing one is obviously after T5, the place where road course joins oval.
--August90 (talk) 14:48, 21 November 2011 (UTC)
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Allen4names (talk) 03:51, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
Zandvoort historic layout
[edit]Hi Will,
The historic Zandvoort image shows the chicane on the old layout, but it seems it was never used. 134.223.116.201 14:08, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
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File:Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.svg
[edit]Hey Will! I saw that you made the above mentioned map of the Montreal circuit. As it turns out, the official website of F1 now gives the circuit with 14 instead of 13 turns. Would it be possible that you make an updated map? Thanks very much in advance! Zwerg Nase (talk) 13:37, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
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Stas (talk) 17:05, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
File:Mugello Racing Circuit track map.svg
[edit]You stated that the gray dashed line represents a section of road that only serves as a shortcut to the pits. In the Forza Motorsport series of racing games, this part of the track is used in an alternate layout known as the Mugello Club Circuit. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.69.68.120 (talk) 22:33, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
Fiorano layout
[edit]Hi Will,
For the Fiorano Circuit, I think there is a issu with the turns number. The number 14 is the turn 1.
I hope you will see the message, because I don't know how to modifie the map you made. Personn NG (talk) 12:29, 30 August 2022 (UTC)