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Latest comment: 2 months ago by SCP-2000 in topic Add another base layer?

Hello. Multiple links in the section "How to guides and more information" are broken because pages have been moved/deleted. Maybe you want to fix or remove them. --Ameisenigel (talk) 15:54, 1 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

@Ameisenigel: These have been updated or removed. Thank you! --Gregory Varnum (Wikimedia Foundation) [he/him] (talk) 08:17, 1 June 2023 (UTC)Reply

Bad syntax

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You may provide attribution to static map images by linking to [[<tvar name="WMMapsToU">Policy:Maps Terms of Use#where-data|</tvar>this page]] to provide more details on the license, and by complying with the [<tvar name="OSMCopyrightPolicy">https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright</tvar> OpenStreetMap copyright policy].

please be changed to

You may provide attribution to static map images by linking to [[<tvar name="WMMapsToU">Policy:Maps Terms of Use#where-data</tvar>|this page]] to provide more details on the license, and by complying with the [<tvar name="OSMCopyrightPolicy">https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright</tvar> OpenStreetMap copyright policy].

please? The current syntax is technically valid but likely to be confusing to translators and several (which I just fixed) have bungled it Pppery (talk) 16:25, 23 September 2023 (UTC)Reply

Thank you, @Pppery, for pointing that error out. I have gone ahead and fixed it. Thank you! --Gregory Varnum (Wikimedia Foundation) [he/him] (talk) 10:19, 30 September 2023 (UTC)Reply

Add another base layer?

Wikipedia maps are great but somehow not really suitable in the wikimedia project for highliting natural features, such as lakes, mountains, etc.

It would be great to add at least a second base layer such as Mapstrack on OSM or like this Mapbox style

Would it be possible? --Sette-quattro (talk) 15:06, 1 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

@Sette-quattro: Hello, thanks for your suggestion. It is recommended to submit your idea to the Community wishlist, which is a forum for contributors to share ideas to improve Wikimedia product and technology. SCP-2000 (talk) 08:30, 2 November 2024 (UTC)Reply