File talk:Sioux01.png

Idea for a (modified) version with more "English"

This file is used several places on English Wikipedia

According to [the "#Usage_on_en.wikipedia.org" section, of] this "GlobalUsage" page, this file is used on about 8 pages ("English Wikipedia" pages), in "article" space (not counting two "Talk:" pages, and one "User:" ["/sandbox"] page). (...That is, as of the last time I checked.) <--[which was circa 29-Jan-2017]

Therefore, IMHO it might be useful to have a version of this "*.png" file, containing (within the graphics) more English and less German.

Creating a "modified" version of this file is possible (and allowable)

Since this file seems to be a "public domain" file, creating a "modified" version of it is allowed. (and, the modified version could be released /slash "published", under any desired license ... including one that makes it a "free/libre" [or even "public domain"] map or file.)

I am not very familiar with how to use [The] GIMP, but it is Free and open-source software (FOSS) ... which "might" mean [that using it might entail] less risk of (accidentally or otherwise) incorporating some "non free" content into the "modified" version of the file. However, if the person who creates the new file is not superstitious, then ... I guess commercial / "proprietary" / "COTS" software, could also be used.

Some phrases translated from German to English

I think that the "output" (results) of [an instance of use of] "Google Translate" is OK to publish on a web site like Wikipedia, under some "CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported" -type (and, "GFDL" -type) licenses ... (right?)

With that understanding, here are some English translations that I obtained recently (for free) by using "Google Translate" (https://translate.google.com/).

1. "Ehemaliges Stammesgebiet" means: "Former tribal area"
2. "Heutige Reservationen" means: "Today's reservations"

Those two appear in the little rectangle that explains (currently, in German!) the meaning of the "green" and "orange" (or ... "brownish orange") areas shown on the map in this "*.png" file.

Finally (this is one that I figured out, without needing any help from "Google Translate"):

In the place where it now says "KANADA", it might be more appropriate, in an "English" version of this file, to instead say "CANADA", (for the convenience or benefit of the readers of English Wikipedia).

Any comments?

Any comments? --Mike Schwartz (talk) 05:42, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

Hi Mike Schwartz. It's much easier and produces better quality maps if we're able to edit the original file (ideally a vector file) rather than using GIMP/another image editor to try to change the text of the raster .png file. I've left a message on Nikater's talk page (the editor who created, and is still creating all of these incredible maps), if he still has, and would be willing to let us use, the original files that he used to create these. Hopefully we'll hear back from him! ‑‑Yodin^T 18:46, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

OK.

Good idea! Thank you. --Mike Schwartz (talk) 13:57, 14 February 2017 (UTC)