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Original - Troop movements leading up to the Battle of Waterloo.
Edit 1 - Beige background
Edit 2 - added flags
Edit 3 - per Cat-five
Reason
Lots of information; recently vectorized
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Creator
Original made by Gsl. Vectorized by Ipankonin.
  • Strong yet conditional oppose conditions met Lycaon (talk) 01:40, 1 January 2008 (UTC) until some names are corrected (e.g. Gembleux->Gembloux, Chatelet->Châtelet, Philippville->Philippeville, Grammont->Geraardsbergen, Hal->Halle). Lycaon (talk) 22:41, 30 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support edit 3 I didn't mention Louvain, because that is also a recognised English name for Leuven, but maybe it is better like this. Lycaon (talk) 01:40, 1 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Not all these names are/where wrong. For example Zieten is also spelt Ziethen in reliable sources, and D'Erlon to d'Erlon depends if it is not at the start of sentence. There is no need to put funny foreign squiggles over words like Châtelet. Also be aware that Belgian towns and villages often have two names and using the French name is not necessarily wrong. One should look at English sources about the Battle of Waterloo not at current map usage. --Philip Baird Shearer (talk) 11:43, 1 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • I've changed green to black, and I uploaded the edited images under new names - except the original, because it's being used in articles. SVG is a much better format to store this information in. See the SVG article for details. -- I. Pankonin (t/c) 00:10, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • But it is nice if images are sized so you can examine the detail without having to resize; this is for the benefit of readers. It's just a balancing act between having them small enough to display conveniently on the screen and legibily. On this image I have no opinion either way on sizing, but I would support with a tinted background; stark white is hard on the eyes and often even a slightly tinted gray or tan can make all the difference. The beige used here is not the best choice, however. Jeff Dahl (Talkcontribs) 04:40, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Waterloo Campaign map-alt3.svg MER-C 08:00, 5 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]