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== Repartition of Ireland==

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: [[Repartition of Ireland]]

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: This map would be ''significantly'' more useful if it had a '''clear border delineation between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland'''. Since there is no clear border, a reader would have to refer to a secondary map to know which counties are Northern Ireland and which are Republic of Ireland. As a secondary and minor issue, it seems counter-intuitive to color the Loyalist/Protestant areas green, since that color is traditionally associated with Catholics/Republicans. The most literal coloration would be to have the RoI and Catholic areas of NI be green, and Protestant be orange, but honestly any scheme which doesn't label the Loyalists/Protestants as green would be better than the current coloration. -- [[User:MatthewVanitas|MatthewVanitas]] ([[User talk:MatthewVanitas|talk]]) 09:40, 16 February 2018 (UTC)

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I see four things that could usefully done to this image:

#Convert it from .JPG to .PNG

#Make some of the county boundaries thicker, to show the current international border

#Use a more appropriate colour for the Protestant population

#Copy or move it to Wikimedia Commons

I'll wait a while to read people's comments before doing anything. [[User:Maproom|Maproom]] ([[User talk:Maproom|talk]]) 10:05, 16 February 2018 (UTC)

:On the second map: Most valuable thing missing is to mark that area that actually changes. SVG would be better than PNG for this.

:More problematically, ''who'' proposed the boundaries of the 2nd map? The first map showing census data (if accurate) is fine, but the second is dubious.--[[User:Nilfanion|Nilf]][[commons:User:Nilfanion|anion]] ([[User talk:Nilfanion|talk]]) 21:55, 16 February 2018 (UTC)

::If I make the international border thicker as proposed above, it'll be obvious what area changes: it'll be the blue stuff north of the border. A well-constructed SVG would indeed be better than a PNG, but is beyond my ability. And yes, we do need a source for the second map. [[User:Maproom|Maproom]] ([[User talk:Maproom|talk]]) 10:20, 17 February 2018 (UTC)