User talk:LittleRoughRhinestone

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License tagging for Image:A2600 Space Invaders.png

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Scientology

Josh, I like your map (though it's not correct fully) Got a PSD/PDF/PSPIMAGE of it? Misou 03:05, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Can you indicate the source and copyright status for the map here ? You missed Slovakia and I would like to change it a little but can't do it as long the copyright status is not clear. I assume you used the [1] BlankMap-World.png wich is under a free license and you could use the same type of free license.-- Stan _talk 03:40, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes, a neat map that. Now I'm going to quibble!
The best list of Orgs is at http://www.churchofscientology.com/ Smi.org you got, the best for Missions. See my list at http://www.daisy.freeserve.co.uk/stolgy_5.htm which uses both.
The labelling could be misinterpreted as each country having one branch! 'Countries with Scientology Churches'/'Countries with Missions only'?

'Countries that recognize Scientology as a religion' is meaningless I'm afraid. Some countries (eg Taiwan) have a government approval system for religious organisations but most do not. Usually it is branches of government - the tax authorities for example - that have to make such decisions, and their rulings are not binding on their governments. In my country for example (UK) recognition is mixed, the CoS has some tax exemptions but not others. The UK government does not however recognise the CoS as a religion having no authority to do so for any religion aside from the two Established Churches, such would require a major constitutional change.
Besides, 'religion' gets you into the "no it's a cult" debate. It would be better as a simple 'Orgs and Missions' map I think. Countries with ASOs would be a better third color. --Hartley Patterson 09:53, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi, I apologize for not answering anyone's questions until now. I obtained the information from a detailed list of all Scientology orgs online. It made a distinction between the missions and the actual churches which is how the differrent colors came into being. Anyone who would like to improve it or make it into a vector image is absolutely encouraged to do so. I think someone already has. LittleRoughRhinestone 17:19, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

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Great work on the map, but it really needs updating. For instance, Denmark shouldn't be uncoloured, and there are some comments on the talk page of the image. J Milburn (talk) 19:11, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Image talk:Kosovo recognition.png

Hey, nice map for Kosovo recognition. You have some comments and some errors to be fixed at: Image talk:Kosovo recognition.png. Keep up the good work! Spencer^T♦C 19:21, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

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