Commons:WikiProject BSicon

COM:WPBS

This is WikiProject BSicon, a WikiProject for focused collaboration among users on the topic of BSicon.

BSicon

WikiProject BSicon (discussions)
Local projects:
Deutsch	English	Esperanto	Español	Français
Italiano	日本語	한국어	Nederlands	Norsk (bokmål)
Português	Russian/Русский	Svenska	中文

WikiProject BSicon is intended to co-ordinate the efforts of the Wikipedians maintaining the library of BSicons railway line icons (the abbreviation BS comes from the German word Bahnstrecke meaning railway line), and the organization of information about them. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions and various resources; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians interested in the topic. If you would like to help, please join the project, inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list below.

Scope

All BSicon files and categories fall within the scope of this project.

Goals

Improve the SVG code of BSicons.
Form a consensus on BSicon names and implement it.
Upload useful but missing BSicons.
Centralize all RDT templates in Commons; integrate disparate variant features from each project (especially wp:ru, wp:no, and wp:de).
Continue and expand categorizing of icons in multi-tree categories; maintaining that categorization (including expansion of crowded categories)

Guidelines

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Open tasks

Remove superfluous Inkscape and Illustrator SVG code from icon files.
- Any file with a size of 512 bytes or greater is a likely candidate.
Replace all instances of referencing BSicons via obsolete redirects across Wikipedias to use revised naming.
Creating a better User Page Template. (In the meantime, unofficially, see User:C21H22N2O2/BSicon Babel template.)
Update all diagram templates in Commons ({{BS-map}}, {{BS2}}, {{BS6}}, {{BS2-2}}, etc.)
- …synchronizing them from wp:en (urgent).
Design a Project BSicon Barnstar.
Adding the selective hide/show function of the Norwegian RDT template to {{Routemap}}.
Periodically check for BSicons uploaded locally at Wikipedias and transfer them to Commons (using CommonsHelper):
- en.wp de.wp fr.wp es.wp ca.wp pt.wp it.wp ru.wp uk.wp ja.wp zh.wp ko.wp nl.wp no.wp sv.wp fi.wp hu.wp
Periodically check for BSicons without categories (as of 2025), without {{Information}}, without source, without description etc.

Participants

Please feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest.

Useddenim (talk · contribs) 23:24, 20 July 2013 (UTC)reply
Tuvalkin (talk · contribs) 16:38, 21 July 2013 (UTC)reply
YLSS (talk · contribs) 17:39, 21 July 2013 (UTC)reply
mattbuck (talk · contribs) 17:57, 21 July 2013 (UTC)reply
MUR (talk · contribs) (I am interested in Russian BSIcon railway templates and any changes such as new icons than might be useful to enhance those templates) 19:41, 21 July 2013 (UTC)reply
Redrose64 (talk · contribs) 20:09, 21 July 2013 (UTC) See my catalogue.reply
Bob1960evens (talk · contribs) (I mainly work on the UK Waterways icons, though converted some of the templates into Welsh for cy:Wicipedia) 08:12, 22 July 2013 (UTC)reply
Sameboat (talk · contribs) (may accept icon creation request, but I would be more interested in teaching you to create the SVG file by yourself in order to ease my pain. 會選擇性接受圖標製作請求，但我更感興趣教育你去自製圖標以減低我被濫用的機會～) -- Sameboat - 同舟 (talk) 09:37, 22 July 2013 (UTC)reply
Deonyi (talk · contribs) I am interested in branchline icons.23:26, 22 July 2013 (UTC)reply
Ronhjones (talk · contribs) (I've made a few for UK waterways, and I religiously move any that I find on en-wiki to commons.) 00:33, 23 July 2013 (UTC)reply
Mahir256 (talk · contribs) 21:25, 24 July 2013 (UTC)reply
AlgaeGraphix (talk · contribs) (I am interested in new icons.) 23:06, 24 July 2013 (UTC)reply
Civilspanaren (talk · contribs) Mainly on SvWP 21:19, 27 July 2013 (UTC)reply
Imperator3733 (talk · contribs) (Mostly create icons that I see are missing from the charts.) 02:09, 30 July 2013 (UTC)reply
DePiep (talk · contribs) Great. I made complicated schemes in wp:en: for Suez Canal and Panama Canal. Have had issues with project people, so I appreciate being invited here. Check me on cooperation. -DePiep (talk) 22:13, 30 July 2013 (UTC)reply
verminclone (talk · contribs) (I am mostly interested in creating new icons and drawing maps) 21:29, 2 August 2013 (UTC)reply
tompw (talk · contribs) 01:47, 6 August 2013 (UTC)~reply
Newfraferz87 (talk · contribs) (May not be able to participate very actively, but will help where necessary and where I'm able to.) 09:19, 7 August 2013 (UTC)reply
京市 (talk · contribs)--γ=2πrt2 (talk|Contributions) 03:17, 16 August 2013 (UTC)reply
Okurisama (talk · contribs) (talk) 23:44, 17 August 2013 (UTC) (Mostly fleshing out incomplete colour icons for use on Vancouver SkyTrain)reply
Peterwhy (talk · contribs): Template syntax, CSS tweaks, icon topologies; can help create new icons. Usually works in English Wikipedia, also understands Chinese. 19:50, 20 August 2013 (UTC)reply
Acnetj (talk · contribs) (talk) 14:36, 13 February 2014 (UTC)reply
Lost on Belmont (talk · contribs) 12:17, 30 April 2014 (UTC)reply
Hpsuperfan (talk · contribs) Mainly making Bs maps, and would like to see most railroads and passenger trains with a Bs map. I work on the English Wiki and wo'nt be able to contribute full time Hpsuperfan (talk) 21:47, 19 May 2014 (UTC)reply
Fukuokakyushu2012 (talk · contribs) I will try to tidy up (or add more detail) on some pages I visit. Rarely, I add a new template (en:Limavady_Railway). 03:09, 10 August 2014‎ (UTC)
MelioraCogito (talk) 23:41, 20 May 2015 (UTC)reply
Jc86035 (talk · contribs). Should have added this quite a while ago. Jc86035 (talk) Use {{ping|Jc86035}}
to reply to me 09:08, 25 October 2016 (UTC)reply
Knoxhale (talk · contribs) 17:11, 27 October 2016 (UTC)reply
C21H22N2O2 (talk · contribs) 12:30, 26 August 2017 (UTC)reply
Epicgenius (talk · contribs) 18:01, 14 February 2018 (UTC)reply
徐亦樵 (talk · contribs) (I will make some shortage icons) 18:53, 19 February 2018 (UTC)reply
Niklitov (talk · contribs) 21:54, 22 February 2019 (UTC)reply
Vanisaac (talk · contribs) Tend to create BSicons for waterways. 07:06, 3 September 2020 (UTC)reply
PhiH (talk · contribs) 16:59, 4 September 2020 (UTC)reply
Brainulator9 (talk · contribs) Likely maintenance and categorization, subject to change. 01:37, 4 October 2020 (UTC)reply
SimpleXtra (talk · contribs) 10:52, 17 May 2023 (UTC)reply
Squishyawaylittle6 (talk · contribs) 21:23, 28 March 2024 (UTC)reply
Funforme3 (talk · contribs) 15:39, 12 May 2024 (UTC)reply
Rfc1394 (talk · contribs) I want to develop more English translations, to open this to others who do not read German, as English is typically the most common language for business and technical issues. 16:26, 15 April 2025 (UTC)reply
AmosWolfe (talk · contribs) Currently working on various Route Diagram Templates at the English Wikipedia. I have already created a couple of obscure BSicon variants that were required to finish a particular edit. As a completist I hope to start filling in more gaps. 14:02, 30 April 2025 (UTC)reply
Zugspitz (talk · contribs) I am working on BS-tables mostly of Swiss railway and all rack railway lines at german Wikipedia. For that I create missing BSicon variants. Zugspitz (talk) 19:49, 7 September 2025 (UTC)reply
SomeRailfan (talk · contribs) Making icons here and there. I made a tool to batch-create coloured BSicons. SomeRailfan (talk) 00:43, 18 March 2026 (UTC)reply
Armin hpj (talk · contribs) I am making the icons with editing some of the BSicons in Windows 10 Notepad. Armin hpj (talk) 13:16, 26 June 2026 (UTC)reply

Catalog pages

en: BSicon/Catalogue
de: Wikipedia:Formatvorlage_Bahnstrecke/Bilderkatalog
ca: Viquipèdia:Plantilles d'esquemes de ferrocarril/Catàleg de pictogrames
ja: Wikipedia:経路図テンプレート/鉄道用ピクトグラム一覧
zh: Wikipedia:铁路系统标示/图标列表

Review and assessment

From time to time new icons are uploaded that do not fit within the existing framework. This can be due to
- duplication of an existing or previously-deleted icon;
- incorrect geometry or poor SVG code;
- bad icon names (root-name and/or prefix and suffix);
- wrong or missing categorization.

All of these errors need to be fixed.