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Rotate the image

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At the moment this subpage of Portal:Current events uses image (File:Ambox globe.svg), created by penubag. The image is centered on Europe and Africa. What if the globe rotated depending on current time, roughly following the Earth's rotation? Switching every eight hours between three images seems like a good idea, in the same way as emojies of Earth globe have three views: .

The current style of the icon has the borders of and map contours of . If this idea is picked up, I would prefer File:Ambox globe Americas.svg and File:Ambox globe Asia Australia.svg to be created used for this purpose. —⁠andrybak (talk) 22:09, 30 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

and have been created. —⁠andrybak (talk) 19:52, 31 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Implemented: Special:Diff/960035752 —⁠andrybak (talk) 20:18, 31 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Andrybak: I like this! Any chance you could also implement it at {{Current}} and other relevant places? {{u|Sdkb}}talk 11:18, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Sdkb,  Done for {{Current}}: Special:Diff/960164577. —⁠andrybak (talk) 13:13, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I went through a search in template and module code:
Sdkb, updates for File:Ambox current red.svg (with a red clock) are done. —⁠andrybak (talk) 14:33, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
For all portals-related templates, like {{Portal}}, which use File:Ambox globe.svgTemplate talk:Portal § Template-protected edit request on 1 June 2020. —⁠andrybak (talk) 15:17, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
TODO for File:Ambox currentevent.svg (with a blue clock) — insource search. —⁠andrybak (talk) 15:21, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Files uploaded: . —⁠andrybak (talk) 15:48, 6 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Template created: {{Ambox globe current blue}}. —⁠andrybak (talk) 17:22, 6 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]