User talk:SchizoidNightmares

Are SVGs useless on Miraheze or am I doing something wrong?
Posting this here, since I cannot post topics on the community noticeboard or the stewards'. I've noticed that SVGs are automatically converted into rasters (sort of defeating the purpose of an SVG in the first place). Not only that, but increasing the size of an SVG from its original uploaded dimensions significantly degrades the quality of the SVG, which is rendered as a raster image. I would demonstrate this here, but unfortunately I am not permitted to upload files on Meta.

The purpose of an SVG is that you can resize it without losing quality. However, because MediaWiki on Miraheze converts the SVG to a PNG automatically, it seemingly renders the purpose of them as completely useless. Unless of course, it would rasterize them correctly at different sizes.

As an example: say I upload schizoidnightmares.svg, which is 81 x 25 by default as defined in the SVG file. That file is then converted by MediaWiki on Miraheze into a PNG file at 81 x 25 pixels. If I say, increase it to 243 x 75 pixels, or anything for that matter, it renders the PNG conversion horribly. Now, on Wikimedia Commons, SVGs are rendered correctly, so it would appear this is an issue with Miraheze. The same file I mentioned in the example renders properly on the commons. You can actually find it on Meta, since it is a Commons file.

This is how it should appear...

Original size:

Scaled up (notice a lack of quality degradation):

On a wiki I am managing on Miraheze, the above demonstration would be, even at the original size. --SchizoidNightmares (talk) 23:26, 27 November 2020 (UTC)