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Transcluded: Warming stripes (five examples compared) Warming stripes bar chart Bar chart (vertical) Pie chart Line charts Scatterplot I've uploaded .xlsx (Microsoft Excel) spreadsheets that automatically generate XML code for charts in SVG format. You simply paste or enter your data into the spreadsheet, and specify image dimensions, number of grid lines, font sizes, etc. The spreadsheet instantly and automatically generates a column of XML code that you simply copy and paste into a text editor and save as an ".svg" file. The spreadsheets produce lean SVG code, avoiding the "extra stuff" that Inkscape inserts. They should save you time in creating SVG charts. Feedback and suggestions on my talk page are welcome. RCraig09 (talk) 23:41, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply] Click HOW TO for detailed explanation. Click HERE (else HERE) to download the spreadsheets. Example SVG files: Category:SVG diagrams created with spreadsheet. Warming stripes — Accepts a single dataset and converts to SVG code portraying Ed Hawkins' warming stripes graphics. User chooses vertical or horizontal stripes; normal or reverse data ordering; or from a variety of geometric shapes (updated 17 May 2023). . . . . Click here to see examples of warming stripes embedded in different shapes. Warming stripes bar chart — Accepts a single dataset and creates a conventional bar chart whose individual bars/columns are coloured according to Dr. Hawkins' warming stripes colour scheme. Alternate option: choose one colour for ascending bars and another colour for descending bars. (updated 28 August 2023) Line charts — Accepts up to six datasets. (updated 30 August 2023) Vertical bar charts (column charts) — Accepts up to six datasets. Toggle between clustered and stacked charts; user can adjust "Yfloor"—the Y level (usually=0) from which columns rise or fall; user chooses to keep or ignore negative input values. (updated 27 August 2023) Horizontal bar charts — Accepts up to six datasets. Toggle between clustered and stacked charts; user can adjust "Yfloor"—the value (usually=0) from which bars extend; user chooses to keep or ignore negative input values. (updated 27 August 2023) Scatter plots — Accepts up to five datasets. (updated 28 August 2023) Pie charts — Accepts a single dataset of up to 36 items. (updated 17 May 2023) Variable-width bar charts — Accepts up to six datasets; is like "Vertical bar charts", above, but user can choose different widths for different bars. (updated 27 August 2023) Transcluded An Excel .xlsx spreadsheet automatically+ generated the XML code for the following SVG images: 20210502 Warming stripes comparison of Global Mean Surface Temperature datasets.svg +I manually combined five automatically generated images into this one 20210507 Warming stripes - ellipses - global warming.svg 20210522 Warming stripes - longitudes - meridians on a globe - global warming.svg 20210526 Warming stripes - hearts - global warming.svg 20210507 Warming stripes - triangles - global warming.svg 20210530 Warming stripes - diamonds - global warming.svg 20210604 Warming stripes - XLSX to SVG - various Diamond etc configurations - GIF.gif 20210507 Warming stripes - rectangles - global warming.svg 20210517 Warming stripes - pentagrams - stars - global warming.svg 20210508 Warming stripes - hexagons - global warming.svg 20210507 Warming stripes - octagons - global warming.svg The spreadsheet user can toggle a switch to reverse the order of data, so red is in the center (or left side of first graphic) and blue is at the outside (or right side of first graphic). The spreadsheet user can choose height and width (in pixels), to compress or expand shape vertically and horizontally, for example, to change an ellipse to a circle or a rectangle to a square. To download the spreadsheet, go to User:RCraig09/Excel to XML for SVG. Don't try to edit inside this colored box; make any comments about the spreadsheets or graphics at User talk:RCraig09 —RCraig09 (talk) 20:43, 20 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The updated graphs of gun sales (rather dramatically) do not show "steadily rising", having spiked up dramatically during covid - and then back down. Probably better to just elide that characterization ("steadily"). cheers. anastrophe, an editor he is. 23:22, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, @Anastrophe: You are correct. I will update the caption to reflect the updated chart. —RCraig09 (talk) 23:24, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

RCraig09, I see your chart there is sourced to the NYT, but is not in the COVID misinformation article. also, did you use actual data from the NYT sources or eyeball it? soibangla (talk) 06:21, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Soibangla: I have placed the graphic in two misinformation articles. If you think it it proper in other articles, you are of course free to add. I "traced" the NYTimes graphic in Inkscape, so it's not merely "eyeballed" and it's about as accurate as the eye can see, though the height-vs-width of the charts is different so it's hard to compare. —RCraig09 (talk) 06:26, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ah, I didn't see the text you added in the COVID article, only the chart. my bad, carry on soibangla (talk) 06:30, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

thanks for mentioning Inkscape, btw. I might find that handy sometimes. soibangla (talk) 07:04, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Craig!

I was wondering why you never adapted this: https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/figures/technical-summary/figure-ts-17/

It seems like the best summary of feedbacks. I would just include charts (a) and (c), since b is a minor effect and already rolled up in (a). Seems like it would have been up your alley and you were super focused on feedbacks for a while. Maybe I'll do it if you think it's a good idea? Efbrazil (talk) 17:44, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hola. Thanks for the feedback ;-) I wasn't avoiding these charts; I just wasn't focused on them. I can adapt them to chart(s) within a few days. I agree that (a) and (c) are most meaningful, and I'm assuming you were suggesting two separate charts. —RCraig09 (talk) 20:48, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nice! Certainly happy to have you do the heavy lift there of composing the chart, thanks! I'll open a discussion on the climate change feedbacks talk page, as I think that's best form when discussing content... Efbrazil (talk) 22:59, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I saw that you made 3 new graphs for recent Census Bureau data on wealth based on specific factors. Would you be interested in collaborating on the editing the article in the future? I'm considering adding a new section on wealth to complement the extensive content on income, based in part on your graphs.

The Social class in the United States is one of my favorite articles to edit, and was in need of more recent photos like the ones you added. JohnAdams1800 (talk) 23:20, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@JohnAdams1800: Inequality is only one of several topic areas I'm interested in, so I can't commit to ongoing collaboration as such. A main approach I have is to create grahics, on the principle that many people "only look at the pictures", and on the maxim that a picture is worth a thousand words. Along this vein, you may want to look at some topical graphics I've created, in a section of my Wikimedia Commons user page: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:RCraig09#Inequality,_social_issues (expand the collapsible text). Good luck! —RCraig09 (talk) 06:30, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for providing the link to your media files, which can likely be used to make the articles better. I understand that you have other priorities (WP:VOLUNTEER). JohnAdams1800 (talk) 12:37, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your Excel tool is outstanding, thank you. I've shared it on the Arctic Sea Ice Forum. Renerpho (talk) 11:38, 6 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Vielen Dank, @Renerpho: There is a slight learning curve (getting every pesky detail right since it's text-based and not a drag-and-drop GUI), but the spreadsheets are extremely useful and deliver very lean svg code. And you can't beat the price! (Sorry, I'm not a member of ASIF...zu kalt!) —RCraig09 (talk) 17:18, 6 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Precious

Five years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:20, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, User:Gerda Arendt. Sorry for late reply; I was awaiting the cash prize! ;-) —RCraig09 (talk) 03:43, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for making File:1988- US Gulf Coast hurricane diameters.svg! Would it be possible to note either in the description or in the figure itself what exactly the "diameter" is? Given the Post article, it appears that it's the average diameter of tropical storm-force winds. That's a bit clunky of a description, but perhaps there's a better and mroe concise way of wording that. I think that clarification is important, given that the extent of impacts from a hurricane (e.g. from rain) differs from the extent of its winds, and there are numerous ways to measure the size of hurricanes, including the radius of maximum wind, radius of outermost closed isobar, radius of hurricane-force winds, expanse of the cloud cover, among others. — TheAustinMan^{(Talk ⬩ Edits)} 01:02, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@TheAustinMan: A wise suggestion, thanks. At the bottom of Version 5, I've added the text, "Diameters are calculated as double the average radial extent in four directions of tropical storm force winds." This way, the explanation is readily available for those interested, but not too dominant for those who are not interested. It's too long to include in each caption in each Wikipedia article in which the graphic is included. —RCraig09 (talk) 03:38, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your work on the Overview Effect. Your work on the page has been substantial and continuous. Thank you also for helping my understanding of language use. The word choice of "profound" is one I will give further consideration.

Re Frank White's inclusion in the beginning of the piece as well as the inclusion of the date and title of the book, I will contend that there is no element of being "spammy". White identified the Overview Effect. Similarly in other Effect's on Wikipedia (as I looked before simply writing and posting) the discoverer is frequently credited before people whose work is based on the discoverer's work. (See Butterfly Effect, Audience effect, Hundredth monkey effect et al.)

I am confused as to how White's role is buried in the piece. It would be like burying Richard Dawkins for his role in coining the term "meme". (Dawkins, the title of his book, and its year published is listed in the lead section to meme.)

Your work notwithstanding, my clumsiness notwithstanding, White's role belongs in the lead and it is appropriate stylistically and editorially. White conceived of, did the research on, published in peer-reviewed articles about, and, finally, popularized the term Overview Effect. To describe it simply as a cognitive shift "reported by some astronauts", particularly with the amount of work done by White as well as those who have built on White's work, a number of whom are listed in the article, borders on inadequate.

Again, I do genuinely appreciate your attention to the page and your contributions as it is important. Naturally, with respect to your relationship to the subject matter, I will review your feedback and repost. "My name is Mike Mongo and I'm an astronaut teacher!" (talk) 00:06, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@MikeMongo: Thanks for your explanation. I should be able to consider your comments on Monday and I plan to get back to you here. —RCraig09 (talk) 01:07, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion is continued at Talk:Overview effect#Mention of Frank White in lead. —RCraig09 (talk) 05:27, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Logo of German Weather Service - Deutscher Wetterdienst.svg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for discussion. Please see the discussion to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination. Thank you. Fumikas Sagisavas (talk) 09:45, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Seems to be coming up on 30 days. DN (talk) 07:44, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Darknipples: Thanks, I've added a recap. I'm not sure how RfCs are resolved with finality; this one seems to be muddled by specious reasoning. —RCraig09 (talk) 21:50, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I do not appreciate the hostility in your last post before closing out this RFC in addition to misrepresenting my last comment, which was focused on a different graph entirely. Superb Owl (talk) 16:22, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Superb Owl: I'm sorry that what I wrote appeared hostile. It was not intended as such. However, I spent hours in a few locations trying to bring you up to speed on how Wikipedia consensus works, and to apply consensus especially in the area of charts. Sadly it took the time of additional editors in an RfC to convince you that your approach and work product are outliers. I've previously pointed out that they are indeed outliers, both in general (on charts found on Google images) and specifically on Wikimedia. It took another couple of hours to undo some of your, um, energetic, placement of outlier-content charts on en.WP. I would have hoped you'd treat this as a learning experience so that you can adapt to Wikipedia, and not expect it to adjust to you. Almost every experienced editor has come to this realization.

PS I'm open to constructive suggestions (example: changing colors and bar widths in this chart). —RCraig09 (talk) 20:53, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

These kinds of disputes are, unfortunately, going to keep happening unless there is documentation to point to. The editing style is not obvious and there are subjective elements in all charts. Superb Owl (talk) 20:59, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Superb Owl: The "documentation" has just formed, in the RfC. And User Srey Sros's 20:55 post shows how circumspect editors can distinguish "just my personal taste" from the various objective reasons that are listed, almost ad nauseum, throughout the RfC. You appear to still be persisting in finding a way to rationalize a way around those reasons so that you can vigorously post your variants. That would not be a problem on Reddit, but on Wikipedia it is counter-productive for all concerned. —RCraig09 (talk) 21:24, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

When I said "documentation" I was referring to a guideline that is not buried in an RFC so that other editors have a place to refer for guidance. I am not disputing the conclusions of the RFC. Superb Owl (talk) 22:18, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]