Category:Xlsc

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This category contains articles, templates, and images related to statistical analysis of the Wikipedian Community and its Project. For consistency's sake, all charts are rendered using Excel.

The default chart size is 1024 x 768 px. This is too large to be viewed comfortably in most user's browsers, but may be printed at a fair resolution on ordinary letter size paper. Due to the level of detail contained in a chart, it is not practical to store smaller versions of most charts.

The default presentation of a chart is 512px (wide). Keep this in mind when creating new charts; most important features should still be discernible at this size. Watch out for very thin lines which may disappear when the stored image is scaled down for presentation on screen. PNG format is preferred, as charts typically have large areas of solid color, making JPEG undesirable.

It is imperative to describe each chart briefly but specifically. Also, don't forget the project image copyright tag:

{{GFDL-xlsc}}

There is a potential for a very large and diverse number of such charts. Almost any combination of metrics can be taken over any range, and charted in different ways. Hence it is not thought practical to define a descriptive naming convention, and all charts are named:

xlsc-nnnn-nnnn.png where nnnn-nnnn is an arbitrary decimal number, hyphenated for readability.

There is no need to keep numbers in perfect sequence, but please use care when reserving blocks. There was not, at last sight, any method for renaming an uploaded image.

9500-nnnn -- category-specific images or "metaimages", straight screen shots, non-specific images other than charts

(yes, i know I messed it up myself and yes, i will fix it)

xlsc and talk