On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 3:12 PM, Michael Droettboom <
notifications@github.com> wrote:

> In mailings/plotting_context_announcement.rst:
>
> > +In memory of John Hunter, we are pleased to announce the first SciPy
> > +John Hunter Excellence in Plotting Competition.  This open competition
> > +aims to highlight the importance of quality plotting to scientific
> > +progress and showcase the capabilities of the current generation of
> > +plotting software.  Participants are invited to submit scientific
> > +plots to be judged on their clarity, innovation and aesthetics.  The
> > +winning entries will be announced and displayed at the conference.
> > +
> > +Instructions
> > +------------
> > +
> > +* Entries must be submitted by March 20 via e-mail to
> > +  plotting-contest@scipy.org
>
> > +
> > +* Plots may be produced with any combination of Python-based tools (it
> > +  is not required that they use matplotlib, for example).
>
> Question as to whether we should require source code for the plots. I can
> understand scientists not wanting to include raw data (which is why I
> didn't go down that road), but it would encourage building on others' work
> if the plotting code itself was shared (maybe with randomized data where
> possible)?
>

We are an open source conference.  Perhaps you don't have to make it
required but *Highly Encouraged*.  In general at SciPy people are more than
willing to share. We should probably ask for the right to display the plot
in all of SciPy materials.

Another question: Does it have to be in an actual paper/work?  I know it is
nice to have a stunning plot, but I should we avoid folks who are doing
meaningless scribbles?  Its very hard to make plots both pretty and useful,
I feel if we don't add some verbage (or maybe a separate category) that we
will see plots pushing pretty but not useful.

-- Andy


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