Talk:Sparkline

message: I don't understand why the image of the DJA  isn't inlined. htom 20:57, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Good point. Although they are also useful in a table, which is what is done here. —Ben FrantzDale 21:22, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

text: On top of that, one of them’s missing – the Dow Jones and NASDAQ ones are identical (not merely similar), suggesting a mistake by the uploader. -Ahruman (talk) 15:05, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inline? 

message: these are waaaay too light. thicken the line a bit. they are barely visible on my monitor. --98.217.8.46 (talk) 19:47, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I have to second this, I can barely see the examples. I found a new darker version of the Dow sparkline on Commons by happenstance, and put it in the article. -- Cyrius|✎ 12:06, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Invisible examples 

message: Am I the only one who finds the reuse of the same graphic for the supposed dow and nasdaq at least distracting? Is there a proper image that should be used? — gogobera (talk) 20:21, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dow Nasdaq duplicate 

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message: Am I crazy, or does this article completely fail to include a clear definition of what a sparkline actually is? Some of its features are mentioned (small size, appearing in text), and some of its uses ('present trends and variations associated with some measurement"), but no definition. From the examples given I can infer that a sparkline is a small line chart embedded in and about the same height as a line of text. Is that correct? If so, the article should state that; if not, the article should say that not all sparklines meet that description. AJD (talk) 18:12, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Not always, but usually a time series (as are most charts!) The idea is that you scan the line in the text, rather than having to find the box, scan the line, and then return to the text, find your place, and then continue reading. Frequently the line is also in a larger form for more detailed examination if desired. htom (talk) 15:52, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  No definition 

message: I increased the thickness of the S&P 500 sparkline (using Inkscape) and I removed the Nasdaq sparkline because that was actually a duplicate Dow Jones sparkline. Arthena(talk) 15:30, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah yes, I should not have removed the example below. The current state of the figure is a little misleading though. We don't seem to have any actual image of a Nasdaq sparkline: the image next to 'Nasdaq' is just the Dow Jones image (Image:Sparkline_dowjones.svg, with darkened version Image:Sparkline_dowjones new.svg). I guess it's not a big problem though, since it's just for illustration. Arthena(talk) 19:41, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

text: I made the lines thicker. You can actually see the one in the text now :) Arthena(talk) 19:57, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Thinking about it some more, I do think the fake 'Nasdaq' line (which is actually the Dow Jones line) should be removed, it is misleading, and doesn't add anything. Arthena(talk) 20:07, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: The bold is decidedly better. Could you remove the "fake Nasdaq" line from the box, and bold the two DJA lines (both the one in the box, and the one outside the box?) I still see a very slight difference there, but it could be that one of them is slightly shifted to the right on my monitor. htom (talk) 22:19, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed the Nasdaq line. I'm a little confused about what you want bolding. There are now two images used in the article, :File:Sparkline dowjones new.svg (used as first image in the box, and for the in-text example) and :File:Sparkline sp500.svg (the second image in the box). I've already made both of these images bolder (you can see how they changed by scrolling down to file history on the image page). Do you mean they should be bolder still? Arthena(talk) 22:51, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Forcing a refresh of graphics helps. :( On my screen, the sp500 image is near-black, while the dowjones image is :shrugs: a 50% grey in the box, and a 30% grey in the text example? This is definitely far into the fiddly fussing corrections area; most of the Sparklines I've seen in the wild have been grey (or lightly colored.) htom (talk) 23:25, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Update on the example images, 31-1-2012 

message: Separate concern: I am skeptical of this topic's notability by lack of RS. I think this article would make more sense in the context of all inline charts. czar · · 08:19, 20 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Sparklines are a big deal in the data visualization community and satisfy WP:GNG.  Andrew327 17:00, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Topic notability 

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