Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Diagrams and maps

message: Wikiproject Chemistry has a style guide for drawing atomic structures which can be found here. Just thought this might be relevant and/or useful. Best, shoy (words words) 15:56, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Wikiproject Chemistry

message: Secondary to making good maps and diagrams for english-language Wikipedia, one should consider whether the same image can be useful in non-english versions. Europeans, for example, are well acustomed to pictographic road signs without text. A diagram without text can be placed in a "thumb" box with explanatory text below which allows straightforward translation; in contrast a diagram containing text cannot be translated without redrawing work.Cuddlyable3 21:52, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Language-free diagrams 

message: I've just restructured the whole thing to be less redundant. It cannot be simultaneously structured by categorical topic (fonts, formats, etc.) and by a diagram vs. map divide; needs one or the other.  I tried it by that divide in a draft, and the amount of redundancy was even worse, so I went with by categorical topic, discussing generalities first, diagram-specific points second, and map-specific points third. I think this will work best, and will be scalable and stable. — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont]  ‹(-¿-)› 07:48, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Restructure 

message: Page needs to move to Wikipedia:Manual of Style (diagrams and maps), per MOS subpage conventions (cf. Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers), etc.)  After the move, a number of shortcuts will need to be updated to not double-redir (see "what links here" from both the project and talk page after the move). — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont]  ‹(-¿-)› 07:50, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Never mind this, of course. We instead settled on a "/" instead of "(...)" convention for all MoS-related pages.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  00:24, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rename 

message: Inasmuch as this project page is not truly "inactive", I have some further thoughts and suggestions I would like to add.  These run something like this:
* Indicator lines: it is often useful in a map or diagram to indicate a particular spot with a  line.  Such lines are most helpful when they follow these guidelines:
**Lines should usually be straight unless a curved line is somehow more practical or informative
**Lines must have enough color contrast with the background(s) they are crossing so that they can be followed from beginning to end
**As a convention and to facilitate general readability, it is strongly suggested that indicator lines not cross unless clearly necessary
**Lines should be a uniform thin width from beginning to end
**Lines may end with an arrow, a spot, or nothing to indicate a specific element of the map or diagram; to indicate an area or region, a circle or elipse should be used if the area/ region is enclosed within it, or, alternatively, a bracket may be used to indicate a more general area or region not enclosable with a circle or elipse
*Backgrounds: unless the image clearly requires or is enhanced by a background of a different color, white is the preferred background for all diagrams and maps
--Anyhow.  Some ideas. KDS4444Talk 11:45, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: *No one cares...  KDS4444 (talk) 13:04, 9 November 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: *:See thread above; caring has belatedly started again. Though this editor is blocked, their comments should be considered.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  01:15, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other guidelines 

message: Please comment here  KDS4444 (talk) 13:06, 9 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  RfC on lead image for article on [[tooth decay]] 

message: You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_COVID-19#Continued_discussion_on_standardizing_map_format.   talk 06:38, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Courtesy pinging , who I see worked on something related to this at Commons way back in 2007.  talk 06:39, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you  for the ping :) I won't engage for the following reasons : 1) I'am in wikislow right know ; 2) by experience, this kind of discussions is best to have with "graphic experts" on WP:GL/M's talk page or alike, so it keeps an expert tone and not a long time-consuming democratic fight of various tastes and opinions ; 3) surprisingly to me,  the discussions seems to head in the right way, the expertise gathered is spot on, ColorBewer is the way to go, etc. So it seems my intervention would not bring much things now aside from an experienced cartographer's review and blessing. All together my contribution to this long discussion seems optional. Yug (talk) 06:07, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Discussion at [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_COVID-19#Continued_discussion_on_standardizing_map_format]]