Template talk:Chart

Parameter case

@GalStar I'm going to go ahead and change all the parameters to lowercase, since that is the standard in the vast majority of template (including {{Graph:Chart}}). I'll also update the handful of pages that transclude the template. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 21:22, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I would also recommend moving this template to something like {{Chart display}} per WP:TPN, which says template names are easiest to remember if they follow standard English spelling, spacing, and capitalization. You might even want to look unto usurping {{Chart}} (which is currently an alias for {{Tree chart}}), but that would require updating 900 articles. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 21:32, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah my original intent was to create a template called chart. I'll ask for a bot to usurp it. GalStar (talk) 23:58, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

GalStar, Ahecht, I started an RfD at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 June 7#Template:Chart. — Qwerfjkl talk 10:22, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sandbox version

@GalStar I made a sandbox version at Template:ChartDisplay/sandbox that copies a lot of code from {{Graph:Lines}} and enables a thumbnail version. You can see it in action (and the syntax) at Template:ChartDisplay/testcases. I could probably pretty up the code a little, but it works for now. Only tricky bit was getting the thumbnail version to be well-behaved if a width wasn't specified. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 01:32, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks so much, I'm not really experienced in templates myself. I'll just copy it over. GalStar (talk) 02:54, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Height parameter?

Hi! I was wondering if there was a way to change the height of the chart? Thanks! Sportsfan77777 (talk) 11:13, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Renaming the .chart and .tab links

Two suggestions:

1. The label "Chart definition" (or "Definition", as in the German template) is misleading for regular readers, who aren’t interested in the JSON code. I suggest "Full view", "Full-resolution view" or "Details" to highlight the main user-facing function. Just like clicking a .PNG thumbnail opens a larger image, this link should be understood as a way to explore the chart more fully, and is of interest especially when the width is limited by a container. While it also exposes image info (usage metadata) and the editable .chart code, that’s not what most users care about and shouldn’t be highlighted. It supports interactive curve selection, and in the future, this view could link to the underlying .tab data and support features like zoom, which is not at all about "definition".

2. The term "Data source" is often used specifically to refer to the original external dataset—especially in the caption of a self-produced .png plot to make it clear that the image is based on the dataset, but not a copyrighted graphic. For the link to the Commons .tab page, the label "Source data" or "See or edit source data" can be improved imho. A more accurate label would be something like "Data", "Raw data", "Table", or "Tabular data". The latter is more focused on the user, since many readers are interested in viewing the table, seldom editing it, while Data is valid in many languages and does not have to be translated. The .tab page itself typically includes a citation of the original dataset or data source under a section titled "Sources", and usage metadata. Tomastvivlaren (talk) 18:16, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The curve selection transform

I suppose this template somehow should handle wiki side chart transforms, such as column/curve selection in the wikicode instead of in the chart page. Maybe also row selection (x axis data interval), and in the future, features such as choosing temperature scale, etc.

Example: {{#chart:Sweden - yearly population and population changes.chart|arg:cols=year,population_total}} to only show the pupulation_total curve vs the year. Tomastvivlaren (talk) 17:22, 3 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"Template:ChartDisplay" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Template:ChartDisplay has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 July 7 § Template:ChartDisplay until a consensus is reached. GalStar (talk) (contribs) 21:47, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]