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2020-03-10

I think it is better to highlight the date on 2020-03-10 to show that the data is partial, otherwise the reader can suspect that there is a trend change. I changed to italic but it was removed, then I added a symbol *, but @Alexiscoutinho: removed it as well. Can we reach a consensus on this? What do you think? --RicoRico (talk) 08:35, 11 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I already added a note next to the number before reading this. I think having it signalled properly is better because it's an important number of missing cases. --Ritchie92 (talk) 09:30, 11 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it's a good solution I think :) --RicoRico (talk) 12:31, 11 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

As long as the change doesn't disrupt the alignment or the whole formatting, it is acceptable. However, I see that the standard template was dropped which is bad for all charts as they could become a zoo. That's an absolute NO NO. If you think you can't do something important in the new template, suggest changes or code it yourself (if you understood the idea and objectives behind the standardizing action). Alexiscoutinho (talk) 17:56, 11 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Understanding an important detail (such as missing a large amount of data) is more important than the correct alignment of the numbers. The solution I implemented had no huge disalignment and was clear to read. Now to add such a detail on one day in the list of sources, like it's done now, I think is very ugly and not clear instead. --Ritchie92 (talk) 18:05, 11 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

If you still want to add that note, it either has to go on the left side of the total or right side of the change (note that numwidth might need to be changed because of this 1 exception). However, note that the Chinese chart had many more strange and 'difficult' to understand bars and it was still clear by just using the caption. The only difference is that in that chart the 'abnormal data' was clearly spottable, but in this chart the inconsistency will be more hidden, without the italics for example. Alexiscoutinho (talk) 20:38, 11 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Alexiscoutinho: Excuse me, could you change the number of case color using (#F46D43), which was the color that we use until today. I sincerely don't know how to do it... -- Nick.mon (talk) 20:01, 11 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Nick.mon: That color is currently being used by the 5th classification, which I think is only used by the Chinese chart. I agree that the colors should prioritize making the 3 color chats look good rather than the rare 5 color charts. However, such change would still need discution in {{Medical cases chart/Bar colors}}. Alexiscoutinho (talk) 20:50, 11 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know about the Chinese chart/problems, but I think it's important to show the inconsistency, since we know about it. Any solution is ok for me, but it must be made clear. --RicoRico (talk) 21:05, 11 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I think that the solution of Ritchie92 was good and it didn't disrupt the formatting. --RicoRico (talk) 21:07, 11 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]