[R] Wikipedia plots and tables?

[Spencer Graves]

On 2/23/2013 4:35 PM, Jeff Newmiller wrote:
> The universe of efficient ways to generate graphics for Wikipedia would be on Wikipedia talk pages somewhere. The universe of ways to make SVG graphics with R could be on topic here. They might intersect, and if other graphics formats that R can generate for Wikipedia are identified through appropriate research channels then we have something concrete to discuss regarding R (here). But however interesting I might find this (and I admit I do), fishing for Wikipedia tricks here does not seem on-topic to me. Perhaps someone will make a knitr interface to Wikipedia and wrap all this interfacing stuff up, but that will require research on Mediawiki input format requirements, for which development I would hope one would want a Mediawiki expert's help.

       OK.  Thanks.  Spencer Graves

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> Spencer Graves <spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com> wrote:
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>> Hi, Jeff:
>>
>>
>> On 2/23/2013 3:12 PM, Jeff Newmiller wrote:
>>> If you look at this question objectively, Spencer, would you not
>> agree that this question is entirely off topic here?
>>
>>
>>        I can understand why you might think that.  However, I believe
>> this lists entertains questions dealing with interfacing R with other
>> software, e.g., R with Matlab.  I'm using R for this purpose, and it
>> seems to me to be a natural question to ask if there are other tools
>> for
>> this or other ways of using R for this.
>>
>>
>>       Beyond that, Wikipedia is one of the most heavily used web sites
>> on the Internet.  Any positive reference there to R helps expand the
>> recognition of R world wide.
>>
>>
>>        Where else might it be appropriate to ask such a question?
>>
>>
>>        Thanks for your reply.
>>        Spencer
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>>> Spencer Graves <spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello, All:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         What facilities exist for plots and tables of data in the
>>>> standard MediaWiki software beyond the obvious standards?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         The standard MediaWiki tables and graphics capabilities seem
>> to
>>>> me to be rather clumsy, and I wonder if I'm missing some available
>>>> extensions?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         The standard MediaWiki tables are described in a Wikipedia
>>>> article on "Help:Table".  Wikimedia Foundation projects ask users to
>>>> upload photos and graphics Wikimedia Commons -- preferably in
>> scalable
>>>> vector graphics (*.svg) format.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         For additions I'm making to Wikimedia projects, I'm adding
>> two
>>>> things to the Ecdat package, now on R-Forge:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>               (1) Economics data sets with documentation describing
>> how
>>>> to produce a *.svg file, which I then upload to Wikimedia Commons
>> and
>>>> use in Wikimedia projects such as Wikipedia, Wikiversity, and
>> Wikinews.
>>>>    The description of the contribution refers to Ecdat for details.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>               (2) Functions to facilitate creating and updating data
>>>> objects being added.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         Are there better ways of producing quality graphics and maybe
>>>> interfacing R with MediaWiki projects?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         Thanks,
>>>>         Spencer Graves
>>>>
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