Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Membership/News/2016 Annual Report

Columns in request editors/submitters

(Putting specific editing notes here so as not to clutter the coordinator talk page.)

@BlueMoonset: Thanks for fixing the columns. I'd tried to insert a forced break but got a weird interaction with the style sheet (something I've never dealt with before). – Reidgreg (talk) 16:50, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

It took me a few attempts before I found something that worked. Glad you like it. BlueMoonset (talk) 17:18, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

Colour in backlog table

For use of colour in the backlog table, I was going from the example in previous annual reports which I believe were following the format of the long backlog table at Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors. This showed only the lowest month-to-date in green (and the highest month-to-date in red). It was probably confusing because I was lazy and showed both 2016 and 2017 since I was working on both at once.

Having said that, I think I prefer your changes. Pulling the 2014 and 2017 figures (which don't really belong) there's just enough colour so the low figures pop without creating a lot of visual noise. – Reidgreg (talk) 16:50, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

I thought it made sense to note each time we had a new all-time low number, and as you say it wasn't obtrusive with the green. I think the table is important, but I was wondering about its placement; it overflows the top section, and looks out of place in the Membership section, which is where it will end up when the table to its left is removed. BlueMoonset (talk) 17:18, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

I'd like to have the table and chart fairly close, so you can see the data different ways. I tried to get the layout a little nicer but couldn't get them to line up neatly. It seems problematic to have one on the left and the other on the right. I don't think it's so bad to go over the Membership section, which is mostly point form and short lines. (I had similar issues with the distribution chart in requests, it doesn't seem to want to share space horizontally.) – Reidgreg (talk) 17:42, 28 December 2017 (UTC)

Coordinators

The Coordinators section is one place where there's definitely too much data. Writing it out in prose is nicer but I personally find the table makes it easier to see the continuity of leadership. (At least) one of the two tables should go. I prefer the bottom table to stay, which has time progressing from left to right. I think the main coordinator page has a big table with time going downward. – Reidgreg (talk) 16:50, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

I prefer the bottom table as well. It looks wide, but since you'll only ultimately include three columns—the two for 2016 plus the December 2016 election (first half of 2017 coordinators)—it will be approximately the same width as the top one. Or you could make it a little wider to get "Lead coordinator" on a single line, which reduces its height by a line. BlueMoonset (talk) 17:18, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

Trimmed the bottom table and presented it 2 ways. I think I like the upper of the two, which distinguishes the report year. – Reidgreg (talk) 17:42, 28 December 2017 (UTC)

Charts

Aside from Jonesey95's top chart of the backlog, I think the only other chart that's interesting enough to keep might be the Request completion time distribution chart. Thoughts? – Reidgreg (talk) 16:50, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

That makes sense to me. The chart next to the backlog table is unreadable at the bottom, and it's for four years; now that you've removed 2014 and 2017, you could redo it as two years, which might make the bottom readable, but at the same time it does duplicate a section of Jonesey95's chart and is a visual rendering of the table next to it. BlueMoonset (talk) 17:18, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

 Done – Reidgreg (talk) 17:42, 28 December 2017 (UTC)

Conclusion

@BlueMoonset: I took another shot at the conclusion (ALT2), putting it in past tense. It feels better to me to write it that way than to phrase it as if we'd written it 11 months ago. There's some other ALT (alternative) text in Requests where I tried to improve some clunky language. Let me know what you think. – Reidgreg (talk) 17:42, 28 December 2017 (UTC)