Category talk:Bar charts

Tips for creating Bar charts

Tips for creating Bar charts bar charts:

Don't normally make the chart 3D as this can be misleading. Keep it 2D.
Shading is pretty, but is it affecting the visual perception of the size of bars?
Consider leaving text labels off the image to increase its use in multiple wikis (for example, put sections in different colours, and then in a caption/on the image description page, state what the colours stand for). Numbers are fairly neutral. See Template:Legend
Use scales, and state what they are as well as provide numbers. If you're not going to start your scale from 0, you'd better have a damn good excuse!
Graphs are best as SVGs, which can be easily edited by other users. PNG and GIFs are also OK but not as flexible. They should never be JPGs.}}

Can your chart be made using m:EasyTimeline? This can be used to adapt an existing graph. This creates graphs that (once created) are extremely easy to edit... which is much more 'wiki' than using an image!