Make the Chart extension beginner-friendly (Community Wishlist/W414)
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Description
Currently, the mw:Extension:Chart requires people to be highly experienced Wikipedia users. They need to know Commons exists and how to create new pages there, and how to work with json files. Adding graphs however is a basic editing need, which new users should also be able to do.
Ideally, people should be able to define data on their own Wikipedia, using both Visual Editor and Source Editor. If data is kept on Commons, it needs to be in a human-readable format (with possible json code not visible to any user).
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Type of wish
System change
Affected users
new and experienced editors
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Supporters of this wish
Support Really needed if we want Wikipedia to have modern graphs Jules* (talk) 18:31, 3 December 2025
Support absolutely necessary. Omnilaika02 (talk) 17:39, 2 December 2025
Support otherwise all the Chart work that was done will feel wasted Yodaspirine (talk) 00:16, 5 December 2025
Support Needed Girart de Roussillon (talk) 07:48, 5 December 2025
Support Absolutely EatingCarBatteries (talk) 06:02, 6 December 2025
Support Waldyrious (talk) 20:09, 12 December 2025
Support Lewisiscrazy (talk) 08:35, 4 January 2026
Support Escargot bleu (talk) 15:12, 21 January 2026
Support Kulawik.pl (talk) 19:27, 8 February 2026
Support Matěj Suchánek (talk) 11:46, 18 February 2026
Support NightWolf1223 (talk) 02:23, 6 March 2026
Support Inter-rede (talk) 12:45, 9 April 2026
Support GhostInTheMachine (talk) 07:37, 24 May 2026