How Do You Create Graphs For Wikipedia Articles?
Graphs and other pictures can contribute substantially to an article. Here are some hints on how to create a graph. The source code for each of the example images on this page can be accessed by clicking the image to go to the image description page. See also the graphics tutorials on how to create pictures, and the picture tutorial on how to include them in articles. There is additional discussion of plotting on Template talk:Probability distribution#Standard_Plots. Many of the graphs on Wikipedia were made with the free software program gnuplot. It can be used by itself or in conjunction with other software. For example, to plot the data in file “data”: Now that Mediawiki supports SVG, it’s usually best to generate SVG images directly. SVG images have many advantages, like being fully resizable, easier to modify, and so on, though they are sometimes inferior to raster images. Decide on a case-by-case basis. A typical plot file could start with: Gnuplot can also generate raster images
