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I have added a brief description of the area code because there are some differences within the area code that should be noted. Of note, please note the differences between Mercer County and the shorelien areas covered by the area code. Given these differences, I feel a description is warranted. Jps57 ( talk) 16:33, 16 April 2008 (UTC)jps57
Dude, are you serious? This page is horrible and it's so poorly written! Why does it matter that Mercer County is different from Atlantic City? Why should the phone company care if there are prep schools in Mercer County, and tourism on the shore? Are your descriptions even correct?
If people wanted to read about what happens in these areas, aren't there pages already that give info on them? Isn't this page about a number? I don't understand...
Oh, and I made some changes to help you along your way. For instance, you didn't mention that Trenton actually isn't part of Mercer County. Also, the thing about Frank Lautenberg. He's cool. Also, maybe you should put something about how nice the beach is in the summer?
-cgwazda
I agree. This is one of the worst pages I've read on Wikipedia. I'll try to clean it up a bit. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.112.162.33 ( talk) 15:18, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
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User:Kbrose reverted my vector map [1]. I reverted their revert [2] because I believe I am in the right here. According to commons:COM:MFC, specifically this section [3], SVG images are always preferred over PNG images when not inferior. The PNG image in this case is worse than most, it is low resolution and hard to see on my high DPI 4K monitor. Now, I am trying to understand their POV also. They say "poor visual features, hard to read". The "visual features" (colors, borders, area shown) are exactly the same between the two images, so I don't understand this part. However, "hard to read". I agree with him that small sizes of the Computer Modern font are hard to read in my new map, so I have changed the font of it from Computer Modern to just `sans-serif`, which will let Wikipedia (and browsers) choose an appropriate font.
If you still find my map lacking, or indeed my entire planned project lacking, please do not hesitate to provide more feedback User:Kbrose. -- Psiĥedelisto ( talk) 16:41, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
First of all, thank you for recognizing the need to uniformly display maps of numbering plan areas on WP. Please don't take my reversal as sign that this is undesired. We should have the best format to accommodate all display devices equally well. Using a 4K TV as the justification is not the best argument for making sweeping changes, the most common device used by the audience is probably a 3 to 10 inch screen. When you yourself already acknowledge display problems, you should have consulted consensus first. I feel the display problems were not only the fonts used, but also the heavy emphasis on black borders. They very much clutter the display. Since the plan areas are colored, no borders are necessary. The old image has a nice clean uncluttered look to it, that we should try to emulate. The new map is also too large, the image can be reduced to half its size by cutting away the space surrounding the state of relevance. These maps are not supposed to show where the states are located, but the plan areas within each state. For geography lessons, we have plenty of other articles. I think this discussion should also involve the use of image maps to link to the area code articles relevant to each image. Another user has recently begun to consolidate some of the image map data into templates, and this work should be in coordination with new vector maps. Kbrose ( talk) 12:59, 3 December 2016 (UTC)
At first, I thought I'd copy the NJ map's way of doing things and only show the area codes inside the state in question. But the NJ map is in the minority on Wikipedia, the maps of Texas, California, New York, and the previous West Virginia map all show area codes outside of the state also, so I'm wondering if I shouldn't actually add area code labels outside the state for New Jersey. That's not to say that the borders have to be black solid lines, mind, but they do have to be there if we're going to go this route.
So how can I unify them with these two styles in contention? I'm happy to fix the barrier islands, crop, do whatever else to make you happy, but this is my big concern. I'm trying to assume good faith and think you didn't ignore it on purpose. Psiĥedelisto ( talk) 15:55, 15 January 2017 (UTC)
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I have added a brief description of the area code because there are some differences within the area code that should be noted. Of note, please note the differences between Mercer County and the shorelien areas covered by the area code. Given these differences, I feel a description is warranted. Jps57 ( talk) 16:33, 16 April 2008 (UTC)jps57
Dude, are you serious? This page is horrible and it's so poorly written! Why does it matter that Mercer County is different from Atlantic City? Why should the phone company care if there are prep schools in Mercer County, and tourism on the shore? Are your descriptions even correct?
If people wanted to read about what happens in these areas, aren't there pages already that give info on them? Isn't this page about a number? I don't understand...
Oh, and I made some changes to help you along your way. For instance, you didn't mention that Trenton actually isn't part of Mercer County. Also, the thing about Frank Lautenberg. He's cool. Also, maybe you should put something about how nice the beach is in the summer?
-cgwazda
I agree. This is one of the worst pages I've read on Wikipedia. I'll try to clean it up a bit. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.112.162.33 ( talk) 15:18, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
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User:Kbrose reverted my vector map [1]. I reverted their revert [2] because I believe I am in the right here. According to commons:COM:MFC, specifically this section [3], SVG images are always preferred over PNG images when not inferior. The PNG image in this case is worse than most, it is low resolution and hard to see on my high DPI 4K monitor. Now, I am trying to understand their POV also. They say "poor visual features, hard to read". The "visual features" (colors, borders, area shown) are exactly the same between the two images, so I don't understand this part. However, "hard to read". I agree with him that small sizes of the Computer Modern font are hard to read in my new map, so I have changed the font of it from Computer Modern to just `sans-serif`, which will let Wikipedia (and browsers) choose an appropriate font.
If you still find my map lacking, or indeed my entire planned project lacking, please do not hesitate to provide more feedback User:Kbrose. -- Psiĥedelisto ( talk) 16:41, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
First of all, thank you for recognizing the need to uniformly display maps of numbering plan areas on WP. Please don't take my reversal as sign that this is undesired. We should have the best format to accommodate all display devices equally well. Using a 4K TV as the justification is not the best argument for making sweeping changes, the most common device used by the audience is probably a 3 to 10 inch screen. When you yourself already acknowledge display problems, you should have consulted consensus first. I feel the display problems were not only the fonts used, but also the heavy emphasis on black borders. They very much clutter the display. Since the plan areas are colored, no borders are necessary. The old image has a nice clean uncluttered look to it, that we should try to emulate. The new map is also too large, the image can be reduced to half its size by cutting away the space surrounding the state of relevance. These maps are not supposed to show where the states are located, but the plan areas within each state. For geography lessons, we have plenty of other articles. I think this discussion should also involve the use of image maps to link to the area code articles relevant to each image. Another user has recently begun to consolidate some of the image map data into templates, and this work should be in coordination with new vector maps. Kbrose ( talk) 12:59, 3 December 2016 (UTC)
At first, I thought I'd copy the NJ map's way of doing things and only show the area codes inside the state in question. But the NJ map is in the minority on Wikipedia, the maps of Texas, California, New York, and the previous West Virginia map all show area codes outside of the state also, so I'm wondering if I shouldn't actually add area code labels outside the state for New Jersey. That's not to say that the borders have to be black solid lines, mind, but they do have to be there if we're going to go this route.
So how can I unify them with these two styles in contention? I'm happy to fix the barrier islands, crop, do whatever else to make you happy, but this is my big concern. I'm trying to assume good faith and think you didn't ignore it on purpose. Psiĥedelisto ( talk) 15:55, 15 January 2017 (UTC)