Re: [Matplotlib-users] List of matplotlib-using software for wikipedia

[Paul K. <np...@gm...>]

I agree with Skip.

On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 5:03 PM, Skip Montanaro <sk...@po...> wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 4:33 PM, Frank Lindner <fra...@gm...>
> wrote:
> > I would like to have a list of software, which uses matplotlib to extend
> > the wikipedia in some other languages.
>
> While that is a noble quest, unless you plan to maintain that list
> indefinitely, I think it might do more harm than good. Consider the
> case where today products A, B, and C use mpl. Two years down the
> road, B is defunct, but a new product, D, has come on the scene and
> uses mpl in ways never dreamed of before. If people are searching for
> tools which use Matplotlib, they may completely miss D.
>
> Wikipedia has an aura of authority, which in my mind pretty much
> requires that you be pretty Johnny-on-the-spot with updates to
> enumerated lists such as you propose. I personally think it would be
> better if the Matplotlib page in Wikipedia just refers to the main mpl
> site.
>
> My 2¢
>
> Skip
>
>
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