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I added a new image to the "Charts and graphs" section (example below) which was promptly removed (reverted) by a user with the explanation that it is an "Ugly image that takes up way too much space". I would appreciate some feedback from other users regarding this matter and weather it makes sense
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And voila, an example of how not to make a graph (see my comment above about the removed graphic). This chart is too busy and both the x and y axes are confusing. Neither corresponds to either a linear or log scale. The reader has to work very hard to understand it and it has no aesthetic. Its
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The article's design was very weird too. 'List of wars by death toll' means that all the wars should be listed from most to least deadly, not based on when they happened. Also, for some reason, the wars were divided into pre-modern and modern sections. It was a mess. The article needed a rework.
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The number of the witch-burnings should be especially telling what sort of man and what sort of text this was. During the actual witch-hunts, only between 35.000 - 50.000 people died, not 9 million. The only number that is somewhat accurate is the "1 million in the Holy wars against
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