Welcome
- Periodic Table Graphics (PTG) is a taskforce of Wikipedia:WikiProject Elements (talk).
- The taskforce aims to improve graphic and presentational aspects of the periodic table. It follows and shows scientific content.
- The graphics, not the scientific content.
- By theme (topic), like categories, blocks, or by editorial form (like 18- or 32-column)
Goals of the taskforce are to improve graphic presentation of the periodic table. This includes
- Present scientific information appropriately and usefully. Considering Wikipedia is an encyclopedia.
- Apply WP:ACCESSABILITY ('A11Y') guidelines, aims and principles.
- Improve explanations, descriptions etc.
- State of Matter (SOM, Jan 2021)
Current 2020 SoM coloring (=use font colors) has issues.
- As of 2021-01-23, an Emergency Edit has been made to make SoM-fontcolors into black all. W3C Contrast checking failed too often (5/18 existing combinations!)
- A new presentation form (like icons not colors) is considered.
- See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Elements § Emergency edit: remove fontcoloring State-of-Matter, has wider discussion, interesting
- Last Update: 19:45, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
- Group 3 (GR3, Jan 2021)
- Periodic_table_(32_columns,_micro)#Group_3_options - group 3 forms
- Micro PT (MICRO)
- Could be redesigned to be more useful (like using larger cells).
- Also, as used in ((Infobox element)), can be made more effective.
- Crystals
- In ((Periodic table (by crystal structure)))
- The legend setup could be better. Why not use iconic images instead of colors? -DePiep (talk) 23:53, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- Metalloid graduals
- These four classes better have gradual colors (say, blue-to-yellow in 4 steps).
- ((Periodic table (list of metalloid lists))) -DePiep (talk) 00:28, 24 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- Image half-lives
File:Periodic Table Radioactivity.svg
Color reassessment needed. -DePiep (talk) 22:19, 24 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- ... – 2021-01
Category colors (CAT)
- As of Jan 2021, this Taskforce PTG was buzy to find better category-colors.
- Current live colorset is "2020" (as of 31 Dec 2020), see Wikipedia:WikiProject Elements/PTG/categories/2020 and ((Periodic table)).
- Moot as of Jan 17, 2021
- In PTG, hex color triplets are shown in lowercase: 3af8ee.
- "Chemical categorisation" explicitly refers to the science. For example, the "2020 categorisation" scientifically re-introduced "Halogens" category. After this, the topic "Colors of categories" will follow.
- Category names are not relevant. For example, former PTM Post-transition metals is in 2020: OM Other Metals. Does not effect color design.
- Also, exact category memberlist not very important. Except maybe when checking for neigbours (bordering).
