WikiProjectMed:OWID

There are at least four ways to visualize OWID graphs within mediawiki.

Way 1 (exists)

• Main page: WikiProjectMed talk:OWID/Archive 1

This method pulls directly from https://owidm.wmcloud.org/ which is a mirror of OWID hosted on WMF servers.

Plus:

• Allows content to be adjusted before being displayed
• Interactive immediately
• Greater potential for translation independent of OWID
• Gives a static image for offline use

Minus:

• Is not as up to date.
• Requires acceptance from the WMF and moved to production servers before it can be used on WP.

<!-- Shows online and is interactive -->
<ourworldindatamirror>adolescent-fertility-ihme</ourworldindatamirror>
<!-- Shows offline and is still -->
{{onlyoffline|[[File:Adolescent birth rate, OWID.svg|thumb|400px]]}}

The "ourworldindata" extension adds the class "mw-kartographer-container" to the iframe tag so that mwoffliner will remove the entire element making it visible online but not offline. The "onlyoffline" class, which has "display:none", is applied to the static version of the OWID map which hides it online, but mwoffliner removes that class which causes it to display offline.

Way 2 (exists)

Shows a static image from Commons, and then once the "play" button is pressed a consent pop up appears. If this is accepted it then pulls data directly from OWID.

Plus:

• Less work to maintain
• More up to date with respect to OWID content

Minus:

• We rely somewhat on the privacy and security of OWID themselves. Unclear if the WMF views this as a hard blocker or not.
• Difficult to translate material into other languages. Doing so would require OWID to agree to partnering. But this could benefit both of us.

Markup	Renders as
{{OWIDPopup | owid = grapher/adolescent-fertility | title = Adolescent birth rate | image = Adolescent birth rate, OWID.svg | width = 400px | float = none | caption = Adolescent birth rate according to Our World in Data. | alt = World heat map showing adolescent birth rate with a play button to make it more interactive }}	Adolescent birth rate according to Our World in Data.

Details

{{OWIDPopup}}

• MediaWiki:Gadget-OWIDPopup.js
• Added to MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition

MediaWiki

• mw:Template:OWID
• mw:MediaWiki:Gadget-Global-OWIDPopup.js
• mw:MediaWiki:Gadget-Global-OWIDPopup.css

EU WP (Live)

• eu:Template:OWID
• eu:MediaWiki:Gadget-OWIDPopup.js

ES WP

• es:Template:OWID
• es:MediaWiki:Gadget-OWIDPopup.js

Way 3 (exists)

Adolescent birth rate according to Our World in Data. View interactive graph.

Show a still images and link to the interactive graph on the OWID website.

Plus:

• Super easy to do, with no blockers from the WMF

Minuses:

• People leave the WMF website with the method to return being to hit the back button on their browser
• No ability to translate
• When people click on the external link it still exposes their IP address to OWID.

Way 4

We host OWID's software on production servers and pull the data to generate the graphs from Commons.

Plus:

• Improved security and privacy
• Would allow translation
• Data already exists on Commons

Minus:

• Does not currently exist
• Would require WMF staff time to get it started and keep it up to date, so likely significantly more expensive.

Way 5 (being built)

Death rate from smoking in 2019

Plus:

• Improved security and privacy
• Would allow translation
• Data can exists on Commons

Minus:

• Bandwidth heavy
• A little slow