User talk:68.23.86.150

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[edit] Your edit to Oakwood, Montgomery County, Ohio

It is advisable to discuss controversial edits on the talk page before making them. Lexicon (talk) 19:21, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

A chart which visualizes actual information cannot be offensive. One may take offense, but then, that is only because one is "ashamed" of the truth. As you say, you cannot object to the census information, as the census information is true. The chart, being just a representation of the information, is also not objectionable. As for the chart not existing on neighbouring communities, that would simply be because nobody has yet bothered to make such charts. If it is a helpful addition, it would be a step backwards to remove it simply because it doesn't exist on other articles--the proper thing would be to try to get charts added to other communities' articles. Now, if you think it is too big, the chart can always be resized--Wikipedia has this great ability to size images so that they best fit into the article. Finally, as for your statement that if the people of Oakwood don't want it, it shouldn't be there, and that Wikipedia works on consensus, yes, Wikipedia works on consensus around the world, not just in your one little community, but in addition, consensus cannot be allowed to override common sense either. There truly is nothing offensive about a graphical representation of actual data. How, exactly, is the truth offensive? Lexicon (talk) 14:32, 24 April 2007 (UTC)