[tor-bugs] #24260 [Metrics/Website]: Add metrics timeline events underneath graphs

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#24260: Add metrics timeline events underneath graphs
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 Reporter:  karsten          |          Owner:  metrics-team
     Type:  enhancement      |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium           |      Milestone:
Component:  Metrics/Website  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal           |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  ux-team          |  Actual Points:
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 Reviewer:                   |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by karsten):

 Thanks for all the feedback on this ticket, including a fourth mockup!

 I made a [https://people.torproject.org/~karsten/volatile/metrics-news-
 mockup-1/userstats-relay-country-table-wide.html fifth mockup] and started
 a list of next steps.

 Changes include:
  - Renamed "Possibly related events" to "Related events".
  - Extended table width to the space below the graph update form for
 several reasons:
    - There's no point in leaving that space empty.
    - With more horizontal space available it makes more sense to use a
 table with a separate column for tags and save vertical space.
    - The table header includes the column headers that isabela was
 missing.
  - Changed date column to better distinguish single-day entries from
 entries starting or ending on a given day:
    - Entries without end date to "YYYY-MM-DD and ongoing" (if this sounds
 like Bad English, let's try to find something else that starts with the
 YYYY-MM-DD part for better alignment with the other entries).
    - Entries without start date to "YYYY-MM-DD and before" (see above;
 there should not be many of these entries in practice).
  - Fixed font issue (in all my mockups).
  - Capitalized first letter of all links.

 Immediate next steps are:
  - Add this table to graphs in the Users category and include all entries
 except for events related to a different country or transport than the one
 that is currently displayed.
  - Adapt the format to the News page.

 Next steps after that are:
  - Add tooltips to tags explaining them a little more, like "Onion-Routing
 protocol" for "<OR>".
  - Come up with a way to explain that the automatically generated
 censorship events are unrelated to the manually written events in this
 table.
  - Maybe change the filtering to only show entries for all countries or
 all transports on graphs showing users from all countries or using all
 transports.
  - Add annotations to the graph or even mouseovers.
  - Add optional JavaScript magic that only displays the first entries and
 that lets the user expend the list if there are more.
  - Find categories or standards for link texts for a more consistent
 presentation.
  - Extend events to graphs in other categories than Users and then add
 this table there.

 How does this sound? Should I move forward with the immediate next steps,
 and then we improve things from there?

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