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Milestones
The table in the Milestones section show R version with format x.y, e.g. R 3.6. However, except for some of the historical releases, the formal version format is x.y.z, e.g. R 3.6.0. The dates associated with each entry appears to point to when the x.y.0 release was done. Should the 'Release' version be updated to use x.y.0 format?
"RStat" listed at Redirects for discussion
The redirect RStat has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 January 25 § RStat until a consensus is reached. CycloneYoris talk! 10:23, 25 January 2025 (UTC)
Maintenance Template - "too technical"
In response to this article's maintenance template, I have improved the lead section by making it understandable to non-experts, without removing any technical details. Is it appropriate to remove the maintenance template at this point? Pac Veten (talk) 18:14, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
- Sounds fine to me, but I didn't post that "too technical" flag. I suggest waiting 24 hours to give whoever set that flag to respond. If no reply by 24 hours from now, it should be appropriate to remove it. DavidMCEddy (talk) 18:26, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
This article sounds like an advertisement for the tidyverse package…
I think apart from a link in the see also all references to todyverse should be removed. Even though it's useful and popular R goes far beyond a single package. The article should be about how it compares to other languages/tools used for data visualisation, not to promote some package. 2A02:3035:B63:25FC:20BF:320B:71D7:6A85 (talk) 11:20, 12 October 2025 (UTC)
- agreed. The intro mention about being popular is likely fine seems it is true (ggplot2 is the most downloaded package of all time), but no need to show how to install and load the tidyverse. Venpopov (talk) 23:52, 2 March 2026 (UTC)
- Hadley Wickham, the primary creator of the tidyverse, has received multiple awards for his contributions to R. I think it's appropriate to mention the tidyverse, though it would be good to have citation(s) explaining why. However, I do not feel I can spare the time from other priorities to add such citations. DavidMCEddy (talk) 22:12, 3 March 2026 (UTC)
- I don't disagree - and tidyverse is already prominently mentioned in the second paragraph of the lead! And that's a good highlight. But spending so much space explaining how to install it and load it in a general article about R seems like an overkill. I also checked a bunch of other programing language wikis and none of those I checked go into instructions about installing packages and 3-rd party libraries, which are widely available on the internet anyway. Venpopov (talk) 22:21, 3 March 2026 (UTC)
- (edit conflict)@Venpopov: It is one of the most downloaded R packages, so it isn't that silly to include it. I mainly reverted because you removed all the information on how to install a package, which is an essential bit of information for this article. Definitely open to changing it to a different package though - Matrix? The only problem with that is that it can be a pain to install on Macs. SmartSE (talk) 22:14, 3 March 2026 (UTC)
- I won't object too hard, I have no horse in the game. Just note, as I replied to DavidMCEddy, that tidyverse is already prominently listed in the lede (2nd paragraph) and that other popular programming language articles on wikipedia (e.g. python and javascript) don't include detailed instructions about how to install thrid-party libraries (which is part of any introductory R tutorial on the internet, so to me at least seems misplaced in a generalist wiki article.
- And yeah, matrix is often a pain to install so that's a different can of worms. Venpopov (talk) 22:27, 3 March 2026 (UTC)
- Hadley Wickham, the primary creator of the tidyverse, has received multiple awards for his contributions to R. I think it's appropriate to mention the tidyverse, though it would be good to have citation(s) explaining why. However, I do not feel I can spare the time from other priorities to add such citations. DavidMCEddy (talk) 22:12, 3 March 2026 (UTC)
Mobile availability
There are multiple scholar sources showing that; no need for them to be reputably peer-reviewed since that's like citing that the sky is blue. UfzO (talk) 20:21, 12 December 2025 (UTC)
- Added more:
- Conor I., Anderson (2018-07-08). "Installing R on Android via Termux". Conor I. Anderson. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
- Quintana Denis, José Armando (2025). "Análisis de datos en R utilizando Google Colab". Escuela Politécnica Superior. Universidad de Alcalá.
- Hewitt, Christopher (2024-04-01). "Exploring Canadian Geospatial Data with GeoPandas in Colab Notebooks". Bulletin - Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives (ACMLA) (173): 14–17. doi:10.15353/acmla.n173.5671. ISSN 2561-2263.
- Poolman, Toryn M.; Townsend-Nicholson, Andrea; Cain, Amanda (2022). "Teaching genomics to life science undergraduates using cloud computing platforms with open datasets". Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education. 50 (5): 446–449. doi:10.1002/bmb.21646. ISSN 1539-3429. PMC 9804627. PMID 35972192.
- Nurdin, Naufal Muharam. "Development of blood hemoglobin level early detection device based on a noninvasive optical platform". Heliyon. doi:10.1016/J.HELIYON.2022.E11260.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - "Analisis Pola Asosiasi Penjualan Produk Ritel dengan Platform Google Colab". journal.ibrahimy.ac.id. doi:10.35316/justify.v3i1.5569. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
- More to be added:
- Filho, Jefferson Santana; Marynowski, João Eugenio; Feger, José Elmar (2025-11-27). "Análise Comparativa de Plataformas em Nuvem paraAnálise de Dados Turísticos por Não-Desenvolvedores". Revista de Sistemas e Computação - RSC (in Portuguese). 15 (2).
- Шапуров, о.о.; Коваленко, о.в.; Стоєв, в.л. (2024-11-25). "ПРОГНОЗУВАННЯ ІНДИКАТОРІВ СТАЛОГО РОЗВИТКУ НА ОСНОВІ ІНСТРУМЕНТІВ ЦИФРОВІЗАЦІЇ". Цифрова економіка та економічна безпека (6 (15)): 184–192. doi:10.32782/dees.15-29. ISSN 2786-541X.
- Drin, Svitlana; Reznichenko, Yehor (2022-12-28). "A Model of a System of Simultaneous Equations with a Lag Effect for Estimating the Quality of an Advertising Campaign". Могилянський математичний журнал. 5: 33–37. doi:10.18523/2617-70805202233-37. ISSN 2663-0648.
- Pavlinić, Tin. Alternativni delovni zvezki za Python in druge programske jezike (thesis thesis).
- Nugraha, Rizki; Iskandar; Vidyaningtyas, Hurianti (2024-07). "User Clustering Using Modified K-means in PD-NOMA". 2024 10th International Conference on Wireless and Telematics (ICWT): 1–10. doi:10.1109/ICWT62080.2024.10674735.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Powell, Makia S.; Drozdenko, Benjamin M. (2024). "SSOLV: Real-Time AI/ML-Based Cybersecurity via Statistical Analysis". IEEE Access. 12: 114786–114794. doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3444703. ISSN 2169-3536.
- Miftahul Arifin; Fauzi Helmi; Alamsyah, Dafiq Fajri (2024-08-13). "ANALISIS POLA ASOSIASI PENJUALAN PRODUK RITEL DENGAN PLATFORM GOOGLE COLAB". JUSTIFY : Jurnal Sistem Informasi Ibrahimy. 3 (1): 74–85. doi:10.35316/justify.v3i1.5569. ISSN 2962-3642.
- Розум, М. В.; Борщенко, В. О.; Лабунський, М. В. (2024-11-25). "Overview of software tools for data analysis". Розвиток методів управління та господарювання на транспорті. 4 (89): 192–211. doi:10.31375/2226-1915-2024-4-192-211. ISSN 2415-3893.
- Rihastuti, Siti; Rosyidi, Afnan; Handoko, Handoko (2024). "Implementasi K-Nearest Neighbours Dengan Google Collab Untuk Klasifikasi Penyakit Kanker Payudara". Jurnal Teknologi Informasi. 10 (2): 79–85. doi:10.52643/jti.v10i2.5223. ISSN 2623-1700.
- Розум, М. В.; Борщенко, В. О.; Лабунський, М. В. (2024-11-25). "Overview of software tools for data analysis". Розвиток методів управління та господарювання на транспорті. 4 (89): 192–211. doi:10.31375/2226-1915-2024-4-192-211. ISSN 2415-3893.
- UfzO (talk) 20:33, 12 December 2025 (UTC)
- WP:BLUESKY is an essay not a policy or guideline. There's also the equivalent WP:You do need to cite that the sky is blue where you have to be critical on what you think is obvious, it may not be for the reader. – The Grid (talk) 04:22, 3 January 2026 (UTC)