Talk:Replacement rate models of retirement spending

Figures
Wiki figures are not very flexible when it comes to formatting. One editing technique is to put figures inside a table. Take a look at the wikitext for the "Replacement Rate vs. Savings" figure. It looked better to have an outline and title. Images can be scaled, I set it to 350 px. There's no need to upload different resolutions (best quality is to upload at a higher resolution than you need). Feel free to change anything. Note that are comments. If this is too complicated, don't worry about it and just leave a request for someone to fix it later. --LadyGeek 17:55, 18 August 2011 (EDT)

--ThePrune 20:15, 18 August 2011 (EDT) ''LadyGeek, thanks for the mini-tutorial on inserting images. It definitely looks better now. I'll just copy and modify your wikitext in the future until I have time to study more at the Wikimedia site. The first several images I tried uploading had too low a resolution - they looked terrible in the Wiki. By the way, how do I delete these unneeded imaged from the Uploading area?''

The wiki keeps tracks of all versions. If you re-upload the same image, it shows as a new version - this is identical to editing articles. You can always undo an upload (revert to previous version). However, wiki editors cannot delete pages (or image files). This is by design and is an important part of why wikis work. Wiki administrators (like myself or blbarnitz) can take care of this for you. Is this the one: File:Replacement Rate 01.gif?

In actuality, deleted pages can be resurrected so there really is no such thing as true deletion. However, it's good to keep unwanted / incorrect content out of sight.--LadyGeek 15:23, 19 August 2011 (EDT)

Text Format
Anyone know how to modify equations in wikitext so that they look more natural. My equation
 * Gross Income (retired)   =    Gross Income (pre-retirement)   X    Replacement Rate

looks rather artificial because the spacing around the math symbols "=" and "X" is too small.--ThePrune 20:18, 18 August 2011 (EDT)

Wikitext is designed keep things simple. If we used math all the time, we could install LaTeX but with an additional complexity of understanding how to use it. See Manual:Math for what this could look like. For now, it's easier to use XML and HTML character entities.

I inserted a non-break space where needed (the wiki sometimes has a mind of its own, we need to help it occasionally) and used a proper multiplication sign.


 * Gross Income (retired)  =  Gross Income (pre-retirement)  &times;  Replacement Rate

--LadyGeek 15:23, 19 August 2011 (EDT)

Misc
--Linuxizer 02:34, 20 August 2011 (EDT) Looks great guys. I changed a few sentences, mostly for clarity. I also added a few bullet points in "Qualitative influences on desired replacement rates" and more closely aligned the public/private equivalents. These are only suggestions; feel free to change liberally.