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Pulls plot types content guidelines out of #26389 and moves the guidelines under the example guidelines.

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The :ref:`plot_types` gallery displays a selection of the common visualization
techniques that are implemented in Matplotlib. The gallery is heavily curated and
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Is there a better word than techniques? Maybe pattern, method, type, ...

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Visual idioms is what's used in some of the literature but I think I can probably rework this to like visualizations or plots.

I figure data graphics would also be too clunky. But the visualization zoo paper is making me think I can also replace selection with survey or overview and that may also make things less clunky.

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@timhoffm timhoffm merged commit 11665b8 into matplotlib:main May 20, 2025
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