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ibox images
in the interest of avoiding edit wars the replacement of infobox weapon/item images needs approval on talk page. this would be a mere formality in the case of sponge but as i have blocked others for doing this ive had to block you. please lets keep this a community effort and try to involve as many as possible. 16:28, April 17, 2013 (UTC)


 * Hi, When this policy became active? Previously I was informed that the only requirement to replace mainspace pages was that the new ones are of higher resolution. I agree if the new policy is to discuss them on talk page, but some of the undos are counterproductive (prepatch Blood of Seraph and unintelligible Sponge).
 * Anyway I understand that if you blocked other people you have to block me and I appreciate that you reverted just the image swap and not the entire article edits.


 * BTW, 2 of the grenade mods reverted are orphan images right now, because I hadn't time to add them to variants charts prior the block. I'll add them after the block expire and also put all the undone ibox pictures on talk pages of the corresponding articles to see if they are fit to replace the current lower-res pictures or not, if that's fine to do. Regards GryphusR (talk) 16:38, April 17, 2013 (UTC)

images w/o cats are usually given at least 3 days. higher resolution is not a priority for infoboxes. were you given this info via chat? ill unblock you however comma forkinator advised me his block did not undo until next day. check block log to be sure. please cite reasons for new image on talk page proposal, ie current = unintelligible, current = prepatch. ty. 17:01, April 17, 2013 (UTC)


 * The info that the only requirement was higher resolution (and after that level requirement met to avoid red cards) was given to me on talk page of moderators when I joined the wiki some months ago, but I don't remember exactly who. Maybe Fryguy but I'm not sure of that.


 * The ban log shows the following:


 * The reason given for GryphusR's block is: "replacing ibox item cards w/o talk page submission"


 * Start of block: 16:07, April 17, 2013
 * Expiry of block: 16:07, April 18, 2013
 * GryphusR (talk) 17:06, April 17, 2013 (UTC)

ill have a discussion w/ fry. log shows(time differential): for me.
 * 12:01, 17 April 2013 Dr. Clayton Forrestor (Talk | contribs | block) unblocked GryphusR (Talk | contribs) (per discussion on talk page)
 * 11:07, 17 April 2013 Dr. Clayton Forrestor (Talk | contribs | block) blocked GryphusR (Talk | contribs) with an expiry time of 1 day


 * Ok, I'm still banned, anyway I don't mind waiting 1h or 24h if I need to.
 * By the way I would like to know the procedure for ibox image discussion. The picture is just added to the talk page with the reasons for swap, ok, but after that? Must I start a poll, wait a number of day...?, minimum number of votes required? GryphusR (talk) 17:29, April 17, 2013 (UTC)

i think dynasty is going to demand a policy on this so you can contribute and combat changes there. as it is now the image is either replaced on merit by an admin or needs majority of current users to support it. 17:44, April 17, 2013 (UTC)


 * Understood.


 * After some search I found the guidelines for mainspace images. I was wrong and it wasn't Fryguy. Literal copypaste, on italics:
 * The basic rule for mainspace image box images is:
 * Absolutly no warring or the Evil Doctor will bring a swift end to the fun (and nobody wants that).
 * Only change the image if it warrants a change (don't do it just to have your image).
 * DO NOT change the image because "the new weapon is better". Diversity is fun. Having all pages with purple level 50 is boring.
 * That's all I have to say. Walking along now. happypal (talk • contribs) 20:50, December 12, 2012 (UTC)


 * GryphusR (talk) 18:05, April 17, 2013 (UTC)

tyvm. ill see that gets in the blog for policy. more/better guidelines soon. 22:22, April 17, 2013 (UTC)


 * Morning. If you don't mind, could you let me now when the new policy is available? thanks.


 * On the other hand, I would like to suggest some guidelines for the new policy. I think that waiting for administrators to do the swap of images is not effective and they should only take part in case of edit-wars. Here are my suggestions for the new policy:


 * Users could change directly mainspace images in the following objective cases. This is a ranking, so the first scenarios take priority. If both images are equal on the first point, then the second point is taken into consideration, and so on:


 * Language (this is an English wiki, so English cards should be top priority)
 * Resolution image, size, crispness and clear of view (no jagged edges, no blur...)
 * Item level met (no red cards)
 * Card text not covered by the gun (a lot of current infobox pictures have this problem)
 * Everything else not taken into consideration and image should be discussed.


 * All other options/differences (level, components, perspective..) are subjective preferences and the image swap should be discussed in the talk page. Even if the above objective options are met, if any wikia contributor doesn't agree with the swap (he or she puts the old weapon back or shows nonconformity anywhere), then the old image must be restored and the new image must be put as a candidate on the talk page for discussion of the community. It should be there for one week to give interested users time to vote.


 * What do you think of this? Any page where the community can discuss the new policy more properly? GryphusR (talk) 08:23, April 18, 2013 (UTC)