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Images should not have their parameters defined. That means, when creating a thumbnail or a standalone image, a specific size - such as 200px - should not be entered.  
Images should not have their parameters defined. That means, when creating a thumbnail or a standalone image, a specific size - such as 200px - should not be entered.  


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It is to be used only for the first picture on an article. If the article has an infobox, this template should not be used as a 250px image is produced already within infoboxes. The images that follow should not have their parameters defined.
It is to be used only for the first picture on an article. If the article has an infobox, this template should not be used as a 250px image is produced already within infoboxes. The images that follow should not have their parameters defined.
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Latest revision as of 16:55, 16 May 2017

Images should not have their parameters defined. That means, when creating a thumbnail or a standalone image, a specific size - such as 200px - should not be entered.

This is for a number of reasons, some of which are:

  • The issues that arise where one medium is given prominence over another. Prose is just as valid as TV which is just as valid as comics, and so on.
  • The problems that arise when performing bot maintenance.
  • With Wikia becoming ever more popular on the go, it can also create issues on more delicate devices.

To provide a bot-friendly way to create images at 250px, there now exists a template, {{first pic}}, that will create a thumbnail at this parameter, aligned to the right-hand side.

It is to be used only for the first picture on an article. If the article has an infobox, this template should not be used as a 250px image is produced already within infoboxes. The images that follow should not have their parameters defined.