User talk:Brynnis
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Image aspect ratio
Thanks for your recent image uploads! I've had to delete a couple, however, because they were well outside our guidelines for image aspect ratios. In general, it should be possible to crop even classic series images into something approaching a 16:9 ratio. Stories that are actually filmed in 16:9/16:10 should definitely yield screenshots of a similar ratio. A couple of your recent uploads were much longer than they were wide, completely reversing the aspect ratio we are trying to uphold. Please see T:ICC for a quick overview of our image rules.
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍ <span style="">14:34: Thu 09 Feb 2012
- Oops, I'm sorry! I read Tardis:Image use policy and Help:Files and didn't see anything definite about aspect ratio, heh. I saw some other pictures that were similarly cropped around the wiki which led me to believe it was okay. I've bookmarked the cheat sheet now, thanks :) I'll skim through the episode tonight and grab some new screencaps. Brynnis talk to me 15:45, February 9, 2012 (UTC)
- Perfect work at the new File:Arkinspace libri.jpg! Thanks! Yeah, I'll admit that you can find examples of non-standard work around, but see T:IUP ADMIN. We admin can't be everywhere, and the rule is only about two years old, whereas the wiki itself is coming up on its seventh birthday. And there are legitimate cases where the "must be 16:9" rule is waved, such as with magazine and book covers and some comic art, which are obviously of a different orientation. So you will see some examples that don't conform, but that doesn't necessarily make them right. Rest assured that if I come across screenshots in infoboxes that don't conform, I'll pull 'em immediately.
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍ <span style="">16:09: Thu 09 Feb 2012- Thanks! I thought I deleted my originals, but I didn't, so I went ahead and recropped. Yeah, I scanned through a handful of pages before I uploaded, and came across some such as Meta-Crisis Tenth Doctor that threw me off. (I can get a better cap for that one tonight as soon as I can get to my DVDs, so you don't need to pull it. :P) I completely understand the rule, and I'll work to help fix the problematic screencaps. :)
- Perfect work at the new File:Arkinspace libri.jpg! Thanks! Yeah, I'll admit that you can find examples of non-standard work around, but see T:IUP ADMIN. We admin can't be everywhere, and the rule is only about two years old, whereas the wiki itself is coming up on its seventh birthday. And there are legitimate cases where the "must be 16:9" rule is waved, such as with magazine and book covers and some comic art, which are obviously of a different orientation. So you will see some examples that don't conform, but that doesn't necessarily make them right. Rest assured that if I come across screenshots in infoboxes that don't conform, I'll pull 'em immediately.
- I also had another unrelated question. I have a copy of Doctor Who Storybook 2007, would you like me to scan pictures from the stories for the individual story pages? And if so, which copyright would they be under? I'm thinking "Illustrations and art: Illustrations from sources other than the above," but I might be missing one on the list. Brynnis talk to me 16:24, February 9, 2012 (UTC)
Infobox pic width
Hi again :) Just noticed that you tend to set your pic widths in infobox to (apparently) quite random numbers. Please be aware that infobox pic width is an inviolate 250px. This is a part of the reason for the need for widescreen aspect ratios. As you probably discovered, if you try to set a longer-than-wide pic to 250px it will make the pic extremely long in the frame. Pics must therefore be a minimum of 250px in width, and they must be, again, something approaching 16:9. This will then allow an infobox width of 250px to "work".
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍ <span style="">14:43: Thu 09 Feb 2012
