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<div id=sfh>Please don't specify thumbnail widths</div>
<div id=sfh>Please don't specify thumbnail widths</div>
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To directly quote from one of the principal IT guys at [[memoryalpha:Memory Alpha|Memory Alpha]]:


:I think this has already been brought up on some talk page, but here it is again, for all to see:
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.


:There's an option in the preferences ('''Preferences -> Files''') that allows any user to specify a preferred thumbnail size between 120px and 300px. For that option to have an effect, the image link ''must not'' specify an image width (as in "...|thumb|right|'''125px'''|...").
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.


:* Unless there are ''very good'' reasons to specify a size, please don't. It's just annoying for other users with other screen resolutions.
Pages that do not use infoboxes can make use of {{tlx|first pic}} which creates a 250px image aligned to the right. This should only be used once on an article, right at the start, where you may wish to give prominence to a picture that illustrates the subject particularly well. All subsequent images should have their size defined.
:* "It looks good on ''my'' screen" is not a good reason... ;)
:* While editing, watch out for such specifications and remove them while you're at it.


:Thanks. [[User:Cid Highwind|Cid Highwind]] 10:12, 24 May 2006 (UTC) [[memoryalpha:Forum:Thumbnail size|<sup>source</sup>]]
You read that right.  '''2006'''.  This is an ''old'' bit of "wiki wisdom", but in this case "old" does in fact mean "wise".  That's why this has been a part of our policy for a while now, promulgated at [[T:ICC]].  However, I've been encountering thumbnail width specifications with greater frequency, and they need to stop — for the benefit of '''all''' users.
== Rule summary ==
== Rule summary ==
Just for clarity, '''file width specifications''':
Just for clarity, '''file width specifications''':
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