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I can't source an image, please advise

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Moved to Talk:Eminence Sanguis (Short Story). --Inquisitor S., Großmeister des Ordo Lexicanum (talk) 16:02, 29 May 2019 (MDT)

Miniatures Image Format

Excerpt of the rules :

Sometimes it may make sense to modify an image (not cropping or resizing, but actual manipulation of the content). Be aware that this constitutes an extremely sensitive issue that should not be considered without very good reason. One such reason would be "cleaning up the image", i.e. the removal of disruptive captions or text portions from images. Do however pay close attention to not actually add image content that would not have been there before or to remove image content, this would simply constitute a non-admissible falsification of original source material. In any case you absolutely must make mention of such modifications in the file's Summary during the upload process (see below). Example: When you have a photo of a miniature model in a catalogue but after cropping it you are still left with some rests of caption text in the blank areas of the picture it is admissible to remove them - but only if said text is not superimposed over parts of the actual model! If you were for example to remove text that was superimposed, thereby deleting an actual part of the miniature, you would create the impression that that is what the miniature actually would look like, which obviously is not the case. Also see the list of recommended free software at the end of the article.

So since i'm very involved in the uploading of images of miniatures, and organizing them in various sections and pages of the lexicanum, i've come to some conclusions :

1) Images of catalogue/webstore miniatures, should always be presented in a perfect square, or in rare cases, a double square rectangle (units presented in a line, of very wide units). Why ? It creates a better user experience than various sizes and shapes, and most importantly, it behaves much better when using the "packed" view of wiki galleries (the < gallery > code). Of course there would be exceptions, for example miniatures taken from old white dwarves of codices, where blank space didn't exist and images of miniatures overlapped with background textures or other miniatures. But for everything that has been published on the webstore or a catalogue, the blank space is already there.

2) There should be a blank space between the extremities of a miniatures features, and the border of the image containing it, to create some visual breathing room. Images that are cropped to the miniatures features are not appealing to look at against the grey backgroung of the lexicanum.

I've been applying these principles, but i'd like this subject to become a discussion.

I don't think cropping miniatures images to remove blank space is a written rule, but rather it seems to be an habit on the lexicanum ; it is my hope that if there is no objection, the rules be amended to contain this particularity for miniature images.

--Siegfriedfr (talk) 07:30, 7 December 2023 (UTC)