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<p>It has become apparent that the site is becoming swamped with a huge influx of images, which are being continually added into huge image gallerys in certain articles. The <i>Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance</i> page is a prime example, but also others like Solid Snake.
</p><p>I believe we all need to come up with a policy for the wiki to define what images we really require in the articles themselves.
</p><p>One suggestion is to remove galleries altogether, and create links to image categories on each subject. Another is to have subpages of each article devoted solely to images. Or, the galleries could be restricted to a specific limit, keeping only essential image types useful to the article, while moving the rest elsewhere.
</p><p>I welcome any other thoughts and ideas on how to approach this. Perhaps there are some good examples on other wikis.
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<p>We could also try creating gallery articles. You know, sort of like Disney Wiki.
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<p>We could also set some limits to articles so people can understand what belongs and what doesn't in regards to specific images. For one thing, it would certainly help me, because unlike most people, I actually need some parameters to know I'm doing it well and not breaking things. If I don't have any sense of a rubric... well, as you can probably see right now, I get kinda out of control regarding what images I upload to the site short of unofficial stuff.
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<p>Yes, gallery pages sound like the best idea. As for general image usage in the article proper, it's obvious that it should not be too cluttered, but defining what is relevant would be useful.
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