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SSB4 costumes
Given that the usage of 3DS-quality renders of the costumes is a holdover from the pre-Wii U release timeframe, shouldn't we be using Wii U rips now instead when possible? Miles (talk) 16:28, 16 April 2015 (EDT)
- I seem to remember not being able to find a suitable set of images for that last time I looked (as in, either the set was incomplete, or some of its images had far too much blank space). I'll try again. Toomai Glittershine
The Resolute 16:42, 16 April 2015 (EDT)
- psst Miles (talk) 16:44, 16 April 2015 (EDT)
- Yeah I mean MK and Jigglypuff look atrocious in that set, but if that's all we have, it's all we have. Given that we won't need the images to be 3584px long, I'll be resizing them down to match the size of the existing ones before stitching them together (and I might as well add the Find Mii colours at the same time). Toomai Glittershine The Honcho 16:52, 16 April 2015 (EDT)
- Better? Miles (talk) 16:55, 16 April 2015 (EDT)
- I prefer the first ones because there's less blank space overall. Toomai Glittershine The Metroid 16:58, 16 April 2015 (EDT)
- I mean you could always pare down these if you wanted a more specific level of zoom/whitespace. Miles (talk) 17:01, 16 April 2015 (EDT)
- Yeah, but then they wouldn't be transparent (minor) and we'd lack Mewtwo completely (not minor). The "character portraits (large)" set is probably our best bet for images that are both decent for most characters and potentially future-complete. Toomai Glittershine The Hammer 17:09, 16 April 2015 (EDT)
Super Smash Bros. 3DS/Wii U Costume Posters
Hello. I have been doing a lot of research about the costumes in Super Smash Bros. for 3DS/Wii U, and I have collected very high-quality posters for all of the alternate costumes (excluding Lucas and Mii Fighters. I have a poster for the normal costume of Mewtwo, but that's it for him). I was wondering if I was allowed to post them. Here is a link to go to the MediaFire download page that I have set up.
http://www.mediafire.com/download/fa86jdjwwci88mh/All+SSB4+Costumes.zip
Please view the images before making any decisions. Thanks! Jamescamden05 (talk) 21:29, 22 April 2015 (EDT)
- The main criteria here is: What purpose do you intend? What could whatever you have do that what we currently have can't? Toomai Glittershine The Zesty 22:50, 22 April 2015 (EDT)
- The posters that I have are higher quality than the images currently on the wiki and there are separate posters for alternate costumes, which this wiki doesn't currently have. Jamescamden05 (talk) 06:49, 23 April 2015 (EDT)
- Did you even look at the images? Jamescamden05 (talk) 06:49, 23 April 2015 (EDT)
- I'm not downloading 81.55MB from Mediafire just to have a look at some images that I think I already have (found on imgur several months ago, they're all JPGs with most being 1500px square). If that's the same set that you have, then we have the following problem: JPGs are bad, and there's no real way to fix them. In addition, any set of images that we can't update for DLC is automatically significantly less desirable.
- All that said though, you didn't really answer the question: What do you want to use these images for? Just saying "they're independent images and higher resolution" is not really relevant, because if you have a purpose in mind, I can always upload the original character selection screen images from SSB4-U that I shrunk and composed into what we currently have. Toomai Glittershine The Altruistic 11:12, 23 April 2015 (EDT)
- I was planning to post them to each of the fighter's gallery section so everyone can download them and use them as wallpapers and other things like that. Jamescamden05 (talk) 16:51, 23 April 2015 (EDT)
- That's not really what the wiki's for though. We're not an image hosting service; aside from a minority of user images, we only keep images that are relevant to and used in mainspace articles, and only at resolutions that are both not poor and not massive. Toomai Glittershine The Orchestral 17:55, 23 April 2015 (EDT)
- While that may be true, these images are relevant AND good quality. I know that you specifically won't have any use for these, but I know some people will, including me. In fact, I have asked someone that is important in this wiki (Nyargleblargle), and they support posting these images. Why can't you accept the fact that I'm just trying to help? Jamescamden05 (talk) 19:39, 23 April 2015 (EDT)
- I'm not denying you're trying to help, I'm just saying that I don't see the benefit. The only real advantage of what you're offering is large size, and unofficial image policy is that any non-screenshot of over 1000 pixels wide is almost certainly too large for several reasons (mostly server-side stuff, like how long it takes to run the "show this at a smaller size" script, but also how long it takes for the average person's internet to load when used on a page). Toomai Glittershine The Aurum 20:36, 23 April 2015 (EDT)
- These images ARE official, and the benefit of having these images are having more pieces of the game on this wiki, which can boost the popularity. Just a suggestion, but I think you should ask the other bureaucrats how they feel about these images, then tell me if they support them. Jamescamden05 (talk) 20:51, 23 April 2015 (EDT)
(Reset indent) This isn't about who wants what; this is about how we work as a wiki. That said, I'm siding with Toomai on this one. What real purpose do they serve to help out the wiki? "Boosting popularity" means nothing, really; the Smash series as a whole is one of the most popular fighting franchises out there, and a shitload of people come here to find information. 
Aidan, Master of Speed and Aura
23:44, 23 April 2015 (EDT)
- Well, you didn't need to use that language, but it is true that a lot of people come here to find information, so adding these images to the wiki will give users more items to compare with things. I'm not giving up on this because I worked very hard to find these images and I'm just trying to help you, the administration, and the wiki as a whole. I've been part of this wiki for quite a while now and (if you didn't see my user page), I know a lot about all of the Smash Bros. games. And to answer your question, Aidan, I didn't mean to say "boosting popularity", I only said that because I forgot to take my ADHD medicine yesterday and I couldn't think straight, but their purpose is: 1. The more items from the actual game, the better. And 2. Everything I've tried to edit on this wiki has been either deleted or reverted, so this would be a good thing that probably would help and wouldn't be reverted. And lastly, a couple of days ago, I posted some bad quality Mario images, so you can delete those. Jamescamden05 (talk) 07:39, 24 April 2015 (EDT)
Aidan, Master of Speed and Aura
23:44, 23 April 2015 (EDT)
