StrategyWiki:Staff lounge/2017/May

Replacing Pictures
I've been working on the RollerCoaster Tycoon walkthrough and I'm wondering how I can replace some of the old jpgs with cleaner-looking pngs. I've tried searching the help files, but couldn't find how to do this.

As an aside, RollerCoaster Tycoon/Mels World should be nuked since it's missing the apostrophe. Sorry about that. Antwan 04:43, 1 May 2017 (UTC)


 * While you can convert from one image format to any other format, when it comes to losslessness (what you're calling "clean"), you can't go from jpg (a lossy format) to png (a lossless format), because image integrity has already been lost. The only way to do what you're asking is to retake the screenshots from scratch and make sure they output in png format.   Pro  cyon  14:37, 1 May 2017 (UTC)


 * That is exactly what I plan to do. I have the new screenshots. How do I replace the old ones with the new ones? I still can't find that feature. Or do we delete the old ones first, then put the new ones?
 * Antwan 06:01, 3 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Yeah, since you're switching to a new file extension, it won't count as a file replace. Just go to the existing jpg images and add a delete tag to the top of them.  That will flag one of us to go ahead and delete it from the site.  Then upload the new image to site and you're all set.  Thanks!   Pro  cyon  13:32, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

Long pages
Long pages are listed under Maintenance reports on Special pages: is this just so we can see which pages might benefit from subpaging or use of templates, or beyond a certain point does page length cause technical problems? I ask because, despite the use of templates, 12 of the longest 50 are Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic pages, the main guide to which I've been contributing. Onderduiker (talk) 21:17, 1 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Yeah, that's the basic idea behind that list. If a page is on there, we don't necessarily have to subpage it, but it might be a good idea.  This is primarily a consideration for people browsing the site on mobile devices, which we don't do a particularly good job of taking into account.   Pro  cyon  13:32, 3 May 2017 (UTC)