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I think all of the LEGO adventure games are exactly the same across game consoles, aside from minor differences like achievements. I assume hand held console ports are different, but these days the hardware is good enough that they could do rough exact ports, so that has to be identified on a case-by-case basis, unfortunately. --{{User:Notmyhandle/Sig}} 17:10, 31 March 2014 (UTC) | I think all of the LEGO adventure games are exactly the same across game consoles, aside from minor differences like achievements. I assume hand held console ports are different, but these days the hardware is good enough that they could do rough exact ports, so that has to be identified on a case-by-case basis, unfortunately. --{{User:Notmyhandle/Sig}} 17:10, 31 March 2014 (UTC) | ||
== Replacing non-animated GIFs with PNGs == | ==Replacing non-animated GIFs with PNGs== | ||
With the latest update that somehow renders GIF files to not display the images and animation properly when cropped, it brings me an opportunity to convert them into PNGs (with equipped compression, and necessary editing to reduce filesize). Well, after a bit of workflow tweaking and testing. I decided that in the future, the files (images) that I will upload that is not a replacement of a GIF with a PNG will have a unique description only, and not just the rest of the upload types I've done. It would've taken far too long to compress and think up a description. Additionally, I'm just going to change the filetype name, not the filename; that took too long as well; althrough, there are certain filenames that may subject to be renamed if the gamename is too obscure or if the subject of the image doesn't match up to the name. --[[User:RAP|RAP]] ([[User talk:RAP|talk]]) 07:07, 5 April 2014 (UTC) | With the latest update that somehow renders GIF files to not display the images and animation properly when cropped, it brings me an opportunity to convert them into PNGs (with equipped compression, and necessary editing to reduce filesize). Well, after a bit of workflow tweaking and testing. I decided that in the future, the files (images) that I will upload that is not a replacement of a GIF with a PNG will have a unique description only, and not just the rest of the upload types I've done. It would've taken far too long to compress and think up a description. Additionally, I'm just going to change the filetype name, not the filename; that took too long as well; althrough, there are certain filenames that may subject to be renamed if the gamename is too obscure or if the subject of the image doesn't match up to the name. --[[User:RAP|RAP]] ([[User talk:RAP|talk]]) 07:07, 5 April 2014 (UTC) | ||
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:::I added the category where missing. --{{User:Notmyhandle/Sig}} 20:26, 5 April 2014 (UTC) | :::I added the category where missing. --{{User:Notmyhandle/Sig}} 20:26, 5 April 2014 (UTC) | ||
::::Hi RAP. I do have to ask you to stop replacing currently good pngs with compressed pngs. You're actually adding to our database size. When you replace an image, the old ones don't get removed from our image database. Even deleting them from the wiki doesn't necessarily remove them from the database. So replacing good pngs with compress pngs is giving us more to backup than necessary (and it's already a painfully slow process.) For the time being stick with "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." Thanks. '''[[User:Procyon|<span style="color:red">Pro</span>]][[User talk:Procyon|<span style="color:grey">cyon</span>]]''' 04:49, 6 April 2014 (UTC) | ::::Hi RAP. I do have to ask you to stop replacing currently good pngs with compressed pngs. You're actually adding to our database size. When you replace an image, the old ones don't get removed from our image database. Even deleting them from the wiki doesn't necessarily remove them from the database. So replacing good pngs with compress pngs is giving us more to backup than necessary (and it's already a painfully slow process.) For the time being stick with "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." Thanks. '''[[User:Procyon|<span style="color:red">Pro</span>]][[User talk:Procyon|<span style="color:grey">cyon</span>]]''' 04:49, 6 April 2014 (UTC) | ||
:::::@{{user|Procyon}}: Before responding, I would like to say that the new msg notification might've been too subtle for me to notice uploading those imgs. | |||
:::::Ontopic: Really? That is very unfortunate. The previous wiki (MarioWiki) didn't mind my actions (and such actions influenced others to do so as well). Although, I do have to say, there are some compressed PNGs that I uploaded that have a larger size difference due to color cleanup, RGB to index colors, or reducing color palettes (and still maintain the same image), such as: [[:File:PM_flyer_artwork.png]], [[:File:PM_new_artwork.png]], and [[:File:PM_Maze_Diagram.png]]. | |||
:::::With this notion in place on me (and future others), does this suggest that all future PNGs should be compressed to the max before uploading to the wiki so no other versions that are more compressed than the previous version will be uploaded unless it has a significant change in terms of content, not just the image (like a new version of the icon changed from beta as the final version theoretically). I'm sensitive to how images are not compressed at all despite using a fiber-optic connection, and I find it equally glum on unnecessary bandwidth being downloaded on a bulky uncompressed image during normal browsing. --[[User:RAP|RAP]] ([[User talk:RAP|talk]]) 05:20, 6 April 2014 (UTC) | |||
== Clone image categories == | == Clone image categories == | ||
Hi RAP. Before I answer your question, I really want to thank you very much for taking on the task of converting those images and reuploading them. I appreciate that tremendously. It's actions like that that have made me consider you for nomination for administrator. You raise a very good question. I would say that if a screenshot of a clone only appears in the originating games guide, they should be categorized under the name of the game guide they appear in. Ultimately, if a clone or derivative work gets its own guide, the image itself can be re-categorized from one game to another. The game image categories are largely to make sure that no image goes uncategorized, and to make it easier to find similar images, since wading through the {{c|Screenshots}} category can be quite painful, especially if the filename starts with a letter near the end of the alphabet. '''[[User:Procyon|<span style="color:red">Pro</span>]][[User talk:Procyon|<span style="color:grey">cyon</span>]]''' 17:25, 5 April 2014 (UTC) | Hi RAP. Before I answer your question, I really want to thank you very much for taking on the task of converting those images and reuploading them. I appreciate that tremendously. It's actions like that that have made me consider you for nomination for administrator. You raise a very good question. I would say that if a screenshot of a clone only appears in the originating games guide, they should be categorized under the name of the game guide they appear in. Ultimately, if a clone or derivative work gets its own guide, the image itself can be re-categorized from one game to another. The game image categories are largely to make sure that no image goes uncategorized, and to make it easier to find similar images, since wading through the {{c|Screenshots}} category can be quite painful, especially if the filename starts with a letter near the end of the alphabet. '''[[User:Procyon|<span style="color:red">Pro</span>]][[User talk:Procyon|<span style="color:grey">cyon</span>]]''' 17:25, 5 April 2014 (UTC) | ||
