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[edit] Which photo?
Image:I10-800.jpeg has graffiti, but the button copy stands out. The replacements Scott5114 is using - Image:I-70 Wheeling Island apch.jpg and Image:Button copy gore point.jpg - are not as clear. --NE2 18:37, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
- How about Image:US 69, 9 mi to Pryor.jpg? —Scott5114↗ [EXACT CHANGE ONLY] 18:52, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
- Still not as clear, and lacks arrows. Image:I10-800.jpeg shows not only text but also how arrows and shields use button copy. --NE2 18:58, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
- Why's it matter if it has arrows? —Scott5114↗ [EXACT CHANGE ONLY] 19:07, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
- It makes it more informative. --NE2 19:08, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
- Evidence? —Scott5114↗ [EXACT CHANGE ONLY] 19:10, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
- What do you mean? The reader will be more informed by that sign, since he'll see how button copy was used on arrows and shields. --NE2 19:15, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
- I wouldn't use the image with graffiti on it because the graffiti is a complete distraction, even if the buttons are easier to see. A photo with a better quality sign is worth having over one that has graffiti on it. This comes from my perspective of being a photo editor. --Son (talk) 19:17, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
- We don't have a better quality photo though; the one with graffiti is the best we've got. --NE2 19:17, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
- I wouldn't use the image with graffiti on it because the graffiti is a complete distraction, even if the buttons are easier to see. A photo with a better quality sign is worth having over one that has graffiti on it. This comes from my perspective of being a photo editor. --Son (talk) 19:17, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
- What do you mean? The reader will be more informed by that sign, since he'll see how button copy was used on arrows and shields. --NE2 19:15, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
- Evidence? —Scott5114↗ [EXACT CHANGE ONLY] 19:10, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
- It makes it more informative. --NE2 19:08, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
- Why's it matter if it has arrows? —Scott5114↗ [EXACT CHANGE ONLY] 19:07, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
- Still not as clear, and lacks arrows. Image:I10-800.jpeg shows not only text but also how arrows and shields use button copy. --NE2 18:58, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
I changed to both photos; is that better? Ideally we'd have more text and thus better positioning, but nobody's expanded the article yet. --NE2 19:26, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
- I have to agree with NE2 here. I think the sign with a shield using button copy is important to include in the article, although it would be wonderful to have a better picture. I think the multiple pictures is a good compromise, since it gives the better quality picture the "place of prominence" at the top right of the article. -- NORTH talk 19:30, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
- Perhaps we could crop out everything but the shield on that one, then? —Scott5114↗ [EXACT CHANGE ONLY] 19:32, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
Is it good now? --NE2 20:34, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] More images
Well, I've got a lot of photos on my hard drive from my trip to DC and back, so we can go through those and hopefully find a better one that everyone likes. If someone objects to one I'll find another and upload it. —Scott5114↗ [EXACT CHANGE ONLY] 19:32, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
- Image:I-70 IN 73B apch.jpg —Scott5114↗ [EXACT CHANGE ONLY] 19:32, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
- One at night would be good. It's hard to see the buttons during the daytime. Otherwise I'd go for clarity over graffiti, in focus over blurred, and optionally, using Photoshop to enhance the buttons so as to make them visible. Taking more pictures is always an option - if a "not as good" one is settled on for now, that's fine, so long as an effort is made to take a better picture. —Rob (talk) 20:24, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
