User talk:KrivenR

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[edit] Diddy Kong Racing

The reason I removed the image from the article is due to both the choice of format (PNG is terrible for higher colour/very smooth images), and the relative unimportance of the character. The text was removed as there is no source for the claim that anyone, short of whoever originally wrote it, considers it an in-joke.--Drat (Talk) 11:15, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Careful use of Jpeg compression can give a great balance of quality versus filesize. PNG is not a 'wonder' format; it's great for some things, bad for others. Similarly, Jpeg is good for some images, horrible for others. Irregardless of format, the image does not belong, as such images can only really appear under the terms of fair use, and the subject of the image is too trivial to really justify its presence. There are possibly one or two too many images on the article as it is. In addition, the information about the dinosaur is fairly trivial, and does not really belong, even in a trivia section. See Wikipedia:Avoid trivia sections in articles for more information.--Drat (Talk) 10:19, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
I have again removed the image and text, as the image subject is likely too trivial to justify fair use (and hence permit appearance in the article). Again, the claims of the text are unsourced. Is there any evidence that anyone, other than the random anon who wrote it originally, considers it some sort of in-joke? Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of facts, particularly if they are unsourced (and especially if they cannot be sourced).--Drat (Talk) 12:01, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi Kriven. Wikipedia policy is to allow fair use images only if they add significantly to the article(s) in which they're used. The caption under which Image:Yellow DInosaur.PNG was used said that it was a "minor in-joke", but did not cite any verifiable, reliable sources for this claim. Even if this were significant, a "yellow dinosoaur" in-joke really doesn't need a dedicated image to be sufficiently understood by the reader.
Furthermore, Wikipedia requires that all new fair-use images contain a detailed fair-use rationale, as described at WP:IDP#Fair use rationale; images that do not conform to this requirement may be deleted 7 days after initial upload. As such, I've deleted the image. If you wish to insert the mention of the in-joke, please find a reliable source (forums, wikis, and personal blogs don't count), and please realize that such a mention would need to be smoothly integrated into the text somehow, and does not need an image to explain. — TKD::Talk 08:56, 20 November 2006 (UTC)