Forum:SH Archive/Multiple image template

Hi there! Sometime ago, Master Jonathan created Double image, which pairs one or more related images that would prove too cumbersome if added one after the other individually. The original template, however, needlessly forbade the user from choosing a vertical or horizontal placement of the images, which prompted me to import from Wikipedia a more flexible, updated version of the template.

However, Cade voiced his concern that the template could deviate from our established image policy. The policy, though, doesn't forbid two images in a row, it forbids galleries, which last time I checked necessarily require  marks to qualify as such.

I would understand this concern if five random images were clumped together, but this does not need to be the case. We can agree to use it in cases where it is encyclopedically relevant to do so, as in the case of Jedi Credit (which shows front and back of a coin), and aesthetically more pleasant than thumbnailing two images consecutively.

On the right side I showcase the main differences between the old and new templates. Some community input on this whole issue would be helpful.  Stake black   msg 00:58, January 28, 2014 (UTC)