Forum:CT Archive/Gallery-exclusive images

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I think most of us agree on the following: 1) Wookieepedia is not a gallery 2) Images in articles should help explain, not overcrowd With that said, there is an increasing number of images which exist solely in these "gallery" pages and on user pages. Galleries of images in use in articles is one thing, but uploading images simply for display purposes threatens our ability to use copyright images with our current ease, and they're a waste of space. For example, the following Anakin Skywalker images fall into the described category: Is there support for clearing out these wasteful and dangerous images? --SparqMan 17:12, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Image:Sith8.jpg
 * Image:Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker.jpg
 * Image:News ep3 anakin.jpg
 * If it comes down to a vote, I'd vote to clear them out. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 01:40, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Images for display purposes only, yes &mdash; clear 'em out. &mdash;Mir  len  19:09, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I'd also like to delete some redundant images from the Gallery of Anakin Solo images. &mdash;Mir  len  21:29, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I think I agree, for the most part. We're already pushing 'fair-use' to the limit, and we definitely don't need stuff like this. RMF 06:33, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Though I agree some galleries have a little too much that is not seen elsewhere, aside from the visual aide it may be to a visitor they also have another possible purpose. Every now and then we get a source which expands the story of a certain character/ship/droid/etc... and having a few "spare" images lying around could be useful. Nevertheless I agree some galleries take advantage of this. --Sauron18 07:23, 6 July 2006 (UTC)