Forum:SH Archive/Film character photos

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Now that all of the films are out and settled in, we should not have to have a characters photo be from their most recent appearance. It should be from their most famous appearance, or, if the character is not famous, their most prominent appearance. For instance, Rune Haako is only in ROTS for a few seconds, wheras in TPM, he's one of the supporting players. And yet we have his ROTS photo. Luke Skywalker is in his ANH gear, I don't see why Haako can't be in his TPM gear. We should not have a set standard here, it should be dictated by prominence, or when the character was in their "prime" (e.g., Anakin from ROTS).

Support

 * 1)  .  .  .  .  07:25, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Comments
Well, I alter the proposal to suggest that we use portraits for the Infobox shot, not a full body shot. Full body shots should be in the article body. . .  .  .  23:11, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't know. If this is a (semi) in-universe encyclopedia, shouldn't we use a character's most recent appearance? I say this because we can't possibly know their most famous appearance in-universe, only out of universe Adamwankenobi 07:29, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I would rather just have images that give us the best view of the subject. Headshots usually work best in infoboxes, with full body shots in the main article, if space allows - Kwenn 07:30, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Exactly. The best shot available. Let's not shackle ourselves with any completely arbitary rules. QuentinGeorge 07:31, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, support! I tried to put a TPM portrait of Nute Gunray up in his respective infobox, but was shot down, and was reverted to the ROTS image. TPM is obviously Nute's "fun-in-the-sun" film, and his most prominent appearance, so it should be the TPM shot. As has been said, we should present the photo that best serves the article, and not adhere to guidelines. Also, I think we should have portraits in the main infobox image, not body shots. Wikipedia uses Portraits more often than not for their main images, because the face is where it's all at. .  .  .  .  09:21, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I think it should simply be based on quality: use the best shot you have. Arbitrary rules don't help anyone. Havac 15:43, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Agreed. I think that was probably the reason Nute Gunray was reverted, the existing picture just looks better. Green Tentacle (Talk) 15:45, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I must also agree with this. Otherwise, we would find our Boba Fett pic being of Daniel Logan (AotC), our Luke pic being from the end of RotS as a baby (his most recent appearance) and Grand Moff Tarkin's would be that split-second cameo with the Emperor and Vader(also at the end of RotS). By all means, the best possible pic should be the one used. Chervil [[Image:Mandoinsignia.jpg|20px]] 02:22, 12 October 2006 (UTC)