Forum:CT Archive/Saga Edition sourcebook covers

A decision needs to be made on whether book covers that include a border on one or more edges should have that border included in the image of the cover. The most prominent example of this are the WotC Saga Edition sourcebooks. Every one of these sourcebooks (not including the core rulebook) contains a narrow black border on both the left and right sides of the cover. I saw Mauser crop this border out of File:Scum and Villainy.jpg in recent changes and asked him about it on his talk page, resulting in. My opinion is that the black border is part of the cover and therefore should be part of the image, which should display the entire cover from edge to edge, while Mauser disagrees. The options here are to either include or not include such borders, plain and simple.

Reasons to include the borders:
 * They are technically part of the actual cover, and I feel the images here should display the entire cover.
 * By cropping them out, we are presenting a modified version of the cover, which might jeopardize our already shaky fair use claim. (Think about quotes, which must be verbatim including any errors.)

Reasons to not include the borders:
 * They can distract from the cover art itself, which I would guess is what most people looking at the image are more interested in.
 * It would be easier since all of the SE sourcebook cover images currently have no borders, meaning that deciding to include the border would require re-scanning and re-uploading each and every one.

&mdash;Master Jonathan(Jedi Council Chambers) 22:52, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Include borders in cover images

 * 1) Per "reasons to include" above. &mdash;Master Jonathan(Jedi Council Chambers) 22:52, 28 August 2009 (UTC)