User talk:Thebruce
Hey Thebruce, why are you creating separate articles for the images? You know that you can post info on the image pages themselves (ex: on http://halo.wikibruce.com/Image:Slide_Ref070107.jpg). Slade24 08:44, 22 June 2007 (MST)
yes, but it accomplishes two things: 1) reduces the load on parsing the pages (especially the Outline page) and 2) allows additional related information to be included along with the image. LInking straight to the :Image:XXX page only displays the image with limited description. Displaying the thumbnail does the same. Linking to the page itself (or using the thumbnail when necessary) allows all that information to be located in an easily referrable location. And for images, the full image can still be displayed as if viewing the Image:XXX page.
Plus it's much easier to give someone the url to http://halo.wikibruce.com/StarImage1.jpg or http://halo.wikibruce.com/Array_Recorder_Data.txt for instance, and be shown all relevent known information including the file itself.
- thebruce ;)
Just curious, how does it reduce server load?
I can kinda see the benefits of creating a page for the image as far as making the made easier to edit. However, you can edit the summary of the "Image:" pages, and I would assume (haven't tried it yet) that you can essentially add full article text there, it will just happen to appear below the image. Heck, the page even shows the metadata at the bottom.
The problem I see with your method is that we end up with two pages for the same thing, so users may end up confused as to which one to post to. Additionally, the thumbnails automatically link to the "Image:" pages, not to your hand-made pages.
Slade24 09:02, 22 June 2007 (MST)
