Forum:Standards for object infobox images: Difference between revisions

I've noticed a few object articles on the wiki that utilize {{t|Infobox object}} and use a tabber to display multiple images of the same object, with the only difference between the images being that the object has been recolored. I brought this up on the wiki discord server, and it was mentioned that a couple users have had concerns about this as well.

 

:In terms of your second point, it ''does'' seem to detract a little bit from the title of this thread (which is to discuss whether object recolours should be displayed in infoboxes or not), but I certainly do agree with having some standard for images in object infoboxes. We already have a ''de facto'' standard for Sim articles in showcasing the Sim's portrait in the infobox. Although object images don't tend to come along as nicely or easily (from what I hear, object thumbnails are of pitifully small size), I think we can get away with in-game screenshots, provided that the background is neutral in some sense, such as by using an empty lawn or a simple wall that isn't too distracting (I don't think it's necessary to have a solid-colour background; that would have to be added in later on and is just more work). I should note that I ''have'' used wall coverings in object images before, such as those in the [//sims.wikia.com/index.php?title=Vending_machine&oldid=854689#The_Sims_2:_Apartment_Life vending machine] article. —[[User:K6ka|'''<span style="color:#0040FF">k6ka</span>''']] <span title="Canadian!" style="color:red">🍁</span> ([[User talk:K6ka|<span style="color:#0080FF">Talk</span>]] · [[Special:Contributions/K6ka|<span style="color:#0B4C5F">Contributions</span>]]) 15:15, January 24, 2019 (UTC)

::You're right, I think I got a bit carried away in terms of discussing an overall standard to object infobox images, instead of limiting it just to the first issue of the recolor images/tabbers. I think both are good discussions to have, and probably relevant to each other, so I'd be more inclined to just rename this thread accordingly. -- '''[[User:LostInRiverview|<span style="color:navy;">LostInRiverview</span>]]^{[[User_talk:LostInRiverview|<font color="green">talk</font>]] · [[User_blog:LostInRiverview|<font color="green">blog</font>]] · [[Special:Contributions/LostInRiverview|<font color="green">contribs</font>]]}''' 16:05, January 24, 2019 (UTC)