User talk:SilentMatt Psychedelic

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Happy editing! TylerBurden (talk) 06:36, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Your photos

Thank you for the addition of so many photos. While photos can improve Wikipedia articles, please note that Wikipedia is not a photo gallery for personal photos. I've been cleaning up some of the additions you have made, but it will take a while. I urge you to read MOS:IMAGERELEVANCE and WP:IG. Thank you for your understanding. Magnolia677 (talk) 19:16, 10 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I put images in that were directly mentioned in the articles. In particular the new renovations to the Hoover Plant and St. Pauls school that are mentioned in North Canton's page. I put specific photos of GlenOak High School that were mentioned such as the adjacent park and football stadium. I'm not making wikipedia a photo gallery for personal photos. I'm specifically going to towns that have no photos or outdated ones or are under represented. They have some beautiful buildings that should be seen. Does not a good photo entice someone to click on its page? I will be more conscientious of how many photos I add in the future. SilentMatt Psychedelic (talk) 21:11, 10 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Of course adding images is encouraged, but like anything, there are limits to how many images reasonably fit into a given article and where they should be placed, which is why the image policies exist. Those policies make sure the article is easy to read and doesn't just become an image gallery (I've seen instances where editors just insert their own photos even when another photo already exists of the same thing, so we end up, say, with multiple photos of the front door). Definitely avoid placing images in the lead section, and subheadings should generally only have one image, unless the section has multiple paragraphs, and thus has room for additional photos. Most articles should have a link to the gallery on Wikimedia Commons at the bottom of the page, so if readers want to see additional images, they can go there. The images in the Commons category are also readily available to use if/when the article is expanded and can fit more images.

Many, if not most, high school articles do need some more pictures, but they also need significant expansion of the written parts so they can actually accommodate those photos. Most high school articles are too small to fit very many photos, if any beyond the one in the infobox. If you look at Theodore Roosevelt High School (Kent, Ohio), that gives a reasonable idea of how images should be placed by section, including the infobox (generally, if the school has a seal or logo on top, the photo of the building shows up at the bottom). The link to the Commons category ("Wikimedia Commons has media related to...") is at the bottom of the page. The Kent, Ohio article also can give a good idea of image placement. --JonRidinger (talk) 18:57, 11 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Jon. It is refreshing to hear from an experienced editor who isn't an egomaniac! I have checked out your excellent work on those Kent pages. I have learned from my mistakes and have only been going to high schools with no photos and then only adding one photo to their page. SilentMatt Psychedelic (talk) 16:50, 12 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome! Again, your image contributions are much appreciated, especially for articles that lack photos. Nothing wrong with getting "updated" photos of places that have them already and replacing the ones in the article, especially in places where there have been major changes since the last photo. Since the Commons category is there, the old photo will still be available to see even if it isn't featured in the article itself. Always available for questions if needed too! -- JonRidinger (talk) 19:01, 12 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, ok, thank you for the advice! I have seen a few not so great photos of places that I thought could be updated. Shalersville was a glaring one. Thanks for the permission to change them! ;) SilentMatt Psychedelic (talk) 20:59, 12 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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