User talk:Anastrophe

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Removal of images in film articles

Hi. What is your reasoning for removing cast images from film articles? How are they "not desirable"? Yes you can find images of the actors on their respective pages, but they are certainly appropriate for articles, showing who's actually in the movie. Furthermore, how are you supposed to have only film-related images for articles released past 1970 when most films past that point don't have non-free images available? As far as I know, on WP at least, there is no rule against them either. – zmbro _{(talk) (cont)} 20:41, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

There isn't a rule about it, true. I'm going by the typical format of film articles. If you review just about any prominent or popular film article, one that has many readers and editors, you'll find that I'm not alone in removing such images, by any stretch. Most of these image clusters have been cobbled together by finding random images of the actor in question. The images are often not in prominence to the actor's prominence in the film. Many times they are photos of the actor when they were very much younger or older than they were in the film, or even in attire from a different film role. Images are desireable in articles, for sure, but too many images are often a distraction. I mistakenly removed a block that was in a Featured Article, and another editor reverted it, which I'm fine with - I should have taken greater care. cheers. anastrophe, an editor he is. 20:52, 3 September 2024 (UTC)