User talk:KeithV
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[edit] Castlevania
Hello, Keith. Welcome to Wikipedia.
I saw the screenshots you've added to the Castlevania: Dracula X and the Super Castlevania IV articles. They're both screenshots from taken from the final boss, right? Well, first of all, I'd like to ask you to always take a lot of care when you add new images to small articles like that, full of images and a box. It's a problem, because when something like an image is added, all the formatting of the page is changed to accept the picture, and that usually make things look pretty bad. The appearance of the article gets irregular. I managed to make things look a little better on the Castlevania IV one, but I really couldn't do much on the Dracula X one. There isn't any place where I can put the new picture there, so things still look pretty bad on it. That's why it would be a good idea to take care when adding new pictures like that. In certain cases (like these), it's usually better to not add new pics until the article grows to a good size. Good enough to support more things on them without losing the formatting.
Also, there's another problem. Since those pics show the last boss in the games, they are spoilers. Some of the people that come to those articles certainly intend to play those games, and in that case, they become spoilers. That's not a very good thing here on Wikipedia. Sure, we can always add spoiler tags to the body of the articles, but when it comes to pictures, it gets very hard not to see them. I'll ask you to consider changing them to screenshots that show some earlier level in those games. I know seeing Dracula is cool and all, but it's really a bad practice here.
I know you'll understand. If you could take care of those two problems, it would be very nice. It's also a good idea to spend some time paying attention to the way things work here on Wikipedia. Also check the links Graham left up there. Those are the best ways of learning what works and what doesn't. Thank you.--Kaonashi 01:24, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Unspecified source for Image:Blunsdon Match Pic 1.jpg
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[edit] Twingine
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[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:Blunsdon United.png)
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[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Breath of Fire (U) Pic 4.png
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