Template talk:Item

Anyone objecting to renaming this template to "Crafted" or "Craftable", since crafted items is what it really is about. My brain keeps demanding that I do it... Arvid 16:29, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Also I'd really like to rename the categories of "Blacksmithing items" and "Carpentry items" etc. to "Blacksmithing products" and "Carpentry products" etc. Arvid 16:29, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Bump

If I do not see any objections I will make a mess of this wiki Arvid 03:16, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

No objections --Manny 08:19, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Image file format

Why did you make the image file format default to JPG? There are next to none jpeg format image files, if any, at least I can't find any File entries in the history for the past 30 days / 500 entries. Resulting in disabling any item template on the wiki showing an image.

The portable network graphics format has been used throughout the wiki, they're of good image quality and moderate file size if the images are saved correctly. I can't see a lot of jpeg format files being uploaded any time soon. A consistent transition would be if the existing png image files were converted and uploaded in advance instead. But then again, for what reason? --Ulviirala 21:42, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

I changed it based on the following correspondence with MrBloodworth:

Quote from: Arvid on 11 May 2010, 06:54:47 How about I make the preferred image format = jpg? Isn't that usually better with regard to the size of the images/screenshots we normally need?

MrBloodworth: Yes, its is the preferred image type for web images and photographs. PNG limits the colors.

I think MrBloodworth has also mentioned something about providing rendered (outside the game) images like he did with the new streetlamps. I was sort of waiting for that (taking in mind that he's busy with other jobs too).

Also I feel many of the images allready on the wiki are too dark and that the items in them doesn't really stand out too well from the background. I many cases I find myself having to strain my eyes a bit much to see what's actually in them (especially regarding the thumbnails). I'd appreciate if contributors would make an effort to provide screenshots taken in bright daylight and where appropriate with sand or similar as background.

If people really feel like, of course we could change the image format back. Arvid 12:42, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

There is zero reason to use PNG over jpg in this situation, all PNG is doing (and has done) on many images is skew and limit the colors. When i got here, for some reasion most players and users think PNG is best, this is a falsehood that seems to have been ingrained into the player base. The only reason to use PNG at this point, is because we have the images already in that format, moving forward JPEG should be used.Mrbloodworth