Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27428960-20161029172126/@comment-146.113.146.133-20170202211213

Greek:

-I see nothing wrong with image categories.

-I believe the idea was to remove all fanart from Misc. galleries PERIOD. I do not see why we would keep any around at all. All of the arguments for removing it (it's non-canon, can confuse people, and doesn't contribute to canon knowledge at all) still apply regardless of how much there is. Misc. should be used for things like, for example, playing cards and promotional work. Aside from that though, that's fine. Maybe have a link somewhere to the category so people know that it exists.

Puppeteer:

-I find part of your argument a little confusing--what is it about the wiki that makes reposting artwork acceptable on it and not on tumblr (I mean isn't it the same thing in both instances? reposting without permission? And if it's a matter of sourcing what's stopping you from adding a source on Tumblr?)?

-I, personally, don't care what happens to the fan art, but it has no place in canon character articles, as has already been established multiple times. It is NOT the wiki's responsbility or in its stated mission of providing an accessible source for EC information to make a place where people can easily look at fanart. So the tumblr blog itself wasn't suggested to be a better alternative to keeping it on the wiki, but a better alternative to simply tossing it when removing it from articles.

If fanart can be kept on the wiki when removing it from the articles (with the category idea), then it should be. If not, then at the risk of sounding like a hardass I don't see why "this wiki is more active than a tumblr" is a valid imperative justification for keeping it in with the official art when we've already argued why that's a bad idea and completely useless fluff to the article.

If the fanart is actually promotional work, or concept art, then maybe, but that feels like a separate beast at the moment.

Sorry if I misunderstood what was being said here in any way.