Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-24199126-20141004011123

So it has come to our attention that we need to establish clear site policies and without doubt one of them is with regards to images.

If you see our unused file list, there are literally hundreds of unused files on the Wiki. As a result,  images should henceforth only be uploaded for usage on articles. Unused images have to be deleted as they take up space. Since copyright is an issue, manipulated photos should not be uploaded but have you need for anything special for your own user page, then linking from Photobucket is an option.

However, the stance on galleries is currently still under debate. It is true that a picture is worth a thousand words but many of our current galleries consist of repetitive, frame-by-frame shots of the movie. Our articles should do a good job of describing what is occurring and so having a stockpile of images rather diminishes the value of the written word. That being said, the galleries have been around since the start of this Wiki and so it would be wrong for me (I haven't been around nearly as long as some other users) to make a sweeping decision when it very much deserves a community discussion. So a statement on your stance and some reasoning would be very much appreciated :) 