User talk:XAM2175/2022/02

Why do you say my images are poor quality?

Why do you say my images are poor quality?--I Like The british Rail Class 483 (talk) 18:08, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

These images to be precise

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  Class 68 at Scarborough station (January 2022)
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  68031 Felix at Scarborough station (January 2022)
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  Mark 5 a DVT at Scarborough station (January 2022)

--I Like The british Rail Class 483 (talk) 18:18, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

In short, because they are. The one of 68018 is significantly underexposed, and the other two only show parts of the objects and have foreground clutter in the way. As to their use in pages, consider the following points:

1. Per MOS:PERTINENCE, Images must be significant and relevant in the topic's context, not primarily decorative.
2. Per MOS:IMAGEQUALITY, Poor-quality images—dark or blurry; showing the subject too small, hidden in clutter, or ambiguous; and so on—should not be used unless absolutely necessary.
3. Per WP:GALLERY, Wikipedia is not an image repository. A gallery is not a tool to shoehorn images into an article, and a gallery consisting of an indiscriminate collection of images of the article subject should generally either be improved in accordance with the below paragraphs or moved to Wikimedia Commons.

The impression I have formed is that the images are intended primarily as decoration, and thus they don't have a place in articles that are already adequately illustrated. This is especially so given their poor technical quality. XAM2175 ^(T) 19:28, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

Network Rail says that you can not use the flask photography on railway network because it could cause a SPAD. The one of 68019 was also to show was there are doing to the roof of Scarborough station. I Like The british Rail Class 483 (talk) 19:45, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

Indeed, you shouldn't use a flash in those circumstances, but that doesn't fix the picture. If your purpose was to take a picture of a Class 68 loco, you can do so in a place with better lighting – and even then, it probably wouldn't be necessary because we already have good-quality pictures of Class 68s. On the other hand, if your purpose was to take a picture illustrating the roof repairs, you would take a picture that doesn't have a locomotive parked right in the middle of it. XAM2175 ^(T) 21:25, 18 February 2022 (UTC)