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::I'll have to see about getting some way to have animated examples of effects, but I really don't think having ~150 .gifs on one page is the move. Either way, if the last discussion was in 2011, then definitely feel free to bring it up again. Thanks. ~ [[User:Boba|Boba]] 18:43, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
 
::I'll have to see about getting some way to have animated examples of effects, but I really don't think having ~150 .gifs on one page is the move. Either way, if the last discussion was in 2011, then definitely feel free to bring it up again. Thanks. ~ [[User:Boba|Boba]] 18:43, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
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:::This is a neat idea, but I'm afraid we can't allow high-res GIFs at this time due to technical limitations: the images here are only for display purposes, and there exist third-party websites or tools that showcase the particle animation in action. It is also a matter of reducing bandwidth usage and allow for faster load times, as Boba already mentioned. The effort is appreciated, though the best course of action is to start a discussion before making such immense changes or in the case of preparing such changes.
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:::As for an alternative to GIFs, an embedded HTML5 video would suffice, with WebM or MP4 as the video format; this would also allow for autoplay and wouldn't need to be uploaded to any video platform while still retaining quality and minimizes bandwidth. [[File:User Wookipan Golden Strawberry.png|10px|link=]]&nbsp;[[User:Wookipan|<span style="color:#db9c1f">'''Wookipan'''</span>]] <small>([[User_talk:Wookipan|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Wookipan|contribs]])</small> 20:06, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

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What are you doing with Template:Gen 1 Unusual effects?

Why did you replace one image with a .gif? They were all intentionally made .pngs to preserve quality and take up significantly less file space, allowing for faster page load times.

In any case, you should be uploading these .gifs to your user space, with appropriate naming schemes (example: User_Pilk_favouriteloadout.png).

If you want to change the images in this template to .gifs, please bring it up on the discussion page before making any edits. ~ Boba 18:22, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

Given the last discussion on GIFs for the Unusual effects was back in 2011, and with users most likely wanting to see how a specific unusual would look rather than viewing a static image this seems to be a welcome change. From looking at the image guidlines there isn't any specific mentions of not using GIFs, but can understand how this would fall under further discussion. I already have the full set of Gen 1 unusuals constructed as GIFs, ready to upload. The alternative that this would leave would be finding lower resolution YouTube videos for users wanting to see this specific event, which seems counterproductive with documenting their effects here. Sys (talk) 18:28, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
I'll have to see about getting some way to have animated examples of effects, but I really don't think having ~150 .gifs on one page is the move. Either way, if the last discussion was in 2011, then definitely feel free to bring it up again. Thanks. ~ Boba 18:43, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
This is a neat idea, but I'm afraid we can't allow high-res GIFs at this time due to technical limitations: the images here are only for display purposes, and there exist third-party websites or tools that showcase the particle animation in action. It is also a matter of reducing bandwidth usage and allow for faster load times, as Boba already mentioned. The effort is appreciated, though the best course of action is to start a discussion before making such immense changes or in the case of preparing such changes.
As for an alternative to GIFs, an embedded HTML5 video would suffice, with WebM or MP4 as the video format; this would also allow for autoplay and wouldn't need to be uploaded to any video platform while still retaining quality and minimizes bandwidth. User Wookipan Golden Strawberry.png Wookipan (talk | contribs) 20:06, 10 February 2021 (UTC)