Hi all,
I'd like to thank Erik Möller for once again bringing this problem under the
attention.
Remember that this blog was originally set up by Nicolas Morreau (User:Zanimum) to bring
Wikinews under the attention on
http://en.planet.wikimedia.org . So it is very important
that we mind our layout as our posts get aggregated there.
If you add an image by giving the original location of the full resolution image, it will
display in its original size on planet wikimedia. There are two option to circumvene the
problem:
1) you download the original image, resize it using an image editing software, and upload
it (for example, to 300px large).
2) You can avoid having to use any software with the following trick: make the image
display in the adjusted size in your sandbox, then right-click and download that image:
you will notice that it will be saved as 300px-Original_filename.jpg .
Most importantly: how can we correct if someone uses the original size? Simple: almost
anyone on the blog is an Admin there, so you can edit messages posted by others. You just
erase the original image and replace it with the downsized one. Problem then is, the
message is re-posted and ends up at the top of Planet Wikimedia again; so try to avoid
editing old posts, because Planet Wikimedia readers will get tired of seeing the same
Wikinews stories at the top of the page again and again.
If anyone notices problems with the blog, feel free to contact me via email:
stevenfruitsmaak(a)wikipedia.be .
kind regards,
Steven F
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