File talk:MaryPoppinsChimneyDance.gif
Animated .gif & non-free image size
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Ronhjones has tagged this image for size reduction using the now standard file size criterion. This criterion was developed for static .jpg files. The present image is an animated .gif. I don't think the size criterion was intended to apply to this situation, and I think it needs discussion before being applied here. No one image in the animated series would violate the size criterion. I have searched for discussion of this issue elsewhere, but didn't discover it. I've temporarily placed the "size reduce" template into notes bracket until this can be done. Easchiff (talk) 09:51, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
- And here's a link to a legal discussion of free use and animated .gif files: "Is that even legal? Animated GIFs and copyright law". Retrieved 2017-09-11.
- @Easchiff: Unlikely that anyone else will read the above. You need to bring this up at Wikipedia_talk:Non-free_content, so a guideline can be added (if necessary) to Wikipedia:Non-free_content - there is not that much about non-free movies, they are rather rare. FWIW, your image would be down to 438 x 228 if we used the standard image guideline. Ronhjones (Talk) 13:35, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
- @Ronhjones: OK, I'll bring it up there. Do you happen to know what the little robot does to animated .gif files when it reduces them? The small reduction of size isn't a big concern. Cheers, Easchiff (talk) 16:41, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
- @Easchiff: We have no bot for GIFs - yet, I'm trying for approval (Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/RonBot_2), animated will not be done this way (it would just do the first frame!) - one needs to use https://ezgif.com/resize. I think we need a guideline though, as some bright spark will upload a large 2 frame gif that hardly moves, and claim "fair use". Ronhjones (Talk) 17:23, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
- @Ronhjones: The tool you located looks excellent. Nonetheless, let's float the question in the appropriate place. I'll take the lead, but give me a day or two on that. Easchiff (talk) 19:03, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
- @Easchiff: We have no bot for GIFs - yet, I'm trying for approval (Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/RonBot_2), animated will not be done this way (it would just do the first frame!) - one needs to use https://ezgif.com/resize. I think we need a guideline though, as some bright spark will upload a large 2 frame gif that hardly moves, and claim "fair use". Ronhjones (Talk) 17:23, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
- @Ronhjones: OK, I'll bring it up there. Do you happen to know what the little robot does to animated .gif files when it reduces them? The small reduction of size isn't a big concern. Cheers, Easchiff (talk) 16:41, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
- @Easchiff: Unlikely that anyone else will read the above. You need to bring this up at Wikipedia_talk:Non-free_content, so a guideline can be added (if necessary) to Wikipedia:Non-free_content - there is not that much about non-free movies, they are rather rare. FWIW, your image would be down to 438 x 228 if we used the standard image guideline. Ronhjones (Talk) 13:35, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
