Board Thread:Merger/@comment-188432-20140624145955/@comment-188432-20140714183511

Dean27 wrote: Well i still have the 53,000 images i was going to add to my football wikia before some bright spark said to merge with this one. None of them have a trans background and i do not have time to make them this way as i do 400+ edits on the wrestling wikia for last 6 years.

I am not sure the merge was a good idea after all! Hey, Guys :)

There obviously wasn't any way we could know you were sitting on 53,000 images, Dean — so please don't think we've intentionally stopped you from making a huge and valuable contribution. Your tally currently reads something above 4,000, and we could only plan for what we can see. And 2Actimv I don't think we want to throw away all these images just because they don't happen to be on a transparent background.

Please remember that in a merger neither "side" is right or wrong. Both sides will need to adapt to the other. As regards the issue of images, for instance, it seems to me that Dean's base of images could serve as a placeholder until transparent images are found or created. Indeed, I'm sure there are many images where transparency simply isn't possible, or would be extremely laborious.

A possible compromise might be that you have transparent images of players and coaches in the infobox, but not of group pictures, stadiums, on-the-field-action and other wide shots, where transparency isn't a realistic goal.

Also please remember the point of the merge is not just about you three admin. It's about creating an inviting, central place for everyone on Wikia who's interested in football.

The current situation of having two, similarly-sized wikis means that the average reader and editor on Wikia — for whom, let's not forget, we all work — is a bit confusing. By having one central place, the community will grow along with the size of the wiki's content.