Forum:Gifs in Articles

Tucker's Creator here. So I've found myself visiting Tumblr more often than I think I should, and I find that many of the Halo fans there post up some pretty excellent Halo .gifs. Gifs of the cutscenes, of the gameplay, of important moments, etc. I noticed so far that we keep gifs relegated to solely the gallery sections of articles, and never in-universe parts. And the Image Policy has nothing to say on them.

I think that gifs could be useful in detailing some parts of the articles, especially level and trailer transcripts, since they often have to describe pictures with a thousand words. For some parts, like the Didact's awakening in the level Forerunner, gifs could be useful in illustrating. On the other hand, on biographies and other descriptions there may be the opinion that they'll look unprofessional there, which I find myself leaning towards. Either way, there are positives and negatives.

So what do you guys say? Yay gifs, or nay gifs? Tuckerscreator (stalk ) 03:12, 17 November 2012 (EST)

Comment, you miscreants!
Yay. I don't see any problem with putting gifs in articles.-- 11:17, 17 November 2012 (EST)


 * Absolutely! As long as the gifs are relatively small (for those with lesser connections) and can still display a scene with good quality (both definition and editing), I see no problem with this.

You would want gifs, Grizzlei-of-the-crazy-Tumblr. Thanks! If you see any, be sure to upload them too. Tuckerscreator (stalk ) 20:29, 17 November 2012 (EST)

Gifs should be used in articles, when available. I have already used a couple of them and don't see why we shouldn't use them. Take the assassination article, for example. Gifs work great on it. -- Shadow Dancer |contribs| 12:40, 19 November 2012 (EST)

My excuse to post this. I regret nothing. On one hand Gifs depicting certain events should be long, around 30 seconds or so, if we do implement them. On the other, it could be an eye-sore when one is reading an article. In my opinion however, it just seems a bit to unprofessional. But hey, whatever the community wants. -
 * Mind you, a 30-second long gif with even the poorest, yet visibility appealing quality would be a very large file.

O definitely. Gifs are cool. I, of course, have no idea where to find any (yes i know he mentioned a place) This is craZboy557, signing off. 20:32, 20 November 2012 (EST)


 * I'd just put them for brief snippets, to go along with a transcript. Having a long clip would just interrupt the flow of the article. Tuckerscreator (stalk ) 21:09, 20 November 2012 (EST)