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See Talk:Buckingham Palace/Archive 3#Security breach: "In the long history of the palace these incidents are fairly trivial". Celia Homeford (talk) 15:27, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
(regarding my reverted edit that added an infobox)
@Nikkimaria, the talk archives have a lot of discussion about infoboxes; could you give a quick summary or point to a particular section?
From a quick look, this RfC seems to be the most conclusive, so let me see if I can summarize the points and reply here:
Would that be a fair summary/response?
I'm skipping over some points that seem invalid to me, like that it's the decision of the article's "main authors" (which sounds like ownership).
— W.andrea (talk) 18:22, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
@Firebrace Is it possible use a picture that just showed the iconic facade, instead of aeriel view of the palace? (we can still put the picture somewhere in the article to showcase the palace).
The rationale for this is because all other Palace thumbnail images only featured the famous main facade.
Kensington Palace, Hofburg Palace, Hampton Court, Versailles, Windsor Castle, Royal Palace of Caserta, Royal Palace of Madrid, Royal Palace of Amsterdam
Wentwort12 (talk) 19:53, 14 January 2024 (UTC)
a representative image ... to give readers visual confirmation that they've arrived at the right page.You would both paraphrase this as being an iconic image. I would first say, that I would not call either ideal. In the proposed alternative, the gardens dominate the fore-ground and near-middle distance and the noise of colour detracts from what is intended to be the subject (of the article, the palace). In short, in this image, it is the gardens that are the visual subject and the palace is relegated to the role of backdrop. As a subject with a contemporary presence, the collective consciousness (how it is seen) will be closely associated with key events that are relatively recent and widely broadcast. On the otherhand, there will be little perceptible detail that would distinguish any particular event over say, the last thirty years. Effectively, we have a wide pallet to choose from. The perspective (point of viewing) of the present image is perhaps a little high and a little distant, thereby making it less than ideal in my opinion. I don't think that the image need capture the full width of the palace front and that there is ultimately a compromise between fullness and detail to be balanced. However, I believe that the existing image is more iconic. Cinderella157 (talk) 02:28, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
a representative image ... to give readers visual confirmation that they've arrived at the right page.
The current aerial image is the most illustrative and best for this articleNope I still don't agree with that and neither do the editors from other country/language who didn't use that aerial Buckingham image, anyhow this issue has been "resolved". But that's such a weak point, it's one aerial example vs like 20 other regular view example, and it's not even a good example if you click the Winter Palace article, the first image was the regular angle, while the third one was the aerial but idk why in the thumbnails it showed the aerial first Wentwort12 (talk) 15:33, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
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