Editing Forum:Talk Sprites for Deletion

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1. If they do end up getting deleted, we at least put up a wiki-wide warning, to give people enough time to move/replace the images they want. So that and so it's not like: "Surprise! Happy 2014! Your images were deleted!" I know that the "No fan-made images" policy has been in place for a while now, but there is that little gray area of what a "fan-made" is. For example, the sprite used on this very talk bubble is hosted in Xemnas' gallery. If I were a new user to the wiki, and see the policy we have in place, I would think that this was an official image because:<br>
1. If they do end up getting deleted, we at least put up a wiki-wide warning, to give people enough time to move/replace the images they want. So that and so it's not like: "Surprise! Happy 2014! Your images were deleted!" I know that the "No fan-made images" policy has been in place for a while now, but there is that little gray area of what a "fan-made" is. For example, the sprite used on this very talk bubble is hosted in Xemnas' gallery. If I were a new user to the wiki, and see the policy we have in place, I would think that this was an official image because:<br>
 
a. It's hosted on the wiki before I even got here,<br>
a. It's hosted on the wiki before I even got here,<br>
b. It's used in a gallery,<br>
b. It's used in a gallery,<br>
c. Lots of other users already use the image,<br>
c. Lots of other users already use the image,<br>
d. I'm not so familiar with the KH series that I don't notice a tiny red bar at the bottom of the sprite,<br>
d. I'm not so familiar with the KH series that I don't notice a tiny red bar at the bottom of the sprite,<br>
 
thus, it must be an official image!<br>
thus, it must be an official image!<br>
This warning wouldn't have to be up for very long, 2 weeks minimum. But this way users aren't surprised and angry about the deletion.
This warning wouldn't have to be up for very long, 2 weeks minimum. But this way users aren't surprised and angry about the deletion.

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