https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18232
Summary: file thumb size doesn't respect surface area of the file
Product: MediaWiki
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: Normal
Component: Images and files
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
When using "thumb" to include an image into an article the size of the image is
usually calculated in dependance of the image's width. The standard width of
file will then be 180px, i.e. [[File:Image.jpg|thumb|Text]]
180px may be appropiate for upright images but leads to very small images when
they are in a landscape format. This can be observed in "Bild1" and "Bild2"
here:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verbesserungsvorschl%C3%A4ge/Feature-Requests/Archiv/2009#Standardbildgr.C3.B6.C3.9Fe_bei_thumb_nach_der_Fl.C3.A4che_statt_der_Breite_ausrichten
This has led to the invention of the "upright" element:
[[File:Image.jpg|upright|Text]]
However, why not automatically resolving this problem by using the SURFACE AREA
instead of the WIDTH of an image?
I suggest that 40.000 px² should be used for every thumb image. Both upright
and landscape format images will be converted to that size. This can be
observed in "Bild3" and "Bild4".
The problem has already been discussed in the German Wikipedia and deemed to be
necessary to be resolved:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verbesserungsvorschl%C3%A4ge/Feature-Requests/Archiv/2009#Standardbildgr.C3.B6.C3.9Fe_bei_thumb_nach_der_Fl.C3.A4che_statt_der_Breite_ausrichten
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