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 :This here is one of the big problems with wins lists, they just encourage readers to glaze over the intro, especially when as what I said before, they often happen to just be a random looking assortment of globally ranked names and/or regional level names the reader likely never heard of. You want to give readers something to actually read and grip their attention in the written portions of the article (which Smasher articles as a whole have been really bad at, how many Smasher articles have their written portion just boil down to "Player X is a [insert specific Smash game] Y main from Z state/country. They were ranked/formally ranked Nth on Z power ranking. They have wins on A, B, C, etc."?). <span style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; font-size:12pt">[[User:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Omega</span>]] [[User talk:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Tyrant</span>]]</span> [[File: TyranitarMS.png ]] 18:03, April 14, 2024 (EDT)
+== Amendment of image policy ==
+{{proposal}}
+Currently, we allow people to remove images of themselves from Smasher articles under the personal information clause. Originally when these guidelines were first implemented, images '''were not''' allowed to be removed, but then during the time I was mostly inactive during later Smash 4 and early Ultimate, other administrators (who are now mostly inactive or fully retired and never fully involved in competitive Smash) were letting people remove their images despite it being against the guidelines, and then when I became active again, I just went with it and amended the guidelines accordingly, as I didn't feel like arguing it at the time. However, letting people remove their images never sat right with me for the following reasons:
+: How is someone's appearance at public events considered "personal information"?
+: Player cams on tournament streams have been standard for nearly a decade now, unless someone plays in a full on disguise you are likely going to be able to see what they look like by just finding a streamed match of theirs online.
+: Pictures of players are often used for "official" promotional purposes, such as by sponsors, tournaments, and rankings.
+: Unlike with knowing a player's real name or birthday, a player's appearance ''is'' relevant information to documenting their Smash career; you should be able to know what a player looks like at tournaments, on streams, and any Smash-relevant photo.
+To put it in another way, if a big name player like Mew2king or Hungrybox suddenly wanted all pictures of them removed off SmashWiki, would it really make any sense to abide to it? Of course not, so why should lesser players get special treatment in being able to remove their pictures off the wiki? As such, I want to propose the following amendment:
+Smashers may only able to remove pictures of themselves from SmashWiki if the picture falls under the following criteria:
+*The picture is a selfie taken by the smasher in question.
+*The picture was taken in a private space or in some other non Smash-related space.
+*The smasher wishes to replace the picture with a better quality and more up-to-date photo.
+Smashers '''will not''' be able to remove a picture of them taken by someone else in a tournament or any public Smash-related space, any "official" promotional photos of them, nor any screenshots of them on a Smash stream.
+Comment what you think of this proposal and any suggestions for farther amendments. <span style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; font-size:12pt">[[User:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Omega</span>]] [[User talk:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Tyrant</span>]]</span> [[File: TyranitarMS.png ]] 13:29, April 19, 2024 (EDT)