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*I don't see any reason why we'd need a huge image, but I would suggest creating a template that you make known to existing users to include on an image page as part of the rationale of why they need an image that large for non-free works. (Technically, this would help us further machine-readible-ize our NFCs, by saying that any image over a certain number of pixels will have the potential to be reduced unless this template, which should include a more descriptive reason for the large size, is included). Then the bot should ignore such images, though I'd recommend that any image that is tagged as such should be looked at closely by an admin and evaluated if the rationale is sane. --[[User:Masem|M<font size="-3">ASEM</font>]] 19:39, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
**Yes, that is a possibility. However I'm hoping to stick to images that are large enough that there really is no reason for a larger image. Remember fair use images only need to be good enough for the article, we don't have to have a higher resolution available. As far as I understand, its better that we don't. If you can elaborate, please do. I also welcome someone actually creating this template and linking that template :). —— '''[[user:Eagle 101|<font color="navy">Eagle</font><font color="red">101]]'''</font><sup>[[user_talk:Eagle 101|Need help?]]</sup> 19:43, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
* (after many edit conflicts) I am not convinced doing this without an editor request to shrink the image beforehand is a good idea. What about a large non-free image with a very specific rationale that explains why that level of detail is necessary (I could imagine there are pictures over 600 x 600 that includes such a rationale)? Are you prepared to dissect that information in the multitude of ways it could be presented (templates, non templated, etc). I would be more comfortable with you creating a template (or using a variation of {{T1|Non-free reduce}}) that would basically have a human say, this needs to be reduced (maybe even input a size) and have a bot just do the dirty work (you could also add the {{T1|furd}} when you are done, because an admin will have to visit the page to delete the image anyway). Also, what size are you planning on uploading the images at exactly (are you always using the thumbnail size)? For example, I would reckon that your could scale down any album cover to say 400px by 400px (probably even smaller). But if I am reading your proposal correctly, they would most likely end up at varying sizes. Also, is there a reason you have chosen not to use the [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/InputInit|standard BRFA template]]? I think the bot task has a lot of merit, I just think some of the details should be hammered out a little more before letting it loose.
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