User talk:Yoroidori
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Hi. Just letting you know that the Hugh concept art you submitted was rejected in moderation since it was found in the recent leak of GF documents, and so was not officially released to the public and should not be uploaded to the Archives here. It is good practice to only upload images released or sanctioned by official sources, and to provide a source for the image too. Thespeon196 (talk) 22:23, 27 April 2025 (UTC) UTC)
- Ok, I understand. The leak policy does bug me though... For one thing, there are already images, such as unused sprites from games (e.g. the unused Steven sprite from Ranger) and ripped assets from said games that I'm almost certain TPC/Game Freak isn't too happy about, but they're ubiquitous on the site. It's also worth mentioning that there is a sprite of Silver (and possibly other entities as well) from unreleased prototypes that are on their respective pages as well.
- TPC hasn't taken action though (most likely because they can't for legal reasons I'm not aware of), but Bulbapedia is a project that has probably never been viewed favorably by TPC at all, and if they could find some thread of information here to take us to court about, they absolutely would. I'm saying all of this because if we're already using ripped/unused/prototype assets without repercussions, why not go all in? If this policy is to make us look professional or "affiliated" with TPC, then, frankly, that was never anything feasible to begin with. Yoroidori (talk) 23:01, 27 April 2025 (UTC)
- A big reason that a site like ours is allowed to continue is because the creators and rights holders of Pokémon, like TPC, allow it to do so.
- For this reason, we would rather not do anything that would cause them to rethink their apparent acceptance of the prominent fan encyclopedia that is Bulbapedia.
- Some old sprites like ones you mentioned are the exception rather than the rule, and have been around for long enough that we can be confident that they're at least tacitly accepted. I've linked the unreleased materials policy for details.
- To reiterate, given the current climate, it would be unwise of us to even consider putting a target on ourselves by using the recent leaked images on wiki. Thespeon196 (talk) 23:27, 27 April 2025 (UTC)
- Ah, it's interesting hearing your belief that TPC might be more tolerant than I give them credit for, possibly because Bulbapedia boosts visibility of their IP and keeps existing fans engaged.
- I also didn't realize how recent the Hugh concept art was leaked/if it was leaked at all. I thought it was present in the collector's edition of the Prima B2W2 strategy guide as well as part of the advertised "unique art assets," but I haven't secured a copy for myself to see yet.
- I understand your caution regarding this situation, though. Yoroidori (talk) 23:56, 27 April 2025 (UTC)
Hugh concept art
Hi again! A couple of things, would you be able to upload a smaller version of the concept art scan with 1920 pixels as the largest length. It's too oversized at the minute, and would look just as good at 1920 size. Also, I'm wondering if you would be able to rescan it without the image/paper below it showing through? Thespeon196 (talk) 21:44, 3 June 2025 (UTC)
- Hi! I will definitely upload smaller images, I wasn't aware of the size limit until now. Sorry about that! I'm also attempting to scan the concept art in higher quality too. Seeing how that goes. Yoroidori (talk) 21:52, 3 June 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you for your uploads, glad you were able to find the Hugh artwork and scan it! Thespeon196 (talk) 22:15, 3 June 2025 (UTC)