Forum:Adding Animated .gif Images to Article Galleries

Simply put, I think it'd be a nice idea to be able to add animated images to article gallery sections. Images like reload animations, deployment animations, etc. would improve quality of pages since we're getting a clearer representation of an action that wouldn't necessarily be accessible from a still image frame -- also it's nice to see an action in motion.

For example, we could put this image on the Gunsmith page (gif by me):

This shows quickly and clearly a varied example of what gunsmith is and how it looks in-game. It would also look nice on the Man-O-War page since it shows off a bunch of the aesthetic options available on the gun in one image.

I understand that loading gifs on pages might cause trouble for some users with slower internet connections; though, I believe we're at a time where that group of persons is too small to cause too much of an inconvenience. Of course we don't need something like a tumblr gifset on our articles, I just think things like the image above add more pizzazz to our pages and could even open up more opportunities for users to contribute content that requires a bit more effort than just taking a screenshot. And this wouldn't really fall under personal edits since it's essentially a series of screenshots.

Especially with reload animations -- I think gifs would really increase character and sorta modernize the wiki in a way, since we'd be one of the few wikis I've come across to have gifs on articles.

22:53, June 17, 2015 (UTC)