Talk:Palace of Westminster

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According to recent history, there seems to be a disagreement of which image should be used in the infobox. Initially, @PEPSI697 changed the image and provided a reason in the summary. Following that, @5.70.188.253 reverted the edit, which led to @SShreddies redoing the initial edit, which, from my POV, could be considered the start of an edit war. Subsequently, the latter two users and @OverlordQ engaged in this potential edit war.

The two images involved in this incident are Houses of Parliament in 2022 (cropped).jpg (previous) and Palace of Westminster, July 2024.jpg (new).

To determine which of them is more suitable for the article, I would look at several parameters. First of all, the date: I currently don't see any good reason why a more recent image should automatically be superior to an older one with potentially higher quality, especially regarding structures like the Palace of Westminster, which have not changed in recent years to necessitate a new photo. Secondly, we could examine the previous images used in the infobox. Prior to the 2022 version, Parliament at Sunset.JPG adorned the article for over a whole decade, succeeding Westminster palace.jpg. Apart from the latter, both previous images share the characteristic of not being aerial images and covering the profile view of the buildings. The 2024 image has a lower resolution and less vivid colours than its 2022 equivalent. Therefore, in my opinion, the previous image should be reinstated. However, before proceeding, I would like to reach a consensus rather than just reporting people and further fuelling the edit war. –Tobias (talk) 16:36, 19 July 2024 (UTC)


 * Per response to this, sorry if an edit war between two users happened on a disagreement on which image they like better. Honestly, we can probably all agree on which image we like the most and use it in the info-box. I'll like to call other contributors to see their opinion on which image they like the most and we can use it in the info-box. PEPSI697 (talk) 22:11, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I think so too. I would like to emphasise that you did nothing wrong. You just uploaded an image and placed it in the infobox without participating in any edit war whatsoever. Other opinions, especially from editors who are not involved, would be very useful. –Tobias (talk) 22:22, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Agreed. On 10 July 2024, on this diff, that was when I changed the info-box image. Correct, I didn't do anything wrong throughout the time, like not getting engaged in an edit war. Hopefully things go to plan soon. PEPSI697 (talk) 00:59, 20 July 2024 (UTC)