Talk:Loki

I changed the old Loki Image for this one It is okey?--I need your Halp! 18:57, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Please revert back to the old image, and then make a gallery at the bottom of the page, like we do with cover art. The original image was a bit larger, and didn't fade off like the new one, so I prefer it as the main image, with the other art in the gallery at the bottom. You can then tag it as "Loki in Persona 3" or something, since the arts you've been uploading appear to be from that. If you don't want to revert it, I'll do it later, and then make the gallery. SeventhEvening 20:14, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

I made Another change

Well what I did is basically put the little resume that the game gives you of Demons Origin . Should I left it or make a special part for it? --I need your Halp! 03:18, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

I would put that in a special section called "History". Like on Philemon.

How are the top images chosen?

I'd kinda like to see an image of the original Loki (back when Loki was a major character) either from the anime or first novel. But I think the way Wikipedia works is the most recent image of a person goes up. So even if you were a starlet and now your a aging prune with no work, they put up the last photo anyone took of you (at least until you die) ...so should the wiki not follow the same rules?

We don't have to do anything the way wikipedia does. In fact, I feel wikipedia is sometimes crippled by it's own rules. Especially when it comes to things from other countries. For example, look up "Personal Trainer: Cooking" and you should see what I mean. Our rule in the style guide, at least, unless this part has changed, is that we use the best quality image. Typically, the best image comes from the Kaneko Complete Works or other artbooks. In Loki's case, the Persona 3 version we have seems to be a crappy DVD rip, the Persona 4 image is a grainy badly edited DVD rip, and Devil Survivor is a screen shot. The one we have put up is just the best looking one. Another factor is that Loki has looked essentially the same from at least 1992 until 2009. As far as I know, that P4 design of him is only in two games. So the prominence of a design has a bearing as well. SeventhEvening 20:29, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

How are the top images chosen? The first appearance, of course. If Loki's first appearance is in the first novel, and if there's an image of him, of course that should be first in line. ^BLUER一番 09:09, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

That's not true at all. Please check the style guide. We've never gone off first appearance. SeventhEvening 09:17, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Time we do that now. If you want readers to know that Jiraiya originally appears as a red/black "masked" Ninja/Samurai instead of the disco-suit that the newer players know.

I'm relating that since I never knew that Jiraiya had appeared in SMTII. I always thought Jiraiya was a Persona 4 original - I'm sure the newer players thought like that as well (I have no stats, but I'm sure of it). When I found Jiraiya's SMT2 image, I quickly switched it on June 17th once I got the image (if you wanted to say it's been like that ever since.)

As well, I think it solves the conundrum of what's the "clearest, best image", especially when you have two or more "clearest, best image"s. ^BLUER一番 09:34, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

I'd hazard to say, put the newest image at the top however crappy, then the oldest image (smaller) underneath it in an info box type style. That way you get the wikipedia style image, and some schooling about the original (kind of in place of a birth day)--Yksehtniycul 12:02, 26 June 2009 (UTC)