Board Thread:Editor Board/@comment-1173941-20140203121353

Ok, I'd like to start this discussion. Do we really need a policy that bans JPG files? For one, JPG files are typically smaller (especially when the image is large), and converting an image from JPG to PNG only increases file-size without preserving any extra detail.

We've developed a bad habbit of getting a JPG image, and converting it to a PNG image. What's wrong with this? Simple. When you convert them, the PNG still looks EXACTLY like the JPG, only now, the file is 5 times as large.

Wikia has a size limit of 10 MB, and their algorythm for thumbnails often breaks down with very large PNG files, anyways. So we end up with broken thumbnails for no good reason.

Should we keep this policy, that bans JPG files from being used on articles? It gives no beneifit, and in fact is a problem sometimes.  