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WP:ICONDECORATION

If there is no pressing reason to depart from it, I think we should follow the advice in WP:ICONDECORATION. Is there? --John (talk) 21:39, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

I've stated my reasons why I think the images are useful and I can't speak for others who've re-inserted them or updated them on other governor general biography pages.

If you want a consensus to remove them all, do you not think you should start this in a more public forum? WP:CANBOARD, maybe? Or start an RfC to draw attention? --Ħ MIESIANIACAL 21:43, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

We don't need a separate consensus to remove decorative images, as we already have WP:ICONDECORATION which covers it. What we would need to keep them is a special reason to keep them. In the absence of that, they can be removed. --John (talk) 21:46, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

When they've been there for over six years and multiple editors keep undoing your removal of them or updating them (i.e. not deleting them) and the only two editors who commented at your discussion started at Template talk:Infobox officeholder didn't object to their presence, then, yes, you do need to seek a consensus to remove them. WP:ICONDECORATION is not a policy; it is a part of the Manual of Style, which says at the top of each of its pages that we are to "se common sense in applying it it will have occasional exceptions." --Ħ MIESIANIACAL 22:07, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

Is there an actual reason why you think this should be an exception to the MoS, which is a project-wide consensus? --John (talk) 05:20, 27 June 2013 (UTC)

I provided you the answer to that question some time ago. But, this isn't just about what I think; there are others involved in this. Which is why I suggest you take this to a more public forum if you really want to push for a change to the status-quo on all these pages. --Ħ MIESIANIACAL 17:50, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

No, you didn't. You made some dubious claims about "weak consensus" but you didn't provide an actual reason why you think the widespread, long-standing community consensus as expressed in the Manual of Style (Icons) should be disregarded in this case. The onus is definitely on you if you wish to do so. --John (talk) 17:54, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

I don't need to repeat myself. --Ħ MIESIANIACAL 18:00, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

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