For instance, the Futurama quote and example on Get a Room!:

• In the Futurama episode "A Head In The Polls, " Bender shouts this at a couple through a window as they scale the side of the Watergate hotel. The man shouts back, "We're in a room!" Bender shouts back, "Then lose some weight!"

I ask because sometimes it seems redundant to have both, which could be rectified by saying something like "Shows up in the Futurama episode "A Head in the Polls;" see page quote." On the other hand though, the quote could be changed.

Opinions?

edited 13th May '12 2:41:21 PM by Yinyang107

In general, you can refer to the page image, but you'll also want to explain what's going on as well, because:

1) Not everyone's going to immediately know what the page image is referring to.
2) Said image may change.

I think the given alternative ("See page quote") is less desirable than the redundancy. When a page image is changed, it is sort of rare for the editor to also look for example references to it, though perhaps that should be more common.

edited 13th May '12 2:53:10 PM by rodneyAnonymous

Please don't refer to the page quote or image in the example list. People changing these generally don't look down the page.

Yes, there are many "orphaned" examples scattered around on the wiki that refer to quotes and page images that are long gone.

And scrolling back to the top is a pain in the neck.

Emphasis mine. Image changes are typically expected to be discussed in the forums, with whether or not the image gets captioned and/or potholed also based on the thread, and maybe having comment code added along with the new image... "search for references to the previous image" hardly seems like that much more to add to the list.

edited 14th May '12 4:54:16 AM by HiddenFacedMatt

That could encourage bad behaviour and make more work for editors. Also, we're about the readers, and it's annoying to have to stop in the middle of an example to scroll all the way back up to the top to find out what people are talking about - it is a pain in the neck and breaks the flow of the example.

I'd say look for them, but also, if we find any referring to the image at the top of the page, change it so it links to the image on the server, and write the quote out in the example if you need to.

edited 14th May '12 8:25:32 AM by TheOneWhoTropes

Also, it isn't always easy to spot a reference to the page quote/image; sometimes it's mentioned in places other than that work's entry in the example list. There isn't a reliable key to use the "find" function for, either.

So, consensus appears to be "not kosher." In that case, should I remove already-existent references I happen across?

Yes please.

A good quick fix is to hotlink the example to the image in question.

edited 15th May '12 8:13:53 PM by troacctid