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Twentington Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Desperate
#1: Jun 13th 2018 at 3:52:39 PM

Recently it was posited at "Weird Al" Yankovic's Image Pickin' discussion that biographical articles should include recent images whenever possible. Alex Trebek is still actively working as the host of Jeopardy!, yet the image shown is clearly from The '90s at the latest.

Would it be better to show a current image as the header, with the "historic" image spoilerized similarly to what was done on Weird Al's page? Personally I think this image would work well as a present-day one.

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#2: Jun 13th 2018 at 4:25:55 PM

The current is really crappy quality, and the suggestion is so blown up that it's pixellated to hell and back. Since his moustached look was pretty iconic back in the day, I'd be fine with a "then and now" setup.

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#4: Jun 13th 2018 at 4:33:24 PM

How about this from the official Jeopardy! website for the "now" look?

jameygamer Since: May, 2014
#5: Jun 13th 2018 at 11:51:40 PM

Perfect.

Definitely want to swap out the "Grid Set" image since it's grainy; it's a "Poor image".

edited 13th Jun '18 11:52:19 PM by jameygamer

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#7: Jun 14th 2018 at 9:09:52 PM

4’s great for the “now” pic.

Twentington Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Desperate
#8: Jun 15th 2018 at 9:10:27 AM

If we want an image of him with the 'stache, maybe left or center in this?

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#10: Jun 19th 2018 at 4:26:13 PM

[up]Which of the two do you think is better for the mustachioed Trebek, left (1980s) or center (1990s)?

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#12: Jun 23rd 2018 at 9:24:32 PM

[up]So #4 for the "present" image, and left side of #8 for younger mustachioed Alex? Sounds good to me.

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#13: Jun 23rd 2018 at 11:31:53 PM

Yeah. Haven't heard anything else.

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#14: Jun 24th 2018 at 1:08:09 AM

[up][up] I can go with that.

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#15: Jun 24th 2018 at 1:37:07 PM

Straight from Jeopardy's website (with some cropping and wikisizing):

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rsz_trebeks.png

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#16: Jun 25th 2018 at 2:41:00 PM

I like 15.

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#18: Jun 25th 2018 at 11:49:26 PM

Edit: Ignore this post.

edited 25th Jun '18 11:50:38 PM by jameygamer

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#19: Jun 25th 2018 at 11:50:58 PM

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#20: Jun 26th 2018 at 12:24:26 AM

Do we need one? There’s general consensus for 15’s concept, and since there aren’t really alternative suggestions we just need more [tup]s for it.

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#21: Jun 26th 2018 at 5:39:23 PM

Yeah, 15 is good. We only need a crowner if there's any opposition.

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#22: Jun 27th 2018 at 7:28:32 AM

I'm all for it.

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Twentington Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Desperate
#23: Jun 27th 2018 at 8:01:37 AM

Answer there... it's a Video Daily Double, and it looks like #15.

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#24: Jul 9th 2018 at 8:32:35 PM

I've put up 15, but there's duplication between the caption and the quote. My vote's to change the first line of the quote to "This Canadian-born television personality, until a few years ago, had the best mustache in game show history." Thoughts?

Old pic:

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/alex_trebek.jpg

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#25: Jul 19th 2018 at 7:04:48 AM

I'll take the quote suggestion to that repair thread; locking this one.

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