Thread:Seventhtree000/@comment-852116-20180830072733/@comment-852116-20180830180141

Hi

Yes, you are correct that sometimes FBE shows are not published in the order they were filmed. This happens fairly often with shows on the REACT Channel and occaisionaly the main React shows. However, I would like to dispute your claim about the December 2017 episode being filmed in April. The React episode released on December 28th 2017 was YOUTUBERS REACT TO TOP GIFS OF 2017. It would have been very strange to film this in April as it is looking at the top GIFs of the whole year.

If you were speaking more generally and not referring to a specific video, then I again think you are incorrect. If you have been watching the vlogs that go up on FBE2 then you will get an idea of the turn around time on FBE shows. The main shows are normally filmed and released with in a week or two and are rarely released more than a month after filming, which makes your claim of 8 months between filming and release seem unlikely. REACT Channel videos can have longer times between filming and release, hence why we don't use them for images (unless we absolutely have to).

I also think your claim about the 2016 Eric image is unsubstantiated. Looking back at the episodes Eric appeared in in 2015, none of them have the multi-coloured hair dye that he has at the beginning of 2016 suggesting this wasn't done until the end of 2015/beginning of 2016. This is again corroborated by his Instagram account where the multi-coloured hair does not appear until the end of 2015/start of 2016.

Yes, technically the Eric picture from 2016 could have been filmed in 2015. However, I don't think this is a problem. If it was filmed in 2015, it was at the very end of 2015. We want to display photos of the reactors at approximately one year intervals and so choosing January as the date seemed like the logical thing to do. So yes, the episode may have been filmed right at the end of 2015 (definitely in December) but this is not an issue as his appearance would not significantly change in 1 month and the image is meant to be a snapshot of approximately one year from the previous photo January 2014.

So I don't think it is necessary to change the date of images to the July. Most things are marked by the changing of one calendar year to the next and so we follow suit. Feel free to disagree but this is the policy decision we have gone for. I don't think people are deceived by inaccurate information and the other regular editors feel similarly, or at least have not expressed strong opinions opposing the current policy.

Also, as a fan wiki we do not expect professional quality images. The images we take are screenshots of episodes. Yes, we expect people to capture an image of the reactor in a high quality video resolution, in a rectangular frame, preferably looking happy or animated and only looking neutral if there is nothing else. I don't think images need to be retouched as we want to represent the reactors in the episodes in the lighting the editors of the video thought was appropriate. So for example, I believe the Tom 2018 picture should not have been touched up as it takes away from the work of the FBE staff and I think it now looks over-saturated. The 2015 Eric picture that you submitted is a neutral face when a more appropriate animated one existed. The resolution of the image was also appropriate. If we believe images are at fault we do change them (see my change to a higher resolution image for the first Challenge Chalice page main image) but any editing beyond that is unnecessary.

These are mainly my opinions as the main admin. The other admin and regular editors @Igordebraga and @ASYukki may have slightly different opinions.

Feel free to tell me if I'm wrong, but these are my current thoughts. I hope this makes sense. Again, we appreciate all new inputs as this wiki is made by the fans for the fans.

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