Editing Talk:Milton Keynes (section)

== Images  ==
{{multiple image
| border = infobox  | total_width = 260
| image_style = border:1;  | perrow = 1/2/2/2
| image1                 = The CMK Shopping Mall from the top floor hotel.jpg
| caption1 = Milton Keynes Skyline 
| image2 = The Church of Christ the Cornerstone, Milton Keynes - geograph.org.uk - 5150208.jpg
| caption2 = [[Church of Christ the Cornerstone|Christ the Cornerstone]]
| image3 = Peace Pagoda - geograph.org.uk - 340248.jpg
|caption3 = [[Milton Keynes Peace Pagoda|Peace Pagoda]] 
| image4 = Stadium MK in Milton Keynes - geograph.org.uk - 6919004.jpg
| caption4 = [[Stadium MK]]
| image5 = Narrowboats moored along the Grand Union Canal - geograph.org.uk - 4749999.jpg
| caption5 = [[Grand Union Canal]]
| image6 = MK Gallery and Theatre - geograph.org.uk - 2896462.jpg
| caption6 =  [[Milton Keynes Gallery|Gallery]]
| image7 = Bletchley Park by Roger Davies amended.jpg
|caption7 = [[Bletchley Park]]
}}
I have refreshed the multiple images in the infobox added to this wiki page. I'm open to discussion of these images are not suitable. Thanks [[User:MatthewDavid41|MatthewDavid41]] ([[User talk:MatthewDavid41|talk]]) 16:29, 27 July 2025 (UTC)
: Such a major change really needs prior discussion and consensus. Yes it is a few years since the last review but your version [reproduced her for convenience] fails a few tests:
:* Central Milton Keynes is not Milton Keynes. It should not take up more than half the 'slots'
:* Conversely, Bletchley, Stony Stratford and Wolverton should feature. (The image of the canal through Wolverton gets two for the price of one.)
:* The MOS advises no more than six images. 
:* The caption on the first image is not correct as it only shows the CMK skyline.
:The current image set is not sacrosanct but the basic principles remain critically important. (BTW, summer holiday season is not a reasonable moment to seek consensus for a new image set, I think the ideas need to marinate until mid-September.)  --[[User:JMF|𝕁𝕄𝔽]] ([[User talk:JMF|talk]]) 17:09, 27 July 2025 (UTC)
::Thanks for this @[[User:JMF|JMF]], and I agree with everything you say.  Not one of the images is an improvement. The original church image shows the building, in the replacement the building is masked by trees. The original gallery image shows a unique aspect and put the building in its natural setting, whereas the replacement could just be any anonymous modern building courtyard. The original Wolverton canal image shows something different and unique to the canal in MK, while the replacement is just some boats - again that could be anywhere (in MK or elsewhere). The stadium image shows a grass pitch and some seating, which all stadiums have - it doesn't show anything really of the stadium itself. [[User:10mmsocket|10mmsocket]] ([[User talk:10mmsocket|talk]]) 17:26, 27 July 2025 (UTC)
:::That's pretty much what I thought too. 
:::Though in the discussion above [[#New infobox collage]] from two or three years ago, we did note the lack of a horizontal stripe image, which this one has. Unfortunately (IMO) it has too much sky (50%?) and is too dark. As for the rest, sorry, not the obvious improvement it would need to be. [[User:JMF|𝕁𝕄𝔽]] ([[User talk:JMF|talk]]) 19:47, 27 July 2025 (UTC)
::::I've tried cropping it and brightened it a bit, is that an improvement? [[User:Murgatroyd49|Murgatroyd49]] ([[User talk:Murgatroyd49|talk]]) 09:24, 31 July 2025 (UTC)

[[File:Reaching Forward - geograph.org.uk - 6844249.jpg|150px]]
Would this be better than the current Wolverton shot, which is rather soft: [[User:Murgatroyd49|Murgatroyd49]] ([[User talk:Murgatroyd49|talk]]) 09:51, 31 July 2025 (UTC)

:I like that [[User:10mmsocket|10mmsocket]] ([[User talk:10mmsocket|talk]]) 10:19, 31 July 2025 (UTC)
::To expand, I like it because it contrasts the traditional (canal and narrowboat) with the contemporary (the buildings and their setting). [[User:10mmsocket|10mmsocket]] ([[User talk:10mmsocket|talk]]) 10:21, 31 July 2025 (UTC)
:::I'll be bold and put it in [[User:Murgatroyd49|Murgatroyd49]] ([[User talk:Murgatroyd49|talk]]) 10:23, 31 July 2025 (UTC)
::::Agree it's an improvement as to quality, plus has the benefit of including one of the city's many sculptures. [[User:Rupples|Rupples]] ([[User talk:Rupples|talk]]) 01:53, 4 August 2025 (UTC)