Talk:Shantel VanSanten

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Portrait photo in infobox[edit]

what's your problem in changing Shantel VanSanten photo in her page — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aniket Singh Bhadoria (talk • contribs) 09:41, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It's simple – for adults, the portrait photo for the infobox should be the best headshot available, not the "most recent". (To be clear, there is no guideline or anything that requires the "most recent" image be used – some editors think that it must be the "most recent image", but that is not true.) The 2010 photo is a much better portrait photo for the infobox than the 2022 image. Note that the article still contains both images, so if any reader wants to see a recent picture of VanSanten, it's there. Your edits were the worst of all worlds, as you were putting the worst image in the infobox, and not keeping the 2010 image. Bottom line: I oppose changing the 2010 image in the infobox for the current 2022 image, but I do support keeping both images in the article (at least until an image better than the 2022 image can be produced). --IJBall (contribs • talk) 15:47, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@IJBall I did not pay attention to this discussion, I support your opinion. Tysska (talk) 15:16, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

They are both terrible images of her. The lead image has her at a strange angle, and the new image appears distorted by the length of the camera lens. Viriditas (talk) 09:33, 13 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe, but the 2010 image is still a better portrait image than the more recent image. On Wikipedia, we're stuck with the images we can use... --IJBall (contribs • talk) 13:10, 13 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I understand, but once you’ve seen the various professional headshots of her, you’re forced to wonder who exactly is the woman pictured in this article? Both of these photos depict her in the worst way possible. She also looks nothing like this on screen currently. For those two reasons, we should find better photos. The angle of the newer photo and the 80mm length give her a very strange look. I understand that some photographers swear by 85mm prime lenses for portraits, but something is off with this lens. To distract and compensate, I suggest a new full body crop of the original which the derivative crop is based upon. I’ll upload it tomorrow if nobody gets to it before me. Viriditas (talk) 09:14, 14 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like someone already created it. Adding now. Viriditas (talk) 09:16, 14 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Critical reception[edit]

We need more content about critical reception. She’s a great actor, but the bio says almost nothing about her skills and critical appraisal of her roles. Viriditas (talk) 09:21, 14 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]