User blog comment:Kirkburn/How images are picked to represent articles/@comment-4772526-20130626172444/@comment-4772526-20130626211835

I got some screenshots that show what I mean - Image 1, Image 2.

The Conjecture template has enough uses that it isn't a problem, but the other two, the idea is to have them on as few pages as possible so...

Regarding the workaround you suggest; if the same image is on a page multiple times, does it get counted multiple times towards the 10 uses, or just once. If the former, then I think the workaround would work fine by creating a sandbox and sticking 11 of the same image in it; if the latter, then creating 11 identical pages seems unnecessary, and I'd be hesitant to add the images onto articles just to boost the count.

Another thing I'd like to ask; it seems that the count for a number of main article images (i.e. the image used in the character infobox, and the most desirable image to be picked by the scan) is being boosted because the same image is being used for a userbox for the character, which is then included on a large number of userpages. Similar to my first query, is there a way to stop certain pages/templates/namespaces contributing to the 10 image limit.