Hi all,
 
I'd like to thank Erik Möller for once again bringing this problem under the attention.
 
Remember that this blog was originally set up by Nicolas Morreau (User:Zanimum) to bring Wikinews under the attention on http://en.planet.wikimedia.org . So it is very important that we mind our layout as our posts get aggregated there.
 
If you add an image by giving the original location of the full resolution image, it will display in its original size on planet wikimedia. There are two option to circumvene the problem:
 
1) you download the original image, resize it using an image editing software, and upload it (for example, to 300px large).
 
2) You can avoid having to use any software with the following trick: make the image display in the adjusted size in your sandbox, then right-click and download that image: you will notice that it will be saved as 300px-Original_filename.jpg .
 
Most importantly: how can we correct if someone uses the original size? Simple: almost anyone on the blog is an Admin there, so you can edit messages posted by others. You just erase the original image and replace it with the downsized one. Problem then is, the message is re-posted and ends up at the top of Planet Wikimedia again; so try to avoid editing old posts, because Planet Wikimedia readers will get tired of seeing the same Wikinews stories at the top of the page again and again.
 
If anyone notices problems with the blog, feel free to contact me via email: stevenfruitsmaak@wikipedia.be .
 
kind regards,
Steven F

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