Thread:Horsti12/@comment-256642-20160207064724/@comment-1519608-20160219165425

I'm just stopping by, but I'll point out a few things. Feel free to disregard this input as you see fit :p

First off, the idea of a 'background' is to be in the background. You want your reader focus to be on the content and theme in the middle (which is also hopefully well-designed), not looking at the background pictures. I've found that the best background image is one that is descriptive of the wiki's focus but not distracting. What this would be in this case, I couldn't quite say. It could be an in-game image if you could find a suitable one (more on that in a moment), or it could be some sort of "concept" image.

Ideally you want an image that is large enough to cover the entire background on a 1920 x 1080 display, or an image that can be tiled or expanded to fit that space without distortion. The current display has two problems in this regard. The images used aren't tall enough to reach to the bottom of the page on larger screens, so I can see a significant blue bar below the images used. Additionally, because the content space background is not 100% opaque, you can see the area between the images where the background is split. What all this boils down to is, you generally want a background that is pleasant in appearance but not too "busy," but regardless of the image or images ultimately used, you want a background that is big enough to display without gaps.

The wiki that I am most active on (The Sims Wiki) has, in my opinion, just such a background. The image is nice but not distracting. We also do not have a transparent content background, so you can't see where the image is split in the middle. The background displays properly on screens of all sizes.

Again, this is just my $0.02. Ultimately, as well, you want to consider theme as a whole thing, not just disparate elements. The background, menu color, header colors, logos, infoboxes, etc should all blend well together.