Talk:Spitfire/@comment-24920529-20150803061530/@comment-1649763-20150803073042

In my case (since it was me) I'm led to believe the wiki prefers things like high quality (usually the iTunes HD digital or similar), standard lighting, cutie marks in plain view, and the like for ID images whenever possible. In her current one, her cutie mark isn't as hidden by her wing, the colors aren't tinted by shading effects, and it's in higher resolution, although her eyes are still partially obscured by her sunglasses. Since I've never found official guidelines I generally go with the reason given whenever something I add or edit is reverted.

That, and I often see people (myself included) update ID images with screenshots from more recent episodes probably just so things look more "new" that way too, though, this can't necessarily be done with Spitfire since she wears her Wonderbolt suit (already an ID image for that form) or her Equestria Games-related warmup/uniform which covers the cutie mark.