Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25559267-20170717022857

Not exactly an actual rule change, but more a change on the rules of submitting articles for featured article contests.

"have an image to be used on the main page highlight for it.* For example: Alright, I do agree that a character needs an image and an AU needs a banner, but I disagree that it should always be sprited.
 * A sprite if it is a character page (ex.)
 * A banner if it is an AU page (ex.)"

Its already hard to find a person to draw a picture for you, and since spriting is so underused nowadays, its harder to find someone to do a sprite for you.

TL;DR - Changing that rule so that the banner or highlighting image doesn't have to be sprited. 