Lylat Wiki:Image Standards

What makes a "good" Image?

is it the way it works well into an article?

We thank the contributors of the following pages as they were a big help in creating the topics covered here.

• Super Mario Wiki
• Bublapedia
• Wikipedia
• Zelda Wiki.org

Type

Files come in a variety of types, and get used in many different situations.

Each type has an idea situation and each situation has an ideal type. Please upload files according to these rules.

Animations

Animations should be uploaded in a .gif file format. They should not be a distraction, and should not cost too much time on the clients computer (Browser or CPU).

Screen Shots

Screen shots should be .jpg file type. They should be taken with the good quality screen shot software, and cropped down to only the actual screen shot is visible and nothing from the computer it was taken on is seen.

Box Art

Box Art should be done in jpg or png. At best, we should see everything there was on the original box, but nothing surrounding it.

Fan Art

Any art that was created by a FAN!

When uploaded, please attach the right template. (Psst! -Click the links above. It's to the Template).

If the right template is not identified, please mark with

Also note:

• File extensions for images are to be in lowercase and not capitalized. (.jpg not .JPG)

License & Source Information

Each image needs to be identified where it came from. This includes the following information:

History

What has the file been through before and since being uploaded? If of the following information is missing, please post Template:Tl and then post to the related discussion page what exactly is missing. There maybe a reason for it.

1. Which game is it related to & What system did the game come on
2. What characters appear in it, if any?
3. What site was it found on and when?
4. What file type was it when downloaded?
5. What file conversion and manipulation software has affected it? So, for instance
   • If this is an original art of a user, did they use photoshop? GIMP?...paint? paint.net? inkscape?
   • Did the file start off as a jpg then go to png?
6. Who was the original Artist?
   • If it was a user, what is there username?

License

When a file is loaded on the server, we need to identify a licence it is under.

• Copyright with a fair use rational - Template:Tl
• GNU General Public License
• Public domain (except where not applicable) - Template:Tl, Template:Tl
• free art license - Template:Tl
• creative commons license - Template:Tl

Style & Content Guide

When an image is good, it get's used. doesn't matter how often, or in what place; the simple fact that it is used if enough to fulfill the image's purpose.

But what of unused images? What do we do with them?

Well, first make sure the article isn't one of the following:

• redirected or duplicate files
• marked with Template:Tl, as someone has said another type is better for the file you are looking at.

second, is the file of really poor quality? or is it too out of date?

(too mark on as such, please use Template:Tl and Template:Tl).

third, see if any pages are marked with Template:Tl & Template:Tl, as those articles are in need of images most of all.