Inkipedia:Policy/Image guidelines

To keep images organised on Inkipedia, users should follow the image guidelines specified here.

General guidance
When uploading an image, it needs to have an appropriate name and description, and be categorized by using Category:Category name tags in the "Summary" field on the upload page. If you are unsure of the best file type to use, .png images are the preferred format because of their enhanced lossless compression, transparency layer, and open standard format.

Naming guidance
An appropriate name is one that describes what the image is. Names should not detail where or how the image is going to be used. Numbered appended onto names are acceptable for use in series of screenshots or for images that differ a little but enough to warrant a separate upload. Names should never be made up of numbers only or time stamps.

Note that file name extensions are case-sensitive, for example Image.jpg is not the same as Image.JPG.

Similarly, we disallow .jpeg in titles, because of the duplication risk with .jpg titles.

Please always use lowercase file extensions. For JPEG types, please use the extension.

Summaries and descriptions
An appropriate description is one which links back to the relevant article and contains text noting what the image is. For images not created by yourself and not a capture of Splatoon, provide a link to the source for attribution, along with the author's name if available. External links can be created with the following syntax:  produces.

The description for a screenshot should contain information about the level and general area in which it was taken, and any specific action which is taking place.

Categorization
The categories to use when categorizing an image are the subcategories of the images category. All applicable categories should be used. However, categories should be as specific as possible. Do not include a category that is on top of a more appropriate one. To this effect, there should be very few images in the images category as they should be placed in sub categories.

Please be aware of uploading copyrighted material. Do not upload watermarked images. However, most other things are acceptable under fairuse.

User images
Users are permitted to upload images to use on their user page. They must be marked as such using  in the file description, which adds them to Category:User images.

Images that are unused or images belonging to inactive users may be deleted.

Further help

 * To view or search previously uploaded files, go to the list of uploaded files, (re)uploads are also logged in the upload log, deletions in the deletion log.
 * Names with their raw code as their name (e.g. File:EAY8GCAVFDQI0etc.jpg) will be deleted or renamed.
 * Copyright information can be selected from the Upload menu's licensing dropdown box. This will mostly be fairuse.
 * To include a file in a page, use a link in one of the following forms:
 * to use the full version of the file
 * to use a 200 pixel wide rendition in a box in the left margin with "alt text" as description
 * for directly linking to the file without displaying the file.
 * Make sure the width of the image doesn't over extend the width of the page.
 * If you are unsure, ask an admin or another member on their talkpage or find us on Discord.