Project:Style Manual/Images

Image Preferences

Images and photographs on the wiki are meant to accompany pages in a complimentary fashion and are not meant to overwhelm or become the focal point of any page. Supplemental images should be used with some discretion, and only when warranted to help illustrate or document information. Image galleries should be avoided to negate unnecessary clutter.

Format

There is no hard-set rule or guideline in place for which image format to use, but it is strongly recommended that the lossless PNG image file format be utilized in place of the lossy JPEG format. If a PNG version of an image or photograph is not available, then the highest quality JPEG available will be considered an acceptable substitute. GIF file formats should be avoided as much as possible, unless an animated version is necessary. Animated GIF files should be short and concise, covering only the material relevant to the correlating page content.

Prohibited Images

The following types of images are prohibited and will be deleted without warning by an administrator:

• Scanlations
• Fansubs
• Watermarked images and/or scans
• Doctored images
• Fanart (unless approved by an administrator)
• Personal image files unrelated to the wiki
• Obscene, pornographic, or profane images from non-official sources

Relevant or necessary images that fall under one of these possible categories will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis by the administration.

Uploading Images

All community members with editing and publishing privileges will be able to upload images via the Special:Upload page. Before uploading an image, please read the above preferences.

The following image formats can be uploaded: PNG, JPEG, and GIF.