Aselia:Images

The following information is Aselia's rules and policies regarding image usage on this wiki.

Uploading Rules
When uploading images onto this wiki, please follow these rules:


 * Ensure that the image you are uploading has a distinguishable file name. A series of random numbers is not acceptable.
 * In the "Summary" section of the upload form, provide a brief summary stating the image content and its original source.
 * The file should include a "Description" section for the brief summary stating the image content and a "Source" section for the image's original source. Direct-feed images that come from primary sources should simply state, "Taken from the game/animation itself". This indicates that the user who uploaded the image obtained it him or herself. No further citation is necessary. Any image taken from a website must be done so only with permission, unless the website is the game/animation's official site. Any image taken from any website, even if it is official, must be cited.
 * Categorize the image appropriately. If you are unsure which category the image belongs in, simply skip this step, and an admin will categorize the image.
 * Only the following image formats may be uploaded onto this wiki: .png, .gif, .jpg, .jpeg.
 * Do not link directly to images that have not been uploaded onto this site.
 * Do NOT upload any of the following: fan art, copyrighted images, hentai, pornography, videos, or other non-image content.

See this page for more information on uploading files.

Placement and Usage
Images should be used primarily within the main body of text-heavy articles to provide visual aids wherever they might be relevant.


 * For game pages, the game's logo should be used in the GameInfo box, while any and all box art/covers should be placed in a gallery near the bottom of the page. Within the text of game pages, certain images may be used if they are relevant. For example: a map image of the world in which the game takes place in the "Story" section; official artwork of the protagonists/antagonists in the "Characters" section; a gameplay image depicting a particular feature of the game, such as its battle system, in any appropriate section; and alternative logos used for different versions of the game in the "Release Overview" section.
 * For character pages, the character's primary official artwork should be used in the CharInfo box. If multiple official artworks for the character exist, the oldest holds priority. Status images often do not show the full character, and games on older or portable platforms may have reduced quality images, resulting in inconsistent quality among all character pages. As such, images of this nature, including cut-in images, should be included within the text of the article. A status image is ideal for an "Appearance and Personality" section, while a cut-in image is ideal for a "Fighting Style" section. Artwork from alternative games in which the character has made an appearance should be included in the "Other Appearances" section, if one exists. If one does not exist, simply place these images in a gallery. Costume images may only be placed in a gallery.
 * For location pages, images should be limited and only used if depicting specific geographical features of the location. Official screenshots, artwork, and concept artwork are ideal for location pages, while gameplay images that just happen to take place in the location should be avoided entirely.
 * For individual arte pages, particularly on pages that relate to attacks that involve cut-in images such as mystic artes, an actual image of the attack in action must be used. Cut-in images belong within the gallery sections of the character's article.
 * Images should not be added to any list-type resource pages.

Do not make images large enough to distort the text format by causing too much whitespace on 1024x768 screen resolutions. The absolute maximum image pixel width should be 300px to avoid extraneous word-wrapping. Images within the main text of a page should be smaller, but large enough to make their content clearly visible. Avoid lining a single side of one page with pictures; if the pictures border each other without text content separating them, some of them should be resized, moved to another place within the article, or placed within a gallery. Collated images of any type, such as collages and tiled thumbnails, should be avoided entirely because they prevent the individual images from being separated and displayed by themselves, spread throughout the entire article for proper visual balance between images and text.

Galleries
This wiki does not use the gallery system provided by default by the MediaWiki software because it has been altered for reduced efficiency and functionality by Wikia. Instead, this wiki uses a custom gallery system, which is accessible through the template tag. If the description of the image exceeds the space available, insert line coding to avoid a scroll bar in the output. An acceptable default length is coding the gallery to display four lines, increasing as necessary. Image galleries are to be added below the main body of text, but above the "Trivia", "References", and "External Links" sections, if they exist. Galleries should have a limit of five pictures per row to best accommodate 1024x768 screen resolutions, and the images within the gallery should relate directly to the subject matter.

See this page for more information and documentation.

Description Boxes
When placing an image in any article, the image footnote must be descriptive. If the image contains a character, describe what he or she is doing, where he or she is, and any other details that relate to that specific picture. Failing to do this adds nothing to the page other than generic filler content (essentially, images that exist for the sake of having images on the page).

Image description boxes should also follow the same linking and bolding rules as the articles themselves. Topics that have their own page or warrant their own page (meaning a page could be created at some point in the future) should be linked at first mention and then not again. Topics that do not warrant their own page yet hold significance should be bolded at first mention and then not again. First mention of the page name should always be bolded in the image description boxes, just as it is done within the article itself.

A few examples, using a gallery setup to save space:

Dahngrest has its own page; therefore, it is linked at first mention in the first description box, but not again at second mention in the second description box. Guild Union is the title of the article; therefore, it is bolded at first mention in the first description box, but not again at second mention in the second description box and third mention in the third description box. Don Whitehorse is a new topic with its own page; therefore, it is linked. Altosk is a new topic that does not warrant its own page; therefore, it is bolded. In the actual article, the images are aligned with the content yet treated separately. When it comes to linking and bolding, the image description boxes should be treated as if they are an article of their own. Note how the gallery is coded at six lines to accommodate for the length of the descriptions.