Saiyuki Wiki:Image policy

This is the Saiyuki wiki's  Image Policy, if you upload or use any pictures, they must meet these conditions.

Licensing
The most important in all of the guidelines is the licencing of such image. If you do not know what licence your image fall it is best to choose the Fair use option, while uploading the image. If we are granted such use of other copyrighted materials, Creative Commons licensing can be used.



Any uploaded images that are not properly licensed shall be categorized for deletion.

Replacing an uploaded Image
In order to  comply with Wikia image upload policy, any existing image that has been uploaded, should the quality of the image is lesser in quality the replace image command should be used, in order to track the file history of the said image.

Acceptable image file
The wiki accepts the following image files:

.png
These are the most preferred images as they maintain good quality of the original image taken. Others like the .jpgs or .gifs are known to reduce quality, which we do not want on our images when adding them to respective articles.

.jpeg
Although not as much preferred as .pngs, they are perfectly acceptable on the wiki. The reason why .jpgs aren't preferred is that the background is automatically given a white color unlike .pngs files.

.gif
We seldom use .gifs on the wiki but they are acceptable. These images are primarily used to represent a specific power or ability by a character from the anime.


 * Image sizing or resolution 


 * If said image is to be used on infoboxes, it is important for the user to know, limit of size the infobox is coded with.  Some infobox automatically provided image sizes so no need to worry. For article images 200-350px is the recommendable size.

Fan Art
Fan art is not permitted to be uploaded for any purpose. The only images allowed to the Wiki should be those directly from official sources. In addition, no fan art of another series should be uploaded to the wiki.

Fan color
Fan color is any copyrighted image that has been edited to satisfy the fans artistic sense. Like Fan art, Fan color images are not allowed to be upload in this wiki. Any fan images or fan color spotted by Wikia's bot or the existing admins of this page shall be categorized for deletion.

Proper File name
When uploading an image, beforehand you must add a proper filename. If a person uploads an image with a poor filename, simply add Poor filename to the file.

Let's say you are uploading an image of Genjo Sanzo' specifically to be used in the Infobox that is a .png file. A good filename would be something like Genjo_Sanzo_infobox_image_past.png. However, a bad filename of this specific scene would be written in a way similar to tumblr20-12010-494212-20.png as that has nothing to do with the particular image.

News images template
if its a new year image message, filename image should contain the year. If it came from ZeroSum magazine  filename should contain the issue month/year.

Gallery
If a file is intended to be used on a gallery, filename should include the {Article name} and gallery number. For example Genjo_Sanzo_gall01.png. Genjo Sanzo - cause it is intended to be used on the said article gallery and number for filename organizing purposes.

Raw
The usage of images from the manga should be properly cleaned. Hiragana/Kanji or English words on speech bubbles should be erased.

In the intent of using anime images, refrain from using screen shoted images. Widescreen images sometimes contain black bars, and more importantly the large width of the images disrupts the visibility of thumbnails by increasing the amount of empty space. It's best to clip the image down to what you are actually depicting.

It is advisable to use .mkv files that are soft subbed for they contain raw images. Ask any admin in charge if you wanted to know where you can get such files and what tools to be used.

Avoid watermarks. If an image is watermarked by a TV Station, then we may just tag it with {Poor quality|watermark}. However if the image you upload is watermarked by another website we will likely delete it right away.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:20px;">Avoid subtitles and translations made by scanalation groups. When clipping from manga it's best to use a frame where there is no subtitle, or use a group that uses soft subtitles and formats like .mkv. Subtitles and the edits made by scanalation groups ruin the image, reduces its originality, and also incorporates a fuzzy copyright issue that technically makes those images illegal.

Images intended to use on Blogs and Talk page
If the said image has no use in other articles and only inteneded to be used in blogs and talk pages, whoever upload it should properly rename it with his/her username and the place intended to be used.

Example:


 * Follow


 * {user}_blog_{filename and purpose, number if neccessary}.png


 * Saiyukisama_blog_tutorial01.png



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