User:Aquadrizzt/Sandbox/Formatting/Images

This article documents the formatting practices and processes with regards to image naming and categorization.

General naming conventions

Image names

Image names should be in sentence case.

Extensions

Extensions should always been lower case. "File:<Image>.jpg" is proper; "File:<Image>.JPG" is not.

ArenaNet images

These images are copyrighted by ArenaNet or NCsoft. This includes images taken from Guild Wars 2 and the original Guild Wars.

Guild Wars 2 images

Animations

Tagged with {{ArenaNet image|animation}}

Named File:<description or official name> animation.gif

ex. File:Bone Minions animation.gif

Concept art

Tagged with {{ArenaNet image|concept art}}

Images with official titles should be named File:<Official title> concept art.xxx

ex. File:Rytlock concept art.jpg

Images without official titles (or titles that lack sufficient description) should be named File:<Short description> concept art.xxx

ex. File:Charr soldier concept art.jpg

Pre-release screenshots

Tagged with {{ArenaNet image|screenshot}}

Named File:<Year> <Month> <short description>.xxx

Note: the month and year referenced should refer to the time the screenshot was made available.

ex. File:2010 August sylvari ranger.jpg

Post-release screenshots

Tagged with {{ArenaNet image|screenshot}}

Named File:<short description>.xxx

Note: unlike the pre-release screenshots, post-release screenshots do not require a time stamp in the file name.

Renders

Tagged with {{ArenaNet image|render}}

Images with official titles should be named File:<Official title> render.xxx

ex. File:Cow render.jpg

Images without official titles (or titles that lack sufficient description) should be named File:<Short description> render.xxx

ex. File:Krytan farmhouse render.jpg

Icons

All icons follow some basic formatting guidelines.

• All icons should be tagged with {{icon}}
• All icons should be named to match the object they represent

e.g. "File:Meteor Shower.jpg" for Meteor Shower

In addition, specific types of icons follow different guidelines on extensions and tagging.

Skill icons

Extension: .jpg

Skill icon tags should reflect the "primary source" (profession, race or environmental weapon) of the skill.

Profession skills — {{ArenaNet image|icon|<Profession> skill icons}}

Race skills — {{ArenaNet image|icon|<Race> skill icons}}

Environmental weapon skills — {{ArenaNet image|icon|Environmental weapon skill icons}}

Trait icons

Extension: .png

Trait icon tags should reflect the profession that can use the trait.

Profession-specific traits — {{ArenaNet image|icon|<Profession> trait icons}}

Item icons

Extension: .png or .jpg

.jpg – ...

.jpg – ...

Item icon tags should reflect the type of item.

Armor — {{ArenaNet image|icon|Armor icons}}

Crafting materials — {{ArenaNet image|icon|Crafting material icons}}

Consumables — {{ArenaNet image|icon|Consumable icons}}

Ingredients — {{ArenaNet image|icon|Ingredient icons}}

Runes — {{ArenaNet image|icon|Rune icons}}

Sigils — {{ArenaNet image|icon|Sigil icons}}

Weapons — {{ArenaNet image|icon|Weapon icons}}

Guild Wars 1 images

All images belonging to the original Guild Wars are tagged only with {{ArenaNet image|gw1}}. They should not receive any other {{ArenaNet image}} tag, regardless of whether they're concept art, screenshots or any other image type.

User images

These are images uploaded exclusively for use in the userspace. They should:

• be named with the format File:User <Username> <description>.xxx (e.g. "File:User Example background.jpg")
• be tagged with {{user image|<Username>}} (e.g.{{user image|Example}})
• if from Guild Wars 2, be tagged only with {{ArenaNet image}}, regardless of image type (screenshot, concept art, etc). All images from Guild Wars 1 are still tagged with {{ArenaNet image|gw1}} instead.

Using {{ArenaNet image}}

All images tagged with {{ArenaNet image}} may require further parameters be added if the image belongs to a specific category. To illustrate, the image Bone Minions animation.gif is tagged with {{ArenaNet image|animation|Necromancer skill animations}}. This illustrates that the image is an animation and placed in the category Necromancer skill animations.

See also

• Guild Wars 2 Wiki:Copyrighted content, an explanation of ArenaNet's copyright policy for the wiki
• Category:ArenaNet images
• Category:User images