User:Incarnazeus/Seven Seals

This article provides an overview of the practices and processes concerning uploading, naming, licensing and categorizing images in the mainspace of this wiki.

File format

Images (including screenshots, maps etc.) should generally be uploaded in .jpg format.

There are, however, several exceptions where other file types are preferred:

• Icons (i.e. File:Alpha Wolf Spirit.png) and particularly ArenaNet renders and images with a transparent background (i.e. File:Gentleman Frog transparent.png) are often uploaded as .png.
• Animations (such as File:Mini Super Spider moonwalk animation.gif) can be uploaded in .gif format.
• User images, files uploaded for personal usage within the userspace, can be of any permitted file type.

Naming convention

For ease of categorization, images uploaded in the mainspace of the wiki require a concise title.

Usually, this will be the article name (i.e. Howler uses File:Howler.jpg as main image).

This title can be further expanded by adding a descriptive suffix in lower-case letters.

Examples:

• 'map' ➟ File:<article/object name> map.jpg
• 'banner' ➟ File:<article name> banner.jpg
• 'concept art' ➟ File:<article name> concept art.jpg
• 'render' ➟ File:<article name> render.jpg
• 'stowed'/'wielded' ➟ File:<weapon name> stowed.jpg File:<weapon name> wielded.jpg

Images can also be numbered if necessary (i.e. File:Human Female 1.jpg, File:Human Female 2.jpg).

Avoid overly long or complicated image names, or image names containing any type of punctuation marks. Correct spacing is desired.

All descriptions and image names should follow proper capitalization. For instance, File:Research in Rata Novus loading screen.jpg is proper capitalization, whereas File:Research In Rata Novus Loading Screen.jpg is not. This extends to the file's extension as well. An extension of .jpg is acceptable, while .JPG is not.

Licensing & categorization

Images under ArenaNet copyright

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

Screenshots

Guild Wars 2 screenshots are tagged with {{ArenaNet image|screenshot}}.

Concept art

Image names for Guild Wars 2 concept art follow the format File:<Official title> concept art.xxx (e.g. "File:Rytlock concept art.jpg"). When the official title name is not available or sufficiently descriptive, the format is File:<Short description> concept art.xxx (e.g. "File:Charr soldier concept art.jpg").

All Guild Wars 2 concept art images are tagged with {{ArenaNet image|concept art}}.

Icons

Game icon images (skill icons, item icons, trait icons, map icons, etc.) should:

• be named to match the game entity they represent (e.g. "File:Meteor Shower.png" for Meteor Shower)
• be tagged with {{ArenaNet image|icon}}
• follow the sizing consensus, depending on the type of icon:
  • 32x32 for effects
  • 64x64 for items
  • 128x128 for skills, miniatures, overhead icons for NPCs
• possess the file extension .png

Renders

Image names for Guild Wars 2 renders follow the format File:<Official title> render.xxx (e.g. "File:Cow render.jpg"). When the official title name is not available or sufficiently descriptive, the format is File:<Short description> render.xxx (e.g. "File:Krytan farmhouse render.jpg").

All Guild Wars 2 rendered images are tagged with {{ArenaNet image|render}}.

• When ArenaNet renders are in use as the primary reference image for something, it can be replaced with a screenshot from the game.
• The ArenaNet render may however be retained in the body or footnotes of the page.
• While ArenaNet has gone to good effort to provide renders to the public, using them as the primary reference image (e.g., the image appearing in the NPC or weapon info-box) will be inconsistent with instances where these renders are unavailable.

Animations

File names for Guild Wars 2 animations follow the format File:<description or official name> animation.gif (e.g. for a skill, "File:Bone Minions animation.gif").

Guild Wars 2 animations are tagged with {{ArenaNet image|animation}}.

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.

Generic ArenaNet image

ArenaNet images that cannot be attributed to any other licensing option are uploaded under {{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.

Non-ArenaNet images

These are images uploaded exclusively for use in the userspace. All user images are named with the format File:User <Username> <description>.xxx (e.g. "File:User Johnbob background.jpg") and tagged with {{user image|<Username>}}. Also:

• If the source is from Guild Wars 2 itself, {{ArenaNet image}} is included. This allows other users to reuse the image if they find it useful.
• If it's from Guild Wars 1, {{ArenaNet image|gw1}} is included.

Do not upload copyrighted content.

See also

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

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