Dunderpedia:File Policy

This page documents an official policy on Dunderpedia. It has wide acceptance among editors and is considered a standard that all users should follow. Make use of the discussion page to propose changes to this policy.

Images that are uploaded to Dunderpedia should be in a format that provides clarity and ease of use, primarily through quick loading times.

This page will describe the methods by which this will be achieved.

Naming

File names

File names on all wikis hosted by Fandom are case sensitive. Spaces and some punctuation marks are allowed in file names. As such, file names should be descriptive and use spaces and punctuation as appropriate; capital letters should only be used with proper names or acronyms such as "Michael Scott" and "Dunder Mifflin", but not with common words such as "drinking coffee".

Files shared with other wikis cannot be renamed. If the file is moved to a new name, then only the locally-translated information is moved, disconnecting it from the shared file.

The following table illustrates some poor and good file names; you should be able to differentiate between them:

File name	Notes
Michaeldoor.jpg	Words are run together.
MichaelDoor.JPG	The uppercase D helps mark the beginning of a new word, but is not as clear as it would be if there was a space in between the words. The .JPG suffix should also be in lower case (.jpg).
Michael door.jpg	Easy to read, but does not describe what the picture is about.
MichaelstandingAttheDoor.jpg	Harder to read, since it looks like "Michaelstanding" is a single word, along with "Atthe".
MichaelStandingAtTheDoor.jpg	Separating words with spaces is preferable to marking them with uppercase letters.
Img043.jpg	Does not describe what the picture is about.
Axsaswoei.jpg	Does not describe what the picture is about.
Michael standing at the door.jpg	A good and descriptive file name that is easy to read.
We aren't going, are we?.jpg	Proper punctuation is supported and should be used as needed.

If your computer's operating system does not support spaces or punctuation marks for its file names, they can be manually added when the picture is uploaded. After the "Source filename" is selected, the wiki will convert it to its storage name and display it in the "Destination filename" line. The "Destination filename" can be manually adjusted to add the necessary characters.

Spaces will be displayed as underscores, but will still be present. Colons (:) should not be used since the wiki uses colons to designate categories.

Note: When copying a file name from the picture's page, copy the name above the picture, not the one below it. The name below it will always show underscores instead of spaces. If in the future a picture needs to be renamed, it is harder to update pages when they have pictures with underscores in their names instead of just spaces.

File extensions

Though several file formats are supported by the wiki, the following are the main formats, in order of preference:

1. JPEG (.jpg suffix) - for most pictures, except those with sharply-defined backgrounds; more preferable due to its lossless data compression.
2. PNG (.png) - for icons/avatars, images with a transparency setting, and images that will be displayed at a smaller size than a standard thumbnail.
3. GIF (.gif) - for animated images; animation is usually only shown when displaying an animation at 100% of its original size. For all other situations, .gif files are displayed as a static image and therefore has no benefit over the aforementioned file types.

Requirements

Copyright information

• All images must have clear source info as to where the image is from. For this, a licensing template should be used.
• Images taken from fan-sites need to be acknowledged;
  • If those sites have a special license to use copyrighted images, do not take them without explicit permission;
  • In addition, a link to the site should be provided.

Note: Images lacking a proper copyright information will be flagged with the {{none selected}} template. The respective uploader will be notified with an automated warning message stating what the image is missing and how to fix it.

Additional information

• A summary that describes what the picture is about and what episode it came from should be provided.
  • Links should be added to any characters, episodes, objects etc. listed in the summary.
• Relevant categories should be added, such as [[Category:Images from Dinner Party]] and [[Category:Images of Michael Scott]]).
  • The episode category goes first, then the characters from left to right.

Other rules

Formats

• Images should remain unaltered. Any changes of color levels, shading, brightness, contrast, alpha, etc., should be avoided, unless justified and according to consensus.
• Screenshots should preferably be submitted in their original ratio (4:3 or 16:9), unless they could benefit from cropping.
  • If an image contains empty space or elements other than the subject being depicted, the image should be cropped to isolate the subject with respect given to the guidelines concerning closeups.

Quality

• The image should be of the highest quality available. Screen-captures are preferred, with television recordings and other formats being secondary. In the case of duplicate images, the highest quality image is kept.
• The image should be an accurate representation of the subject.

Replacement

Replacing can take place when the original file:

• is uncredited and/or unlicensed;
• is of low resolution/quality;
  • In this case, the original picture must be replaced by the exact same version, only with better quality.

Deletion

Deleting can take place when the file:

• contains subject matter listed in the Block Policy.
• is a duplicate of an existing picture, regardless of format.
• is off-topic (not related to The Office) and not used on the uploader's user page within one week.