Fire Force Wiki:Image Policy

Image Policy. On this page are outlined the acceptable and official guidelines to uploading and editing images on this Wiki. Those rules should be strictly followed to ensure all images follow appropriate fair use laws.

Image Usage
On this Wiki, images are used solely to depict what is often hard to describe in words alone, which means images are used for illustration purposes only. However, in some cases, exceptions may occur, such as usage for user profiles, or demonstrations on official Wiki guidelines pages. Despite that, this may or may not lead to copyright infringement against the global copyright law. To prevent this from happening, we heavily advice against the use of images for personal spaces and use free supported hosts such as photobucket.com and imageshack.com.

Use of images in any other manner beside the aforementioned uses, or unacceptable images in general could be considered as vandalism and would be treated as spam.

PLEASE NOTE: That unused or old images may be deleted without warning by an admin or authorized users.

Acceptable

 * Single, double or triple panels, single pages and cover arts from the official manga (preferably the Japanese version).
 * Fanarts depicting a single logo or symbol related to the series (if it is not made by you (the uploader), ask for the permission of the creator).
 * File Extensions .png and .jpg only are acceptable.

Unacceptable

 * Fanart of any form are not acceptable, with one exception mentioned above.
 * Edited (Doctored) images are not acceptable. Such as Photoshopped images, images with text and labels and images with altered colors and saturation/brightness.
 * Images that do not relate to this Wiki (Fire Brigade of Flames) and its merchandise.
 * Images showing more than one page of the manga.
 * Images that contain spoilers from recent chapters. See Spoiler Policy.
 * Porn, nudity and any other kind of image that shows explicit scenes, even if it's from an official source, according to Wikia's Terms of Use.

While Uploading
There are a few points to keep in mind when uploading images to the, to keep everything consistent and to prevent vandalism.

Formats
PNG format is strongly preferred over JPG .jpg or JPEG format. Though those formats are acceptable, if the image is available or could be switched to the PNG format, PNG should be used. As JPG and JPEG images become pixelated when viewed as thumbnails in articles, regardless of the image's quality. The PNG format does not have this issue and would show the image without pixelation at any size.

Quality
The images uploaded are preferred to be of high quality. If high quality image of the same scene is not available, then other qualities are acceptable for a certain period of time. However, the image may be replaced at any time without warning by an admin or an authorized user.

File Name
Image file names should be consistent and relevant to the subject in the image uploaded. File names that are entirely random like numbers and letters are strongly recommended against, as they are confusing and hard to reach. The correct file naming should be something that indicates the image and describes it briefly. For example, naming an image of Shinra using his Third Generation combustion abilities "Shinra using his ability.png" is wrong, as Shinra may have more than one ability and would utterly confuse the reader who's searching for the exact image. The correct naming for that file would be "Shinra using his Third Generation combustion abilities.png"

However, infobox images should only consist of the character's name, as the infobox is programmed to automatically detect the existence of the image and add it. For example, for Shinra's profile image, the file name should be "Shinra Kusakabe.png" for the infobox to detect it automatically and add it to the article.

Licensing
For more information about how to use a template, visit the template page. This page contains every copyright template. Please add the license in its own section, "Licensing". You can also provide more than one license for a file, if necessary. Every image on this wiki is categorized under its license.

Free Licenses

 * CC some rights reserved.svg the image has a free Creative Commons license, than use the template CC-BY-SA. To change the version and/or the attribution details by the parameters " " and " ". To remove the condition "BY" or "SA" use the parameter " " and " " respectively (the value of those parameters is indifferent as long it's not null). For more information see the template's page.
 * If you created the image yourself then you can use the template Self which automatically select the Public Domain license or if you want to change the license to a CC-BY-SA you can do it by choosing the version you want by the parameter " ". See the template's page for more details. Note: if you simply edited a manga/anime picture than you don't have the rights to use this license, use a template from the next section "Not Free Licenses".
 * Public domain.svg the image was released in the public domain or its copyright has expired, than use the template PD.

Not Free Licenses
Almost every image on this wikia is copyrighted and used under fair use. This being a Fire Brigade of Flames Wiki, the majority of image copyrights are held by Atsushi Ōkubo and Kondasha, even if you edit the image, unless you create it ex novo, you don't become the copyright holder, as such include the license in the file's page, for examples:


 * If the image comes from the manga, a cover or other merchandises then add the template Fairuse in the "Licensing" section.
 * Red trademark.svg If the image is a registered logo, such as a company name or a product name, then add the template logo.
 * Green copyleft.svg If the image is copyrighted, but the copyrights holder allowed its use, for example by his trademark policy or by his explicit consensus, then use the template Permission. You can specify the name of the author by the parameter " ".

Others
If you don't know the copyright status of an image then use the template Fairuse. For the images from Wikipedia or another Wikia, you can use the template From Wikimedia and you can also provide the site link by parameter, but remember that you also have to provide the license of the file, so look for the image's copyright status in the original information page. To request the deletion of a file add Delete to its page.

Uploading New Version
The only time when you should upload a new version of an image is
 * If your uploading a better quality image from the same chapter, of the same basic frame.
 * To crop the image, which should only be used to cut out corners or to make a infobox image more suitable.

Using Images and Gallery Guidelines

 * Picture Size: Article pictures are to be kept no more and no less than a size of 190px, with exclusion given to the profile picture (infobox picture), which will be kept at 250px. This means that when adding the image to the article, you need to be sure to include 190px in the code (adding "thumb" will put the image to that size by default).
 * Image Sources: Only images from official sources, such as the manga and official art by Ōkubo, may be used in the articles.
 * Powers and Abilities section: Images placed in the powers and abilities section, should only be placed on the right. Placing images on the left would cause the order created to disorder, and that is not a beautiful sight.
 * Profile Images: The requirements for profile images that would be used in the infoboxes, should clearly depict the character's facial features along with their usual attire only. If the character has two significant and relevant attires, a switch could be placed to demonstrate the other outfit or appearance.

General Editing Advice
Generally, while images enhance the usefulness of a page, they likewise can lower its quality. The following are examples of past editor mistakes, made by both experienced and inexperienced editors alike.

Image Overload
Overloading a single area of text with multiple images can lead to layering issues. The most common form of layering problem is the rendering of a mass white space due to conflicts with either other images already on the page or page templates. You can Preview all edits using the "Preview" option next to the button "Save page". Please use this to check you have no caused a layering problem. Images that cause layering problems will be removed from the page when spotted, although they may not be completely destroyed as experienced editors may find other uses for them on the page or another page.

If you wish to fit many images in one space, the template Gallery can be used, such as follows:


 * See also: Template:Gallery

Alternatively, if there is no call to use a gallery table, another code to use to avoid page layout problems is the code  .



This will leave a gap after the code, any previous coding will not effect the page, and any further coding will not conflict with the previous text and images before the code. Please note, if used with too many images close together however, even this code can leave a image not aligned with the text it is intending to support, as the following example will demonstrate.

Image Replacement
Any image on a page can be replaced by uploading a new image with the same name. Editors do not need permission or explanation to replace an image on a place. However, take note what you consider a better image may not be considered a better image by other editors. Please also take note that replacing an image from the manga with its counterpart is acceptable, however you should not replace a manga image with another manga image of lower quality. If a protected image is in need of replacement, please ask for the community's approval on the image's talk page.

Image Wars
This is when editors are constantly changing images on a page from one version to another for a variety of reasons. In the event of constant reverting between two revisions of the same image, the most useful or related image to its intended use will be chosen, or in the event of neither image being of satisfaction, both images may be rejected for another image. If you feel the the other editors are making a bad choice, there is a choice to argue the point of the image, backing it up with support from the guidelines listed on this page. If the issue gets out of hand, one of the administrators will protect the page. Too many image works cause by the same user might result to a block from this wiki.

Unused Images
All images are intended for use on the wikia and unused images can be found via the Unused files page. Please note that an image may ALREADY exist on the wikia and one can check using this page the image isn't already uploaded by this wikia. If you upload an image, but do not add it to a page, or it was deemed unsuitable/unneeded by another editor and removed, then that image can be deleted without question. Images take up memory and space and unused images serve the wikia in no way. If you do not wish your image to end up deleted, make sure you put it on a page straight away. If a editor removes it, check the history of the page to check why is was removed, failing that, ask the editor to explain. If no explanation is provided you can revert, however please remember it is more important to avoid a edit war then it is to get a suitable picture.

Categorization
Categorizing images is very important, as it allows for easier access to galleries related to a certain topic or subject. Categorizing images is not all that difficult either, all you need to do is visit the image, go to the categories section and add the appropriate categories.

How to Categorize?
Simple. Categorizing depends on the content of the image itself. So, for example, if the image contains the character Shinra, then the appropriate category for that image is the category Category:Shinra Kusakabe. If the image contains the character Akitaru Ōbi, then the appropriate category for that image would be the category Category:Akitaru Ōbi. And so on.

If the image contains more than one character, all the characters names should be added in the categories along with the name of the group if exist.

If the image is a cover art from the manga or the Weekly Shounen Magazine, then add the category Category:Covers and the included characters in the cover art.

If the image contains an item or an inanimate object, the category should include the name of the item/object and its type. For example an image of the Matchbox vehicle would fall in the Category:Matchbox category and the Category:Vehicles category.