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* When you make a thread, be sure to use the ''actual'' location of the trope or work. The wiki won't tag the article if you use a redirect or don't spell it correctly. |
* When you make a thread, be sure to use the ''actual'' location of the trope or work. The wiki won't tag the article if you use a redirect or don't spell it correctly. |
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== Selecting an image == |
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⚫ | * Unlike many other types of work, [[Fan Fiction]], [[Web Comic|Web Comics]], and [[Web Original]] have relatively easy-to-access creators. If you want to know what they'd prefer, send them a simple email with links to both the site and the page in question. For instance, this was how the page images for ''[[xkcd]]'' and ''[[Darths and Droids]]'' were chosen. |
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=== Safe For Work === |
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⚫ | * Some images simply have bad image quality (compression artifacts, pixelation, and so on). This detracts from what the image is showing, and simple quality upgrades are something you don't even need to ask to replace. For example: [[Giant Enemy Crab]] had [[media:giant-giant-enemy-crab.jpg|this image]] that was replaced with [[media:giantcrabcw_resized_7685.jpg|this image]]. No fanfare, just a quick replacement, and on your way. |
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== Safe For Work == |
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* The wiki aims to be safe for work in its images. Avoid [[Gorn]], nudity, and [[Squick]]. (This means that pages about pornographic works might end up with no images at all.) |
* The wiki aims to be safe for work in its images. Avoid [[Gorn]], nudity, and [[Squick]]. (This means that pages about pornographic works might end up with no images at all.) |
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== [[All The Tropes:Copyrights|Copyright, Fair Use, and Everything In-Between]] == |
=== [[All The Tropes:Copyrights|Copyright, Fair Use, and Everything In-Between]] === |
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* Pictures look nicer without "station bugs" (watermark-like logos in the corner, added by a broadcasting TV station or streaming service). |
* Pictures look nicer without "station bugs" (watermark-like logos in the corner, added by a broadcasting TV station or streaming service). |
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* "Artist scribbles" and signatures are fine. |
* "Artist scribbles" and signatures are fine. |
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* Sometimes a trope is too text- or plot-dependent for an image to work, and the better option is to just leave the page imageless than put an image that would confuse the reader even further. Don't fret, it happens. |
* Sometimes a trope is too text- or plot-dependent for an image to work, and the better option is to just leave the page imageless than put an image that would confuse the reader even further. Don't fret, it happens. |
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=== [[Pothole|Potholing]] === |
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* Most images don't have the title of the work in them -- which is a problem, since people will likely want to know what work an image is from. Fortunately, we have ways of getting around this. The most common method is to simply make the image clickable. See [[Help:Formatting]] for how to do this. |
* Most images don't have the title of the work in them -- which is a problem, since people will likely want to know what work an image is from. Fortunately, we have ways of getting around this. The most common method is to simply make the image clickable. See [[Help:Formatting]] for how to do this. |
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* Multisource works |
* Multisource works: When an image is a parody of another, such as a gaming web comic or something, the preferred potholing method is the image pointing to the parody source, and the caption pointing to the parodied work. If there's multiple source works, a [[Help:Formatting|footnote]] with a list of the characters named and potholed is preferred. [[Most Common Superpower]] is an example. |
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* Non-potholed images that you've found can be potholed to the appropriate work if you know it. |
* Non-potholed images that you've found can be potholed to the appropriate work if you know it. |
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* If a [[Real Life]] image is chosen, you can either pothole to [[Real Life]] or don't pothole it at all. |
* If a [[Real Life]] image is chosen, you can either pothole to [[Real Life]] or don't pothole it at all. |
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* If an image is not potholed or sourced in some way, bring it up in the [[Forum:Page Images|Page Images forum]]. |
* If an image is not potholed or sourced in some way, bring it up in the [[Forum:Page Images|Page Images forum]]. |
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