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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.
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* When multiple good images are proposed for a trope with no consensus on which one should be used, polling users in a thread in the [[Forum:Page Images|Page Images forum]] is really the only option.▼
* The most common picture for a works page is a title screen or box art. It's what most people will see when they look in the store for a copy, and images are fairly easy to come across.▼
* The purpose of the poll is to decide between multiple images that are all ''equally illustrative of the trope''. If an image has been determined not to illustrate the trope (or to illustrate the ''wrong'' trope), don't include it as a candidate.▼
* Official promotional art such as movie posters are common, including cast pictures. This is particularly common when the actual cover is a flat color and a logo or something similarly minimalist.▼
* Polls are generally left open until voting slows down. All polls must be open for voting for at least three "business days" -- e.g. if the third day falls during a weekend, the poll is left open until Monday, as forum traffic tends to slow during the weekend.▼
* 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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* The most common picture for a works page is a photo (or painting or sketch) of the creator. This is relatively easy to find when the creator is a single person, but even large groups sometimes have promotional images of themselves available somewhere.▼
== Quality of image ==▼
* 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.▼
* While there are no size limits, sizes more than 350 or 400 pixels wide will crowd out text, especially on smaller screens. Either resize the image before uploading it, or use the image width parameter for the File markup (either with or without the Thumb parameter).▼
* If you need to resize an image and don't like working with MS paint or other programs, you can use [http://www.picresize.com/ pic resize] to do it.▼
== [[Images in Wiki Pages|Images on the wiki]] ==▼
* Pages with quotes should have the image on the right side (you can learn how to do this on [[Help:Formatting]]).▼
* If the image is rather tall, move it to the right as well.▼
* Modifying images to work better or building a collage are allowed and sometimes preferred over individual, unmodified pictures.▼
** Newspaper comic strips and web comic strips in particular are frequently modified to fit within the 350 pixel width. If a comic is too wide, a common solution is to stack the panels vertically.▼
** Single images are usually sufficient; however, with some tropes, especially those that deal with changes or comparisons, it may be necessary to have a [[All The Tropes:Multi-Part Picture|multipart image]].▼
* Troper-made images are fine. If you have artistic skills and would like to make an image for a page, go for it; just look at the [[List of Pages Artists Can Illustrate]] to get started. [[Dug Too Deep]] is one such example.▼
* If there's more than one good image, feel free to start an [[Image Links Wiki]] for the page.▼
* 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.)
=== [[All The Tropes:Copyrights|Copyright, Fair Use, and Everything In-Between]] ===
* Pictures look nicer without "station bugs" (watermark-like logos in the corner, added by a broadcasting TV station or streaming service).
* "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.
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▲* The most common picture for a works page is a title screen or box art. It's what most people will see when they look in the store for a copy, and images are fairly easy to come across.
▲* Official promotional art such as movie posters are common, including cast pictures. This is particularly common when the actual cover is a flat color and a logo or something similarly minimalist.
▲* 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.
== Creator pages ==
▲* The most common picture for a works page is a photo (or painting or sketch) of the creator. This is relatively easy to find when the creator is a single person, but even large groups sometimes have promotional images of themselves available somewhere.
▲== [[Images in Wiki Pages|Images on the wiki]] ==
▲* Pages with quotes should have the image on the right side (you can learn how to do this on [[Help:Formatting]]).
▲* If the image is rather tall, move it to the right as well.
▲* Modifying images to work better or building a collage are allowed and sometimes preferred over individual, unmodified pictures.
▲** Newspaper comic strips and web comic strips in particular are frequently modified to fit within the 350 pixel width. If a comic is too wide, a common solution is to stack the panels vertically.
▲** Single images are usually sufficient; however, with some tropes, especially those that deal with changes or comparisons, it may be necessary to have a [[All The Tropes:Multi-Part Picture|multipart image]].
▲* Troper-made images are fine. If you have artistic skills and would like to make an image for a page, go for it; just look at the [[List of Pages Artists Can Illustrate]] to get started. [[Dug Too Deep]] is one such example.
▲* If there's more than one good image, feel free to start an [[Image Links Wiki]] for the page.
▲=== Quality of image ===
▲* 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.
▲* While there are no size limits, sizes more than 350 or 400 pixels wide will crowd out text, especially on smaller screens. Either resize the image before uploading it, or use the image width parameter for the File markup (
▲* If you need to resize an image and don't like working with MS paint or other programs, you can use [http://www.picresize.com/ pic resize] to do it.
=== [[Pothole|Potholing]] ===
* 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.
* Multisource works
* Non-potholed images that you've found can be potholed to the appropriate work if you know it.
* If a [[Real Life]] image is chosen, you can either pothole to [[Real Life]] or don't pothole it at all.
* If an image is not potholed or sourced in some way, bring it up in the [[Forum:Page Images|Page Images forum]].
▲* When multiple good images are proposed for a trope with no consensus on which one should be used, polling users in a thread in the [[Forum:Page Images|Page Images forum]] is really the only option.
▲* The purpose of the poll is to decide between multiple images that are all ''equally illustrative of the trope''. If an image has been determined not to illustrate the trope (or to illustrate the ''wrong'' trope), don't include it as a candidate.
▲* Polls are generally left open until voting slows down. All polls must be open for voting for at least three "business days" -- e.g. if the third day falls during a weekend, the poll is left open until Monday, as forum traffic tends to slow during the weekend.
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