User:Aquadrizzt/Sandbox/Formatting/Images
This article documents the formatting practices and processes with regards to image naming and categorization.
General naming conventions[edit]
Image names[edit]
Image names should be in sentence case.
Extensions[edit]
Extensions should always been lower case. "File:<Image>.jpg" is proper; "File:<Image>.JPG" is not.
ArenaNet images[edit]
These images are copyrighted by ArenaNet or NCsoft. This includes images taken from Guild Wars 2 and the original Guild Wars.
Guild Wars 2 images[edit]
Animations[edit]
- Tagged with
{{ArenaNet image|animation}}
- Named
File:<description or official name> animation.gif
- ex. File:Bone Minions animation.gif
Concept art[edit]
- Tagged with
{{ArenaNet image|concept art}}
- Images with official titles should be named
File:<Official title> concept art.xxx
- ex. File:Rytlock concept art.jpg
- Images without official titles (or titles that lack sufficient description) should be named
File:<Short description> concept art.xxx
- ex. File:Charr soldier concept art.jpg
Pre-release screenshots[edit]
- Tagged with
{{ArenaNet image|screenshot}}
- Named
File:<Year> <Month> <short description>.xxx
- Note: the month and year referenced should refer to the time the screenshot was made available.
- ex. File:2010 August sylvari ranger.jpg
Post-release screenshots[edit]
- Tagged with
{{ArenaNet image|screenshot}}
- Named
File:<short description>.xxx
- Note: unlike the pre-release screenshots, post-release screenshots do not require a time stamp in the file name.
Renders[edit]
- Tagged with
{{ArenaNet image|render}}
- Images with official titles should be named
File:<Official title> render.xxx
- ex. File:Cow render.jpg
- Images without official titles (or titles that lack sufficient description) should be named
File:<Short description> render.xxx
- ex. File:Krytan farmhouse render.jpg
Icons[edit]
- All icons follow some basic formatting guidelines.
- All icons should be tagged with
{{icon}}
- All icons should be named to match the object they represent
- e.g. "File:Meteor Shower.jpg" for Meteor Shower
- All icons should be tagged with
- In addition, specific types of icons follow different guidelines on extensions and tagging.
Skill icons[edit]
- Extension: .jpg
- Skill icon tags should reflect the "primary source" (profession, race or environmental weapon) of the skill.
- Profession skills —
{{ArenaNet image|icon|<Profession> skill icons}}
- Race skills —
{{ArenaNet image|icon|<Race> skill icons}}
- Environmental weapon skills —
{{ArenaNet image|icon|Environmental weapon skill icons}}
- Profession skills —
Trait icons[edit]
- Extension: .png
- Trait icon tags should reflect the profession that can use the trait.
- Profession-specific traits —
{{ArenaNet image|icon|<Profession> trait icons}}
- Profession-specific traits —
Item icons[edit]
- Extension: .png or .jpg
.jpg
– ....jpg
– ...
- Item icon tags should reflect the type of item.
- Armor —
{{ArenaNet image|icon|Armor icons}}
- Crafting materials —
{{ArenaNet image|icon|Crafting material icons}}
- Consumables —
{{ArenaNet image|icon|Consumable icons}}
- Ingredients —
{{ArenaNet image|icon|Ingredient icons}}
- Runes —
{{ArenaNet image|icon|Rune icons}}
- Sigils —
{{ArenaNet image|icon|Sigil icons}}
- Weapons —
{{ArenaNet image|icon|Weapon icons}}
- Armor —
Guild Wars 1 images[edit]
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.
User images[edit]
These are images uploaded exclusively for use in the userspace. They should:
- be named with the format File:User <Username> <description>.xxx (e.g. "File:User Example background.jpg")
- be tagged with
{{user image|<Username>}}
(e.g.{{user image|Example}}) - if from Guild Wars 2, be tagged only with
{{ArenaNet image}}
, regardless of image type (screenshot, concept art, etc). All images from Guild Wars 1 are still tagged with{{ArenaNet image|gw1}}
instead.
Using {{ArenaNet image}}[edit]
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.
See also[edit]
- Guild Wars 2 Wiki:Copyrighted content, an explanation of ArenaNet's copyright policy for the wiki
- Category:ArenaNet images
- Category:User images