Diary of a Wimpy Kid Wiki:File guidelines

Uploading files, including images, is possible at Diary of a Wimpy Kid Wiki although it is restricted to registered users only. This page is a set of guidelines for contributing files to the wiki.

Uploading
The most common files on the wiki are screenshots from the Wikia site, but other relevant files are allowed too. The following are instructions and guidelines on how to properly upload a quality file, and failure to follow them could result in its deletion.

Additionally, you can upload images that are not related to the wiki or the series, especially if you only plan on using them for yourself, but remember to not overdo it. We're not an image hosting platform. You may only have at least five user images uploaded to the wiki.

Filetypes
Your file must have a proper format. The permitted file types on Diary of a Wimpy Kid Wiki are:
 * PNG: for maps and diagrams, images with a transparent background, or images where it's very important to keep a high quality on the small details.
 * GIF: for animations and simple images.
 * JPG: for screenshots and photos.
 * JPEG: for compressed images.
 * WEBP: for modern images with a format providing superior lossless compression for images on the web.
 * SVG: a vector format for diagrams and logos.

If an image you are about to upload has many small details that need to be kept, try to keep it high-resolution. If not, try to avoid uploading images that have a high resolution; resize them if necessary. If you are ever unsure, always save an image as a PNG file, as this is a lossless file format, which means that you will not lose image quality, and someone else can alter the image for you.

File name
By all means, the image must have a short, descriptive name, not images with names that are very hard to identify, or irrelevant to what the image contains. If you wanted to search for images with certain content, your image should appear on the search results, unless its name is titled descriptively. If you think that somebody could upload a similar image in the future, or has already, disambiguate your file's name some more, like adding the initials of a book or film name to it.

Description
Quickly describe what the image contains in the summary box. Add the file's source, and link the file to at least, one applicable category. Whenever possible, it should be under the most specific, or deepest, categories available. See the Media category, and its subcategories, for a complete collection of file categories.

License
Each type of file requires a different licensing template. For most types of files, the license is chosen automatically when you select the appropriate type, but if you are ever given the question about what the license should be, please pick from these options, which could vary depending on some conditions:
 * "Fair use" for images that are copyrighted material and used without permission from the copyright owner.
 * "Own image" for images that are made for the uploader to use themselves.
 * "Wikimedia" for images that are from  or from another Wikimedia project.
 * "Free licenses" for images that are licensed under the series.
 * "Public domain" for images that don't have any licensing. Only pick this if you know what you're doing.
 * "Copyrighted" for images that belong to somebody else, but are meant to be used fairly on the wiki.
 * "Free licenses" for specific licenses, when you know what they are.