Forum:Halopedia image policy

As of late I have been dismayed by the state of the handling of images on Halopedia. I think that most of us have realized that it's quite the mess without needing to look down the list of uploaded files. There are duplicates all over the place, images that have nebulous names, etc., etc.. It'd probably be best if something were done to stem, if not roll back, the chaotic state of affairs.

As a start, it may be good to create a dedicated template and category for image deletions, like the one that exists for article deletions. Templates and categories for other image related problems might be appropriate as well. The existence of these facilities must also be made well known to the community at large. If these templates and categories already exist they need to be advertised more.

The image policy needs updating with an appropriate update to the notice on the image upload feature to go along with it. There definitely needs to be a criteria for descriptive image file naming. If “ambitious” is the name of the game perhaps a basic naming scheme could be developed.

There should also be something concerning keeping image sizes down, say to <=200kB or some such limit. After all, Halopedia isn't a gallery and can make do with lower-resolution images, skilfully cropped images, or 80% or less quality JPEGs instead of monster PNGs or GIFs.

Those are my musings. Thoughts? Meco 09:29, 4 May 2008 (UTC)