Help:Files
It is possible to upload files at the Pikipedia. These include, at the moment, images and audio files. This help page is a set of guidelines for contributing images to the Wiki.
Images
Images can include screenshots from the Pikmin games (or from other games that have content relevant to a Pikmin article), box-shots, concept art, or maps and diagrams. These must be properly encoded and the appropriate copyright notice appended to the image page.
Fair Use
Each type of image requires a different copyright notice. At the moment, the following is protocol at the Pikipedia:
- For screenshots, use {{screenshot}}.
- For concept art, there is currently no copyright notice available. Simply put them in Category:Concept Art
- For maps, permission of use is required. All current maps and diagrams here were created for the Wiki by members, and so do not need notices.
- For user images, add {{User Image}} to the page.
Filetypes
Images must be saved properly. The filetypes used here are as follows:
- PNG: save diagrams and maps as PNG files, which are best for simple images where there are large areas of the same color. Use PNG for Internet screenshots as well. Note: for diagrams with few different colors, it is beneficial to save as a low-bit PNG file (select 256 colours, for example, in your encoding program).
- JPG/JPEG: the best choice for screenshots from games and photographs; namely, used for images of great detail. DO NOT save simple images with well-defined lines as JPG.
- GIF: this is most appropriate for animations, if absolutely necessary.
Preferably, images should be less than 150KB, and a warning is issued automatically when uploading larger files. There is generally no need to upload images with a resolution larger than 800x600; resize 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.
Audio
At the moment, only short clips of soundtracks from the Pikmin games are required, a list of which can be found at Category:Audio. For these, there must be no sound effects, just a clip of music up to 30 seconds in length. Add {{Audio}} to the image description page to properly license and categorize it. When adding the audio file to an article, use Template:Listen.
Only OGG files are accepted. This is because of the format's completely free licensing and superior encoding.
Deletion Policy
All files are subject to deletion if improperly uploaded, no longer used, or of exceedingly poor quality. The following are things that should be avoided to prevent deletion beforehand:
- Do not upload copyrighted material other than that listed above. You may upload copyrighted material if you have the permission from the respective copyright holder to do so.
- Aim for high quality in images; very small, poorly-captured pictures are not much of an addition to articles.
- Do not upload Bitmap images or save diagrams as JPG files.