Monster High Wiki:Images

Since rows and rows of text make for an unappealing appearance, even if the layout is flawless, wikis make use of images to illustrate the articles and make them a more appealing read. Images thus support the article, not the other way around. An excessive amount of images on a page is not a good thing - it suggests that the contributors have no standards or clue. Other undesirable situations regarding images that could occur are uploads of images of bad quality and uploads of images that are illegally taken.

Users are to know the rules regarding images as posted below. Failure to adhere to the rules will be dealt with without further words. This page also contains a guide to get or make good quality images, as well as lists some image conventions.

Rules regarding images

 * 1) This wiki is not anyone's personal image database. User-only images are only preserved as long as a user is active (inactivity is relative to account age and contributions). An excessive amount of user images for one user may lead to a request to give up a few. Currently, the wiki strives for a number of user images that doesn't exceed 15% of the whole image database.
 * 2) Unless for a specific layout reason or a wiki-worthy discussion, do no add images to user talk pages.
 * 3) Special circumstances aside, do not upload images you have no plan of use for.
 * 4) Do not add animated gifs to articles. Animated gifs may be uploaded for use on user pages, but keep in mind that they usually don't work on the wiki.
 * 5) Do not add fanart to articles. Fanart may be uploaded for use on user pages and, if relevant, on blogs only.
 * 6) Images on the internet are generally not just up for grabs. Fanmade photos, especially when (water)marked, are not okay for use in an article because they'd be stolen material. Temporary uploads are okay for the sake of discussion in blogs if they deal with new or upcoming releases, but that's the limit. The wiki would appreciate not to have a reputation of being a thieves' nest.
 * 7) There is currently no system in place to regulate any fanmade photos that are contributed by or with permission from the owners. This will be made at a future date.
 * 8) If you are not a regular on the wiki, do not assume you have a scoop before the regulars. Every once in a while, the wiki has to deal with uploads of fanart-mistaken-for-official-art and uploads of leaked photos. In fact, the wiki has gotten in trouble with Mattel once because it hosted leaked photos of the late 2012 dolls and playsets. Rather, this kind of situation is avoided, as well as situations of false information, so unless you are a regular and have the knowledge to recognize legit and legal new material from not-legit and not-legal material, please don't upload any such images.
 * 9) Do not upload over existing files unless you mean to upload a better quality version of that same file. You get a clear warning when you are about to upload over another file, so there is no excuse for that 'mistake'.
 * 10) Please upload files under a descriptive filename. "TumblrXB57gb.JPG", "Clawdeen4.PNG" and "MazX345121212.jpeg" do not make image management any easier. A general guideline is to name an image "[source] - [short description].[png or jpg in lowercase letters]". For instance, "Tumblr - Cleo Clawdeen fall fashion.jpg" would make a nice filename for an image taken from the Gory Gazette that displays Cleo and Clawdeen in fall-related fashion.
 * 11) Do not upload entire scenes worth of images. Even the most intense scenes won't require more than, at most, three well-chosen screenshots to represent them.
 * 12) Unless there is a specific focus-requirement (like screenshots for the toy sections), don't upload partial screenshots. Say, if a scene displays five characters, preferably the wiki has one screenshot of the entire scene than five broken up screenshots focussed on the separate characters. It preserves the context of the scene and makes image management five times as easy.
 * 13) Before you upload an image, check if it's not already in the database. The wiki has an elaborate image database setup that should make searching not too much of a chore. A better quality file (within the same file type class) is, of course, a welcome upload. Seven different uploads of essentially the same file (see above two rules) are not.
 * 14) The wiki does not allow user images that are photos of people below 18 and discourages such images to be in use by older users.