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This official Code Geass Wiki policy outlines acceptable guidelines for the upload and use of images.

Using Images & Gallery Guidelines

1.) All Images from official sources can be placed into its corresponding image gallery. To be considered a part of the site they must to be placed in the gallery for cataloging purposes.

2.) Gallery candidates must be simply placed in gallery format (side by side) on the Code Geass Images talk page so that it is made clear they are to be added to their respective galleries.

3.) Any uploaded picture being used to replace a older featured picture in an article should be included into any article that the previous picture was connected to.

4.) Any picture that is uploaded and has not found a use (either on a user page or in the articles) within 2 days of that picture or being uploaded can & will be deleted.

5.) All Images being judged for merit as possibly being a character profile picture should be placed in gallery format on the Code Geass Images talk page and then discussed there.

6.) Galleries are not a place to to show off a character performing different facial expressions and images that show the same thing from a slightly different angle are redundant and will be removed.


Using Images

Uploading Images

General Notes

Quality

Uploading poor images will result in a {{Poor quality}} tag being added.

File Name

The file name should be descriptive of what the image actually depicts or is used for. Long strings of numbers or gibberish constitutes bad file names. However, file names that are vague in what the image is used for are also bad. An example of this would be naming a file Schneizel.jpg, when the use of the image is to highlight the cover of an episode. This is because it is necessary to keep images clearly separated from each other and so users can search for the image by its file name. If it has a poor file name, duplicates are likely to be uploaded.

Images with poor files names are likely to be marked with a {{Poor filename}} tag.

Legal Tagging

The copyright of all images remains with Ichirō Ōkouchi, animators and anyone else who legally owns the material. It does not belong to the individuals who provide the manga scans or episodes online. Regardless of what any other site or user may say, the copyright on these images always belongs with Ichirō Ōkouchi, Viz, etc. No one else can claim that they own the image or can restrict its use.

With that in mind, all images that are uploaded need to be properly marked with their fair use tag and fair use rationale. Those that aren't may be marked for deletion with the {{No license}} or {{No rationale}} tags.

Scrolling through the various licensing options available provides a description of what that particular template means. The ones that will most typically be used are General and TV Screenshot, which are covered under the {{Fair use}} template. When adding an image, you need to provide a detailed {{fair use rationale}}. This means adding a description of what the image is about, the source, portion of copyrighted material used (i.e. page 6 of chapter 13), what the image will be used for (i.e. to provide an example of Lelouch's Geass), resolution (low, high, medium) and the replaceability, which should pretty much always say that it's replaceable only with a similar image of similar license status. You can add the {{fair use rationale}} template into the summary box.

Reuploads

Do not replace an image by uploading one with the same filename. Do not overwrite an existing image. Upload all images under a new filename. This is said three times in three ways so there can be no excuse for confusion on the subject. This is because the new image may have a different fair use rationale that may be needed, the image may link to multiple pages and the image may not need to be changed on all pages, and because most images need some sort of discussion before they are arbitrarily changed. You can bring up an argument for, say, a new profile picture of Zero on his talk page.

The only time when it is acceptable to replace an image with a new one is if you are uploading an essentially identical image of higher quality.

Deletion

Images will be marked for deletion if they are unused, have no foreseeable use, and/or violate any of the policies listed above. If you upload an image for use on your user page but choose to no longer use it, tag it for deletion by using the {{delete}} template.

Any user is welcome to add the {{No license}}, {{No rationale}}, {{Poor filename}}, {{Poor quality}} and {{delete}} tags to images to get an administrator's attention on an image that violates the policies outlined above.

Violations

Violations of this policy are subject to the blocking policy. Initial violations will likely result in warnings, while continued violations will result in a block.

Questions about this policy or about any warnings or blocks received as a violation of this policy should be directed to an administrator.

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