Policy:Uploading images
Do note that this is the "Yo-kai Watch Encyclopedia" uploading images. For uploading any images at Yo-kai Watch Encyclopedia, do read these rules to prevent them to be deleted or that you will be blocked.
Image/uploading outline
Yo-kai Watch Encyclopedia will accept image files types that are limited to these extensions only: JPG, PNG, SVG, and GIF.
- JPG-type files are always welcome, however, if you can obtain a .PNG-type file, it would be more preferable as .JPG-type files gradually lose their quality the more people begin to download from them. The .PNG-type files are of a superior quality to .JPG-type files as well, and as a result, they would overall be desire. If you only have access to .JPG(s) then by all means upload them, just be mindful and aware that your image may in time be replaced with a .PNG or at least a higher quality version if available.
- GIF-type images are used with extreme moderation, and only on non-account/blog articles. They also cannot be added to a gallery under any circumstances and must be fully relevant to the series and more specifically the page it is placed within. These types of images must demonstrate a certain level of importance or need-to-show basis rather than to just to randomly show a segment of the series. Pages must also have a discrete quantity of .GIF files as they can and will inflict mild to heavy lag upon several of our visitors and editors alike. All .GIF images will be judged by the administrative staff as either useful and relevant, or as an item for deletion. However, this wiki do not accept GIF-type files for over the entire wiki.
Image Quality
Yo-kai Watch Encyclopedia values quality quite highly as we are a hub of information. As a result, if there are currently low quality images through the wiki, they will eventually be replaced with higher quality images as we try to maintain a quality standard here. If you happen to find one of these images, you may add the tag poor quality to alert other contributors of its existence so they may replace it with a better one. As the image is replaced, you must remove the tag so that other contributors know that it has already been fixed.
- This wiki prefer .PNG-type file images over .JPG-type file images because .JPG images slowly lose their quality each time someone saves them. This type of quality cannot be recovered without the orginal file.
- Use a good file name, if there is a image with a poor file name then add the tag poor filename. Do not use a semi-colon in the filename.
- Upload the file of its original size and do not clip the file down to show one person or another. These images will be tagged under poor file and will be removed from the wiki.
- Try to avoid all traces of watermarks, if possible. If an image is watermarked by a TV Station, then tag it with watermarked file. However, if the image you uploaded is watermarked by another website it will be deleted immediately.
- Avoid subtitles and translations made by scanalation or other non-official groups. Use only RAWS (Non-subtitled or translated content) when clipping from the manga, and for all animated content. You may either use the raw or stop on a fram and deselect subtitles. Subtitles and edits made or associated by scanalation groups ruin the image, reduces its originality, and also incorporates a fuzzy copyright issue that technically makes those images illegal.
Image Galleries
You may create a gallery on a article other than your profile page, however, adding galleries on the most part of the wiki is prohibited. Follow the rules mentioned here:
- Galleries shall not be added on Yo-kai, characters, merchandise or any articles that are not movies, or video games. There is a high limit to what kind of images the galleries should contain on the articles that are allowed to be used for, so be aware.
- All images must be related to the franchise on your profile page.
- Must contain absolutely no fan art or other types of non official art on your profile page, even if it is your own artwork. This is due to copyright issues by the ones created it.
- Must contain proper images and not photographed text.
- No .GIF-type files or similar image types are allowed by any means within a gallery.
- Do not re-upload pre-existing images through galleries, check to see if it may already exist or the newly added image will be removed immediately and you will be alerted of the already existing one.
Galleries in fact can be a great thing, but with a franchise as Yo-kai Watch it will be misused or even abused that can lead to unorganization, copies of files, and other issues. As a result, if we notice you breaking any of these rules we will notify you of your action(s) and direct you to this page to become aware, if you are found repeatedly breaking these rules despite already being warned at least once then a decision will be made for whether or not to ban the account responsible so as to keep this wikia clean, proper, and user friendly.
Re-Uploading
Do not re-upload images that are already uploaded to the wiki or they shall swiftly be removed by the staff. You will receive a notification about re-uploading an image that was already on the wiki. This is, of course, to prevent wasting space and creating a confusing mess of images throughout the wiki.
There is, however, one sole exception: to replace an existing image with a higher quality version of the image. If you have a better quality image to that of one here, you can replace it. Though, it will still be reviewed by the staff to prevent contributors from uploading a complete different image with the same name, adding personal/sensitive/offensive/explicit/ or other types of banned images in their place, deleting perfectly fine images, etc.
Origin of an Uploaded Image
We as a wiki will accept any kind of image deemed as appropriate, originating from the official materials including: the manga, the anime, the movies, specials, video games, early development concepts, concept art, etc. We will not accept fan art or edited images that deviate in any way from their original format, quality, and outlook on any articles and especially not 18+ images which you will be banned in an instant for uploading that. Keep the source in mind when you chose to upload your image(s).
Legality tagging
The copyrights and rights of every image that are coming from the anime, manga, specials, games, merchandise, or movies or evenly posters of the franchise belongs to Level-5, Bandai Namco, Nintendo, Shogakukan, TV Tokyo, OLM, Inc. and Dentsu, but mostly to its origin Level-5. Please do understand that any uploaded images that you've uploaded are not yours and evenly claiming them that they are yours cause you've found them on the internet or clean them, got the screenshot from a scanned episode, got them from the raw manga series or anything else. Every image belong to its creators and no matter what you say about it or discuss about it, they are not yours. Images, like fan arts or 18+ images are not falling under the same category, but we forbid them to make any appearances to this wiki cause we only use original images.
Websites such as Yo-kai Watch World causes a mass disturbance about images that are not rightfully theirs as they go as far to haunt sites that are using "their" images not to use them or to credit them. Do not use images that are coming from Yo-kai Watch World as they are not worthy receiving any credits for false claims of the images distributed by the original creators. If an incident happens on this wiki with Yo-kai Watch World harassing this wiki, they will be reported to Level-5 for falsly claiming their images as theirs and forcing them to take their website down.
Fair use
Tag the images that you've uploaded to the wiki so mark their fair usage. There are different types of fair use templates that mark the image copyright by their creators to give them all the credit they need. One of them is the well known fair use template. You can find all the templates under one category tag templates.
Placement in articles
We do have a strict policy about how a contributor should put images in the character, Yo-kai, video games, etc. articles. We are following the left to right policy, if there is a infobox added in a certain page. If the infobox is not placed in an article, then we are using the right to left policy.
Files around this wiki never must have "px" added to their image, instead use a |thumb|right| or |thumb|left|. Icons can be added to the character infoboxes, with other words it will be merge with the infobox.
Fanon images
Yo-kai Watch Encyclopedia do not support fan images about the series or even not related to the series at all, not even your own fan images of the series or unrelated to the series. Fan images are mostly copyrighted by their creators and also not true to the original concept and art of the franchise. Also, the images of fan arts are also useless and evenly can make visitors think, which is probably a serious issue for them to believe that Yo-kai Watch is a bunch of nonsense. Uploading fan art will also attract contributors that will also upload only fan art.
Sexual images
Uploading 18+ images at Yo-kai Watch Encyclopedia is strictly prohibited that will result in a direct ban by the staff. The demography of the franchise is aimed at children and uploading the images to this wiki will introduce them eearly to sexual behavior and will leave a black mark to the wiki. Loose from that, it is strictly forbidden to add any sexual images of the series or evenly non-series or series related images. Evenly if you dare to put a banner on the top of your userpage said that it is only allowed for 18+ then we will be in contact with the wikia staff about this issue.
Yo-kai Watch Encyclopedia only supports images that are related to the franchise and thus do not support images that are unrelated to the series. Evenly, if the character appears in a different anime, manga, movie or anything else. If the character of the Yo-kai Watch series has been seen in another manga or anime, then it will be written at the Yo-kai Watch article section.
Images of Userpages
It is allowed that you can add images on your userpages, but there are also limits what kind of images you must not upload on your user page, here are some few points:
- It is not allowed to add sexual or harassment images, see above.
- It is not allowed to add any fan arts images.
- It is not allowed to add any GIF images.
- It is not allowed to add any images that are not related to the series.