Kagurabachi Wiki:Image Policy


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This page sets out the policies towards images—including format, content, and copyright issues.

Short Version

Official images must be accurately sourced and categorized according to their origin.
All images must have the correct licensing, which is very important.
Images should be appropriately named and uploaded in the correct format.
Unofficial images will be deleted.
Do not upload duplicate images or images showing scenes that occur within seconds of each other.
Images should be placed in relevant sections without obstructing navigation or compromising the page's aesthetics.
All images used in infoboxes must be of high quality. Low-quality images will be replaced with proper ones, using only official sources.

Full Version

Before uploading an image, please review the Special:ListFiles page to verify if the image you intend to upload is already available on the wiki. All images are organized by source, making it easy to identify duplicates, which should be avoided.

If you confirm that the image is not already on the wiki, please follow the appropriate guidelines based on whether the image is an official image or fanart/unofficial content.

Image Naming

Character Images

Manga (Default File name)
Character Full Name Portrait.png

Colored (If the non-colored version was originally set as the default image, use this setup.)
Character Full Name Colored Portrait.png

Manga - Not colored (If the colored version was originally set as the default image, use this setup.)
Character Full Name Manga Portrait.png

If Character exists in one-shot - Not colored (Default)
Character Full Name One-shot Portrait.png

If Character exists in one-shot - Colored

Character Full Name One-shot Colored Portrait.png

Volume Covers

If Japanese only:
JP Volume #.png

If English Volume exists:
EN Volume #.png

For Volume Illustrations:
Volume # - Promotional Illustration.png

Chapter Covers

Chapter #.png

Character Portals

Character Full Name Portrait.png

Note: The file ratio should be 1:1, with the preferable size being 2048px x 2048px. This ensures consistency and optimal display across different platforms.

For character portraits, use manga releases if no illustration exists in the specified media. You can also use manga panels, anime, games, or collaborations, but make sure to crop them appropriately. If possible, clean up the image and background to make it look polished. If the character still doesn't have a colored illustration, use manga panels as their default portrait and update with a colored version later when it's available.

Quality

Make sure all character portraits are of high quality—clear and sharp, but not overly defined to the point of looking strange. Never upload low-quality images, as they will be replaced.

Uploading images

Privacy Disclosure Statement: For images in PNG format, all EXIF metadata is publicly accessible on Wikipedia and related websites. This metadata may include details such as your location, the date and time the image was taken, and the make and model of your camera or smartphone.

Generally

Drawings, icons, logos, maps, flags, and similar images should preferably be uploaded in SVG format as vector images. If SVG is not available, images with large, simple, and continuous color areas should be in PNG format.
Software screenshots, photos, and scanned images, including TV/movie screenshots, should all be in PNG format. PNG is also recommended for simple subjects where it results in a smaller file size without compromising quality.
Inline animations should be uploaded in animated GIF format.

Do NOT

...upload images in JPG/JPEG format for drawings, icons, logos, maps, flags, or other similar images. JPG/JPEG files are lossy formats, which can degrade the image quality, especially for images with sharp lines or text. Instead, use SVG for vector images or PNG for images with large, simple color blocks.
...upload software screenshots, photos, or scanned images in formats other than PNG. PNG ensures lossless compression, preserving the image quality without artifacts that can occur with other formats like JPG.
...use formats other than GIF for inline animations. GIF is the standard format for animations and ensures compatibility and proper display across various platforms.
...use PNG format for images that should be vector-based (like logos or icons) unless an SVG version is not available. PNG is suitable for raster images but may not provide the same scalability and quality as SVG for vector graphics.

Generally speaking, you should not contribute images consisting solely of formatted or unformatted text, tables, or mathematical formulas. In most cases these can instead be typed directly into an article in wiki markup (possibly using MediaWiki's special syntax for tables, math). This will make the information easier to edit, as well as make it accessible to users of screen readers and text-based browsers.

Images containing text

When uploading images or screenshots related to specific arcs or character life histories that contain text, please also provide a version without any text. This will assist wiki editors in translating the image into other languages.

Additionally, always use the official Japanese source rather than the translated versions from MANGAPlus or VIZ Media. Due to copyright laws, manga panels from VIZ Media and MANGAPlus are protected and sharing these images without permission infringes on the intellectual property rights of the publishers and creators.

Cropping

Please crop images to remove irrelevant areas when necessary, but avoid removing important information. For example, if a screenshot features both George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, and your article only needs Lincoln, upload both the original image and a cropped version focusing on Lincoln. Additionally, if an image includes captions as part of the artwork (such as book illustrations, early cartoons, or lithographs), do not crop out the captions. Instead, provide the original, uncropped version as well.

Identifying usable images

Copyright and licensing

Before you upload an image, make sure that the image falls in one of the four categories:

Own work: You own all rights to the image, usually meaning that you created it entirely yourself. In case of a photograph or screenshot, you must also own the copyright for all copyright-protected items (e.g. statue or app) that appear in it.
Freely licensed: You can prove that the copyright holder has released the image under an acceptable free license (example, see below for details). Note that images that are licensed for use only on Wikipedia, or only for non-commercial or educational use, or under a license that doesn't allow for the creation of modified/derived works, are unsuitable. Important note: just because you did not have to pay money for the image does not mean that it is "free content" or acceptable for use on Wikipedia. The vast majority of images on the internet are copyrighted and cannot be used here – even if there is not a copyright notice, it is automatically copyrighted from the moment of creation. When in doubt, do not upload copyrighted images.
Public domain: You can prove that the image is in the public domain, i.e. free of all copyrights.
Fair use/non-free: You believe that the image meets the special conditions for non-free content, which exceptionally allow the use of unlicensed material, and you can provide an explicit non-free use rationale explaining why and how you intend to use it.

Free licenses

There are several licenses that meet the definition of "free" here. Several Creative Commons (CC) license alternatives are available. Licenses which restrict the use of the media to non-profit or educational purposes only (i.e. non-commercial use only), or which are given permission to appear only on Wikipedia, are not free enough for Wikipedia's usages or goals and will be deleted. In short, Wikipedia media (with the exception of "fair use" media—see below) should be as "free" as Wikipedia's content—both to keep Wikipedia's own legal status secure and to allow as much re-use of Wikipedia content as possible. For example, Wikipedia can accept images under CC-BY-SA (Attribution-Share Alike) as a free license, but not CC-BY-SA-NC (Attribution-Share Alike-Non-Commercial).

Public domain

Public domain images are not copyrighted, and copyright law does not restrict their use in any way. Wikipedia pages, including non-English language pages, are hosted on a server in the United States, so US law governs whether a Wikipedia image is in the public domain.

Fair-use/Non-free images

Some usage of copyrighted materials without permission of the copyright holder can qualify as fair use in the United States (but not in most other jurisdictions). However, since Wikipedia aims to be a free-content encyclopedia, not every image that qualifies as fair-use may be appropriate. Use of copyrighted material under an invalid claim of a non-free rationale constitutes copyright infringement and is illegal. Media which are mistagged as non-free or are a flagrant copyright violation can be removed on sight. Editors who notice correctable errors in non-free tags or rationales are urged to fix them, if able. Voluntarily fixing such problems is helpful to Wikipedia, though many errors may be impossible to fix, such as the original source or copyright owner. A user may be banned for repeatedly uploading material which is neither free nor follows the required for non-free images.

Watermarks, credits, titles, and distortions

Free images should not be watermarked, distorted, have any credits or titles in the image itself or anything else that would hamper their free use, unless, of course, the image is intended to demonstrate watermarking, distortion, titles, etc. and is used in the related article. Exceptions may be made for historic images when the credit or title forms an integral part of the composition. Historical images in the public domain sometimes are out of focus, display dye dropouts, dust or scratches or evidence of the printing process used. All photo credits should be in a summary on the image description page.