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Welcome to DramaWiki

Great to see you contributing to DramaWiki. As an editor, please review the following articles. This is so that you're aware of the formatting standards we use on DramaWiki.

• DramaWiki-wide

DramaWiki Manual of Style

International standard for date format

• Japan articles

Japanese TV Show Article Formatting

Japanese Artist Article Formatting

Romanization of Japanese

• Korea articles

Korean TV Show Article Formatting

Korean Artist Article Formatting

Romanization of Hangul

• HK/China/Taiwan/Singapore articles

Romanization of Chinese

--- Groink 01:26, 6 Jan 2008 (CST)

Pictures

DramaWiki is based on the MediaWiki software. MediaWiki requires all images to be uploaded to DramaWiki first. Once uploaded, they can be used in the article.

DramaWiki does not allow linking of external images within an article. This is because the image parameter in the MediaWiki software has no control over formatting of externally linked images, such as caching, resizing, positioning, etc. Generally, linking to external images is an unethical act throughout the Internet because it basically steals bandwidth from the host site. Many of these sites use free hosting and are therefore open to possible shut-down if their bandwidth exceeds a certain limit. Other sites pay for the bandwidth on an as-use basis. External linking by DramaWiki would accelerate the bandwidth consumption process ten-fold. DramaWiki wants no part in having other web sites shutdown or flooded with bandwidth charges.

Another reason for not linking to images outside of DramaWiki is that it bypasses the upload process. In the upload file page, you MUST affirm that the image you upload and use is not copyrighted.

Guidelines on image selection and usage

• Images should not be scaled upward. Example: 120px scaled up to 200px. This causes the image to have a bitty or jagged look.
• Attempt to edit the image to the correct size before uploading to DramaWiki. Using the thumb parameter requires additional processing by the MediaWiki software, and also uses up additional disk space to store the cached version(s) of the re-sized image.
• Avoid uploading of images that contain copyright or trademark symbols, watermarks containing the web site domain name or other name, or other markings not a part of the photo's theme (talent agency names, web site URLs, and other markings left due to cropping, etc.) Here's a big hint: If the image contains any web site name markings or other logo, the creator of that image does not want it to be used elsewhere. Respect these markings by not uploading and using them on DramaWiki.
• Crop images prior to uploading. Apply some artistic sense when working with images. For example, it is better to focus on a person's face than to display the entire body.
• For images used in artist articles, the entire head, along with the full face should be viewable. Focus on images where the parts of the face is not covered up, such as hair covering up the person's eye, or the person is wearing sunglasses or an eyepatch (unless, of course, these items are actually a part of the artist's persona.)
• Images should be sharp and in-focus. Avoid images that are badly colored and bitty, such as amateur scans from a magazine.
• If the owner of the image requests the image to be removed, please do so. Technically, it is illegal to upload copyrighted images to DramaWiki. DramaWiki leaves the declaration of licensing purely up to the uploader.

Filenames on all images must be properly named. A good rule-of-thumb is to use the article name as the filename, along with some form of indication as to the type of image. Good names in filenames help identify the content of the image without having to open the image.

• Good filenames:
  • The_Greatest_Drama-banner.jpg
  • Sakai_Noriko-headshot.jpg

• Bad filenames:
  • file01.jpg
  • picture.jpg
  • DCM384789.jpg

When placing images in an article, apply some web page design sense. Do not allow the image to take up too much of the screen. Try keeping the article's formatting so that it will look presentable when displayed in a 800x600 display. A good rule-of-thumb is to keep all artist images at a maximum size of 200px, and drama banners at or under 300px.

DramaWiki recommends using JPEG and GIF images. Although other formats, such as PNG, are supported, JPEG and GIF are universal across all web browsers and all computer operating systems. Groink 14:59, 6 Jan 2008 (CST)

Please do not even think about using the images you've just uploaded. If you do, they will immediately be reverted. Read and understand the guidelines provided for you above about image selection. --Lady Zhuge 15:57, 10 Feb 2008 (CST)