Forum:Policy: Book Covers - Reform

Existing Policy: Book Covers Reasons: I feel that this policy is a little out of date and not easy to use and am proposing a reform as seen below.

To Include:

 * Naming Conventions
 * Front Covers
 * Back Covers
 * Foreign Covers
 * Small Versions
 * Series Tags
 * Language Tags
 * Cover Sizes
 * Small and Large

Naming Conventions
There should be a universal set of guidelines for naming book covers.
 * Standard North-American format: SeriesTag-#.extention
 * Alternative language/version format: SeriesTag-#-LanguageTag.extention
 * Small Image Format: as above but include ‘SM-‘ before the rest of the name
 * Back Cover format: as above but include ‘BK-‘ before the rest of the name.

Series Tags
To be used where the name says 'SeriesTag'
 * Original Series:OS
 * The New Prophecy: NP
 * Power of Three: PO3
 * Omen of the Stars: OTS
 * Field Guide: FG
 * Super Edition: SE
 * Lost Warrior: LW
 * Tigerstar and Sasha: TS
 * Ravenpaw's Path: RP
 * The Rise of Scourge: TROS

Language/Version Tags
To be used where the name says 'LanguageTag'
 * Chinese: CN
 * German: DE
 * Finnish: FI
 * French: FR
 * Greek: GR
 * Hungarian: HU
 * Japanese: JA
 * Korean: KO
 * Lithuanian: LT
 * Netherlands: NL
 * Polish: PL
 * Romanian: RO
 * Russian: RU
 * Turkish: TR
 * United Kingdom: UK
 * United Kingdom, version two: UK2

If the North-American paperback version differs from the hardback version then 'PB' should be used here. The audio versions of these should use the tag 'Audio' The inside covers of some verions - if different from the dustcover - should use the tag 'Inside'

Box Sets
Where the name says '-#-', this should be filled in with the numbers of the books in the set. (ie. 1-6 or 1-3) Where the name says 'LangTag', the tag 'BS' should be used.

Large Covers
These are intended for use on the main book article or in the gallery.
 * Size: as close as is possible to 324px high by 223px wide.
 * File type preferred: .jpg is the preferred extension for better quality.

Small Covers
These are intended for use on the WWiki Main Page and in feature articles.
 * Size: as close as is possible to 151px high by 100px wide.
 * File type preferred: .png is the preferred extension for these.

That's it from me. There are a few changes when you compare this with the existing policy such as the actual tags used and the file extentions preferred, but there is nothing too big. I just think this will help get these images organised. Comments etc below then s'il vous plait =) I don't know how long this discussion will be up for, I'm assuming around a week to ten days but those decisions are out of my hands. -- Sandy star 13:19, July 17, 2010 (UTC)