User:Appledash/Image use policy

Warriors Wiki is not an image hosting site, and this policy addresses the guidelines here and will serve to cut back on excess images and clarify image use by editors of the Wiki.

Userpage images

 * 1) Only one personal image file can be on a userpage. Other images may be allowed, but they must be added via revision history links.
 * 2) However, if a user wants to show the images they did for PCA, they may do so and upload them to their userpage.
 * 3) A user must upload their personal image under File:[Username].personal.png . If it is not correctly named, a staff member will come by and rename it and leave a message on the user's talk page. The user must continue to reupload over that.
 * 4) If you wish to enter either a blank competition or a charart contest, upload your entries underneath File:Username.contest.png.

PCA images

 * 1) PCA uses a uniform naming convention - File:Name.rank.extension. See below for more details on naming conventions.
 * 2) If an image is improperly named, a staff member will rename it and remind the user to upload under the new file each time.
 * 3) Each reupload must be under the correctly named file image.
 * 4) For images uploaded on PCA's apprentice tutorials, they must be titled correctly, which will be addressed below.

Naming conventions
All PCA images should be named in the format File:Name.rank.extension.png. Nothing but the first letter of the name should be capitalized. However, due to the length of the rank, some of them are abbreviated. Examples: Medicine cat apprentice --> mca (Cinderpelt.mca.png) Medicine cat --> mc (Jayfeather.mc.png) Tribe of Endless Hunting --> toeh (Feathertail.toeh.png) StarClan --> star (Firestar.star.png) To-be --> tb (Brook.tb.png) Early settler --> es (Gray Wing.es.png) Dark Forest --> df (Hawkfrost.df.png) Cave-guard --> cg (Talon.cg.png) Cats of the Park --> cotp (Riverstar.cotp.png) Kit mother --> km (Star.km.png) Prey-hunter --> ph (Stormfur.ph.png) Sharpclaw - sc (Jay's Wing.sc.png) Guardian cats - gc (Fierce.gc.png) Unknown residence - unknown (Ravenpaw.unknown.png)

Only these ranks are abbreviated. If the abbreviated name is not on the list, it should be written out completely.

You can also check if an image does not match this.

Name changes

 * 1) Tribe cats will only have their first name for their file. For example, File:Brook Where Small Fish Swim.ph.png is incorrect. The correct file name should be File:Brook.ph.png, because it is her first name only.
 * 2) A file must have the current name of the cat. For example, File:Bramblepaw.apprentice.png is incorrect. The correct file name should be File:Bramblestar.apprentice.png, because Bramblestar is his current name.
 * 3) If two cats share more than one name, the correct identifier that appears on the article should be in the file name. For example, if one is doing Ashfur from ThunderClan's image, the file name should not be File:Ashfur.warrior.png. The correct file name would be File:Ashfur (TC).warrior.png.