Fairy Tail Wiki talk:Image Guild/Archive 2

Image Gallery Guidelines
So you guys, as you know, the Image Galleries had a significant increase on their amount of images, and the lack of some rules on the Galleries' organization made them confusing to viewers. In order to fix this, I'm proposing some Guidelines for them like the other Guilds do:

PS: The list of rules got kinda big, so if approved, they'll be hidden like this. {{Hidden|Click show to view the Guidelines|

General Rules

 * 1) The templates, headers and gallery settings for Image Galleries vary. However all gallery pages should begin with the following code:

and end with:


 * 1) Image Galleries are composed of three Portions:
 * The Manga portion, where images from the Fairy Tail manga by Hiro Mashima are placed.
 * The Anime portion, where images from the Fairy Tail anime by A-1 Pictures & Satelight are placed.
 * The Video Clips portion, where animated GIFs made from the Fairy Tail Anime by A-1 Pictures & Satelight are placed.
 * 1) The images placed on a character's gallery must have the character in it in some way or something directly related to the character like their Magic Seal.
 * 2) Each image placed in a gallery should have a corresponding caption.
 * 3) All of the galleries within an Image Gallery should have their "Add a photo to this gallery" button hidden.

Rules for the Manga Portion

 * 1) The Manga Portion should have an Appearance section. The following type images should be placed there:
 * Mugshots/Profile Pictures: Any mugshots or potential profile pictures of the characters. Profile pictures include pictures from when the character was young, the character during the Pre-Timeskip period, and the character during the Post-Timeskip period.
 * Full Appearance Pictures: Fullbody pictures of the character.
 * Different But Relevant Pictures: Any pictures of the character in which the character does not look how he/she normally looks.
 * What's a different relevant look: It's a very subjective category, but it usually includes outfits that were used during an Arc (for example: Lucy's and Natsu's celestial clothes during the Oración Seis Arc), significant changes of a character appearance (for example: Chapati Lola's wigs), and pictures that show different aspects of the character (for example: a Guild Mark, or a masked character without the Mask).


 * If one or more of the above mentioned pictures has been featured in manga color, the colored image will be used instead of the B&W version. (Ex: Use this instead of this)
 * Sketches and the first designs of the character.
 * P.S.: Please note that the character in question must be the focus of the image you want to place in this section.


 * 1) The Manga Portion should have a switchable Black & White/Color/Title Cover section.
 * In the Black & White section there should be images from actual panels of manga, and they should be ordered according to their appearance in the timeline of events of the Fairy Tail universe. Black and White images from other sources (like Omakes or loose drawings) should be placed at the end.
 * In the Color section there should be colored images of the character from various official manga sources.
 * In the Title Cover section there should be images that feature characters on the cover of a chapter, respecting the numerical order of these chapters.


 * 1) All galleries in this Portion should have three columns.
 * 2) If there aren't suitable pictures to be placed in a section, please don't include that sections in the gallery.

Rules for the Anime Portion

 * 1) The Anime Portion should have an Appearance section. The following type images should be placed there:
 * Mugshots/Profile Pictures: Any mugshots or potential profile pictures of the characters. Profile pictures include pictures from when the character was young, the character during the Pre-Timeskip period, and the character during the Post-Timeskip period.
 * Full Appearance Pictures: Fullbody pictures of the character.
 * Different But Relevant Pictures: Any pictures of the character in which the character does not look how he/she normally looks.
 * What's a different relevant look: It's a very subjective category, but it usually includes outfits that were used during an Arc (for example: Lucy's and Natsu's celestial clothes during the Oración Seis Arc), significant changes of a character appearance (for example: Chapati Lola's wigs), and pictures that show different aspects of the character (for example: a Guild Mark, or a masked character without the Mask).
 * P.S.: Please note that the character in question must be the focus of the image you want to place in this section.


 * 1) The Anime Portion should have an switchable Anime/Openings & Endings/OVA section.
 * In the Anime section there should be images of actual scenes in the anime, and they should be ordered according to their appearance in the timeline of events of the Fairy Tail universe. Anime Images from other sources (like CD Covers and posters) should be placed at the end.
 * In the Openings & Endings section there should be images of characters from the openings and endings of the anime.
 * In the OVA section there should be images of the character in question from the various Fairy Tail OVAs. These images must be placed in chronological order as well.


 * 1) All galleries in this Portion should have three columns.
 * 2) If there aren't suitable pictures to be placed in a section, please don't include that section in the gallery.

Rules for the Video Clips Portion

 * 1) The Video Clip portion doesn't have any sections. Only animated gifs from the anime may be included in this section and those gifs must be in chronological order in relation to the timeline of events of the Fairy Tail universe.

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 * 1) The gallery in this portion should have only two columns.
 * 2) If there aren't suitable gifs to be placed at this portion, please do not it in the gallery.


 * Here's a model of a Gallery adapted to these rules.

18:12,12/26/2012

I can't believe I read this whole thing O____O I support this idea. I like it. :)

but that should actually be part of the Layout Guide and just have the Guild's guidelines link to the layout guide 04:10, December 27, 2012 (UTC)
 * If approved, it will become part of the Layout Guide. I hope. 04:12,12/27/2012

Sounds like a great idea :D. 04:22, December 27, 2012 (UTC)

=] 10:53, December 27, 2012 (UTC)

Good idea, looks better. 11:29,12/27/2012

That's a great idea for guidelines :). 11:27, December 28, 2012 (UTC)