Carnivores Wiki:File guidelines

These are some guidelines to keep in mind when uploading and using files on the Carnivores Wiki.

General

 * You may only upload screenshots you yourself took. Screenshots found on the internet are not acceptable and will be deleted upon discovery.
 * You must add a source and copyright information for every file you upload. If the file was manipulated in any way (for example, if it was converted between formats), you should also add a summary of how it was changed.
 * Screenshots and game graphics may be used on the Carnivores Wiki under fair use.
 * Fair-use files may only be used in articles. They can only be linked to (e.g. ) anywhere else.

Format
Wherever possible, screenshots should be saved in PNG format. If they are generated in a different format, they should generally be converted directly to PNG with OptiPNG (if possible; it can convert from BMP, GIF, TIFF, and PNM) to reduce their filesize losslessly; for details on PNG optimization, see wikipedia:Wikipedia:Preparing images for upload.

Very simple images may be candidates for conversion to SVG instead.

Audio should be in OGG format.

Naming
Files should have reasonably descriptive names. For example, if you are uploading a map of area 3 of Carnivores Ice Age, you should not name it "Area 3 map" - a far better name is "Ring of Infernus map". Files with extremely generic names may be deleted immediately.