Halopedia:Image use policy

This article is about the Halopedia policy regarding general uploading and use of images. For the Halopedia policy regarding personal images, see Halopedia:Personal Image Policy.

The following guildelines are strongly encouraged when uploading images for use in articles for this encyclopedia.

• In most cases, images should be a PNG image uploaded to the Wiki via the Upload file page.
• Images should be optimized for the web and its size should not exceed 100 kilobytes.
• Images' dimensions should be approximately the same size as on the official site and never exceed 600 pixels in width.
• JPEG format is generally only desirable for "live action" pictures.
• GIF formats are only desirable in the rare case of an animated GIF picture.
• BMP formats are never desirable.
• When uploading the file, be sure to give it a meaningful name which describes its content and more importantly, its use on the Wiki, as in this example:

"masterchief935.png" is not meaningful. "halo_3_screenshot.png" is more meaningful.

Please note that any non-personal images that hasn't been used within 12 hours of being uploaded will be subject to deletion as unused images.