TRK Database:Gallery Guidelines

This page gives a summary of the standard format of a gallery page. Gallery pages are subpages of an article focused on organizing images of the article's subject. A link to a page's gallery can be located below the main image of its infobox. For the guidelines when it comes to the images themselves, please see our Image Policy.
==Pertinence==
A gallery must not display every image of an article's subject. Each image in a gallery should represent the subject effectively. For instance, in a character's gallery, refrain from including group images unless the character is the main focus or shares a significant portion of the spotlight. The subject of the gallery should be clearly visible in every image at a quick glance. Opt for textless versions of covers and posters when possible.
==Distribution and Layout==
Three levels of segmentation are used in galleries:
* Media segmentation
* Variation Categorization
* Format Categorization
===Media Segmentation===
A gallery will be first and foremost segmented by the type of media an image comes from:
* Comics
* Live-Action
* Animation
* Video Games
* Concept Art
Some galleries will belong to characters and things that have appeared in different types of media. The order of sections in each gallery depends on which medium is most important for the subject of the gallery.
===Variation Categorization===
Each media section can be divided into sub-sections to group different versions of the gallery's subject. For characters, these versions can be different costumes and identities. A sub-section can also organize images of the subject with a specific character. For teams and organizations, these versions can be different line-ups and incarnations. For items, locations, and races, they can be alternate reality versions. Galleries for elements with no clear variations can skip this division.
===Format Categorization===
Variation sub-sections (or media sub-sections if the gallery omits variation segmentation) should then be broken down into sub-sections based on the specific format of the image within the type of medium it comes from:
* Images under "Comics" are distributed into "Interior Art," "Cover Art," "Handbook Art" and "Promotional Art."
* Images under "Live-Action," "Animation," and "Video Games" are distributed into "Screenshots" and "Promotional Material."
===Headings===
Level 2 heading is used for media segmentation (like this: ==Comics==). Level 3 heading is used for variation segmentation (like this: ===Other Identities===). Level 4 heading is used for format segmentation (like this: ====Interior Art====). If variation segmentation is omitted, then Level 3 heading is used on format segmentation.
==Image Order==
Images in sub-sections like "Interior Art" and "Screenshots" should be organized according to the TRK Universe timeline. For example, if a comic book image released in 2024 takes place during the time frame of issues released in 2010, it should be placed with images from 2010. This rule also applies to images from media that jump between different times in their story. Multiple images from such media should be sorted in the order they happen in the story.
Images like comic covers, which are more symbolic, should be sorted by their release date, not by the timeline in the story. For covers of the same issue, the textless version (or the regular version if textless is not available) of the main cover comes first, and variants are sorted alphabetically. In galleries, virgin variants are considered textless versions of the main cover since they look almost the same. The same rule applies to virgin variants of a variant cover; they are treated as textless versions of that variant cover.
==Captions==
Captions should always be used to establish the source of an image. In order to automatically format the link to a piece of media, make sure to use the appropriate linking template: cl for comics, ml for movies, el for shows and vl for video games. Here are four examples for each:
Bloodshade Cover.jpg|From {{cl|Halloween Nights Vol 1 6}}
Exploring Mars-US Organization.png|From {{el|The Mars #1}}
And their captions are displayed like this:
Bloodshade Cover.jpg|From 
Exploring Mars-US Organization.png|From 
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Captions for images from covers and posters are formated only presenting the title of the piece of media. It's not necessary to distinguish textless versions of a cover as such, and virgin variants are regarded as textless versions.
Episode 1 Cover Poster.jpg|{{el|The Mars #1}}
Episode 2 Cover Poster.jpg|{{el|The Mars #2}}
Which is displayed like this:
Episode 1 Cover Poster.jpg|
Episode 2 Cover Poster.jpg|
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When it comes to variant comic book covers, the caption should distinguish them as such.
Legends of the Celestial Protectors Vol 1 1 Textless.jpg|{{cl|Legends of the Celestial Protectors Vol 1 1}}
Legends of the Celestial Protectors Vol 1 2 Textless.jpg|{{cl|Legends of the Celestial Protectors Vol 1 2}}Story Thus Far Variant
Which appears like this:
Legends of the Celestial Protectors Vol 1 1 Textless.jpg|
Legends of the Celestial Protectors Vol 1 2 Textless.jpg|Story Thus Far Variant
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Images cropped from comic book covers should indicate that they are details. In the case of images cropped from variant covers, the caption should indicate both that it's a variant cover and that it's a detail. The following example shows both instances:
Comic cover.jpg|{{cl|Legends of the Celestial Protectors Vol 1 1}}General Cover Design for comic issue, used before making comic cover
Which is displayed like this:
Comic cover.jpg|General Cover Design for comic issue, used before making comic cover
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If two or more images within the same division share a source, only the caption for the first image should link to the article of the source. The title of the source should still be manually formatted in the non-linked captions to account for the title format:
The Living Wolf.jpeg|From {{cl|Halloween Nights Vol 1 1}}
Living Wolf.jpeg|From Halloween Nights Vol 1 #1
Which is displayed like this:
The Living Wolf.jpeg|From 
Living Wolf.jpeg|From Halloween Nights Vol 1 #1
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