Operation Harsh Doorstop Wiki:File Policy

**Files**, generally images, videos and sound files, are media that are used in articles, community pages and templates to display information in lieu of text, or as an example of the text associated. This File Policy highlights how to upload files, apply licensing, with the correct naming rules, of reasonable quality, onto pages. Files are uploaded to the wiki are done through the Special:NewFiles page.

## Images

**Images**, including animations, can be uploaded for any article or page on the wiki. It is highly preferred if all images uploaded were in format for a .png, .gif or a .tga, to allow for transparency. When uploading, you must consider the copyright of the file you are uploading, its subject matter and title, and its quality.

## Videos

**Videos** that contain commentary (in the way they are biased) and weapon montages are banned from use on mainspace articles, it is also asked you try not to upload videos with openers or commentators advertising the channel they are uploaded to, as this could be seen as a form of advertising. Furthermore, they should not contain any comments requesting for likes, favourites and/or subscriptions. Videos for your userpage should be done using the "{{youtube}}" template, instead of being uploaded. Guides are acceptable for mainspace use as long as they are of good quality.

### Youtube tags

1. Firstly, get your video URL, " http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNwspV1x\_gk " will be used for demonstration.
2. Secondly get the video from the "v=" part, so for the demonstration URL I've supplied it would be "dNwspV1x\_gk"
3. Lastly, put this video in the {{Youtube}} template. Using the demonstration URL supplied it would like this: "{{youtube|dNwspV1x\_gk}}".

## Sound Files

**Sound Files** can also be uploaded to the wiki for use to play a sound file, embedded in the page. These can include aspectrs such as gun firing sounds, music, and voice lines. Sound files must be uploaded in .wav, .mp3 or .ogg, must be free of background noise and must portray the subject in its entirety.

## Naming

Naming your file is significant for its use in the wiki, per the concept of intrinsic documentation. The naming policy for each file is denoted as such:

> (Subject) (Descriptive) (Action) (Game Identifier).(File Extension)
>
>

An example of this naming style would be AK47 Gold Reloading OHD.png

* The **Subject** is the main object in the image. (AK47)
* The **Descriptive** is any supplementary characteristics of the main object. (Gold)
* The **Action** is the state of being or the action taken by the object. (Reloading)
* The **Game Identifier** is the shorthand acronym for the game it is a part of. As *Operation: Harsh Doorstop* only has one entry in the series, this section is left blank for now. (OHD)
* The **File Extension** is the file type, e.g. .png, .tga, .gif, .ogg, .wav, .mp4. (.png)

Most files are given specific naming templates based on the subject matter of the articles. These templates are advised to be adhered to, but are not static and can be changed.

Examples of this policy would be:

* AK47.png - Used for displaying a model of the item in an inspection screen.
* AK47 Icon.png - Used for displaying the inventory icon of the item.
* AK47 First Person.png - Used for displaying the object being held in the hand of the player.

**Personal Files** are files that are used on your profile or another community page, and must be marked with Personal and your profile name in the image name. An example would be Personal Prof. Sugarcube AK47.png. Personal files that have been uploaded and that are unused on a page for a week will be removed.

## Updates of game images

Occasionally, *Operation: Harsh Doorstop* will undergo an update that changes the appearance or icon of an item. **The updated versions of each icon should be uploaded on top of the old one**, with a comment denoting which update the icon was released in.

The purpose of this is to allow the file system to function as an archive of when an item's icon or model was changed according to updates.

## Licenses

When uploading a pictures, ALWAYS remember to add a license. If not, **your picture may be deleted.**

To add a license, look for the "License" dropdown bar when uploading a picture or added in post by editing the file page itself and adding in the respective template. The general rule is that all screenshots and official media are under "Copyrighted media", so select that when uploading screenshots, and real-life or self-made pictures are under "Public Domain".

If you don't know the license, do not guess what it should be, pick a random license, or otherwise license it incorrectly. Doing so accomplishes nothing, as the picture still remains without a **correct** license. For more help on correct license tags, see this page.

## Graphics settings

Due to the potential for better graphics, nearly all screenshot images are best taken on PC if possible.

When taking pictures, try to make sure that your graphic settings are high and/or at maximum. This makes screenshots look much better.

If you can't up graphic settings without something really bad happening, like your computer malfunctioning or the framerate becoming intolerably low, then you can upload a picture with low graphic settings. However, it might be replaced by a picture with better graphics, so don't be angry if it is replaced.

If you can maximize some but not all graphics settings, prioritize on settings that make the contents of the image look better. Typically, a higher resolution is always better, although it is the most demanding setting to change. HD resolutions (1280x720 and above, ideally 1920x1080) are adequate, as this is the standard resolution *Operation: Harsh Doorstop* games run on. For most pictures, higher anti-aliasing and texture quality are also good.

It is also preferred to have the game's field of view (FoV) set to the default since this is what all players have the capability of seeing.

## Cropping

After you take a screenshot, you should crop the image so that only the thing you are focusing on is in the image. Infraview has an easy to use cropping system, so grab it if you want a free and easy way to crop pictures.

If you can't, many other users can crop it for you.

## Transparency

Unless it can be proven to look better otherwise, only weapons, models, vehicles and menu icons are permitted to have transparency enabled (an alpha layer). A guide on how to enable transparency can be found here.

## Image effects

Any sort of image after-modification such as drop shadows or shading is **prohibited**. Feathering may be used with appropriate extent to smoothen a transparent image, though.

## Images from videos

Due to the low quality found from images from videos, if an image is taken from a video that is of low quality, the image should only be a **core** image. Such as a weapon page should only have images of the gun and iron sights, any other images are unnecessary and will be removed. Furthermore, any images containing a watermark will be removed due to advertising.