The Tekkit Classic Wiki:Images

This page will document the official image policy of The Tekkit Wiki. This policy applies to both images and videos.

General

 * Do not upload duplicate images. Check all pages related to your image to see if that image is already used. You should also be notified when uploading if your image is a duplicate. Duplicates will be deleted.
 * Use descriptive file names. "File:0012050215421.jpg" and "File:Tekkit1.png" are examples of non-descriptive names. Instead, use names like "File:Buildcraft Pump.jpg" or "File:Nuclear Reactor Chamber.png". Administrators can rename files when needed.
 * Provide a source for the image. If the image was taken from another sight, be sure to include that website somewhere on the file page. No source will be interpreted as you took the image in the game.
 * Select a license for the photo. All screenshots and artwork including Minecraft skins are copyrighted by Mojang, making the fair use. All user-uploaded images (fanart) must be released under free license. Incorrect licensing or the lack of will result in the image being deleted. (Note: read the section below before uploading fanart.)
 * Try to remove logos, watermarks, and borders before uploading the image. Only remove watermarks if it is located on a white background; never remove a watermark if it is on image content itself and never try to reconstruct an image portion from memory.

Placement
File:Image1.png|Description of Image 1 File:Image2.png|Description of Image 2
 * Make images no bigger than they need to be. Average size should be somewhere around 150px to 250px.
 * Images should be thumbnails ( parameter) unless necessary (like those in infoboxes).
 * If an image pertains to the subject, but there are already existing images in the article, place any new images in a gallery at the bottom of the page. Format galleries like this:
 * Images should only be used in an article once. If an image is duplicated somewhere on the page, one should be removed, even if it exists in a gallery.

Special
These policies refer to special cases of images.

Off topic
Off topic images -- those with no relevance to Tekkit -- are forbidden. There are no exceptions to this rule (sort of; see below). This includes, but is not limited to, the following: Be aware that an administrator can delete these images at any time, without any warning, at their discretion.
 * lolcats
 * Pictures of users
 * Pictures of users' possessions
 * User banners

Exceptions
There are two exceptions to this rule.

The first exception is that an image may be hotlinked (linked to, but not uploaded). Please be aware that only images from certain sites are able to be hotlinked and these images must not be used outside of User, User talk/Message wall, Forum, and Forum talk pages. This especially applies to articles; no off topic articles are allowed on articles. However, these images must be appropriate. This means no pornography or anything that the administrators deem inappropriate (within reason). Hotlinked inappropriate images may result in a warning and/or block. Examples of hotlinking can be found on this page. One site through which hotlinking is possible is through Wikimedia Commons.

The second exception is images may be uploaded for use in interface messages or templates, such as warning templates. These images may be used on articles only if they are located within a transcluded template. These images are usually only uploaded by wiki administrators.

Fanart
The term "fanart" is used to refer to images that are created by users and contain relevance to Tekkit. Fanart should follow these guidlines:
 * Administrators have the right to deem individual fanart as off-topic and delete without warning.
 * Fanart must be freely licensed. Failure to correctly license fanart will result in the deletion of the file.
 * There is a limit of 5 fanart images per user. This does not include deleted or reuploaded images.
 * Administrators can individually ban users from uploading fanart. While this cannot be done by the software, exceeding a prescribed limit of fanart uploads will result in a block. Users that are limited from uploading fanart are listed below.
 * Fanart must be appropriate: this means no pornography or anything that the administrators deem inappropriate (within reason). Inappropriate fanart may result in a warning and/or block.
 * Fanart is restricted to pages in the User:, User talk:, Forum:, and Forum talk: namespaces. This means no fanart on articles whatsoever. Adding fanart to articles will result in removal of the image from the article and deletion of the image and/or a warning and/or a fanart upload ban and/or a block.
 * Fanart created for use in wiki interface does not need to be licensed as fanart (or have any license at all) because it is assumed the image is under the same license as the text of the wiki.

Licensing
All images uploaded to The Tekkit Wiki must be licensed. Failure to license will result in a warning and/or deletion of the image.
 * : This is licensed under the GFDL
 * The GFDL is a license allowing use of the image as long as any subsequent users license the image under the GFDL. (details)
 * : This is licensed under the GPL
 * " This is licensed under the LGPL
 * The above two licenses only apply to screenshots of free software. In short, if the software is GPL-licensed, use the GPL license.  If the software is LGPL-licensed, use the LGPL license.  Note that this does not apply to the majority of software available, especially software you must pay for (including games)
 * This is licensed under Creative Commons...
 * The Creative Commons is the most common form of free licensing. Attribution means that you must attribute the original creator of the image under the license.  ShareAlike means that all derivitive works must be under the same license, and Attribution ShareAlike is a combination of the two.
 * The three templates for CreativeCommons license are,  , and  , for the CC-Attribution, CC-ShareAlike, and the CC-Attribution-ShareAlike licenses respectively.
 * : This has been released into the public domain
 * The creator of the image has released all rights to the image. If you license your own works under this license, anyone will be able to do whatever they please with it with no restrictions.  Be very careful with this license, as it will apply to extremely little work found on the Internet.

'''Please note that no screenshots from Tekkit qualify as freely licensed. You must use a fair use license as described below.'''

Fair Use/Full Copyright
Images created by Mojang pertaining to Tekkit (this does not include fanart - fanart may not be uploaded under a fair use/full copyright license) must be licensed under a fairuse license, denoted with the  template. You may not upload fanart under this license.

Avatars
You can upload any image for your avatar provided that it is not pornographic, offensive in any way, and is otherwise reasonable.

Bans
'''Below is the use of users banned from uploading fanart. This is for administrative reference.'''

No users currently on this list.