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===Images===
<s>*file format normally should be .jp(e)g</s>
<s>**PNG should be avoided for photographs and detailed art due to large file size</s>
<s>**GIF only where absolutely necessary; convert to PNG if possible</s>
<s>*file size should not exceed 100-200kb (depending on the actual object and purpose of the image)</s>
<s>*crop images when necessary. There is little point in having a picture where only one small corner is relevant for the article it is used in</s>
<s>*target image resolution should be 500-800 pixels in the largest of either vertical or horizontal dimensions.  Not too big, not too small.</s>
<s>*where possible and reasonable the original resolution of the image can be kept if the file is not excessively big</s>
<s>*file names should reflect the content of the image</s>
<s>*copyright is always <nowiki>{{GWCopyright}}</nowiki></s>
<s>*image sources have to be as precise as possible (pagenumbers!) and are to be included both in the file description '''and''' in the articles where the file is used</s>
<s>*all images have to be categorized upon upload; it is immaterial if the category is under the file description (i.e. included during the upload) or at the bottom (i.e. post-upload). Even if you're not sure which category is best, try to put it in one that's close!</s>
<s>*Potentially useful software (preferably freeware):</s>
<s>**Cross-platform:</s>
<s>***[https://www.gimp.org/ GIMP]: freeware alternative for more complex operations, often touted as the free alternative to Photoshop</s>
<s>***[[wikipedia:Libjpeg#jpegtran|jpegtran]]: Crop, rotate, compress JPEG files without incurring [[wikipedia:Generation loss|generation loss]].</s>
<s>***[https://github.com/kud/jpegrescan jpegrescan]: "losslessly shrink any JPEG file" using jpegtran</s>
<s>**Windows:</s>
<s>***Google Picasa: discontinued but can still be found; rotating, cropping, contrast, white balance and many other simple operations</s>
<s>***MWSnap: small but powerful software for making screenshots</s>


Can we get the upload template to autofill this? [[User:Bobmath|Bobmath]] ([[User talk:Bobmath|talk]]) 09:15, 18 April 2019 (MDT)
*do not flood articles with images. Always ask yourself: What is actually the added value of this image?

==Images and text conclusions==
Problem: a picture does not have a clear caption or an accompanying text that clearly says the picture shows that and that. Difference unit cards (like CCGs) vs. normal texts. --[[User:Inquisitor S.|Inquisitor S., Großmeister des Ordo Lexicanum]] ([[User talk:Inquisitor S.|talk]]) 12:44, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

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