SporeWiki:Image Guidelines

Important : content uploaded or otherwise contributed to the Spore Wikia is made available under the GNU Free Documentation License.
 * When uploading images not created by yourself, make sure the author made the image available under the GFDL, providing a link back to the original source.
 * When uploading images created by yourself, you should be aware that anyone else is then free to re-use your image under the GFDL license.

Duplicates
MediaWiki provides features to automatically resize images, so it is not necessary to upload multiple copies of an image in order to use it at different resolutions.

Resizing errors
MediaWiki occasionally makes an error when converting an image (typically high resolution images or complex SVG images). If this occurs, either notify a Spore Wikia admin via their talk page or via the Spore Wikia IRC channel.

Updating images
MediaWiki has the ability to keep a history of an image- on the image page, there will be an option to upload a new version of an image. This is preferable to uploading the image to a new filename with an alphanumeric or dated suffix, as any article that uses the old image does not need to be updated.

Screen shots
Unless you have found that a particular screenshot compresses better using PNG when compared to a full quality JPEG (it has been known to happen), screenshots should be made available using the JPEG format.

Icons/Badges/Achievements
Unless available as SVG, images for icons, badges & achievements should be made available as a PNG- since the native size of such icons is relatively small on-screen, it may be necessary to increase the size of the image in an article. If the image were to be uploaded as a JPEG, the increased size would make any compression artifacts more visible.

Diagrams
Simple diagrams should be uploaded as either PNG or SVG. Complex high-resolution diagrams may compress better using JPEG.