Welcome

Welcome to the Bulbagarden Archives, Serpental!

As a new user, you may wish to learn a few things that will be useful in your uploading:

The Manual of Style, or MoS, outlines the format and guidelines of all images on Bulbagarden Archives.

All of our administrators are here to help! Talk to them if you have any questions or problems with the Archives.

Tagging images with correct licenses and categories is a must. These guidelines will help you learn more about tagging images.

Miscellaneous
  • Please read the checklist when you upload media files. The checklist is there to make sure you are doing everything necessary when uploading said media files.
  • Be sure to tag and categorize all images. This helps organize the vast amount of images we have here.
  • Check if your image already exists by searching through categories, and Bulbapedia pages. This action will help prevent unnecessary duplicates from appearing.
  • When adding a licensing tag to anime or game screenshots, please avoid just choosing "Screenshot". This is not descriptive and places the images in the wrong category. Make sure to choose "Screenshot from a Pokémon game," or "Screenshot from the Pokémon anime." This will put them in the right categories, and help keep the Archives clean.
  • Does your image have a purpose? Will you be using it on a Bulbagarden Project? Avoid uploading images because you think they are "Cute" or "Awesome". That clutters the Archives.
  • Personal images are limited to two for each User. Personal images include personal logos, personal trainer sprites, drawings, trainer cards and mostly any image that would only be used in the User: namespace and have no encyclopedic value to Bulbagarden and its affiliates. Please tag these with the {{i-Personal}} template for easier organization. Under no circumstance should a photograph of one's self ever be uploaded onto Bulbagarden Archives.
  • In addition, please upload images with meaningful names. Names that are just numbers, for example, do not describe anything about the image, and can make it difficult for searchers. Names are just as important as licenses and categories, so make them descriptive. Please be sure that the filenames contain alphanumeric characters only.
  • Due to the many automated templates used on the wiki, lowercase extensions are imperative. That means jpg and png instead of JPG and PNG. It looks cleaner, it works better, and it does not cause any problems. Make sure to always use lowercase extensions.
  • If you're confused about the requirements for uploading files, have a look at this guide.
 Thank you, and have a good time uploading here!
  ht14 14:11, 1 August 2010 (UTC)  
 


Anime screenshots

They should be in png format, not jpg. ht14 14:11, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

Another reminder, please make sure anime screenshots are in .png format. Jellotalk 21:11, 4 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi, this is your last warning, because you have ignored all your warnings above. Please upload anime screenshots in .png format only! Png is of higher quality, and we're constantly removing and deleting .jpgs in favour of .pngs. You might get blocked next time if you upload in jpg again. Also, please use meaningful filenames, "Heracross8.jpg" isn't really helpful, something like "Gordon Heracross.png" would be more appropriate. Thanks. Jellotalk 19:05, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
I'm sorry to tell you this, but since you refused to listen to us and upload anime screenshots in jpg format, you've been blocked for a few days. Not only that, but you reuploaded an image after it was deleted, please don't do this in the future, thank you. --Psyライダー 21:10, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
Another warning before you might be blocked again, please upload your anime images in png format, thank you. --Psyライダー 05:03, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
Final warning. Anime screenshots are not to be uploaded in jpg format. MaverickNate 22:23, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
You have been given a total of 6 warnings and you have not listened to any of them. Please take this time off to read the rules above on the welcome template, and hopefully when you come back you'll upload correctly. When you do, don't forget to categorize your images as well. Jellotalk 22:35, 21 August 2010 (UTC)
Please categorize your images or you'll be blocked again. It's very important that you do so please. Thank you. --Psyライダー 16:19, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
You're still not categorizing Ataro 03:28, 29 November 2010 (UTC)