User blog:General Carter/Images on the Deus Ex Wiki: please read.

Edit: New policy about images is created, please read them and follow them when you upload an image -> Image policy.

The images that are uploaded are beginning to be a bit of a problem. This is due to the fact that very few users use the licenses provided, even less categorise them, and the names too are an issue. I will thus address these one-by-one here to provide some clarity to users.

Licenses are provided and take very little time to add. These stop us being liable for using the images from the Deus Ex series. The simplest way to add these is to simply add "== Licensing== ". There is even an auto complete that will allow you to choose.

Next are the categories. I would prefer that user's keep them simple for now so that I can sift through later to add more advanced, currently non-existent, categories. So please also add Full game name images  to the box below the drop down menu.

Lastly, it is preferable to have a sensible name to tell someone what the image is of as the file name. This is made all the more difficult if to circumnavigate if one does not add it to any page, and simply uploads it.

So as an example, a theoretical situation: You want to add, in your opinion, the best image of JC Denton ever because it isn't on the wiki already. So, you go to browse his page and view the file names. 'Jccover', 'JcDentonWithoutGlasses', 'Jcfront' et cetera. You go with JCactionshot because that is what it is. You then click Add a photo and click more options. Now, you can't decide what format to upload it in... After all, there are so many. You go with .PNG because that is the best file type for what the wiki will use it for. You check that both the image on your computer and the destination file name are both .PNG so that there are no foul-ups. Then, in the final stage, you click into the Caption area and type "==Licensing==  "  because it is a Deus Ex image, and one of a character. (For now, if it is not of a character, please just do Deus Ex image for example.) Then you place your image on the page, hopefully in a gallery. Now, everyone is happy and there is no need for me to have to spend time doing this.

Thanks for your time. If you want any guidance, ask on here in a comment or on my talk page.