User blog:Blue Luna/Permanent image upload tutorial (WIP)

When uploading images you should use this page which explains what to do:

http://tokyoghoul.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Upload

For this tutorial, I uploaded some images to the Hide page as examples. When uploading an image, it should have a meaningful name. You can either change the name of an image from you're device or on the upload page. I usually change the name on my device, but for the tutorial, I'll do it on the upload page:





After you rename your file, you need to add information. The upload page makes things convenient because you can just copy and past:





When you add information, for some files you need to add the file series source into the source field. When uploading images, you can add most information except for the categories. Adding the file series soure automatically adds a category, but it doesn't work for all images. More on that later.



When you add the source information for a manga image for example, you add the chapter and page number. This image of Hide came from chapter 118 page 10, so I added that.

(Note: When adding page numbers using scanlations as a reference, don't count the extra pages. Scanlation groups will often add extra pages to announce who did them. Those are not pages from the manga itself.)

The file information is pretty straight forward. In the description box, you give a brief description of what's happening in the image or what it's about. In the source box, you put where it originated from. In the portion box, you put what you used (full image/page, one panel, two panels, etc). In the purpose box, you put what article(s) the image is for. Then the other information box is optional. It's only used if there's a special note you want to add about the image, and since it's optional, the field automatically disappears if not in use.



Once the file information and file series source information is filled out, the last step in the licensing. There are several options, but the vast majority of the time, you only need to put fairuse. If everything looks good, then you upload:



However, there are times when you need to edit information after uploading. That normally happens if you either need to add a category manually or need to correct a mistake. Here, I'll show you how to handle both. This next image uses an image from one of the anime dvd/bd boxes:



For this particular image, there is currently no field in the file series source code, so you have to put it manually. Since it has to be added manually, after it's uploaded, the category also has to be uploaded manually.



The image was uploaded to the Wiki, but it's not categorized and has a red link (a broken link that leads to no where). Now, it has to be edited to fix the issues. I use source editor:



Once in the editing page, you change stuff around:



You correct the links so they lead to proper pages and add the category the image should be filed under. You can preview the image, and if everything looks okay, save:



Now that the images have been uploaded to the Wiki and the information is all set, it's time to upload them to articles!

Sometimes you need to upload images to multiple pages, but in this case, they're just being uploaded to the Hide page. You go to the Hide page and once you're in edit mode, there are two ways to express these images. Either in a gallery or as a regular photo.



The image of Hide in a CCG uniform goes in the preexisting appearance gallery. Choose a space within the pink gallery section then hit the gallery button on the right.





Once you find the image you want uploaded, choose and confirm it. After, add a brief description in present tense, them confirm again. The image will be placed on the page:



When you place an image in the gallery, usually it embeds the whole code, so you need to edit out the extra:



After that, you're almost set! It's recommended that you then check in preview to make sure it looks right:



Now that that one is out of the way, next is the article image. The steps are similar, only this time instead of locating or creating a gallery, you find a proper place between paragraphs where an illustration is needed. The image from the manga is from the time Hide told Touka about Kaneki's habit when he's hiding something, so locate that portion of the article. Once you find the text, choose a space and hit photo.



It's the same general idea as before, only without having to worry about the gallery code. In preview, it should look like this:



Now both images are ready to go. It's also optional, but you can add a brief edit summary, so it's known what you did. It can be something simple like "added images".

Bonus notes:

Check to make sure that when choosing an image name, it's unique to your image. Funny thing was that when I first named the Hide-habit image, I gave it the exact same name as its anime counterpart by accident. I had to run around to fix it and it took a while to figure out what I did wrong because it wouldn't load.

If I recall right, I think png is the preferred file type. Screen capture functions usually default to this.