User talk:Mariowie

Welcome

Welcome to the Bulbagarden Archives, Mariowie! As a new user, you may wish to learn a few things that will be useful in your uploading:

Manual of Style The Manual of Style, or MoS, outlines the format and guidelines of all images on Bulbagarden Archives. List of Admins All of our administrators are here to help! Talk to them if you have any questions or problems with the Archives. Tagging Guidelines 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 Bulbapedia 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. 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!   UltimateSephiroth 14:07, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Sprites

Please use the given template as the description when uploading HGSS sprites. The structure is follows:

{{gamesprite|###|name|type|games|(s)}}

For HGSS sprites, the "games" field is "HeartGold and SoulSilver" and the "(s)" field has a "s" in it. The type is "shiny" for shiny sprites and "all" for regular sprites; "shiny male" and "shiny female" go for gender-differenced shinies etc. Thank you. UltimateSephiroth 14:07, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Nice work with sprites! I think I misled you a bit since the last field should have only s, not the parentheses. I tried to indicate with those that the s should be added only if the sprite is from paired games (in this case, HGSS have the s). UltimateSephiroth 15:04, 15 September 2009 (UTC)