Help:Managing files
If file uploads are enabled, you can upload certain types of files to the wiki. This is particularly useful for uploading images, which you want to place on an article, but you can also upload other types of files.
Before you upload consider:
Images should be uploaded for the following reasons:
- To show the end result of a glitch
- To illustrate a step in the process which is hard to describe
Size
Images should be in the native resolution of the respective console where possible and a maximum resolution of 640 x 480.
Naming
Images should be named as follows:
- GameNameGlitchName.ext
No Spaces and each new word beginning with a capital letter. If there are multiple images for a glitch, number the images like so:
- GameNameGlitchName1.ext
- GameNameGlitchName2.ext
Upload a file
- Prepare the file for upload. Make sure the file is exactly as you want it.
- In the sidebar, under toolbox, click "Upload file"
- Next to the Source filename, click Browse to locate the file on your computer.
- Change the Destination filename to something descriptive, if necessary.
- Fill in the Summary, if necessary.
- Click the Upload file button.
If it is a large file, you may need to wait several seconds for the upload to complete.
Using Images and Image Description Pages
After you've uploaded a file, you can use it in an article, with some special wiki syntax to create the link. See Help:Images.
Your file gets its very own 'Image Description Page' within the wiki (even if it isn't an image). You should edit this page to provide more information about the file. For example, many public wiki projects are quite sensitive to copyright issues, and so you should explain where you got the file from, and what its copyright status is, on the description page. Any other useful descriptive notes could also be added there.
Listing files in the wiki
There are a number of Special Pages to help you view and manage files which have been uploaded. Go to 'Special Pages' (in the toolbox on the left) and then see...
- Gallery of new images - If you just uploaded one, you will see it here.
- File list shows all of the files
- Unused images helps you track down files which might not be needed.
See Help:Special pages for details of the other information available here.
