Help:Image

A fan wiki to a tv series needs much pictures. Nearly every article should have one or more images. I've you want to add Images to the wiki, don't copy them from other sites, excepts you have asked them for permissions or the site is you own.

How to get images
There are three basic ways how to get information. Here is the preferred order where to get them.

Video Capture
You can make snapshots from your digital Videos, to get good pictures the resolution should be higher than 320x250. A good tool to make screencaptures is Media Player Classic or VideoLan.

Copy free images from interwiki
On the German Power Rangers Wiki are many pictures which can be copied absolute freely. Just click on the thumbnail picture, which redirects you to the full image de:Bild:MMPR_Rita.jpg just right click on the image an save it on you hard drive.

Also images can be copied from the Wikipedia.

From other Sites
Every image form other sites or rangerboard needs permissions from the author to be copied. I've you have the permissions, just save the images by right clicking on the image an select save.

Upload
If you have gathered the images, please rename them to a good name in the format: Seasonprefix_Name.jgp (example: Zeo_Mondo.jpg, MMPR_Zordon.jpg, WF_Cole Evans.jpg, OO_Mack Hartford.jpg). This is for easier knowing what the images contains, if you only the the filename.

After this step, go to Special:Upload, you find it in the toolbox on the left. Click on the button browse and select the file on your local hard drive. In the textarea add the text or. This is important because no screencapture is absolutely free, the wiki uses it under the therms of Fair Use. Click on File upload to upload the image to the wiki. Depending on your bandwidth it may take some time.

Insert Images in articles
If you finaly have uploaded the image. You can easily insert the image on the top of the article. Click on the Image Button in the toolbox or type  . The thumb is important for showing the image not in it's full width. After the second | you should shortly name what the images shows. Preview your changes and if everything went right save them.