Forum:Image policy update

There has been quite a bit of activity surrounding image policy lately. I propose that most of the thoughts and policies can be tied together and that the community should make an effort to define, once and for all, what the policy should be.

Dr. F has stated recently that the image policy will be updated. The community should take full advantage of this to produce clear, concise and easy-to-follow policy that can be cited and enforced.

There is also policy that is followed by common consent that is not published. This is also the opportunity to state the policy explicitly.

Below is the starting list of policy (add some if you want to see it happen) and a discussion section for votes on each individual policy. The discussion section is the only section needed for signing.

New image policy proposals
1. Uploading offensive, abusive or pornographic images is a violation of wikia's terms of use and will result in a ban from this wiki.

2. This wiki requires ALL images uploaded to be categorized and published within 24 hours of upload. Any files not published may be deleted by any administrator at any time. Any files not categorized may be deleted by any administrator at any time. A simple guide is provided here.

3. Any image can be replaced with a clearer, cleaner, or higher quality picture. This includes user interface and background removal considerations.

4. Modded guns will be removed from any variant charts.

Discussion and vote
1. This is automatic policy from wikia, no vote required.

2. This is necessary for maintenance and is already policy, no vote required.

3. This is common consent policy followed by the community and admins.

I vote yes 01:58, November 16, 2013 (UTC)

yes MattoFrank (talk) 11:41, November 16, 2013 (UTC)

4. This is common consent policy followed by the community and admins.

I vote yes 01:58, November 16, 2013 (UTC)

Yes and no to this one. First, you can't even recognise if a gun has been created or found (created being what you mean by modded here) in most cases. Second, i am all for creating guns as this makes everything easier. Third, those guns that are recognisably created (in other words, where a mistake shows up) should be deleted, i agree with that.

Heres sth i wonder: If i create a character with a specific skin, screenshoot it and upload the image to the skins-page, does that count as modded too, because i never actually found the skin in the game?

MattoFrank (talk) 11:41, November 16, 2013 (UTC)

Modded has different definitions according to who you talk to but (I think) to most it means blatently overpowered modded guns that cannot ever be found. A skin that cannot be owned is considered hacked. 13:42, November 16, 2013 (UTC)