DDO wiki talk:Naming policy

Conflicting naming policy
Ever since the file naming policy was created by on 20:14, March 25, 2012,, there has been conflicting verbiage. The main section on file naming says "Most desired file type usage: .png for small images, .jpg for large ones." Item description images are usually the largest images on the item pages, so they should be  according to this policy and the "shown" images should be   -- However, in the sub-section on Item pages, the policy is conflicted by the verbiage:
 * "Preferred pattern for description images: Page name (which should match the exact item name).png"
 * "Preferred pattern for main worn/action shots of weapons/armor/helmet/goggles equipped: Page name (which should match the exact item name) shown.jpg"

Which is the exact opposite of what the parent section says. So, to fix the issue: The end result would be changing the wording in the sub-section to:
 * 1) I vote to synchronize them to be consistent.
 * 2) I vote to have the sub-section match its parent.
 * "Preferred pattern for description images: Page name (which should match the exact item name).jpg"
 * "Preferred pattern for main worn/action shots of weapons/armor/helmet/goggles equipped: Page name (which should match the exact item name) shown.png"

Comments / votes
I actually prefer shown images to jpg and descriptions to be png. Descriptions need to be sharp to be readable (png, lossless). Worn images don't need crispiness (lossy jpg). If we embrace quality loss, png is still a better format than jpg for descriptions. For example, I've uploaded a bunch of versions of File:Divine_Artillery.png. The oldest version is already using a "decrease color depth" function to 256 colors, which is enough such images. For the second version, I've used some online png compression tool, tinypng.com. For the third version, I've used IrfanView image viewer/editor, first the Flood Fill tool to clean up the black background (2 clicks), then Decrease Color Depth down to 16 colors. Imho the result is quite satisfactory. TL;DR, I disagree with the change. Preserve the vague status quo. --Cru121 (Contributions • Message) 15:03, July 28, 2015 (EDT)