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DDO wiki talk:Naming policy
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- ...DDO wiki talk:Naming policy/Archive01 Archived 20:22, April 27, 2012 (EDT)
- ...DDO wiki talk:Naming policy/Archive02 Archived 09:57, July 28, 2015 (EDT)
Conflicting naming policy
No consensus. We'll just have to leave it as it is. |
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Ever since the file naming policy was created by Shade (Contribs • Message • Email) on 20:14, March 25, 2012, in this edit, 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
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:
Comments / votesI 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 Media: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.
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Naming policy expansion
I'm just working on a project, where I get into contact with focus orb images and icons.
I think that an expansion of the naming policy makes sense:
- The policy states how general orbs are named. Maybe it makes sense to add a reference to Focus Orb and request to check there before new orb images are uploaded
- I'm generally missing a naming policy for icon files: One often used policy is "icon category type desc.png" (icon items weapon club.png)
⇒ Corgrind (Contribs • Message • Email) 15:15, March 22, 2021 (EDT)
- We should have a new discussion. The one above is over 5 years old and closed with no consensus. 👟 ShoeMaker (Contribs • Message • Email) 👟 22:43, May 28, 2021 (EDT)
Naming policy expansion -- orbs and icons
I'm just working on a project, where I get into contact with focus orb images and icons.
I think that an expansion of the naming policy makes sense:
- The policy states how general orbs are named. Maybe it makes sense to add a reference to Focus Orb and request to check there before new orb images are uploaded
- I'm generally missing a naming policy for icon files: One often used policy is "icon category type desc.png" (icon items weapon club.png)
⇒ Corgrind (Contribs • Message • Email) 10:25, May 31, 2021 (EDT)