Help:Image galleries
Image galleries are a simple way of presenting a large number of images on a page.
Images in galleries are displayed as thumbnails with captions, and clicking the thumbnail takes you to the image page where you can view the image at a larger size.
How to use[edit]
Mediawiki has an in-depth help page explaining how image galleries work here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images#Rendering_a_gallery_of_images.
You can add a gallery to a page by using the following format:
<gallery widths=144> File:Filename1.gif|Caption for image 1 File:Filename2.jpg|Caption for image 2 File:Filename3.png|Caption for image 3 </gallery>
Any image file uploaded on the wiki can be used.
On this website, the standard size for gallery images is 144 pixels across (set by the "widths=144" in the gallery tag). Medarot pages should always use this setting in order to maintain a consistent style between pages, but different widths can be used on non-Medarot pages.
On Medarot pages[edit]
All Medarot pages should contain an "Image gallery" section located after the other content on the page and before the "Related Medarots" section.
If there are 9 or more images in the gallery, it should be broken up into smaller sections for better organization. This can be done using the following format:
== Image gallery == '''Section title 1:''' <gallery widths=144px> File:Filename1.gif|Caption for image 1 File:Filename2.jpg|Caption for image 2 File:Filename3.png|Caption for image 3 </gallery> '''Section title 2:''' <gallery widths=144px> File:Filename4.gif|Caption for image 4 File:Filename5.jpg|Caption for image 5 File:Filename6.png|Caption for image 6 </gallery>
Remember to change the section titles to something more descriptive (see below).
Gallery sections[edit]
Image galleries on Medarot pages can usually be broken up into these sections:
- Official artwork - Contains official artwork from websites/scans/other sources (in order of release), concept art images (image closest to the current design first), and dialogue portraits from Medarot 7 onwards (in order of release).
- This can be broken up into sections for "Official artwork" and "Concept art" if there are a lot of concept art images.
- Sprites & 3D models - Contains 2D sprites from GB/GBC games (in order of release), 2D sprites from the Wonderswan game (if applicable), 3D models from Medarot R onwards (in order of release), and LCD sprites from the Medarotch toy, Pocket Robottle, and the Medarotch mobile app (in order of release).
- This section should simply be called "Sprites" if it has no 3D models, or "3D models" if it has no 2D sprites.
- It can also be split into sections for "Sprites" (with game and LCD sprites) and "3D models" if there are a lot of images.
- Anime & manga - Contains screenshots from the two anime series (in order of release) and images from the various manga series (in order of release). Make sure to state which series the image is from in the caption.
- This section should simply be called "Anime" if it has no manga appearances, or "Manga" if it has no anime appearances.
- It can also be split into sections for "Anime" and "Manga" if there are a lot of images.
- Cards & merchandise - Contains images of cards (in order of release) and images of physical merchandise (in order of release). Remember to only include official merchandise (no fan-made cards, figurines, or model kits)!
- This section should simply be called "Cards" if it has no merchandise, or "Merchandise" if it has no cards.
- It can also be split into sections for "Cards" and "Merchandise" if there are a lot of images.
- The anime, manga, cards, and merchandise sections can also be combined into an "Other images" section if there are only two or three images between them.
If there are fewer than 9 images for a given Medarot, they can be displayed as a single gallery with no section titles and listed in the same general order as above.
