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===Images=== | ===Images=== | ||
''For further details, please see the [[a:Archives:Manual of style|Archives manual of style]]'' | |||
Images are often a helpful visual addition to the content of articles. However, in some cases, it is questionable what images are best used for articles. | |||
* If there is official artwork, such as the Sugimori stock artwork or video game sprites, this is always the preferred image. | |||
* If there is no official artwork, such as screenshots from episodes or manga, ones created by the contributing user are preferred over images taken from other sources. There will inevitably be disputes about which user-created image is best, as there is no exact policy on such; however, the image should generally be the highest quality and most informative image. | |||
* Animated images should be avoided proportionately with how large and distracting the animation is. Small uses, such as a blinking dot on a world map to indicate location, are non-obtrusive and acceptable. | |||
* Overwriting existing images is acceptable, since Bulbapedia favors the image with the higher quality, not the greater seniority. However, please avoid disputes by discussing the change with the user who uploaded the former image ''before'' uploading the new image. | |||
===Videos (including YouTube)=== | ===Videos (including YouTube)=== | ||
===Integration of Content from Other Websites=== | ===Integration of Content from Other Websites=== | ||
It is against Bulbapedia's policy, and may be a violation of copyright, to directly copy text from other websites without permission. If other sources consent to allowing their text to appear on Bulbapedia and be subsequently edited and expanded upon to better fit Bulbapedia's style and standards, then and only then editors can directly copy their text into Bulbapedia. In this case, the source must be credited. | |||
Integration is not the same as replacement, however. If Bulbapedia already has information written on a subject and it is not directly copied from any other source, then it is better to edit and expand that text than to completely replace it with another source's words, even if the other source has allowed their text to be used and has more information. This may not violate Bulbapedia's policy, but it does clash with Bulbapedia's style, which prefers original content directly provided from its contributors over content taken from another website. | |||
===An important note about Wikipedia content=== | |||
No matter how similar the two may be, ''Bulbapedia and Wikipedia do not have compatible licenses.'' Therefore, for legal reasons as well as those of style, please do not directly copy any text from Wikipedia straight into Bulbapedia. | |||
In the past, if Wikipedia had an article on a Pokémon-related subject which Bulbapedia did not, and there was good reason for doing such, the article could be started directly based off the Wikipedia article as long as the {{Template|WikipediaBased}} template was added to the bottom. For example, this was how the article on [[Satoshi Tajiri]] was originally created. However, such practice is no longer allowed for the creation of new articles as Bulbapedia strives for all written content to be original for legal and style reasons. | |||