Nookipedia talk:Upload policy

Server

I bought a server today at Timmy and Tommy's; the store was newly upgraded to the TIY Home Center. It was the first day it was open.

It is in the Sci-Fi series, pictured as http://moridb.com/items/furniture/server.

You may use any/all of this information to upgrade your site where appropriate and delete this submission. - unsigned comment from 2601:680:c702:91b0:5592:37fb:2297:815c (talk • contribs)

I think we mostly have complete info for the Sci-Fi Theme. Besides, what has this got to do with the upload policy? Drago (talk) 05:25, January 6, 2018 (EST)

Fair Use Questions

Are images from other Animal Crossing wikis, that are taken directly from the game, like sprites, considered fair use? Is Nookipedia okay with images being sourced for upload in this way? If so, should the outside wiki it was found on be credited, or does that not matter when it's taken right from the game anyway? Poppliopal (talk) 06:29, October 30, 2020 (EDT)

Yep, it's perfectly fine to upload images like that as long as you include the source (in this case, a link to the file page on the other wiki). Also, if you're referring to the Fandom wiki, they have a much more lenient policy on images than us, so I would make sure the image was directly taken from the game and is unmodified. As for fair use, other wikis do not have ownership of images like sprites, as they are owned by Nintendo, and they themselves are using them under fair use. ~ AlexBot2004 (Talk) 10:33, October 30, 2020 (EDT)

Okay! It's good to know that about the policy differences, I will keep that in mind and look out for that. Poppliopal (talk) 11:04, October 30, 2020 (EDT)

Remove fields from default upload description

The majority support removing the optional fields from the default upload description. It has now been modified to only state the mandatory "description" and "source" fields. HylianAngel (talk) 23:17, July 17, 2022 (EDT)

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page.

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Right now, our default upload description is the file info template with all parameters listed:

{{File Info
|description = Describe the file (THIS IS NOT OPTIONAL)
|source = Where you found the file (THIS IS NOT OPTIONAL)
|edits = Describe any edits made (if applicable)
|other-versions = Link to similar version(s) (if applicable)
|source-file-name = Name of the original source file (if applicable)
}}

Description and source are required and enforced via AbuseFilter. I'm proposing we remove the other fields (edits, other-versions, and source-file-name) to simplify the upload process; they're rarely used and we've had several editors leave those fields in as-is since it's not clear they need to be removed before upload. ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 17:55, August 8, 2021 (EDT)

 Support, given that these fields are optional and that most users don't seem to be removing them whenever they upload an image. -- PanchamBro (talk • contributions) 19:22, August 8, 2021 (EDT)

 Support - Sounds good to me! (talk) 13:43, August 9, 2021 (EDT)

 Comment - Actually, thinking again about this, I think I would prefer leaving them, but adjusting the template so that if the default text is unchanged (e.g. "Describe any edits made (if applicable)") they do not display. (talk) 11:49, November 7, 2021 (EST)

 Support per above. Kalina (talk) 12:27, November 7, 2021 (CET)

 Support per above. --Jake (talk) 11:52, November 7, 2021 (EST)

 Support per the above. ~ AlexBot2004 (Talk) 13:39, November 7, 2021 (EST)

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The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page.