Difference between revisions of "Detective Conan Wiki:Manual of Style/Profile pictures"
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[[Image:Mona Lisa.jpg|thumb|right|This is a good profile picture]] | [[Image:Mona Lisa.jpg|thumb|right|This is a good profile picture]] | ||
| − | This page is a picture guide on how to select excellent profile pictures. Profile pictures have been a hotspot for activity and edit wars. Fights over profile pictures are best avoided by not uploading pictures that are lack the necessary qualities described below. | + | This page is a picture guide on how to select excellent profile pictures. Profile pictures have been a hotspot for activity and edit wars. Fights over profile pictures are best avoided by not uploading pictures that are lack the necessary qualities described below. |
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== Qualities of a good profile picture == | == Qualities of a good profile picture == | ||
| + | ===Profile pictures should use the standard name and image format=== | ||
| + | Using the standard image name lets other users keep track of past versions of the profile, avoids orphaning files, and streamlines actions involving large numbers of profile images down the line. | ||
| + | *The standard name is (Given Name)_(Family Name)_Profile.jpg | ||
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=== The image shows all of the character's most distinguishing features === | === The image shows all of the character's most distinguishing features === | ||
Any animated character, especially those in Detective Conan have distinguishing facial features and hairstyles. An excellent profile picture captures all of these in as close to their entirety as possible. Consider the below images of Hattori Heiji. | Any animated character, especially those in Detective Conan have distinguishing facial features and hairstyles. An excellent profile picture captures all of these in as close to their entirety as possible. Consider the below images of Hattori Heiji. | ||
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Hattori's face's most distinctive traits are his dark skin, blue green eyes, horizontal hairpoint, and distinctive ballcap. The image on the left captures all of those within the frame, versus the second which has cut out the hat and hair. The one on the left is thus a better profile image. | Hattori's face's most distinctive traits are his dark skin, blue green eyes, horizontal hairpoint, and distinctive ballcap. The image on the left captures all of those within the frame, versus the second which has cut out the hat and hair. The one on the left is thus a better profile image. | ||
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| + | === The image is of good quality === | ||
| + | Profile pictures should be of good quality. Images should be relatively large so that they are shrunken, not enlarged, when automatically resized for the profile template. While jpeg images are not compressed particularly well on wiki software and thus tend to be grainy no matter what, it is best that the images be taken on the highest resolution anyway so as no to increase the magnitude of the problem, and so they look nice to anyone who decides to few the image on the largest size. | ||
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| + | | style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Kaitou_Kid_Profile1.jpg|thumb|left|x169px|This image has been saved with noticeable jpeg artifacts. It is also quite small.]] | ||
| + | | style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Kaitou_Kid_Profile2.jpg|thumb|left|x169px|This image is large and saved at high quality.]] | ||
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Revision as of 04:50, 15 July 2013
This page is a picture guide on how to select excellent profile pictures. Profile pictures have been a hotspot for activity and edit wars. Fights over profile pictures are best avoided by not uploading pictures that are lack the necessary qualities described below.
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Qualities of a good profile picture
Profile pictures should use the standard name and image format
Using the standard image name lets other users keep track of past versions of the profile, avoids orphaning files, and streamlines actions involving large numbers of profile images down the line.
- The standard name is (Given Name)_(Family Name)_Profile.jpg
The image shows all of the character's most distinguishing features
Any animated character, especially those in Detective Conan have distinguishing facial features and hairstyles. An excellent profile picture captures all of these in as close to their entirety as possible. Consider the below images of Hattori Heiji.
File:Heiji Hattori Profile1.jpg This image is further from Hattori's face so his hair point and hat are both in the frame |
Hattori's face's most distinctive traits are his dark skin, blue green eyes, horizontal hairpoint, and distinctive ballcap. The image on the left captures all of those within the frame, versus the second which has cut out the hat and hair. The one on the left is thus a better profile image.
The image is of good quality
Profile pictures should be of good quality. Images should be relatively large so that they are shrunken, not enlarged, when automatically resized for the profile template. While jpeg images are not compressed particularly well on wiki software and thus tend to be grainy no matter what, it is best that the images be taken on the highest resolution anyway so as no to increase the magnitude of the problem, and so they look nice to anyone who decides to few the image on the largest size.
