Guidelines:Galleries

The gallery policy of Megami Tensei Wiki outlines how gallery sections and pages should be formatted on the wiki.

General

Galleries are dedicated sections or pages that display images or videos about a particular subject in organized rows. For most subjects, galleries are kept in a Gallery section near the bottom of the page, following the Nomenclature section and just before the Notes and/or References section.

Galleries use <gallery> tags to automatically sort files into an array of thumbnails. A Gallery section will look like:

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File name|Caption
</gallery>

Files kept in a gallery do not need the File: prefix in their name to display, unlike other forms of linking files. Captions are optional, but are encouraged to briefly describe a file, namely by indicating what type of file it is (such as a sprite or artwork).

Galleries should only list files that are pertinent or related to the subject in some way. This can also include images that do not specifically focus on that subject, but still involve them or are related to them. For example, an artwork of a group of characters can be added to each character's gallery.

Gallery Order

Like pages, galleries should have their content arranged in a particular order.

File types should be ordered from: Covers (for games, manga, etc.) > Artwork > Maps (for locations) > Models > Sprites > Screenshots > Photos > Videos.

Subject Galleries

Galleries for subjects such as characters, demons, locations, etc., should have their content ordered in the same order as the main page's Appearances sections, which follow the wiki's media order guidelines. I.e. files should be ordered first by media type (the same order as the Appearances sections), followed by series order (if that subject has appeared in more than one series), and finally by media title release order (by the Japanese release dates).

Spoilery files should be listed as the last item within the orders defined above. I.e. a spoilery screenshot should be the among the last screenshots listed.

Media Galleries

Galleries for media titles, such as games, anime, manga, etc., can cover that media in its entirety and as such are simply ordered by file type as defined above.

Gallery Pages

If an article's Gallery section exceeds 15 files or is causing significant page loading slowdown, it should be split into its own Gallery page. Gallery pages are prefaced with Gallery:, such as Gallery:Jack Frost, and are linked to within the subject's Gallery section using Template:SeeGallery {{SeeGallery}}.

Because Gallery pages exist in their own space, these galleries are permitted and encouraged to be further organized into dedicated sections by media or otherwise by file type. Each of these sections would have their own gallery tags.

For a subject such as a character, demon, etc., their Gallery page should be divided into sections by media, as defined by the media order. As a condensed example, Jack Frost's Gallery page may be ordered as:

==Game Appearances==
===''Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II''===
===''Shin Megami Tensei''===
===''Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner''===
===''Megami Ibunroku Persona''===
===''Jack Bros.''===
==TV Series Appearances==
===''Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner''===
===''DeviChil''===
==Manga Appearances==
===''Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. Kodoku no Marebito''===
===''Persona: Tsumi to Batsu''===
==Other Appearances==
(For files that do not pertain to any one media or are from non-Megami Tensei media.) 

Gallery pages for media titles would have their sections divided by file type. For example, a video game's Galley page may be ordered as:

==Covers==
==Artwork==
==Models==
==Sprites==
==Screenshots==
==Photos==
==Videos==