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 any Notes and/or References sections.

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

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File name.file extension|Caption
</gallery>

Files kept in a gallery do not need brackets or the File: prefix in their name to display, unlike most other means of linking files. Be aware, however, that when using the Visual Editor to add a file, it may still automatically add the File: prefix to a gallery.

To add a video to a gallery, use Template:Video and add it between the gallery tags as you would for an image file. Do note that only officially released videos, such as trailers and other videos used for press release or marketing, are acceptable to add. Fan-made videos must be avoided.

Galleries should only list files that are pertinent or closely related to the page topic in some way. A gallery section for a character, for example, should only list files involving them or are otherwise related to them. This can also include images that do not specifically focus on that subject, but still includes them or are related to them. For example: an artwork of a group of characters can be added to each involved character's gallery.

For completion sake, galleries should also include files that are already used elsewhere on the page, such as images in the page's infobox and sprites used in stat tables.

Galleries for media titles, such as games, anime, manga, etc., can cover all files specific to that media in its entirety. As such, it is strongly advised that most media have their own gallery page (unless very few files are available for that media in question). See the gallery page section for more information.

Galleries that have sexually explicit or graphically violent content in them should have Template:NSFW ({{NSFW}}) placed at the top of the section or gallery page to inform readers of the content's nature ahead.

Captions

Captions should be given to each file thumbnail to briefly describe the file's subject or topic, the type of file medium (such as an artwork, sprite, etc.), and its media origin. Following the AP style of writing, each caption should forego a period at the end.

In most cases, captions in galleries should follow this simple format, unless a more descriptive caption is deemed necessary.

(Subject) (type of file) from (link template to source media, or media title in italics for subsequent files)

The source media only needs to be linked once for the first relevant file in a gallery. Subsequent files from the same source media can instead have the title in italics. For example: Shin Megami Tensei V.

If the subject is already inferred by the gallery's page, such as that of a character or Demon, then mentioning the subject may not be necessary. For example, the artwork of Jack Frost from Shin Megami Tensei V can be captioned in its gallery as:

Artwork from {{Link|Game|SMT5}}

For instances of different files between multiple versions or revisions of a media, such as differences in game platform versions, the version source should also be specified in the caption. This would be formatted as:

(Subject) (type of file) from the (version) of (link template to source media, or media title in italics)

For example, the different sprites of Jack Frost between the Game Boy Color and PlayStation versions of Devil Children Black Book and Red Book can be captioned as:

Sprite from the [[Game Boy Color]] version of {{Link|Game|DCBR}}
Sprite from the [[PlayStation]] version of ''Devil Children Black Book and Red Book''

Gallery Order

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

File types should follow this priority order in galleries:

Covers
Artwork
Renders (for officially rendered models)
Illustrations (for illustrated pages from a book or manga)
Sprites
Graphics (for 2D, non-pixelated graphics ripped from a game)
Models (for 3D models that are not official renders)
Maps
Screenshots
Cards
Photos
Videos

Files in galleries should likewise also follow the wiki's media order guidelines, adhering to the appearance order, series and sub-series order, and media title order as applicable to the subject.

As a simplified example, a generalized gallery for Jack Frost would have this order for the following files:

MT2 Jack Frost Artwork
SMT1 Jack Frost Artwork
P5 Jack Frost Render
SMT3 Jack Frost Model
MT2 Jack Frost Sprite
SMT1 Jack Frost Sprite

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.

Gallery Pages

If a page's gallery section exceeds 15 files or is causing significant page loading slowdown, it should be split into its own gallery page. These are prefaced with the Gallery: namespace, such as Gallery:Jack Frost, and are linked to in the main page's gallery section using Template:SeeGallery ({{SeeGallery}}).

Because gallery pages exist in their own space, it is encouraged to organize their content into dedicated sections by file type, following the gallery order as defined above. Each of these sections would have their own gallery tags.

As with all pages, gallery pages also need to be appropriately categorized. This should be one of the following categories that best reflects the gallery's topic:

• Category:Series Galleries
• Category:Game Galleries
• Category:Film Galleries (for televised series, movies, and OVAs)
• Category:Manga Galleries
• Category:Character Galleries
• Category:Demon Galleries (also used for similar entities, such as Personas and Shadows)
• Category:Item Galleries
• Category:Equipment Galleries (also used for cosmetic outfits)

Games

For video games and other interactive media, the following sections are the suggested default, as applicable to the media:

==Covers==
==Logos==
==Artwork==
==Renders==
==Sprites==
==Graphics==
==Models==
==Maps==
==Screenshots==
==Videos==

It is recommended to further organize these sections into subsections for specific subjects of files. For example, the Artwork section may have additional subsections for specific types of artwork:

===Key Artwork===
(For artwork used for marketing. Example: full textless versions of artwork used for the cover.)

===Character Artwork===

===Demon Artwork===

===Item Artwork===

===Equipment Artwork===

===Setting Artwork===

===Miscellaneous Artwork===
(For artwork that do not fit in any of the above criteria.)

===Concept Artwork===
(For conceptual illustrations made during the development of a media title, which often no longer represents the final product.)

Sections that would not fit the media's specific needs should not be included in the gallery page. For example, a game that does not have any 3D models should not include a Models section.

Books and Manga

For books and manga, the following sections are the suggested default:

==Covers==
==Logos==
==Artwork==
==Illustrations==

Films

For televised series, movies, and OVAs, the following sections are the suggested default:

==Covers==
==Logos==
==Artwork==
==Screenshots==
==Videos==

Subjects

For characters, Demons, locations, items, and other such subjects, the following sections are the suggested default:

==Covers==
==Artwork==
==Renders==
==Illustrations==
==Sprites==
==Graphics==
==Models==
==Screenshots==
==Cards==
==Videos==

Note that covers should be omitted if a textless version of the cover exists and would better fit in another section such as Artwork or Illustrations.