Board Thread:Editing: Anne Wiki Improvement Society/@comment-4934571-20180307141436/@comment-3493059-20180308043247

Thank you for writing this. I wanted to write something explaining why I was deleting so much but I had no energy or words to do so. I have completely (I think) finished deleting the unnecessary images and I did my best to select in the dropdown the reason why I was deleting. Hopefully it is clear. There were some that were bad quality (photos of a computer screen of a paused YouTube video), but the vast majority were duplicates.

I don't mind what the images are called (though do like the simple system we have because it makes categorisation easy). But there is no rule about how we title images, and we certainly have some that don't follow the pattern. What I do mind is when someone downloads images from this wiki and then reuploads them under different, longer titles for a reason that's simply cosmetic. I can tell that they are downloaded directly from this wiki because sometimes they are not the same as original size, but instead the size of the wiki's image preview.

I've created a page called Help:Duplicate images which should help us keep on top of doubles. But I have a few image uploading guidelines I think we should make wiki policy.


 * 1) Please don't upload images already on the wiki.
 * 2) Please put your images in appropriate categories (so an admin doesn't have to sift through Special:UncategorizedFiles and edit each image one by one).
 * 3) Please upload stills or screenshots, not poor quality photos of your computer screen.

Lastly, if you would like input on how files are named (because I think only admins can rename), please let an admin know instead of trying to do it yourself. This was a big unnecessary change that was a lot of hassle to fix.

I hope you know I'll never blame you for being absent or not keeping on top of admin edits or updates here. I am also busy again (I just started a new year at uni) and when you have many priorities and things on your mind, you have to put something on hold.

I'm sorry to hear about the political climate in your country. I just googled it and read up. Scary stuff.

I studied abroad for three weeks in December. Such a new experience for me (without family in a country I'd never been to before) but definitely worth it.