Battlestar Wiki Media:Image tagging policy

This page is an official policy of Battlestar Wiki Media. This policy is considered by the community and its leadership to be the status quo of Battlestar Wiki Media and is not to be countermanded or ignored, though changes to it can be discussed on the appropriate talk page. This policy was implemented on 14 April 2005.

The image tagging policy deals with the proper identification, categorization and tagging of photos used in the wiki. For the policy on proper image use on this wiki, click here. There are many tags that mean different things.

Rationale

In order to properly identify images, as well as to offer the proper credit, the images need to be tagged. This page covers how to tag a photo and to which tag should be used. To use the tag to it's full potential value, please look at the template to see how to format the data.

Image Tags

Copyright Tags

Fair use

Since Battlestar Wiki Media doesn't actually own the rights to Battlestar Galactica, these images are used under the fair use clause of United States copyright law. Thus all these tags reflect this.

Show Tags

• For the original series:
  • {{TOS NTSC DVD screencap}} -- All images are placed under Category:NTSC DVD screen captures (TOS)
  • {{TOS PAL DVD screencap}} -- All images are placed under Category:PAL DVD screen captures (TOS)
• For Galactica 1980:
  • {{1980 NTSC broadcast screencap}} -- All images are placed under Category:NTSC broadcast screen captures (1980)
  • {{1980 PAL broadcast screencap}} -- All images are placed under Category:PAL broadcast screen captures (1980)
• For the re-imagined series:
  • {{RDM Webepisode}} -- Used to identify a screen cap from the SciFi webepisodes. All images are placed under Category:Web screen captures (RDM).
  • {{iTunes download screencap}} -- Used to identify a screen cap from the iTunes downloadable versions. All images are placed under Category:iTunes download screen captures (RDM).
  • {{NTSC broadcast screencap}} -- All images are placed under Category:NTSC broadcast screen captures (RDM)
  • {{PAL broadcast screencap}} -- All images are placed under Category:PAL broadcast screen captures (RDM)
  • {{NTSC DVD screencap}} -- All images are placed under Category:NTSC DVD screen captures (RDM)
  • {{PAL DVD screencap}} -- All images are placed under Category:PAL DVD screen captures (RDM)
  • {{HDTV broadcast screencap}} -- All images are placed under Category:HDTV broadcast screen captures (RDM)
• For Caprica, the re-imagined series's spin-off:
  • {{Caprica iTunes download screencap}} -- Used to identify a screen cap from the iTunes downloadable versions. All images are placed under both Category:iTunes download screen captures (Caprica) and Category:iTunes download screen captures (RDM).
  • {{Caprica NTSC broadcast screencap}} -- All images are placed under both Category:NTSC broadcast screen captures (Caprica) and Category:NTSC broadcast screen captures (RDM)
  • {{Caprica PAL broadcast screencap}} -- All images are placed under both Category:PAL broadcast screen captures (Caprica) and Category:PAL broadcast screen captures (RDM)
  • {{Caprica NTSC DVD screencap}} -- All images are placed under both Category:NTSC DVD screen captures (Caprica) and Category:NTSC DVD screen captures (RDM)
  • {{Caprica PAL DVD screencap}} -- All images are placed under both Category:PAL DVD screen captures (Caprica) and Category:PAL DVD screen captures (RDM)
  • {{Caprica HDTV broadcast screencap}} -- All images are placed under both Category:HDTV broadcast screen captures (Caprica) and Category:HDTV broadcast screen captures (RDM)

Other Tags

Most of the images found from here are from Battlestar related websites, press kits, and/or scans of Battlestar material.

• {{promo}} -- Used for promotional photos released by Universal/Sci-Fi. Images are placed under Category:Promotional images.
  • {{promo other}} -- Used for promotional photos not released by Universal/Sci-Fi. Images are placed under Category:Promotional images and Category:Promotional images (Other).
• {{game screencap}} -- Used to identify game screen captures. All images are placed under Category:Game screen captures.
• {{comic scan}} -- Used to identify scans from comic books. This should not be used for comic book covers, which fall under {{cover art}}! All images are placed under Category:Comic images.
• {{cover art}} -- Used for cover art for any printed media. Images tagged with this are placed under Category:Cover art images.
• {{merchandise}} -- Used for merchandise images. Images tagged with this are placed under Category:Merchandise images.
• {{zoic}} -- Used for Zoic released photographs and cut-aways. Images tagged with this are placed under Category:Zoic images.
• {{actor image}} -- Used on actor, actresses, or crew images. Images tagged with this are placed under Category:Actor, Actress, or Crew images.

Creative Commons, Public Domain, GNU, Etc.

Any images licensed under a copyleft license, namely Creative Commons, or released into the public domain should use these tags.

• {{CC}} -- An image released under a Creative Commons license. Images tagged with this are placed under the Category:Creative Commons images.
  • You must specify which license by adding |license= after "CC", then typing in the license name (ex: {{CC|license=Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike}}).
• {{PD}} -- An image released into the public domain. Images tagged with this are placed under the Category:Public domain images.
• {{GFDL}} -- An image released into the GNU. Images tagged with this are placed under the Category:GNU free documentation license images.
• {{LGPL}} -- An image released into the LGPL. Images tagged with this are placed under the Category:LGPL images.

Other Sites, etc.

Sites

These tags are to be tagged from images gathered from these sites.

• {{Memoryalphaphoto}} - For photos originating from Memory Alpha. Image get placed under Category:Memory Alpha photos.
• {{Gateworldphoto}} - For photo originating from Gateworld. Image get placed under Category:Gateworld photos.

Other

• {{self created}} - Used to tell you that you created the image yourself. You are the source.

Battlestar Wiki Related Tags

These tags are vaild for copyright information only and to be used on images for the Battlestar Wiki itself.

Image type tags

These tags need another tag to indicate it's source and/or copyright to be fully correct.

• {{concept image}} -- Used on conceptual art or drawings. Images tagged with this are placed under Category:Conceptual images.

Other uses

• {{user image}} - Used exclusively for photos used in the User namespace, namely on user's pages. These images may be licensed under any license, as so long as the copyright owner is identified. Images are placed under Category:User images.
• {{silly image}} - Used exclusively for images that are user created that come from more than one source. Images are placed under Category:Silly images.
• {{BW image}} - Used exclusively for Battlestar Wiki images. These are images released under the same license as Battlestar Wiki's articles. These images are used for "site use". Images are placed under Category:Battlestar Wiki Media images.
• {{OfficialImage}} - Used exclusively for images that are uploaded/given to Battlestar Wiki Media by an Official member of the cast/crew of Battlestar Galactica (RDM). These images are used with permission and may not be distributed outside of this Wiki without permission of the author. Images are placed under Category:Images from Official Sources.

No longer active tags

These tags are deprecated, however they exist as place holders, and should not be used at all.

• {{screencap}} -- Used to identify a generic screen cap. All images in this category are placed under Category:Screen captures.
• {{HD-screencap}} -- Used to identify captures from DVD and HDTV broadcast sources. All images are placed under Category:HD screen captures.