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Image quality 
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The recent images you've uploaded seem to have "noise" artifacts from compression, either because you're grabbing screen caps from a source that isn't at the correct size and aspect ratio (or even on a screen with an "incorrect" pixel count), or because of the program you're using for editing them. I suppose the first question I should ask is where are you getting these, and what program are you using for editing them?- Archduk3 04:51, March 11, 2012 (UTC)
- I've been digging through the TrekCore screencap archives (which I believe are taken straight from the DVDs). If you'd prefer that to not be used as a source, just say so. In terms of editing, I'm using Photoshop - and that's only to crop or resize (smaller) the images, I'm not using any part of the software to "clean up" the images in any manner. Aatrek 04:54, March 11, 2012 (UTC)
Trekcore is more than fine (I myself use them a lot), though it's know that Photoshop will recompress jpgs when it saves them, so that might be it. Since file size isn't an issue right now, I would just make sure that the highest quality is used when saving, if you would rather not use the suggested jpegcrop software. I am also mainly only taking about the Blu-ray caps from the films, since most other jumps in image quality for TNG episodes had to do with the source instead of anything else. - Archduk3 05:07, March 11, 2012 (UTC)
- I'll check out that jpegcrop software - thanks for the tip.Aatrek 05:09, March 11, 2012 (UTC)
Format templates Edit
Hello again! I thought it might be a good idea to explain how (most of) the format templates work, or at least how the {{USS}} one does. {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-E|-E}} links to USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E) but looks like USS Enterprise-E. The first part of the (after the USS) is the part that will be italicized per our formatting (which is the name of the page). The second part is any disambiguation in the page title, in this case (NCC-1701-E). The third part adds text to the end of the link, which is the "-E". So lining to the alternate reality Enterprise would be {{USS|Enterprise|alternate reality}} because the disambiguation is (alternate reality) in the page title. links like [[USS Enterprise NCC-1701]] and [[USS Enterprise-E]] are for searching only, and should never actually be linked to. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. - Archduk3 23:37, March 13, 2012 (UTC)
"Concealer"Edit
Apply this piece of code here:
And it get rid of a bunch of garbage on MA for you. -- sulfur 00:53, March 14, 2012 (UTC)
- Applied. I'll get the hang of this soon enough! Aatrek 00:56, March 14, 2012 (UTC)
Sidebar images Edit
Images used in sidebars should be at least 292px wide, and as "short" as possible, so please take this in to account when cropping. Short in this case means that the longest dimension should always be the width. - Archduk3 21:36, March 29, 2012 (UTC)
- Gotcha. I'll clean up some of my recent uploads to correct. - Aatrek 22:51, March 29, 2012 (UTC)
Rename requests Edit
Please remember to add the namespace to the suggested title when adding the rename template, or the merge template, so the link points to the correct destination. - Archduk3 23:14, March 30, 2012 (UTC)
Spacing Edit
Please do NOT put a space after the colon in links, such as categories or namespace designations. While the software will ignore these, it stops other things from working correctly, the easiest to see would be the suggestions, which will not display because of the extra space. - Archduk3 17:41, April 13, 2012 (UTC)
- Didn't realize that - it won't happen in the future. Aatrek 17:42, April 13, 2012 (UTC)
Mass renaming Edit
It would be easier if you would create a forum topic about this and just list the files there, so the template doesn't have to be added and removed every time. - Archduk3 22:10, April 17, 2012 (UTC)
- Oh, I'll do that going forward. Sorry if you got a lot of notifications! Aatrek 22:11, April 17, 2012 (UTC)
- Should that go under "General" in the forums? - Aatrek 22:18, April 17, 2012 (UTC)
Yes. - Archduk3 22:33, April 17, 2012 (UTC)
Forums are talk pages, remember to sign. - Archduk3 23:54, April 17, 2012 (UTC)
I've moved this to a user project page, since theoretically that will lead to more admins becoming involved, and to reflect the longer term goal of formatting all images to a this standard. - Archduk3 04:26, April 18, 2012 (UTC)