To start adding images, you must register for free and log in to your account, and then click the Edit button on the page you would like to add a photo to. You can also click on the contribute button, choose "adding image" and add the image.
Self-Scanned Images[]
Images must be scanned at 400dpi with moiré reduction on (with a minimum 300dpi on older scanners).
Images from other sites[]
If you want to add images for other sites, there are a few things to take into notice:
- Images with logos of other sites must be replaced as soon as possible with a "non-logo" version available. (These images must be marked with the category: "Images Needing Replacement"), also they must have an yellow information box.
- Always list the link of the site, where you found that picture, into the summary of the file description.
- Most images would have the Fair Use license, because even if you scanned the image yourself, the copyright always belongs to the publisher of the card game.
- Non-game-related keywords of that card, should be added to the categories on the file page.
- Never ever ever use images with a copyright from Getty Images, WireImage or Pokémon Paradijs. Those sites give very big fines for using their images.
File naming[]
Look at this example: Jackbauerloyaltothepresident-D0.
The card title and subtitle is written together with no special characters (only latin letters and numbers), followed by a hyphen ( - ) and then the abbreviation of the set. The German ß must be written as "ss". Other special characters are reverted to their original English-alphabet letter. Roman numerals must be written as "normal" numbers. If the title consists of non-latin alphabet letters, then the English title should be used with the addition of an underscore and the language abbreviation (for example: _JP for Japanese titles.)
If a card title is found multiple times in a set, add (for example) -v1 or -cardnumber.
If a set is (partially) foiled or otherwise different from the "normal" set, than add -Foil. (or another printform, like -Prism, -Autograph, etc.).
If the cards of the game has no titles, in example for board game cards, or some cards have no title at all, than the image title would be like this: risk-2000-NL-001.
- NL is the language abbrevation. It should only be used if the game or the card is printed with the same title in multiple languages.
Playing cards images would have this format: Cartamundi-[deckname]-joker1. If its a standard deck replace deckname with a code like st0001. If the name of the publisher is unknown, use then the name of the country. In this example Carta Mundi is the publisher.
Image Keywords[]
Image keywords can be added by using Categories. Put in a few simple words in the "Add category..." space on the right and press enter. The following rules always apply:
- Keywords must never ever be offensive to other people.
- Keywords must be in plural form, except for game-related keywords, elements like air, fire, void etc. And unique things like the Eiffel Tower, Millennium Falcon etc.
- Keywords that are game-related are moved to the appropriate card page. Also they must have the game title between brackets after the keyword.
- Keywords that have nothing to do with the image or are insulting to people are rejected and removed.
- Characters from comics, television series and movies must have the words (character), with the brackets, after their name.
- Names from actors, athletes and other people are also keywords.