PotC Wiki:Images

The Pirates of the Caribbean Wiki's image policy is designed to keep the Wiki's images categorised and orderly.

Requirements
Whenever you upload an image, you should meet the following minimal requirements. image copyright tags]]. When in doubt, do not upload copyrighted images.
 * 1) Always tag your image with one of the [[:Category:Copyright templates|
 * 1) Always specify on the description page where the image came from (the origin, sometimes called its "source") and information on how this could be verified.

Rules of thumb

 * 1) Use the image description page to describe an image and its copyright status.
 * 2) Use a clear, detailed title. Note that if any image with the same title has already been uploaded, it will be replaced with your new one.
 * 3) Upload a high-resolution version of your image whenever possible.

POTC sourced images

 * 1) All images on the wiki should come from an official POTC source (movie, video-game, comic book, refference book, etc.) or some source affiliated with the POTC franchise and The Walt Disney Company.
 * 2) Duplicate images are not needed on the POTC Wiki. Before you upload any image, be sure that the image isn't already uploaded by someone else. Check the articles and galleries. Duplicate images will be deleted.

Non-POTC sourced images
Unfortunately, there are some POTC books with no illustrations. As a consequence, there is not a single official POTC image of the characters, ships, locations, etc. which were introduced in those books. In those cases, one fan-made image per such article is acceptable, but under certain conditions.
 * 1) Such image should be of highest quality. If it's possible, the image should be colored.
 * 2) If the artist has several images of the same subject, the best image will be elected by the administrators.
 * 3) Said image must be approved for use on the POTC Wiki by the author of the book where the subject appears. The approval must be sent by the author to pirateswiki@gmail.com. For example, if the image shows a character from one of the Legends of the Brethren Court books, the image must be approved by Rob Kidd.

Sometimes, some real-world locations are mentioned numerous times in POTC materials, but they never made an appearance in those materials. In such cases, one image from a non-POTC source is acceptable, but under certain conditions.
 * 1) The image/painting should be made before 1750, which is currently the latest year in the POTC film series.
 * 2) If the image is actually a map (of an island, a city, etc.), that map should be made before 1750, as per the reasons stated above.

Images on userpages
Though we encourage our users to use POTC images in infoboxes on their usergapes, this isn't a strict rule. You can upload whatever image you like, as long as that image isn't too provocative. Rememeber that this Wiki is wieved by many, including children.