User talk:Skirdus

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Hello, Skirdus, and welcome to Wowpedia, the Warcraft wiki! Thank you for your contributions, and we heartily encourage you to continue contributing!

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wowpedian! Please remember to sign your name on talk pages using four tildes as this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, or need help, just ask on the relevant talk page, or visit the site forums. Again, welcome! -- (•) 14:54, 4 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Welcome! PeterWind (talk) 15:48, 4 November 2017 (UTC)

Datamined content
Hi there. Appreciate your enthusiasm in updating wowpedia, but keep in mind that datamined Battle for Azeroth content may be out of context or even temporary. As such, we need to keep track of them so please don't add datamined content to infoboxes and keep such information into sections clearly delimited by the bfa-section template or to pages marked with the Stub/BfA one. Xporc (talk) 07:39, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

Naming convention
Hi. There was an existing file called "Katherine Proudmoore.jpg", 6 months later a comic was published with Katherine in it, so you cropped a pic from it and called it.. "KatherineProudmoore.jpg". Same for "PriscillaAshvane.jpg". "Katherine [Proudmoore] Reunion.jpg", for example, would've been a much better choice, as it makes it explicit for the readers where the picture is from, and for the editors what the difference is between the two files, something that isn't possible just by looking at the names "Katherine Proudmoore.jpg" and "KatherineProudmoore.jpg". -- MyMindWontQuiet 01:03, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

PNG vs JPG
In most cases, images like screenshots, artwork, and the like should preferably be uploaded as JPG, not PNG, in order to keep their file size at a manageable level. -- 19:48, 11 September 2018 (UTC)
 * It's actually perfectly fine to use PNGs over JPGs, it's even preferrable. The "issue" if there is one was that the pic was 3Mb when it could be lighter. (But even that seems to be suject to debate lately, we might want to discuss it more in-depth at some point.) -- MyMindWontQuiet 21:48, 11 September 2018 (UTC)
 * In cases where the files are big, no. PNGs are not okay and can't be optimized unless you crop it. Converting it to JPG would be better. 21:50, 11 September 2018 (UTC)
 * This is not a function of the file being a PNG, this is because the file is too big. The same would have been done to a 3Mb JPG file.
 * PNG will always be better than JPG for a simple reason, because it is lossless, meaning that it can never lose quality or information.
 * And even then, it's not like Wowpedia lacks diskspace, Kaydee will say that. :P -- MyMindWontQuiet 22:00, 11 September 2018 (UTC)
 * So? It's just a standard. Also Wowpedia talk:Image guidelines. 22:05, 11 September 2018 (UTC)
 * If it isn't a problem, the policy should be changed yes. PeterWind (talk) 06:47, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

Mob icons
Hey, regarding the File:IconSmall Grong.gif, these icons are handled by the Icon Team. If you need an icon to be created, you can request them here. Other than that, thanks for your contributions to Wowpedia! :D 01:26, 24 October 2018 (UTC)

Image source
When uploading files like File:BolvarSL.png, please remember that you need to include some information about where you got the image from. -- 21:35, 8 November 2019 (UTC)