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 {{Standards}}
-{{intoduction-too-short}}
 {{draft-policy}}
 What makes a "good" Image?
-We thank the contributors of the following pages as they were a big help in creating the topics covered here.
+We thank the contributors of the following pages as they were a large inspiration for this page:
 * [[mariowiki:MarioWiki:Maintenance|Super Mario Wiki]]
 * [[bulbapedia:Category:Notice templates|Bublapedia]]
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 Each type has an idea situation and each situation has an ideal type. Please upload files according to these rules.
-;[[Template:AnimatedSouceCitation|Animations]]
-:Animations should be uploaded in a .gif file format. They should not be a distraction, and should not cost too much time on the clients computer (Browser or CPU).
 ;[[Template:ConceptArtSourceCitation|Character Art]]
 :Official art of a character, vehicle, location, or scene. Should be uploaded in .png format.
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 When uploaded, please attach the right template. (Psst! -Click the links above. It's to the Template).
-If the right template is not identified, please mark with
+If the right template is not identified, please mark with {{t|missing-type-information}}.
-{{t|missing-type-information}}. If a file is uploaded as the wrong file type, if a new file of a different type has been uploaded, or something similar, please mark the old file with {{t|replace-type-old}} and the new with {{t|replace-type-new}}
-{{Article-copied-from-another-wiki}}
+{{t|Article-copied-from-another-wiki}}
-<!-- please modify to be more original -->
 Also note:
-* File extensions for images are to be in lowercase and not capitalized. (.jpg not .JPG)
+* File extensions for images should be lowercase. (.jpg not .JPG)
 * For images with transparent backgrounds, a .png file format is preferred to .gif.
 * Images, unless appropriate, should not have solid colors as their backgrounds, and should be uploaded with transparent backgrounds. Images without background transparency need to have their backgrounds removed, but this must be done to a quality that leaves smooth edges with no strokes, and leave no traces of any background. (see Lylat Wiki:Art Requests.)
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 If an image does not meet quality standards it will be deleted by an administrator. (see [[Lylat Wiki:File Deletion Policy]].)
-<!-- please modify to be more original -->
+== License & source information ==
-== License & Source Information ==
 Each image needs to be identified where it came from. This includes the following information:
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 #* If this is an original art of a user, did they use photoshop? GIMP?...paint? paint.net? inkscape?
 #* Did the file start off as a jpg then go to png?
-# Who was the original Artist?
+# Who was the original artist?
-#* If it was a user, what is there username?
+#* If it was a user, what is their username?
-If the previous information is missing, please post {{t|missing-file-history}} and then post to the related discussion page what exactly is missing. There maybe a reason for it.
 === License ===
 When a file is loaded on the server, we need to identify a licence it is under.
 * Copyright with a fair use rational - {{t|copyright}}
-* GNU General Public License
+* missing license - {{t|missing license}}
-* Public domain (except where not applicable) - {{t|pd}}, {{t|pduser}}
-* free art license - {{t|FAL}}
-* creative commons license - {{t|cc}}
-* missing licence - {{t|missing license}}
 == Style & Content Guide ==
-When an image is good, it get's used. doesn't matter how often, or in what place; the simple fact that it is used if enough to fulfill the image's purpose.
+When an image is good, it gets used. doesn't matter how often, or in what place; the simple fact that it is used if enough to fulfill the image's purpose.
 But what of [[Special:UnusedFiles|unused images]]? What do we do with them?
 === Files themselves ===
-Well, first make sure the article isn't one of the following:
+Make sure the file isn't one of the following:
 * redirected or duplicate files
-* marked with {{t|replace-type-old}}, as someone has said another type is better for the file you are looking at.
+* of good quality
-second, is the file of really poor quality? or is it too out of date?
-(too mark on as such, please use {{t|out-of-date}} and {{t|poor-quality}}).
 === Usage on other pages ===
-third,  see if any pages are marked with {{t|images}} & {{t|better-images}}, as those articles are in need of images most of all.
+Third, see if any pages are marked with {{t|better-images}}, as those articles are in most dire need of images.
 [[Category:File Pages|{{PAGENAME}}]]