Battlestar Wiki talk:Think Tank/Image Naming Conventions

Thoughts

I agree that there should be some sort of convention. However, a few questions arise:

• How do we go about changing the names of the ones already on the server? Since images can't be renamed like articles, a "rename" would include deleting and reuploading the image -- thus losing all history information (i.e. who uploaded it, changed it, etc.)
• Do we even bother changing the names of images and content already uploaded?

As for conventions, here are some that come to mind:

• Episode Name - Description.jpg
• Episode Abbreviation - Description.jpg
  • i.e. Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I would have the abbreviation of KLGI.

In the case of images of one shot characters (for example), we could use the following naming convention:

• Character Name - ##.jpg

The # denotes a two digit number; we should need no more than that.

Or, if we only have one image, then a simpler convention could be used:

• Character Name.jpg

Thoughts? -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate} 13:16, 22 October 2006 (CDT)

I like the idea. The episode abbreviation matches with our shortcuts with policy pages (like BW:SAC). Makes it quick to know what pictures go with an episode at a glance, too. Central characters could have an abbrevation, too, instead of full name for brevity. For instance, WADAMA, LADAMA, ROSLIN. --Spencerian 17:43, 22 October 2006 (CDT)