History Administrivia / HowToPickAGoodImage

* If an image is not potholed or sourced in some way, bring it up in [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=12944180130A56980100 this thread]].

* Images go at the top of the page. Do not put image markup below the example line. There are exceptions to this, but they are usually agreed on by an ImagePickin thread beforehand.

** WallOfText or TalkingHeads. If the image is nothing but a paragraph of text with a character drawn so that there's somewhere to stick a SpeechBubble, it's not a great image ... but it might make a good quote though. A DiscussedTrope ''can'' be a good illustration, but there have to be some visual cues beyond the text that help to illustrate the trope.

** WallOfText or TalkingHeads. If the image is nothing but a paragraph of text with a character drawn so that there's somewhere to stick a SpeechBubble, it's not a great image ... but it might make a good quote though.

** If a caption text only says "The TropeNamer", "X shows us how it's done", "One of these things is not like the others", [[MemeticMutation etc]], this is actually ''worse'' than having no caption at all (compare first point).
** Per [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=16592075430A93027000 this thread]], captions that refer to in-jokes from other works are forbidden on work pages and their subpages, as they rely on [[FanMyopia assuming all readers are familiar with both works]].
** Avoid captions (or notes therein) that point out how the image doesn't actually fit here, or isn't actually an example. If an image seriously bothers you, take it to Image Pickin'. See also: ThisImageIsNotAnExample.

** Captions are not mandatory. If a caption text only says "The TropeNamer", "X shows us how it's done", "One of these things is not like the others", [[MemeticMutation etc]], this is actually ''worse'' than having no caption at all (compare first point).

* Images go at the top of the page.

** Spoilers, even on Administrivia/SpoilersOff pages. There's no code for spoiler-tagging an image for people who don't want to see things spoiled. And once you've seen a spoiler, you can never un-see it. Images tend to draw peoples' attention (they are even shown on our Google search results and on the [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/browse.php Browse]] page). Most peoples' eyes are immediately drawn to images anyway.

** Spoilers, even on Administrivia/SpoilersOff pages. There's no code for spoiler-tagging an image for people who don't want to see things spoiled. And once you've seen a spoiler, you can never un-see it. Images tend to draw peoples' attention (they are even shown on our Google search results). Most peoples' eyes are immediately drawn to images anyway.

* Troper-made images are fine. If you have artistic skills and would like to make an image for a page, go for it. (DugTooDeep is one such example.)

* Troper-made images are fine. If you have artistic skills and would like to make an image for a page, go for it; just look at the ListOfPagesArtistsCanIllustrate to get started. (DugTooDeep is one such example.)

* Characters pages with multiple characters may accompany each profile with an image of the character. There is no hard rule on image size for these pages, but some may opt to standardise on smaller images (e.g. 250 or 300) to allow more space for text. If in doubt, it's worth asking other tropers about this on the discussion page.

* Unlike many other types of work, FanFiction, {{Webcomic}}s, and WebOriginal have relatively easy-to-access creators. If you want to know what they'd prefer, send them a simple email with links to both the site and the page in question. For instance, this was how the page images for ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' and ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'' were chosen.

* '''Why are {{Comics}}, {{Manga}}, and {{Web Comic}}s so popular?''': Because the addition of SpeechBubble allows the image to include {{Dialogue}} on top of visualizations, something which multimedia works lack. This, combined with a distinct lack of MotionBlur, leans toward a dominance of these images.

* Characters pages with multiple pages may accompany each profile with an image of the character. There is no hard rule on image size for these pages, but some may opt to standardise on smaller images (e.g. 250 or 300) to allow more space for text. If in doubt, it's worth asking other tropers about this on the discussion page.