GTA Wiki:Media Policy/HowTo

A step by step guide to complying with the media policy of the GTA Wiki.

Naming
If you have saved a snapmatic image from the Rockstar Social Club or saved a console or Steam screengrab, they will be named something like:
 * 0_0 (03).jpg (PS3/Xbox360 Snapmatics)
 * nRIwmP3pik-zvHpNUaCV8w_0_0.jpg (PS4/XboxOne Snapmatics)
 * Grand Theft Auto V_20141219191638.jpg (PS4 screen captures)
 * 20141219191638.jpg (Steam screenshots)
 * 271590_20141219191638.png (Steam uncompressed screens)

These types of image names must be renamed to meaningful titles. Ideally you should do this before uploading to GTA Wiki, but if you haven't, you can do this as you upload it.

Please read the media policy for the specific guidelines for each subject type.

As a general rule of thumb, filenames should have 3 parts:


 * PageSubjectName - GTAXXX(game version) Game version qualifiers (optional) - Description (optional) .png

When uploading your image, you are given a chance to rename your image to comply with the naming part of the policy, how this looks and works depends on the Editor you are using (set in your Preferences) and the tool you have chosen to use to upload. Special:Upload tool= This is the preferred and recommended method for uploading files.

Licensing on upload
Whenever you add an image to the wiki, it must have its licensing attached. To attach a license to an image as you upload it follow these steps: Special:Upload tool= This is the preferred and recommended method for uploading files.

The file cannot be licensed using the Visual Editor Source Mode add media button. This has to be done using these methods. Source Editor= The file cannot be licensed using the Source Editor msUpload (Drop files here tool). This has to be done using these methods.

Galleries
If you choose to upload your new image(s) using the gallery builder (accessed by using the Add a photo to this gallery button to add an image to an existing gallery or using the Add Gallery feature in the Visual Editor or Visual Editor's Source mode, to add a new gallery to a page), you will not see any of the above options to rename and add a license to your new image(s). You must rename the uploaded image(s) beforehand on your device and use the following Licensing Later process. As such, we do not recommend uploading images in this way.

Fixing Incorrect Media
If you didn't rename it, forgot to apply the license or used the Gallery functions described above, all is not lost. You can open the image page e.g. www.gta.fandom.com/File:Subject-GTAgame-Description.png and do it manually.

Finding your Image(s)
There are a number of ways to navigate to your image file page.

Renaming Later
If you have named a file incorrectly, you may be able to rename it yourself.

All registered, auto-confirmed users can rename a file. If you have just registered on Fandom.com, it may be a few days until you have permission to do this yourself. If you do not have this option, to show you are aware that the file is incorrectly named, you can apply a  template to the image page (following the same steps as you would to add the license template later as shown above).

Conclusion
That is all there is to it. Happy editing. If you need further help, message one of the GTA Wiki Staff and we will be happy to assist.