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{{Subpage Tabs|Help:Manual of Style/Character Pages}}
{{Subpage Tabs|Help:Manual of Style/Character Pages}}
* Create [[:Category:Gallery Pages|galleries]] as a subpage of the character's main page: e.g. [[Ragna the Bloodedge/Gallery]]
* In the automatically generated boilerplate text (see also [[#Boilerplate]] below):
** Replace <code>Ragna the Bloodedge</code> with the name of the character the page is being created for.
** In the case of the Murakumo units, whose display names are different from their base page names, use <code><nowiki>{{Character Tabs|Λ-No.11-|Lambda-11}}</nowiki></code> where <code>Λ-No.11-</code> is the name of her main overview page and <code>Lambda-11</code> is the name that her subpages are on (Lambda-11/Gameplay, etc)


{{BoilerplateBox}}
{{BoilerplateBox}}


==General Notes==
__TOC__
* '''PAGE NAME''': Create the page under the character's main page: e.g. [[Ragna the Bloodedge/Gallery]]
* In the generated boilerplate text:
** Don't forget to replace <code>Ragna the Bloodedge</code> with the name of the character the page is being created for.
** In the case of the Murakumo units, whose display name is different from their base page name, use <code><nowiki>{{Character Tabs|Λ-No.11-|Lambda-11}}</nowiki></code> where <code>Λ-No.11-</code> is the name of her main overview page and <code>Lambda-11</code> is the name that her subpages are on (Lambda-11/Gameplay, etc)


==How to add an image to a character's gallery==
==How to add an image to a character's gallery==


# If the image isn't uploaded on the wiki yet, [[Special:UploadWizard|upload it]] (ref. [[Help:Upload Wizard]] for assistance)
# [[Special:UploadWizard|Upload it via Upload Wizard]]. (ref. [[Help:Upload Wizard]] for general assistance with using Upload Wizard)
# Make sure the image is categorized with '''at least''':
#* For BlazBlue Radio insert images, please use [[Campaign:BBRadio]] to upload the images.
#* the character(s) appearing in the image, and
#* For images from Twitter, [[Campaign:Twitter]] simplifies the process
#* one of [[:Category:Media by Gallery Category|the categories denoting gallery sections]].
# Categorize the image with:
# If the image belongs to one of the following categories, then it also needs to be categorized with its '''source'''.
#* The character: [[:Category:Media by Character]]
#* Animation still ([[:Category:Animations]])
#* The category of gallery you want the image to appear in: [[:Category:Media by Gallery Category]]
#* Story Mode CG/image ([[:Category:Story]])
#* The media '''source''' (e.g. BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger) of the image for:
#* Arcade Mode CG/image ([[:Category:Arcade Mode]])
#** Stills/screenshots from an animation (images in [[:Category:Animations]])
# Collaboration image/art only needs to be categorized it by the collaborating series and character; it doesn't need to be explicitly put into the Collaborations gallery section nor tagged with a BlazBlue game for it to show up in a gallery
#** Story Mode CGs/images (images in [[:Category:Story]])
#** Arcade Mode CGs/images (images in [[:Category:Arcade Mode]])
#** Collaboration images/art with the collaborating series and relevant BlazBlue characters


At set intervals, [[User:Deus Machina Nirvana]] (a bot) will check recent changes and add or update the image's [[Template:Gallery Metadata|Gallery Metadata]], which will let the image be pulled into the proper gallery sections.
At set intervals, the bot [[User:Deus Machina Nirvana]] will check recent changes and update the image's [[Template:Gallery Metadata|Gallery Metadata]], which will let the image be pulled into the proper gallery sections.


==How the system is set up==
==About the gallery system==
* [[Template:Master Gallery]] defines the standard gallery layout for a character gallery.
* [[Template:Master Gallery]] invokes [[Module:Character Gallery]]
* Images are pulled into each gallery section based on the data in the [[Template:Gallery Metadata|Gallery Metadata template]] on their page.
* Images are pulled into each gallery section based on the [[Template:Gallery Metadata|Gallery Metadata template]] of each image.
* The bot [[User:Deus Machina Nirvana]] checks recently-uploaded and recently-changed files (pages in the File namespace) to see if they are categorized with at least one [[:Category:Media by Gallery Category|gallery section]], and if they are, fills out their Gallery Metadata based on the existing categories on the page.
* The bot [[User:Deus Machina Nirvana]] checks recently-uploaded and recently-changed files to see if they are categorized with at least one [[:Category:Media by Gallery Category|gallery section]], and if they are, fills out their Gallery Metadata based on the existing categories on the page.


Each section of Template:Gallery Metadata corresponds to a category on the wiki:
Each section of Template:Gallery Metadata corresponds to a category on the wiki:
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Categories that are linked to this system are marked with this message box:
Categories that are linked to this system are marked with this message box:
{{Imbox Gallery Notice}}
{{Imbox Gallery Notice}}
===Adding a section to the gallery===
# Go to [[Module:Character Gallery/data]]. Add the new section.
# Make sure any new categories being used as "sections" in the gallery are included in [[:Category:Media by Gallery Category]] (like Card Art, Birthday Art, etc)
## This can be achieved by adding <nowiki>[[Category:Media by Gallery Category]]</nowiki> to the new category page
## Nirvana only checks and adds/updates Gallery Metadata for images with a category listed in [[:Category:Media by Gallery Category]]
# Rerun Nirvana on past images uploaded with the new category (or categories) - requires python, pywikibot, the associated pywikibot scripts linked below, and access to Deus Machina Nirvana.
## OR manually add [[Template:Gallery Metadata]] to the images with the appropriate fields filled out.
===Images that need verification of their characters and cameos===
Some images, like birthday art and arcade CGs, have appearing character separated into "cameos" and "non-cameos". Nirvana attempts to categorize characters into cameos and non-cameos based on whether the character's name appears in the title of the image (e.g. [[:File:BlazBlue_Central_Fiction_Nine_the_Phantom_Arcade_00(A).png]]), and may sometimes make mistakes. The following tracks images that Nirvana could not disambiguate.
{{Backlog progress bar|category=Needs Verification of Ambiguous Characters|initial=56}}


==Further Reading==
==Further Reading==
* [[Template:Gallery Metadata]]
* [[Template:Gallery Metadata]]
* [[Template:Master Gallery]]
* [[Module:Character Gallery]]
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Cargo Extension:Cargo]
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Cargo Extension:Cargo]
* The pywikibot script behind [[User:Deus Machina Nirvana]]: https://bitbucket.org/lawfulevilchao/deus-machina-nirvana/src/master/
* The pywikibot script behind [[User:Deus Machina Nirvana]]: https://bitbucket.org/lawfulevilchao/deus-machina-nirvana/src/master/


[[Category:Help]]
[[Category:Help]]
==Boilerplate==
Edit this section to see and change the boilerplate text.
<includeonly><onlyinclude>
<includeonly><onlyinclude>
{{Character Tabs|Ragna the Bloodedge}}
{{Character Tabs|Ragna the Bloodedge}}

Latest revision as of 16:44, 23 January 2022

  • Create galleries as a subpage of the character's main page: e.g. Ragna the Bloodedge/Gallery
  • In the automatically generated boilerplate text (see also #Boilerplate below):
    • Replace Ragna the Bloodedge with the name of the character the page is being created for.
    • In the case of the Murakumo units, whose display names are different from their base page names, use {{Character Tabs|Λ-No.11-|Lambda-11}} where Λ-No.11- is the name of her main overview page and Lambda-11 is the name that her subpages are on (Lambda-11/Gameplay, etc)


How to add an image to a character's gallery

  1. Upload it via Upload Wizard. (ref. Help:Upload Wizard for general assistance with using Upload Wizard)
  2. Categorize the image with:

At set intervals, the bot User:Deus Machina Nirvana will check recent changes and update the image's Gallery Metadata, which will let the image be pulled into the proper gallery sections.

About the gallery system

Each section of Template:Gallery Metadata corresponds to a category on the wiki:

{{Gallery Metadata
|characters=Category:Media by Character
|cameos=Category:Media by Character
|locations=Category:Media by Location
|weapons=Category:Media by Weapon
|source=Category:Media by Source, Category:Media from Novels, Category:Media from Manga, Category:Media from Collaborations
|artists=Category:Media by Artist
|section=Category:Media by Gallery Category
|date=
|caption=
}}

Categories that are linked to this system are marked with this message box:

Adding a section to the gallery

  1. Go to Module:Character Gallery/data. Add the new section.
  2. Make sure any new categories being used as "sections" in the gallery are included in Category:Media by Gallery Category (like Card Art, Birthday Art, etc)
    1. This can be achieved by adding [[Category:Media by Gallery Category]] to the new category page
    2. Nirvana only checks and adds/updates Gallery Metadata for images with a category listed in Category:Media by Gallery Category
  3. Rerun Nirvana on past images uploaded with the new category (or categories) - requires python, pywikibot, the associated pywikibot scripts linked below, and access to Deus Machina Nirvana.
    1. OR manually add Template:Gallery Metadata to the images with the appropriate fields filled out.

Images that need verification of their characters and cameos

Some images, like birthday art and arcade CGs, have appearing character separated into "cameos" and "non-cameos". Nirvana attempts to categorize characters into cameos and non-cameos based on whether the character's name appears in the title of the image (e.g. File:BlazBlue_Central_Fiction_Nine_the_Phantom_Arcade_00(A).png), and may sometimes make mistakes. The following tracks images that Nirvana could not disambiguate.

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Edit this section to see and change the boilerplate text.

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