Forum:Redrafting image policy for weapons

It's come to my attention that many images involving weapons are inconstantly named. For example, whist some images are named well, such as "Weapon Sight MW2.png", others are named much more strangely, one in the same category was named "Thumperr.png". This can make it harder to figure out what an image is called, and can make it more difficult to find in the process. Thus, I've drafted a new policy for weapon nomenclature: Whilst this sounds bureaucratic, with Modern Warfare 3 coming out we're going to have a lot of guns from Modern Warfare and Modern Warfare 2 making their return, and so need to make an organised approach as so not to cause confusion.
 * Images of the gun in 1st person should be called "Weapon [Game abbreviation].png"
 * Images of the gun's sights should be called "Weapon Sight [Game abbreviation].png"
 * Images of the gun in third person shall be called "Weapon 3rd person [Game abbreviation].png"

My second point is about weapon transparency. Below are two images of the M1911 Colt .45:

I think it's safe to say that images with transparency look more professional than those with the background. Whilst Darkman 4 uploaded all the Modern Warfare 2 images with the same background, images of weapons from Modern Warfare and Black Ops bother had and have (respectively) completely different backgrounds, which can look strange when multiple variants of weapon are shown on the same page. Adding transparency thus adds uniformity to images.

Hence, my other additions to image policy would be:
 * "Images should have transparency and be in the .png format to accommodate this." The sugegstion here thing above would be rather a guideline than a rule to lighten the load on our shoulders. Myself, Hax 217 and Joey are the only people who really do this sort of thing and so finding images can be rather laborious; combined with the time it takes to add transparency this is a time-consuming process. Thus, if uploaders could add a category for non-transparent images this would allow the process to move along more smoothly.
 * "Images should be taken from hardcore mode/theater mode rather than normal multiplayer and singleplayer when possible." Again, another suggestion rather than a rule, this removes the HUD from the screen and means only the weapon is featured, not grey lines and the interface, which also allows for more professional transparency.

So, discuss what you think below, voting will start on the 15th after a week's discussion. 13:28, June 8, 2011 (UTC)