User talk:Louis Bancroft

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Recent Image
If you plan to upload an image for userpage use only, such as the one you had uploaded, please read this section of the Image Rules. 15:45, July 31, 2013 (UTC)

Sure! Sorry I didn't license it. --Louis Bancroft (talk) 17:05, November 10, 2013 (UTC)

Images
Although good and useful, please remember to license them appropriately. You can see here for the rules of them.20:11, August 11, 2014 (UTC)

Temp
Could you clarify what that means for me please? Like, temporary? If so, please name it that, instead of using temp. 01:37, August 15, 2014 (UTC)


 * Please give an answer so they can be renamed. Don't upload anymore unless they are properly named either. 01:40, August 15, 2014 (UTC)


 * Yes, it's for temporary until good caps can be taken later. Also, I'd like to apologize infinitely for not responding to the previous messages on this page; I really didn't know how to insert the template for copyright/fair use until recently. I'll rename any subsequently uploaded images, and once again, no problems from here on. Louis Bancroft (talk) 01:45, August 15, 2014 (UTC)


 * Another question. What exactly do you mean by temporary? Like until another image is uploaded or what? 01:47, August 15, 2014 (UTC)
 * Well, yes. A temporary pic that gives a full body view of the weapon that's otherwise usable until either better pics or official stills are released, or even until launch. Until then, they're temporary pics in that case. Louis Bancroft (talk) 01:51, August 15, 2014 (UTC)


 * Well... I think it would be better if you do side view rather than temp. One, temp isn't the best thing for an image name, two, those images are of great quality, and are worth having on the wiki. 01:54, August 15, 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I'll work on the names. :] Louis Bancroft (talk) 01:58, August 15, 2014 (UTC)
 * For future reference, if you do ever feel that any images you upload should be replaced with higher quality in the future, edit the image page and add to the page.  02:05, August 15, 2014 (UTC)


 * Fantastic. Thanks, Scoota! Louis Bancroft (talk) 02:09, August 15, 2014 (UTC)

One last thing, please add "AW" at the end of your images. Thanks! 02:19, August 15, 2014 (UTC)

Will do. Thanks for all the help, and I hope to have a really productive year here? Louis Bancroft (talk) 02:24, August 15, 2014 (UTC)


 * I'm sure you will. And anyways, many of our best users had image problems when they first joined, so you aren't alone. It would great if you stay on the wiki, as I'm sure you'll be able to help greatly. 02:29, August 15, 2014 (UTC)

Bad Image
An image you recently uploaded was considered to violate the image policy as it was one or more of the following:

Please make sure you read the image policy to be sure of the protocols in place for uploading images.
 * Low quality
 * Contained a banned image effect
 * Concerned real life info, which is not generally allowed
 * Poorly named
 * Incorrect/lack of license
 * Duplicate file/superseded
 * Tampered with a photo-editing program

You are still free to upload images; however, please make sure they are up to standards! Continued uploads that do not comply with the policy may result in a block.

Thanks!


 * Please remember to name your images correctly. More information on file naming can be seen on policy page. 08:18, August 15, 2014 (UTC)


 * Jesus. Which image was it? Louis Bancroft (talk) 15:08, August 15, 2014 (UTC)

Licensing Your Images
We kindly ask you to please properly license all future images that you upload to the wiki. It is the sole responsibility of the up-loader to license any image he/she uploads to the wiki. When uploading an image to the wiki, towards the bottom of the page there is an option to add a license. Click on the drop down menu; there on the menu in the lower section, you will see "fair use and with permission" options.
 * For images that are game screenshots, use Copyrighted Media.
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You add the license to the image at the same time you upload it to the wiki. For more help and details, see here. If you have any questions please contact me on my Talk page and I'll be glad to help.
 * Please add the license on the upload screen, not after uploading it. 20:50, August 15, 2014 (UTC)

ASM1 image
It glitched and didn't project anything, so can you re-upload the image? Thanks. 21:06, August 15, 2014 (UTC)

RE: KF5
Hey there. It is important to directly license your image (and give it an appropriate name) while you are uploading it, not after. Although personally, I don't appreciate the fact that some good images are being deleted just because they lack a proper license or name (when any user can correct the former, and custodians/admins can change the latter), but that's the way the wiki works. --Ultimate94ninja (talk) 21:09, August 15, 2014 (UTC)

This is the worst day I decided to upload images, eh? Louis Bancroft (talk) 21:11, August 15, 2014 (UTC)
 * To be honest, it's also a bad time generally. During new game reveals we sort of battern down the hatches on image policy. Since it's when we get the biggest influx of new images, and not everyone reads the policy. I thank you for actually trying though. 21:15, August 15, 2014 (UTC)


 * Gotcha. My biggest objective this year is to contribute as much as I possibly can since I got a cap card to record gameplay and take snaps, as well as to generally maintain the wiki. Louis Bancroft (talk) 21:19, August 15, 2014 (UTC)

Duplicate Images
Hey Louis, recently, you uploaded a couple duplicate images, which is a against the image policy. When uploading images in the future, please remember to check if the images your uploading have actually already been uploaded. Don't take this as a warning, just as a reminder not to do it. All of the images your uploading are fantastic, so, keep it up. Capt. Miller  00:23, September 26, 2014 (UTC)


 * Well, it usually informs me whenever I'm uploading a clone. Which images were duplicates? Also, thanks for noticing. I really do aim to provide quality pics. Just wait until AW releases. Louis Bancroft (talk) 01:16, September 26, 2014 (UTC)
 * Ghost Stories CoDG.jpg and File:No Man's Land CoDG.jpg. Capt. Miller  01:21, September 26, 2014 (UTC)

Ghosts Achievements
Please stop removing the icons from the page when you add your images. Instead, add your images to a gallery. Thanks. 01:56, September 27, 2014 (UTC)

To a gallery where, exactly? If you read the message I left on CrazySam10's page, you can see what I'm attempting. Adding a gallery to the page with just one image seems a bit odd. Or better yet, just put the icons in a gallery, yes? Louis Bancroft (talk) 02:00, September 27, 2014 (UTC)


 * There is no message regarding that on Sam's talk page. And since we currently use the achievement icons in the infobox, that is how it stays for now. If you would like to start a War Room forum regarding the topic, it would be fine to do so. However, unless that happens and is passed, the icon will stay in the infobox, and the XBOX image will need to be placed in a gallery. 02:05, September 27, 2014 (UTC)
 * Gotcha; will start a topic in the war room. And I had them confused; it was actually Capt. Miller's page where I left the message. Louis Bancroft (talk) 02:09, September 27, 2014 (UTC)
 * Okay then. Honestly, I think it may look better to use those images as well, however, since it's how we've done it for a while, and Ghosts is the first game that introduced those achievement images, we have to stick with the icons for now. 02:13, September 27, 2014 (UTC)

Achievement Images
Is it okay if I help with this, or would you prefer to do it on your own? 16:15, September 30, 2014 (UTC)

Of course you can help! I plan to get most of the campaign + Extiction ones done today; I'm uploading them every minute. Louis Bancroft (talk) 16:16, September 30, 2014 (UTC)


 * Hey Louis, great job on all of those images you're uploading. If you keep it up, I think I'll have to nom you for UOTM next month! 00:31, October 1, 2014 (UTC)
 * I certainly wouldn't mind :] Louis Bancroft (talk) 11:59, October 1, 2014 (UTC)

Dayum son
You're hard at work I see, clogging up the RC. that rhymed teehee 20:32, September 30, 2014 (UTC)

''Yup. Photos are what I do. Louis Bancroft (talk) 20:34, September 30, 2014 (UTC)''

RE:New approach to categorizing achievements
Sorry for the REALLY late reply, but I think you should just add the images to the gallery if there is already an icon in the infobpx. Also, try to make sure that the images you upload are duplicates. If there isn't any icon, then, I think there shouldn't be any problem in uploading them. Capt. Miller  01:42, October 2, 2014 (UTC)

Delete template
The template you keep adding the the SAC3 page is for if the article has an AfD up, which it doesn't. If you do have questions about the page though, it would probably be best to leave them on the respective talk page. 18:27, October 3, 2014 (UTC)

Try custodian
Hey man, I see you're doing good work in images and galleries. If you'd like to, you can join the Custodians user group so that you become able to rename (or delete) images. This would be useful to you in situations like this; you can fill a request on this page. --Ultimate94ninja (talk) 15:44, October 11, 2014 (UTC)

SAC3 page edits
Unless if you are making an AfD for the article in question, there is no reason to be placing the Delete template on articles (which currently don't have AfDs up). I was also wondering where you got the info that the weapon is normally single-wielded, as all media I saw the weapon in was dual-wielded. This would be useful in determining if the article should be split or not, but until then we are just going off of assumptions with no sources. 21:59, October 23, 2014 (UTC)

RE:AFD
Per COD:NAME I would keep the Vector and SAC3 as separate pages, so it would be redundant for me to make an AFD for something I'd oppose doing. 15:28, October 26, 2014 (UTC)

VTOLs
Hi,

Can you please tell me the difference between the VTOL and Razorback VTOL? I'm curious as they look the same to me.

Best regards,

Slow Reader (talk) :) 14:24, October 27, 2014 (UTC)

Razorback is the helicopter-like vehicle with twin jet engines as opposed to rotors. VTOL is the helicopter with twin ducted fan rotors that is far more versatile. (Photographic Warfare) 15:13, October 27, 2014 (UTC)

PNG
Hey, when uploading images, please make sure that they have the .png extension, not .jpg; thus, you might have to convert them when necessary. --Ultimate94ninja (talk) 17:19, November 1, 2014 (UTC)

Custodian
Hey, I passed your custodian request, sorry for it taking so long to get the rights. 00:04, November 3, 2014 (UTC) YAY! ((Photographic Warfare) 05:15, November 3, 2014 (UTC))

Image moves
Can I please ask why you have move a bunch of images away from their correct name to an incorrect one? Furthermore, you didn't suppress the redirect when doing so. 18:10, November 3, 2014 (UTC)

Currently replacing all of these images. Also, it's a hassle to type "Achievement Image XBOX One CoDAW"  fifty times when you're saving photos. (Photographic Warfare) 18:43, November 3, 2014 (UTC)

Why not copy and paste? I named them like that for a particular reason - so that they are identifiable. Plus you can just click upload a new version which doesn't require to type in the image name - it will be taken from the current image file. 18:48, November 3, 2014 (UTC)
 * When you're uploading anew version of the file it can be named anything you want, the base file name will not change. You still went out of your way to rename a bunch of files incorrectly. Furthermore, your signature is against policy. It needs to state your username in the link, and the image has to be 30px or smaller, please refer to COD:SIG. 20:35, November 3, 2014 (UTC)

Image Naming
when naming image, please put the initials of the game the item in the image is from in the name of the image (example: [File Name]_[Game Initials]_[File Extension]). thank you. 00:20, March 5, 2015 (UTC)

Moving and Renaming Images
When moving images, can you make sure, that you untick the "leave a redirect behind" box, because when moving images, you shouldn't leave redirects behind, which is what you did. Also when you renamed the images which had BOIII at the end, to BO3 was incorrect, the correct ending for Black Ops III images is BOIII. 00:45, June 19, 2015 (UTC)

Images
When uploading images (especially for weapons), please make sure to upload them in PNG format. If you find a JPG image on the web you can convert it to PNG. 14:32, August 13, 2015 (UTC)

Weapon menu images
Could you tell me why you are uploading lower quality versions of existing images? 02:45, December 24, 2015 (UTC)

''Yeah, hi there. I'm aware that these may be of lower quality, as they're screenshots captured via console from the Data Vault in campaign. However, you've got to know that there's a pretty severe lack of clear images of these weapons. Images featuring flavor text and multiplayer stats in them aren't fit for display. By Sunday, I'll have 1080p pictures of the weapons. Besides, the Data Vault photo of the Pharo is genuinely the only photo of this gun that features it in its entirety. Otherwise, i dunno. Hang in there. (Obsessed with Images) 03:14, December 24, 2015 (UTC)''

Very well. I figured that if the stats or flavor text are in the way, they could be cropped rather than uploading a noticeably more blurry image as a replacement. Also, on another note, please note that mainspace pages aren't to be deleted by custodians even if you have the capability for it (as noted on COD:CUSTODIAN). 20:18, December 25, 2015 (UTC)

As for the whole deleted pages thing, it's much easier to just put two variants of the same thing on the same page, therefore just being tidier. It's like if we had two different pages for the XS1 Goliath and the AST. The Talons seen in campaign belong on the same page for the two campaign and one multiplayer variants. This corresponds to the ASP pages too. The ASPs have both cannon and missile-launching variants, but they don't need separate pages. Oh, and merry Christmas! --Louis Bancroft 20:29, December 25, 2015 (UTC)

I get that, but my point is that custodians should never delete pages on mainspace, even if it's something that should obviously be deleted (e.g. vandalism or spam): to quote, "There is currently a bug that allows Custodians to delete pages on other spaces. Please do not abuse this right by deleting pages that are out of filespace regardless of their content as doing so will merit an expulsion from the group.". And Merry Christmas to you as well. 20:33, December 25, 2015 (UTC)

Image Size
when adding images to infoboxes, generally most images should be set to 250px so it fills the whole box, so if you could please set it to that. other than that, your doing great with the images! keep up the good work. 23:40, December 26, 2015 (UTC)

RE:
Hey louis. I would have liked to help, but the problem is that I don't have the game, so I don't know exactly the concept of cyber cores and which exact videos should be chosen. 23:21, January 10, 2016 (UTC)

Renaming Images
when renaming images, please do not leave a redirect behind. make sure the box for this option does not have a check mark in it. to be honest, i dont know what policy says not to do that, but i know sam has said before to others not to. thank you. 22:30, January 13, 2016 (UTC)

Bad Image
An image you recently uploaded was considered to violate the image policy as it was one or more of the following: Please make sure you read the image policy to be sure of the protocols in place for uploading images. You are still free to upload images; however, please make sure they are up to standards! Continued uploads that do not comply with the policy may result in a block. Thanks!
 * Low quality
 * Contained a banned image effect
 * Concerned real life info, which is not generally allowed
 * Poorly named
 * Incorrect/lack of license
 * Duplicate file/superseded
 * Tampered with a photo-editing program
 * it was incorrectly named and unlicensed. personal images by you should be named "Personal_Louis_Bancroft_[Name].[File Extension]". also, you need to add the license still because you uploaded it and i dont know where it came from or anything. here is the image. 22:21, January 27, 2016 (UTC)