Tardis:Image use policy

Images are an important part of this wiki. Articles should be illustrated when possible. But we don't want just any picture on our articles. We want the best possible images. Here, then, is an illustrated guide to what makes a good picture. The recommendations that this guide makes are based on key point found in T:ICC and T:IUP. If you've not read these policies, we encourage you to do so before proceeding further.

Widths
This section illustrates the dramatic impact of width on your images, especially as used in infoboxes.

Your pictures must be a minimum of 250px wide, but it would be better if they were at least 300px. This is because every pic could be used in an infobox, where the width is fixed at 250px.

Look at what happens when we try to use a <250px width picture in an infobox. We'll use the cover of DWMS Holiday 1992 as an example. The image at far right has a maximum width of 205px. Notice how it therefore produces blank spaces to the left and right of the image. This is because it cannot completely fill the 250px-wide space that the standard infobox allows for.

The picture at near right is an obvious improvement. Because its maximum width is 500px, it easily scales down to 250px and completely fills the frame. The infobox therefore "looks right".