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For details on how to create galleries, you can read the potted [[#Standard Wikia help file|Wikia help file below]]. Even better is the [[Help:Galleries and slideshows/wikitext|more detailed help file]], which explains the finer points of [[T:MARK|wiki markup]] for galleries. | For details on how to create galleries, you can read the potted [[#Standard Wikia help file|Wikia help file below]]. Even better is the [[Help:Galleries and slideshows/wikitext|more detailed help file]], which explains the finer points of [[T:MARK|wiki markup]] for galleries. | ||
==Things you might not have thought about== | ==Things you might not have thought about== | ||
[[#Standard Wikia help file|Wikia's explanation of galleries]] will | [[#Standard Wikia help file|Wikia's explanation of galleries]] will tell you the ''simplest'' way to make a gallery. But it won't tell you much about how the function behaves in live examples. That's why we're providing some wisdom from actual case studies. | ||
===Enough is enough=== | ===Enough is enough=== | ||
'''Don't go overboard with galleries.''' Theoretically, you can use galleries to display a very large number of pictures. This poses a problem for users who have slow connections. We're not just talking about those who use dialup. We mean almost '''everyone''' who's viewing on a smartphone, and many who are connected wirelessly. | '''Don't go overboard with galleries.''' Theoretically, you can use galleries to display a very large number of pictures. This poses a problem for users who have slow connections. We're not just talking about those who use dialup. We mean almost '''everyone''' who's viewing on a smartphone, and many who are connected wirelessly. | ||
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#Try to use images that are all of the same dimensions. If you're displaying a series of magazine covers, for instance, it's a good idea to crop all of them to precisely the same dimensions. That way, they'll all be perfectly scaled down. | #Try to use images that are all of the same dimensions. If you're displaying a series of magazine covers, for instance, it's a good idea to crop all of them to precisely the same dimensions. That way, they'll all be perfectly scaled down. | ||
#If you ''must'' use a mixture of widescreen, 4:3, and extremely skinny images, don't put them all into the same gallery structure. Find a way to break up the galleries on the same page, so that the gallery command is not having to work so hard. | #If you ''must'' use a mixture of widescreen, 4:3, and extremely skinny images, don't put them all into the same gallery structure. Find a way to break up the galleries on the same page, so that the gallery command is not having to work so hard. | ||
===Put that add button away=== | |||
'''Always hide the add photo button.''' If you don't add any options to your <nowiki><gallery</nowiki> tag, it will automatically show a button that invites users to add a photo the gallery. This is undesirable for several reasons: | |||
*It makes it easy for vandals or even just new users testing the wiki to ruin your gallery. With a couple of clicks, they can easily insert inappropriate pictures directly into your gallery. | |||
#It allows people to upload pictures without adding a proper copyright license. The add button completely bypasses the [[MediaWiki:Licensing|Licensing]] drop-down menu. | |||
*It makes the end of a particular gallery obvious. If you remove the button, you can put several galleries together in such a way that the join isn't obvious (so long as you haven't put a border around your galleries). | |||
For these reasons, '''this wiki ''requires'' you to hide the add button by using this markup<pre><gallery hideaddbutton="true"></pre> | |||
==Rules of use== | ==Rules of use== | ||
