in SECURITY Wiki:Image policy

This policy will attempt to strike a balance between providing comprehensive information about and respecting the artist's copyright. In order to better support Bea R. and Mr. Husband, use of images on this wiki should be kept limited. This is to encourage readers to visit the GoComics and Webtoon sites to read the full comic, or, better yet, to purchase the books and/or to become a sponsor on sites such as Patreon.

Limited use
Entire comic strips must not be posted. Links to where they can be read online and where they can be purchased should be used instead. The Go, WT and Tapas templates have been created to make this easier. Refer to each page for instructions on how to use them.

Only the portion necessary of the comic strip should be used. Crop all other material.

Image sources
The preferred order of sources for images is as follows:
 * 1) GoComics
 * 2) Webtoon
 * 3) Tapas
 * 4) books
 * 5) Patreon (except images that are only available in Tier 2 or above)

The comic strips on GoComics are the lowest resolution of the five and will therefore have the smallest file size. For images with fine detail that is not as easy to see, use a screenshot from Webtoon or Tapas. Note: The last story arc available on Tapas is "On thin ice" from January 2021 (published in May 2021 there).

In cases where an image is not available on GoComics, obtain it from the other sites and reduce the size by at least 50% to save space.

Color selection
Black and white images are preferred over full color for the reasons above (smaller file size and to encourage patronage of official sites and media).

File names
If a picture is given a random name when you obtain a screenshot, rename it. Pictures need to have a file name that is easy to understand what it is for. Examples:
 * Cast of characters.png
 * Hey, Sam! cover.jpg

Licensing
When uploading a picture, in most cases you will need to select the first option in the Licensing menu below "Fair use" that says "This will be used in a way that qualifies as fair use under US law".

Fill out the Summary area with a brief description of what the picture is about. Please include the date of the comic that it was taken from (example: "From the 2020-11-06 strip") and any categories for the images that apply. See Special:Categories for a list of currently available categories.

If there is a lot of information to be entered into the Summary, you may skip entering that when you upload the picture as long as you immediately go to the page and add it after the upload is finished.