User:Ianezz/Annotation examples

What follows are examples of what is considered appropriate and inappropriate usage of image annotations according to the guideline, but they are not part of the guideline itself, and shouldn't be considered as such. You should always refer to the guideline in deciding when an annotation is appropriate or not.

Examples of appropriate annotations

 OK Identification of people in group photographs or paintings

 OK Identification of places/objects/locations in panoramic/aerial photographs

 OK Highlighting important hard to notice details of the image

 OK Identify the various elements of a composition

 OK Zoom into more detailed images or show another angle of view

 OK Transcribing inscriptions, signs, or words in the image. If the entire image is a sign or an inscription, this should be done in the {{Information}} template only. This can be useful with hard to read or notice signs. It allows text translations and can allow search engines to find the image based on such text.

Examples of inappropriate annotations

  Not OK Talking ("I like this", "This photo is underexposed", "Hot!", "Lousy reproduction", "The description is wrong", etc.), or in general making comments about the image instead of neutrally describing features in the image. Use the file discussion page for commenting about the image (there is a "discussion" link at the top of every file description page).

  Not OK Notes containing derogatory comments of any kind, or containing any text that is not neutral. Such notes are considered vandalism.

  Not OK Notes too small to see easily. Bear in mind that you might be looking at a scaled-down version of an image though.

  Not OK Notes with text relevant to the whole image. For example single person portraits. Such explanations are better written on the file page, typically in the "description" section of the {{Information}} table. Edit the file page directly (click on the "edit" link at the top of the page), locate a line starting with "description=", and add your text after that.

  Not OK Attribution notes

  Not OK Notes with information plainly visible in the image, like: ear (on a portrait), car (on a street scene), head (on a full shot).

  Not OK Notes on animated files where note is correctly placed only in a single frame. This type of notes are more likely to be confusing and should be used with caution.

  Not OK Notes used to point out details of the image related to a discussion, for example on COM:FPC or COM:DR pages. Please use local_annotations for that purpose.

  Not OK Joke notes and notes with text not related to the image.