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Say there is artwork on a page. ''Too much artwork''. What do you do, then? Make a gallery subpage, of course. Such gallery subpages generally come in two flavors: cover galleries and character galleries. Cover galleries should be created if a book has more than one cover; character galleries -- if a character has more than four images. This page is here to teach you how to do both.

 

Cover gallery should be linked on the book's main page, near the bottom (there is no set place for them, but they will generally be above the "See also" and "Statistical analysis" sections). Link it like this:

 

In-between the gallery tags, put each cover in its own row. The US covers always come first; typically, the UK covers are next, followed by other countries, unsorted (feel free to order them by how much you like them). If one country has multiple covers, they should be next to each other, in chronological order. For publishers in countries that do not use Latin alphabet, copy their original name, then add <code> / </code> and follow with English translation or transliteration (for example, "প্রতিচ্ছবি প্রকাশনী / Protichhobi Prokashoni", or "重庆出版社 / Chongqing Publishing House").

 

Covers are uploaded the same way regular artwork is, via [[Special:Upload]]. In the summary box, copy the {{t|Cover}} template and fill in the blanks (you do not have to fill in all the blanks; refer to the template page for in-depth breakdown). It's best that the file be named <code>BOOK COUNTRY cover.extension</code>; for example, "RoW BG cover.jpg" for the Bulgarian cover of ''[[Rhythm of War]]''. If there are multiple types of covers from one country, call the file <code>BOOK COUNTRY TYPE cover.extension</code>, for example "WoR HU Part 1 cover.jpg".

 

If you have a separate image of the cover artwork (i.e. the cover without the text), upload it as a regular image using {{t|art}} template, with <code>|type={{cat tag|Books|Book}} cover</code> and <code>|official=y</code> parameters. This will ensure that the image is properly categorized on the wiki. Do not put this image in the cover gallery; rather, link it to the cover file as the <code>|artwork</code> parameter in the {{t|Cover}} infobox. The best way to name the file is to append "art" to the name of the cover file; for example "RoW BG cover art.jpg".

 

A gallery subpage '''must''' be linked on the character's page, at the top of the Appearance and Personality section; or, if the section is split in two, on top of the Appearance subsection. Such link should look like this:

 

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The '''Official artwork''' category should contain all of the character's appearances on book covers, interior art, ''[[Call to Adventure: Stormlight]]'' cards and anything else that has the official stamp of approval from [[Dragonsteel Entertainment]]. In case of book covers, if you have both a cover and the cover art, put only the art.

 

<code>SOURCE</code> should be where the artwork can be found in published materials. If there are many pieces of art from the same source or source type (for example, many covers featuring the character, or multiple ''[[Call to Adventure: Stormlight|Call to Adventure]]'' cards), create a second gallery in the same section, with the <code>caption</code> parameter naming the source.

 

Fanworks are divided into '''Portraits''' and '''Scenes'''. "Scenes" are moments depicting scenes from the books; "Portraits" is everything else. Scenes should always have a description, but Portraits do not have to; do not put "character name" or "Portrait" as the description. If there's nothing to say, don't say it.

 

 

[[Spren]] present an additional complication in that they have both several forms: the one they take in the [[Physical Realm]], the one they take in [[Shadesmar]], and when they're a [[Shardblade]]. If that case, you can still put official art in Official Artwork (though if there are too many depictions of the spren, you can divide it into two galleries - one for spren form, one for Shardblade form). For fanart, replace Portraits and Scenes with "As a spren" and "As a Shardblade" sections, and sort the images accordingly.

 

If the above goes over your head, don't worry; this really comes with practice. You can always check these pages: