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This article documents the process of archiving the [[:Category:Screenshot of the month|Screenshot of the month]] (SOTM) entries on the wiki. | This article documents the process of '''archiving the [[:Category:Screenshot of the month|Screenshot of the month]] (SOTM) contest entries''' on the wiki. | ||
The Screenshot of the month (SOTM) contest have been held in the {{forum link|f=19|title=Media}} likely since June 2015, possibly not continuously. The rules have varied slightly but in general there have been up to fifteen screenshots submitted and the forum members have had 3-4 votes to spread across the entries. In some cases there have been ties and more than one entry have been declared winner. | |||
== Reasoning == | == Reasoning == | ||
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The procedure used for a single month's competition is: | The procedure used for a single month's competition is: | ||
* Download each SOTM entry and save it with the name <code>SOTM [YYYY]-[MM] [TITLE] by [AUTHOR].jpg</code>. Here <code>[YYYY]</code> is the year | * Download each SOTM entry and save it with the name <code>SOTM [YYYY]-[MM] [TITLE] by [AUTHOR].jpg</code>. Here <code>[YYYY]</code> is the year and <code>[MM]</code> is the month, for example <code>{{CURRENTYEAR}}-{{CURRENTMONTH}}</code>, and <code>[TITLE] by [AUTHOR]</code> is the text under the screenshot. | ||
* Manually convert PNGs to JPGs. This should hopefully not be required as submitting JPG images is part of the rules. | * Manually convert PNGs to JPGs. This should hopefully not be required as submitting JPG images is part of the rules. | ||
* [[Special:UploadWizard|Upload all files at once to the wiki]]. | * [[Special:UploadWizard|Upload all files at once to the wiki]]. | ||
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* Upload failures: Decrease the file size (i.e. change any 100 JPG compression levels to 95). | * Upload failures: Decrease the file size (i.e. change any 100 JPG compression levels to 95). | ||
* Set the author to a temporary value of <code>X</code> and set the <code>CC BY-SA 4.0</code> licence. | * Set the author to a temporary value of <code>X</code> and set the <code>CC BY-SA 4.0</code> licence. | ||
* Set the date and new category on the first file and copy these 2 bits of info to all subsequent files. For example the new category, which is a subcategory of [[:Category:Screenshot of the month]], should be named [[:Category:Screenshot of the month/ | * Set the date and new category on the first file and copy these 2 bits of info to all subsequent files. For example the new category, which is a subcategory of [[:Category:Screenshot of the month]], should be named [[:Category:Screenshot of the month/{{CURRENTYEAR}}-{{CURRENTMONTH}}]]. | ||
* Add a title by copying the file name on the upload page, and adding a <code>:</code>. | * Add a title by copying the file name on the upload page, and adding a <code>:</code>. | ||
* Finally edit the uploaded files to fix the author names. | * Finally edit the uploaded files to fix the author names. | ||
[[Category:Screenshot of the month]] | [[Category:Screenshot of the month]] |