Choose a task
The image archive includes every approved public photo, including photos awaiting classification. Start at the upload workspace:
| Your task | Where to start | What readers see after approval |
|---|---|---|
| Upload photos whose person, type or set is unknown | Upload photos | Each approved image appears in All photos; a blank type also appears under Unclassified |
| Submit a coherent group with a cover and sequence | Create a design set | Photos appear both in the grid and in the ordered set |
| Add people, types, tags or an existing set to public photos | Open a photo or select several and suggest classification | The public version stays visible until each suggestion passes review |
Setting art is an image type; it does not require a set. One stored photo can be linked to several people or groups and appear in each album. Do not upload duplicate files to achieve this.
Upload photos directly
- Sign in, open Upload photos, then select or drop files. Supported formats are PNG, JPEG, WebP and GIF. A batch holds up to 100 images, with a 20 MiB limit per image. People and image type are optional.
- Enter the shared creator, verifiable source, original source URL and basis for use. Choose official public material, your original work or authorized use. Official material requires the original page URL; authorized material requires an explanation. Open an individual photo’s details to override shared fields when its source or creator differs.
- Save the batch draft, then stage files privately. A transfer reaching 100% only means the bytes arrived; wait for the server’s Staged result.
?batch=IDcan restore a cloud batch, though a file saved only in this browser may need to be selected again. - Once every file is staged, separately submit the batch for review. Follow its receipt in Creator Center. Reviewers accept or return each image; only accepted photos join the public archive.
If a photo is returned, open the batch in Creator Center, read its individual reason, and choose Revise. Only returned photos and their private originals are copied into a new draft. Approved siblings do not need another submission, and the copied files do not use the daily new-upload quota. Correct the creator, source or description and resubmit. If a private original is no longer available, select the file again as the page instructs.
Example: Three concert photos share one official announcement. Enter the announcement and creator once. If the second photo has a different photographer, override only that photo’s creator. You may leave people and type blank and suggest them after publication.
Suggest a classification
Open a photo in the gallery and choose “Classify this photo,” or use Select photos to submit a batch. Link one or more people or groups, choose from setting art, portrait, cover art, promotional image or live/event, add tags, and optionally choose an existing design set. Batch suggestions add links and tags to each selected photo; check that the shared changes fit every image.
You can choose Setting art without creating a set. A classification suggestion never replaces the file, creator or source. During review, readers continue to see the previous public details. If another change updates the photo or set first, a version conflict leaves the suggestion pending so you can compare the latest version and submit a corrected proposal. Reviewers can merge synonymous tags; old tag searches still resolve to the approved label. Person and group albums update only from approved links.
Create a set
From the gallery, open the upload workspace and sign in. Create one set for one group of images. Character is required; set name, form, date, tags, publisher, source, and notes may be completed later. Shared information is entered once for the set. Create another set for a different group: there is no need to add images to a global queue and move them afterward.
The workspace shows the character / form where the set will appear. Choose a form already used for that character, enter a new name for review, or leave it blank for Unclassified. One form may contain multiple sets; similar names are never merged automatically. The public gallery opens in the all-photos grid. Switch to Design sets to filter by character and form, with one cover card per set. Open a set to browse its published images in order. The selected cover and image order are retained. Maintainers can standardize a form name by editing the whole set in content management.
Add photos to that set
Use Add photos to this set, select multiple files, or drop/paste into that set. PNG, JPEG, WebP, and GIF are supported. One batch holds up to 100 images, 20 MiB per image. Each image row displays a thumbnail, file size, format, resolution, and upload state. Reorder images, select a cover, and add an individual title, description, or source. An empty image source inherits the set source. Verify the character and set for each image before uploading.
Upload and stage
Upload all photos transfers up to three files concurrently. The percentage represents bytes transmitted; after 100%, wait for server validation and the Staged response. Retry a failed file individually. Retrying a batch does not resend already staged files. The interface reads the remaining daily quota from the server. A standard account defaults to 100 new images per day, subject to the current configuration, resetting at 00:00 UTC. Updating an existing image without replacing its file does not count as a new upload.
Submit, restore, and revise
After checking every set and image, separately use Submit all sets for review. Staged files are private and unavailable through the public gallery or image URL. A successful submission returns a receipt and batch ID; follow it in Creator Center. Unsubmitted batches are retained for 30 days, with an expiry time in the workspace. The current account’s browser stores the queue. If it warns that files were not backed up, reselect files that were not staged. A ?batch= link restores a cloud batch. Changes to a public set require review; the original public version remains visible, and a partially returned set can be corrected image by image.
Example: two sets in one batch
For three images of Character A’s default outfit and three of a stage outfit, create two sets, select the same character in each, and give each set its own name. Add the three files inside each set. Put a shared source on the set; override one image’s source if it came from a different official page. This keeps set identity and image-level review clear.
File size is the original file size; resolution is decoded pixel width and height. Preview scaling does not alter the original. Check order and cover before submission; title and description can be added later. Adding a file is not uploading it, and 100% transfer is not approval. Wait for each file’s server-confirmed Staged status, then submit the set batch for review.
Connection failures and quota
Do not create repeated batches after a connection error. Inspect individual file states, retry failures, and check the ?batch= link and Creator Center for an existing record. A staged file should not consume quota again. If the browser says a queued file was not backed up locally, reselect the original during recovery. Daily remaining quota comes from the server; it is not a fixed per-set capacity.
After partial approval
Open the batch detail and separate shared-metadata review from each image result. A set stays private if shared metadata fails or no image is approved. With partial approval, only approved images appear publicly. Correct the returned image’s title, description, source, or file as requested; do not reupload approved originals. A public set retains its old public version while a change awaits review.