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It is generally recommended to leave everything in its default configuration, and not change anything when you're capturing bootleg screenshots.
= Wiki standards discussion =
== Linux articles ==
Do we really count [[Linux]] as bootlegs? its crusty, sure but bootleg? that's debatable [[User:Yellows111|yellows111]] ([[User talk:Yellows111|talk]]) 12:55, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
: Counter-point: [[Windows 12 Lite]] exists, so i'm not sure what to say about this topic. Huh. [[User:Yellows111|yellows111]] ([[User talk:Yellows111|talk]]) 16:03, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
== Screenshot Criteria Discussion ==
=== Version 1 ===
* If stock assets are used, do not bother capturing, if filler is needed, then this clause can be changed to "use the template image of File:X_Y_(Stock)"
* <s>A gallery must not use the same image as the infobox's screenshot parameter</s> No longer affected with recent changes.
* Never use the same image twice (EXCEPT the infobox image). Doing such will break galleries. Nobody wants that.
* by [[User:Yellows111|yellows111]] ([[User talk:Yellows111|talk]]) 13:31, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
== Template Standards ==
* If you use an image for the love of all crust in the sky PLEASE make your file references have a empty link parameter. (<nowiki>[[File:whatever.png|link=]]</nowiki>)
* Not doing the above makes the template image able to be clicked on and thus previewed by MediaViewer. This makes for a bad user experience where the first image can be a random icon.
[[User:Yellows111|yellows111]] ([[User talk:Yellows111|talk]]) 13:38, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
=== Program screenshots ===
If you're using Windows Vista and later, you should consider using a program like [https://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Graphic/Graphic-Capture/AeroShot.shtml AeroShot] (or [https://github.com/Cvolton/AeroShotCRE AeroShotCRE]) to capture programs in a more professional way by only including the window, along with the major benefit of having real transparency in the image itself.
Screenshot examples:
<gallery>
SVPro-RDP.png | With AeroShot
Badshotexample1.png | Without AeroShot
</gallery>
Screenshotting the System Properties in Windows Vista and later with AeroShotCRE may result in broken captures, so it is advised there to use classic AeroShot instead.
On Windows, you can also hold ALT + Print Screen to capture the window. I don't know when this was added but I know it works on XP, 7, and 10. [[User:Dartz|Dartz]] ([[User talk:Dartz|talk]]) 20:46, 7 February 2023 (UTC)
As for the Alt + PrtScr feature, the best way to use this feature is to take advantage of the shared clipboard feature found in the guest additions of hypervisors such as VirtualBox, VMware, etc. First, you enable the Shared Clipboard feature itself, then you configure it to be able to copy from Guest to Host. (or Bidirectional, either one). Then, you paste the clipboard's contents into an image viewer/editor (such as IrfanView, which I use) and save it there. As for labelling the screenshot, again, see "Labeling your screenshots and formatting it in its own gallery". --[[User:Undefishin|Undefishin]] ([[User talk:Undefishin|talk]]) 11:57, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
== How to deal with multiple bootlegs with the same name ==
If you are trying to write an article on a bootleg and a bootleg with the same name (but not same author) as the one you are trying to review exists, you have to move the original page and rename it accordingly, preferrably by appending the author's name in paranthesis at the end of the article name, and then you can make the article.
=== Alternatively, how to deal with multiple ''versions'' of bootlegs ===
Simply just make different articles and then put all of the other versions in the othervers variable in the Infobox bootleg template of the main article.
--[[User:Undefishin|Undefishin]] ([[User talk:Undefishin|talk]]) 09:00, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
== How categories should be ordered ==
Like this:
<pre>
[[Category:Bootlegs originating from [region name here]]]
[[Category:Bootlegs based on [bootleg os name here]]]
[[Category:Bootlegs created by [bootleg author name here]]]
[[Category:Bootlegs]]
</pre>
Why in that order? Because it makes sense if you read it like this: "Ok so, it's a bootleg, that was created by [this bootleg author], which is based on [this OS here], and it originates from [this region here]".
--[[User:Undefishin|Undefishin]] ([[User talk:Undefishin|talk]]) 07:44, 7 May 2023 (UTC)
== Attribution Policy ==
We, (Crusty Windows) have had multiple issues related to attribution for the documentation we provide, which makes the Wiki Staff disappointed, as there could be helpful people that could be referred here which may have some undocumented material that we didn't even know we were looking for.
Thoughts? [[User:Yellows111|yellows111]] ([[User talk:Yellows111|talk]]) 15:48, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
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