allowed sprite sources?

[pdrydia]

First off, sorry if this question is answered elsewhere. I browsed around the policy pages on Bulbapedia and the Archives, but couldn't find an answer. What with this as my first post in a new community and all, I feel I must have overlooked it. :[ Better to ask, though, I suppose.

But the question! What sources are we allowed to use when uploading sprites? Are we allowed to save them from other sites (with their permission) and then upload them here, or should they be custom ripped?

Thanks much.

 

[Archaic]

Custom ripped is greatly preferred, and all images should eventually be custom ripped if at all possible. For the meanwhile though, if you can get permission for Bulbapedia to use sprites, etc, from another site, that works, assuming there's no watermark.

 

[pdrydia]

I see there's a standard for naming the sprites for Pokemon. Is there such a standard for the items and key items?

 

[TTEchidna]

We've tried having a standard for those... not very successful. Try to upload them at (itemnamewithoutspaces)Sprite.png. OldRodSprite.png is the Old Rod.