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{{eyecatch|Note|These are some items I learned about while adding characters on my own. These notes may not accurately reflect AniDB policy, but may be helpful to other users just getting started adding character data.}}
{{eyecatch|Note|These are some items I learned about while adding characters on my own. These notes may not accurately reflect AniDB policy, but may be helpful to other users just getting started adding character data.}}


* '''For all data''' it is preferred to stick with original Japanese sources, written in Japanese. This means your primary sources should be Japanese broadcast (or R2 DVD) video, official Japanese web site (.jp), and [http://ja.wikipedia.org Japanese Wiki].
* '''For all data''' it is preferred to stick with original Japanese sources, written in Japanese. This means your primary sources should be Japanese broadcast (or R2 DVD) video, official Japanese web site (.jp), and [https://ja.wikipedia.org Japanese Wiki].


* '''Automatic translation''' services such as [http://translate.google.com Google Translate] and [http://babelfish.yahoo.com Babel Fish] may be helpful, but should not be trusted on their own. Expect some words (especially names) to be translated incorrectly. Try to find a more authoritative source to corroborate translated information.
* '''Automatic translation''' services such as [https://translate.google.com Google Translate] and [https://www.babelfish.com/ Babelfish] may be helpful, but should not be trusted on their own. Expect some words (especially names) to be translated incorrectly. Try to find a more authoritative source to corroborate translated information.


* '''Spoiler tags''' should be used in character descriptions to hide potentially spoiling information. English Wikipedia contains a lot of spoilers.
* '''Spoiler tags''' should be used in character descriptions to hide potentially spoiling information. English Wikipedia contains a lot of spoilers.
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* '''For character images''' the official Japanese web site is preferred over screen caps from the video.
* '''For character images''' the official Japanese web site is preferred over screen caps from the video.


* '''Character images''' may be as large as 400 pixels wide by 500 pixels tall, but must not exceed 102400 bytes in size. [http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=cmt&id=28128 discussion]
* '''Character images''' may be as large as 400 pixels wide by 600 pixels tall, but must not exceed 153600 bytes in size.


* '''Episode relations''' are added by editing the character to anime relation and entering values into the Episodes field. Acceptable values consist of a series of comma separated ranges which may be delimited by hyphens. Just enter something like "1-26", or "2,5,8", or "9-13,16,22,26".
* '''Episode relations''' are added by editing the character to anime relation and entering values into the Episodes field. Acceptable values consist of a series of comma separated ranges which may be delimited by hyphens. Just enter something like "1-26", or "2,5,8", or "9-13,16,22,26".
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