Thread:Tesla Effect/@comment-25050130-20140718054224/@comment-1990160-20140718162056

We must draw lines. Let's think of official-ness as a hierarchy - that is, some things are more official than others. So let us construct one with examples of images that have been posted on this wiki to illustrate this.


 * 1) Official art, images, and files distributed within the game (ex. splash arts, icons, voice-overs)
 * 2) Official concept arts, typically posted through an official post on the site, often marked (ex. new skin announcements, concept art from behind the scenes posts) These would be promotional images.
 * 3) Art by Riot artists, but not officially meaningful (ex. sketches, independent concept art)
 * 4) Fan art that has directly inspired some aspect of game content, requires explicit references (ex. fan-inspired skins)
 * 5) Fan art (ex. all other fan art)
 * 6) Things unrelated to League of Legends (ex. tumblr images, reaction faces)

Where is the line drawn? 1 and 2 are immediately official, but inclusion of 3 and 4 are based on relevance, significance, and what value they add through inclusion.

Examples in wiki history of borderline cases include:
 * Mardok, the somethingorother - basically concept art created by JesterCapp but never made it past the drawing board
 * All cancelled champions - we really only know of the older ones and Omen? - limited info
 * Lucian leak - somebody posted an image of Lucian a few weeks before his release, various people stated that he was a former Riot artist, image was taken down from forums, no official verification of authenticity for some weeks
 * Recently, when Emptylord posted a Sion sketch, leading some to believe that it would be a new skin (not sure on details, wasn't paying much attention) = this distinction between 2 and 3 is important, though it was on User_Blog: namespace