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# Go to [https://www.flickr.com/photos/upload/ flickr.com/photos/upload/] to upload your photo.
# Go to [https://www.flickr.com/photos/upload/ flickr.com/photos/upload/] to upload your photo.
# Under "Owner settings", '''make sure to use "Attribution-ShareAlike Creative Commons" as your license'''. This means you must always get credit for your work, but that anyone can reuse your photo, even commercially. If you object to commercial use, select "Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike Creative Commons", though this will mean your photo can't be used on some other sites like Wikipedia.<ref>It ''can'' be used on Wikipedia, but you'd have to upload it there separately. If you use "NonCommercial-ShareAlike Creative Commons" or "Public Domain", the photo can automatically be transferred to [[C:|Wikimedia Commons]] where it can then be used on any wiki such as SPCodex and Wikipedia.</ref>
# Under "Owner settings", '''make sure to use "Attribution-ShareAlike Creative Commons" as your license'''. This means you must always get credit for your work, but that anyone can reuse your photo, even commercially. If you object to commercial use, select "Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike Creative Commons", though this will mean your photo can't be used on some other sites like Wikipedia.<ref>It ''can'' be used on Wikipedia, but you'd have to upload it there separately. If you use "NonCommercial-ShareAlike Creative Commons" or "Public Domain", the photo can automatically be transferred to [[C:|Wikimedia Commons]] where it can then be used on any wiki such as SPCodex and Wikipedia.</ref>
# Make sure to let us know about your uploads! Give us your username here on the [[Talk:Donate|discussion page]] or at the [[Pumpkin Patch]], message SPCodex on social media, or by some other means. We will then transfer the photo for you to make it usable on SPCodex. We will also [[Donate#Adding photos to articles|add them to articles]] as deemed necessary.
# Make sure to let us know about your uploads! Give us your username here on the [[Talk:Donating photos to SPCodex|discussion page]] or at the [[Pumpkin Patch]], message SPCodex on social media, or by some other means. We will then transfer the photo for you to make it usable on SPCodex. We will also [[Donating photos to SPCodex#Adding photos to articles|add them to articles]] as deemed necessary.


You can also upload to any other photo sharing site of your choice, just make sure the licensing is clearly stated. If you're not using a free license such as [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Createive Commons Attribution-ShareAlike] (recommended), you must clarify SPCodex has permission to use the image.
You can also upload to any other photo sharing site of your choice, just make sure the licensing is clearly stated. If you're not using a free license such as [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Createive Commons Attribution-ShareAlike] (recommended), you must clarify SPCodex has permission to use the image.
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## '''Licensing''': Use one of the "own work" options (Creative Commons). Or if you chose to prevent reuse of your photo, chose "None selected" and include your licensing terms in the "Summary" section.
## '''Licensing''': Use one of the "own work" options (Creative Commons). Or if you chose to prevent reuse of your photo, chose "None selected" and include your licensing terms in the "Summary" section.
## '''Categories''': Don't worry about categories unless you know what you're doing.
## '''Categories''': Don't worry about categories unless you know what you're doing.
# [[Donate#Adding photos to articles|Add your photos to an article]], if you want to!
# [[Donating photos to SPCodex#Adding photos to articles|Add your photos to an article]], if you want to!


== Adding photos to articles ==
== Adding photos to articles ==