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Important File Uploading Guidelines

Please select a license while uploading your file. You have 4 options.

The file is your sole creation and you irrevocably release it under CC-BY-SA 4.0, making it available for anyone in the whole wide world to use forever so long as they give you credit and release any remixs under the same license; or
The file is your sole creation and you desire to retain full copyright ownership, but you give this wiki the permanent and irrevocable license to retain and display it; or
The file is NOT your sole creation, and it's fully copyrighted, in which case this wiki will attempt to argue a fair use rationale to retain and display the file.
The file is NOT your sole creation, but the file has a Creative Commons license of some variety.

Uploading work that isn't yours (or screenshots of said work) that is also paywalled (such as only being available on Patreon) is not allowed.

If you don't know if a work you didn't make is copyrighted or not you default to option 3.

When uploading work that isn't yours, you must include in the Summary: box where you got it from. A URL is sufficient for this purpose. This is infinitely more important when using the 4th option above. It is not acceptable to do this on the page you plan to use the file; it must be done here.

Files which are not in alignment with the above guidelines may be deleted by any administrator to protect the wiki from legal action. Continual failure to follow the guidelines may result in revocation of editing privileges.

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-Please '''select a license''' while uploading your file. You have 3 options.
+Please '''select a license''' while uploading your file. You have 4 options.
-*The file is '''your sole creation''' and you '''''irrevocably''''' release it under [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en '''CC-BY-SA 4.0'''], making it available for ''anyone'' to use so long as they give you credit and release any remixs under the same license; or
+#The file is '''your sole creation''' and you '''''irrevocably''''' release it under [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en '''CC-BY-SA 4.0'''], making it available for ''anyone in the whole wide world to use forever'' so long as they give you credit and release any remixs under the same license; or
-*The file is '''your sole creation''' and you desire to '''retain full copyright ownership''', but you give this wiki the '''permanent''' and '''irrevocable''' license to retain and display it; or
+#The file is '''your sole creation''' and you desire to '''retain full copyright ownership''', but you give this wiki the '''permanent''' and '''irrevocable''' license to retain and display it; or
-*The file is '''NOT your sole creation''', in which case this wiki will attempt to argue a '''[[wikipedia:Fair use|fair use]]''' rationale to retain and display the file.
+#The file is '''NOT your sole creation''', and it's '''fully copyrighted''', in which case this wiki will attempt to argue a '''[[wikipedia:Fair use|fair use]]''' rationale to retain and display the file.
+#The file is '''NOT your sole creation''', but '''the file has a Creative Commons license''' of some variety.
-Uploading work that isn't yours which is paywalled, such as material (or screenshots of material) only available on Patreon or a similar service, is '''not allowed'''.
+Uploading work that isn't yours (or screenshots of said work) that is ''also'' paywalled (such as only being available on Patreon) is '''not allowed'''.
-When uploading work that isn't yours, please include a link to where you got the file and name the individual/organization that own's the work. If it's an image of Mario, write "Nintendo". If it's a cool piece of art, write the artist's name. Do this in the big "Summary" box below. Formatting is not important. It is not acceptable to provide this same information elsewhere on the wiki.
+If you don't know if a work you didn't make is copyrighted or not <u>'''you default to option 3'''</u>.
-Files which are not in alignment with the above guidelines may be deleted to protect the wiki from legal action.}}
+When uploading work that isn't yours, you '''must''' include in the <code>Summary:</code> box where you got it from. A URL is sufficient for this purpose. This is infinitely more important when using the 4th option above. It is not acceptable to do this on the page you plan to use the file; it '''must be done here'''.
+Files which are not in alignment with the above guidelines may be deleted by any administrator to protect the wiki from legal action. Continual failure to follow the guidelines may result in revocation of editing privileges.}}
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