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Images provide an important function, generally enhancing the text within an article. While many articles do not necessarily require an image to enhance the quality, there are a large number of articles that would benefit from some form of visual aid to the written text, namely, images of soldiers for the [[Lonsdale Battalion Roll of Honour]]'s remembrance pages. The Lonsdale Battalion Wiki is looking for copyright-free digital copies of images of anything relating to, primarily, the [[Lonsdale Battalion]] and secondly, the [[Border Regiment]]. The reason we ask for copyright-free images is that this removes the problem of displaying any such images in an open and public webspace.
Donating digital images to the Lonsdale Battalion Wiki is fairly straight forward. It comes down to two main options, these being a) create an account and upload it yourself using the [[Special:Upload|upload function]] and b) email the image/s to the [[User:Borderman|site administrator]]. It doesn't really get much more complicated than that. I will break these two options down further. It may look complicated with the following options available to you but after a couple of tries it will be like second nature. If you do encounter any problems you can always post any issues on the [[The Lonsdale Battalion:Administrator's noticeboard|administrator's noticeboard]] or [[Special:EmailUser/Borderman|email the administrator]] directly through this site.
==Option A==
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The file description box includes 'file destination' and 'summary,' which are optional, however, we would prefer that all image uploads are titled appropriately (relating to the image and not just a string of numbers and letters) and that there is at least a brief summary to describe what the image is. This helps when searching the site. The 'licensing' drop-down list is there to ensure that the image you upload comes under at least one of those licenses. If you own the image and do not want it in the public domain, you can chose the 'works copyrighted' license. Conversely, if you don't mind others being able to use your image you could select any license from the 'Public domain' or 'Own work' list. Each license provides a different purpose and should be understood before choosing. As a general rule (but this is not exclusively so) anything over 70 years old can use the 'Work is in public domain because its copyright has expired' license.
Currently, these are the licenses we use and are available in the drop-down list. Selecting a license
:'''Works in copyright'''
::Work is copyrighted
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*<code><nowiki>[[File:your-file-name.jpg]]</nowiki></code>{{2nbsp}}→{{2nbsp}}to use the full version of the file
*<code><nowiki>[[File:your-file-name.png|200px|thumb|left|alt text]]</nowiki></code>{{2nbsp}}→{{2nbsp}}to use a 200 pixel wide rendition in a box in the left margin with "alt text" as your chosen description
*<code><nowiki>[[Media:your-file-name.ogg]]</nowiki></code>{{2nbsp}}→{{2nbsp}}for directly linking to the file without displaying the file
This is what the first image above looks like when it is not rendered: <code><nowiki>[[File:Upload file screen.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The standard MediaWiki upload file screen showing the basic options.]]</nowiki></code>
==Option B==
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