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Tip: Categorizing images
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Thanks a lot for contributing to the Wikimedia Commons! Here's a tip to make your uploads more useful: Why not add some categories to describe them? This will help more people to find and use them.
Here's how:
1) If you're using the UploadWizard, you can add categories to each file when you describe it. Just click "more options" for the file and add the categories which make sense:
2) You can also pick the file from your list of uploads, edit the file description page, and manually add the category code at the end of the page.
[[Category:Category name]]
For example, if you are uploading a diagram showing the orbits of comets, you add the following code:
[[Category:Astronomical diagrams]]
[[Category:Comets]]
This will make the diagram show up in the categories "Astronomical diagrams" and "Comets".
When picking categories, try to choose a specific category ("Astronomical diagrams") over a generic one ("Illustrations").
Thanks again for your uploads! More information about categorization can be found in Commons:Categories, and don't hesitate to leave a note on the help desk.BotMultichillT 05:50, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
- Image:Gorilla licking wound.jpg is uncategorized since 16 January 2009. BotMultichillT 05:50, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
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- Image:Bruce's Seat.jpg is uncategorized since 22 February 2009. BotMultichillT 05:57, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
- Image:Thumb war in Iraq.jpg was uncategorized on 20 October 2009.
- Image:Nick Ede and Konnie Huq.jpg was uncategorized on 10 August 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 16:05, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Nick Ede.jpg was uncategorized on 10 August 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 16:05, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
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Ultra7 (talk) 19:48, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
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--Sarcasticidealist (talk) 02:00, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
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SVG graph
editI'm not sure if this possible, but could you post an SVG version of File:USA Gallup abortion opinion poll.jpg? I'd be glad to help you if you need any. What program did you use to create the image?-Andrew c (talk) 16:55, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
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ChrisiPK (Talk|Contribs) 00:06, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
Low quality
editPlease don't upload low quality images like this. That's absolutely good for nothing. -- Ies (talk) 17:27, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
- What a friendly way to make your point, Ies! My response is that the best is the enemy of the good, and don't look a gift horse in the mouth. There's no other images of egg and chips on WikiCommons, and at a 50% zoom it looks just fine. Wikipedia uses the image without anyone complaining on Wikipedia:Egg and chips and a thumbnail of it was used on the mainpage to illustrate a "Did you know". It could certainly be improved, but it's a lot better than nothing; hyperbole doesn't help an argument. I'll carry on as before, thanks. Fences and windows (talk) 22:55, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
This message was added automatically by Nikbot, if you need some help about it, ask its master (Filnik) or go to the Commons:Help desk. --Filnik 14:19, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
Smileys
editHello, I agree with you, but the file was deleted by Túrelio. Please ask him. Yann (talk) 12:55, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
- Oh. Do those who delete files not also close discussions? I clearly need to become more familiar with Commons... Fences and windows (talk) 20:20, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
File tagging File:Farhad Darya.jpg
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Officer (talk) 03:55, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
- I initiated a regular delete, go here please. Thanks.--Officer (talk) 15:16, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
- Send an e-mail to [email protected] about this matter. --Wvk (talk) 08:00, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
Article :Omar Sharaf
editThank you for your valuable assistance and prompt action. As per your comment, ISBN No.'s for Arabic books have been fixed. Reliable sources on the subject are indeed notoriously hard to find and translate. More cleaning up is underway.
Much appreciated.
Omazza
19:23, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
Notification about possible deletion
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Yours sincerely, Jon Kolbert (talk) 23:28, 11 August 2017 (UTC)
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