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Hello, Gringer!

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"). Pro-tip: The CommonSense tool can help you find the best category for your image.

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 (talk) 05:53, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

• Image:Decolonization - World In 1945 en.svg was uncategorized on 7 September 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:44, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
• Image:Decolonization - World Today en.svg was uncategorized on 7 September 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:44, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
• Image:Ten D10s.jpg was uncategorized on 5 September 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:43, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
• Image:Chaos emeralds.svg was uncategorized on 6 January 2012 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:58, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

Tree of Life

Hi Gringer. I enjoyed zooming in on your tree of life http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tree_of_life_with_genome_size.svg I already knew that we're closely related to the chimps, but it's new to me that we're just as closely related to the rat and that even rice is a fairly close relative. Maggy160 (talk) 15:20, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

For puting the Che signature into a SVG format. Now I am trying to figure out how to replace all the jpg formats, for yours. Maybe it would easier if you uploaded it as your own file and used my full description? I'm not concerned with being given credit for the image. Redthoreau (talk) 16:03, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

You can't replace a JPG file with an SVG, they're entirely different formats. I presume the requester at the graphics lab will deal with replacing the instances of the image. No doubt there's a bot available to do a blanket replacement if desired. Gringer (talk) 08:40, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Trig functions

You might want to take a look at File talk:Trigonometric functions.svg concerning modifications you have made to this file. SpinningSpark 07:23, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up. It looks like I've got a bit of work to do.... Gringer (talk) 04:10, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

I have left another comment on the page. I really don't think this is acceptable. SpinningSpark 19:16, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your comments. I don't agree with your point of view in this particular case, but don't care enough about the image to proceed further in a litigious argument. Gringer (talk) 05:03, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

File:Coat of arms of Burma 1948-1974.jpg

You did a great job on the new one, care to try your hand?--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 17:50, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

There is a potential copyright problem with the state seals of Burma. Please join the discussion at "Commons talk:Licensing#State seals of Burma". Thanks. — Cheers, JackLee ^–talk– 18:50, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Tiny fix on File:2010-2011_Arab_world_protests.svg

Hello Gringer, great work on the map of Arab (& wider) protests. There is a tiny discrepancy that makes the map look awkward, at the northern (disputed) border of Western Sahara. It looks like the border you drew was horizontal, but because you're not using a flat map projection, it needs to be slanted, with its left end moved more to the north. In other words, the right end of the border looks fine, but its left end looks too low, meeting the Atlantic Ocean somewhere south of El Aaiún, whereas it should be north of El Aaiún and closer to Tarfaya. I could try fixing the map myself but you probably have it open in an application so it'll be an easy change.

Just an observation, thank you for the map. — Miranche (talk) 21:40, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

Done. Gringer (talk) 03:53, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

RE: image

Indeed the image title is Arab world protests, but it is as of now being used to map out on the newly name-changed "MENA protests" article, for short, and should reflect that. Unless you want to change the file name. --Haha169 (talk) 21:39, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

I already made a new file, linked to from that image page, File:2010-2011_Middle_East_and_North_Africa_protests.svg. Gringer (talk) 21:41, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Not sure what the use is of having two almost-duplicate images, but sure. --Haha169 (talk) 21:51, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

That odd green-circle-island object next to Madagascar. Just curious, what is that? --Haha169 (talk) 22:13, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

That's Comoros -- a member of the Arab League... probably shouldn't be in this map though because it's not in MENA. Fixed. Gringer (talk) 22:20, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

File:Tux-shaded.svg

File deletion warning

File:Tux-shaded.svg has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry. If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

  PL Przemek ^DYSKUSJA 06:08, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

Ring of Fire Map

Hi Gringer, Thank you for your Ring of fire map, by respect I want to use it in my non-fiction research book name: "Heaven Triangle" Please Contact me at SH_M_Z@YAHOO.COM if you need to. I appereciate. Shahrokh mohammadzadeh 2011-08-13

Hi Shahrokh,

You're very welcome to use the map. It's 'licenced' as PD, so you can do anything you want with it. Just bear in mind that while I made the base map as a derivative of one of my other maps, there have been a couple of other people who have annotated the map to actually be useful. Gringer (talk) 22:06, 5 October 2011 (UTC)