User talk:Jane Cartney
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Tip: Categorizing images[edit]
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.CategorizationBot (talk) 10:46, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Town House, top of West Tower, Aberdeen, Peddie and Kinnear, 1868-74, photo Jane Cartney 2010RESIZED200.jpg was uncategorized on 4 August 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:46, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
Dates[edit]
For File:Salvation Army Citadel, Aberdeen, James Souttar, 1893-96, photo Jane Cartney 1990.jpg you put 1990 (which looks likely) in the file name, but then dated the image 9 August 2010 in the information template. I'm guessing the date in the information template should be changed, but I'm hesitant to do that myself on your photo. Would you please correct this (and any other similar issues on uploads where you have scanned old photos)? Thanks. - Jmabel ! talk 17:17, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
Hello, Yes you are quite right, this is an old pre-digital scanned photograph. I know it was 1990, but not the actual date, and as I am a bit of a stickler for accuracy, I did not want to put in an erroneous date. I don't think I can put the year only in the information template, which is why I put the date of upload. Your advice is welcome. --86.53.56.124 22:00, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
Oops,it would appear I forgot to log in. 86.53.56.124 is --Jane Cartney (talk) 23:52, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
File:Jane_Cartney,_Boulevard_in_MayRESIZED600.jpeg 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 see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. |
Simple Bob (talk) 08:35, 30 July 2011 (UTC)
File:Priddey, James, King's College, Aberdeen, artist's proof paper print, embossed Warwick Galleries, 21.5x30.3, estate of George Scroggie.jpg[edit]
File:Priddey, James, King's College, Aberdeen, artist's proof paper print, embossed Warwick Galleries, 21.5x30.3, estate of George Scroggie.jpg 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 see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. |