User talk:JohnInDC

English: Welcome to the Commons, JohnInDC!

First steps tutorial Our first steps help file and our FAQ will help you a lot after registration. They explain how to customize the interface (for example the language), how to upload files and our basic licensing policy. You don't need technical skills in order to contribute here. Be bold contributing here and assume good faith for the intentions of others. This is a wiki ‒ it is really easy. Getting help More information is available at the Community Portal. You may ask questions at the Help desk, Village Pump or on IRC channel #wikimedia-commons (direct access). You can also contact an administrator on their talk page. If you have a specific copyright question, ask at Commons talk:Licensing.		Goodies, tips and tricks Put Babel boxes on your user page so others know what languages you can speak and indicate your Graphics abilities. All your uploads are stored in your personal Gallery Please sign your name on Talk pages by typing ~~~~ Use the CommonSense tool to find good categories for your files (then other people can find them too!) To link to an image page without embedding the image, type: [[:Image:Foo.jpg]], which produces: Image:Foo.jpg If you're copying files from another project, be sure to use the CommonsHelper Made a mistake? Did you want to rename or move a file? Simply upload the file again and mark the old one like this: {{bad name|Correct name}} For more information read the full Deletion guidelines
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Thanks for the info on the admin board. I'm not on en wp much but if you feel I can help there let me know - cheers --Herby ^{talk thyme} 18:08, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Sure, thanks for the help. I'm not sure what more there is to do about this fellow - I'd like to see what others have to say. It is pretty obvious to me that he's nicked some of his other images from elsewhere and it would be nice to be able to do something about it. JohnInDC 19:24, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Copyvio Vs. No Pemrission

Hi JohnInDC. I noticed you tagged File:Civita and Gateway.jpg for speedy deletion as copyright violation. Since the file had a third party source and author, the appropriate tag would be {{No permission}}. This gives the uploader a chance to review his/her upload and proceed with obtaining permission. The user might also be associated with the website. Using just 'copyvio' especially with a reason that repeats the source already given does not allow the user to do this efficiently. Copyvio should be used only if the user is obviously acting as the author. Thanks for your work! --ZooFari 16:24, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. That's helpful and I will employ the practice in the future! JohnInDC (talk) 18:23, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Tip: Categorizing images

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Hello, JohnInDC!

Tip: Add categories to your files

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) 17:51, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

• Image:John M. Dorsey.jpg was uncategorized on 21 September 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 17:51, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

Use of Image: West wing (1930-36) of Chevy Chase Elementary School, Chevy Chase, Maryland

If I wish to use your image <West wing (1930-36) of Chevy Chase Elementary School, Chevy Chase, Maryland> on a display of the work of Howard Cutler, how should the photo credit read - "Photograph by JohnInDC"?

"John Dorsey" would do - thanks! JohnInDC (talk) 18:13, 1 May 2016 (UTC)