User talk:Zaccarias/Archive/2017

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Estimated location

Hi Zaccarias. Thank you for your effort to describe and categorize files. However, be more careful to avoid faulty and fictitious information. As regards this your edit, I see no information at the file page which can imply that the roofs and chimneys were photographed in Czechia. Yes, the uploader is from Czechia and used Czech description and that implies that it was photographed possibly or even probably in Czechia. However he could also travel through many close or distant countries and taken the photo wherever. We should not add fabricated or estimated data to the file description because such information can be incorrect and missleading. --ŠJů (talk) 17:47, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi ŠJů, thanks for keeping such a sharp eye on what's going on here on Commons. In general I take the work here on Commons very seriously, even when I edit large quantities of files, like I used to in the last months. To this particular edit, that you are refering to. I admit that I was not sure that the location was in the Czech Republic when I have added the category. I saw that the file was used in cs-wikipedia and that it also had a cs-description. Due to my lack of the Czech language I thought that it would be a good idea, to make sure that someone who understands Czech eventually finds this file, checks back the description in cs-wikipedia and then makes the final decision whether the file shows a location in the Czech Republic or not.
Please note that I have also added: "Unidentified locations in the Czech Republic" which is an indicator that the location is not exactly known and might be questionable. But I think more important is the function of the categories here:
My understanding of the role of categories here on Commons is, that they are used for sorting in media in order to enable others to easily find what they are looking for. Categories should never be used to define any properties of the media files where they are added to. Any file information such as date, location or detailed description is and should always be documented in the file description as I am sure you are aware. Due to the fact that categories are practically just for sorting and define no information at all I don't think that I have added fault or fictious information to this file even when the depicted location is somewhere else. Please also be aware that this edit was a very rare exception (that's why I can so easily remember it.) --Zaccarias (talk) 18:41, 31 August 2017 (UTC)
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