User talk:Singhalawap
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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.CategorizationBot (talk) 10:50, 25 December 2009 (UTC)
- Image:හුලංකීරිය.JPG was uncategorized on 24 December 2009 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:50, 25 December 2009 (UTC)
- Image:නියඟලා.JPG was uncategorized on 24 December 2009 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:50, 25 December 2009 (UTC)
- Image:නියඟලා small.jpg was uncategorized on 24 December 2009 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:50, 25 December 2009 (UTC)
- Image:කැපුංකීරිය මල්.JPG was uncategorized on 24 December 2009 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:50, 25 December 2009 (UTC)
- Image:විෂ්කුම්භ.JPG was uncategorized on 24 December 2009 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:50, 25 December 2009 (UTC)
- Image:නියඟලා මල.JPG was uncategorized on 24 December 2009 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:50, 25 December 2009 (UTC)
- Image:විෂ්කුම්භ ගෙඩි.JPG was uncategorized on 24 December 2009 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:50, 25 December 2009 (UTC)
- Image:කැපුංකීරිය.JPG was uncategorized on 24 December 2009 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:50, 25 December 2009 (UTC)
- Image:විෂ්කුම්භ මල්.JPG was uncategorized on 24 December 2009 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:50, 25 December 2009 (UTC)
- Image:හුලංකීරිය මල්.JPG was uncategorized on 24 December 2009 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:50, 25 December 2009 (UTC)
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Category:Ancient_Buddha_statues_in_Sri_Lanka has been listed at Commons:Categories for discussion so that the community can discuss ways in which it should be changed. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry. If you created this category, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for discussion 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. If the category is up for deletion because it has been superseded, consider the notion that although the category may be deleted, your hard work (which we all greatly appreciate) lives on in the new category. In all cases, please do not take the category discussion personally. It is never intended as such. Thank you! |
BrightRaven (talk) 08:58, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
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Thambili has been listed at Commons:Categories for discussion so that the community can discuss ways in which it should be changed. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry. If you created this category, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for discussion 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. If the category is up for deletion because it has been superseded, consider the notion that although the category may be deleted, your hard work (which we all greatly appreciate) lives on in the new category. In all cases, please do not take the category discussion personally. It is never intended as such. Thank you! |