User talk:Vultee
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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) 11:00, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Kazimierz dolny panorama Góra Trzech Krzyzy Grzegorz Kornijow.jpg was uncategorized on 14 June 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:00, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Giulia Tellarini on stage.jpg was uncategorized on 20 July 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:01, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
Hi Vultee, why did you change the license of File:Joanna Mucha.jpg 1 year after upload to an Commons-incompatible license? --Túrelio (talk) 10:48, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
Thanks
[edit]I just wanted to say it's nice to see that you reconsidered your position, retracted some of your statements, and undid your own edits where appropriate in relation to your images. Your contributions are very valuable, and I hope that you will want to continue contributing despite any previous issues. —LX (talk, contribs) 12:34, 9 July 2011 (UTC)
- Thank you for understanding. Other users explained to me all the licensing issues I wasn't sure about. I will most certanly keep on uploading images - as soon as I find some free time to take them in the first place :) - Vultee (talk) 09:56, 21 July 2011 (UTC)