User talk:ViennaUK
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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) 14:22, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Nasa civilian astronaut.jpg was uncategorized on 10 August 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 14:22, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- Image:VillaKapsreiterSchaerding.jpg was uncategorized on 21 January 2012 CategorizationBot (talk) 14:37, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
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Herzi Pinki (talk) 16:48, 12 May 2015 (UTC)
Ploegsteert[edit]
Hello. I noticed you've been adding categories Ploegsteert, Ploegsteert Wood and Berks Cemetery Extension to a lot of images concerning the Ploegsteert Memorial. I would suggest you re-read the offical policy on categories, notably the section on Overcategorization. These files should be in the most specific category: the Ploegsteert Memorial. Henxter (talk) 13:16, 19 May 2015 (UTC)
Modern views of WW I battlefields 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! |
Rudolph Buch (talk) 14:02, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
Category:Grosvenor family arms[edit]
Your renaming to the above from Category:Grosvenor arms 30 August 2015 does not conform with the style used by 790 sub-categories in Category:Coats of arms of families of England, and therefore in my opinion would best be reverted.(Lobsterthermidor (talk) 15:08, 5 September 2015 (UTC))
File:Verdienter Arzt des Volkes 1978 Avers.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. |
Haster2 (talk) 05:01, 20 September 2022 (UTC)
File:Panthéon - Les époux Veil au fond.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. |
2600:100C:A210:2BB2:FCC3:D56B:C17C:4BE8 14:29, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
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A file that you have uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, File:Naval rangefinder atop the bridge of German cruiser Admiral Scheer.jpg, is missing information about where it comes from or who created it, which is needed to verify its copyright status. Please edit the file description and add the missing information, or the file may be deleted.
If you created the content yourself, enter If someone else created the content, or if it is based on someone else's work, the source should be the address to the web page where you found it, the name and ISBN of the book you scanned it from, or similar. You should also name the author, provide verifiable information to show that the content is in the public domain or has been published under a free license by its author, and add an appropriate template identifying the public domain or licensing status, if you have not already done so. Warning: Wikimedia Commons takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. Please add the required information for this and other files you have uploaded before adding more files. If you need assistance, please ask at the help desk. Thank you! |
Denniss (talk) 17:49, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
How to ask for speedy-delete of an empty category[edit]
When you want to ask for speedy-delete of an empty category, best practice is to mark it with {{SD|C2}} if it would be OK to re-create it in the future, given that appropriate content becomes available or {{SD|C1}} if it is an inappropriate category name that should not be reused. In particular, this is better practice than just blanking the category page, as you did at Category:Executions at Plötzensee Prison. ("C1" and "C2" come from Commons:Criteria for speedy deletion). Best, Clay (talk) 04:33, 26 January 2024 (UTC)