User talk:Benjitheijneb

Welcome to Wikimedia Commons, Benjitheijneb!

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Tip: Categorizing images

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Hello, Benjitheijneb!

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) 10:44, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

• Image:KahalShalomSynagogue ListOfNames.JPG was uncategorized on 1 January 2012 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:44, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Picture of the Year voting round 1 open

Dear Wikimedians,

Wikimedia Commons is happy to announce that the 2012 Picture of the Year competition is now open. We're interested in your opinion as to which images qualify to be the Picture of the Year for 2012. Voting is open to established Wikimedia users who meet the following criteria:

1. Users must have an account, at any Wikimedia project, which was registered before Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 [UTC].
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Hundreds of images that have been rated Featured Pictures by the international Wikimedia Commons community in the past year are all entered in this competition. From professional animal and plant shots to breathtaking panoramas and skylines, restorations of historically relevant images, images portraying the world's best architecture, maps, emblems, diagrams created with the most modern technology, and impressive human portraits, Commons features pictures of all flavors.

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To see the candidate images just go to the POTY 2012 page on Wikimedia Commons

Wikimedia Commons celebrates our featured images of 2012 with this contest. Your votes decide the Picture of the Year, so remember to vote in the first round by January 30, 2013.

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Use of your image of Judean date palm

Use of your image of Judean date palm

Hi, I am writing from Dorling Kindersley, a London based book publishing house. We are currently researching a book called, ‘It can’t Be True’ in which we have a feature on Judean date palm?. We are interested in using your image at the following URL, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JudeanDatePalmMethuselah.JPG I have attached the image as well. We were wondering if you would allow us to use your image in the book. Could you kindly let us know? Can you please supply us with the hires image? By supplying the image we understand we have your consent to use any image world, all language, all edition (including eBook) rights, plus for use in spin-off digital products of ‘It can’t Be True’. We are publishers of highly-illustrated travel guides and books of various others genres. These are translated into all major languages and distributed throughout the world. You can view our books at: http://www.dk.co.uk/ We look forward to hearing back from you as soon as possible, and would be happy to answer any queries you might have regarding this publication. Many thanks, in advance for your help. Best Aditya Katyal Picture Researcher, Dorling Kindersley India Pvt. Ltd. 3rd Floor, Mindmill Corporate Tower, Plot No. 24A, Sector 16A Film City, Noida – 201 301 (U.P.), India Tel: 91-120-4689600 Adityakatyal (talk) 11:40, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Use of your Image

Hi, I am writing from Dorling Kindersley, a London based book publishing house. We are currently researching a book called, ‘It can’t Be True’ in which we have a feature on Judean date palm?. We are interested in using your image at the following URL, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JudeanDatePalmMethuselah.JPG

I have attached the image as well. We were wondering if you would allow us to use your image in the book. Could you kindly let us know?

Can you please supply us with the hires image?

Can you please send me your email at aditya.katyal@dk.com

By supplying the image we understand we have your consent to use any image world, all language, all edition (including eBook) rights, plus for use in spin-off digital products of ‘It can’t Be True’.

We are publishers of highly-illustrated travel guides and books of various others genres. These are translated into all major languages and distributed throughout the world. You can view our books at:

http://www.dk.co.uk/

We look forward to hearing back from you as soon as possible, and would be happy to answer any queries you might have regarding this publication. Many thanks, in advance for your help.

Best Aditya Katyal Picture Researcher, Dorling Kindersley India Pvt. Ltd. 3rd Floor, Mindmill Corporate Tower, Plot No. 24A, Sector 16A Film City, Noida – 201 301 (U.P.), India

concerning the judean date palm

Hello Benjitheijneb

I hope you are fine

I'm very interested in the pic of the judean date palm, and wondering if you have any new pics or information of the date palm.

Thanks for the upload and looking forward to hearing from you,

Regards.

--Ahmed1251985 (talk) 12:25, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

Hi, thank you for your interest! Unfortunately, I do not know of any further updates; I was in Israel touring, and so took the opportunity to fill this gap (I knew the Wikipedia page was in need of a photo for it). I took a number of photos which are all virtually identical, and this was merely the best quality one.

In terms of information, remember that date palms have genders, male and female, and this one is male. Unless another example of a Judean date palm seed is found in any part of Judea, in Israel or the West Bank (as geographical Judea spans both regions), there is no way a purebred Judean date palm can be created. Last I checked, there were plans to pollinate an Egyptian Hayany date palm to create a Hayany-Judean hybrid by 2022, which you can find at its Wikipedia page. I, however, have not been keeping track with this; if you are looking for an academic purpose, you can always contact Kibbutz Ketura in Israel where the date palm was located when I visited, as well as the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies located at Ketura who worked on germinating it. Sorry I can't help more, and hope you find the information you want! Benjitheijneb (talk) 18:25, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

Reminder: Round 2 of Picture of the Year 2016 is open!

You are receiving this message because you voted in R1 of the 2016 Picture of the Year contest.

Dear Benjitheijneb,

Wikimedia Commons is happy to announce that the second round of the 2016 Picture of the Year competition is now open. This year will be the eleventh edition of the annual Wikimedia Commons photo competition, which recognizes exceptional contributions by users on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia users are invited to vote for their favorite images featured on Commons during the last year (2016) to produce a single Picture of the Year.

Hundreds of images that have been rated Featured Pictures by the international Wikimedia Commons community in the past year were entered in this competition. These images include professional animal and plant shots, breathtaking panoramas and skylines, restorations of historical images, photographs portraying the world's best architecture, impressive human portraits, and so much more.

There are two total rounds of voting. In the first round, you voted for as many images as you liked. In Round 1, there were 1475 candidate images. There are 58 finalists in Round 2, comprised of the top 30 overall as well as the top #1 and #2 from each sub-category.

In the final round, you may vote for just one or maximal three image to become the Picture of the Year.

Round 2 will end on 20 April 2017, 23:59:59 UTC.

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Thanks,
--Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year committee 08:42, 16 April 2017 (UTC)