User talk:Ffahm
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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.--EugeneZelenko 19:36, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
Image deletion warning | Image:Copa El País.png 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 image, 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. If the file is up for deletion because it has been superseded by a superior derivative of your work, consider the notion that although the file may be deleted, your hard work (which we all greatly appreciate) lives on in the new file. |
This is an automated message from BryanBot. 20:28, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
Transfering images
[edit]When transfering images from Wikipedia, please copy over all of the information. In the case of Image:Fergus Suter.jpg, you listed User:Motor as the author, and failed to copy over the source information which he provided. That means that the file could be deleted at commons at any time. This isn't a criticism, just a note asking to be a bit more careful. Thanks. Patstuart 18:17, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
Your recent Deletion requests
[edit]Please be more careful when opening a DR. You should follow the steps for a success DR in order to be included in the correct category. You SHOULDN'T use
templates as reason for your DRs, or the file will be listed in Speedy Deletion categories instead of Deletion Requests of them! If the files are clearly a copyright violation, please use {{Fair use}} alone; if unsure, use DRs, but not both. Amitie 10g (talk) 04:18, 25 September 2013 (UTC)