User talk:John Carmichael

Links

Please note that the placing of links on all your images is seen as promotional & not appropriate for Commons. Thanks --Herby ^{talk thyme} 18:43, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

I have deleted your user page again. It clearly solicits business for your company & that is not what Commons is about. Thanks --Herby ^{talk thyme} 08:50, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

I'll assume the post on my talk page is from you. Do take a look at how this site operates (I'll leave you the "welcome" message again which does have useful information on it). Please sign your posts too - it makes it much easier for folk to see what is going on.

Commons is a repository for freely licensed images to be used anywhere on the internet. It is not an advertising opportunity. Your latest user page looks fine to me. Thanks --Herby ^{talk thyme} 16:32, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikimedia Commons, John Carmichael!

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Tip: Categorizing images

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Hello, John Carmichael!

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) 11:04, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

• Image:Oro Valley Sundial 2.jpg was uncategorized on 7 July 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:04, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
• Image:Oro Valley Sundial 3.jpg was uncategorized on 7 July 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:04, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
• Image:Cate School Sundial (1).jpg was uncategorized on 7 July 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:04, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
• Image:Oro Valley Sundial 1.jpg was uncategorized on 7 July 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:04, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

The Breed of Your Dog

Hello, I am currently re-categorizing the dog photos that are under the category "unidentified dogs". Your dog Lucy is also there with the photo Analemmatic Stone Sundial by Carmichael.jpg. Without better knownledge, I can only assume she is a Terrier or Ratter, but not the more detailed breed. I would be grateful if you can tell me her breed, so then I can put the photo under the correct category. --Canarian (talk) 09:27, 21 October 2013 (UTC)