User talk:Alain meier

Welcome to Wikimedia Commons, Alain meier!

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--Motopark (talk) 18:05, 1 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Tip: Categorizing images

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Hello, Alain meier!

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 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Image:WENDEL 3.jpg was uncategorized on 1 September 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:44, 2 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Image:WENDEL 1+2.jpg was uncategorized on 1 September 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:44, 2 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Image:Ancienne caisse SSM Petite-Rosselle .jpg was uncategorized on 2 September 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:43, 3 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Image:Ecole JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAU.jpg was uncategorized on 3 September 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:45, 4 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Image:Commune de Stiring-Wendel monument aux victime de la mine du puits Vuillemin .jpg was uncategorized on 5 September 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:43, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Image:Commune de Petite-Rosselle les écurie a st-Charles.jpg was uncategorized on 5 September 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:43, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Image:Commune de Creutzwald la HOUVE puits N°4 .jpg was uncategorized on 5 September 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:43, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Image:Commune de Creutzwald la Houne puits N° 3.jpg was uncategorized on 5 September 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:43, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Image:Commune de Creutzwald carreau jour de la Houve.jpg was uncategorized on 5 September 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:43, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Image:Commune de Stiring-Wendel puits Saint Marthe 1 1848.jpg was uncategorized on 5 September 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:43, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Image:Commune de Bisten en Lorraine puits de Bisten.jpg was uncategorized on 5 September 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:43, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Image:Commune Petite-Rosselle les écurie a st-Charles.jpg was uncategorized on 5 September 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:43, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Image:Commune de Petite-Rosselle puits st-Charles 1.jpg was uncategorized on 5 September 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:43, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Image:Commune de Folschviller puits 1 .jpg was uncategorized on 6 September 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:40, 7 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Image:Puits Wendel 1 + 2 la science autour du musée de la Mine à Petite-Rosselle.jpg was uncategorized on 12 October 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:56, 13 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Image:Puits Wendel 3 la science autour du musée de la Mine à Petite-Rosselle.jpg was uncategorized on 12 October 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:56, 13 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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User talk:Alain meier

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Tip: Categorizing images

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