User talk:AndyB
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SieBot 21:19, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
Please link images
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Hello!
Thank you for providing images to the Wikimedia Commons. Please keep in mind that images uploaded to the Commons should be useful to all users of Wikimedia projects. This is possible only if the images can be found by other people.
To allow others to find the images you uploaded here, the images should be in some place that can be found by navigating the category structure. This means that you should put the images into appropriate topic pages, categories, optionally galleries, or both of them (see Commons:Categories). To find good categories for your images, the CommonSense tool may help.
You can find a convenient overview of your uploaded files in this gallery.
The important point is that the images should be placed in the general structure somewhere. There are a large number of completely unsorted images on the Commons right now. If you would like to help to place some of those images where they can be found, please do!
Thank you. Siebrand 07:24, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
Image Tagging Image:FlowersAtLoeriesfontein01.jpg
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Thanks for uploading Image:FlowersAtLoeriesfontein01.jpg. This image is missing permission information. A source is given, but there is no proof that the author or copyright holder agreed to license the file under the given license. Please provide a link to an appropriate webpage with license information, or send an email with copy of a written permission to OTRS (permissions-commons@wikimedia.org).
Unless the permission information is given, the image may be speedy deleted after seven days. Thank you. Siebrand 07:24, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
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.CategorizationBot (talk) 10:36, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Mh-03.jpg was uncategorized on 24 December 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:36, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Mh-01.jpg was uncategorized on 24 December 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:36, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Mh-02.jpg was uncategorized on 24 December 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:36, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Mutual Building Cape Town 206.jpg was uncategorized on 1 January 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:35, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi AndyB,
could you add information/name of the artist who sculpted the elefant in File:Elephant on Mutual Building Cape Town.jpg. However, I fear we cannot let it stay on Commons, as South Africa has no freedom of panorama, COM:FOP#South_Africa. --Túrelio (talk) 17:36, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi. Could you categorize more precisely your photos, not in a main category like "Building" but in "Buildings_in_Cape_Town" for instance. Thanks. Mel22 (talk) 19:18, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
File:Elephant on Mutual Building Cape Town.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. |
Túrelio (talk) 12:38, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
Copyright status: File:Wave mode transmission of coherent light down a glass fibre.jpg
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Thanks for uploading File:Wave mode transmission of coherent light down a glass fibre.jpg. I notice that the file page either doesn't contain enough information about the license or it contains contradictory information about the license, so the copyright status is unclear.
If you created this file yourself, then you must provide a valid copyright tag. For example, you can tag it with {{self|GFDL|cc-by-sa-all}} to release it under the multi-license GFDL plus Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike All-version license or you can tag it with {{PD-self}} to release it into the public domain. (See Commons:Copyright tags for the full list of license tags that you can use.) If you did not create the file yourself or if it is a derivative of another work that is possibly subject to copyright protection, then you must specify where you found it (e.g. usually a link to the web page where you got it), you must provide proof that it has a license that is acceptable for Commons (e.g. usually a link to the terms of use for content from that page), and you must add an appropriate license tag. If you did not create the file yourself and the specific source and license information is not available on the web, you must obtain permission through the VRT system and follow the procedure described there. Note that any unsourced or improperly licensed files will be deleted one week after they have been marked as lacking proper information, as described in criteria for deletion. If you have uploaded other files, please confirm that you have provided the proper information for those files, too. If you have any questions about licenses please ask at Commons:Village pump/Copyright or see our help pages. Thank you. |
Yann (talk) 13:48, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
File:F International Corporate Logo through 1988.jpg was recently deleted
[edit]File:F International Corporate Logo through 1988.jpg was recently deleted by JuTa for reasons below. If you disagree with the deletion, you need to file an undeletion request.
- Reason for deletion: No OTRS permission since 31 October 2020
It's best to discuss with the administrator who deleted your file before filing an undeletion request. Deletion Notification Bot (talk) 00:44, 13 December 2020 (UTC)