User talk:DM289169

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Tip: Categorizing images

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Hello, DM289169!

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) 10:55, 1 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Passer Angelfish(Juvenile) in natural habitat.jpg was uncategorized on 31 October 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:55, 1 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Image:Sealions playing.jpg was uncategorized on 31 October 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:55, 1 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Image:Passer Angelfish(Adult).jpg was uncategorized on 31 October 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:55, 1 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Image:Divemaster James D. Scherrer(a.k.a.Jimmy) DM-289169.jpg was uncategorized on 31 October 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:55, 1 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Image:Diver Samantha Scherrer finds an oyster shell at The Boulders site.theora.ogv was uncategorized on 1 November 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:03, 2 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Image:Divemaster Map San Pedro Nolasco Island Overview.jpg was uncategorized on 1 November 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:03, 2 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Image:Brittle star in motion.theora.ogv was uncategorized on 1 November 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:03, 2 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Image:Giant Hawkfish at Magnalena Bay.jpg was uncategorized on 6 November 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:54, 7 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Image:Sea lion Bull at Magnalena Bay.jpg was uncategorized on 6 November 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:54, 7 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Image:Reef Fish at Lighthouse site.jpg was uncategorized on 6 November 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:54, 7 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Image:Cortez Damselfish 1 at Lighthouse site.png was uncategorized on 6 November 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:54, 7 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Video Permission

Hello,

I am a student at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse currently enrolled in an Organismal Biology course. We are creating a website on bioluminescent organisms and I have a brittle star. I was hoping to get your permission to use one of your videos for my website. This website will be public and will remain online forever as part of a larger project at MultipleOrganisms.net.

Thanks for your time,

Taylor Graef

User talk:DM289169

Tip: Categorizing images

Video Permission

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