User talk:Gossipguy
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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.BotMultichillT 14:12, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
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- Image:Grauer-Broadbill-Range.JPG was uncategorized on 26 November 2009 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:54, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
- Image:Nepenthes sketch.jpg was uncategorized on 20 February 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:43, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
- Image:De Hoop Nature Reserve.jpg was uncategorized on 29 May 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:44, 30 May 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Cap Floral Kingdom.jpg was uncategorized on 29 May 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:44, 30 May 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Guinean hotspot.png was uncategorized on 11 September 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:47, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
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- Image:Ruwenzori Map.jpg was uncategorized on 12 July 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:01, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Map Sundaland.png was uncategorized on 22 July 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:03, 23 July 2011 (UTC)
- Image:California Floristic Province climate variation.png was uncategorized on 23 July 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:23, 24 July 2011 (UTC)
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- Image:Mediterranean Bassin - Macaronesia landscapes.jpg was uncategorized on 29 July 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:19, 30 July 2011 (UTC)
- Image:MAP Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany.png was uncategorized on 1 August 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:05, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
- Image:MPA panorama.jpg was uncategorized on 3 August 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:08, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
- Image:MPA White Rhino.jpg was uncategorized on 5 August 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:07, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Succulent Karoo Map.jpg was uncategorized on 7 August 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:04, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
- Image:MPA Nature panorama.jpg was uncategorized on 7 August 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:04, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Toxorhamphus poliopterus.jpg was uncategorized on 2 September 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:08, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
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Quality Image Promotion
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Picture of the Year voting round 1 open
[edit]Dear Wikimedians,
Wikimedia Commons is happy to announce that the 2012 Picture of the Year competition is now open. We're interested in your opinion as to which images qualify to be the Picture of the Year for 2012. Voting is open to established Wikimedia users who meet the following criteria:
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Hundreds of images that have been rated Featured Pictures by the international Wikimedia Commons community in the past year are all entered in this competition. From professional animal and plant shots to breathtaking panoramas and skylines, restorations of historically relevant images, images portraying the world's best architecture, maps, emblems, diagrams created with the most modern technology, and impressive human portraits, Commons features pictures of all flavors.
For your convenience, we have sorted the images into topic categories. Two rounds of voting will be held: In the first round, you can vote for as many images as you like. The first round category winners and the top ten overall will then make it to the final. In the final round, when a limited number of images are left, you must decide on the one image that you want to become the Picture of the Year.
To see the candidate images just go to the POTY 2012 page on Wikimedia Commons
Wikimedia Commons celebrates our featured images of 2012 with this contest. Your votes decide the Picture of the Year, so remember to vote in the first round by January 30, 2013.
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Cake7545 (talk) 21:47, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
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Metrónomo's truth of the day: "That was also done by the president" not an excuse. 07:57, 30 January 2017 (UTC)
Nelicourvi Weaver
[edit]Are you the artist of File:Nelicourvi Weaver.jpg? If so, any further contributions could be equally valuable. I was thinking of the Sira barbet for instance, which has a typical barbet shape, but we have no free picture of it. JMK (talk) 14:01, 30 August 2017 (UTC)
File:Tropical Andes Flora.jpg
[edit]Copyright status: File:Tropical Andes Flora.jpg
[edit]Copyright status: File:Tropical Andes Flora.jpg
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Franz Xaver (talk) 19:54, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
Source of derivative work is not properly indicated: File:Tropical Andes Flora.jpg
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