User talk:GothMoths
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Usefull categories please!
[edit]Hi GothMoths, thanks for uploading your interesting images. Please keep in mind that only well categorized images can be found by other users. Therefore don't use nonsense categories like Category:Insect developmental stages for your images as in your File:SpinyOakSlugMoth.JPG. In organisms if ever possible use the species name as category. So for instance the image of Euclea delphini belongs to Category:Euclea delphinii. For further information regarding categories please read Commons:Categories. Greetings, -- Ies (talk) 16:57, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
Don't over-categorize!
[edit]Please don't over-categorize as you did in File:Empyreuma affinis Pupa.jpg. I urgently suggest to read Commons:Categories and particularly paragraph Over-categorization to avoid more mistakes! -- Ies (talk) 17:33, 31 December 2010 (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) 10:42, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
- Image:ShayOfGothMoths.JPG was uncategorized on 1 January 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:42, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Shaina With the Camera.jpg was uncategorized on 1 January 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:42, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Lake Eola.jpg was uncategorized on 1 January 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:42, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
- Image:SpottedOleanderWaspMothLarva.JPG was uncategorized on 1 January 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:42, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Shaina Noggle.jpg was uncategorized on 27 January 2012 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:34, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
- Image:Eumorpha fasciatus larva Closer Look By Shaina Noggle.JPG was uncategorized on 27 January 2012 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:34, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
- Image:Ludwigia peruviana By Shaina Noggle.JPG was uncategorized on 27 January 2012 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:34, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
File:Shaina With the Camera.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. |