User talk:Jlvsclrk

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Categories

Hey, try to categorize your images a bit more specifically and, ideally, in multiple categories. Category:Horse racing is a "diffusing" category, in that everything in that category should just be another category. It takes a while to learn what some of the categories are (particularly as many of the horse categories were first created by German, not English, native speakers!) and also how to activate the preferences that allow you to get suggested categories to propagate and other cool gadgets that speed up things, but see what I've been doing with your stuff and maybe figure it out from there. LOVE the images! Montanabw (talk) 03:48, 2 June 2016 (UTC)

File:Preakness - Secretariat.jpg

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Magog the Ogre (talk) (contribs) 03:26, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

I think I simplified things

I created categories for each Breeders' Cup year and moved all the images that had obvious dates (other than photos of stuff like the grounds, that do not change much) to the category for their year. I also added the location of the Races that year to the category, so now you can put an image just in "Breeders' Cup 2016" (don't forget capital letters and the apostrophe) and it will automatically be in a subcat of both Breeders' Cup and Santa Anita Park. This also should make it easier to find new images or images of specific horses if it's known when they ran. Where we can name specific individuals, we probably should create categories for them by name where possible. Montanabw (talk) 06:08, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

Brilliant! Thanks. Categories are such an important organizational tool but I suck at using them. Going to work on pics for an hour or so, then its off to the airport from home. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jlvsclrk (talk • contribs) 15:18, 06 November 2016 (UTC)

I'm just amazed that you stopped to upload images during your trip! That's dedication! Montanabw (talk) 19:18, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

Crops?

Would it be possible for you to do a slightly tighter crop of the Irish War Cry photo and re-upload that version? The horse looks small at the thumbnail size in the articles and most of the content on the edges is just random people. Actually, this is true of some of the others as well. I could do it, but then I'd have to re-upload as a new image, which would be unnecessarily duplicative. I'm thrilled that you got this photos, though, so not intending to be too critical! Just WOW! You got them! Montanabw (talk) 20:54, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

That was a nice crop, thanks. Now, Um... maybe the one of Girvin too? (humbly making an appeal)? Montanabw (talk) 00:06, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

I cropped Girvin in the walking ring. In the winner's circle, I know two people at the head of the horse are owners, not sure about the lady in the dress walking towards camera - I could crop her out if you like. Jlvsclrk (talk) 00:38, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

Not a big deal, more all the people behind the Sharp family, unless there is some reason for them to be there... maybe this one would be a candidate for a separate upload of various crops. Not a huge issue, I moved around the images in the article. Montanabw (talk) 00:48, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

I cropped the original then uploaded another couple of pics that show Grady leading the horse into the winner's circle with Sharp and Rosie celebrating in the background. Weird lighting though because of the shadow from the grandstand. Jlvsclrk (talk) 01:55, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

You rock! Montanabw (talk) 03:47, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

Flickr2Commons

I have just come across a few images you have recently uploaded from Flickr. I would appreciate it if in the future, you used the Flickr2Commons tool. This tool allows images to be moved to Commons from Flickr without having to download the images to your own computer. It also brings in the largest resolution of the image, as well making sure to list the correct license and url, making it easy for the automated Flickr Review system. Also, it is fairly easy to categorize images with this tool. To use it, you just need to go to the url and authorize it (where it says "authorise first"). Elisfkc (talk) 03:01, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

Thank you, anything to make it easier. Jlvsclrk (talk) 22:03, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

CropTool

In the future, I would appreciate it if you used CropTool to crop images. This tool allows users to crop images already on Commons without having to download the images. It also makes sure that, if necessary, the file has already passed license review. It also properly links the images to one another, in case an issue with them comes up later. Elisfkc (talk) 03:04, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

Awesome, thanks. Jlvsclrk (talk) 22:29, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

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