User talk:PhilBeeNZ
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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.CategorizationBot (talk) 01:38, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Catholic Cathedral, Barbadoes St., Christchurch, NZ.jpg was uncategorized on 3 October 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 01:38, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
- Image:The old Auckland Customhouse, c.1889.jpg was uncategorized on 3 October 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 01:38, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
NZHPT
[edit]Hi there, just like me, you appear to appreciate historic buildings. I see that some of your uploads make reference to NZHPT listings (i.e. Category I or II). That being the case, you obviously look up the listing on the NZHPT website. I wonder whether you could do two additional things when you upload photos of heritage buildings:
- include the NZHPT registration number in the description, and
- add the respective NZHPT category.
For the latter issue, you'll find a complete list here. It will be one of the subcategories of Category:NZHPT Category I listings or Category:NZHPT Category II listings (but not the region subcategories). Any queries, please feel free to reply here. Thanks for your tremendous efforts! Schwede66 09:51, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
File:Meadsville aka Te Kuiti.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. |