User talk:TastyCakes
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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 (talk) 06:19, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
- Image:Differential sticking.svg is uncategorized since 29 December 2008. BotMultichillT (talk) 06:19, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
- Image:CanElect2008Ridings.svg is uncategorized since 12 January 2009. BotMultichillT (talk) 06:17, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
- Image:Canadian Federal election 2008 by riding.svg is uncategorized since 12 January 2009. BotMultichillT (talk) 06:17, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
- Image:GVRD - Electoral District A.svg is uncategorized since 16 January 2009. BotMultichillT 06:20, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
- Image:GVRD - Burnaby.svg is uncategorized since 16 January 2009. BotMultichillT 06:20, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
- Image:GVRD - Delta.svg is uncategorized since 16 January 2009. BotMultichillT 06:20, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
- Image:GVRD - Belcarra.svg is uncategorized since 16 January 2009. BotMultichillT 06:20, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
- Image:GVRD - labeled.svg is uncategorized since 16 January 2009. BotMultichillT 06:20, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
- Image:GVRD - Langley district.svg is uncategorized since 16 January 2009. BotMultichillT 06:20, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
- Image:GVRD - Anmore.svg is uncategorized since 16 January 2009. BotMultichillT 06:20, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
- Image:GVRD - Bowen island.svg is uncategorized since 16 January 2009. BotMultichillT 06:20, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
- Image:GVRD - Coquitlam.svg is uncategorized since 16 January 2009. BotMultichillT 06:20, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
- Image:World vehicles per capita.svg was uncategorized on 6 September 2009.
- Image:US weather service county map.svg was uncategorized on 12 April 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:55, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Map of East Caribbean dollar countries.svg was uncategorized on 6 February 2012 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:00, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
There seems to be a problem regarding the description and/or licensing of this particular file. It has been found that you've added in the image's description only a Template that's not a license and although it provides useful informations about the image, it's not a valid license. Could you please resolve this problem, adding the license in the image linked above? You can edit the description page and change the text. Uploading a new version of the file does not change the description of the file. This page may give you more hints on which license to choose. Thank you.
This message was added automatically by Nikbot, if you need some help about it, ask its master (Nikbot (talk)) or go to the Commons:Help desk. --Nikbot (talk) 21:02, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
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:
- Users must have an account, at any Wikimedia project, which was registered before Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 [UTC].
- This user account must have more than 75 edits on any single Wikimedia project before Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 [UTC]. Please check your account eligibility at the POTY 2012 Contest Eligibility tool.
- Users must vote with an account meeting the above requirements either on Commons or another SUL-related Wikimedia project (for other Wikimedia projects, the account must be attached to the user's Commons account through SUL).
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.
Thanks,
the Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year committee
Delivered by Orbot1 (talk) at 10:24, 19 January 2013 (UTC) - you are receiving this message because you voted last year