User talk:Volker Dinse
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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) 10:55, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Beringung Wasserralle.jpg was uncategorized on 31 October 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:55, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Dove Elbe Regattastrecke Startbereich.jpg was uncategorized on 6 February 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 14:32, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Wasserpark Dove Elbe Landschaftsplanerisches Gutachten 1966.jpg was uncategorized on 6 February 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 14:32, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Kiebitzbrack preuß landaufnahme 1880.jpg was uncategorized on 6 February 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 14:32, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Blick auf Regattastrecke vom alten Zielturm.jpg was uncategorized on 6 February 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 14:32, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Regattastrecke Zielturm vergleich.jpg was uncategorized on 6 February 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 14:32, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Krauwel-Ausschnitt aus Elbkarte Vierlande bis Blankenese Pingeling 1773.jpg was uncategorized on 6 February 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 14:32, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Regattastrecke dove elbe ausbau vergleich 1880.jpg was uncategorized on 6 February 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 14:32, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
I apologize for making you create this twice. While doing New Page Patrol we see a lot of galleries with only one image created by new users. Since galleries are reserved for two or more images, they get deleted rapidly, usually within minutes. As you see, the way to avoid that is either start with two images or add a short note, such as "Please do not delete -- more images to come".
If I can be helpful or answer questions, please leave a note on my talk page. Jim . . . . Jameslwoodward (talk to me) 12:15, 6 February 2011 (UTC)