Rudolph89
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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 06:07, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
- Image:Futuna interior altar.jpg is uncategorized since 21 February 2009. BotMultichillT 06:07, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
- Image:Futuna Chapel int stained glass.jpg is uncategorized since 6 March 2009. BotMultichillT 06:16, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
- Image:Cemetery Circuit Wanganui.jpg is uncategorized since 17 June 2009.
- Image:Rangiora plant.jpg was uncategorized on 12 July 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:36, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
Copyright status: File:Hawkes bay hawks logo.jpg
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Thanks for uploading File:Hawkes bay hawks logo.jpg. I notice that the file page either doesn't contain enough information about the license or it contains contradictory information about the license, so the copyright status is unclear.
If you created this file yourself, then you must provide a valid copyright tag. For example, you can tag it with {{self|GFDL|cc-by-sa-all}} to release it under the multi-license GFDL plus Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike All-version license or you can tag it with {{PD-self}} to release it into the public domain. (See Commons:Copyright tags for the full list of license tags that you can use.) If you did not create the file yourself or if it is a derivative of another work that is possibly subject to copyright protection, then you must specify where you found it (e.g. usually a link to the web page where you got it), you must provide proof that it has a license that is acceptable for Commons (e.g. usually a link to the terms of use for content from that page), and you must add an appropriate license tag. If you did not create the file yourself and the specific source and license information is not available on the web, you must obtain permission through the VRT system and follow the procedure described there. Note that any unsourced or improperly licensed files will be deleted one week after they have been marked as lacking proper information, as described in criteria for deletion. If you have uploaded other files, please confirm that you have provided the proper information for those files, too. If you have any questions about licenses please ask at Commons:Village pump/Copyright or see our help pages. Thank you. |
Trex2001 (talk) 05:23, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
- Hi, thanks for the feedback, I have been struggling to understand how to upload a logo so it can be used on Wikipedia? Other basketball team logos like File:Miami Heat logo.svg are used on Wikipedia under "Non-free logo" usage. Yet if I try and upload this logo with a non-free license it gets tagged with speedy deletion? Rudolph89 (talk) 11:18, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
- "Non-free" files on wikipedia are uploaded to en:wp directly, Commons doesn't accept such files.--Trex2001 (talk) 05:11, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
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File:Sapromyza neozelandica 11.JPG
editAre you sure of the ID here? - the fly has more of a Sciomyzidae look to it Simuliid (talk) 22:59, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
- No not certain, this was my best guess at the time, and I'm by no means an expert. It was photographed in a natural wetland area, so you could be right. Rudolph89 (talk) 23:18, 20 September 2012 (UTC)