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Tip: Categorizing images edit
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) 10:51, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Machinga.JPG was uncategorized on 26 January 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:51, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
- Image:കിണര്.JPG was uncategorized on 26 January 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:51, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Choolu.JPG was uncategorized on 26 January 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:51, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Tombs-in-kottayil-kovilakam.JPG was uncategorized on 6 April 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:44, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Net-for-fishing.JPG was uncategorized on 6 April 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:44, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- Image:ചീനവല.JPG was uncategorized on 6 April 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:44, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Sunset-at-cherai-beach-in-kerala-india.JPG was uncategorized on 6 April 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:44, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Boat-on-cherai-beach.JPG was uncategorized on 6 April 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:44, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Cherai-sea-shore-kerala-india.jpg was uncategorized on 6 April 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:44, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Cherai-beach.JPG was uncategorized on 6 April 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:44, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Usbdrive-8gb-data-capacity-on-laptop.jpg was uncategorized on 7 April 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:42, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Kinar.jpg was uncategorized on 2 June 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:37, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
- Image:LNB- DTH Antenna .jpg was uncategorized on 4 June 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:47, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Antlion Pit.jpg was uncategorized on 4 June 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:47, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Sprouted-chickpea-stages.jpg was uncategorized on 24 June 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:52, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Pandanus fascicularis-Kaitha.JPG was uncategorized on 1 October 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 23:15, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Meenvallam-waterfalls-last-stage.JPG was uncategorized on 10 October 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 14:33, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Greenpea-sprouted.JPG was uncategorized on 19 November 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 13:34, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
Categories edit
Hi Edukeralam, please use useful categories. For images of unidentified plants like this there is category:unidentified plants. Note that category:flower doesn't exist and that category:flowers is hardly useful. Keep in mind that there is a project scope and that uploaded images must be useful for an educational purpose - what is hardly the case in unidentified plants and "flowers". -- Ies (talk) 19:50, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
Your uploads referring to India : Categorisation edit
Hi, as reported before, please use useful categories and don't over-categorize your images, i.e. please do not categorize your uploads (an example of your recent activity):
- Category:Cherai, Cheria Beach, Beaches in Kerala, Fishing, Fishing Boat OR
- Category:Cherai Beach etc.etc.
You'll help to save time and capacity on commons by categorizing:
- Category:Cherai beach (and for example Category:Boats in Kerala)
Please use as far as possible the category of the regarding city/town/village or district (if there's no category) etc., or, a localized better 'fitting' i.e. the 'most fitting"' category(ies). Do not add - in addition - the categories of the "parent category", among them cities, states and countries etc.
For further information on categories please read Commons:Categories referring to an accurate categorisation, simplifying your further uploads and categorisation in general. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the commons:help desk.
Thank you for your assistance, Roland 19:33, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
- Hi, as mentioned before, there's no need (= "over-categorized") to also add "Beaches of Kerala", thanks, Roland 19:44, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
- Hi, ref your mass-upload related to "Sankhumukham Beach", once more, please read urgently Commons:Categories referring to an accurate categorisation, thanks, Roland
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Malayalam Chillu Characters edit
Old non-standard Malayalam Chillu characters are not supported by many mainstream softwares including Google Chrome, Safari and Various other applications (mostly build around webkit). Converting standard (5.1) forms to old de-facto standard will produce erroneous display on them. If your system suffering problems displaying new chillus, install new fonts or use workarounds. --Praveen:talk 14:22, 5 February 2013 (UTC)
categories and {categorise} edit
Hi, thank you for using >meaningful categories< and respecting {categorise}, i.e. please avoid to use 'main caregories respectively avoid 'over-categorizing', p.e.
- Category:Napier Museum instead of Category:Thiruvananthapuram + Category:Museum in India + Category:Museums
Thx and regards, Roland zh 18:56, 26 July 2013 (UTC)
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Your feedback matters: Final reminder to take the global Wikimedia survey edit
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Wiki Science Competition 2017 closes on December, the 15th edit
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you can put the tag on a previously uploaded file if it is after November, the 1st.--Alexmar983 (talk) 06:45, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
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Community Insights Survey edit
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