Nicolas G. Mertens

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When categorising files, please avoid placing them into several categories that are directly linked within the same tree (e.g. a parent category and a child category – like Category:United Kingdom and Category:London), to prevent over-categorization of files and over-population of categories. Usually, only the most specific category should be used. See Commons:Categories for more details. Thank you.

--KurodaSho (talk) 09:39, 9 August 2015 (UTC)

Did you read above? You are required to follow this policy. HTH. --KurodaSho (talk) 11:44, 9 August 2015 (UTC)

I read, I don't understand. Please, clarify. I thought that Categories were meant to facilitate searches. So, if I introduce "Spain" as a category, why am I not allowed to introduce also "España," which would facilitate a search by a Spanish speaker? Same for Ibiza/Eivissa, Balafi/Balàfia, etc. Furthermore, if someone searches for "Ibiza," that person would also find out that Balafi/Balàfia is on that island. Why do you keep eliminating the "Ibiza" category for my pictures of Balafi/Balàfia? Thanks.

Si vous mettez toutes vos images de Balafi dans la catégorie Ibiza et que tout le monde fait de même pour ses photos de toute autre localité de l'île, la catégorie Ibiza va se retrouver avec des milliers de photos, et donc inutilisable. Il est préférable de catégoriser au plus près de l'image (lieu, animal, etc.), et de mettre la catégorie dans une autre catégorie. Quelqu'un cherchant des images sur Ibiza trouvera la catégorie, dans laquelle il verra les sous-catégories.

En ce qui concerne la langue des catégories, par convention, celles-ci sont en anglais, ce qui n'empêche pas d'avoir des redirections (comme Category:Eivissa) dans d'autres langues.

En esperant avoir été clair. Pleclown (talk) 11:06, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

D'accord. Je commence à comprendre. Merci pour l'explication. Pourriez-vous répondre aux deux questions suivantes: 1) Est-ce ceci (la présente édition) la manière correcte de répondre à un message, de vous répondre, par example. Je ne vois nulle part quelque chose qui dit "Reply to this message/Répondre à ce message," ou un moyen de faire savoir à l'envoyeur que son message a été lu. 2) A la page Commons:Categories, la rubrique Major Categories signale que "ALL media files should be categorized under this category...," c'est-à-dire la Category:Topics. Seriez-vous assez aimable de me dire quelle pourrait être la "Topic" pour les photos que j'ai mises en ligne jusqu'à présent.

Merci d'avance, en espérant que vous soyez revenu ici pour lire cette édition. Une réponse à la deuxième question en particulier m'aiderait à comprendre encore mieux cette affaire des catégories.

Pour la première question, la réponse est oui. Il y a quelques astuces que vous pouvez trouver ici (en particulier l'indentation et le fait de signer ses messages sur les pages de discussion). En règle générale, les gens qui vous écrivent mettent la page dans leur liste de suivi et verront donc que vous leur avez répondu. Vous pouvez également leur répondre sur leur propre page de discussion, c'est un peu comme vous voulez. Si vous voulez être sûr qu'ils lisent votre message, le mieux est de l'écrire dans leur page de discussion.

En ce qui concerne la seconde partie, il vous faut imaginer les catégories comme un arbre. La racine, le départ c'est la catégorie Topics, qui va contenir des grandes catégories, qui en contiendront elles-mêmes d'autres, etc. jusqu'à arriver à la granularité la plus fine possible (Balafi, par exemple). Si je prend la catégorie Ibiza, elle est dans la catégorie Islands of the Balearic Islands, qui est dans Geography of the Balearic Islands, qui est dans Balearic Islands, qui est dans Autonomous communities of Spain, qui est dans Subdivisions of Spain, qui est dans Geography of Spain, qui est dans Spain, qui est dans Countries of Europe, qui est dans Countries by continent, qui est dans Countries by region, qui est dans Countries, qui est dans Places, qui est dans Topics (ouf). Les photos dans la catégorie Ibiza sont donc bien catégorisées dans Topics (même si c'est indirectement). Ce qu'il vous faut retenir, c'est qu'il faut essayer de catégoriser le plus précisément possible. Votre photo représente-t-elle un oiseau, ou une mouette ? une maison, ou une maison à Montpellier ?

Si je prend la photo File:Ibiza—Ses Salines 003.jpg, elle est actuellement catégorisée sous Category:Ses Salines et Category:Natural park of ses Salines. A priori, selon le nom de l'image, cette photo représente une saline sur l'île d'Ibiza. La catégorie Ses Salines est destinée à recevoir les photos de la ville de Ses Salines, une commune de l'île de Majorque. Elle ne devrait donc pas être sur la photo. On voit aussi que dans la catégorie Natural park of ses Salines, il y a une catégorie Salines d'Eivissa qui est destinée à recevoir les photos des salines de l'île d'Ibiza. C'est dans cette catégorie que devrait être la photo.

A disposition pour toute information. Pleclown (talk) 20:54, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

Oui, ouf! Mais grand merci. Les choses s'éclaircissent. J'ai corrigé les photos incorrectement catégorisées.

Il semble que votre lien ici aboutit à une page qui n'existe pas. Connaissez-vous une page similaire en anglais? En attendant j'ai trouvé le truc pour signer. Je vous copie en ce qui concerne les indentations.

Encore une fois, merci pour tout. Nicolas G. Mertens (talk) 10:16, 11 August 2015 (UTC)

Le lien correct est fr:Aide:Discussion, désolé, j'aurais dû vérifier. Pleclown (talk) 11:02, 11 August 2015 (UTC)

Parfait. Merci beaucoup.Nicolas G. Mertens (talk) 11:49, 11 August 2015 (UTC)

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Discasto _talk 14:26, 19 May 2018 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Earth

Hi Nicolas, I've noticed the images of Menorca you provided. They're fantastics and quite valuable. I was wondering whether you could want to participate in Commons:Wiki Loves Earth 2018 in Spain. The constest is running during May (and therefore the images you uploaded on May 3rd are eligible) and the conditions are listed in the page I've linked (to sum up, coming from a site of community importance in Spain; sites without a picture have a bonus). If you agree, I'll take care of tagging the images you've provided. If you have more pictures that can be eligible, don't hesitate to contribute. If you have any question, feel free to ask. I'll be glad to help. Best regards --Discasto _talk 10:35, 20 May 2018 (UTC)

Hello , Discasto. Sorry for responding late I am in bind right now. I will get back to you around Friday. Thanks for your patience. Nicolas G. Mertens (talk) 14:49, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

No problem. As said, you needn't do anything. I can take care of proper categorization --Discasto _talk 14:16, 22 May 2018 (UTC)

Ok. I'm back and I looked into your suggestion. It took me an inconsiderate amount of time to try to understand the procedure to participate, and I still don't understand a few things. Maybe you can help. Step 1: Regístrate. Already done, no problem. Step 2: Busca. Looking at the Lugares de importancia comunitaria (LIC) de las Islas Baleares, I suppose that the photos you suggested would fall under Parque Natural de s'Albufera des Grau, and that the LIC would be ES0000234. Step 3: Fotografía. The photos you suggested comply with this step; no problem. Step 4: Comparte. This is where I hit a wall. When I click Selecciona los archivos multimedia para compartirlos, I cannot find a way of selecting the photos that are already in my Wikimedia account. I am sent instead to my computer hard disk, and if I select a file from the hard disk, a message says the file has already been uploaded. So there. I'm stuck, and just about ready to give up the whole thing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nicolas G. Mertens (talk • contribs) 11:36, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

Sorry, I missed your answer. The idea is that I take care of steps 2, 3 and 4. You've already provided some valuables pictures and I do thinks they can participate in the contest. As said, I'll take care of tagging, categorizing and any other stuff. Is it OK for you? Of course, if you have more pictures of Spanish natural sites, please, upload them and I'll take care of the boring stuff Best regards --Discasto _talk 20:55, 28 May 2018 (UTC)

Well, OK. Go ahead. I appreciate your efforts. I already uploaded other pictures of the Camí de Cavalls, but that was last month. I don't have anything else for May. Thanks again. Nicolas G. Mertens (talk) 07:19, 29 May 2018 (UTC)

Wow! I saw your work. This is fantastic! Thank you so much. Please, let me know if I can be of any help to you!Nicolas G. Mertens (talk) 15:42, 29 May 2018 (UTC)

It would be nice to have pictures from all the protected sites of Menorca (see ca:Llista de Llocs d'Importància Comunitària de les Illes Balears), but, of course, it depends on the availability of pictures . Ahh, I forgot, what is really fantastic are your photographs!!! Have you considered to nominate any of your pictures as Commons:Quality images? Best regards --Discasto _talk 18:37, 30 May 2018 (UTC) PS: when answering me, use this template: {{ping|Discasto}}. That way, I'll know you've answered.

Thanks again, you are most kind. I never considered nominating any of my pictures at Commons:Quality images. I don't have a very competitive spirit. If people like my stuff, fine; if not, fine also :) Besides, it's all too complicated. I don't even know how to use that template you mentioned to respond to you. Sorry about that. @Discasto: Nicolas G. Mertens (talk) 08:02, 1 June 2018 (UTC)

You've done it quite well I've found your pictures not only nice and very well executed and treated, but also quite valuable. From the images you've provided (here), almost half of them are used in any Wikipedia project (see). I'm really happy as well. I'll will review your remaining uploads as I think they're definitely useful. Best regards and don't hesitate to come back to me with any Commons-related issue (I was an admin for years and still know most of the policies and guidelines). Best regards --Discasto _talk 09:04, 1 June 2018 (UTC)

File:Louis Borgex—Poster for Aristide Bruant (1897).jpg

File:Louis Borgex—Poster for Aristide Bruant (1897).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. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

—LX (talk, contribs) 13:59, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Thank you. I have submitted my opinion in the page in question (the "entry"). Nicolas G. Mertens (talk) 15:30, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

¡La edición española de Wiki Loves Earth 2019 ya ha comenzado!

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Accede a la página del concurso para leer las bases: https://www.wikilovesearth.es/. Allí también podrás descubrir detalles sobre cómo participar y cuáles son los premios de esta edición. Si tienes cualquier duda, no dudes en contactar con nuestro coordinador de programas: Rubén Ojeda (WMES).

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"Recibes este mensaje porque participaste en el concurso en ediciones anteriores" --19:44, 23 May 2019 (UTC)

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Thanks. I already took the survey.Nicolas G. Mertens (talk) 15:48, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

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I already took the survey. Thanks. 79.145.7.77 08:47, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

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el comité organizador de Wiki Loves Earth 2020 en España - 09:17, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
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Having good photographers is the lifeblood of the Wikimedia Commons and the issues are with re-users, legally speaking improper attribution is a copyright © violation and you can e-mail them and tell them such. You don't lose any rights uploading here only exclusivity. You can also add "{{Published}}" to the talk pages of the photographs you created that were used elsewhere and note which re-users did or didn't properly attribute your works. I really hope that you won't feel too discouraged as your uploads are valuable and people wouldn't be using them if they weren't. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 11:44, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for your kind words and the reference to "{{Published}}". I had no idea, of course, because I am totally unfamiliar with these technicalities. It took me some times to "decipher" how to use that feature. Also, I suppose that what you call "the talk pages of the photographs," you mean the discussion pages of these photos. When I click Talk when viewing a photo page, I get back to this discussion page, the user's discussion page. So, for a start, I put the "{{Published}}" code in the discussion page of three photos. For example, [1]. Thanks again! --Nicolas G. Mertens (talk) 16:35, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

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  — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 12:04, 9 October 2021 (UTC)

Except for a couple of responses I gave way back in 2015, when I started with Wikimedia, I see that my posts have been consistently signed.--Nicolas G. Mertens (talk) 13:11, 9 October 2021 (UTC)

Oh really?   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 13:24, 9 October 2021 (UTC)

Ooops. Caught in flagrante. Guilty as charged. Thank you for keeping an eye on the "negligent" :) Signed: --Nicolas G. Mertens (talk) 18:01, 9 October 2021 (UTC)

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Accede a la página del concurso para leer las bases: https://www.wikilovesearth.es/. Allí también podrás descubrir detalles sobre cómo participar y cuáles son los premios de esta edición. Si tienes cualquier duda, no dudes en contactarnos.

¡Muchas gracias y suerte! El equipo organizador de WLE 2022 en España

"Recibes este mensaje porque participaste en el concurso en ediciones anteriores" --03:56, 19 May 2022 (UTC)