Tahoenathan

Welcome to Wikimedia Commons, Tahoenathan!

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Hi Nathan!

hey; this is your user talk page. hopefully when you login to your account, you will see a message @ the top of wmc pages, telling you that you have new messages here... hopefully, lol

so far, i've added your pics to these english lang wikip articles:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo_Lake_(California)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mono_Lake

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing_stones

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racetrack_Playa

suddenly got unexpected last minute plans today; so i'll be out, likely until late, my time.

will add more of your stuff when i return :)

(still figuring out how to do the main death valley pic arrangements, because there's so much material, ran out of time to work on it last night... ran out of time for sleeping too >__< )

have some ideas for placing more of your pics, will talk to you abt it when we next connect.

bye Nathan, hope you're having a good day when you read this.

Lx 121 (talk) 11:52, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Please remain calm and collegial

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It is important to keep a cool head, especially when responding to comments against you or your edits. Personal attacks and disruptive comments only escalate a situation; please keep calm and remember that action can be taken against other parties if necessary. Please try to remain civil with your comments. Thanks!

Lycaon (talk) 20:59, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Tip: Categorizing images

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Hello, Tahoenathan!

Tip: Add categories to your files

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 06:32, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

• Image:3rd view SmallwaterfallatStateline, Lake Tahoe, Nv. .jpg is uncategorized since 1 July 2009.
• Image:Zephyr2 copy 1.jpg is uncategorized since 1 July 2009.
• Image:Of Exposure and Composure by burnintree.jpg is uncategorized since 6 July 2009.
• Image:No responsibility by burnintree.jpg is uncategorized since 6 July 2009.