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Tip: Categorizing images

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Hello, VtTN!

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.

CategorizationBot (talk) 11:09, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

• Image:WAM4 Ennore.JPG was uncategorized on 21 May 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:09, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
• Image:WAG9coal.JPG was uncategorized on 21 May 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:09, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
• Image:Vijayawada Jan Shatabdi Express.JPG was uncategorized on 21 May 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:09, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
• Image:ChennaiEMUfull.JPG was uncategorized on 21 May 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:09, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
• Image:WAP5.JPG was uncategorized on 21 May 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:09, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
• Image:Charminar WAP7.JPG was uncategorized on 21 May 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:09, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
• Image:WAG5 Ennore.JPG was uncategorized on 21 May 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:09, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
• Image:ChennaiEMUold.JPG was uncategorized on 21 May 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:09, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
• Image:WAP1.JPG was uncategorized on 21 May 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:09, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
• Image:ChennaiEMUNew.JPG was uncategorized on 21 May 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:09, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
• Image:WAP4 front.JPG was uncategorized on 21 May 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:09, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
• Image:WDM7 BioDiesel.JPG was uncategorized on 21 May 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:09, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
• Image:ChennaiRajdhani.JPG was uncategorized on 21 May 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:09, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
• Image:ChennaiSkyline2.JPG was uncategorized on 22 May 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:50, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
• Image:MTCVolvo.jpg was uncategorized on 22 May 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:50, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
• Image:ChennaiSkyline1.JPG was uncategorized on 22 May 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:50, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
• Image:Chennai Skyline.jpg was uncategorized on 27 April 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:11, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
• Image:Air India Airbus A310.JPG was uncategorized on 27 April 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:11, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
• Image:Two MD-11Fs at Chennai Airport.JPG was uncategorized on 27 April 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:11, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
• Image:Srilankan Airlines 340-300.JPG was uncategorized on 27 April 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:11, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
• Image:Chennai Skyline2.jpg was uncategorized on 27 April 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:11, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

Category:Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation respectively Commons:Categories

Hi, as mentioned before,

1) please avoid such 'general' categorisation as (p.e.) "Tamil Nadu" as being marked by the tag {categorise} and many, many categories already are established, among them (p.e.) Category:Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation.

2) Referring to Category:Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation, therefore there's also absolutely no need to "re-categorize" respectively to add additionaly Category:TNSTC, as already being categorised.

For further information please read respectively ask within the forum Commons:Categories. Regards, Roland 11:44, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

Heya bro, thanks a lot for uploading the image(s) Manali_and_Ennore.jpg. We need talented photographers like you to upload some more such amazing shots. Keep up with your awesome work. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 05:54, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Photographer's Barnstar
	Lovely shot of Chennai Skyline. Thank you! Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan (talk) 08:03, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Photographer's Barnstar
	For the Groyne image, you rock my friend, you absolutely rock ... -- Rsrikanth05 (talk) 18:30, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Commons:Categories and please avoid "over-categorization"

Hi, as imho mentioned before, some categories have been tagged as {categorize}, therefore p.e. that edit has been fixed. Please also check Commons:categories and avoid so-called "over-categorization", among them categories of countries, cities etc. Best regards, Roland zh (talk) 16:54, 26 August 2014 (UTC)