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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 05:39, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
- Image:מדליות במכביה ה-18, 1.JPG is uncategorized since 23 July 2009.
- Image:מדליות במכביה ה-18, 2.JPG is uncategorized since 23 July 2009.
- Image:Ziona patriot 2.jpg was uncategorized on 6 May 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:36, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Ziona patriot 1.jpg was uncategorized on 6 May 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:36, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Imri Ganiel 3.jpg was uncategorized on 10 May 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:37, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Yaron Eilati 1.jpg was uncategorized on 10 May 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:37, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Shaked Zarotski 1.jpg was uncategorized on 10 May 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:37, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Imri Ganiel 1.jpg was uncategorized on 31 May 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:37, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Lea Michlson 1.jpg was uncategorized on 9 October 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:36, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Mother and her child.jpg was uncategorized on 24 November 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:39, 25 November 2010 (UTC)
- Image:The silent cry 2.jpg was uncategorized on 24 November 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:39, 25 November 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Eliyahu navi 1.jpg was uncategorized on 24 November 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:39, 25 November 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Magnus Hirschfeld.jpg was uncategorized on 24 November 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:39, 25 November 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Der Eigene 1.jpg was uncategorized on 24 November 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:39, 25 November 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Flame in space.jpg was uncategorized on 25 November 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:36, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
- Image:King david Leah Michlson 1.jpg was uncategorized on 25 November 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:36, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Gay bear berlin.jpg was uncategorized on 30 November 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:38, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Motherhood Leah Michlson.jpg was uncategorized on 30 November 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:38, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Meitar 2.jpg was uncategorized on 4 January 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:42, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Ziona patriot 3.jpg was uncategorized on 4 January 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:42, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
- Image:King david Leah Michlson 2.jpg was uncategorized on 20 January 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:40, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Pascale Noa Bercovitch 2.jpg was uncategorized on 24 January 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:40, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Pascale Noa Bercovitch 1.jpg was uncategorized on 24 January 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:40, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
- Describe what it is about in a short sentence. (What does the image show?)
- State the author and the date of creation. If you made it yourself, say so explicitly. If it is from another Wikimedia user, link to the person's local user page. Best to use CommonsHelper.
- If you did not create the file yourself, state the source you got it from.
- Add a copyright tag - images without an appropriate license tag will be deleted.
- Add the image to one or more gallery pages and/or appropriate categories, so it can be found by others. To find out where an image belongs, you can use CommonsSense.
If you copied the file from another wiki, please copy all information given there and say who uploaded it to that wiki. Use CommonsHelper.
It is recommended to use Template:Information to put that information on the description page. Have a look at Template talk:Information for details of the use of this template.
You can edit the description page and change the text. Uploading a new version of the file does not change the description of the file.
Please add as much information as possible. If there is not sufficient information, the file may have to be deleted. For more information, follow the Commons:First steps guide. If you need help or have questions, please ask at the Help desk.
Thank you.This message was added automatically by Nikbot, if you need some help about it, ask its master (Filnik) or go to the Commons:Help desk. --Filnik 17:56, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
This message was added automatically by Nikbot, if you need some help about it please read the text above again and follow the links in it, if you still need help ask at the → Commons:Help desk in any language you like to use. --Nikbot 22:19, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
Copyright status: File:Fountain in Shafrir garden Beersheba 2013 7.jpg
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Thanks for uploading File:Fountain in Shafrir garden Beersheba 2013 7.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. |