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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 05:48, 27 September 2009 (UTC)
- Image:Ortona porto.jpg was uncategorized on 26 September 2009.
- Image:Trabocco Marina di San Vito-001.jpg was uncategorized on 26 September 2009.
- Image:Castello Piccolomini.jpg was uncategorized on 26 September 2009.
- Image:Castello Piccolomini e Borgo di Celano.jpg was uncategorized on 26 September 2009.
- Image:MonteVelino e Antrosano.jpg was uncategorized on 26 September 2009.
- Image:AlbaMonteVelino da Rosciolo.jpg was uncategorized on 27 September 2009.
- Image:Italia al 1861.png was uncategorized on 10 October 2009.
- Image:Marsica - Alberi nella nebbia.jpg was uncategorized on 28 December 2009 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:43, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
- Image:Panoramica del Cicolano, Settembre 2010.jpg was uncategorized on 29 September 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 21:33, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Castel di Tora e Colle di Tora.jpg was uncategorized on 23 October 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 13:14, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Lago del Turano.jpg was uncategorized on 23 October 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 13:14, 24 October 2011 (UTC)