KirkStauffer
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Tip: Categorizing images edit
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) 10:49, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Brooke Fraser - Seattle.jpg was uncategorized on 29 December 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:49, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Brandi Carlile - Seattle.jpg was uncategorized on 29 December 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:49, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Tift Merritt - Seattle.jpg was uncategorized on 29 December 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:49, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Katie Armiger 7-28-11 Everett.jpg was uncategorized on 11 August 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:04, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Sia Seattle.jpg was uncategorized on 30 August 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:16, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Dave Rawlings performs on February 14, 2010 at the Showbox Market in Seattle, Washington.jpg was uncategorized on 4 January 2012 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:06, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
- Image:Sofia Talvik performs on March 6, 2010 at the Nordic Heritage Museum in Seattle, Washington.jpg was uncategorized on 4 January 2012 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:06, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
- Image:Anuhea performs on March 4, 2010 at Chop Suey in Seattle, Washington.jpg was uncategorized on 4 January 2012 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:06, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
I created a cat for you to use on your images... edit
Category:Images created by Kirk Stauffer - and I added it to File:Mree @ Vera Project.jpg. Hope you don't mind...--ukexpat (talk) 15:25, 13 June 2014 (UTC)
Message for Kirk edit
I made a reply here
- Please change the flickr license for the Lorde image to one of the two options I mentioned or it may be deleted. Thank You, --Leoboudv (talk) 02:15, 9 November 2014 (UTC)
- Maybe the image can be kept after all. We'll see. Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 01:13, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
- The image was kept. Sorry for the inconvenience. Best, --Leoboudv (talk) 10:11, 12 November 2014 (UTC)