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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.CategorizationBot (talk) 13:53, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Elephant poop 1.jpg was uncategorized on 28 November 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 13:53, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Seoul at Dusk.jpg was uncategorized on 28 November 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 13:53, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Traditionally dressed yak.jpg was uncategorized on 28 November 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 13:53, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Sunset in the Okavango Delta, Botswana.jpg was uncategorized on 28 November 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 13:53, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
- Image:White vulture looking menacing.jpg was uncategorized on 28 November 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 13:53, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Zebras stirring up dust.jpg was uncategorized on 28 November 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 13:53, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Tongarairo Park Panorama.jpg was uncategorized on 28 November 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 13:53, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Zokyo loaded with bags.jpg was uncategorized on 28 November 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 13:53, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
- Image:White vulture in flight.jpg was uncategorized on 28 November 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 13:53, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Lukla airport runway.jpg was uncategorized on 28 November 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 13:53, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Elephant poop 2.jpg was uncategorized on 28 November 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 13:53, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Mt Ngauruhoe Panorama.jpg was uncategorized on 28 November 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 13:53, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Malachite Kingfisher on branch.jpg was uncategorized on 28 November 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 13:53, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Francolins fighting.jpg was uncategorized on 28 November 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 13:53, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Zebra in black and white.jpg was uncategorized on 28 November 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 13:53, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Namche Bazaar from above.jpg was uncategorized on 28 November 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 13:53, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Karst limestone in Nui Bay, Ko Phi Phi Don.jpg was uncategorized on 28 November 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 13:53, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Kumbu glacier and base camp.jpg was uncategorized on 28 November 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 13:53, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Nz glowworm.jpeg was uncategorized on 28 November 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 13:53, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Mountain view near Lobuche.jpg was uncategorized on 28 November 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 13:53, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Large and small magellanic cloud from new zealand.jpg was uncategorized on 28 November 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 13:53, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Mantras written on a rock in nepal.jpg was uncategorized on 28 November 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 13:53, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Kathmandu Panorama from Monkey Temple.jpg was uncategorized on 28 November 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 13:53, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Emerald lakes on Tongariro Alpine Crossing.jpg was uncategorized on 28 November 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 13:53, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Lhotse from gorakshep.jpg was uncategorized on 29 November 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 13:07, 30 November 2011 (UTC)