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Our first steps tour and our frequently asked questions will help you a lot after registration. They explain how to customize the interface (for example the language), how to upload files and our basic licensing policy (Wikimedia Commons only accepts free content). You don't need technical skills in order to contribute here. Be bold when contributing and assume good faith when interacting with others. This is a wiki. More information is available at the community portal. You may ask questions at the help desk, village pump or on IRC channel #wikimedia-commons (webchat). You can also contact an administrator on their talk page. If you have a specific copyright question, ask at the copyright village pump. |
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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) 11:12, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Distributeur de savon.jpg was uncategorized on 13 July 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:12, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Eolienne Bollée Souilly.jpg was uncategorized on 13 July 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:12, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Statue Diderot à Langres 2.jpg was uncategorized on 14 July 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:21, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Usine à Gaz. Narbonne.jpg was uncategorized on 21 August 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:50, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Four à sept cornues Coupe verticale.png was uncategorized on 22 August 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:49, 23 August 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Bec Monnier.001.png was uncategorized on 23 August 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:59, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Vue des établissements de John Cockerill à Seraing.png was uncategorized on 27 October 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 19:17, 28 October 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Machine soufflante John Cockerill 1900.jpg was uncategorized on 17 November 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 20:52, 18 November 2011 (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 15:54, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
Picture of the Year 2013 R1 Announcement
editRound 2 of Picture of the Year 2015 is open!
editYou are receiving this message because you voted in R1 of the 2015 Picture of the Year contest.
Dear Oimabe,
Wikimedia Commons is happy to announce that the second round of the 2015 Picture of the Year competition is now open. This year will be the tenth edition of the annual Wikimedia Commons photo competition, which recognizes exceptional contributions by users on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia users are invited to vote for their favorite images featured on Commons during the last year (2015) to produce a single Picture of the Year.
Hundreds of images that have been rated Featured Pictures by the international Wikimedia Commons community in the past year were entered in this competition. These images include professional animal and plant shots, breathtaking panoramas and skylines, restorations of historical images, photographs portraying the world's best architecture, impressive human portraits, and so much more.
There are two total rounds of voting. In the first round, you voted for as many images as you liked. In Round 1, there were 1322 candidate images. There are 56 finalists in Round 2, comprised of the top 30 overall as well as the top #1 and #2 from each sub-category. In the final round, you may vote for just one or maximal three image to become the Picture of the Year.
Round 2 will end on 28 May 2016, 23:59:59 UTC.
Thanks,
-- Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year committee 09:43, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
Pay attention to licensing
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Wikimedia Commons only accepts free content: images and other media files that can be used by anyone, for any purpose.
File:Cummings S-bend.jpg seems to be free (or it would be proposed for deletion), but it was identified as having a wrong license. Usually, it is because a public domain image is tagged with a free license, or because the stated source or other information is not sufficient to prove the selected tag is correct. Please verify that you applied the correct license tag for this file. If you believe this file has the correct license, please explain why on the file discussion page.
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Magog the Ogre (talk) (contribs) 19:13, 26 January 2019 (UTC)
Hello!
Thank you for uploading File:Nasa Microgravity Smoldering Combustion experiments.jpg to the Wikimedia Commons. I noticed that when you uploaded from another Wikimedia project, you left out some important information, or copied it incorrectly. In the future, please consider using CommonsHelper, a tool which automates the process of moving files over. Thank you,
Magog the Ogre (talk) (contribs) 03:21, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
File source is not properly indicated: File:HorseshoePostcard.jpg
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A file that you have uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, File:HorseshoePostcard.jpg, is missing information about where it comes from or who created it, which is needed to verify its copyright status. Please edit the file description and add the missing information, or the file may be deleted.
If you created the content yourself, enter If someone else created the content, or if it is based on someone else's work, the source should be the address to the web page where you found it, the name and ISBN of the book you scanned it from, or similar. You should also name the author, provide verifiable information to show that the content is in the public domain or has been published under a free license by its author, and add an appropriate template identifying the public domain or licensing status, if you have not already done so. Warning: Wikimedia Commons takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. Please add the required information for this and other files you have uploaded before adding more files. If you need assistance, please ask at the help desk. Thank you! |
File source is not properly indicated: File:Copy of 3BellevueFront1880.jpg
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A file that you have uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, File:Copy of 3BellevueFront1880.jpg, is missing information about where it comes from or who created it, which is needed to verify its copyright status. Please edit the file description and add the missing information, or the file may be deleted.
If you created the content yourself, enter If someone else created the content, or if it is based on someone else's work, the source should be the address to the web page where you found it, the name and ISBN of the book you scanned it from, or similar. You should also name the author, provide verifiable information to show that the content is in the public domain or has been published under a free license by its author, and add an appropriate template identifying the public domain or licensing status, if you have not already done so. Warning: Wikimedia Commons takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. Please add the required information for this and other files you have uploaded before adding more files. If you need assistance, please ask at the help desk. Thank you! |