Peter Mercator

Welcome to Wikimedia Commons, Peter Mercator!

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Tip: Categorizing images edit

Latest comment: 12 years ago8 comments2 people in discussion

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Hello, Peter Mercator!

Tip: Add categories to your files

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 06:08, 7 April 2009 (UTC)Reply

Image:201globe.svg is uncategorized since 6 April 2009.
Image:205infinitesimal elements on sphere and plane(2).svg is uncategorized since 10 April 2009.
Image:Infinitesimal elements on sphere and cylindrical projection.svg was uncategorized on 3 November 2009 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:56, 4 November 2009 (UTC)Reply
Image:Test cp scale 1.svg was uncategorized on 18 November 2009 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:59, 19 November 2009 (UTC)Reply
Image:Mercator and straightened rhumb.png was uncategorized on 9 August 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 17:02, 10 August 2010 (UTC)Reply
Image:Ellipsoidal coordinates.svg was uncategorized on 18 December 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:19, 19 December 2011 (UTC)Reply
Image:Geocentric coordinates.svg was uncategorized on 18 December 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:19, 19 December 2011 (UTC)Reply
Image:Geodetic coordinates.svg was uncategorized on 18 December 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:19, 19 December 2011 (UTC)Reply
Image:Mercator 1569 world map text key.png was uncategorized on 28 January 2012 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:40, 29 January 2012 (UTC)Reply

Deprecated License edit

Latest comment: 15 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

It has been found that Image:205infinitesimal elements on sphere and plane(6).svg has a deprecated license tag. Please choose a new free license tag which describes the rights of the image correctly otherwise it will be deleted!Thanks for your consideration. This is an automatic message by Nikbot.--Filnik 18:42, 21 April 2009 (UTC)Reply

William Roy blue plaque edit

Peter, thanks for the kind words. The William Roy plaque photograph is horrible; I've been there twice, both visits were early evening - it seems to be the quality of the light at that time of day that results in the rather "gloopy appearance". I took about 10 shots the first time, a similar number the second and they were even worse. It's also quite high up, second storey. It is circular but shot from ground level. I will doubtless be that way again and will have another stab at it.

William Roy blue plaque edit

I found myself at Oxford Circus this morning. No guts were busted in the acquisition of the better version of the image that I've just uploaded.

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