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-- 20:58, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

File:Scientology Los Angeles Opening.jpg

Latest comment: 13 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

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A file that you uploaded to Wikimedia Commons from Flickr, File:Scientology Los Angeles Opening.jpg, was found available on Flickr by an administrator or reviewer under the license Noncommercial (

), No derivative works (

), which isn't compatible with Wikimedia Commons, per the licensing policy. The file has been deleted. Commons:Flickr files/Appeal for license change has information about sending the Flickr user an appeal asking for the license to be changed. Only Flickr images tagged as

(CC BY),

(CC BY-SA),

(CC0) and

(PDM) are allowed on Wikimedia Commons. If the Flickr user has changed the license of the Flickr image, feel free to ask an administrator to restore the file, or start an undeletion request.

RE rillke questions? 21:50, 13 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

File:Church_of_Scientology_Moscow.jpg

Latest comment: 13 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

File:Church_of_Scientology_Moscow.jpg has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry.

If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues.

Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

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Leoboudv (talk) 05:03, 15 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

Tip: Categorizing images

Latest comment: 13 years ago3 comments1 person in discussion

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Hello, PictorialEvidence!

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.

CategorizationBot (talk) 11:26, 15 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

Image:San Francisco Pier 39 Old Port Gate.jpg was uncategorized on 14 July 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:26, 15 July 2011 (UTC)Reply
Image:Scientology Mexico building in 2010.jpg was uncategorized on 14 July 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:26, 15 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

File tagging File:Scientology Disseminations Distribution Center Los Angeles.jpg

Latest comment: 13 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

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Thanks for uploading File:Scientology Disseminations Distribution Center Los Angeles.jpg. This media is missing permission information. A source is given, but there is no proof that the author or copyright holder agreed to license the file under the given license. Please provide a link to an appropriate webpage with license information, or ask the author or copyright holder to send an email with copy of a written permission to VRT (permissions-commons@wikimedia.org). You may still be required to go through this procedure even if you are the author yourself; please see Commons:But it's my own work! for more details. After you emailed permission, you may replace the {{No permission since}} tag with {{subst:PP}} on file description page. Alternatively, you may click on "Challenge speedy deletion" below the tag if you wish to provide an argument why evidence of permission is not necessary in this case.

Please see this page for more information on how to confirm permission, or if you would like to understand why we ask for permission when uploading work that is not your own, or work which has been previously published (regardless of whether it is your own).

Warning: unless the permission information is given, the file may be deleted after seven days. Thank you.

Ben.MQ (talk) 03:54, 16 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

This image has been licensed as CC BY-SA on Flickr.com [1] by the owner[2]. Please review. PictorialEvidence (talk) 16:46, 16 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

File tagging File:Scientology Mission Ocala Infocenter.jpg

Latest comment: 13 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

العربية ∙ беларуская ∙ беларуская (тарашкевіца) ∙ ပအိုဝ်ႏဘာႏသာႏ ∙ বাংলা ∙ català ∙ čeština ∙ dansk ∙ Deutsch ∙ Deutsch (Sie-Form) ∙ Ελληνικά ∙ English ∙ español ∙ euskara ∙ فارسی ∙ suomi ∙ français ∙ galego ∙ עברית ∙ hrvatski ∙ magyar ∙ հայերեն ∙ italiano ∙ 日本語 ∙ ಕನ್ನಡ ∙ 한국어 ∙ lietuvių ∙ latviešu ∙ македонски ∙ മലയാളം ∙ मराठी ∙ မြန်မာဘာသာ ∙ norsk bokmål ∙ Plattdüütsch ∙ Nederlands ∙ norsk ∙ polski ∙ português ∙ română ∙ русский ∙ sicilianu ∙ slovenčina ∙ slovenščina ∙ српски / srpski ∙ svenska ∙ ไทย ∙ Türkçe ∙ українська ∙ اردو ∙ Tiếng Việt ∙ 中文（简体） ∙ 中文（繁體） ∙ +/−

This media may be deleted.

Thanks for uploading File:Scientology Mission Ocala Infocenter.jpg. This media is missing permission information. A source is given, but there is no proof that the author or copyright holder agreed to license the file under the given license. Please provide a link to an appropriate webpage with license information, or ask the author or copyright holder to send an email with copy of a written permission to VRT (permissions-commons@wikimedia.org). You may still be required to go through this procedure even if you are the author yourself; please see Commons:But it's my own work! for more details. After you emailed permission, you may replace the {{No permission since}} tag with {{subst:PP}} on file description page. Alternatively, you may click on "Challenge speedy deletion" below the tag if you wish to provide an argument why evidence of permission is not necessary in this case.

Please see this page for more information on how to confirm permission, or if you would like to understand why we ask for permission when uploading work that is not your own, or work which has been previously published (regardless of whether it is your own).

Warning: unless the permission information is given, the file may be deleted after seven days. Thank you.

Ben.MQ (talk) 03:55, 16 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

This image has been licensed as CC BY-SA on Flickr.com [3] by the owner[4]. Please review. PictorialEvidence (talk) 16:47, 16 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

Please don't over cat

Latest comment: 13 years ago3 comments2 people in discussion

Hello, and thank you for your contributions to Wikimedia Commons! Just one quick correction — Please don't over categorize pictures. For example, if you add something to Category:Los Angeles, California, there is no need to also add it to Category:California, because you just made sure it will already be able to be found from there — from the more specific category. Thank you, -- Cirt (talk) 23:10, 31 October 2011 (UTC)Reply

Heads up, see also more helpful info, at COM:OVERCAT. Thanks, -- Cirt (talk) 23:12, 31 October 2011 (UTC)Reply
- i didn't know that. Thank you. PictorialEvidence (talk) 23:34, 9 November 2011 (UTC)Reply

Again, please don't over cat

Latest comment: 12 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Please read COM:OVERCAT.

After above warning, you did it again, at:

Please, do not do this again. -- Cirt (talk) 23:03, 2 February 2012 (UTC)Reply

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