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Danke
editHallo, danke für deine Mithilfe bei den Kategorien! Holger1959 (talk) 19:22, 14 June 2014 (UTC)
- :-) --Zyperkux (talk) 11:09, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
Category sorting
editHi Zyperkux. Thanks for helping in cleaning up Category:All media needing categories as of 2013. Where possible, please be more specific in categorizing. For example, with a little research you find that File:Åkerhielmska gården.jpg can be categorized in Category:Buildings in Örebro instead of just Category:Sweden, or that File:J Nort Atkinson.jpg has nothing to do with Category:Canada. Yeah, finding the right category can be a hassle and time consuming, but in the end, it will be much more helpful in finding files.
Just dumping files into wrong or top-level categories is just as useless as being uncategorized. It merely moves the problem to other categories, and leaves the problematic categorization for others to clean up. It's great that you help tackle the backlog, but it would even be more helpful if the images are categorized properly once and for all. Please do a little more research and then put it in the most specific category. Thanks again for your help. --P 1 9 9 ✉ 02:45, 24 December 2015 (UTC)
- Hi P199, I agree that more specific categories are more helpful. But you need to have some knowledge to find specific categories. My idea is that once a file is in a top level category, someone might know more about it than I do, and thus sort it out more quickly.--Zyperkux (talk) 12:16, 9 January 2016 (UTC)
- Like I said, moving files to top level categories just moves the problem. Many top level categories are also clogged with numerous files with little chance of being categorized properly in the future (e.g. Category:Water, Category:People, etc.). So it would be better to spend a little more time and effort to find the right category and categorize the file correctly in the first place. Here are some methods that I use:
- Check other uploads by the same user, maybe there are more images or related images
- If the image is used, check the article and see if there is a caption or description
- If the filename is not generic, do a Google search of the filename
- If it is a place or person, the English WP may have an article on it
- Many uncategorized images are not educational or fall outside Commons scope, and can thus be nominated for deletion.
- Often it turns out it is not so hard to find out what or where the image is. Sure there will always be files that can't be figured out, but for those there is Category:Unidentified subjects and its subcategories. Regards, --P 1 9 9 ✉ 14:39, 14 January 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks for your hints. I'd like to add an an additional aspect though. To me time seems to be crucial. Yes, moving from uncategorized to top level category requires an extra edit. But there are specialists around, who are able to categorize a file more quickly than non-specialists once that file isn't uncategorized any longer. So my idea is that two edits (one by me and one by catagory specialist) is less time consuming than one edit by me plus research time by me. Regards, --Zyperkux (talk) 13:48, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
- Like I said, moving files to top level categories just moves the problem. Many top level categories are also clogged with numerous files with little chance of being categorized properly in the future (e.g. Category:Water, Category:People, etc.). So it would be better to spend a little more time and effort to find the right category and categorize the file correctly in the first place. Here are some methods that I use:
Torfmoor
editHallo Zyperkux,
das Bild hier hast Du vor kurzem aus der Kategorie Torfmoor in die Kategorie Mecklenbruch verschoben. Kennst Du Dich in der Gegend aus oder war es ein Versehen? Freundliche Grüße, --Blech (talk) 19:06, 15 May 2016 (UTC)
- Hallo Blech, nicht nur das eine Bild, sondern die ganze Serie, die Lotte76 mit dem Name Torfmoor kürzlich hochgeladen hat, habe ich umsortiert, um Lottes Irrtum zu beheben. Das NSG Torfmoor ist weitgehend unzugänglich, wie im wiki-Artikel beschrieben. Hingegen ist das Mecklenbruch ein weithin bekannter Touristenmagnet. Dort sind Lottes Aufnahmen entstanden und passen auch zu den bereits vorhandenen. Lottes Irrtum entstand vermutlich dadurch, dass beide NSG ein Torfmoor sind. Gruß --Zyperkux (talk) 09:41, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
- Danke für die Antwort, dann muss ich wohl wieder alles zurückverschieben. Vorher frage ich zur Sicherheit bei Lotte76 nach. Viele Grüße, --Blech (talk) 11:57, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
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