User talk:Athanasius Soter

Welcome to the Commons, Athanasius Soter!

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Tip: Categorizing images

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Hello, Athanasius Soter!

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.

--EugeneZelenko 14:53, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

File:Wilhelm von Brandenburg-.jpg

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File:Livonia_in_1534_(Engilsh).PNG

This file is being used in w:Livonian War, which is up for featured article nomination. The reviewers require a thorough source for images - to prevent copyright problems and the like - and I was wondering if you could provide this on the file page? Things like where the information came from and the map data; if these aren't in the public domain or under a suitable licence then this could be problematic. Thanks. Grandiose (talk) 16:23, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

If you could please add the source information to the file, that should be sufficient. About the article, Wikipedia employs a policy of W:WP:Verifiability not truth; if you have reliable sources that contradict the article, please mention these on the associated talk page. Grandiose (talk) 15:58, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Monuments 2011 has finished

Dear Athanasius Soter, Thank you for contributing to Wiki Loves Monuments and sharing your pictures with the whole world. You are very welcome to keep uploading images, even though you can't win prizes any longer. To get started on editing relevant Wikipedia articles, click here for more information and help. You can find all uploaded pictures in our central media collection Wikimedia Commons. Many photos are already used in Wikipedia. The contest was very successful with more than 165,000 images submitted throughout Europe. To make future contests even more successful, we would like to invite you to share your experiences with us in this survey. Kind regards, the Wiki Loves Monuments team

Message delivered by Lucia Bot in 20:28, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

Tip: Categorizing images

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Hello, Athanasius Soter!

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) 11:40, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

• Image:Muhulinnus2.jpg was uncategorized on 19 October 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:40, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

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Thank you for participating in Wiki Loves Monuments 2012! Dear Athanasius Soter, Thank you for contributing to Wiki Loves Monuments 2012, and for sharing your pictures with the whole world! Thanks to the participation of people like you, the contest gathered more than 350,000 pictures of cultural heritage objects from 36 countries around the world, becoming the largest photography competition to have ever taken place. You can find all your pictures in your upload log, and are of course very welcome to keep uploading images and help develop Wikimedia Commons, even though you will not be able to win more prizes (just yet). If you'd like to start editing relevant Wikipedia articles and share your knowledge with other people, please go to the Wikipedia Welcome page for more information, guidance, and help. To make future contests even more successful than this year, we would like to invite you to share your experiences with us in a short survey. Please fill in this short survey in your own language, and help us learn what you liked and didn't like about Wiki Loves Monuments 2012. Kind regards, the Wiki Loves Monuments team

Message delivered by the Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 notification system on 20:41, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

FP Promotion

★ This image has been promoted to Featured picture! ★ The image File:Fibroblastid.jpg, that you nominated on Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Fibroblastid.jpg has been promoted. Thank you for your contribution. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so.

/FPCBot (talk) 06:03, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

FP candidates

Hello Athanasius, thanks a lot for your nominations. I do like both, but especially the night shot of the town hall. By the way, I used the opportunity to introduce some last minute improvements, all the best, Poco a poco (talk) 18:29, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

FP Promotion

★ This image has been promoted to Featured picture! ★ The image File:Ayuntamiento, vistas panorámicas desde Toompea, Tallin, Estonia, 2012-08-05, DD 21.JPG, that you nominated on Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Ayuntamiento, vistas panorámicas desde Toompea, Tallin, Estonia, 2012-08-05, DD 21.JPG has been promoted. Thank you for your contribution. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so.

/FPCBot (talk) 22:01, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

File:EnnKyng.jpg

File:EnnKyng.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!

Kyng (talk) 19:43, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

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Thank you for participating in Wiki Loves Monuments 2013! Please help with this survey. Dear Athanasius Soter, Thank you for contributing to Wiki Loves Monuments 2013, and for sharing your pictures with the whole world! We would like to ask again a few minutes of your time. Thanks to the participation of people like you, the contest gathered more than 365,000 pictures of cultural heritage objects from more than 50 countries around the world, becoming the largest photography competition to have ever taken place. You can find all your pictures in your upload log, and are of course very welcome to keep uploading images and help develop Wikimedia Commons, even though you will not be able to win more prizes (just yet). If you'd like to start editing relevant Wikipedia articles and share your knowledge with other people, please go to the Wikipedia Welcome page for more information, guidance, and help. To make future contests even more successful than this year, we would like to invite you to share your experiences with us in a short survey. Please fill in this short survey in your own language, and help us learn what you liked and didn't like about Wiki Loves Monuments 2013. Kind regards, the Wiki Loves Monuments team

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Thank you for taking part in the Wiki Loves Monuments participants' survey! Dear Athanasius Soter, Thank you for taking part in the Wiki Loves Monuments participants' survey. Your answers will help us improve the organization of future photo contests! In case you haven't filled in the questionnaire yet, you can still do so during the next 7 days. And by the way: the winning pictures of this year's international contest have been announced. Enjoy! Kind regards, the Wiki Loves Monuments team

FP Promotion

★ This image has been promoted to Featured picture! ★ The image File:Jõesuu vaatetorn.jpg, that you nominated on Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Jõesuu vaatetorn.jpg has been promoted. Thank you for your contribution. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so.

/FPCBot (talk) 06:01, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

FP Promotion

★ This image has been promoted to Featured picture! ★ The image File:Reomäe kiriku sisevaade.jpg, that you nominated on Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Reomäe kiriku sisevaade.jpg has been promoted. Thank you for your contribution. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so.

/FPCBot (talk) 06:03, 14 January 2014 (UTC)