User talk:Coolguy22468

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Tip: Categorizing images

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Hello, Coolguy22468!

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) 10:58, 7 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Geograph-1922838-by-Chris-Buet.jpg was uncategorized on 6 June 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:58, 7 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Image:Geograph-1702972-by-Evelyn-Simak.jpg was uncategorized on 6 June 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:58, 7 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Image:Geograph-2118569-by-Keith-Salvesen.jpg was uncategorized on 6 June 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:58, 7 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Image:Geograph-2162859-by-Alexander-P-Kapp.jpg was uncategorized on 6 June 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:58, 7 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Image:Geograph-1242071-by-Jim-Smillie.jpg was uncategorized on 6 June 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:58, 7 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Image:Geograph-1495346-by-Steve--F.jpg was uncategorized on 6 June 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:58, 7 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Image:Geograph-1928173-by-Humphrey-Bolton.jpg was uncategorized on 6 June 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:58, 7 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Image:Geograph-1084368-by-Rob-Farrow.jpg was uncategorized on 6 June 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:58, 7 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Image:Wingdings 911.JPG was uncategorized on 11 September 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:19, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

File:Geograph-1785273-by-Eirian-Evans.jpg

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There seems to be a problem regarding the description and/or licensing of this particular file. It has been found that you've added in the image's description only a Template that's not a license and although it provides useful information about the image, it's not a valid license. Could you please resolve this problem, adding the license in the image linked above? You can edit the description page and change the text. Uploading a new version of the file does not change the description of the file. This page may give you more hints on which license to choose. Thank you.

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 20:59, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

User talk:Coolguy22468

Tip: Categorizing images

File:Geograph-1785273-by-Eirian-Evans.jpg

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