User talk:DMahalko
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You say I am too cheap to buy Adobe Illustrator to make SVGs for Wikipedia - so use free Inkscape. Dia, if I remember correctly, also has SVG export option. --Leafnode 07:49, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
Tip: Categorizing images
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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 05:45, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
- Image:Small DC Motor pole laminations and overview.jpg is uncategorized since 26 February 2009. BotMultichillT 05:45, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
- Image:Small DC Motor pole laminations.jpg is uncategorized since 26 February 2009. BotMultichillT 05:45, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
- Image:8' x 150' Silo Bag shown just after filling and sealing.jpg was uncategorized on 14 October 2009.
- Image:Svg to wikipedia jpeg ref test.svg was uncategorized on 2 May 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:39, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Svg to wikipedia jpeg ref test 2.svg was uncategorized on 2 May 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:39, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Compact Flash is just a miniature IDE-ATA interface.jpg was uncategorized on 2 July 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:44, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
- Image:CT Scan of Dale Mahalko's brain -- in Second Life.jpg was uncategorized on 3 July 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:42, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
- Image:CT Scan of Dale Mahalko's brain-skull.jpg was uncategorized on 3 July 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:42, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
- Image:University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire - Laboratory School - Park School - Observation room alongside classroom with one-way mirror.jpg was uncategorized on 7 November 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:53, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
- Image:University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire - Laboratory School - Park School - One-way mirrors for upper-level observation deck viewing down into classroom.jpg was uncategorized on 7 November 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:53, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Sony ICF-36 portable radio - tuner bands - weather tv fm am.JPG was uncategorized on 9 January 2012 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:10, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
- Image:Sony ICF-36 portable radio - overview.JPG was uncategorized on 9 January 2012 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:10, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
File:Svg_to_wikipedia_jpeg_ref_test_2.svg 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. |
George Chernilevsky talk 12:06, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
File:Svg_to_wikipedia_jpeg_ref_test.svg 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. |
George Chernilevsky talk 12:07, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
Battery images.
[edit]Thanks. It's a pleasure. When I get them it is no hassle at all to take a picture or 2.--Lead holder (talk) 13:06, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
Prominent use of your photo
[edit]Did you know that one of your photos was used to illustrate a very popular video? See [1]. Cheers, Jehochman (talk) 00:39, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
File:CT Scan of Dale Mahalko's brain -- in Second Life.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. |
Eleassar (t/p) 23:13, 14 September 2013 (UTC)
File:CT Scan of Dale Mahalko's brain-skull.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. |