User talk:Fairfieldstation
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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.CategorizationBot (talk) 10:41, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Concert Hall facade on Grey Street, South Brisbane (2009-07-16).JPG was uncategorized on 19 September 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:41, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Gallery of Modern Art (right) and State Library of Queensland (left) from Kurilpa Bridge.JPG was uncategorized on 19 September 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:41, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Brisbane CBD viewed across Victoria Bridge from the QCC Pedestrian Bridge (2009-07-16).JPG was uncategorized on 19 September 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:41, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Queensland Art Gallery, Stanley Place entrance (2009-07-16).JPG was uncategorized on 19 September 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:41, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Kurilpa Bride with CBD and motorway (left) and GOMA (right).JPG was uncategorized on 19 September 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:41, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
- Image:State Library of Queensland (centre) with the Queensland Performing Arts Centre, South Bank and the Queen Victoria Bridge (left) (2010-07-04).JPG was uncategorized on 20 September 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:43, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
- Image:St Mary's Anglican Church, Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, Bell Tower and West Front (2009-01-29).JPG was uncategorized on 20 September 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:43, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
Kurilpa Bridge?
[edit]My editing appears to have caused you considerable distress, for which I apologise. I assume the comment you left on my talk page relates to the Kurilpa Bridge, though your comment didn't make this clear. I removed some categories from images you uploaded. At the same time, I added the following categories to Category:Kurilpa Bridge:
- Category:Arup
- Category:Buildings by Cox Rayner Architects
- Category:Brisbane CBD
- Category:Tensegrity bridges in Australia
I also replaced Category:Footbridges with Category:Pedestrian and bicycle bridges in Australia.
Adding these as parent categories rather than directly to images keeps the category hierarchy intact and ensures that categories are applied consistently. COM:OVERCAT says the following - "always place an image in the most specific categories, and not in the levels above those".
If I have committed any other errors of ignorance, arrogance or lack of research, you can always add the category back. Gareth (talk) 12:41, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
Copyright status: File:Map of Brazil 1500-1530.png
[edit]Copyright status: File:Map of Brazil 1500-1530.png
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Jcb (talk) 22:36, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
File tagging File:Richard Tognetti, n.d. by Stuart Campbell.jpg
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Patrick Rogel (talk) 12:59, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
File:Tognetti and ACO.jpg has been marked as a possible copyright violation. Wikimedia Commons only accepts free content—that is, images and other media files that can be used by anyone, for any purpose. Traditional copyright law does not grant these freedoms, and unless noted otherwise, everything you find on the web is copyrighted and not permitted here. For details on what is acceptable, please read Commons:Licensing. You may also find Commons:Copyright rules useful, or you can ask questions about Commons policies at the Commons:Help desk. If you are the copyright holder and the creator of the file, please read Commons:But it's my own work! for tips on how to provide evidence of that.
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Patrick Rogel (talk) 13:01, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
File tagging File:Richard Tognetti -1510, 2018 by Louise Hearman.jpg
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Patrick Rogel (talk) 13:03, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
File source is not properly indicated: File:Nicolas Deletaille, arpeggione and Alain Doudier, fortepiano (1).jpg
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And also:
Yours sincerely, JuTa 04:39, 17 November 2019 (UTC)
Copyright status: File:Nicolas Deletaille, arpeggione and Alain Doudier, fortepiano (1).jpg
[edit]Copyright status: File:Nicolas Deletaille, arpeggione and Alain Doudier, fortepiano (1).jpg
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Thanks for uploading File:Nicolas Deletaille, arpeggione and Alain Doudier, fortepiano (1).jpg. I notice that the file page either doesn't contain enough information about the license or it contains contradictory information about the license, so the copyright status is unclear.
If you created this file yourself, then you must provide a valid copyright tag. For example, you can tag it with {{self|GFDL|cc-by-sa-all}} to release it under the multi-license GFDL plus Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike All-version license or you can tag it with {{PD-self}} to release it into the public domain. (See Commons:Copyright tags for the full list of license tags that you can use.) If you did not create the file yourself or if it is a derivative of another work that is possibly subject to copyright protection, then you must specify where you found it (e.g. usually a link to the web page where you got it), you must provide proof that it has a license that is acceptable for Commons (e.g. usually a link to the terms of use for content from that page), and you must add an appropriate license tag. If you did not create the file yourself and the specific source and license information is not available on the web, you must obtain permission through the VRT system and follow the procedure described there. Note that any unsourced or improperly licensed files will be deleted one week after they have been marked as lacking proper information, as described in criteria for deletion. If you have uploaded other files, please confirm that you have provided the proper information for those files, too. If you have any questions about licenses please ask at Commons:Village pump/Copyright or see our help pages. Thank you. |
JuTa 04:42, 17 November 2019 (UTC)
File:Van der Palm's Translation of the Bible into Dutch.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.
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Veverve (talk) 09:36, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
Copyright status: File:MAPA A4 01.png
[edit]Copyright status: File:MAPA A4 01.png
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Yours sincerely, Ahmadtalk 01:43, 27 December 2020 (UTC)
Copyright status: File:Violinist Sophie Rowell, Artistic Director of the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra since 2022.jpg
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And also:
Yours sincerely, Jonteemil (talk) 13:53, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
Copyright status: File:William Hennessy AM.jpg
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Yours sincerely, Jonteemil (talk) 21:28, 16 August 2023 (UTC)