User talk:Martin york
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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) 11:14, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Grave of Thomas De Quincey.jpg was uncategorized on 28 June 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:14, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Pitreavie House.jpg was uncategorized on 14 July 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:13, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
- Image:P1070239.JPG was uncategorized on 14 July 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:13, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Grave of Charles Darwin.jpg was uncategorized on 17 July 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:51, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Pulpit, St. Cuthbert's Kirk, Edinburgh.jpg was uncategorized on 18 July 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:12, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Mortsafe, Greyfriars Kirk.jpg was uncategorized on 18 July 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:12, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Mortsafe in Colinton Kirkyard.jpg was uncategorized on 18 July 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:12, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
- Image:St. Peter's Kirk, Inverkeithing.jpg was uncategorized on 18 July 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:12, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Watchtower, Dalkeith Cemetery.jpg was uncategorized on 18 July 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:12, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Greyfriars Kirkyard.jpg was uncategorized on 19 July 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:19, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Haddington goat sculpture.jpg was uncategorized on 19 July 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:19, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Haddington Cross.jpg was uncategorized on 19 July 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:19, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Mercat cross, Wester Pencaitland.jpg was uncategorized on 19 July 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:19, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Canongate Burgh Cross.jpg was uncategorized on 19 July 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:19, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Robert the Bruce, Edinburgh Castle.jpg was uncategorized on 19 July 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:19, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Nelson Monument, Calton Hill.jpg was uncategorized on 19 July 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:19, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
- Image:The grave of 'Clarinda', Canongate Kirkyard.jpg was uncategorized on 19 July 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:19, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Mercat Cross, Edinburgh.jpg was uncategorized on 19 July 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:19, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Mercat cross at Coldingham, Berwickshire.jpg was uncategorized on 19 July 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:19, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
- Image:St. Mary's Kirk, Haddington.jpg was uncategorized on 19 July 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:19, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Robert The Bruce Crowned King of Scots.jpg was uncategorized on 19 July 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:19, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
- Image:John Knox statue, Haddington.jpg was uncategorized on 19 July 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:19, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Robert Burns statue, Dundee.jpg was uncategorized on 19 July 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:19, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
- Image:The home of Walter Scott, George Square, Edinburgh.jpg was uncategorized on 19 July 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:19, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
reminder Commons:Help_desk#How_do_I_modify_my_username_and_password.3F
[edit]Commons:Help_desk#How_do_I_modify_my_username_and_password.3F - in case you do not expect a answer after that long time. Just reply at help desk again please - not here. Cheers --Saibo (Δ) 00:33, 10 August 2011 (UTC)