User talk:Robfergusonjr
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Please give images good descriptions
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I noticed you've uploaded one or more images and I thought I should turn your attention to a common error.
Please give some thought to writing a good description of uploaded images. This ensures that they can be used. It also helps those that review and improve categories do a better job, which also ensures that images will get used in novel and interesting ways. Thanks, and happy editing! — Manecke 21:00, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
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 informations 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.
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Sarge Baldy (talk) 06:29, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
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 informations 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.
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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.BotMultichillT 06:14, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
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Abigor talk 18:13, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for creating and uploading File:Chickasaw portraits.jpg! It's much better than the old lede image in w:en:Chickasaw. However, could you list the source images you used? This is not only necessary for public domain verification purposes, but also would be informative for people who want to know who the notable Chickasaw persons are. Thanks! -kotra (talk) 19:11, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
- I recently listed the sources used to create the collage. Robfergusonjr (talk) 14:26, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks, perfect! -kotra (talk) 19:49, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
A bit of a problem. Winchester Colbert, the second governor of the Chickasaw Nation, is depicted twice (top right, bottom right). I've verified with the two sources, [1] and [2]; they both describe the subject as Winchester Colbert (alternate name Daugherty Colbert also given in the second source), second governor of the Chickasaw Nation.
One of those pictures should probably be removed. The remaining eight pictures could be then arranged into two rows, like File:Arab infobox.jpg. What do you think? -kotra (talk) 23:18, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
Absolutely. I didn't realize they were the same person. Oddly enough I found a bunch of "new" photos of Chickasaws from the mid 1800s I can use to update the collage. Found two Chickasaw women too!--that was hard to find.
The collage was meant for the info box so it would be better to keep the current "vertical" arrangement.
Thanks. Robfergusonjr (talk) 13:29, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks for updating it! Looks good. By the way, File:Arab infobox.jpg is used in wikipedia:en:Arab without much problem, but I agree 3 columns looks a bit nicer than 4. -kotra (talk) 03:26, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
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