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Transfering images to Commons
editHi! Thanks for uploading to Commons. I changed one of your uploads [1]. Please be careful not to change license during upload. You can for example use http://toolserver.org/~magnus/commonshelper.php when transfering to Commons. The program should help you find the right license. --MGA73 (talk) 12:56, 30 March 2010 (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.CategorizationBot (talk) 10:40, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Beach Varkala.jpg was uncategorized on 17 April 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:40, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Cliffs of Varkala.jpg was uncategorized on 17 April 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:40, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Cliffs Varkala.jpg was uncategorized on 17 April 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:40, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Butterfly in a flower.JPG was uncategorized on 22 August 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:40, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Thiruvananthapuram Central Station.jpg was uncategorized on 26 September 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:43, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Thiruvananthapuram near Aakulam.jpg was uncategorized on 19 June 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:42, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Thiruvananthapuram Bypass.jpg was uncategorized on 19 June 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:42, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
ചിത്രങ്ങൾ
editപ്രിയ ബിനോയ്,
- താങ്കൾ പാളയം ജൂമാമസ്ജിദ് എന്ന ചിത്രം കോമ്മൺസിലും ആക്കിയിരിക്കുന്നത് കണ്ടു. ഞാൻ മലയാളം വിക്കിയിൽ അപ്ലോഡിയ കുറച്ചു ചിത്രങ്ങൾ ഇവിടെ കാണാം കോമ്മൺസിലേക്ക് അത് ഉപയോഗിക്കാൻ പറ്റുമെങ്കിൽ ധൈര്യമായി ഉപയോഗിക്കാവുന്നതാണ്. താങ്കളുടെ അഭിപ്രായം പ്രതീക്ഷിക്കുന്നു. സസ്നേഹം, --സുഗീഷ് (talk) 16:32, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
"Over-categorisation" referring to Category:Thiruvananthapuram (district)
editHi Binoyjsdk, in general i appreciate very much to get "human support" in categorisation (i do that for around a year) of Indian states and to establish more systematics in categorisation – Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh are on my "watchlist" – of the so much beautiful Kerala state :-)
Referring to the topic "over-categorisation" some contra-arguments of and "old" commonist in categorisation of the Indian states:
- to establish for a total of around 30 files a imho completely "over-categorisation" – starting to redirects categories to a (imho senseless) "additional/new" Category:Thiruvananthapuram district instead to use the "good established" and (more) "logical" Category:Thiruvananthapuram (district) (please see systematics for the other districts of Kerala!) – is imho not a good idea.
- Why? imho you're "effort" for these (very) few files is much more "confusing" than "usefull" respectively not "user-friendly" => too many categories for some few files <=, and, therefore, the "established" categorisation for Trivandrum district has been re-established (Varkala and some others excluded).
Please try to avoid such so-called "over-categorisation", but "we" are very happy when you will support in future a "practical" and "user-friendly" categorisation :-)
Or, do you have good reasons to do so as above mentioned, so, please, tell me now ??
Best regards, Roland 20:44, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
- [moved to your user talk]Hi Roland zh,
- Thank you for informing about Over-categorisation. I understand that. I will try to support "practical" and "user-friendly" categorisation. But i think its better to write the name of the districts category without Parentheses. For example it is better to write Category:Thiruvananthapuram (district) as Category:Thiruvananthapuram district. Other wiki projects like en Wikipedia and ml Wikipedia uses names without Parentheses. Hope you will consider this.
- I am new to commons. I will try to do the right thing. If i make any mistakes, please inform me (and you can Undo my mistake just like Category:Thiruvananthapuram (district);) ).
- Thanks;) BINOY Talk 08:23, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
- Hi BINOY,
- You are welcome, and thank you for your answer; i am happy, that we can agree in categorisation :-)
- To write on wikimedia commons the district names (of God's own country) with parentheses, imho we are able to "separate" much better between cities and districts sharing the same names, i.e. imho better usability and avoiding misleading categorisation, that's why they were used respectively i started to do so a year ago. Personally i do not think that the (changing and incohorent) systematics on p.e. EN-WP (i'm sorry not to be able to understand Malayalam) therefore is "better" or "worse" ;-)
- In addition, in nearly all Kerala related commons category and gallery (p.e. Kerala) descriptions (about >100) etc. they are used in the form "Districtname (district)".
- And for these reasons (same "category tree" as EN-WP etc.), to rename them is imho "wasting time" used much better for other things, among them to categorize some more Kerala related images in general (among them some Varkala related ;-)), to upload (i'm "commons photographer" too, Switzerland related) some more images or spending "offline-time" for other leisure activities as taking much more photographs to upload on wikimedia commons ;-).
- WELCOME on wikimedia commons, and i do not think that you did "mistakes" – you didn't, thank you very much for your "input" :-)
- As mentioned, Kerala related categories and some galleries are on my "watchlist", and we'll share "online" times in common interests :-)
- Best regards from Zürich (Switzerland) to Varkala :-) Roland 10:43, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
Your Flickr uploads
editHello AG47!
Thanks a lot for your contributions! Thank you for transferring images from Flickr to Commons! Two hints ahead:
- Always upload the highest resolution of a photograph that is available on flickr
- You can use this tool for your flickr uploads. It makes the hole procedure much easier and faster for you!
Thank you for your support! Greetings, High Contrast (talk) 09:49, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
Image transfer from Wikipedia to Commons
editHello AG47!
Thanks a lot for your contributions! If you transfer images from Wikipedia to Commons, please use this tool. This tool retains all relevant information with correct sourcing and licencing. And by the way it makes file transfers faster and easier for the uploader.
Thank you for your support! Greetings, High Contrast (talk) 09:49, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
Please give images good descriptions
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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!
High Contrast (talk) 09:48, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
- Thank you for your information and help. Happy editing :) BINOY Talk 16:15, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
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Picture of the Year 2013 R2 Announcement
editRound 2 of Picture of the Year 2013 is open!
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Dear Wikimedians,
Wikimedia Commons is happy to announce that the second round of the 2013 Picture of the Year competition is now open. This year will be the eighth edition of the annual Wikimedia Commons photo competition, which recognizes exceptional contributions by users on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia users are invited to vote for their favorite images featured on Commons during the last year (2013) to produce a single Picture of the Year.
Hundreds of images that have been rated Featured Pictures by the international Wikimedia Commons community in the past year were entered in this competition. These images include professional animal and plant shots, breathtaking panoramas and skylines, restorations of historical images, photographs portraying the world's best architecture, impressive human portraits, and so much more.
There are two total rounds of voting. In the first round, you voted for as many images as you liked. The top 30 overall and the most popular image in each category have continued to the final. In the final round, you may vote for just one image to become the Picture of the Year.
Round 2 will end on 7 March 2014. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2013/Introduction/en Click here to learn more and vote »]
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Picture of the Year 2013 Results Announcement
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Dear AG47,
The 2013 Picture of the Year competition has ended and we are pleased to announce the results: We shattered participation records this year — more people voted in Picture of the Year 2013 than ever before. In both rounds, 4070 different people voted for their favorite images. Additionally, there were more image candidates (featured pictures) in the contest than ever before (962 images total).
- In the first round, 2852 people voted for all 962 files
- In the second round, 2919 people voted for the 50 finalists (the top 30 overall and top 2 in each category)
We congratulate the winners of the contest and thank them for creating these beautiful images and sharing them as freely licensed content:
- 157 people voted for the winner, an image of a lightbulb with the tungsten filament smoking and burning.
- In second place, 155 people voted for an image of "Sviati Hory" (Holy Mountains) National Park in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
- In third place, 131 people voted for an image of a swallow flying and drinking.
Click here to view the top images »
We also sincerely thank to all 4070 voters for participating and we hope you will return for next year's contest in early 2015. We invite you to continue to participate in the Commons community by sharing your work.
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Round 2 of Picture of the Year 2018 is open!
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There are two total rounds of voting. In the first round, you voted for as many images as you liked.
In the final (and current) round, you may vote for a maximum of three images. The image with the most votes will become the Picture of the Year 2018.
Round 2 will end 17 March 2019, 23:59:59.
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Wiki Science Competition 2019
editDear uploader of European Science Photo Competition 2015 and Wiki Science Competition 2017, we would like to remind you that Wiki Science Competition 2019 has started in the whole world. It is now completed in Russia (active in May), Ukraine and France (active during November), but it's still open in all the other countries.
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And also:
- File:Ponmudi Thiruvananthapuram.jpg
- File:Thiruvananthapuram Akkulam Lake.jpg
- File:Varkala Beach Paragliding.jpg
Yours sincerely, – BMacZero (🗩) 15:06, 23 September 2021 (UTC)
Wiki Science Competition 2021 has started
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Wiki Science Competition 2023
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