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Tip: Add categories to your files

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").

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--EugeneZelenko 16:12, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Re: Please link to the original creator if you uploaded images from Wikipedia

It was a mistake. At the time I uploaded that image I used to do several errors tagging the images uploaded. I'm sorry for that. Now I think I'm going better (I hope...). --Ermanon 08:41, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

A quick note

Hi, just to let you know that there is no need to add Category:Flickr review needed to images you upload from Flickr. The inlusion of {{Flickrreview}} does it automatically. Cheers, -- RedCoat 13:52, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

File:Ph_map_manila.svg

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Teofilo (talk) 10:40, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Hello

I created some proposal for Wiki map conventions and OpenStreetMap expansion into an « Encyclopedic OpenStreetMap », Please, see there : Category:Proposals_for_graphics-related_features, rate them, watch them, and fix my English if you have some times. See you~ Yug (talk) 15:35, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

POTY 2010 voting

Hello, please correct your voting. You can vote "only for one" image! --Alchemist-hp (talk) 23:10, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Your VFC installation method is deprecated

Hello Seav, we are aware that using the old installation method of VFC (via common.js, which you are using) may not work reliably anymore and can break other scripts as well. A detailed explanation can be found here. Important: To prevent problems please remove the old VFC installation code from your common.js and instead enable the VFC gadget in your preferences. Thanks! --VFC devs (q) 16:24, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

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Horse-drawn taxis in the Philippines

It is my (possibly incorrect) understanding that in general horse-drawn passenger vehicles in the Philippines are taxis. Is that correct?

My concern is to separate out taxis from carriages (now very rarely used but once used by the élite). So would you mind if I changed your re-direct so that Horse-drawn carriages in the Philippines re-directs to Horse-drawn taxis in the Philippines?

Thanks, Eddaido (talk) 01:07, 5 July 2019 (UTC)

@Eddaido: I will not object to your suggestion. My concern is that at least in touristic areas (like with Category:Calesas of Intramuros), these vehicles are not really used as taxis because they are very inefficient as a mode of transportation. These carriages/calesas are often used as a ride attraction so that is why I decided to redirect to "carriages" instead of "taxis" because that is a more neutral term, unlike taxis which implies actual transportation from one place to another. —seav (talk) 19:23, 7 July 2019 (UTC)

@Seav: My apologies for being so slow to respond. I set out to get all this Commons category in harmony. However you are quite right you make a perfectly valid distinction. I have made a new category:Horse-drawn tourist carriages in the Philippines and moved those images to it.

Why is it that this page says Calesas are the most popular type of horse-drawn public 'transportation'? This suggests to me something ike a taxi but I know almost nothing about the Philippines.

I would be pleased to know whether or not you agree. If necessary it can be reverted. Thanks, 02:07, 27 July 2019 (UTC)

I would think that the use of the word "transportation" is in the general sense such as using the word "vehicle". The English Wikipedia article w:Kalesa would maybe be more informative to you. —seav (talk) 19:24, 27 July 2019 (UTC)

Thank you. Eddaido (talk) 08:21, 31 July 2019 (UTC)

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File:Paco Park - Gomburza Memorare NHCP historical marker.jpg

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.     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 14:09, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

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Yours sincerely, Mrcl lxmna (talk) 18:32, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

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Yours sincerely, Mrcl lxmna (talk) 10:37, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

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• File:Philippine peso banknotes (New Generation Currency Series) - arranged by color.jpg

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• File:Philippine peso banknotes (New Generation Currency Series) - arranged by value 01.jpg

Yours sincerely, A1Cafel (talk) 07:49, 31 March 2021 (UTC)

Category:Naga,_Camarines_Sur

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JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 11:59, 15 June 2021 (UTC)

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Notification about possible deletion

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• File:Arrival of Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres memorial.jpg

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Mrcl lxmna (talk) 00:47, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

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Yours sincerely, Mrcl lxmna (talk) 08:11, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

File:Ph regions and provinces.png update

Good Day, can you please update the Administrative map (regions and provinces) of the Philippines (File:Ph regions and provinces.png) because the province of Maguindanao split into two provinces namely Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur according to RA 11550 and ratify on September 18, 2022 via plebiscite. Thank you and god bless. Myrabert01 (talk) 10:11, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

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Catholicism or Latin Church as value for Religion or world view?

Hello, is there a consensus on which value to use for Religion or world view (P140) in Catholic churches in the Philippines? I am not a fan of using the value "Latin Church" since it is not that commonly known, especially in the Philippines; I use the value "Catholicism" instead. What are your thoughts and suggestions about this? Thanks. Sanglahi86 (talk) 02:55, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

Sanglahi86, there is no actual consensus, but please see this discussion where the idea of using the most specific religion/organization seems to be preferred. Catholicism I feel is way too broad because there are many types of Catholic Churches (like the w:Eastern Catholic Churches) that fall under this banner. "Latin Church" makes it very explicit that the PH churches are part of the largest Roman Catholic Church that isn't one of the 23 Eastern Catholic Churches. (While Eastern Catholics could attend Mass in any of the Catholic churches in the Philippines, there are still some differences in doctrine.) –seav (talk) 06:47, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the information. Hmm.. I thought the the 23 Eastern Catholic Churches were a minority and so I thought "Catholicism" was understood to refer to the "Latin Church". But ok, I will use "Latin Church" then from now on when adding new Roman Catholic church items; I will also replace "Catholicism" with this value in existing Philippine Catholic churches I come across. Kind regards. Sanglahi86 (talk) 06:12, 18 October 2024 (UTC)