Tip: Categorizing images

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Hello, Thib Phil!

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.

Usefull bits

• Commons:Renommer un fichier
• Usefull add : User:Foroa (Belgian administrator)

Category:19th-century way of life

Category:1920s_way_of_life

1920s way of life has been listed at Commons:Categories for discussion so that the community can discuss ways in which it should be changed. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry. If you created this category, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for discussion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it. If the category is up for deletion because it has been superseded, consider the notion that although the category may be deleted, your hard work (which we all greatly appreciate) lives on in the new category. In all cases, please do not take the category discussion personally. It is never intended as such. Thank you! беларуская (тарашкевіца) ∙ বাংলা ∙ čeština ∙ Deutsch ∙ English ∙ español ∙ français ∙ हिन्दी ∙ hrvatski ∙ magyar ∙ italiano ∙ 日本語 ∙ ಕನ್ನಡ ∙ македонски ∙ Nederlands ∙ polski ∙ português ∙ русский ∙ sicilianu ∙ slovenščina ∙ svenska ∙ ತುಳು ∙ ไทย ∙ українська ∙ Tiếng Việt ∙ 吴语 ∙ 中文 ∙ +/−

Hi, I will stop going through * way of life categories for today and continue doing so tomorrow. In the meantime, please do not create or categorise anything into * way of life categories without establishing clear consensus at an appropriate venue (such as the Village pump) first. Thanks for your understanding.    FDMS  4    02:33, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

Those cats exist now for more than two years and there were no consensus on dedicated discussion pages to suppress them. So what's the game ? Thib Phil (talk) 02:36, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

Please see the CFD page – for over two years, you were the only one supporting this category "scheme".    FDMS  4    02:38, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

I never supported anything, I didn't even took any part in the discussions, leaving the Community to decide. You are not the Community and, as far as I know, you didn't received no mandate to destroy my job .. Thib Phil (talk) 02:41, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

Well, on the mentioned CFD page you opposed the deletion of * way of life categories, and therefore supported their existence. Three users and the closer (me) supported the deletion/redirecting of the categories, and two user made other comments. Everyone can close CFDs (usually after at least 14 days), see COM:CFD. I would be happy to discuss alternative category schemes to achieve your goals.    FDMS  4    02:45, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

Further discussion on Commons:Bistro. See you .. Thib Phil (talk) 02:52, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

I don't speak French, and I'm going to bed now. See you tomorrow.    FDMS  4    02:54, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

I assume that most people do at least unterstand english languagge. If not, I can help you translate. G'd night. Thib Phil (talk) 02:56, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

Good morning. I've noticed that you've created * way of life user subpages. Great! Please fill them with media, then you can move them to the mainspace (gallery), and even categorise them. It is always clear that the media files gallery pages contain are only a selection made by the involved contributors. Please click here and use ⌘ Cmd+F / Ctrl+F to find images that I've removed from * way of life categories. Please let me know if you object the deletion/redirecting of the remaining * way of life categories.    FDMS  4    14:35, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

Hop, FDMS4 ! The purpose of the cats was to illustrate entries on FR-WP ( "Vie quotidienne ...." ) but I can link them with pages as well so THX for the advise ! Thib Phil (talk) 22:10, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

If you want me to, I can delay the deletion/redirecting of the 17th and 18th century * way of life categories for you.    FDMS  4    23:43, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

Okay: as soon as I would have published the dedicated pages, I will tell you Thib Phil (talk) 08:07, 6 November 2014 (UTC)