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Welcome to Wikimedia Commons, Sara Thomas (WMUK)!

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-- Wikimedia Commons Welcome (talk) 11:29, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

Hi

I have just deleted two duplicates of building photos with just a street name - it would be very very useful to have the locality in the commons category as well - could be anywhere on the planet for some - if its glasgow - edinburgh - please put it - thanks JarrahTree (talk) 13:16, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

@JarrahTree: Hey there, thanks for those deletions, appreciated. I'd uploaded these as part of an event using the WikiShootMe tool, which I thought uploaded all the metadata including coordinates... worth knowing that we need to come back to categories. Thanks! Sara Thomas (WMUK) (talk) 13:23, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

n.p. - I am doing dumbo flight across the category space and am not trying to look at any meta data - its what keeps things from being exterminated in wp en for a start - qualifier item to know whether it is in glasgae or not ... very well worth trying to keep on top of categories wherever JarrahTree (talk) 13:30, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

@JarrahTree: Agree! Will be adding this to the instructions for partner orgs... Sara Thomas (WMUK) (talk) 13:34, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

have sent email re some things from the past JarrahTree (talk) 14:32, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

Event organizer right granted

I have granted event organizer rights to your account which allow you to contribute in the Event namespace using CampaignEvents extension. You have been granted this right after a careful review of your contributions or your association with a Wikimedia affiliate or any campaign such as Wiki Loves Monuments. I believe you would use the rights in the best possible manner and not create event pages that are unrelated to the scope of the project. Should you not need the rights anymore, just let me know, and I'll remove it. Good luck and thanks for your contributions. _signed,Aafi ^(talk) 12:02, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

Oh wow that was quick! Thanks so much, greatly appreciated. Sara Thomas (WMUK) (talk) 13:09, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

Structured data through url

Hi Sara, I have requested to make it possible to have structured data also to be pre-filled via customised upload urls, see: phab:T424523. Romaine (talk) 14:08, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

Thank you so much Romaine! Much appreciated. Sara Thomas (WMUK) (talk) 14:59, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

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Event organizer right granted

Structured data through url