User talk:Boing! said Zebedee

Welcome to Wikimedia Commons, Boing! said Zebedee!

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Tip: Categorizing images

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Hello, Boing! said Zebedee!

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").

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) 10:42, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

• Image:StAndrewsOM.jpg was uncategorized on 27 April 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:42, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Copyright status: File:Giants2014 OM1.jpg

This media may be deleted.

Thanks for uploading File:Giants2014 OM1.jpg. I notice that the file page either doesn't contain enough information about the license or it contains contradictory information about the license, so the copyright status is unclear. If you created this file yourself, then you must provide a valid copyright tag. For example, you can tag it with {{self|GFDL|cc-by-sa-all}} to release it under the multi-license GFDL plus Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike All-version license or you can tag it with {{PD-self}} to release it into the public domain. (See Commons:Copyright tags for the full list of license tags that you can use.) If you did not create the file yourself or if it is a derivative of another work that is possibly subject to copyright protection, then you must specify where you found it (e.g. usually a link to the web page where you got it), you must provide proof that it has a license that is acceptable for Commons (e.g. usually a link to the terms of use for content from that page), and you must add an appropriate license tag. If you did not create the file yourself and the specific source and license information is not available on the web, you must obtain permission through the VRT system and follow the procedure described there. Note that any unsourced or improperly licensed files will be deleted one week after they have been marked as lacking proper information, as described in criteria for deletion. If you have uploaded other files, please confirm that you have provided the proper information for those files, too. If you have any questions about licenses please ask at Commons:Village pump/Copyright or see our help pages. Thank you.

Magog the Ogre (talk) (contribs) 00:10, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

Fixed, thanks Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 08:26, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

File:Wat mangkon kamalawt sign.jpg

File:Wat mangkon kamalawt sign.jpg has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry. If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion 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, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

Paul_012 (talk) 16:27, 25 January 2017 (UTC)

E-mail

I sent you an e-mail. Can you confirm you have received it?--The Devil's Advocate (talk) 21:34, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

Got your message, thanks. I don't think I had anything much to do with this - I might have just done a revert in passing - and I might not be able to help. But I'll get back to you (by email) when I've had a chance to read through it. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 13:16, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

Hey, pinging you on this for an update. I know you said you would get back to me, but I just want to make sure you didn't forget or anything.--The Devil's Advocate (talk) 00:01, 4 April 2017 (UTC)

I've replied to your email. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 12:24, 4 April 2017 (UTC)

Thank you.--The Devil's Advocate (talk) 19:28, 4 April 2017 (UTC)

Good thing you're a renamer

It's a good thing you've been moving some userspace pages as part of renaming their users: I almost indef-blocked you with a rationale of "making threats of real-life violence", and the last step before doing that was checking your contributions to see if you'd already been blocked, and the recent renamings were the thing that made me step back and realise that I'd not gone to Special:Contributions/Cdg428 :-) Nyttend (talk) 23:23, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

Hehe, your careful checking is appreciated :-) Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 18:12, 16 October 2018 (UTC)