Alrighty! Thanks :) On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 12:18 AM, Béria Lima <berial...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think you didn't understand him Noopur. He asked you (and i'm quoting): > > *Please use as far as possible the category of the regarding >> city/town/village or district (if there's no category) etc., or, a >> localized better 'fitting' i.e. the 'most fitting"' category(ies). Do >> not add - in addition - the categories of the "parent category", among them >> cities, states and countries etc.* >> > > Or in other words: Don't add a cat and a sub-cat. Like the cake and > birthday cake case, you only need to put in one, so if is a Birthday Cake, > use only this category. People who want to see a birthday cake and get to > category Cake, will have a link to the sub cat. > > Same goes to categories like India - state - city - event. If the event > is in city X (Let's use Delhi for example) you don't need to add as well > the cat for the city, state and Country in the image. That is called over > categorization. > > But if you have a birthday cake for a party in Delhi in the event (again > example): Wikipedia 10. You can - and you should - add the cat to the > event AND the category for the cake. > > If you wanna see an example of a image with several categories but not > overcategorized you can see this one for example: > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:B%C3%A9ria_at_Bom_Jesus_do_Monte.jpgwho > have 6 categories, but none is subcat of another. > _____ > * > * > > *[image: Inline images 1]* > > *Béria Lima* > > * * > > * Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter > livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano.* > > > > *Ajude-nos a construir esse sonho.* <http://wikimedia.pt/Donativos>** > > > > > > > > * > ** <http://wikimedia.pt/Donativos>* > > > On 13 March 2012 15:24, Noopur <noopur.ra...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Dear Beria, >> >> Here is the message this user left: >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Noopur28#Your_uploads_in_December_2011.2C_referring_to_India_:_Categorisation >> >> >> My logic for adding 3-4 categories was that people usually search by >> keywords and not inside larger categories. So I would add around 3-4 >> categories. But, then this user told me to stick to larger parent >> categories. I am still unsure which is a better way so I stick to only >> India or a state category now. >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 11:50 PM, Béria Lima <berial...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Who asked you that and why? >>> >>> You can add as much categories as you see fit, as long as they aren't >>> redundant (Like add the categories "Cakes" and "Bithday cakes" to the same >>> image). >>> >>> I would like the message when someone asked you that >>> _____ >>> * >>> * >>> >>> *[image: Inline images 1]* >>> >>> *Béria Lima* >>> >>> * * >>> >>> * Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter >>> livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano.* >>> >>> >>> >>> *Ajude-nos a construir esse sonho.* <http://wikimedia.pt/Donativos>** >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> * >>> ** <http://wikimedia.pt/Donativos>* >>> >>> >>> On 13 March 2012 14:52, Noopur <noopur.ra...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> All help is welcome, >>>> these two categories are a must, you can add further categories if >>>> they already exist or if there is a justifiable reason to create a new >>>> one you can create those and add the cat to these files. >>>> >>>> Though, I would suggest we all refrain from adding too many categories. >>>> I was asked on Commons not to add more than 1-2 categories. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 11:19 PM, Anirudh Bhati >>>> <anirudh...@gmail.com>wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 10:59 PM, Noopur <noopur.ra...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> > Just to add to what Konarak and Ashwin said, I am guilty as charged. >>>>> We kept >>>>> > the Category:Ahmedabad_1 to avoid flooding the popular category. It >>>>> was >>>>> > decided to serve as the ''maintenance category'' but none of us >>>>> really got >>>>> > around to transferring images to the Ahmedabad category or cleaning >>>>> up. >>>>> > There are several reasons for this: >>>>> >>>>> It was clearly not your fault. You are a new user and I should have >>>>> migrated these files to the regular categories. I am now removing >>>>> [[Category:Ahmedabad 1]] and replacing with it [[Category:Ahmedabad]] >>>>> and [[Category:Wikipedia takes Ahmedabad 1]]. All help is welcome, >>>>> these two categories are a must, you can add further categories if >>>>> they already exist or if there is a justifiable reason to create a new >>>>> one you can create those and add the cat to these files. I'm no >>>>> expert on Commons categorization, but there are a bunch of helpful >>>>> power users available on #wikipedia-en and #wikimedia-commons who can >>>>> help you out with that. >>>>> >>>>> We decided to go with [[Category:Ahmedabad 1]] instead of >>>>> [[Category:Wikipedia takes Ahmedabad 1]] because we assumed that would >>>>> make it easier for the users to add these categories easily. >>>>> >>>>> > >>>>> > 1) People started using images from Ahmedabad_1 soon after the event >>>>> to make >>>>> > Ahmedabad articles. So, the attention was diverted there. >>>>> >>>>> Indeed. A few good images made it to the articles, while a couple of >>>>> images inspired creation of articles around important monuments. See >>>>> [[Hutheesing Jain Temple]] (and thanks Srikeit for that). >>>>> >>>>> > >>>>> > 2) Personally, I was unclear as to whether all these images had to be >>>>> > migrated because of course some are repetitive and redundant. But, >>>>> I/We are >>>>> > no one to judge whose image stays or goes. >>>>> >>>>> Yes, indeed. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> anirudh >>>>> >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > _______________________________________________ >>>>> > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>>>> > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>>>> > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >>>>> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >>>>> > >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>>>> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>>>> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Noopur Raval >>>> Student >>>> Arts and Aesthetics >>>> Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi >>>> Ph: 9650567690 >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>>> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>>> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Noopur Raval >> Student >> Arts and Aesthetics >> Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi >> Ph: 9650567690 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > -- Noopur Raval Student Arts and Aesthetics Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Ph: 9650567690
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