Wikimedia Commons

What is commons

OBSERVE

Commons welcome page: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Welcome

Top level commons categories: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Categories

Category of media needing categories: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Media_needing_categories

DO

Your task is to add categories to 3 media files on Commons. Log in to commons (enable global log-in if necessary). The easiest way to add or modify categories is to use HotCat which, by default, needs to be enabled in Preferences.

Post a link to a file you categorised.

Task Discussion

richardba said:

I categorized the following:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:View_of_Potenza_%28Basilicata,_Italy%29.jpg

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carroll_L._Estes.jpg

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Eduemoni

on Feb. 16, 2013, 1:04 p.m.
phette23 said:
I categorized the following:

3D 140.png

Gray 140.png

File:24pxlinneighborhood.png

1st RCA wCanada promo.jpg
on Dec. 19, 2012, 6:23 p.m.
Kathleen Johnson said:

I set my HotCat preference and proceeded to categorize an animated gif entitled:

Aerzte-0005.gif

The original language for this image is German. But farther to the right, English additions were available. I added the categories: Animated Gifs and Students. I wanted to add Graduates but it did not yet exist in the category/keyword list. Could I have added that new word?

on Oct. 30, 2012, 2:04 p.m.

Kathleen Johnson said:

Asking this again: can we add categories that do not yet exist? When I tried to add graduate to the above-mentioned gif, I couldn't because it didn't exist on the "authority" list of keywords.

on Nov. 5, 2012, 4:31 p.m. in reply to Kathleen Johnson

Kathleen Johnson said:

I categorized these images and it does appear you can add any category, even if it did not exist earlier.

File:Aly na skyna band.jpg

File:Agent.jpg

on Nov. 5, 2012, 4:39 p.m. in reply to Kathleen Johnson

Daniel Mietchen said:

Yes, you can in principle add categories that do not exist yet, but it is highly recommended that you first check whether some similar categories already exist. So I just put the file into Category:Graduations.

on Nov. 5, 2012, 4:56 p.m. in reply to Kathleen Johnson
Kathleen Johnson said:

Audio file question: can someone donate a collection of mp3 files? Or must they be converted to OGG vorbis format?

on Oct. 30, 2012, 12:15 p.m.

Max said:

They must be converted to OGG Vorbis. It is a bit annoying, but I agree with the rationale. Every mp3 produced gives a little bit of money to some foundation. If you lived in Indonesia (or anywhere poor) and wanted to listent to music, it's cheaper to listen to OGGs.

BTW converting mp3->OGG is not recommended since both are "lossy" formats. Normally an mp3 is made from a higher quality sound format, like a CD. So instead of going CD->mp3->ogg, its preferable to try and go CD->ogg as the quality is maintained.

on Oct. 30, 2012, 1:02 p.m. in reply to Kathleen Johnson

Kathleen Johnson said:

I'm thinking more of sounds/music that people make using various recorders or music production software. Many examples can be found in the FreeSoundProject: http://www.freesound.org/

So I don't agree that all mp3's are commercial or produce money for a foundation. (disclosure: my son is a DJ.)

on Oct. 30, 2012, 2:01 p.m. in reply to Max

Max said:

There's a distinction between the content of an mp3 (the sound) and the mp3 coded (the digital encoding scheme). The digital enconding scheme is patented and requires licensing for usage. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3#Licensing_and_patent_issues

on Oct. 30, 2012, 2:06 p.m. in reply to Kathleen Johnson

Kathleen Johnson said:

Oh that is important to know. Thanks for that.

on Oct. 30, 2012, 4:09 p.m. in reply to Max
Desmond Wolf said:

This was rather hard to find a second category, and I can't even see if it's of a date. But I put in the category "Paintings of fruit". http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_date.jpg

on Oct. 22, 2012, 7:36 p.m.