User talk:Msoto2930

Welcome to Wikimedia Commons, Msoto2930!

First steps tutorial Our first steps tour and our frequently asked questions will help you a lot after registration. They explain how to customize the interface (for example the language), how to upload files and our basic licensing policy (Wikimedia Commons only accepts free content). You don't need technical skills in order to contribute here. Be bold when contributing and assume good faith when interacting with others. This is a wiki. Getting help More information is available at the community portal. You may ask questions at the help desk, village pump or on IRC channel #wikimedia-commons (webchat). You can also contact an administrator on their talk page. If you have a specific copyright question, ask at the copyright village pump.

Goodies, tips, and tricks Put Babel boxes on your user page so others know what languages you can speak and indicate your graphic abilities. You can find the files you have uploaded in your Uploads. Please sign your name on Talk pages by typing ~~~~. To link to an image page without embedding the image, type: [[:File:Foo.jpg]], which produces: File:Foo.jpg. You may enable gadgets (custom features) for your account. There are several tools to upload files. Have you edited Wikipedia before? This guide might be useful. Made a mistake? Do you want to have a file renamed or moved? Use the move link and wait for an authorized user to rename it. Do you want to have your recently uploaded picture removed? Tag it as {{speedy|reason here}}. For more information read the deletion guidelines.

-- Wikimedia Commons Welcome (talk) 17:03, 26 November 2015 (UTC)

Categories in Wikimedia

Categories in Wikimedia Commons are very different from the "tag" system in , for instance, Flickr. Please read COM:CAT for more information on how to categorise your uploads in Wikimedia Commons. You should normally place your upload in the most specific existing category possible that you can find in the category system. That way, your upload is easier to find for people who are looking for a specific image. In other words, you should place a file into Category:Rivers of Florida instead of Category:Rivers. Please also read COM:OVERCAT to prevent one of the most common mistakes people make when they categorise files in Wikimedia Commons. If no GPS coordinates are included, please also give an indication of where the image was taken in the description of the image. Thank you. - Takeaway (talk) 11:31, 28 November 2015 (UTC)