User talk:Oliverherold
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SieBot 21:39, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
BSD license[edit]
I see you're using the BSD license for your images. However, this license is intended for use in software, not images (eg. what is the source form of your images?). It is used for graphics which form part of BSD softwar, but i don't recommend it for your own images. using a Creative-Commons-Attribution is probably more appropiate. Platonides 21:12, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
I don't see any problem in using BSD license. It fits too for images and it doesn't make any difference for the user of the pictures. As I'm involved with FreeBSD, it's a logical step using this license.
I would certainly use Beerware, but this isn't an option in Wikimedia. But I'm not found of the public domain, which is nonsense in Germany or a supporter of the many Creative Commons licenses.
You're free to do whatever you wan't with this images: sell it, use it in your own work etc. - there is no copyleft apart from using my name, so I don't see an arising problem.
Oliver Herold 15:43, 11 August 2007
Tip: Categorizing images[edit]
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) 10:55, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Indy chinchilla II.jpg was uncategorized on 17 July 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:55, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Indy chinchilla.jpg was uncategorized on 17 July 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:55, 18 July 2010 (UTC)