Great, this is a nice improvement. The parameter is usefull in lists for a link 
to "see more photos of this monument" and it facilitates a more precise 
categorization of new photos.

Vicenç

> Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 23:52:29 +0100
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Wiki Loves Monuments] Commons categories now in the database
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I noticed quite a few Wikipedia's included a Commons link in their 
> monument lists (almost 40.000 entries at 
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Monuments_database/Statistics). 
> I went ahead and included a new field "commonscat" for each entry in the 
> main table. For existing entries I mapped it, for all the other lists I 
> added commonscat as a field. It's now being used by the categorization bot.
> For example with 
> https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lijst_van_rijksmonumenten_aan_de_Nieuwezijds_Voorburgwal&diff=prev&oldid=34353749
>  
> I told the bot that all images with id "5940" should be put in 
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Nieuwe_Kerk_%28Amsterdam%29 
> . I haven't actually changed the template at the Dutch Wikipedia yet, 
> that's something for later.
> 
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Monuments_database/Categorization#How_does_the_categorization_bot_work.3F
>  
> has been updated.
> 
> Maarten
> 
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