BTW, the photo I chose to upload was: http://www.flickr.com/photos/vinut/6525380211/in/set-72157628467032159/
Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur ------------------------------------------------------ On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 8:17 PM, Ashwin Baindur <ashwin.bain...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hello friends, > > Should you choose to upload, then I recommend : > > - That you use the Flickr upload form of Wikimedia Commons ( > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Upload&uselang=fromflickr) > > - That the Commons file name you select for the uploaded file be > prefixed by VTHROB- (for Vinu Thomas Helicopter Ride Over Bangalore), for > example, I have uploaded one and called it as - VTHROB - Bangalore > Palace.jpg > - You give a meaningful entry in the Description for the upload form. > In my case I gave: > *Aerial view of {{w|Bangalore Palace}} and grounds. Image taken by > Vinu Thomas on 17 December 2011 during a helicopter ride over Bangalore > sponsored by Nokia. (Auto-improved with Microsoft Picture Manager by > User:AshLin)* > - You must please add a category in the upload page - default category > should be "Bangalore" unless you can be more accurate. Sometimes you may > need to create the category (like I created Bangalore Palace, subcat to > "Bangalore" & "Palaces in India"). > - Please place a comment on the Flickr page of the photograph which > says something like : > *A large thank you to Vinu Thomas for providing this photo under a > completely free license for Wikipedia. The image has been uploaded here : > <a href=" > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:VTHROB-Bangalore_Palace.jpg" > rel="nofollow"> > commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:VTHROB-Bangalore_Palace.jpg</a>* > - Add a tag to the Flickr page (since tag adding is enabled) - > "Uploaded to Wikimedia Commons" (the double apostrophes must be included) > - Add the image to an article. I added this to [[Bangalore Palace]] - > for newbies, the wikitext is : > [[File: > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:VTHROB-Bangalore_Palace.jpg|thumb|right|Aerialview > of Bangalore Palace and grounds.]] > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore_Palace > - Create a stub article, if you want for the > building/area/monument/feature shown. :) > > All the best. Your uploading more of Vinu Thomas's images will really help > Srikanth Ramakrishnan who is doing an excellent job. > > > Warm regards, > > Ashwin Baindur > ------------------------------------------------------ > On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 2:12 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < > parakara.gh...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> If anyone is willing to upload, then please do so. I'm afraid I can >> only do it on Saturday morning. Saturday too, I have a heavy backlog >> of Commons and Wiki sorting to do in the morning followed by some >> personal work in the evening. So I'll be flat out. Do help out. >> Cheers. >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Srikanth Ramakrishnan. >> >
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