[Wikimediaindia-l] Bangaloreans, help convince this fellow for some photographs.

[Ashwin Baindur]

BTW, the photo I chose to upload was:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/vinut/6525380211/in/set-72157628467032159/

Warm regards,

Ashwin Baindur
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On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 8:17 PM, Ashwin Baindur <ashwin.baindur at 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
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> On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 2:12 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
> parakara.ghoda at 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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