BTW, the photo I chose to upload was:<br><br><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vinut/6525380211/in/set-72157628467032159/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/vinut/6525380211/in/set-72157628467032159/</a><br><br clear="all">
Warm regards,<br><br>Ashwin Baindur<br>------------------------------------------------------<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 8:17 PM, Ashwin Baindur <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ashwin.baindur@gmail.com">ashwin.baindur@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<font size="4">Hello friends,<br><br>Should you choose to upload, then I recommend :<br></font><ul><li><font size="4">That you use the Flickr upload form of Wikimedia Commons (<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Upload&uselang=fromflickr" target="_blank">http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Upload&uselang=fromflickr</a>) <br>
</font></li><li><font size="4">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 <br>
</font></li><li><font size="4">You give a meaningful entry in the Description for the upload form. In my case I gave:<br><font size="4"><i>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)</i></font><br>
</font></li><li><font size="4">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").</font></li>
<li><font size="4">Please place a comment on the Flickr page of the photograph which says something like :<br><i>A large thank you to Vinu Thomas for providing this photo under a completely free license for Wikipedia. The image has been uploaded here :<br>
<a href="<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:VTHROB-Bangalore_Palace.jpg" target="_blank">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:VTHROB-Bangalore_Palace.jpg</a>" rel="nofollow"><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:VTHROB-Bangalore_Palace.jpg" target="_blank">commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:VTHROB-Bangalore_Palace.jpg</a></a></i></font></li>
<li><font size="4">Add a tag to the Flickr page (since tag adding is enabled) - "Uploaded to Wikimedia Commons" (the double apostrophes must be included)</font></li><li><font size="4">Add the image to an article. I added this to [[Bangalore Palace]] - for newbies, the wikitext is :<br>
[[File:</font><font size="4"><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:VTHROB-Bangalore_Palace.jpg%7Cthumb%7Cright%7CAerial" target="_blank">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:VTHROB-Bangalore_Palace.jpg|thumb|right|Aerial</a> view of Bangalore Palace and grounds.]]<br>
</font><div style="text-align:center"><font><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore_Palace" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore_Palace</a></font><br></div></li><li><font size="4">Create a stub article, if you want for the building/area/monument/feature shown. :)<br>
</font></li></ul><font size="4">All the best. Your uploading more of Vinu Thomas's images will really help Srikanth Ramakrishnan who is doing an excellent job.<div class="im"><br><br clear="all">Warm regards,<br><br>
Ashwin Baindur<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote"><font size="4">On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 2:12 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:parakara.ghoda@gmail.com" target="_blank">parakara.ghoda@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<font size="4">If anyone is willing to upload, then please do so. I'm afraid I can<br>
only do it on Saturday morning. Saturday too, I have a heavy backlog<br>
of Commons and Wiki sorting to do in the morning followed by some<br>
personal work in the evening. So I'll be flat out. Do help out.<br></font>
<div><div><font size="4">Cheers.<br><br>
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Regards,<br>
Srikanth Ramakrishnan.</font><font size="4"><br></font></div></div></blockquote></div>
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