Thanks Maarten, that's a very useful answer.

Richard

On 17 August 2013 18:34, Maarten Dammers maarten@mdammers.nl wrote:

Hi Richard,

Please send messages to the list. I'll reply inline.

Op 17-8-2013 19:15, Richard Nevell schreef:

Is there a way to narrow down which category images are put into? With thousands of uploads, even categories such as 'Grade I listed building in Fooshire' can quickly fill up.

Yes, of course, some listed buildings will even have their own category. You can build a whole tree structure for that. We have people and bots who can help to build such a structure.

On 17 August 2013 17:41, Richard Nevell richard.nevell@wikimedia.org.ukwrote:

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Is {{commons category inline}} the template that needs to be used so the the bot can automatically categorise images? Will {{commons category}} also work and will it work if a name different to the page title is specified in the template?

You can use {{Commons category}} on a list page to tell the bot that everything in the list should go into a certain category on Commons. It expects one parameter with the name of the category on Commons, I'm not sure if without parameter works. You can see that in action at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Grade_B%2B_listed_buildings_in_County_.... That will send the images to https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Grade_B%2B_listed_buildings_in_C....

It's also possible to add the field "commonscat" to a single list entry. I did that at https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Grade_B%2B_listed_buildin.... If someone now uploads a monument with id "HB16/28/018 A", the bot will put it in https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:ArmaghDown_Bridge,_Newry

Bot will always takes more specific so the logic is: 1. Single row 2. List page 3. The category the list is in

Maarten