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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Hello friends,
Should you choose to upload, then I recommend :All the best. Your uploading more of Vinu Thomas's images will really help Srikanth Ramakrishnan who is doing an excellent job.
- 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|Aerial view of Bangalore Palace and grounds.]]
- Create a stub article, if you want for the building/area/monument/feature shown. :)
Warm regards,
Ashwin Baindur
------------------------------------------------------On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 2:12 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <parakara.ghoda@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.
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Regards,
Srikanth Ramakrishnan.