User talk:Dwight Burdette
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Tip: Categorizing images[edit]
Thanks a lot for contributing to the Wikimedia Commons! Here's a tip to make your uploads more useful: Why not add some categories to describe them? This will help more people to find and use them.
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1) If you're using the UploadWizard, you can add categories to each file when you describe it. Just click "more options" for the file and add the categories which make sense:
2) You can also pick the file from your list of uploads, edit the file description page, and manually add the category code at the end of the page.
[[Category:Category name]]
For example, if you are uploading a diagram showing the orbits of comets, you add the following code:
[[Category:Astronomical diagrams]]
[[Category:Comets]]
This will make the diagram show up in the categories "Astronomical diagrams" and "Comets".
When picking categories, try to choose a specific category ("Astronomical diagrams") over a generic one ("Illustrations").
Thanks again for your uploads! More information about categorization can be found in Commons:Categories, and don't hesitate to leave a note on the help desk.CategorizationBot (talk) 10:42, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Camp Williams Historical Marker Adrian Michigan.JPG was uncategorized on 11 May 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:42, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Ephrata WPA poster.jpg was uncategorized on 19 May 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:41, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Chelsea Michigan Clocktower.JPG was uncategorized on 9 August 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:36, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Chelsea Milling Company.JPG was uncategorized on 9 August 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:36, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Chelsea High Schol.JPG was uncategorized on 9 August 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:36, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Missile silo findlay ohio.JPG was uncategorized on 3 September 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:40, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
- Image:Michigan Central Railroad Dexter Michigan Depot.JPG was uncategorized on 12 July 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:50, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Albert H. Pattengill House historic site Ann Arbor Michigan.JPG was uncategorized on 15 July 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:47, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
- Image:Former Home of Former Michigan Football Coach Rich Rodriguez York Township Michigan.JPG was uncategorized on 13 October 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 13:54, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
Duplicate license[edit]
Category Wiki syntax[edit]
You are using {{ when you should be using [[ to add categories. This is causing your new pages to show up in the wrong categories. Look at Category:Michigan and you will see a number of town and township categories that you created and put into subcategories but are being forced into the Michigan category by using the wrong shape of brackets. (It is probably a "feature" but I don't see why it would be useful.) 75.41.110.200 19:08, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
Quality Image Promotion[edit]
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--Vera (talk) 17:09, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
Your image has been reviewed and promoted
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Vera (talk) 22:34, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
Your image has been reviewed and promoted
Congratulations! Saint Joseph's Catholic Church Adrian Michigan.JPG, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images.
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--Vera (talk) 16:25, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
Valued Image Promotion[edit]
Congratulations! The image you created was reviewed and has now been promoted as a valued image. It is considered to be the most valued image on Commons within the scope:
Ypsilanti Water Tower.
cmadler (talk) 13:34, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
advertisments[edit]
Hey Dwight,
Please don't upload photo's of busses that have advertisement plasted all over them, or advetisments in general. These are creative works that are copyright protected. It's ok if the trademark doesn't pass a certain level of complexity, like in this trucks case. But a truck like this should have the side blurred. I might make the time to pick out the trucks I think aren't ok--Vera (talk) 19:37, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
- Noted Dwight Burdette (talk) 00:23, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
I just noticed your picture[edit]
File:Statue of Harriet Tubman Ypsilanti Michigan.JPG at the Ypsilanti, Michigan article. I spent some quality years there. Anyway, the rights to an image of a piece of sculpture are owned by the sculptor, not the photographer. You might want to look into it. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 17:10, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
- If you will look at the Discussion page for the image, you will see that I have explicit permission from the sculptor to upload the photo to Wikimedia.Dwight Burdette (talk) 17:19, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
Sorry about that. I looked at the page again, and it still is not that clear that the sculptor has given permission, since "I, the copyright holder of this work" is often used by photographers who believe that the copyright issue of the picture is up to them. It is a lovely work and I'm glad to know that it is gracing my old town. Carptrash (talk) 23:58, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) I've edited the description and permission to try to clarify it, and linked to the deletion discussion. cmadler (talk) 12:44, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
Holiday greetings[edit]
Wishing you the happiest of holidays — Vera (talk), December 2012
and the best new year!
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I found the why this house is historic and added it to the David Murray Cowie article. Rmhermen (talk) 17:00, 14 April 2013 (UTC)
- Thanks for adding the historical information to the photo. Dwight Burdette
File:South Lyon High School Michigan.JPG has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry.
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99.36.127.3 14:50, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
A barnstar for you![edit]
The Photographer's Barnstar | |
I absolutely love all of your wonderful photographs from Ann Arbor and the surrounding communities in the area. Please accept this barnstar as a small token of my appreciation. As both a fellow Wikipedian and a fellow Ann Arborite, I really do appreciate how your contributions have enriched Wikipedia's coverage of Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County. Thanks so much! Michael Barera (talk) 03:47, 5 August 2013 (UTC) |
- Thanks, Michael
File:WDTW station vehicle Farmington Hills Michigan.JPG has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry.
If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. |
Levdr1lp / talk 02:44, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
File:Camp Williams Historical Marker Adrian Michigan.JPG has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry.
If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. |
Ramaksoud2000 (talk) 22:06, 15 December 2013 (UTC)
File:Comerica Bank branch Ann Arbor Michigan.JPG has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry.
If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. |
Nthuxen (talk) 21:58, 10 December 2015 (UTC)
International trucks[edit]
There is a discussion on this page whether images should be categorised as International trucks or International Harvester trucks. Not many wikipedia contributors have contributed to the discussion or voted with their preference, but you have contributed to material on International Harvester. I would be grateful, if you have the time, if you would share your own opinion on the page name. And thank you. Eddaido (talk) 00:27, 28 September 2017 (UTC)
File:Serta semi-trailer Ann Arbor Michigan.JPG has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry.
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Colin M (talk) 23:17, 21 August 2021 (UTC)
File:Digital billboard.JPG has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry.
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