Thanks Maarten, that's a very useful answer.

Richard


On 17 August 2013 18:34, Maarten Dammers <[email protected]> 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 
> <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> 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_Down#Notes.
>  That will send the images to
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Grade_B%2B_listed_buildings_in_County_Down.
>
> 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_buildings_in_County_Down&diff=568959031&oldid=568929968.
>  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
>



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