User talk:Gowrishanker

St Peter's
Please don't keep adding pics, unless they are exceptional. Wikimedia Commons has hundred of pics by tourists. Mostly not very good. Now if you happen to have a really excellent view of the nave, without crowds of people in it, that would be useful.

Most new editors make straight for the big important articles. These are usually of good quality and rigorously maintained by a team of people that watch them. Don't be discouraged because there is lots of work to do.

here's my advice to new editors:

AJM's advice to new editors

 * Look at the article to see how it is laid out. The Table of Contents is the best place to start.
 * Read the article to see if what you want to add or remove is appropriate, necessary, or adds value.
 * Search for the right place to put it.
 * Check Use the "Show Preview" to make sure that what you have done is appropriate and correct.
 * Discuss any change about which you are uncertain, by placing your proposed text, or just a suggestion, on the talk page. Someone who watches the article will usually answer in a day or so. You can monitor this by clicking the watch tag at the top of the page.
 * Be aware
 * that an addition inserted between two sentences or paragraphs that are linked in meaning can turn the existent paragraphs into nonsense.
 * that a lengthy addition or the creation of a new sub-section can add inappropriate weight to just one aspect of a topic.

When adding images
 * Look to see if the subject of your image is already covered. Don't duplicate subject matter already present. Don't delete a picture just to put in your own, unless your picture is demonstrably better for the purpose. The caption and nearby text will help you decide this.
 * Search through the text to find the right place for your image. If you wish it to appear adjacent to a particular body of text, then place it above the text, not at the end of it.
 * Look to see how the pictures are formatted. If they are all small thumbnails, do not size your picture at 300 px.  The pictures in the article may have been carefully selected to follow a certain visual style e.g. every picture may be horizontal, because of restricted space; every picture might be taken from a certain source, so they all match.  Make sure your picture looks appropriate in the context of the article.
 * Read the captions of existent pictures, to see how yours should fit in.
 * Check the formatting, placement, context and caption before you leave the page by using the Show preview function, and again after saving.
 * Discuss If your picture seems to fill a real identifiable need in the article, but doesn't fit well, because of formatting or some other constraint, then put it on the talk page and discuss, before adding.
 * Be aware that adding a picture may substantially change the layout of the article. Your addition may push another picture out of its relevant section or cause some other formatting problem.
 * Edit before adding. Some pictures will look much better, or fit an article more appropriately if they are cropped to show the relevant subject.

Amandajm (talk) 13:20, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

Copyright images
The images that you are putting up are:
 * Copyright. They have the copyright mark on them
 * Appear to be commercial.  You cannot use wikipedia to promote your product, i.e. photography.

If you want to put up pictures, then you must put up pics without you watermark on them.

Once again, look at what is there and don't put up repeat images of the same subject.

Amandajm (talk) 13:31, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

Deletions
I have just been around and deleted every picture that had a copyright symbol, your name, and your website on them.

If you want your name attached to your pics, then include your name in the filename of the pictures. That is perfectly legitimate. Having an advertisement for you work on Wikipedia is not legitimate.

Also, if your pictures are going to be really useful, you have to remember that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. So it is best not to use an "antique postcard" look, unless what you are uploading really is an antique postcard. Some of your phtots were very good and would be useful, if it wasn't for the label. But if you keep advertising your own website on photos, you will get blocked.

If you want people to know you have a website, then you need to create your personal page, where you can write that info, along with anything else that you want to state about yourself. The general public don't usually look at people's personal pages, but other Wikipedia users do. Amandajm (talk) 13:49, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

April 2015
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