User talk:IliketrainsR211T

Station infobox images[edit]

Thanks for uploading images of MBTA stations. A few notes:

Your image aren't the best for infoboxes because of their orientation. Upright images make infoboxes too tall, and they don't show much of the station itself; I've reverted to the previous infobox images for these reasons. I recommend photographing in landscape orientation.
Don't forget to add categories to the images on Commons when you upload them. You can see the categories that I added to commons:File:Downtown Crossing Northbound Orange Line Platform.jpg and commons:File:South Station Northbound Red Line Platform.jpg

Thanks, Pi.1415926535 (talk) 19:30, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

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Request reason:

I was blocked from uploading images last month because of "persistent refusal to categorize these images", something I did not know about beforehand. In the future, I will take a closer look at the categories section when I upload new images.

Decline reason:

This account is not and never has been blocked. Yamla (talk) 00:18, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

You seem to be talking about commons.wikimedia.org. That's a separate project. If you are blocked there, you need to contest your block there. --Yamla (talk) 00:20, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Uploading images[edit]

I see that you have begun uploading your photos on English Wikipedia. Per Wikipedia:Uploading images#Multiproject upload, free-use images should be uploaded on Commons, not locally on English Wikipedia. Local images cannot be used on other projects (Wikipedias in other languages, Wikivoyage, Wikinews, etc), and users looking for images on Commons cannot find those images. When you upload your photos here, it creates work for other users to transfer them to Commons, add categories there, etc. That's not fair to the other users; creating messes for others to clean up was exactly why I blocked you on Commons.

If you want to add images to Wikipedia articles, please take the steps to get unblocked on Commons so that you can upload your photos there. You would need to:

Demonstrate that you understand how to properly add categories to files
Demonstrate that you understand why the categories you created were not appropriate
Promise not to create additional sockpuppet accounts

If you are able to do those things, then I would be able to believe you have the maturity needed to upload images without having someone else clean up after you. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 19:41, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

See the unblock request I just sent out. IliketrainsR211T (talk) 01:07, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Don't locally upload images[edit]

Please don't locally upload any images onto the English Wikipedia as you did here. As Pi.1415926535 has pointed out, it creates more work for other users to clean up. I understand your block on Commons is frustrating when you want to contribute, but you need to categorise your images properly or otherwise it will be difficult to find them. Continued uploading on the English Wikipedia to "bypass the system" may result in getting blocked from uploading here as well.

About your block on Commons, please read your talk page there (c:User_talk:IliketrainsR211T#Unblock discussion), if you can successfully do that then that gives us grounds that could lead to an unblock and constructive editing. —Matrix(!) {user - talk? - _uselesscontributions} 16:16, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]