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Hello I just fixed the categories of your superb B. wallacei pic.If you have or are about to upload more pics check the page which now reads , for instance Category:Cerambycidae not which does not read meaning noone can trace your pics. Let me know if you need help Robert aka Notafly (talk) 09:00, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks + recommandations

Hello URSchmidt,
Thanks for the beautiful pictures you are uploading.
About the categories you put them in:
Please don't put them in many taxon categories.
For example File:Anthracus angusticollis (Peringuey, 1908).png is in Coleoptera, Carabidae, Anthracus, Anthracus angusticollis.
It is clearly too much and Anthracus angusticollis is enough.
Of course, if the species cat does not exist, you can add genus cat+species cat.
Sadly, I will have to go through all you files to clean the categories.
Thanks again and best regards Liné1 (talk) 11:21, 20 June 2018 (UTC)

COM:OVERCAT may be a useful guide. -- Meisam (talk) 19:58, 20 June 2018 (UTC)

Great photos

Hello Dr. Schmidt! Today I realized that you are also sharing your photos on Wikimedia Commons. I want to thank you for your high quality photos and valuable contribution. Let me know if you need any help. Best regards -- Meisam (talk) 19:58, 20 June 2018 (UTC)

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Diglotta mersa

Excuse me, I wasn't aware that you upload your excellent images not only to Flickr but also to Commons, so I have uploaded File:Diglotta mersa (Haliday, 1837).png by mistake. Greetings, Eissink (talk) 17:11, 2 February 2020 (UTC).

Categories

Hello, when you create a category for a species this category must be contained within one category of one of parent taxa. It must not be a category of itself. Let ma explain you created Category:Pterolophia truncatipennis with the following text [[Category:Pterolophia truncatipennis]] however it should be [[Category:Pterolophia|truncatipennis]], in that way Category:Pterolophia truncatipennis is a subcategory of Category:Pterolophia and "truncatipennis" placed after "|" is a sort key. I fixed it. Regards, Christian Ferrer ^(talk) 11:34, 2 June 2021 (UTC)

and please check whether a category already exists. I now put a deletion request on category:Carabidae of Hessen, as there already is category:Carabidae of Hesse. Please keep in mind that categories here on commons are preferable in English. There is a similar problem with e.g. category:Coleoptera_of_Hessen, as the name should be category:Coleoptera_of_Hesse instead. And again, there is a loop in your category. A category cannot be categorized by itself. See also what Christian Ferrer told you some time ago above. best regards --Herzi Pinki (talk) 22:01, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

Please do not overwrite files

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--A1Cafel (talk) 17:08, 25 May 2023 (UTC)

Copyright status: File:Tmesorrhina alpestris bafutensis Durge, 1988.jpg

Copyright status: File:Tmesorrhina alpestris bafutensis Durge, 1988.jpg

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This action was performed automatically by AntiCompositeBot (talk) (FAQ) 18:05, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

Incorrect species in image file

@URSchmidt This image File:Anthrenus pimpinellae Fabricius, 1775.png is clearly Anthrenus flavipes to me, however it is titled as Anthrenus pimpinellae. Just wanted to let you know of mistake

For now, I'll mark it for rename. Ipscaij (talk) 02:27, 13 June 2024 (UTC)