Editing Incubator escapee wiki:Categorization (section)

=== Files <span class="anchor" id="FILECAT"></span><span class="anchor" id="Images"></span><span class="anchor" id="Files/images"></span> ===
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Category tags should be added to [[Help:Files|file]] pages of files that have been uploaded to Wikipedia. When categorized, files are not included in the count of articles in the category, but are displayed in a separate section with a thumbnail and the name for each. A category can mix articles and images, or a separate file/image category can be created. A file category is typically a subcategory of the general category about the same subject, and a subcategory of the wider category for files, [[:Category:Wikipedia files]]. To categorize a new file when uploading, simply add the category tag to the [[Help:Edit summary#File upload summary|upload summary]].

Freely licensed files should be uploaded to, and categorized on, [[WP:COMMONS|Wikimedia Commons]], instead of uploading and categorizing on Wikipedia. Existing freely licensed files should usually be moved from Wikipedia to Commons, with a mirror page automatically remaining on Wikipedia. (For an example of one such mirror page, see [[:File:Niederwald memorial 2.JPG|here]].) Categories should not be added to these Wikipedia mirror pages, because doing so creates a new Wikipedia page that is subject to [[WP:SD#F2|speedy deletion]]. Exceptions to this principle are made for mirror pages of images that are nominated as [[Wikipedia:Featured pictures|featured pictures]] and for those that appear on the Wikipedia [[Main Page]] in the [[:Template:Did you know|Did You Know?]] column.

Images that are used in Wikipedia that are [[Wikipedia:Non-free content|non-free or fair use]] should not appear as thumbnail images in categories. To prevent the thumbnail preview of images from appearing in a category, <nowiki>__NOGALLERY__</nowiki> should be added to the text of the category. In such cases, the file will still appear in the category, but the actual image preview will not.