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Commons:User-specific galleries, templates and categories policy

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Users are welcome to create user-specific categories, e.g. "Category:Photos by User:Example". Such categories must be categorised only under the category [[:Category:User categories|User categories]]. This should be done by adding {{tl|user category}} to the category page.

Users are welcome to create user-specific categories, e.g. "Category:Photos by User:Example". Such categories must be categorised only under the category [[:Category:User categories|User categories]]. This should be done by adding {{tl|user category}} to the category page.

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Users may create subcategories that combine topic/subject focus with this user-specific element, e.g. "Category:Photos of London by User:Example". These subcategories must be categorised under the user's main category. Categories like this must not be categorised under the main category tree, and the relevant images must still be categorised under the main tree (i.e., if you add "Category:Photos of London by User:Example", you still need to add "Category:London" to the same image). It is better to use a gallery (such as "User:Example/Photos in London").
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Users may create subcategories that combine topic/subject focus with this user-specific element, e.g. "Category:Photos of London by User:Example". These subcategories must be categorised under the user's main category. Categories like this must not be categorised under the main category tree, and the relevant images must still be categorised under the main tree (i.e., if you add "Category:Photos of London by User:Example", although this is discouraged, you still need to add "Category:London" to the same image). It is better to use a gallery (such as "User:Example/Photos in London").

Categories shouldn't be created to collect files based on the opinion of any user (e.g. "User:Example's favourite pictures"). Annotation like this should only be done through gallery pages as described above.

Categories shouldn't be created to collect files based on the opinion of any user (e.g. "User:Example's favourite pictures"). Annotation like this should only be done through gallery pages as described above.

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