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This is mainly a writeup of the rules I've been applying when doing philatelic articles, should help make sense of things if someone else takes an interest in the subject. Stan 19:33, 30 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Stamp image uploads

Is there a standard file naming format for images of stamps uploaded to WP? I have a few scans that I'd like to use to illustrate some of the articles I've been writing as a part of Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Trains, but don't want to just give the images any old name.

If there isn't one already, perhaps something like Stamp_XXXXX_999999.jpg where XXXXX is the issuing country name (which would expand to as long as is needed for the country name) and 999999 is the Scott catalog number (including leading zeros). For example, Stamp_United_States_B00001.jpg would be the filename for the first US semipostal for breast cancer research, while Stamp_Prince_Edward_Island_000015.jpg would be the filename for Scott number 15 of stamps issued by PEI. I mention Scott numbers only because that's the set of catalogs that I've got handy and it provides a handy example. We could include the catalog name in the filename, but that seems a bit much.

Thoughts? slambo 22:42, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC)

The format I've been using is "Stamp country year denomination disambig.jpg". Year and denomination alone is sufficient to uniquely identify a large number of the world's stamps, and the disambig can be something like "red" or "crown watermark" or "Robert Goddard". Scott is not used so much outside the US nor do they list every stamp ever issued, plus their number system is copyrighted and they go after anyone who seems like a threat, such as, say, a large repository of free philatelic information... See Category:Stamps on commons for a large collection of examples. Stan 12:49, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

This is an ACTIVE Wikiproject

I've had to rescue us from the clutches of the "inactive project" list and to try and heighten our profile I've created the active project banner at the top of this page and the project page.

Do please make use of the project member banner on your user page. --Jack 22:39, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

And to prove it's active see category:Compendium of postage stamp issuers --Jack 12:04, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

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