Category:Needing transcription

This category is hidden and appears after all non-hidden categories, but only if the appropriate user preference is set.

Files are added automatically to this category by placing the template {{Transcribe here}} on their description pages. Do not add files to this category manually! Maintenance: Search for misplaced files using Special:Search or PetScan (will not work on categories shared by many templates).

Files in this category (added using {{Transcribe here}}) contain a small amount of text which should be transcribed and added to the file's description. The template {{Transcription}} may be used for this purpose.

Do not use for images of documents, which should be transcribed to Wikisource.

There are subcategories for several languages such as English (en), German (de), French (fr), Russian (ru), Latin (la), Spanish (es), Armenian (hy), Turkish (tr), Chinese (zh) and Hebrew (he) to allow transcibers to select their preferred language. The general pattern is [[Category:Needing transcription (xx)]].

Potential false positives files that are contained in this category: http://petscan.wmflabs.org?language=commons&project=wikimedia&depth=5&categories=Needing+transcription&ns%5B6%5D=1&templates_any=Inscription&ext_image_data=1&file_usage_data=1&interface_language=de&doit=1