Category:Created with Inkscape

If you use Inkscape to make a file, then mark it with Created with Inkscape when you upload it. Doing so will automatically add it to this category.

Saving files in Inkscape
As well as the possibility of exporting in various formats, Inkscape allows you to save SVGs in two different ways. At the drop-down box in the save dialogue, you can choose between "Inkscape SVG" and "Plain SVG". You should be aware of how these two options differ, and make an informed decision.

Advantages of uploading Inkscape SVGs to Commons

 * It is possible to embed metadata, including author, full file description, licence info and more. Even if someone takes your file and uses it on their website without attribution, the info will always be inside the file itself for anyone who looks at it.
 * Inkscape's shape objects, such as ellipses or stars, remain editable as shapes; in plain SVG they become paths (looking the same but losing some of their editing capabilities).
 * If there are multiple objects in the document, they are only grouped if you want them to be. In plain SVG they are all grouped because each layer in an Inkscape document is represented by a group in plain SVG.
 * Other Inkscape-specific data such as the presence of a grid or guides (invisible except in Inkscape), and the option to make elements snap to the grid/guides, are saved with the file.

Advantages of uploading Plain SVGs to Commons

 * No unnecessary software-specific data is saved with the file, making it smaller.
 * Inkscape SVGs record the name of the folder in which they are saved. If this is your desktop on Windows XP, this will reveal your Windows log-on name.  Plain SVGs strip this sort of personal info.
 * Inkscape SVGs occasionally trigger rendering bugs when used on Wikimedia projects.

Best practice
If it is important to you to embed metadata, or if you think the file will need further editing in Inkscape, then save as an Inkscape SVG. Otherwise, save as a plain SVG.

When saving files to your own computer, you might also want to consider saving them as Compressed Inkscape SVG. Remember, however, that Commons does not support this format.

Files saved as SVG by other programs (e.g. Adobe Illustrator) may have the same bugs as Inkscape SVGs. It is therefore often a good idea to open these files in Inkscape and then save them as plain SVG in order to clean out the bugs and other junk.