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Round 1 of Picture of the Year 2023 voting is open!

2022 Picture of the Year: Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) and Gadwall (Mareca strepera) in Nepal.

Dear Wikimedian,

Wikimedia Commons is happy to announce that the 2023 Picture of the Year competition is now open. This year will be the eighteenth edition of the annual Wikimedia Commons photo competition, which recognizes exceptional contributions by users on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia users are invited to vote for their favorite images featured on Commons during the last year (2023) to produce a single Picture of the Year.

Hundreds of images that have been rated Featured Pictures by the international Wikimedia Commons community in the past year are all entered in this competition. These images include professional animal and plant shots, breathtaking panoramas and skylines, restorations of historical images, photographs portraying the world's best architecture, impressive human portraits, and so much more.

For your convenience, we have sorted the images into topical categories. Two rounds of voting will be held: In the first round, you may vote for as many images as you like. The top 30 overall and top 5% of most popular images in each category will continue to the final. In the final round, you may vote for just three images to become the Picture of the Year.

Round 1 will end on 14 October 2024, 23:59:59 UTC.

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Round 2 of Picture of the Year 2023 voting is open!

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Arganda del Rey

Hola Draceane. Vi que hace unos días nos cruzamos a cuenta de los silos de cemento en tu tierra natal ;)

Te escribo por un tema industrial. He visto que subiste fotos de Arganda del Rey y, como estoy reorganizando/impulsando la categoría industrial de la Comunidad de Madrid, quería saber si de aquella época tuvieses otras fotos de carácter económico/industrial de Arganda. Gracias de antemano. Saludos cordiales CFA1877 (talk) 19:22, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

Hola @CFA1877: Gracias por escribir de nuevo. En el año 2016 solo estuve en Arganda dos veces: una vez en la planta asfáltica y la segunda en La Poveda, caminando junto al ferrocarril de Tajuña. He subido todas las fotos de estas ocasiones. Solo me falta subir (en la Comunidad de Madrid) una foto de la planta de cemento de Villaluenga de la Sagra. Por casualidad, viajaré a Madrid a principios de noviembre. Si tengo oportunidad, seguramente sacaré fotos de lugares industriales (mi carrera profesional se centra en el diseño y la construcción de puentes, que es un ámbito que me interesa tanto a nivel profesional como a nivel aficionado). Un saludo — Draceane ^talk_contrib. 20:26, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

Oh, la histórica fábrica de Asland en Villaluenga de la Sagra, qué bien. Ya que lo mencionas, te comento que al lado pasa un ferrocarril industrial del cual apenas si hay fotos en Commons, como tampoco de la estación frente a la fábrica. Y ojo, que es un ferrocarril que tiene todavía en servicio auténticas piezas de arqueología industrial, como esta señal mecánico y el cableado de acero para accionarla. Debo decir que del pueblo de Villaluenga y de la estación de Villaluenga-Yuncler tampoco hay muchas fotos. En fin, lo pongo en tu conocimiento. Si te da margen para dejar algunas fotos, serán muy agradecer (con mucho gusto ayudaré en la categorización si necesitas ayuda). CFA1877 (talk) 02:06, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

P.D.: Ya que lo mencionas...por esa zona no hay muchos puentes, salvo uno de cierto tamaño que cruza el Tajo y que te traerá recuerdos respecto al puente de La Poveda. Pertenece a este ferrocarril industrial que te comentaba, en su prolongación hasta el sur (Algodor). Saludos. CFA1877 (talk) 02:12, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

Hola de nuevo, espero que todo vaya bien. Mira, estoy categorizando fotos de Langa de Duero y me he encontrado con esta imagen tuya, a resultas de lo cual te quería preguntar si por casualidad sacaste fotos de la estación. Saludos cordiales. CFA1877 (talk) 16:03, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

@CFA1877: Hola, (antes de hoy) pensaba que había subido todas mis fotos de Langa de Duero (yo estuve allí sólo una vez, en septiembre 2012) y hoy he descubierto que tengo pocas más por subir... Pero desgraciadamente, eso sería única foto en la dirección de la estación. (En ese momento sabía que una línea había pasado por allí, pero no me di cuenta que había una estación). Un saludo — Draceane ^talk_contrib. 21:15, 17 February 2025 (UTC)

FP Promotion

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Danke

Vorab schon mal Danke. Wenn daraus etwas werden sollte, dann wäre es mein Erstes. ;-)) Gruß Bwag (talk) 20:12, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

@Bwag: I really appreciate that photo. ;-) — Draceane ^talk_contrib. 20:42, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

FP Promotion

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FP Promotion

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Wowǃ Das war ja ein gerader Durchmarsch. Nochmals Dankeǃ Gruß -- Bwag (talk) 18:12, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

PSː Welche Chance gibst du demː [1]? -- Bwag (talk) 18:16, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

@Bwag: Yes, I was also (positively) surprised, how unanimous the support was.

I really love the photo, go ahead with a nomination! (I was there five years ago and it's one of my favourite architectural monuments in Wien). — Draceane ^talk_contrib. 20:28, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

Vor 5 Jahren? Da wird es eh Zeit, dass du dir Wien wieder einmal anschaust. ;-) Bezüglich Nomination. Normalerweise mache ich mich bei so etwas rar, aber ein zweites FP wäre nicht schlecht - vielleicht mach ich es doch morgen. ;-) Gruß -- Bwag (talk) 20:50, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

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Happy holidays and best wishes for 2025!

Happy holidays Draceane! Merry christmas! Best wishes for 2025! -- Giles Laurent (talk) 21:56, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

@Giles Laurent: Thank you very much and I wish you Merry Christmas, too. — Draceane ^talk_contrib. 12:48, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

Happy holidays!

	* Happy Holidays! *
	Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! Joyeux Noël! Bonne année! Frohes Weihnachten! Frohes Neues Jahr! ¡Feliz Navidad y próspero año nuevo! Щасливого Різдва! З Новим роком!    -- George Chernilevsky talk 09:39, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

@George Chernilevsky: Thank you very much and I also wish you Merry Christmas and very happy New Year. — Draceane ^talk_contrib. 12:47, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

Your most memorable shot of 2024

Happy New Year! As always at the beginning of the new year, I'm inviting you to share your most memorable shot of the past year. Which of your photos stood out in 2024? Which image created special memories that you'd like to share with others? On behalf of the Commons Photographers User Group I wish you, your family, and your friends all the best for 2025. Warmly, --Ailura (talk) 18:05, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

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Round 1 of Picture of the Year 2024 voting is open!

2023 Picture of the Year: Incense plays an important role in Vietnamese life. It is considered as a sacred bridge to connect the visible life of human beings and the world of heaven, earth, and gods. Photo taken in Quang Phu Cau village, on the outskirts of Hanoi, Vietnam. In this picture, incense sticks are being set out to dry, after being dipped in the incense solution.

Dear Wikimedian,

Wikimedia Commons is happy to announce that the 2024 Picture of the Year competition is now open. This year is the nineteenth edition of the annual Wikimedia Commons photo competition, which recognizes exceptional contributions by users on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia users are invited to vote for their favorite images featured on Commons during the last year (2024) to produce a single Picture of the Year.

Hundreds of images that have been rated Featured Pictures by the international Wikimedia Commons community in the past year are all entered in this competition. These images include professional animal and plant shots, breathtaking panoramas and skylines, restorations of historical images, photographs portraying the world's best architecture, impressive human portraits, and so much more.

For your convenience, we have sorted the images into topical categories. Two rounds of voting will be held: In the first round, you may vote for as many images as you like. The top 30 overall and top 5% of most popular images in each category will continue to the final. In the final round, you may vote for just three images to become the Picture of the Year.

Round 1 will end on 27 September 2025, 23:59:59 UTC.

Click here to vote now!

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File:Hoher Göll - Gipfelkreuz.jpg

Thank you for your interest in the image. However, I think the Plöckenstein is further to the left, outside the frame. I don't think the parts of the Šumava that are in principle visible from here made it above the haze and the curvature of the earth that day. Greetings Milseburg (talk) 14:47, 24 September 2025 (UTC)

@Milseburg: Thank you for pointing it out. It's true, that I misidentifyied Plöckenstein, but it's still Šumava. According to U. Deuschle's web, it could be Sternstein. [2]: There are Schober and Schatzwand in the left (ca. 30 km), then there are some south-eastern slopes of Hausruck, then "nothing" in the Danube valley and then the highest mountain is probably Sternstein. It's not uncommon to see Šumava from the Alps (I have seen it many times from Upper Austria/Salzburg... and otherwise, even with very misty weather; last weekend I saw 200 km distant Vojak from the Schobergruppe – the weather was rather hot and very hazy). Otherwise, please check, if there is a stitching error left to Faistenauer Schafberg. — Draceane ^talk_contrib. 15:24, 24 September 2025 (UTC)

Zvuky zvonů z let 1940 a 1941

Zdravím, chci se zeptat, proč jste přesunul ty nahrávky zvonů z kategorie Audio files of church bells in Czechoslovakia do kategorie Audio files of church bells in the Czech Republic? Ty nahrávky jsou z let 1940 a 1941 z doby Československa. Moc tomu nerozumím. Skim (talk) 19:24, 24 September 2025 (UTC)

@Skim: Zdravím, za prvé ta kategorie byla mimo kategorizační strom, za druhé je úzus spíše řadit podle místa a současného administrativního členění. Ty zvuky jsou všechny (pokud se nepletu) nahrány na území současného Česka, tak je zbytné podrobnost kategorie „rozmazávat“ do většího celku. — Draceane ^talk_contrib. 07:06, 25 September 2025 (UTC)

Je to celé in progress, takže se to bude ještě kategorizovat, aktuálně lokalizujeme ty zvuky ke kostelům či místům. Každopádně mi přijde správné to mít v té kategorii, kde jsem to měl. Kvůli tomu, že 1) je to přesně časově lokalizované 2) spousta těch zvonů nepřežila Československo. Je pravda, že je fajn dokategorizovat i celou tu kategorii. Určitě budu ještě přidávát kategorii toho rozhlasového programu. Takže tak. Skim (talk) 07:51, 25 September 2025 (UTC)

Já jen upozorňuji na to, že ta kategorie bude neskladebná, resp. zbytečně budeme zakládat nadřazené kategorie Church bells in Czechoslovakia (když máme Church bells in the Czech Republic) a Audio files of Czechoslovakia (když máme Audio files of the Czech Republic), nikdo to pak ve stromu kategorií nenajde: bude hledat zvuky českých zvonů, a ony budou v úplně separé „československém“ stromu. Ostatně argumentace dobou vzniku nahrávek je vlastně nesprávná, to bychom museli založit podle té logiky „protektorátní“ kategorie, což už by byla cesta úplně do pekel. K časové kategorizaci pak slouží např. Category:Audio files of 1941 a pak Category:1941 in Czechoslovakia – do ní by se daly jednotlivě soubory taky vložit, nicméně upozorňuji, že brzy přijde některý čistič kategorií, co to šoupne do Category:1941 in Czechia, protože to je přesnější geografické třídění. Možný nesoulad v chápání bude v tom, že se snažíš kategorizovat dle dobového státoprávního uspořádání, ale na Commons je prakticky celý kategorizační strom postavený na geografickém uspořádání – a kde ne, tam to dělá akorát potíže. — Draceane ^talk_contrib. 08:07, 25 September 2025 (UTC)

Round 2 of Picture of the Year 2024 voting is open!

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Commons Photographers User Group Virtual Meeting, October 2025

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