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Category burning aircraft

Dear FotoFree
You added category „burning aircraft“ to a simple engine start.
I don’t think this is apropirate. Do you want to remove it yourself if you think the same at a second view?
this
Regards--Caumasee (talk) 08:52, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

@Caumasee: Many thanks for taking the time to feedback - much appreciated as I am certainly a layman when it comes to aircraft! I have now learnt that these flames are a normal part of engine start-up! It's a great photograph, so I wanted to potentially draw attention to the extra dramatic element of the shot, for the benefit of other users. I do indeed agree that Category:Burning aircraft is not appropriate and apologize for allocating it. Fresh from my new knowledge of engine start-ups and still wanting to promote this picture more widely; I propose to change that incorrect category to: Category:Aircraft engine starting if you agree? I note a similar picture: File:Lockheed Constellation N749NL fiery startup engine nr 2.JPG is already there. Let me know. Many thanks again. FotoFree (talk) 12:35, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

of course I never noticed this really appropriate category of Category:Aircraft engine starting - well done and thanks! Regards --Caumasee (talk) 12:56, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

Done. Thanks. FotoFree (talk) 13:00, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

Deletion of Tallukh Film Poster.jpg

Hello FotoFree i saw you deleted a poster uploaded by me on wikipedia commons, i would like to let you know its my original work and it isnt registered for any kind of copyright. Can you please let me know how to get it back and prove my situation? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by WikiSantashines (talk • contribs) 05:13, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

@WikiSantashines: Thank you for you enquiry about File:Tallukh film poster.jpg that was recently deleted; I am sorry this was disappointing for you. It was deleted in accordance with policy as it appeared to be a copyright violation – see COM:POSTER. I am a little confused by your statement that is was your original work and it isn’t registered for any kind of copyright, as you uploaded the work from IMDb which states it is a work by AnuragJha Creations and indeed displays the copyright tag © AnuragJha Creations. Also, you attempted to set out a Fair Use rationale and stated in the caption: … The poster art copyright is believed to belong to the distributor of the Film, the publisher of the Film or the graphic artist or similar wording. Wikimedia Commons (this website) only hosts media files which can be freely used by anyone for any purpose, including: use in any work, creation of derivative works, commercial use and free distribution. That is why copyright status is so important here, and anything which breaches copyright has to be deleted. ‘Fair Use’ criteria does not apply here: see Fair Use on Commons. HOWEVER; Wikipedia, itself (i.e. not Commons) may allow the hosting and limited use of a low resolution ‘non-free’ image in an article, where the item is itself the subject of the article, as this may constitute ‘Fair Use’. A detailed Rationale must be provided to show how the criteria for this are met – a reviewing editor will have the final say on this. Please have a read through the policy and guidelines at Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline. This template, specifically for posters, would then be attached to the Wikipedia image file page – it also includes a useful summary of instructions for the uploader. Please see this file: Wikipedia File:Gulabo Sitabo poster.jpg as an example of how this works. Please note that this poster image file is hosted on Wikipedia itself not Wikimedia Commons. If you think this fits your situation, do have a go at this, and I wish you every success with it. However, if this is indeed your own work (i.e. you are AnuragJha Creations) you would need to prove this and that you are now freely releasing the work / rescinding the © at IMDb above. You can start the process at the request undeletion page. Further instructions are there. P.S. I am not an Admin, the Admin which deleted the file was @EugeneZelenko: but they were largely following my observations. You may want to appeal to them in the first instance or otherwise submit your undelete request on the above page. I hope this helps. Many thanks. FotoFree (talk) 12:52, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

Local lockdowns in England

Hi FotoFree, I've added your very useful Leicester lockdown map to a new page I've written for Wikipedia today, COVID-19 local lockdown regulations in England. I was wondering if you might be able to find some time to do similar boundary charts for the other local regulations that I've listed on that page? Several have been published in the press, but none to my knowledge are free to use. All the best MichaelMaggs (talk) 17:12, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

@MichaelMaggs: Many thanks for your kind comments. Your lockdown article does look great so I do hope I can contribute towards it. I will have a look to see what I can do, although I may be limited in time for a while. One tip you may want to follow-up though is a guy, pointed out to me by another user, whose map work I have linked to on the Leicester map file page: Alasdair Rae. Here is a link to his bio page: ALASDAIR RAE. As you can see he is an academic with a real flair for maps - he will knock spots off any offering I can do. I think it will be a real bonus if we can entice a man of his talents into the Wiki-world. Just a thought.... Many thanks. FotoFree (talk) 07:57, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

RE: Quality image nomination File:Faro di San Maurizio.jpg

Original message to Maurizio Moro5153:

Hi, I spotted File:Faro di San Maurizio.jpg and thought it was a great picture, so I have nominated it as a Quality image. You can see the entry at Quality images (September 24). Just scroll down until you see your picture.

• Just to let you know - a reviewer has asked a question about your picture. You can see the question on the nomination panel if you head over there on the above link. You may want to keep an eye on that page encase there are any further queries. Good luck with this - I hope it gets promoted!

Thanks. --FotoFree (talk) 17:10, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

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Reply:

grazie per la segnalazione.Ciao,ciao — Preceding unsigned comment added by ‎Maurizio Moro5153 (talk • contribs) 10:31, 27 September 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for participating in Wiki Loves Monuments 2020! Please help with this survey

Dear FotoFree,

Thank you for contributing to Wiki Loves Monuments 2020, and for sharing your pictures with the whole world! We would like to ask again for a few minutes of your time. Thanks to the participation of people like you, the contest gathered more than 200K+ pictures of cultural heritage objects from more than 50 countries around the world.

You can find all your pictures in your upload log, and are of course very welcome to keep uploading images and help develop Wikimedia Commons, even though you will not be able to win more prizes (just yet). To make future contests even more successful than this year, we would like to invite you to share your experiences with us in a short survey.

Please fill in this short survey, and help us learn what you liked and didn't like about Wiki Loves Monuments 2020.

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Pinging

Hello, FotoFree! Just a little tip: pings & user-links only send a notification when they’re posted in the same edit as a four-tilde signature. Adding or editing them after the fact doesn’t do anything without another sig as well.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 14:56, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

Hi @Odysseus1479: Many thanks for that tip, most appreciated! Didn't know that but always good to pick up these little gems of info... Thanks for taking the time to point it out. FotoFree (talk) 09:38, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

Football Manager 2021 Artwork

Hi FotoFree! You logged a copyright violation on the Football Manager 2021 artwork on Wikipedia Commons. I work for Sports Interactive, the company who own the copyright on that image. Could you advise on how I can remove that copyright infringement notice or amend the copyright tag that's currently listed on the image? Thanks —TommyD1990 (talk) 09:56, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

Reply is at User talk:TommyD1990#Football Manager 2021 artwork -- FotoFree (talk) 15:58, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

File:HM Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee.jpg

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Autopatrol given

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Rollback right given

I have granted rollback rights to your account; the reason for this is that after a review of some of your contributions, I believe I can trust you to use rollback correctly by using it for its intended usage of reverting vandalism, and that you will not abuse it to revert-war. For information on rollback, see Commons:Rollback. If you do not want rollback, just let me know, and I'll remove it. Good luck and thanks. —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 13:07, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

@Mdaniels5757: many thanks for those two rights expansions. Your vote of confidence is very much appreciated! Thank you. FotoFree (talk) 15:12, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

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

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

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Round 1 of Picture of the Year 2025 voting is open!

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Round 2 of Picture of the Year 2025 voting is open!

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Announcing the Winners of Picture of the Year 2025!

Hi everyone,

Wikimedia Commons is pleased to finally announce the winners of this year's Picture of the Year 2025 contest! We had some truly incredible finalists to choose from, but the community has spoken.

Here are your top three winning images:

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  First place: The aftermath of an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on October 9, 2023, leaving widespread destruction in the Rimal area.
  Attribution: WAFA (Q2915969) / CC-BY-SA 3.0
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  Second place: Baby cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) sleeping at Cape cross, Namibia.
  Attribution: Giles Laurent / CC-BY-SA 4.0
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  Third place: A gigantic jet photographed from the International Space Station by astronaut Nichole Ayers.
  Attribution: public domain

You can view the full results and see where all your favorite images placed here: Full 2025 Results

I also want to highlight what an incredible turnout we had. In the second round, we saw a massive jump in both the number of users voting and the total votes cast. We had exactly 13,979 votes cast by 3,509 users! To put that in perspective, last year we had 7,403 votes from 2,837 users. It is amazing to see that level of growth and community engagement.

Thank you to everyone who voted, helped organize, and generally made the contest such a huge success this year!

Regards,
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