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Sehr geehrter Herr Moderer,
Im kommenden Jahr möchte ich mit einer Gruppe auf der via francigena pilgern. Für Interessierte gestalte ich einen Info-flyer für den ich gerne das o.g. Foto verwenden und bitte Sie um Zustimmung.
Hallo, gerne, falls online bitte senden sie mir das link, grūße aus Sūdtirol Wolfgang Moroder (talk) 17:09, 3 December 2025 (UTC)
Foto von Lucia in meinem Buch "Wem gehört Weihnachten?"
Lieber Herr Moroder, wir hatten vor über einem Jahr schon mal Kontakt, als ich Sie gefragt habe, ob ich Ihr Foto von der Lucia in meinem Buch verwenden darf, was Sie bejaht haben. Das Buch ist nun endlich erschienen, bei TREDITION im Selbstverlag. Es heißt: "Wem gehört Weihnachten? - Brauchtum, Glaube und Politik." und betrachtet die Kulturgeschichte von Weihnachten aus säkularer Perspektive. Es ist im Buchhandel erhältlich mit der ISBN 978-3-384-73052-7 (Softcover) oder 978-3-384-73053-4 (Hardcover).
Vielen Dank, dass ich Ihr Foto verwenden durfte und eine schöne Vorweihnachtszeit!
Herzliche Grüße aus Bremen
von Sabine Häcker
(Instagram: @weihnachtswissen) ~2025-38777-68 (talk) 16:18, 5 December 2025 (UTC)
Use photo of Venice Arsenale
Dear mr Moroder,
We would like to use your photo for a digital map. We will give you credits ofcourse. Is that okay? ~2025-39995-49 (talk) 09:11, 11 December 2025 (UTC)
Sure, but please send me the link to your publication, regards Wolfgang Moroder (talk) 10:54, 11 December 2025 (UTC)
I think one photo is public domain
I was looking at this and it appears to be art form over 100 years ago: Gejù ciacia i marcadënc dlieja de Santa Cristina te Gherdëina but I was not able to 100% confirm this as I don't speak Ladin & Google translate does not either. I speak Italian if that is easier than English. You can't have a separate copyright for a photograph of 2D as this is, so this would be copyright free being well past the limit in Italy. If you could check and change it to CC0 if appropriate, that would be great. (I am just using it for a slide in a theology lecture in January as I teach in the seminary.) MPSchneiderLC (talk) 20:07, 18 December 2025 (UTC)
I don’t understand exactly what your concerns are. Anyway the fresco AD 1910 is by Jonas Ranter (1860-1931). I’m glad that I can be helpful for you lecture. Wolfgang Moroder (talk) 13:57, 19 December 2025 (UTC)
Delacroix La lutte de Jacob avec l’angre - ask for permission
Could I please use this image (uploaded 4 December 2018) for my EPQ on Delacroix? It says the image of this painting is not public domain. My EPQ is not intended for publishing but or my final A-level Grade. Than you! ~2025-43706-13 (talk) 11:09, 31 December 2025 (UTC)
I am updating my web page listing sculptures at London's 1851 Great Exhibition. I believe one of the pieces there was a version of the piece in your photo. I would like to add a link to your photo, with a thumbnail of the image. The current version of the page is here:
https://www.hookedwit.uk/statuary.htmlHookedWit (talk) 08:33, 1 January 2026 (UTC)
Use of your photo
Hi Wolfgang, we used your photo of Chiesa di Redentore, Giudecca, Venezia on our website Taste Italy to illustrate an article about the Giudecca quarter. It is planned to appear on Feb 25 2026 8:00h. Your name is mentioned under the photograph along with a link to your page on wikicommons. This will be the article's link: https://taste-italy.be/giudecca-het-vaak-vergeten-stadsdeel/
Best regards
Steven
Taste Italy ~2026-6988 (talk) 09:10, 1 January 2026 (UTC)
Use of your photo
Hello. I would like to use your photo as an image for an Italy travel promotion.Your name is mentioned under the photograph. Thank you. ~2026-64315 (talk) 07:09, 4 January 2026 (UTC)
Your Most Memorable Shot Submission!
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As we step into a new year, we’re happy to invite you to take part in “Your Most Memorable Shot 2025.”
Since 2018, photographers from across the Wikimedia community have come together at the beginning of each year to share the photographs that meant the most to them over the past twelve months. Now in its eighth iteration, this tradition continues to be a space for reflection, storytelling, and celebrating meaningful moments through photography.
Whether you are a member of the Commons Photographers User Group or not, you are warmly welcome to participate and invite others too. Every image carries a story, and your perspective helps enrich this collective showcase.
Whenever you’re ready, please select your most cherished photograph from 2025 and share it on the designated page.
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We look forward to discovering the moments that made your year memorable and to continuing this wonderful tradition together.
We love your image and we would love to use it for an article on our editorial Italy Segreta. We'll give proper credit as requested. Please let us know if we have the permission to go ahead and use it. Thank you! ~2026-95991 (talk) 16:32, 5 January 2026 (UTC)
OK, send me please the link. Thanks for letting me know. Wolfgang Moroder (talk) 12:15, 6 January 2026 (UTC)
Use
Dear Sir,
I am contacting you to tell you that I am using one of your images for my high school project. Is that okay? ~2026-25589-6 (talk) 06:21, 13 January 2026 (UTC)
Use of your photo
Hi, I would like to use your photo of Pinus cembra in a forest geography lesson. I will give proper credit as requested. Thank you for this beautiful photo. Véronique ~2026-29997-2 (talk) 16:47, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
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Dear Moroder,
I need your photo of the monument to Arnaldo da Brescia for a scientific publication on the subject. What type of license does the photo have, and more importantly, what caption should I include?
Please reply to stefanomoscatelli652@gmail.com.
Best regards,
Stefano ~2026-97047-9 (talk) 10:50, 13 February 2026 (UTC)
Thanks for letting me know. I sent you an e-mail Wolfgang Moroder (talk) 09:20, 17 February 2026 (UTC)
CPUG Board Elections 2026 – Nomination Extended
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Hello, I would like to use this picture for a presentation about Spina bifida. This is intended for parents who want to explain Spina bifida for their children's classmates or for teachers who want to talk about spina bifida in class. We would like to make the presentation or poster downloadable from our homepage www.sbhc-nrw.de, the homepage of our support group in Northrhine-Westfalia, Germany.
Please answer if the use of your photo (of course with the note of your authorship) is allright with you.
Thank you very much
Yours
Andrea Andrea SBHC NRW (talk) 12:10, 25 February 2026 (UTC)
Hi, you are very wellcome to use my images, but please send me the exact link to the used images. Thank you Wolfgang Moroder (talk) 14:32, 25 February 2026 (UTC)
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Hello, thank you very much for contributing to the site with relevant and high quality photos.
I would like to ask if you agree to grant me permission to publish one of your photos in a private board on Pinterest:
Pinterest is an American service for publishing and organizing media into image galleries, which are defined by the site as "boards". Although officially classified as a "social media" platform, it operates primarily as a visual search engine.
The board for which the image will be uploaded is set to private and have no contact with the public, fulfilling the personal purpose of constructing a visual map for the understating of Ottoman architecture. I have no intention of setting this board to public and I will remain it under personal use.
The photo is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, which allows me to "copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format for any purpose, even commercially". As far as I understand, my intentions with the image can be therefore classified under fair use, however, even though the image won't be public, it will be a part of Pinterest servers, so I would like to know if you authorize this usage of the image.
If, for some reason, I should need to set the board to public, I will inform you beforehand and will abide by whatever your preference may be of deleting or keeping the image.
Thank you very much for reading my request and contributing with this site with your wonderful and carefully curated work.
My best regards! Mc2671 (talk) 14:54, 28 February 2026 (UTC)
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Palazzo degli Uffici - Bolzano (photo use permission)
Dear Moroder,
I am writing you as a phd candidate writing an article which includes the description of the restoration project on Palazzo degli Uffici in Bolzano. I would be glad the pictures you uploaded on Wikipedia to be included in the contribution, of course mentioning you are the author.
It would be great if you could confirm your permission and I will eventually use the description as per other members' request.
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Geachte heer Moroder, kan ik foto 'Chiesa_di_Santa_Maria_Assunta_volta_Assunzione_Verenini_Manerba_del_Garda' gebruiken in het kader van een tentoonstelling (Ename, België)? Hierin komt o.a. het thema 'schade aan erfgoed' en hoe we hiermee kunnen omgaan, rol van Unesco, Blue Shield enz. Uiteraard vermeld ik de bron en uw naam als fotograaf. Met vriendelijke groeten, Marie-Claire Van der Donckt, conservator Erfgoedsite Ename. ~2026-17079-83 (talk) 16:00, 18 March 2026 (UTC)
Gerne, bitte senden Sie mir ein Link zu Ihrem " 'schade aan erfgoed' ". Wolfgang Moroder (talk) 16:45, 18 March 2026 (UTC)
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File:Collegiata dei Santi Nazaro e Celso polittico Tiziano 1522 Brescia.jpg
Hello! Thank you for letting me use your beautiful photo on our church bulletin for Easter Sunday. It's just what I wanted for the cover!
Sharon Snyder
Church Secretary
St. Vincent's
Spring Brook, NY (outside of Buffalo)
svdparish@gmail.com ~2026-18300-17 (talk) 13:45, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
File:Obelisco Fontana dei Fiumi Piazza Navona Roma.jpg_Photo by Wolfgang Moroder
Dear Mr. Moroder,
I work at a library where we will have a lecture series on Baroque art. Would it be possible for us to use the photo referenced above. We would use it for promoting the lecture.
Thank you,
Carol
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library ~2026-19174-48 (talk) 00:15, 28 March 2026 (UTC)
File:Obelisco Fontana dei Fiumi Piazza Navona Roma.jpg_Photo by Wolfgang Moroder
Dear Mr. Moroder,
I work at a library where we will have a lecture series on Baroque art. Would it be possible for us to use the photo referenced above. We would use it for promoting the lecture.
Thank you,
Carol
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library ~2026-19174-48 (talk) 00:16, 28 March 2026 (UTC)
Hi, it's my pleasure if you will use my photo for your lectures. Thanks for letting me know. Best regards Wolfgang Moroder (talk) 17:02, 7 April 2026 (UTC)
I thought your image would be perfect to represent a climate in my climate classification
In my handcoded nonprofit website which showcases the Dickinson climate classification, this image is a perfect representative of the Cda2 (subtropical arid with hot summer) climate. I always appreciate image coordinates because they allow me to run a script using them to see what Dickinson (or Köppen) climate that location is during a climatological normal period such as 1981-2010. This is the Cda2 webpage:
https://www.dickinsonclimate.com/climate.html?code=Cda2. I've tried my best to credit you appropriately. ~2026-21161-76 (talk) 11:01, 6 April 2026 (UTC)
I'm glad to help you. Thanks very much to let me know Wolfgang Moroder (talk) 16:47, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
Round 1 of Picture of the Year 2025 voting is open!
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In this second and final round, you may vote for a maximum of five images. The image with the most votes will become the Picture of the Year 2025.
I see a beautiful picture that you have posted of the Basilica di Santa Maria. I am studying design and I would love to have your permission to use your image to talk about the intricate details of this beautiful church. I read that you don't mind if we use your image as long as we give you credit and send a message. Jannabanana88 (talk) 14:10, 27 April 2026 (UTC)
Breno Castle & Pizzo Badile
Hi, I’ve used part of your photo on the carina.it website – in the ‘Stories’ section. ~2026-25685-04 (talk) 19:21, 27 April 2026 (UTC)
Hello, I have used your photograph
Hello, I used your photograph of the Yalı of Ahmet Afif Pasha for a talk I am giving tomorrow. I will also credit you in the presentation. ~2026-25816-52 (talk) 20:27, 27 April 2026 (UTC)
Fetal yawning - reusing the video
Dear Wolfgang, For an article in the Israeli website of Haaretz on yawning in fetuses (tonight, 18:00), would it be possible to use this video, inside, not as top image? Thanking you kindly, Ruth Schuster, senior editor with Haaretz (English edition), science & archaeology. Ruth.schuster@themarker.com~2026-27020-88 (talk) 06:23, 5 May 2026 (UTC)
Photo of San Marco
Dear Wolfgang!
I would like to ask if I might use your photo featuring the spires of St Mark’s Basilica for a poster for a choir concert at St Petri Cathedral in Bremen in June. We will be performing 16th-century Venetian music for multiple choirs. The concert is not for commercial purposes.
We would also like to post the poster on Facebook (as we do with all our posters), on the Bremen Cathedral Choir’s page.
We would be delighted to receive your approval,
Kind regards,
Ulrike Bergmann-Seifert (member of the Cathedral Choir)
ubergmanns@posteo.de
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:
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
Second place: Baby cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) sleeping at Cape cross, Namibia. Attribution: Giles Laurent / CC-BY-SA 4.0
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!
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