FP Promotion

★ This image has been promoted to Featured picture! ★ The image File:Downy Woodpecker (male) (44895343544).jpg, that you uploaded is now assessed as one of the finest pictures on Wikimedia Commons, the nomination is available at Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Downy Woodpecker (male) (44895343544).jpg. Thank you for your contribution. If you would like to nominate, please do so at this nomination page.

/Aristeas-test (talk) 14:38, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

Notification about possible deletion

Some contents have been nominated for deletion at Commons:Deletion requests/Files found with Herman Farrer incategory:"United … This is a deletion request for the community to discuss whether the nominated contents should be kept or deleted. Please voice your opinion in the linked request above. Thank you very much! If you created these pages, please note that the fact that they have been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with them, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you! Afrikaans ∙ العربية ∙ беларуская ∙ беларуская (тарашкевіца) ∙ български ∙ ပအိုဝ်ႏဘာႏသာႏ ∙ বাংলা ∙ bosanski ∙ català ∙ čeština ∙ dansk ∙ Deutsch ∙ Deutsch (Sie-Form) ∙ Zazaki ∙ ދިވެހިބަސް ∙ Ελληνικά ∙ English ∙ Esperanto ∙ español ∙ eesti ∙ فارسی ∙ suomi ∙ français ∙ galego ∙ עברית ∙ hrvatski ∙ magyar ∙ հայերեն ∙ Bahasa Indonesia ∙ íslenska ∙ italiano ∙ 日本語 ∙ 한국어 ∙ 조선말 ∙ кыргызча ∙ македонски ∙ മലയാളം ∙ Bahasa Melayu ∙ မြန်မာဘာသာ ∙ norsk bokmål ∙ Plattdüütsch ∙ Nederlands ∙ norsk nynorsk ∙ norsk ∙ occitan ∙ polski ∙ پښتو ∙ português ∙ português do Brasil ∙ română ∙ русский ∙ sicilianu ∙ slovenčina ∙ slovenščina ∙ shqip ∙ српски / srpski ∙ svenska ∙ ไทย ∙ Türkçe ∙ українська ∙ Tiếng Việt ∙ 中文 ∙ 中文（简体） ∙ 中文（繁體） ∙ +/−

Affected:

• File:World Food Prize 2018 Laureate Announcement Ceremony (20180625-OSEC-HF-0001).jpg

And also:

• File:World Food Prize 2018 Laureate Announcement Ceremony (42292215094).jpg
• File:World Food Prize 2018 Laureate Announcement Ceremony (20180625-WFP-HF-0002).jpg

Yours sincerely, Gbawden (talk) 15:17, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

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

Dear Wikimedian,

Wikimedia Commons is happy to announce that the 2025 Picture of the Year competition is now open. This year is the twentieth 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 favourite images featured on Commons during the last year (2025) 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 the top 5% of most popular images in each category will continue to the final. In the final round, you may vote for just five images to become the Picture of the Year.

Round 1 will end on 18 April 2026, 23:59:59 UTC.

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Notification about possible deletion

Some contents have been nominated for deletion at Commons:Deletion requests/Files found with artist in residence courtesy inca… This is a deletion request for the community to discuss whether the nominated contents should be kept or deleted. Please voice your opinion in the linked request above. Thank you very much! If you created these pages, please note that the fact that they have been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with them, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you! Afrikaans ∙ العربية ∙ беларуская ∙ беларуская (тарашкевіца) ∙ български ∙ ပအိုဝ်ႏဘာႏသာႏ ∙ বাংলা ∙ bosanski ∙ català ∙ čeština ∙ dansk ∙ Deutsch ∙ Deutsch (Sie-Form) ∙ Zazaki ∙ ދިވެހިބަސް ∙ Ελληνικά ∙ English ∙ Esperanto ∙ español ∙ eesti ∙ فارسی ∙ suomi ∙ français ∙ galego ∙ עברית ∙ hrvatski ∙ magyar ∙ հայերեն ∙ Bahasa Indonesia ∙ íslenska ∙ italiano ∙ 日本語 ∙ 한국어 ∙ 조선말 ∙ кыргызча ∙ македонски ∙ മലയാളം ∙ Bahasa Melayu ∙ မြန်မာဘာသာ ∙ norsk bokmål ∙ Plattdüütsch ∙ Nederlands ∙ norsk nynorsk ∙ norsk ∙ occitan ∙ polski ∙ پښتو ∙ português ∙ português do Brasil ∙ română ∙ русский ∙ sicilianu ∙ slovenčina ∙ slovenščina ∙ shqip ∙ српски / srpski ∙ svenska ∙ ไทย ∙ Türkçe ∙ українська ∙ Tiếng Việt ∙ 中文 ∙ 中文（简体） ∙ 中文（繁體） ∙ +/−

Affected:

• File:Artist-in-Residence (29940704871).jpg

And also:

• File:Artist-in-Residence (30024128935).jpg
• File:Madeleine Kelly Studio Portrait (53656234219).jpg

Yours sincerely, Gbawden (talk) 11:11, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

FP Promotion

★ This image has been promoted to Featured picture! ★ The image File:Pectoral Sandpiper in the midnight sun - Arctic Bird Fest 2019 (48751730448).jpg, that you uploaded is now assessed as one of the finest pictures on Wikimedia Commons, the nomination is available at Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Pectoral Sandpiper in the midnight sun - Arctic Bird Fest 2019 (48751730448).jpg. Thank you for your contribution. If you would like to nominate, please do so at this nomination page.

/FPCBot (talk) 05:32, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

FP Promotion

★ This image has been promoted to Featured picture! ★ The image File:The Edge of Two Worlds (art002e009285).jpg, that you uploaded is now assessed as one of the finest pictures on Wikimedia Commons, the nomination is available at Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:The Edge of Two Worlds (art002e009285).jpg. Thank you for your contribution. If you would like to nominate, please do so at this nomination page.

/FPCBot (talk) 05:04, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

OptimusPrimeBot exception

Hi Don-vip, the OptimusPrimeBot sometimes duplicate-tags files, which despite being identical need to remain (both versions). Is there a command that can be added to these files so that the bot ignores them? --Túrelio (talk) 18:19, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

I ignore coats of arms and election maps. What else needs to be ignored? vip (talk) 18:21, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

See, for example, User talk:Túrelio#File:Bandera de Pelileo.png. Since long, I am deleting many duplicate-tagged files. In recent times more often I receive complaints such as the linked one. What I am asking for is not a general rule for the bot, but a sort of "leave-me-alone"-tag/flag which I could add to individual files. --Túrelio (talk) 18:28, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

I can ignore a specific category. Do we have such an "acceptable duplicate" maintenance category already? vip (talk) 18:34, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

No, AFAIK. This problem pops up every now and then. For me it would be easiest to have a simple do-not-tag-me command, which I could add to individual files after I have recognized the "problem" either by myself or by being notified by others, as in the case at hand. Both will usually happen after such a file has already been tagged by the OPB. --Túrelio (talk) 18:41, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

A new hidden category is the easiest way to implement this in my bot, I can think of a few names, which one would you prefer?

• Category:Allowed duplicate files
• Category:Intentional duplicate files
• Category:Legitimate duplicate files
• Category:Duplicate files to keep
• Category:Files exempt from duplicate tagging

vip (talk) 18:58, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Probably the last one would be most suitable. --Túrelio (talk) 19:01, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Ok, I'm on it! vip (talk) 19:03, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

@Túrelio: it's done, you can give it a try :) vip (talk) 19:16, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Thanks, don-vip, I've tagged the first pair of files now. --Túrelio (talk) 19:17, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

@Don-vip:

Thank you so much for creating this category. Extremely helpful. Best regards, זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 15:45, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

You're welcome! vip (talk) 15:49, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

File:Planning is Crucial for Stress-free Travel this summer (6723209).jpg

File:Planning is Crucial for Stress-free Travel this summer (6723209).jpg has been nominated for deletion at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Planning is Crucial for Stress-free Travel th… This is a deletion request for the community to discuss whether the nominated page should be kept or deleted. Please voice your opinion in the linked request above. Thank you very much! If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you! Afrikaans ∙ العربية ∙ беларуская ∙ беларуская (тарашкевіца) ∙ български ∙ ပအိုဝ်ႏဘာႏသာႏ ∙ বাংলা ∙ bosanski ∙ català ∙ čeština ∙ dansk ∙ Deutsch ∙ Deutsch (Sie-Form) ∙ Zazaki ∙ ދިވެހިބަސް ∙ Ελληνικά ∙ English ∙ Esperanto ∙ español ∙ eesti ∙ فارسی ∙ suomi ∙ français ∙ galego ∙ עברית ∙ hrvatski ∙ magyar ∙ հայերեն ∙ Bahasa Indonesia ∙ íslenska ∙ italiano ∙ 日本語 ∙ 한국어 ∙ 조선말 ∙ кыргызча ∙ македонски ∙ മലയാളം ∙ Bahasa Melayu ∙ မြန်မာဘာသာ ∙ norsk bokmål ∙ Plattdüütsch ∙ Nederlands ∙ norsk nynorsk ∙ norsk ∙ occitan ∙ polski ∙ پښتو ∙ português ∙ português do Brasil ∙ română ∙ русский ∙ sicilianu ∙ slovenčina ∙ slovenščina ∙ shqip ∙ српски / srpski ∙ svenska ∙ ไทย ∙ Türkçe ∙ українська ∙ Tiếng Việt ∙ 中文 ∙ 中文（简体） ∙ 中文（繁體） ∙ +/−

Johnj1995 (talk) 23:35, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

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

Dear Wikimedian,

You are receiving this message because we noticed that you previously voted in the Picture of the Year contest. Wikimedia users are invited to vote for their favourite images featured on Commons during the last year (2025) 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 were 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.

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.

Round 2 will end at 2 May 2026, 23:59:59 UTC.

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