Tip: Categorizing images

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Hello, Okras!

Thanks a lot for contributing to the Wikimedia Commons! Here's a tip to make your uploads more useful: Why not add some categories to describe them? This will help more people to find and use them.

Here's how:

1) If you're using the UploadWizard, you can add categories to each file when you describe it. Just click "more options" for the file and add the categories which make sense:

2) You can also pick the file from your list of uploads, edit the file description page, and manually add the category code at the end of the page.

[[Category:Category name]]

For example, if you are uploading a diagram showing the orbits of comets, you add the following code:

[[Category:Astronomical diagrams]]

[[Category:Comets]]

This will make the diagram show up in the categories "Astronomical diagrams" and "Comets".

When picking categories, try to choose a specific category ("Astronomical diagrams") over a generic one ("Illustrations").

Thanks again for your uploads! More information about categorization can be found in Commons:Categories, and don't hesitate to leave a note on the help desk.

CategorizationBot (talk) 12:50, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

• Image:Obe-rek Spb Ulitka 100131.jpg was uncategorized on 24 January 2012 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:50, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

File tagging File:Street Magic 2011.jpg

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File:Moskovsky Park Pobedy (Victory Park) Brothers in Arms monument.jpg

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беларуская ∙ беларуская (тарашкевіца) ∙ català ∙ čeština ∙ dansk ∙ Deutsch ∙ Deutsch (Sie-Form) ∙ English ∙ Esperanto ∙ español ∙ eesti ∙ français ∙ italiano ∙ മലയാളം ∙ Nederlands ∙ русский ∙ slovenčina ∙ српски (ћирилица) ∙ srpski (latinica) ∙ svenska ∙ Tagalog ∙ українська ∙ +/− Thank you for participating in Wiki Loves Monuments 2012! Dear Okras, Thank you for contributing to Wiki Loves Monuments 2012, and for sharing your pictures with the whole world! Thanks to the participation of people like you, the contest gathered more than 350,000 pictures of cultural heritage objects from 36 countries around the world, becoming the largest photography competition to have ever taken place. 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). If you'd like to start editing relevant Wikipedia articles and share your knowledge with other people, please go to the Wikipedia Welcome page for more information, guidance, and help. 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 in your own language, and help us learn what you liked and didn't like about Wiki Loves Monuments 2012. Kind regards, the Wiki Loves Monuments team

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Picture of the Year voting round 1 open

Dear Wikimedians,

Wikimedia Commons is happy to announce that the 2012 Picture of the Year competition is now open. We're interested in your opinion as to which images qualify to be the Picture of the Year for 2012. Voting is open to established Wikimedia users who meet the following criteria:

1. Users must have an account, at any Wikimedia project, which was registered before Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 [UTC].
2. This user account must have more than 75 edits on any single Wikimedia project before Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 [UTC]. Please check your account eligibility at the POTY 2012 Contest Eligibility tool.
3. Users must vote with an account meeting the above requirements either on Commons or another SUL-related Wikimedia project (for other Wikimedia projects, the account must be attached to the user's Commons account through SUL).

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. From professional animal and plant shots to breathtaking panoramas and skylines, restorations of historically relevant images, images portraying the world's best architecture, maps, emblems, diagrams created with the most modern technology, and impressive human portraits, Commons features pictures of all flavors.

For your convenience, we have sorted the images into topic categories. Two rounds of voting will be held: In the first round, you can vote for as many images as you like. The first round category winners and the top ten overall will then make it to the final. In the final round, when a limited number of images are left, you must decide on the one image that you want to become the Picture of the Year.

To see the candidate images just go to the POTY 2012 page on Wikimedia Commons

Wikimedia Commons celebrates our featured images of 2012 with this contest. Your votes decide the Picture of the Year, so remember to vote in the first round by January 30, 2013.

Thanks,
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McZusatz (talk) 22:24, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

Удаление изображений

Поясните удаление изображений. Сделаны были лично мной в свободном эмуляторе Gens.

В частности, запрещается публиковать следующие материалы: Скриншоты программного обеспечения, которое распространяется не под свободной лицензией. Скриншоты программ под GPL или схожими свободными лицензиями в основном разрешены для публикации (следите, чтобы в них не было несвободных логотипов и др.).

--Express2000 (talk) 08:36, 11 July 2013 (UTC)

• Так ведь ключевым является не то, в чём именно сделан скриншот, а скриншот чего сделан. Несмотря на то, что эмулятор бесплатен, игра по-прежнему защищена авторскими правами. Ведь, аналогично, скриншот с кадрами из фильма, открытого через какой-нибудь опенсурсный плеер не сделает эти файлы свободными. Okras (talk) 10:47, 11 July 2013 (UTC)

ОК. --Express2000 (talk) 22:26, 11 July 2013 (UTC)

Picture of the Year 2013 R1 Announcement

Picture of the Year 2013 R2 Announcement

Round 2 of Picture of the Year 2013 is open!

• ⧼Wikibase-terms/Okras⧽: Deutsch, Ελληνικά, English, ‎français, magyar, ‎italiano, македонски, ‎‎日本語, ‎‎‎русский, ‎‎‎svenska

Dear Wikimedians,

Wikimedia Commons is happy to announce that the second round of the 2013 Picture of the Year competition is now open. This year will be the eighth 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 (2013) 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.

There are two total rounds of voting. In the first round, you voted for as many images as you liked. The top 30 overall and the most popular image in each category have continued to the final. In the final round, you may vote for just one image to become the Picture of the Year.

Round 2 will end on 7 March 2014. Click here to learn more and vote »

Thanks,
the Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year committee

You are receiving this message because you voted in the 2013 Picture of the Year contest.

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Picture of the Year 2013 Results Announcement

Picture of the Year 2013 Results

• In other languages: Deutsch, ‎español, ‎français, ‎日本語, Nederlands, русский, ‎svenska, ‎Türkçe, ‎українська

Dear Okras,

The 2013 Picture of the Year competition has ended and we are pleased to announce the results: We shattered participation records this year — more people voted in Picture of the Year 2013 than ever before. In both rounds, 4070 different people voted for their favorite images. Additionally, there were more image candidates (featured pictures) in the contest than ever before (962 images total).

• In the first round, 2852 people voted for all 962 files
• In the second round, 2919 people voted for the 50 finalists (the top 30 overall and top 2 in each category)

We congratulate the winners of the contest and thank them for creating these beautiful images and sharing them as freely licensed content:

1. 157 people voted for the winner, an image of a lightbulb with the tungsten filament smoking and burning.
2. In second place, 155 people voted for an image of "Sviati Hory" (Holy Mountains) National Park in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
3. In third place, 131 people voted for an image of a swallow flying and drinking.

Click here to view the top images »

We also sincerely thank to all 4070 voters for participating and we hope you will return for next year's contest in early 2015. We invite you to continue to participate in the Commons community by sharing your work.

Thanks,
the Picture of the Year committee

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Photo challenge - December

Hello Okras,
I just saw that you did the last translations on the Commons:Photo challenge main page and wanted to ask you if you'd like to help translating the challenge titles and descriptions themselves? Normally one or two sentences for each of the two challenges per month and a set of general rules that doesn't change - this time one of the descriptions is quite a bit longer, which I think is idea... If you are interested, just say so and I can give you the links. ;->
Best wishes, --Anna reg (talk) 14:17, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

• Ok, no problem! :) Okras (talk) 16:03, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

Great! Well as promised, here are the links for the challenges for December (just add "ru=your translation" in alphabetical order):

• Bad weather
• Household items in use

the part of the rules that doesn't change from month to month is in a separate template you can find under Template:Photo challenge rules
and finally there's the watchlist-message that appears on top of the watchlist - we prepare it in HelenOnline's Sandbox
Thanks a lot for helping! --Anna reg (talk) 18:14, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

• 1) I didn't clearly understand about titles and links (about "ru="). Could you give me example of use, if tranlation of Bad weather will be Непогода and for Household items in use is Использование домашних предметов (not exact translation, means "Using of household items", but sounds better).
• 2) Can I modify December section of User:HelenOnline/sandbox/Photo challenge template right now? Okras (talk) 21:11, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

Yes, you can modify all pages I linked - Helen created that page to give us a space to prepare those messages, she's okay with other users editing there. And if you look at the pages, you'll see that the {{LangSwitch}}-Template has the wikipedia-shortcuts used for languages - you'll find the original English translation after the two letters "en=" - and all translations are ordered alphabetically ({{LangSwitch |de=Übersetzung |en= Translation |ru= перево́д |default=Translation}} will give you Translation.
If you want to check the output of that template in another language you have to chose that language by clicking on the little A next to your user name in the upper right corner.
Does that help? Anna reg (talk) 21:27, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

Was my explanation to complicated? Did you have a look at the pages? I think most of it should be clear if you see the text in the different languages - the only thing making it a bit complicated is the Template:Photo challenge rules... thanks for translating the watchlist message and don't feel pressured to do the rest! Best wishes, Anna reg (talk) 15:02, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

No, that's ok. Looks like I got it. I've translated both templates Template:Photo challenge rules and Template:Photo challenge rules restricted, and pages Commons:Photo challenge/2014 - December - Bad weather and Commons:Photo challenge/2014 - December - Household items in use. Did I miss something? Okras (talk) 08:49, 1 December 2014 (UTC)

You found everything - thanks a lot! --Anna reg (talk) 11:51, 1 December 2014 (UTC)

Ok. Please, remind me about next translations in future. Okras (talk) 14:56, 1 December 2014 (UTC)

Okay - the next one will probably be during the Christmas holidays or we manage a bit before in order to give everybody the chance to find the time... --Anna reg (talk) 15:16, 1 December 2014 (UTC)

Template:Photo challenge rules

Hello Okras, we decided to try to enter new images at the top of the gallery this month and I forgot to change the third sentence in the checklist - I've done so now, can you please change that in Russian, too? Thanks a lot for your help, --Anna reg (talk) 22:43, 5 December 2014 (UTC)

• Ok, fixed. Okras (talk) 07:54, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

Photo challenge translation

Hello Okras,
the January themes seem to be decided... we only have one new theme - Outlier, as Bad weather & Household items in use will be continued during January.
And perhaps you can check the watchlist message for January that will be prepared in Helen's sandbox.
Best wishes and a happy new year, --Anna reg (talk) 19:49, 26 December 2014 (UTC)

Ready. Okras (talk) 09:25, 27 December 2014 (UTC)

Thanks! Sorry for answering only now - I haven't spent much time on the computer since before the holidays... --Anna reg (talk) 14:07, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

Photo challenge - February translations

Hello Okras,
I just prepared the two February theme pages

• Curves and spirals
• Dressing up

and - as February has already begun and the pages are therefore already linked from the Photo challenge-main page, I put <!-- --> around every untranslated language - so if you find the time to do the translation, please don't forget to remove it!
The watchlist messages are once again in preparation in Helen's sandbox, but so far I have mainly actualized the links...
Best wishes, Anna reg (talk) 12:05, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

• Ready. Okras (talk) 14:25, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, Okras! Anna reg (talk) 15:54, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the Russian translations

I just wanted to personally thank you for providing Russian translations for our gadgets. -- Rillke^(q?) 19:52, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, I'm trying to do my best. Okras (talk) 22:34, 18 February 2015 (UTC)

Photo challenge translations - March

Hello Okras,
the photo challenge translations for March are ready! Here are the links:

• User:HelenOnline/sandbox/Photo challenge template#March (the watchlist message)
• Commons:Photo challenge/2015 - March - Black and White
• Commons:Photo challenge/2015 - March - Steps, Stairs and Staircases

Best wishes, Anna reg (talk) 12:35, 27 February 2015 (UTC)

Done. Okras (talk) 18:33, 27 February 2015 (UTC)

Commons:Photo challenge/2015 - March - Black and White

Please can you help translate the restriction for the black & white challenge: "The photos must be taken in March 2015 and a maximum of three entries can be submitted per photographer.". Sorry for the late change. Thanks. -- Colin (talk) 10:19, 28 February 2015 (UTC)

I have also amended the description to be clearer: "black & white photography (not a colour photo of a black & white subject)". -- Colin (talk) 10:24, 28 February 2015 (UTC)

I have clarified (with examples) that Commons:Photo challenge/2015 - March - Steps, Stairs and Staircases includes ladders and step stools. -- Colin (talk) 10:28, 28 February 2015 (UTC)

Ok, I've fixed B&W translation. And Steps, Stairs and Staircases looks like it doesn't need any modifications. Okras (talk) 15:58, 28 February 2015 (UTC)

April photo challenges ready for translation

Hello Okras,
the April challenges are hopefully ready for translation! Here are the links:

• Analog photography equipment
• Back side

I'm preparing the new watchlist message in HelenOnline's sandbox - as always... Thanks for your help, Anna reg (talk) 07:48, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

• Ready! The only question I have about HelenOnline's sandbox: "default" parameter has "Time to vote for " at the begining, and "en" doesn't has it. Which one is better? Okras (talk) 08:35, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

Oh, I probably made a mistake when preparing the page today - use the 'time to vote for', I'll correct the English now. Thanks for pointing the mistake out - and for your promt translation! Best wishes, Anna reg (talk) 08:47, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

Commons:Photo challenge translation - May

Hello Okras,
the challenge pages for May are ready for translation:

• Mother Nature Strikes Back
• Panoramas

FRacco created some translation templates for the photo challenge and formulated a Translation Plan - perhaps you could have a look (e.g. the new watchlist message is using one - the translated theme names have to be added to Template:Photo challenge theme/i18n/Mother Nature Strikes Back and Template:Photo challenge theme/i18n/Panoramas).
Best wishes and thanks for your help!
--Anna reg (talk) 19:24, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

Ready. Okras (talk) 18:48, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

Commons:Photo challenge translation - June

Hello Okras,
we are really late this month (I didn't have much time), but the challenge pages for June are:

• Collections, Collecting and Collectables
• Eyes

The new templates are therefore {{Photo challenge theme/i18n/Collections, Collecting and Collectables}} and {{Photo challenge theme/i18n/Eyes}}. Oh, and the challenges are both restricted to June and 4 pictures per user - the sentence is added after the {{Photo challenge rules}}-template.
Best wishes and once again thanks for helping!
--Anna reg (talk) 23:06, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

Commons:Photo challenge translations - July

Hello Okras,
the pages for July are finally, finally ready for translation:

• Food production and processing
• Unfamiliar Vehicles

The title translations are therefore {{Photo challenge theme/i18n/Food production and processing}} and {{Photo challenge theme/i18n/Unfamiliar Vehicles}}.
I removed the time restriction from last months restriction (time and pictures per user) - please check that I didn't delete anything wrong...
Best wishes and once again thanks for helping!
--Anna reg (talk) 22:39, 3 July 2015 (UTC)

• Done. Okras (talk) 07:23, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Rosetta Barnstar
	For your continuous translations for commons - especially your help with the Photo challenges. Thanks, Okras! Anna reg (talk) 10:38, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

Thanks! Okras (talk) 11:07, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

Commons:Photo challenge translations - September

Hello Okras,
I didn't manage to do any notifications for August (I hardly participated in the challenge preparation), but I have some news for September:
The new challenges are

• Fossils (September),
• Fountains and wells (September) and
• 100 years later (September-October)

The title translations can be found under {{Photo challenge theme/i18n/Fossils}}, {{Photo challenge theme/i18n/Fountains and wells}} and {{Photo challenge theme/i18n/100 years later}}.
Oh, and we have a time restriction for September for Fountains and wells - please check the text!
Best wishes, --Anna reg (talk) 00:42, 30 August 2015 (UTC)

As Mykola Swarnyk asked about the August translations, I realised that it's perhaps a good idea to give you the links for the theme name templates - after all, they will be used in the watchlist notice for September (voting pages): {{Photo challenge theme/i18n/Reptiles and Amphibians}} and {{Photo challenge theme/i18n/Personal Protective Equipment}}.

All the best, --Anna reg (talk) 08:02, 30 August 2015 (UTC)

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Photo Challenge Translation January 2016

• Commons:Photo challenge/2016 - January - Wheels
• Commons:Photo challenge/2016 - January - Diagonals

I hope you can help translate these challenges. Thanks. -- Colin (talk) 16:33, 29 December 2015 (UTC)

Фоторепортажи

Давно с удовольствием наблюдаю за Вашими замечательными фотографиями. Приглашаю Вас к созданию фоторепортажей в Викиновостях. Создаются они быстро - несколько предложений/абзацев - насколько желания хватит, и галерея. Единственная тонкость, что из-за новостного формата проекта писать там можно о событиях, которые произошли недавно. С любыми вопросами обращайтесь, готов во всём поддержать. --sasha (krassotkin) 09:34, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

• Хорошо, я учту на будущее. Спасибо за предложение. Okras (talk) 14:52, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

Николай Носков

Уважаемый Okras! Вы сможете найти фото певца Николая Носкова, которую вы делали например в прошлом году или 2015 году? Спасибо! --178.71.170.100 17:06, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

• Здравствуйте. А я, если честно, даже не помню, фотографировал ли я его вообще. Okras (talk) 18:29, 2 October 2017 (UTC)
  • Уважаемый Okras, вы наверно фоткади Николая Носкова когда у него был сольный концерт или мероприятие музыкальное какое-то в прошлом (2016) году или (2015) году? Спасибо! --178.71.170.100 19:04, 2 October 2017 (UTC)
    • Я просто не очень понимаю. Я где-то выкладывал какие-то фотографии или вы просто предполагаете, что я просто мог его когда-то фотографировать? Okras (talk) 09:39, 3 October 2017 (UTC)
      • Уважаемый Okras, предполагала что вы могли сфоткала Николая Носкова с какого-то мероприятия в прошлом году? Спасибо! --178.71.170.100 17:04, 3 October 2017 (UTC)
        • Нет, к сожалению, не было такого. Okras (talk) 19:58, 3 October 2017 (UTC)

Фотография певицы Ханны

Здравствуйте, уважаемый Okras. Из сделанных вами фотографий участников фестивалей «Big Love Show 2018» ко Дню всех влюблённых, которые состоялись в Петербурге и Москве 10 и 11 февраля, есть ли на Викискладе фотография певицы Ханны. Я сейчас редактирую свою статью о ней в Викицитатнике. Спасибо, заранее.

С уважением, Kulikovsky12 (обсуждение) 21:09, 11 февраля 2018 (UTC)

• К сожалению, нет. В любом случае, я выложил всех, кто у меня был (разве что меньшем количестве). А так снимал концерт только в Питере, и там её, кажется, не было среди выступавших. Т.е. на афише её имя я вижу, но вот в листочке с порядком выступления участников её имени не нахожу. Okras (talk) 21:45, 11 February 2018 (UTC)

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Фотография видеоблогера Никиты Козырева

Приветствую! Я разрабатываю статью о видеоблогере и пародисте Никите Козыреве. Он также участвовал на фестивале Видфест. Остались ли у вас фотографии оттуда, где отмечен Никита Козырев? --337N1562 (talk) 08:32, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

Lizer

Добрый день. Из сделанных вами фотографий участников фестивалей «Vk fest 2019» который состоялся в Петербурге, есть ли у вас фотография рэпера Lizer'а сделанная вами? PringAMD (talk) 11:58, 29 February 2020 (UTC)

• Я гляну, но вообще не вполне уверен. Потому что тут много факторов -- от того, что в момент его выступления я мог быть у другой сцены и заканчивая тем, что в приоритете у меня были те, кого я знаю. А с его творчеством, увы, незнаком пока. Okras (talk) 09:21, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
  • К сожалению, не нашёл. Okras (talk) 19:26, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

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• Afeef, what is the reason of your nomination? Okras (talk) 13:00, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

  @Okras, Camera info is missing in metadata. -- Afeef (talk) 16:30, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

  You didn't checked that I've uploaded about 20+ other photos from this fest. And that I have hundreds photos from other events. I think that you have to be more accurate at nominating photos. Okras (talk) 20:10, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

wmru:Проект:Архивы/Коммерсантъ Фото

Добрый вечер! Поздравляю Вас с Днём народного единства и выражаю Вам огромную благодарность за многочисленные свободные фотографии персоналий российского и постсоветского шоу-бизнеса. Однако к Вам есть важное предложение - работать над списком персоналий, у которых нет свободных иллюстраций на Викискладе (для умерших используются изображения по КДИ). Он будет весьма большим, поскольку Коммерсантъ единственным из печатных СМИ России имеет свой фотобанк, а также наиболее влиятельное из числа негосударственных.

Здесь я добавил пока что лауреатов ТЭФИ, у которых нет свободных иллюстраций, а также важные события в истории России 1990-2000-х годов. MasterRus21thCentury (talk) 17:44, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

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

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!

Thanks,
the Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year committee

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Round 2 of Picture of the Year 2024 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 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 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 three images. The image with the most votes will become the Picture of the Year 2024.

Round 2 will end at 11 October 2025, 23:59:59 UTC.

Click here to vote now! If you have already voted for Round 2, please ignore this message.

Thanks,
the Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year committee

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I am currently publishing an article which uses your photo of Instasamka. I wanted to reach out and let you know that I will be accrediting the photo to you.

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File:Ваня Дмитриенко на пресс волле (Белые ночи Санкт-Петербурга — 2022, день 1).jpg

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File:Aslan Akhmadov and Irina Bilik at Laima Rendez Vous Jurmala 2017.jpg

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Kuzialook (talk) 06:22, 16 February 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.

Click here to vote now!

Thanks,
the Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year committee

You are receiving this message because you voted in the 2024 Picture of the Year contest.

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:29, 7 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.

Click here to vote now!

If you have already voted for Round 2, please ignore this message.

Thanks,
the Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year committee

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:11, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

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,
ZI Jony
For the POTY Committee 20:06, 9 May 2026 (UTC)