Valued Image Promoted

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Lviv Town Hall.
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•  Best in Scope, useful and used -- Spurzem (talk) 12:47, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
•  Comment ELEKHH, welcome to valued image candidates! You must link your scope to the category that includes the image, Category:Town hall, Lviv; see how others do it but looking at any other nomination in edit mode. Once you link the category correctly, I will support, as this image is pretty clearly best in scope. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 12:06, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
  • Thanks for the hint, done. -ELEKHH^T 12:23, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

• Thank you!  Best in Scope. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:53, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

Result: 2 support, 0 oppose =>
promoted. Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 06:00, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

--VICBot2 (talk) 00:22, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

images

how do i rightly license yt screenshots? Punetor i Rregullt5 (talk) 10:16, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

See COM:copyright, to which there are many links on your talk page. In short: (1) you can only upload images that have a free license, (2) a screenshot doesn't make the image your creation, the author is still the person/organisation that made the film, (3) the uploaded file should indicate the original license, author and date of creation. -ELEKHH^T 10:22, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

@Elekhh: so if i do that than screenshots are eligible for wikicommons? - Punetor i Rregullt5 (talk) 10:50, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

Not sure what you mean by 'do', but you shouldn't upload images by others and claim they are yours. And should read that link about copyright really carefully - take your time. --ELEKHH^T 11:00, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

Valued Image Promoted

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Melbourne City Baths.
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•  Support Useful & used.--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 05:29, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

Result: 1 support, 0 oppose =>
promoted. Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 06:17, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

--VICBot2 (talk) 00:19, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

Valued Image Promoted

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Church of the Dormition, Lviv.
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 Support Best in scope --Ercé (talk) 16:09, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

Result: 1 support, 0 oppose =>
promoted. Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 06:32, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

--VICBot2 (talk) 00:20, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

Valued Image Promoted

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Black House, Lviv - Facade.
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•  Comment If you remove the close-ups in a separate category, there are only 59 images left and you make it easier for voters to work.

Your image is indeed the best it is one of the few to benefit from a correction of perception. View scope syntax fixes. You can also place your image in Wikidata. --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 06:56, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

• Thank you for the hints & help! --ELEKHH^T 07:02, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

•  Support Useful & Used --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 06:57, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

Result: 1 support, 0 oppose =>
promoted. Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 06:14, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

--VICBot2 (talk) 00:22, 18 March 2022 (UTC)

Valued Image Promoted

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Aerial view of the Theatre of Mariupol.
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•  Support Useful & Used --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 06:21, 18 March 2022 (UTC)
•  Support very useful. Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:27, 21 March 2022 (UTC)

Result: 2 support, 0 oppose =>
promoted. Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 06:23, 22 March 2022 (UTC)

--VICBot2 (talk) 00:21, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

Valued Image Promoted

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Cesária Évora.
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•  Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:06, 22 March 2022 (UTC)

Result: 1 support, 0 oppose =>
promoted. Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 06:21, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

--VICBot2 (talk) 00:21, 25 March 2022 (UTC)

Valued Image Promoted

★ Your nomination has been reviewed and promoted ★
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Grand Hotel, Lviv.
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review

•  Support --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 19:05, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

Result: 1 support, 0 oppose =>
promoted. Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 05:12, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

--VICBot2 (talk) 00:20, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

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Update request

Hello, Elekhh.

Can you add the border of South Sudan in File:LY-World.svg?

In File:Israeli-Palestinian Railways.svg, can you color the section between Netanya and Binyamina in light blue? The section between Netanya and Binyamina has been electrified in 2023.

Source: https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-israel-railways-electrification-delayed-by-war-and-politics-1001482801

Can you also update File:Israeli-Palestinian Railways (Full).svg? The Ra'anana West railway station opened in 2018 and was connected to the Tel Aviv-Haifa railway line. The tiny red dashed section needs to be colored in dark blue.

All these maps are used across many Wikipedia articles and need to be updated.

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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

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