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Hello! I've seen your notes at User talk:XRay/Templates/Notes/Common. If you have any hints for a better English wording, please talk to me at my user page User_talk:XRay. My English isn't always the best. I try to improve my vocabulary and my grammar, so I'm thankful for a better wording. Especially I'll try to reduce misunderstandings. Thank you! --XRay ^talk 05:10, 22 September 2020 (UTC)

@XRay: Looking at it, I think you mean In particular, there are restrictions, not Especially there are restrictions. Cheers, Sdkb (talk) 05:15, 22 September 2020 (UTC)

Thank you. It's fixed. (And I've learned a little bit.) :-) --XRay ^talk 05:29, 22 September 2020 (UTC)

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Moved to User talk:Petroffm § Quality Image Promotion: I'm flattered but I was just the nominator, not the creator. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 05:42, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

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JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 15:52, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Ack, I guess I should've checked that image's licensing before making the crop. Thanks for the cleanup, {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 17:42, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

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File:Pomona College farm welcome signs.jpg

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— Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 01:50, 14 August 2023 (UTC)

Report on usability tests about UW improvements

Hey Sdkb, I just wanted to notice you that our designer provided us with a summary of the findings of the usability tests about the improvements to UploadWizard, which I just uploaded to Commons. I hope this helps in answering your previous question. Of course, I'm here if you need more info. Cheers, Sannita (WMF) (talk) 11:40, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, @Sannita (WMF)! That's an interesting read.

One thought that occurs to me: The optimal upload experience varies based on the type of file being uploaded. For instance, if we knew an uploaded image was a photograph (as opposed to e.g. a drawing), we could ask more specifically "Are you the photographer?" Making that distinction would probably be tough, but it points toward a possible future. I can envision a wizard one day that'd use AI to analyze an image and say things like, "It appears you're trying to upload an image of a sculpture in the United States [location gleaned from metadata]. What year was it created? ..."

Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 16:14, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for your comment, I'll be sure to send it to the team.

I also wanted to point out that we appreciate deeply the dedication to the theme that you show. You're not just constructive in your feedback, but present us with a lot of good insights about what we can do more, and that's precious. I just hope we can make it become reality in a not to far future.

Cheers, Sannita (WMF) (talk) 16:45, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the great pic!

	Conference paparazzo barnstar
	Thank you for grabbing a photo at my WCNA talk! All the other pictures of me on Commons are tragically out of date, so it's now my official staff account pic :) MPinchuk (WMF) (talk) 19:09, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, Maryana; glad you found it useful! Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 19:13, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

File:Critical race theory book display.jpg

File:Critical race theory book display.jpg has been marked as a possible copyright violation. Wikimedia Commons only accepts free content—that is, images and other media files that can be used by anyone, for any purpose. Traditional copyright law does not grant these freedoms, and unless noted otherwise, everything you find on the web is copyrighted and not permitted here. For details on what is acceptable, please read Commons:Licensing. You may also find Commons:Copyright rules useful, or you can ask questions about Commons policies at the Commons:Help desk. If you are the copyright holder and the creator of the file, please read Commons:But it's my own work! for tips on how to provide evidence of that. The file you added has been deleted. If you have written permission from the copyright holder, please have them send us a free license release via COM:VRT. If you believe that the deletion was not in accordance with policy, you may request undeletion. (It is not necessary to request undeletion if using VRT; the file will be automatically restored at the conclusion of the process.) This file is a copyright violation for the following reason: Derivative work of the poster and the various book covers Warning: Wikimedia Commons takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. Afrikaans ∙ العربية ∙ asturianu ∙ azərbaycanca ∙ беларуская ∙ беларуская (тарашкевіца) ∙ български ∙ ပအိုဝ်ႏဘာႏသာႏ ∙ বাংলা ∙ català ∙ čeština ∙ dansk ∙ Deutsch ∙ Deutsch (Sie-Form) ∙ Zazaki ∙ Ελληνικά ∙ English ∙ español ∙ euskara ∙ فارسی ∙ suomi ∙ français ∙ galego ∙ עברית ∙ हिन्दी ∙ hrvatski ∙ magyar ∙ հայերեն ∙ Bahasa Indonesia ∙ italiano ∙ 日本語 ∙ 한국어 ∙ Lëtzebuergesch ∙ македонски ∙ മലയാളം ∙ मराठी ∙ Bahasa Melayu ∙ Malti ∙ မြန်မာဘာသာ ∙ norsk bokmål ∙ Plattdüütsch ∙ Nederlands ∙ norsk nynorsk ∙ norsk ∙ polski ∙ português ∙ português do Brasil ∙ română ∙ русский ∙ sicilianu ∙ slovenčina ∙ slovenščina ∙ shqip ∙ српски / srpski ∙ svenska ∙ தமிழ் ∙ тоҷикӣ ∙ ไทย ∙ Türkçe ∙ українська ∙ oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча ∙ Tiếng Việt ∙ 中文（简体） ∙ 中文（繁體） ∙ +/−

 

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Notification about possible deletion

Some contents have been nominated for deletion at Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Sdkb 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） ∙ +/−

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Yours sincerely, The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 03:31, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

AI-generation related deletion requests/pending

Please categorize your AI requests in the future Trade (talk) 04:10, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the note, @Trade. I believe I used the standard "nominate for deletion" option in the menu on the side of the page to make the nomination. That form doesn't currently include any means to categorize requests. If you're seeking to have more requests categorized, I'd suggest that improving the form would probably be a much more effective method than trying to educate editors to remember an additional step. Best, {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 04:32, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

New signature!

My old one is at right.

Cheers, Sdkb ^talk 22:30, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

Performance

hi! i think, you need to show that you have the permission of the performers in File:Big Farewell Contra Dance at the 2024 Flurry Festival.webm. :) RZuo (talk) 11:34, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

Quadrangles

I'm really sorry. I didn't know that a quadrangle is a special garden. As I saw that the category Pomona College was used, I felt it was just enough. B25es (talk) 07:51, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

All good! (This was in reply to this edit.) Sdkb ^talk 19:13, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

File:Enron Code of Ethics cover.jpg (update request)

(note: file originally uploaded from https://wallstreettreasures.com/cdn/shop/products/IMG_30856_1090x@2x.jpg?v=1617487464 [1,725 × 2,425 (179 KB)]; highest quality version is available from https://wallstreettreasures.com/cdn/shop/products/IMG_30856.jpg [2,308 × 3,000 (134 KB)])

83.28.217.24 12:58, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Fixed; thanks! I'm not sure the other version is actually any more detailed, as once the black margin is cropped out, it's only slightly higher resolution, but unlikely to hurt. Cheers, Sdkb ^talk 14:42, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Notification about possible deletion

Some contents have been nominated for deletion at Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:AI-generated Propithecus coquere… 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:A lemur editing Wikipedia 01.jpg

And also:

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Yours sincerely, Adamant1 (talk) 03:01, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

Adding prompt for AI-generated media to UploadWizard

Hi Sdkb, just wanted you to know that our designer has finally completed the designs for phab:T357806, and we wanted to know your opinion. Does it look like we found a solution to the problem? You can let me know here or (well, preferably) on Phabricator. Thanks in advance! Sannita (WMF) (talk) 14:01, 12 September 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for your intervention on Phabricator. I also wanted to tell you we've introduced your feature request among the other changes we're planning to do in the next coming months. Thanks again for your help! Sannita (WMF) (talk) 14:08, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

Letter from Selena at the Village Pump

Hi Sdkb, I hope you're fine. Since you're an active editor here, I wanted to flag a potentially interesting discussion at the Village Pump, started by Selena Deckelmann about finding a better way of supporting Commons. Maybe you can consider, if you have time, to share your thoughts? Thanks in advance! Sannita (WMF) (talk) 14:22, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

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

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File:Claremont City Hall from northeast.jpg

File:Claremont City Hall from northeast.jpg has been nominated for deletion at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Claremont City Hall from northeast.jpg 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） ∙ +/−

A1Cafel (talk) 06:14, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

Template editor given

Hello. I just wanted to let you know that I have granted template editor right to your account; the reason for this is that I believe you are sufficiently trustworthy and experienced to work with templates. Please consider enabling two-factor authentication for your account. Furthermore, please look at Category:Commons protected edit requests (template protected) occasionally and try to help your fellow Commoners with responding to their edit requests. Thank you.

The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 05:15, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

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

You are receiving this message because you voted in the 2023 Picture of the Year contest.

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,
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Wiki Loves Monuments in the United States 2025

Hello! In 2024, you contributed to Wiki Loves Monuments in the United States. Thanks to people like you, we had over 350 participants upload more than 2,700 photos of cultural and historic sites from all over the country. Hundreds of these photos now help illustrate Wikipedia articles, improving our open knowledge about United States history, culture, and heritage. If you haven't seen them yet, you can view the top-ten winners of the US competition here.

We're back with Wiki Loves Monuments 2025 in the United States throughout the month of October, and I'd like to welcome you to participate again. Check out our event page for more information.

New to this year, in addition to our typical top-ten prizes, we have new prize categories for the following:

• Most sites newly photographed
• Top 2 Native American site photos
• Top 2 UAV (drone) photos

Once again, thank you for participating in Wiki Loves Monuments 2024, and we hope to see you again in this year's event! If you have any questions, please leave them on the event talk page.

On behalf of the WLM-US organizing team, ~Kevin Payravi (talk) 21:36, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

Museum storage

@Sdkb: I understand your thoughts on the matter, which is that it is still Museum storage. I am trying to deal with the slush pile that category Museum storage has become. I am moving museum storage photos into their subcategories, making the Storage of cultural heritage objects the parent category instead of 'Museum storage'. Please see the discussion on the issue. I am going to continue to add subcategories to the photos but will hold off on removing the Museum storage category. Myotus (talk) 15:18, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for the additional context and for your efforts to better organize those categories! Sdkb ^talk 17:55, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

License

Hi, I'm not sure if it's common or ok to ask this, but could you consider changing the license of File:Information icon dark green.svg so that it can be used without attribution, for example in en:Template:Simple? Thanks! FaviFake (talk) 10:48, 29 November 2025 (UTC)

Happy to;  Done! Sdkb ^talk 07:00, 1 December 2025 (UTC)

Thanks! FaviFake (talk) 17:26, 1 December 2025 (UTC)

File:Holiday greeting card for Wikipedians.jpg

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Dronebogus (talk) 07:24, 1 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.

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.

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File:Wikipedia-esque globe in a desert landscape.jpg

File:Wikipedia-esque globe in a desert landscape.jpg has been nominated for deletion at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Wikipedia-esque globe in a desert landscape.j… 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） ∙ +/−

Dronebogus (talk) 05:25, 12 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!

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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,
ZI Jony
For the POTY Committee 20:08, 9 May 2026 (UTC)