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Es gibt Dinge, über die ich nicht mehr diskutieren möchte:
Die Frage, warum ich nicht mit Leuten diskutiere, die sich eines despektierlichen Sprachduktus bedienen.
Die Frage, warum ich auch minimale Änderungen durch Dritte an meinen Bildern strikt ablehne.
Die Frage, warum ich Sortierschlüssel für unsinnig halte, deren Auswirkungen außer für Insider durch Anwenderinnen und Anwender nicht ersichtlich sind.
Die Frage, warum ich empfindlich reagiere, wenn Dritte in meinem Namen Bilder oder Abwandlungen hochladen, ohne sich selbst als Urheber der Abwandlung zu nennen.
Die Frage, warum ich auf der Einhaltung der Lizenzbedingungen bestehe.
Zu meiner Vorgehensweise: Best practice (deutsch). Und es sei erwähnt, dass ich gleichartige und eher langweilige Änderungen mit einem Bot erledige. So manche in den Augen des Betrachters sinnlose Änderung einfacher Natur wird automatisch irgendwann wieder rückgängig gemacht, sinnvoll erscheinende oder immer wieder durch Dritte aus meiner Sicht eher unwichtige Änderungen werden von mir im Bot aufgenommen, so dass alle meine Bilder davon profitieren.
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The Article guidance team invites experienced editors of pilot Wikipedias—Arabic, Bangla, Japanese, Portuguese, Persian, Turkish, Simple English, Spanish, and French—to help translate and adapt sample outlines. These outlines will guide editors in creating clear, well-structured, and policy-compliant articles when using the feature once it is launched in May 2026. Simple instructions on how to translate and adapt the outlines are available.
The number of available thumbnail size preferences in MediaWiki is being reduced to three standardized options—Small (180px), Regular (250px), and Large (400px), as part of ongoing efforts to improve performance and reduce strain on thumbnail services. As a result, existing preferences will be mapped to the nearest new size (for example, smaller selections like 120px or 150px will render at 180px, while larger ones like 300px or 360px will render at 400px). The preferences interface will soon be updated to reflect these changes, and users who wish to opt out or provide feedback can do so.
From now on, even when a permission expires automatically, users will receive an Echo notification similar to the standard notification for permission changes. There is a difference between this and Global reminder bot in that the latter reminds users a week before the rights are due to expire, so that they can renew the rights.
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Comments Support Good quality. --Ermell 07:23, 2 May 2026 (UTC) Support Good quality. --Syntaxys 03:27, 3 May 2026 (UTC)
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I don't want to seem rude, but on the file page for this photo there is so much text that for an inexperienced viewer it will be almost impossible to find the name of the photographer. Blue Elf (talk) 09:05, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
@Blue Elf: Thanks for the note. First of all, just to let you know: I’ve moved your comment to my talk page, since having it on a file talk page would only cause confusion. I don’t understand why the photographer’s name isn’t relatively easy to find, since the information block is structured in a fairly consistent way. It’s true, though, that I include a lot of information. I had heard from time to time that there wasn’t enough, so I expanded the text. And everyone wants to see different information grouped together. So it’s not easy to decide what to include, how, and where. Unfortunately, I haven’t found a truly elegant solution yet. -- XRay💬 12:26, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
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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:
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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@Frank Schulenburg, Radomianin, Aristeas, and Aciarium: I took Aciarium’s template and turned it into a suitable userbox template: {{User Pattern Appreciation Society}}. I hope Aciarium doesn’t mind. I’ve also created a user interest group. With this enthusiasm, I’m going to explore similar ideas related to creative photography and black-and-white photography. Both are definitely underrated topics. -- XRay💬 14:09, 15 May 2026 (UTC)
Many thanks for your work, Dietmar! I thought about the same, but had no time to pursue it, so I am very happy that you have worked out the details and completed both the box and the user category. That’s great! And, of course, many thanks to you, Aciarium for the original idea and for initiating the whole thing, and to Frank and Radomianin for their inspiring input. In general I try to restrict the user boxes on my user page as far as possible, but your joint effort has produced such a nice user box that I have to add it to my page. Thank you again and all the best, – Aristeas (talk) 16:32, 15 May 2026 (UTC)
Many thanks as well, XRay, for putting so much work into this and turning the original idea into an actual userbox and user group. I also ended up adding the userbox to my page, even though - much like Aristeas - I am usually very selective and restrained when it comes to userboxes. Perhaps a slightly more minimal or symbolic icon could eventually be found one day, but for us "founders" the current version already has a rather special charm, since the pattern shown is the very photograph whose nomination started this whole idea:) -- Radomianin (talk) 18:05, 15 May 2026 (UTC)
@XRay: I don't mind at all, quite the opposite! Thank you for turning my "design concept" into a proper, working userbox template (which I promptly added to my page). I was aiming for something like that myself, but couldn't find the time to get acquainted with the technical background of userbox templates. I appreciate it very much!
@Frank Schulenburg, Radomianin, and Aristeas: Also, I find it really exciting to see how quickly a simple joke in an FP comment section gained traction and led to the actual creation of a (yet) small, but very enthusiastic pattern-photography user group. It's always great to see other people sharing one's interests and taste, and I am looking forward to many more discussions under pattern nominations on FP!
Beste Grüße, Aciarium ⚒ (talk) 19:02, 15 May 2026 (UTC)
It looks like a simple idea, maybe even a bit of fun. I see it as a way to foster creative ideas and enhance the diversity of photographic possibilities. To be honest, these aspects are often overlooked here on Commons. Too many photos are merely shots of objects. That’s not to say they can’t be great photos—as many featured photos demonstrate. I’ve had to engage in discussions far too often regarding black-and-white photography or intentional camera movement. Even with black-and-white photography, too many people aren’t aware that there are many possibilities and that it’s not just a simple click of a button. In that sense, enthusiasm for pattern is a very good sign that people value creative photography.-- XRay💬 19:13, 15 May 2026 (UTC)
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