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Hello Jinoytommanjaly, You endorsed the Wiki Loves Love photo contest on Meta. This photo contest starts on 1 February. To be able to make the photo contest more accessible and available to more people in the world, it needs translations of the upload wizard, templates and pages to your local language. Please help us! Go to Commons:Wiki Loves Love 2019/Translations to see how needs to be translated. (In some languages there are maybe already some translations available.) Thanks in advance!! For the international Wiki Loves Love organising team - Romaine (talk) 17:41, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
Though, that change appears to introduce 4 new jshint issues — the page's status is now having warnings. Note that invalid or ambiguous code often has unwanted side effects like breaking other tools for you. If you cannot find out how to fix it, I suggest blanking the page for now.
To help you understanding where the issues are, I have aggregated a report here and now. If you have questions, don't hesitate to ask users experienced in javascript writing for help. But do not ask the bot's operators (chronically overwrought) unless you suspect an error of mine. If you prefer not getting spammed by me, you can opt-out reports by adding {{ValidationOptOut|type=all}} to your user page or cmb-opt-out anywhere on your your global user page on Meta. Good luck at Wikimedia Commons and happy hacking!
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Hi. I see you removed the <noinclude> tag around the [[Category:Other versions templates|{{SUBPAGENAME}}]] in Template:Other versions/Preload. This makes it so that not only the template itself, but any page, which contains the template, gets put in the Other versions templates category. In my opinion that category should only contain the templates and should not contain any images at all. Could you explain to me why you removed the <noinclude> tag? Thank you. TilmannR (talk) 10:06, 15 March 2019 (UTC)
@TilmannR: Thanks for pointing out. I have removed <noinclude> tag from the preload template because of the issue when creating new "Other versions" templates from this page the [[Category:Other versions templates|{{SUBPAGENAME}}]] was not included with the template. That's why i have removed the code. If you can help with correcting that issue go ahead and make necessary corrections.-Jinoytommanjaly (talk) 20:18, 16 March 2019 (UTC)
@Jinoytommanjaly: Interesting. I didn't think about that. I'm not sufficiently familiar with templates to have a solution for this problem memorized, but I'll try to figure this out. TilmannR (talk) 20:59, 16 March 2019 (UTC)
@Jinoytommanjaly: I think it's fixed now. It's funny: The fact that <noinclude> deletes stuff, when the template is created, also means that <includeonly> can be used to put stuff into the template during creation. So the problem was its own solution. TilmannR (talk) 21:58, 16 March 2019 (UTC)
@TilmannR: Now its working perfectly. Thanks for that wonderful fix.-Jinoytommanjaly (talk) 20:54, 17 March 2019 (UTC)
Thank you for your participation in Wiki Loves Love 2019
Wiki Loves Love 2019 has ended and team Wiki Loves Love sends you greetings and appreciation for joining us in spreading love around the globe and documents how love is expressed in different cultures. We hope to see you again in 2020. Till then stay tuned to know the results of WLL19 that will be out in this April. Please make sure that your email is enabled so we can communicate with you if you are one of our prize winners.(learn more how to do)
We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images.
Comments Support Good quality. --MB-one 21:24, 5 June 2019 (UTC)
Many thanks for participating in the SVG Translation Campaign 2019 in India. It had been quite a successful campaign—194 users from 19 Indic languages took part in the campaign for 38 days, and have created more than 2,500 SVG files, all of them having labels in native Indian languages. You may read the complete report of the campaign at https://w.wiki/3yn.
We would like to thank you again for translating SVG files as a part of this campaign, your contributions have given thousands of people the knowledge that they need the most. Now we would like to have your feedback about the overall campaign, how effective were the training sessions, the resources provided, the support etc.
Your responses are extremely valuable to us, and will be of immense help to understand further training needs or plan future activities in this area. Let us know if you have any questions.
Please note that 4 August 2019 is the last date to complete the survey. KCVelaga (talk · mail) 05:40, 23 July 2019 (UTC)
Community Insights Survey
Share your experience in this survey
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@Gnoeee: Is the contest Share Your Struggle 2021's deadline going to be extended? If yes, What will be the next deadline?--Prajjwal3959 (talk) 07:12, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
Wiki Loves Folklore 2022 is on!
You are humbly invited to participate in the Wiki Loves Folklore 2022 an international photography contest organized on Wikimedia Commons to document folklore and intangible cultural heritage from different regions, including, folk creative activities and many more. It is held every year from the 1st till the 28th of February.
You can help in enriching the folklore documentation on Commons from your region by taking photos, audios, videos, and submitting them in this commons contest.
We are excited again to let you know that, Wiki Loves Monuments, the largest photography competition of the world, will take place for the 13th time this year. And guess what! India is going to participate in the event again this year from September 1 to September 30, 2022. You might remember this competition as you had participated in one of its previous editions. We would be very delighted to see you take part in the competition again, help record and digitally document our monuments for future generations and get a chance to win exciting prizes!!!
You can find more details about the Indian edition of the competition in this event page. See you in action in few hours!!
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Wiki Loves Folklore is an international photography contest organized on Wikimedia Commons, this campaign invites participants to document folklore and intangible cultural heritage from different regions, including, folk festivals, folk dances, folk music, folk activities, folk games, folk cuisine, folk wear, folktales, folk games, folk religion, mythology and many more. Let's help to protect and develop our intangible Indian culture, which consists of customs or active expressions that we have acquired from our ancestors and passed down to our offspring.
How to Contribute?
The dates for the submission in the photography contest on Wikimedia Commons are from 1 February to 31 March 2023. Probably you are wondering how you can take part. It’s simple: grab a camera, record an image, video or audio under the folklore theme, create a Wikimedia account and start uploading! To learn more about the rules, check out our Project page on Wikimedia Commons.
Below are the exciting prizes which you can win internationally an locally. (Contributors can win both International and Local Prizes as well )
International Prizes
1st prize: 400 USD
2nd prize: 200 USD
3rd prize: 100 USD
Top 10 consolation prizes: 10 USD each
Best Video prize and best Audio prize: 25 USD, 25 USD (each)
Top uploader prize for images: First Prize 100 USD, Second prize 50 USD
Wiki Loves Folklore Postcards to top 100 Uploader's
Local Prizes
1st prize - 15000 INR + WLF Goodies
2nd prize - 10000 INR + WLF Goodies
3rd prize - 5000 INR + WLF Goodies
Consolation: Top 5 winners - 1000 INR each + WLF Goodies
Wiki Loves Folklore Certificate for Winners
(Disclaimer: The above prizes for International and Local Contest will only be disbursed in form of gift card or voucher format only)
If you are interested in participating in the photography campaign, start photographing and collecting media of your local culture and upload them on the photo campaign happening on Wikimedia Commons.
For more information about rules and prizes of the contest, refer the project page. For any questions, reach out to us via support@wikilovesfolklore.org.
You have been sent this message because you have been a part of Wiki loves Folklore in its journey in the past 5 years, lets continue to embrace our folk culture and drive through the path towards creating the largest database collection of folk Images on the internet
Warm regards,
Gaurav Gaikwad (User:Rockpeterson)
Coordinator for Wiki Loves Folklore India.
Round 1 of Picture of the Year 2022 voting is open!
2022 Picture of the Year: Saint John Church of Sohrol in Iran.
Wikimedia Commons is happy to announce that the 2022 Picture of the Year competition is now open. This year will be the seventeenth 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 (2022) 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 two 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.
You are receiving this message because we noticed that you voted in Round 1 of the 2022 Picture of the Year contest, but not yet in the second round. Wikimedia users are invited to vote for their favorite images featured on Commons during the last year (2022) 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 2022.
We are excited again to let you know that, Wiki Loves Monuments, the largest photography competition of the world, will take place for the 14th time this year. And guess what! India is going to participate in the event again this year from September 1 to September 30, 2023. You might remember this competition as you had participated in one of its previous editions. We would be very delighted to see you take part in the competition again, help record and digitally document our monuments for future generations and get a chance to win exciting prizes!!!
You can find more details about the Indian edition of the competition in this event page. See you in action soon!!
Your opinion about OpenRefine and its Wikimedia Commons features: two (!) surveys
Hi! You have recently tried/used Wikimedia Commons features in OpenRefine (uploading files, or editing existing files). I'm curious to hear how this has gone, also if you only briefly tried these features.
To help the OpenRefine team with future improvements, it would be immensely helpful if you would be willing to spend a bit of time filling in two surveys. (Yes, two! Each of them uses a different method and (open source) platform).
A first, classical, survey (fully anonymous) where you can tell us how you use the Commons features in OpenRefine, and how you (want to) learn to use them better;
A second, more experimental survey (also fully anonymous) in which you prioritize the features that matter most to you. This second survey is a bit strange in that you can 'just keep clicking'. Feel free to use it as long or as briefly as you want; you can stop any time. Please also add your own suggestions!
Many thanks! With kind regards, SFauconnier (talk) 18:25, 5 October 2023 (UTC)
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Hi Gnoeee, you're now a filemover. When moving files please respect the following advice:
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Autopatrol given
Hello. I just wanted to let you know that I have grantedautopatrol rights to your account; the reason for this is that I believe you are sufficiently trustworthy and experienced to have your contributions automatically marked as "reviewed". This has no effect on your editing, it is simply intended to make it easier for users that are monitoring Recent changes or Recent uploads to find unproductive edits amidst the productive ones like yours. In addition, the Flickr upload feature and an increased number of batch-uploads in UploadWizard, uploading of freely licensed MP3 files, overwriting files uploaded by others and an increased limit for page renames per minute are now available to you. Thank you. Regards, Aafi (talk) 06:19, 19 September 2024 (UTC)
Round 1 of Picture of the Year 2023 voting is open!
2022 Picture of the Year: Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) and Gadwall (Mareca strepera) in Nepal.
Dear Wikimedian,
Wikimedia Commons is happy to announce that the 2023 Picture of the Year competition is now open. This year will be the eighteenth 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 (2023) 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.
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 (2023) 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 2023.
Hello @TiagoLubiana... Yes, I remember you. ̣ We've communicated through talk pages and even had a call. Wow, Tiago, that's quite a lot of observations—wonderful news indeed. And I would like to officially welcome you to join the campaign. Yup I will definitely go through the tool and share with the community. I know there are lot of iNaturalists from India and it will be very useful for them. Thank you so much for your kind wishes.- ❙❚❚❙❙ GnOeee ❚❙❚❙❙✉ 17:58, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
That is great to read, thanks! If there is anyone interested in inat2wiki over there, I'd be happy to host a webinar or something to show the tool, perhaps even in the context of the Wiki Loves Birds campaign. Let me know! Cheers! TiagoLubiana (talk) 10:58, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
Your most memorable shot of 2024
Happy New Year! As always at the beginning of the new year, I'm inviting you to share your most memorable shot of the past year. Which of your photos stood out in 2024? Which image created special memories that you'd like to share with others? On behalf of the Commons Photographers User Group I wish you, your family, and your friends all the best for 2025. Warmly, --Ailura (talk) 18:05, 14 January 2025 (UTC)
Nominate Jury Members for Wiki Loves Folklore International 2025
Dear Gnoeee,
We hope you are doing well. As we prepare for Wiki Loves Folklore 2025, we invite each participating country to nominate alreast two (2) jury members to represent your country in the international jury process.
Nomination Guidelines:
Each country should nominate at least two jury members with experience in photography, Wikimedia projects, or folklore documentation.
Jury members will evaluate images submitted to the international contest and ensure fair judgment based on set criteria.
We encourage diversity in nominations, including gender balance and expertise in cultural heritage.
Action Required:
Please complete the nomination form below by 05th April 2025 to submit your selections:
We appreciate your collaboration in ensuring a successful and inclusive jury process for Wiki Loves Folklore 2025. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out.
Best regards,
On behalf of the Wiki Loves Folklore International Team Joris Darlington Quarshie (talk) 22:18, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Thank You for Your Contributions to Wiki Loves Folklore 2025!
Dear Contributor,
A heartfelt thank you for being part of Wiki Loves Folklore 2025! Your incredible contributions have helped document and preserve the world’s rich cultural heritage on Wikimedia Commons.
As a reminder, the contest ends tonight—so if you have any last-minute uploads, now’s the time!
📅 What’s next?
The jury process will begin on 15th April 2025 and is expected to be completed by July 2025.
Please keep an eye on your Wikimedia talk page and ensure your email notifications are enabled so you don’t miss any updates about the results.
📝 We want to hear from you!
Your experience matters to us. We’ll be sending out a feedback form by mid-April to collect your thoughts, suggestions, and any challenges you faced during the contest. Your input will help us make the next edition even better!
Once again, thank you for being a part of this global celebration of folklore and traditions.
Hi, Greetings
The winners for Wiki Loves Folklore 2025 are announced!
We are happy to share with you winning images for this year's edition. This year saw over 85715 images from 1912 uploaders represented on Commons in over 142 countries.
We extend our warmest greetings and gratitude to you for actively taking part in the Wiki Loves Folklore 2025 media competition. Your valuable contributions have significantly enriched the world's knowledge and cultural heritage.
We are delighted to inform you that your efforts have placed you among the top 100 uploader during this project. As a token of our appreciation, we would like to send you a special postcard.
To ensure you receive your special postcard postcard, kindly complete this form before August 10, 2025.
Looking ahead, we hope to see you again in February 2026 for the next exciting event.
Thank you once again for your dedication and Wikilove.
We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images.
Comments Support Good quality. --MB-one 08:11, 2 September 2025 (UTC)
Round 1 of Picture of the Year 2024 voting is open!
2023 Picture of the Year: Incense plays an important role in Vietnamese life. It is considered as a sacred bridge to connect the visible life of human beings and the world of heaven, earth, and gods. Photo taken in Quang Phu Cau village, on the outskirts of Hanoi, Vietnam. In this picture, incense sticks are being set out to dry, after being dipped in the incense solution.
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.
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.{{subst:undefined}}KadıMessage 22:01, 26 September 2025 (UTC)
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.
Thanks,
the Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year committee
Commons Photographers User Group Virtual Meeting, October 2025
Hello Gnoeee!
You are receiving this message because you are one of our esteemed members of the Commons Photographers User Group.
You are invited to the next virtual meeting of the Commons Photographers User Group! This is a great opportunity to connect, discuss important updates, and plan for the future of our group. Please register for the event using the link below!
Join the first national Wiki Science Competition 2025 in India from 1 Nov to 15 Dec
Hello Gnoeee!,
You are receiving this message as you have previously participated in one of the Wiki Loves X campaigns or are an active Wikimedia Commons contributor.
We’re excited to announce that the Wiki Science Competition 2025 in India is being organized for the very first time at a national level.
This global campaign celebrates science through freely licensed images, videos, and other media on Wikimedia Commons. By participating, you help make science more visible, accessible, and inspiring to people everywhere.
The competition features eight exciting categories:
People in Science
Microscopy
Astronomy
Everyday Science
Scientific Equipment
Chemistry
Physics
Special Category
Campaign Duration:
The competition will run from 1 November to 15 December 2025.
You can upload your images anytime during this period.
Images taken before 1 November 2025 are also eligible, as long as they have never been uploaded to Wikimedia Commons before.
We’re excited to introduce the first-ever dedicated "Mobile Photography" participation option.
Now, you can upload photographs taken with your mobile phone directly through a special upload wizard.
This new option is designed to encourage students and individuals who may not have access to high-end cameras like DSLRs to participate.
Whether your images are captured using a mobile phone or a professional DSLR, all submissions will be judged equally within the relevant category.
This ensures that everyone has an equal opportunity to capture and share the wonders of science from their own perspective.
We look forward to your participation and support in making this national campaign a great success. It’s your chance to participate, get recognized, and show how science looks through your lens!. Thank you.
I have granted event organizer rights to your account which allow you to contribute in the Event namespace using CampaignEvents extension. You have been granted this right after a careful review of your contributions or your association with a Wikimedia affiliate or any campaign such as Wiki Loves Monuments. I believe you would use the rights in the best possible manner and not create event pages that are unrelated to the scope of the project. Should you not need the rights anymore, just let me know, and I'll remove it. Good luck and thanks for your contributions. signed, Aafi (talk) 18:13, 16 December 2025 (UTC)
AI on FMC
New things calls for new guidelines and rules. Should AI-generated media be allowed on Featured media candidates? Share your thoughts and/or vote on Commons talk:Featured media candidates#AI-generated content. You are being asked since you vote on that project. Thank you, --Cart(talk) 17:08, 18 December 2025 (UTC)
Happy holidays and best wishes for 2026!
✨ Happy Holidays Gnoeee! 🎄 Merry Christmas! 🎉 Best wishes for 2026!
Thank you so much @Giles Laurent. Wishing you a joyful Merry Christmas and a wonderful happy 2026:) -❙❚❚❙❙ GnOeee ❚❙❚❙❙✉ 19:51, 23 December 2025 (UTC)
Your Most Memorable Shot Submission!
Hello Gnoeee!
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As we step into a new year, we’re happy to invite you to take part in “Your Most Memorable Shot 2025.”
Since 2018, photographers from across the Wikimedia community have come together at the beginning of each year to share the photographs that meant the most to them over the past twelve months. Now in its eighth iteration, this tradition continues to be a space for reflection, storytelling, and celebrating meaningful moments through photography.
Whether you are a member of the Commons Photographers User Group or not, you are warmly welcome to participate and invite others too. Every image carries a story, and your perspective helps enrich this collective showcase.
Whenever you’re ready, please select your most cherished photograph from 2025 and share it on the designated page.
The deadline for submissions is 28 February 2026, so we hope you’ll join us before then.
We look forward to discovering the moments that made your year memorable and to continuing this wonderful tradition together.
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The world’s traditions are disappearing faster than we can document them, but you can help change that.
On behalf of the Wiki Loves Folklore International Team, we are reaching out to invite you to contribute to the 2026 edition of our global campaign.
Share Your Cultural Heritage with the World
Wiki Loves Folklore is an international media contest dedicated to documenting the "intangible" beauty of our cultures. Whether it’s the vibrant colours of a folk festival, the rhythm of a traditional dance, the secrets of a family recipe, or the legends of your hometown, your media helps preserve these legacies for generations to come.
How You Can Contribute
Participating is simple, and every upload contributes to the world's largest free knowledge repository:
Capture: Take photos, record videos, or capture audio of folk activities, music, mythology, or traditional wear.
Upload: Share your files on Wikimedia Commons between 1 February 2026 and 31 March 2026.
Win: Beyond the satisfaction of preservation, there are international prizes for the most impactful contributions.
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Round 1 of Picture of the Year 2025 voting is open!
2024 Picture of the Year:Mundari man polishing the horns of one of his Watusi cows using a mixture of cow urine and ash as a ritualistic and protective practice in a temporary cattle camp in Terekeka, South Sudan.
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 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.
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!
Dear member of the Commons Photographers User Group,
I hope you’re well and enjoy your time as a photographer on Wikimedia Commons. In my role of the new chair of the user group, I have a couple of updates to share with you.
After the election, the new board met for the first time on March 21 and immediately got to work. We elected the organization’s officers and decided to move from quarterly to monthly board meetings. We believe meeting more frequently will create more opportunities to serve our members effectively and help move the group forward.
We also successfully applied for a pre-conference at the upcoming Wikimania in Paris (July 21–25). If you’re planning to attend the conference, please consider joining us on July 21th for a day full of conversations about photography and Commons. Please sign up here if you’re interested.
And finally, it’s my pleasure to invite you to our first online meeting, which will take place on May 31. Our member Wojciech, an experienced concert photographer, will give a talk on photographing orchestras during live performances. I’m especially excited that we’ll have the opportunity to meet online again and am very much looking forward to this event.
Thank you for participating in Wiki Loves Folklore 2026
Dear Gnoeee,
We sincerely appreciate your contributions and support in making this year's campaign a remarkable success. Together, we received more than 100,000+ media submissions from over 140 countries, with 1,755 participants taking part in the event.
As we prepare for future editions, we would love to hear about your experience. Please take a few minutes to complete our feedback form and share your thoughts, suggestions, and ideas for improving the campaign.
The results of Wiki Loves Folklore 2026 will be announced soon, so stay tuned!
Thank you once again for being part of this global celebration of folklore and cultural heritage. We look forward to your feedback and hope to see you again next year!
Invitation to the Wikimedia Commons Pre-Conference at the Wikimania 2026
Hello Gnoeee,
I want to invite you to participate at our Wikimedia Commons Pre-Conference at the Wikimania in Paris on July 21. If you want to join the pre-conference, please sign up on this page until July 7. Participation at the pre-conference is also possible without a ticket for the Wikimania. If you sign up before the deadline on July 7, you will get free access to the pre-conference day. Unfortunately, online participation will not be possible.
If you have something you want to present or you want to talk about at the pre-conference, please add it here, also until July 7.
There is also a service announcement for all photographers coming to Paris: Unfortunately, France has no freedom of panorama at all. Therefore, Commons does not accept photos of modern buildings, public art or light installations at night. Read more about the problem here.
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