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2012 Picture of the Year: A pair of European Bee-eaters in Ariège, France.
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"File:Regions e Departaments de França amb Numèros (2016).svg" must be rotate of 180°
Hello, Jfblanc, you know, the picture cannot remain with this great inaccuracy... Thanks a lot if you can fix it. --Glo (talk) 17:13, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
Hello Gloria, the map is accurate. The south is on the top, just like on many ancient maps. --Jfblanc (talk) 06:34, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
Oh, I can't believe it, never seen before... So, if it's all ok, please apologize me, --Glo (talk) 07:21, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
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File:Flag of Région Occitanie Perpinyà variation.svg
Can you make this but only the symbol? This is just a proposal flag. RainbowSilver2ndBackup (talk) 00:19, 2 August 2017 (UTC)
"languedociano en cha"?
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what is "languedociano en cha"? thanks, Tango303 (talk) 13:39, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
Drapeau région administrative Occitanie
Bonjour, vous serait-il possible de faire aussi une version carré de ce drapeau que vous avez créé?
Merci d'avance, --FHd (talk) 06:39, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
Bonjour, oui, c'est possible mais... l'avez-vous vue cette version carrée? normalement les drapeaux, sur le territoire français, sont de proportion 2:3. Ce drapeau blanc avec logo centré, je l'ai aperçu en sortant de l'autoroute, entre Carcassonne et Toulouse, pour contourner par Auterive et repartir vers Pau, en mai 2017. --Jfblanc (talk) 06:47, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
Je l'ai aperçu aussi en rentrant dans la région sur l'autoroute par le nord. Mais surtout il est sur le site officiel. Peut-être faut-il l'appeler Logo au lieu de Flag? --FHd (talk) 07:07, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
Sur le site de la région, ce document précise l'utilisation et les couleurs du logo. Pour le code de couleur, c'est rouge #ab080e et jaune #f9dc00. Je vais m'y conformer pour le portail dans la wiki française. Cordialement, --FHd (talk) 19:49, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
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Hi, concerning File:Political map of India EN.svg: You marked the Mahe district as "I". Shouldn't it be labeled as "H" since it is partz of Puducherry? -- Wassermaus (talk) 19:22, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
Logiciel cartographie
Bonjour,
Je souhaite me lancer dans la cartographie et j'aurai aimé connaitre les logiciels que vous utilisez pour l'édition de cartes si ce n'est pas un secret:)
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Blišice
Zdravím. Blišice chystají referendum o osamostatnění, nebo při jaké příležitosti jste jim vytvořil ten návrh znaku? To jste vytvořil na žádost přípravného výboru, nebo z nějaké své vlastní iniciativy? Pokud je to jen nějaká soukromá hříčka, tak pak to nejspíš nepatří do článku na Wikipedii, ani na té okcitánské. --ŠJů (talk) 03:37, 16 July 2021 (UTC)
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Remise en ligne de votre version du blason des Landes
Bonjour Joan, je me suis permis de remettre en ligne [| votre version du blason des Landes] qui était effacée par la récupération de la version du blason utilisant les fleurs de lys. J'espère vous y avoir correctement cité comme auteur du fichier. N'hésitez pas à corriger ou à compléter autant que nécessaire. Cordialement. BotaFlo (talk) 11:10, 31 December 2022 (UTC)
Bonjour @Jfblanc, un utilisateur a fait la remarque d'une coquille sur la carte "Map of Côte d'Ivoire Regions and Departments with Names (FR).svg" dont vous semblait être le créateur. En effet, il s'agit du département situé à la pointe sud-ouest dans la région de San Pédro: il s'agit de "Tabou" au lieu de "Touba", serait-il possible de le corriger? Bien cordialement, Silassouille (talk) 16:21, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
C'est corrigé, merci de me l'avoir signalé! Cordialement, Jfblanc (talk) 16:43, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
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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.
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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
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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.
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