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Please excuse me spamming you. As a regular on Feature Picture Candidatess you will recognise User:The Photographer, who has 86 Featured Pictures. His contributions cover the architecture and culture of Brazil and Venezuela. He has basic photographic equipment: an old D300 camera and 35mm lens, and lives in a poor country where photographic equipment is expensive. The Photographer has recently taken several images using the technique where multiple frames are stitched together to create a high-resolution panorama. However, many times frustrated with the stitching errors that result from trying to take such photos without a proper panoramic head for his tripod. This special equipment permits the camera to be rotated around the entrance pupil of the lens, and eliminates such errors. Having a panoramic head would greatly increase the potential for The Photographer to create sharp high-resolution images for Commons. In addition, the purchase of a fisheye lens would enable 180 × 360° panoramas to be taken, which are a great way to explore a scene as though one is really there.
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Your vote here did not supply any rationale. You are required at FPC to give a reason for an oppose vote. Not doing so is considered disrespectful towards the nominator and/or creator of the image.
Your vote here is bizarre to the point of being offensive. We typically see oppose votes that make little sense from users who are revenge voting. I could have worded my response better, but your reaction is troubling. Firstly you did not attempt to engage with me on that page or the talk page, but instead went to AN/U to get some admin response. You then failed to ping me on my talk page, which is required as a courtesy when taking someone to AN/U. Further, I suggest you (and Taivo) learn the difference between a "personal attack" and being strongly criticised. You may wish to explain your vote, as it remains a puzzle that any user in good faith could make such a comment. -- Colin (talk) 09:02, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
Hi Granada, it was a nomination for Featured picture in Persian Wikipedia. Your picture was nominated by myself and after the voting, it was promoted to FP (Congrats!) It is scheduled to be featured on the first page of Persian Wikipedia on April 2, 2018. Cheers! --Gnosis (talk) 11:34, 10 February 2018 (UTC)
درود. متن و اطلاعاتی را افزودم. بهتر است نام نگاره را به Mansour Ghandriz انتقال دهید. نامی که موزه های مهم جهان مثل متروپولیتن از آن استفاده کرده اند. --Gnosis (talk) 20:27, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
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Just so you know, after you voted (but before anyone else did), I made some small levels tweaks. Sorry about that. It was the roses in the lower left. They were bothering me, and so I tweaked slightly and liked it a lot more. Adam Cuerden (talk) 01:30, 21 July 2020 (UTC)
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...There's a lot of evidence the LoC thinks this is out of copyright. But I can't figure out why. I'll try to sort it out tomorrow. Adam Cuerden (talk) 02:51, 21 July 2020 (UTC)
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Hello Gnosis! regarding this comment of yours I would like to say, that as surely I cannot arrange that in the short term, who knows about the middle or long term. I enjoyed my time in Iran very much and didn't see all places I would have liked to visit (e.g. Qeshm, Tabriz). So, I don't discard getting back. Thinking about it I wonder whether something like this could be also organised in Iran. Take care, --Poco a poco (talk) 14:26, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello Mr.دِلسو I hope Wikimedia Foundation give grant funding opportunity for such beneficial programs. Thanks for writing here, it's always great chatting with you. --Gnosis (talk) 07:54, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
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👁 Image 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.
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👁 Image 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 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.
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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.
👁 Image 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
👁 Image 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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