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Thank you for participating in Wiki Loves Monuments 2013! Please help with this survey.
Dear AlasdairW,
Thank you for contributing to Wiki Loves Monuments 2013, and for sharing your pictures with the whole world! We would like to ask again a few minutes of your time.
Thanks to the participation of people like you, the contest gathered more than 365,000 pictures of cultural heritage objects from more than 50 countries around the world, becoming the largest photography competition to have ever taken place.
You can find all your pictures in your upload log, and are of course very welcome to keep uploading images and help develop Wikimedia Commons, even though you will not be able to win more prizes (just yet).
If you'd like to start editing relevant Wikipedia articles and share your knowledge with other people, please go to the Wikipedia Welcome page for more information, guidance, and help.
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In case you haven't filled in the questionnaire yet, you can still do so during the next 7 days.
And by the way: the winning pictures of this year's international contest have been announced. Enjoy!
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Thank you for taking part in Wiki Loves Monuments UK
More than 300 people have contributed a total of 4,000 photos to this year's competition and we wanted to say thank you for helping us get this far. The competition runs until the end of September, and you can upload as many images as you want - so feel free to document some more sites. Or why not go through your old images to see if you have any others that could be submitted?
Since you've already submitted some pictures to the competition, you might be interested in the banner mini-contest; to take part you crop your images to a 7:1 and upload a new version. You can find out more about how to do that here. In the meantime, we hope you enjoy the competition and share it with others! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:24, 22 September 2017 (UTC)Reply
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Thanks for letting me know. I don't have anything useful to say about the source image that I cropped to create this banner. I have created a new banner and used this as a replacement on Wikivoyage:Wareham (England), so I am now not bothered if my cropped image is deleted. AlasdairW (talk) 20:13, 4 July 2018 (UTC)Reply
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Wikimedia Commons is happy to announce that the second round of the 2017 Picture of the Year competition is now open. This year will be the twelfth 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 (2017) 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.
There are two total rounds of voting. In the first round, you voted for as many images as you liked. In Round 1, there were 1475 candidate images. There are 58 finalists in Round 2, comprised of the top 30 overall as well as the top 2 from each sub-category.
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Latest comment: 6 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
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You're receiving this message because you've previously contributed to the annual Wiki Loves Monuments contest in the UK. We'd be delighted if you would do so again this year and help record our local built environment for future generations.
Latest comment: 6 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
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Thank you so much for contributing to the UK section of this year's Wiki Loves Monuments contest, which finished yesterday. We really do appreciate the time and effort you've put in to record the UK's built cultural heritage for future generations.
Your contribution has been been added to our collections here on Wikimedia Commons, and is already available for editors to make use of on Wikipedia and elsewhere. It has also been entered into this year's contest. If you'd like to see your own images, just click on the uploads link at the top right of this page (if you don't see it, click on the Log in option first).
We've received over 10,000 UK entries this year, and it will take a few weeks for our volunteers and professional judges to decide on the final top 10. The winners will be announced by the end of this month, both here on Wikimedia Commons and also on the competition website.
The top 10 UK images will go forward to the international section where they will compete against winners from some 50 other countries. The international winners should be announced here in December.
Don't forget, by the way, that if you're hoping to win a prize in the contest it's essential that you have enabled email in your Wikimedia preferences. If you haven't, you're not eligible to win. If you're unsure, please check here.
Thank you for contributing to Wiki Loves Monuments 2019, and for sharing your pictures with the whole world! We would like to ask again a few minutes of your time. Thanks to the participation of people like you, the contest gathered more than 210K+ pictures of cultural heritage objects from more than 40 countries around the world.
You can find all your pictures in your upload log, and are of course very welcome to keep uploading images and help develop Wikimedia Commons, even though you will not be able to win more prizes (just yet). If you'd like to start editing relevant Wikipedia articles and share your knowledge with other people, please go to the Wikipedia Welcome page for more information, guidance, and help.
To make future contests even more successful than this year, we would like to invite you to share your experiences with us in a short survey. Please fill in this short survey, and help us learn what you liked and didn't like about Wiki Loves Monuments 2019.
Thank you for contributing to Wiki Loves Monuments 2019, and for sharing your pictures with the whole world! We would like to ask again a few minutes of your time. Thanks to the participation of people like you, the contest gathered more than 210K+ pictures of cultural heritage objects from more than 40 countries around the world.
You can find all your pictures in your upload log, and are of course very welcome to keep uploading images and help develop Wikimedia Commons, even though you will not be able to win more prizes (just yet). If you'd like to start editing relevant Wikipedia articles and share your knowledge with other people, please go to the Wikipedia Welcome page for more information, guidance, and help.
To make future contests even more successful than this year, we would like to invite you to share your experiences with us in a short survey. Please fill in this short survey, and help us learn what you liked and didn't like about Wiki Loves Monuments 2019.
Hello! We are happy to announce that Wiki Loves Earth 2020 in Canada is now open. Your participation will help us to document the nature of Canada and show it to the world through Wikipedia and other projects.
Please go to the page of the contest to read the rules: wmca:Wiki_Loves_Earth/Home. There you can also find out how to take part in the contest. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us: wmca:Talk:Wiki_Loves_Earth/Home.
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Bonjour ! Il nous fait plaisir de vous annoncer que Wiki Loves Earth 2020 au Canada est maintenant en cours. Votre participation nous aidera à documenter la nature du Canada et de la montrer au monde à travers Wikipédia et d'autres projets.
Veuillez vous rendre sur la page du concours pour lire les règles: wmca:Wiki_Loves_Earth/Accueil. Vous pouvez également y trouver comment participer au concours. Si vous avez des questions, n'hésitez pas à nous contacter: wmca:Talk:Wiki_Loves_Earth/Accueil.
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You're receiving this message because you've previously contributed to the annual Wiki Loves Monuments contest in Ireland. We'd be delighted if you would enter again this year, and continue to build on the image archive of Ireland's built heritage.
Thank you for contributing to Wiki Loves Monuments 2022, and for sharing your pictures with the whole world! We would like to ask again for a few minutes of your time. Thanks to the participation of people like you, the contest gathered more than 150K+ pictures of cultural heritage objects from more than 35 countries around the world.
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Hi there, Sara from Wikimedia UK here, just wanted to say a huge thank you for contributing to Wiki Loves Monuments this year! It's so lovely to see so many great images coming through, and improving the coverage of Scotland's listed buildings & scheduled monuments. Thanks so much! Sara Thomas (WMUK) (talk) 10:16, 16 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
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Hello! Wiki Loves Monuments in Canada is finally back for 2025 through the month of June! Your participation will help us to document Canada's natural protected areas and show it to the world through Wikipedia and other projects.
The contest has just begun and there is still plenty of time to participate. If you have already submitted photos, thank you so much. Check out our 2025 contest page for more information. If you have any questions about the contest, please email infowikimedia.ca.
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Bonjour ! Wiki aime les monuments au Canada est de retour pour 2025 pendant le mois de juin ! Votre participation nous aidera à documenter les zones naturelles protégées du Canada et à les montrer au monde entier grâce à Wikipédia et d'autres projets Wiki.
Le concours vient juste de commencer et il reste encore beaucoup de temps pour y participer. Si vous avez déjà téléverser des photos, merci beaucoup ! Consultez notre page consacrée au concours 2025 pour plus d'informations. Si vous avez des questions sur le concours, envoyez un courriel à infowikimedia.ca
You are receiving this message because you have previously participated in Wiki Loves Earth in Canada. // Vous recevez ce message parce que vous avez déjà participé à Wiki aime la Terre au Canada.
Hello! We are happy to announce that Wiki Loves Earth 2025 started on June 1st. Your participation will help us to document the nature of the UK and show it to the world through Wikipedia and other projects.
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Thanks for helping date some of the files, can you add the appropriate PD tags to the image files too when doing so. If the photograph is taken before 1944 it is PD-NZ and the US copyright tag is PD-US-1996.
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Hi there - just wanted to drop you a line to say thanks so much for taking part in Wiki Loves Monuments in Scotland this year! Your contributions help to share our history & heritage with the world.
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Thank you for submitting great photos to the Wiki Loves Folklore in Scotland competition! Your images will help us share our cultural heritage here in Scotland.
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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.
Latest comment: 18 days ago1 comment1 person in discussion
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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