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accidential deletings

I think these annotation deletings were accidential - i will revert/extend them with commons links. -- Schusch (talk) 22:30, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

Hello Schusch, thank you very much for spotting that accident and for telling me about it! I am very sorry for the damage to all the image notes.

How could that happen? For that edit I used the “Add {{information}}” link which calls the add-information tool. I know that this tool sometimes makes errors, but I was not aware that it damages image notes in such a terrible way. Obviously the tool did not (and maybe still does not) understand the image notes, regarded their text as “stray” text and hence appended it to the end of the “Description=…” field …

Anyway I should have controlled the result of using that tool better. I will certainly be much more careful when using that tool again and also warn some people which I know to use that tool about this danger.

Thank you very much for repairing and even improving the image notes! All the best, – Aristeas (talk) 08:28, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

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Commons photographers: next virtual meeting on April 13, 2024

Dear member of the Commons Photographers User Group,

I'm inviting you to our next virtual meeting on Saturday, April 13, 2024 at 9.00 UTC ( start time in your timezone (via zoneStamp!) (expected duration for 2 hrs). The primary agenda of this gathering will revolve around discussions regarding the Movement Charter. Your valuable input and participation in these discussions would be highly appreciated. If you're interested in attending, please sign up on this page: Virtual Meeting on April 13, 2024.

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Wiki Loves Earth 2024 - Deutschland

Hallo Aristeas,

bald ist es soweit: Vom 1. Mai bis zum 30. Juni 2024 findet zum zwölften Mal der internationale Wettbewerb Wiki Loves Earth (kurz: WLE) statt. Dabei können wie immer Nationalparks, Naturschutzgebiete, Geotope und Naturdenkmäler oder andere Schutzgebiete fotografiert und die Fotos hochgeladen werden. Du hast an einem der vergangenen Fotowettbewerbe teilgenommen. Deshalb laden wir dich ein, auch dieses Jahr wieder mitzumachen. Wir freuen uns auf deine Fotos!

• Sieger WLE 2023 – Landschaft
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  Ramsach, ein linker Zufluss zur Loisach im oberbayerischen FFH-Gebiet Murnauer Moos
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  Naturdenkmal Sankt-Anna-Linde, eine ca. 300 Jahre alte Winterlinde (Tilia cordata) auf einer Anhöhe südöstlich des Heilbronner Ortsteils Kirchhausen
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  Buchenwald im Nationalpark Jasmund nach einem Regenschauer

• Sieger WLE 2023 – Detail
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  Großer Blaupfeil (Orthetrum cancellatum) im Naturschutzgebiet Gülper See
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  Blüte des Knöllchen-Steinbrechs (Saxifraga granulata) im Naturschutzgebiet Dattenbachtal zwischen Kröftel und Vockenhausen (Taunus)
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  männliche Rohrweihe (Circus aeruginosus) beim Jagdflug im Osten Spiekeroogs, Nationalpark Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer

Der Wettbewerb ist zweigeteilt, das heißt, wir unterscheiden zwischen den beiden Wettbewerbskategorien Landschaft und Detail/Makro. Zur Wettbewerbskategorie Landschaft zählen auch geschützte Einzelbäume. In der Wettbewerbskategorie Detail/Makro werden Pflanzen, Tiere und Pilze in den Schutzgebieten bewertet.

Es sind wie immer viele spannende Motive überall in Deutschland zu finden. Neben Naturdenkmälern wie alten Bäumen oder Naturparks im Gebirge und am Meer können Geotope wie Findlinge, Quellen und Aufschlüsse oder FFH-Gebiete fotografiert werden, um sie unter anderem in der Wikipedia zu dokumentieren. Auch im vergangenen Jahr sind zahlreiche neue Listen und Artikel in diesen Bereichen entstanden, die sich über Fotos freuen – zum Beispiel in Bayern die Liste der Naturdenkmäler im Landkreis Landshut oder die Liste der geschützten Landschaftsbestandteile in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern mit ihren Unterlisten oder gar einzelne Artikel wie die Landschaftsschutzgebiete Sommerschafweide an Buchhalden und Sommerschafweide auf Hilbertswiese in Baden-Württemberg.

Wir vergeben in diesem Jahr drei Sonderpreise für Fotos von Feldrainen und Feldgehölzen in geschützten Gebieten.

Als Einstieg für die Suche nach Motiven hilft diese Übersichtsseite. Weitere Informationen erhältst du bei WLE 2024 – Deutschland und unter dieser Anleitung.

Damit es ab 1. Mai mit dem Upload schnell geht:

Upload your photos for WLE 

Außerdem laden wir dich ein, vom 15. Mai bis Mitte Juli 2024 an der Vorjury teilzunehmen. Damit bewertest du die hochgeladenen Bilder und ermittelst so gemeinsam mit der Jury, die Anfang August tagen wird, die Sieger von Wiki Loves Earth 2024 in Deutschland. Das Vorjurytool ist bald hier freigeschaltet. Du benötigst dafür nur deinen Benutzernamen und Passwort.

Vorjury-Tool 

Für Fragen steht das Organisationsteam gerne auf der Support-Seite zur Verfügung. Falls du im nächsten Jahr keine Einladung für Wiki Loves Earth Deutschland haben möchtest, trag dich bitte hier ein. Wir würden das natürlich schade finden, da wir uns auf deine Fotos freuen.

Viel Spaß und Erfolg beim Fotowettbewerb 2024 wünscht dir im Namen des Organisationsteams --Z ^thomas 17:48, 24 April 2024 (UTC)