User talk:Gazamp

Welcome to Wikimedia Commons, Gazamp!

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-- Wikimedia Commons Welcome (talk) 18:04, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

Round 2 of Picture of the Year 2018 is open!

Dear Gazamp,

You are receiving this message because we noticed that you voted in R1 of the 2018 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 (2018) 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 the final (and current) round, you may vote for a maximum of three images. The image with the most votes will become the Picture of the Year 2018.

Round 2 will end 17 March 2019, 23:59:59.

Click here to vote now!

Thanks,
the Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year committee 18:04, 16 March 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for your message

Thanks for your message about the categorisation of photos - I will do as you suggest, thank you. I enjoy taking photos (mainly aerial ones), and happy to upload them to commons, but I'm less good at adding them to the wikipedia articles. I'll keep uploading and hope that other editors incorporate into articles. Have a look at my uploads for an idea of the kinds of pictures I'm taking... FossickUK (talk) 18:43, 8 August 2021 (UTC)

@FossickUK: Some things that might help keep your photos on WP pages are to caption them as fully as you can (which helps the image add something to the article) and to make sure the pictures are sufficiently different (there's no need for several somewhat similar photos - that is what Commons categories are best for). If this means you only end up with one or two photos, that's a signal to try and integrate them into the article (putting them near some text which relates to the image's subject is usually good). You might like to look at en:Help:Gallery tag (for how to make better galleries) and en:Help:Pictures (for how to put images straight into the article). If you select the best of your photos of a given thing, integrate it into the article and give it an informative caption, your photos are much less likely to be taken off by other editors.

Something else you might be interested if you feel like it is creating yourself a user category that you can put all your images into - it can help to have all of your images in one place. See Category:Images by Gazamp for an example; you can copy the code of that page to make your own (but make sure to replace the 'Gazamp's with 'FossickUK's).

Let me know if you've got any questions - it's great to have you along! Gazamp (talk) 20:20, 8 August 2021 (UTC)

Cornwall Map

Hey man. I just wanted to stop by and thank you for all the work you did on the Cornwall election maps and divisions. Really cool stuff. If you're curious, I've made a much better new and improved election results map which you can check out on my commons page. Best of wishes, Talleyrand. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Talleyrand6 (talk • contribs) 15:54, 18 April 2022 (UTC)

@Talleyrand6: Thanks for your message - the new map looks really great! Just so you know, St Ives and Towednack (this division) was won by an Independent (ex-Lib Dem and the council website didn't change it or something). I'm almost finished uploading the individual division maps, but haven't been getting a lot of time to recently. Again, super well done and a big thank you for everything you're making - it's awesome! Happy editing, Gazamp (talk) 07:50, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

Results of Wiki Loves Folklore 2022 is out!

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Hi, Greetings

The winners for Wiki Loves Folklore 2022 is announced!

We are happy to share with you winning images for this year's edition. This year saw over 8,584 images represented on commons in over 92 countries. Kindly see images here

Our profound gratitude to all the people who participated and organized local contests and photo walks for this project.

We hope to have you contribute to the campaign next year.

Thank you,

Gaurav Gaikwad, Communication officer

Wiki Loves Folklore International Team

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:57, 7 July 2022 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Folklore 2023 has started, Join us!

Hello Gazamp,

Greetings from Wiki Loves Folklore International Team!

Wiki Loves Folklore is an international photography contest hosted on Wikimedia Commons to document folklore and intangible cultural heritage from around the world, such as folk festivals, folk dances, folk music, folk activities, folk games, folk cuisine, folk wear, folktales, folk games, folk religion, mythology, and many more.

The campaign invites participants to document photographs, videos, and audios linked to folk culture and fit within the contest's theme. Through this campaign, you may become a part of a community dedicated to preserving our intangible culture, which has been brought and passed down for thousands of years.

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 and start uploading ! To learn more about the rules, check out our Project page on Wikimedia Common. Here are the exciting prizes which you can win internationally.

International Prizes

• 1st prize: 500 USD
• 2nd prize: 400 USD
• 3rd prize: 300 USD
• Top 10 consolation prizes: 40 USD Each
• Best Video prize and best Audio prize: 150 USD & 150 USD
• Top uploader prize for images: First Prize: 100 USD, Second prize: 50 USD
• Wiki Loves Folklore Postcards to top 100 Uploaders
• Certificates and postcards to Local Organizers.

(Disclaimer : The above prizes will only be disbursed in form of gift card or voucher format only)

You can win both International prizes and your local Prizes simultaneously !

If you are interested in participating in the photography campaign, start photographing and collecting media of your local culture and get ready for the photo campaign happening on Wikimedia Commons. For more information about rules and prizes of the contest, refer here. For any questions, email us or join our telegram group

Warm regards,

Rockpeterson

Wiki Loves Folklore International Team.