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Digitization at school

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Des situations où on voit des outils numériques dans un contexte scolaire, avec ou sans la présence d'élèves, d'enseignants ou de parents. AntoineDeliDrane (talk) 14:25, 12 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Situations where digital tools are seen in a school context, with or without the presence of pupils, teachers or parents. -- F. Riedelio • 💬 10:51, 13 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ok AntoineDeliDrane (talk) 09:12, 13 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@AntoineDeliDrane All of your examples have French captions. More importantly, all of them come from the same author. Please try to include as more variety in your examples. Brianjd (talk) 13:30, 15 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@F. Riedelio I don’t see anything in the instructions about writing in English. Brianjd (talk) 13:07, 15 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
You should, you don't have to. F. Riedelio • 💬 10:28, 16 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@F. Riedelio Why? I thought Commons was supposed to serve all languages equally, and any exceptions to that rule (like category names) are for technical reasons. Brianjd (talk) 10:35, 16 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
For more detailed information please see here. F. Riedelio • 💬 11:01, 16 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@F. Riedelio Ironically, you linked to a non-English version that was useless to me. I read the English version, which says that gallery, category and file descriptions, file names and templates can be in any language, with no particular language preferred. That should apply here too. Brianjd (talk) 11:08, 16 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I suggest that Bistro section of December 2022 for the background. In short, the user was considering organizing an independent activity somewhat on the model of the Commons photo challenge, or to somehow participate to the Commons challenge for February. Other than a few technical questions about Commons, there's not much that could be said on the Bistro about the Commons challenge, so I recommended that the user contact the organizers of the challenge (namely Jarekt, as he seemed active with the page updates) and see that with them. I guess that did not happen. -- Asclepias (talk) 15:25, 17 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
En effet, je n'ai pas contacté @Jarekt directement, mea culpa. Nous sommes nouveaux sur Wikimédia, nous souhaitions promouvoir Wikimedia Commons auprès des élèves de l'académie de Toulouse en leur proposant de participer activement au défi photo. Nous lançons le défi le lundi 23 janvier. Nous avons donc proposé le sujet "le numérique à l'école" afin d'enrichir la banque d'images sur ce sujet qui nous intéresse, mais nous nous y sommes peut être mal pris. Si vous le souhaitez, nous pouvons retirer le sujet "le numérique à l'école" et faire participer les élèves à partir des thématiques qui seront choisies pour le mois de février et mars. AntoineDeliDrane (talk) 16:03, 17 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
L'idée d'un défi photo éducatif utilisant ou pas Commons n'est pas mauvaise. J'avais l'impression que vous opteriez probablement pour une activité indépendante du Défi existant, étant donné que les dates ne concordaient pas exactement et parce qu'il n'était pas certain que les thèmes futurs du Défi conviendraient à votre activité. Mais d'un autre côté, il était envisageable qu'en discutant d'avance avec les organisateurs, ils pourraient être ouverts à la possibilité d'un mois spécial pour accommoder une activité éducative et que vous pourriez convenir ensemble d'un thème qui convienne en pratique à la fois aux élèves et à Commons. Par contre, là maintenant, c'est sûr que de débarquer en nombre et soudainement, ça ressemble un peu à une invasion des Wisigoths et ça risque plutôt d'indisposer les autres participants. Quant au thème «le numérique à l'école», il est intéressant, mais il présente aussi des inconvénients, en particulier s'il est proposé comme activité de familiarisation initiale avec Commons, car c'est un thème qui est de nature à attirer des photos qui risquent de contrevenir aux droits d'auteur sur des éléments non libres qui seraient visibles sur les photos. Un tel risque serait plus élevé avec des contributeurs peu familiers avec ce domaine. Ce serait dommage et peu motivant pour des élèves si leurs premières contributions devaient être supprimées pour contravention aux droits d'auteur. Pour ces raisons, ce thème limite considérablement les photos utilisables et nécessite une attention et quelques précautions particulières dans l'exécution et donc probablement une séance d'information pour les élèves qui inclut ces aspects. -- Asclepias (talk) 18:52, 17 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Asclepias I take your comment as evidence that: (1) Copyright is unsuitable for the real world. (2) Copyright is not taught well (or at all) in schools. Is that a fair interpretation? (This is relevant here because I actually raised copyright concerns about the example gallery above.) Brianjd (talk) 14:13, 25 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment The subject is very interesting but to illustrate it is difficult for the technical problems of the licenses which can be raised for certain products. The 7 red votes do not seem to me difficult to accept. --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 17:27, 17 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Je ne suis pas intéressé par ce sujet mais j'imagine que de nombreuses personnes peuvent l'être. C'est aussi l'occasion de me renseigner sur un sujet qui m'est inconnu.

I'm not interested in this topic but I imagine many people might be. It is also an opportunity to learn about a subject that is unknown to me. Céléda (talk) 15:45, 18 January 2023 (UTC) Etant nul en informatique j'ai eu beaucoup de mal à présenter mon premier sujet. J'ai aimé que certains utilisateurs de Wiki m'aident à le faire. Quelques années plus tard, j'essaie de rendre le service qui m'a été donné en complétant cette galerie de photos. Being no computer, I had a lot of trouble presenting my first subject. I liked that some Wiki users help me do this. A few years later, I try to return the service that was given to me by completing this photo gallery. -- Céléda (talk) 12:06, 27 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  •  Comment I don't think this topic in essence is bad, but it doesn't seem to be suitable for a photo contest. The circle of persons who can participate is very limited. I would say only teachers and students could realistically participate and I would probably need to be some class project. But I think this could be a good topic for an outreach project. outreach:Education might be a good place to get in contact to other people in education. --FlocciNivis (talk) 12:03, 5 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Bird feathers can be beautiful and show us nature's art, but they are also useful and utilized in many different ways. Pictures could be useful for articles on biological subjects as well as for article about culture and even economy.

See Commons:Photo challenge/2023 - May - feathers

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Looking up

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As a change in themes I suggest one about the perspective the photographer uses. Pictures taken from a low Point of View can be interesting in very different ways.

Don't Look Up.😏--RZuo (talk) 11:08, 5 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

See Commons:Photo challenge/2023 - April - Looking up

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I see a rising need for good illustrations about all topics related to climate change. Pictures could not only include images of extreme weather and its consequences, but also of climate change activists and demonstrations, of climate change conferences and any initiatives working to help reduce climate change impact.

--Kritzolina (talk) 09:11, 4 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I want to support this, but I have concerns about the gallery. Puncak Jaya glaciers 1850-2003 evolution map-fr.gif isn’t a photo, or even a video. More importantly, photos of demonstrations are often deleted due to the prominent inclusion of non-free signs. This gallery raises similar concerns, most obviously with Wikimania 2018 by Rainer Halama-083052.jpg and AMP 8145.jpg. Brianjd (talk) 09:22, 4 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I believe most signs at demonstrations, and those signs I selecte, don't meet the threshhold of originality. But if others think they do, I will be happy look for other images for the gallery. As for the animated image of the Puncak glacier, I agree that it is not a photo, but why do you see this as a problem? Kritzolina (talk) 17:21, 5 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Kritzolina Regarding the signs, I might be overly sensitive because of my deletion request at Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Gillfoto#Files uploaded by Gillfoto (talk · contribs) 2 (which still has not been responded to by another user). Turning back to the photos here, Wikimania 2018 by Rainer Halama-083052.jpg definitely looks like it should be above the threshold, unless things are different in that country: no information about the threshold is given at COM:CRT/South Africa. AMP 8145.jpg seems borderline, with the text shadows and the colorful background.
I do see the animated image as a problem. I think that the gallery of example images should be exactly that: examples of images that would be appropriate as entries if they met the other challenge criteria. Brianjd (talk) 14:34, 25 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

See Commons:Photo challenge/2023 - July - climate change

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--RZuo (talk) 20:27, 8 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

See Commons:Photo challenge/2023 - July - half

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A glitch is the result of unexpected behavior in software. This can often result in interesting art. We however do not have many examples for glitch art on commons yet. Even though it is a kind of art which most of us photographers have at least produced by accident using photo editing software once. If this becomes a contest, it would be interesting if contestants would also document how they achieved those glitches. I for example had a glitch with Darktable for a while, where it would generate corrupted images, if I opened an image in a mediaviewer, while exporting with Darktable. --FlocciNivis (talk) 21:26, 2 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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2023 is the UNESCO year of Millet. I was very surprised by this at first, but started reading about the importance of millet not only for food productions, but also as a source of fibers for industry and other uses, I got more and more fascinated with this plant(family). I generally think doing one challenge each year that is dedicated to the topic the UNESCO sets could be a good practice to adopt. --Kritzolina (talk) 19:01, 9 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

See Commons:Photo challenge/2023 - August - millet.

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This challenge would appeal to those who like event photgraphy, we don't often have challenges that do this. Besides bringing pictures of notable people, plays and performances on stage to commons, this could also bring in some pictures of stage setups, stage technique and so forth. --Kritzolina (talk) 06:19, 3 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

See Commons:Photo challenge/2023 - August - on stage

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There are many beaches and many types of beaches. This challenge should reduce the absence of images of some types of beaches and individual beaches. It inclues only beaches, not other kinds of coasts or shores lacking strands of sand, gravel or pebble at the point where the water body ends and the land begins.

Sdicke (talk) 14:44, 17 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

See Commons:Photo challenge/2023 - September - beach

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Composting - Compost

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Composter c'est un tiers des déchets en moins. Avoir des images pour promouvoir cela, c'est utile ;)
By composting, you decrease your household waste by a third. Having pictures to promote this is useful ;)

See 2023 - September - composting

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I have this idea from a photography book I read couple of years ago. There photographs of a black silhouette with backlight are called "Scherenschnitt", which is the German word for paper cuttings. For this contest we could allow both pictures of photographic silhouettes and paper cuts. Photographic silhouettes can be taken of many buildings, people and structures giving many people the possibility to participate in this competition. And it would be interesting to see more traditional paper cuttings here

FlocciNivis (talk) 23:14, 1 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

See Commons:Photo challenge/2023 - October - Silhouettes

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This topic is at the moment a highly discussed subject, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. As well playing with different light situations is a challenging situation which will many contributors enjoy. This topic is one we did not explore with more excellent images yet.

See Commons:Photo challenge/2023 - October - Pollution

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Bicycles and other cycles

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We certainly have a already a lot of images of bicycles, but there are also so many types of bicycles, we could certainly collect more. Moreover this is one of the most climate friendly means of transport, so let's see what pictures we could collect

 Support. S5A-0043Talk 09:18, 24 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

See Commons:Photo challenge/2023 - November - Bicycles

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Too many to count

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Another very open theme, which might encourage people to produce good picutres of everday items that come in large quantities ... or of small animals, which we often see great macro-shots of, but not so great shots of them as a group.

see Commons:Photo challenge/2023 - November - Too many to count

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We had the renewable energy contest, so why not go into the different direction and have one about fossil fuels?

--FlocciNivis (talk) 12:42, 5 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

See Commons:Photo challenge/2023 - December - Fossil fuel

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In a box

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I first thought just to make a call for images of boxes, but I think the twist on "in a box" makes it more interesting --Kritzolina (talk) 19:30, 2 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

See Commons:Photo challenge/2023 - December - In a box

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Nets have a wide variety uses in many different contexts. They are used the world over for industry, safety, and recreation. I believe that a challenge showcasing their uses and designs would be fun for our contributors.

SCOTUS Operandi (talk) 00:30, 29 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Pickleball

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According to its Wikipedia page, pickleball is one of the fastest growing sports in the world. Yet, Commons has relatively few pictures depicting this sport. To see what is available, look at Category:Pickleball. I have included some of those pictures in this gallery.

SCOTUS Operandi (talk) 00:06, 23 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 Comment If this does not get any support by the end of the month, I will go ahead and archive it. SCOTUS Operandi (talk) 19:03, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Knots

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Knots are used for both industrially and artistically.

SCOTUS Operandi (talk) 01:56, 25 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 Question Is the *{{s}} missing here? F. Riedelio • 💬 12:05, 19 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
It was for me --Kritzolina (talk) 10:10, 21 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
it was and I fixed it. Thanks--Jarekt (talk) 03:42, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

See Commons:Photo challenge/2024 - February - Knots

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Masks have been part of our lives during the Covid pandemic, so let's discover the other masks and collect images.

--Kritzolina (talk) 20:32, 16 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

See Commons:Photo challenge/2024 - January - Masks

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You can find them on any continent. They have different uses. They come in different shapes and sizes. Some of them are abandoned, others are repurposed. I think this could be a pretty exciting contest.

--FlocciNivis (talk) 14:20, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

See Commons:Photo challenge/2024 - January - Silos

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They can be found in plenty of cities and towns across the world, and more often than not have interesting architecture.

WeaponizingArchitecture (talk) 23:28, 4 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

See Commons:Photo challenge/2024 - March - Courthouses --Jarekt (talk) 04:31, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Educational technology / Education equipment

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instead of only digitisation, we could broaden the topic to include all technological aid. i had the chance to see the last days of using the old slides and projectors before digital ones and computers took over. :) --RZuo (talk) 16:01, 2 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I am confused about this theme, just like the ‘Digitization at school’ theme. Are the items supposed to be inherently educational, or are they merely being used in an educational context? Brianjd (talk) 10:58, 3 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Schools raise particular privacy concerns. Or do they? None of the example images have a {{Consent}} tag, or even a {{Personality rights}} tag. Brianjd (talk) 11:07, 3 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support I think this is a good topic, where many people could participate (in comparison to Digitization at school, where you need access to a school). I would just expand the gallery a bit. It could also include a microscope, pencils cases, ancient equipment for education (like those Roman Wax tablets), etc. FlocciNivis (talk) 11:13, 5 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Emma Waroka 2001:448A:6060:5D0:4C98:1133:F1D7:7E72 09:38, 10 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Ethnic restaurants and their foods

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i had difficulty in finding things outside europe/america, like a biergarten in japan or an indonesian restaurant in vietnam... i guess it'll be a good challenge to get more and better photos of "foreign" restaurants and the food they sell.

i also couldnt find photos of restaurants that dont just sell a particular cuisine but are also decorated with ethnic elements, or where the staff would wear traditional costumes.--RZuo (talk) 16:01, 2 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Ethnic shops and goods

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shops, which sell goods from a particular culture/place, and their goods, that are different from the local culture. exclude food shops (restaurants, cafes, etc.) and their food products.

some external examples: https://www.qiez.de/british-shops-and-restaurants-in-berlin/ .

i had a hard time finding more pictures other than supermarkets, like clothing shops and "souvenir" kind of shops. either photos of these topics are very poorly categorised on commons, or we really dont have any files of these.

photos of people picking exotic goods, like a german in an asian store or a japanese in a persian carpet shop, would be even more interesting. i couldnt find any example on commons.--RZuo (talk) 16:01, 2 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  •  Comment I would limit the scope of this contest to just ethnic shops, as there are probably copyright and privacy violations if the interior of stores are photographed and uploaded here --FlocciNivis (talk) 21:51, 2 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    i was thinking, if everything users submit is just photos of storefronts, that would be quite boring. goods inside shops are interesting too. ofc copyright must be considered, but many things can still be photographed, like spices in a spice shop, vintage artifacts, shop owners, shop visitors, etc. RZuo (talk) 06:11, 3 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    @FlocciNivis Another photo theme proposal, another incomprehensible privacy concern. The interiors of stores are public places, and Commons already has plenty of photos of interiors of stores depicting identifiable people. Brianjd (talk) 11:04, 3 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    @Brianjd What is incromprehensible about this concern? I suggest you to read about semi-public spaces. This isn't as black-and-white as you make it out to be and local rules and jurisdiction might apply. And for smaller store, which most ethnic stores are, privacy concerns are definitely there. --FlocciNivis (talk) 11:24, 3 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    @FlocciNivis It’s the way you present it: there are probably … privacy violations if the interior of stores are photographed … (emphasis added). Perhaps a more accurate statement would be: There might be privacy violations if people inside stores are photographed.
    There might be laws or store rules that prohibit photography. Surely it is wrong to say there are probably such rules. Many countries do not have such laws, and, among stores I have seen, hardly any list such rules as conditions of entry. Those stores that do have such rules are probably more interested in restricting access to their designs than they are in protecting people’s privacy. (To the extent that such rules do create an expectation of privacy, the Commons guideline now says that they should be followed. Until recently, the guideline did not cover this issue. At least that is a step in the right direction.)
    Perhaps you think that there is some inherent expectation of privacy in such stores, even if there are no laws or store rules that say so. If that is what you think, then say so and we can discuss it.
    If there are no people, then surely there is no privacy violation. There might be a violation of the store’s rules, but that’s not the sort of violation Commons cares about. Brianjd (talk) 12:22, 3 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    @Brianjd As I see it, this is a legal gray area. Where you live shop interiors might be considered strictly public, but that is not true everywhere in the world.
    And it is not just about people inside stores or designs. Pictures from inside a store could be used to spread bad rumors about stores... I've seen this on Google Maps for example. I would trust Wikimedians in general not to do something like that. But should we really encourage people through a contest to go into small stores, take pictures from the inside and publish them here? Even if it's legal, I would see this as a courtesy. And my emphasis here really is on the small stores. Big retail chains surely have the capacity to take action, small stores might not. FlocciNivis (talk) 13:26, 3 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    @FlocciNivis Where you live shop interiors might be considered strictly public, but that is not true everywhere in the world. Is anyone allowed to walk into a shop? For most shops, yes. Therefore, they are public. I don’t know what the problem is there. Note that some countries require consent even in public – those laws would apply here.
    I don’t know why we would exclude the insides of small stores as a courtesy. Anything can be used to spread rumours about anything if you are manipulative enough; I don’t know why we should be concerned about that here. I think we’ll just have to accept that we disagree on that point. Brianjd (talk) 11:27, 5 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    @Brianjd Yep, we clearly have a different view on that point. So let's just agree to disagree and see what others have to say. FlocciNivis (talk) 11:32, 5 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
no one says you should go about taking photos only secretly. photographers are expected to take photos ethically and seek permission if necessary. i dont think this problem should be an obstacle to any photo challenge theme that involves humans.--RZuo (talk) 11:08, 5 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@RZuo As you probably know, every photo challenge includes a warning about respecting personality rights. It’s clearly not enough. People can’t agree on what is ‘ethical’ or when it is ‘necessary’ to obtain consent. Sometimes I feel compelled to tag entries (including winning entries) as {{Consent|query}}; I take that as evidence that no one else is taking this seriously. Brianjd (talk) 11:31, 5 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Money

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We should take photographs of money and the voters will not just be looking at photographs but they will be learning more about money and how it looks like all around the world Rose Morgan 2 (talk) 13:26, 5 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for creating a new section. The description is good but a gallery of sample images are missing. F. Riedelio • 💬 13:58, 5 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know how to add an image 🙂 please show me Rose Morgan 2 (talk) 15:47, 5 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
To better illustrate the topic, you should add a gallery with meaningful images from the corresponding categories (e.g. Money or Coins). This is what I did as an example. F. Riedelio • 💬 08:40, 6 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Braided hair

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i think the theme for November could be braided hair Rose Morgan 2 (talk) 10:34, 6 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

We had the topic Hair in general last year I think, but we could do a similar challenge again - perhaps not as soon as next month. Please try to add a gallery of example images following the example of F. Ridelio above. Kritzolina (talk) 18:24, 6 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Playing with low light situations is a challenging situation many photographers enjoy. This is one version of it we did not explore yet.
 Comment The example image "TorchCuttingCloseup.jpg" shows neither a candle nor a match nor a torch but a plasma cutter.

 CommentI am not a native English speaker, but as far as I am aware and also judging by the category tree this is in, this is also called a plasma torch. This is why I included it in the gallery. Feel free to replace it, if you don't agree. --Kritzolina (talk) 11:22, 24 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Answered If it is about low light conditions or about flames then maybe you should adjust the title. F. Riedelio • 💬 12:01, 24 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

See Commons:Photo challenge/2024 - April - Flames

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Grey

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A different kind of colour challenge - I refrained from calling it shades of grey --Kritzolina (talk) 18:50, 21 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

See Commons:Photo challenge/2024 - March - Grays--Jarekt (talk) 04:13, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Vertical lines

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Another of those more abstract themes that some people seem to like.

See Commons:Photo challenge/2024 - April - Vertical lines

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Pet care and pet equipment

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While people love having cat and dog images, those often are barely educational. We usually do not encourag Wikimedians to upload pictures of their pets. But why not add the twist of pet care to encourage good, detailed images of pet care that can be used to illustrate articles? --Kritzolina (talk) 15:49, 2 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

See Commons:Photo challenge/2024 - May - Pets

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Waves

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There are many different kinds of waves. It is even impossible to do photography without them (light waves). Other types of waves include for example water waves, sound, earthquakes, audience waves. It is certainly a challenge to capture most of them photographically. Therefore, there is a large number of illustrations and animations, but not so many pictures of waves on the commons. --Ephramac (talk) 17:31, 11 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

See Commons:Photo challenge/2024 - May - Waves

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Fungi

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Let's send people mushroom hunting! We do have some excellent images of fungi, but there are so many different kinds and varieties, there is always more to click. --Kritzolina (talk) 19:14, 5 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

See Commons:Photo challenge/2024 - June - Mushrooms

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Dust is all around us - we all see dust every day. Yet it is really difficult to take good pictures of it and we don't have really good images of many kinds of dust. --Kritzolina (talk) 20:00, 5 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

you are talking the absolute truth 💖 2088t (talk) 02:15, 6 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Kritzolina Btw. picture 2 is AI generated (w:Midjourney) maybe we should remove it from the sample gallery. ;-) Ephramac (talk) 10:06, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, thanks for noticing, removing it now! Kritzolina (talk) 10:13, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

See Commons:Photo challenge/2024 - August - Dust

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Intentional Camera Movement

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We always have less challenges focused on photography techniques, so I would like to suggest this one, as there is currently a fresh page for Featured Images for it. --Kritzolina (talk) 10:16, 24 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

See Commons:Photo challenge/2024 - October - Intentional Camera Movement

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