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Rigging votes by Bibhas87

Another case of vote rigging was detected last month. User:Bibhas87 first created sockpuppet User:Titli89 who was adding votes by many other users to Bibhas87 images: edit 1 - edit 2. When that was challenged by other users (s)he created 3 additional sock-puppets and used them to vote. Previous case of similar behavior by MarcoC80 was discussed at Commons_talk:Photo_challenge/Archives/2018#Rigging_votes. --Jarekt (talk) 14:41, 2 January 2019 (UTC)

Photo challenge November results

Bones: Entries • Votes • Scores
Rank 1 2 3
image [[File:|x240px]]
Title Ibex skull in Vanoise National Park, France Diorama of late Cretaceous Period (85 million years ago) marine life
that inhabited a shallow inland sea located in present day Kansas and
Oklahoma. Top, Platecarpus (a fish-eating mosasaur), left, Protostega
(an early sea turtle), and bottom, Xiphactinus (a large bony fish
measuring up to 16 feet long). Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of
Natural History, Norman, OK.		 Ossario di San Martino della Battaglia
Author Ibex73 OKJaguar Garonzi Stefania
Score 38 18 14
Measurements: Entries • Votes • Scores
Rank 1 2 3
image [[File:|x240px]]
Title The Man Measuring the Clouds Russian submarine measuring instruments Roberval scale, France, 19th century
Author Mark11000 Spielvogel Cquoi
Score 25 23 12

Congratulations to Ibex73, OKJaguar, Garonzi Stefania, Mark11000, Spielvogel and Cquoi. -- Jarekt (talk) 03:41, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

December results

Cakes: Entries • Votes • Scores
Rank 1 2 3
image
Title Home-made cupcakes, with dark chocolate and with strawberry flavour Wedding cake in Kathmandu, Nepal. Hochzeitstorte 5-Stöckig
Author Marc-Lautenbacher Nirmal Dulal Anna Saini
Score 13 11 10

Congratulations to Marc-Lautenbacher, Nirmal Dulal and Anna Saini. -- Jarekt (talk) 02:49, 8 February 2019 (UTC)


Extreme weather: Entries • Votes • Scores
Rank 1 2 3
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Title Lightning strike in conifer. Underwater car, floods in Paris Snowstorm on lake Baikal near Ogoy island, Russia
Author F. Riedelio Ibex73 Black Sickle
Score 30 19 19

Congratulations to F. Riedelio, Ibex73 and Black Sickle. -- Jarekt (talk) 02:59, 8 February 2019 (UTC)

March themes

What themes should we do in March? Some possibilities:

--Jarekt (talk) 04:08, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

town halls has my vote --Trougnouf (talk) 15:45, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
Ok so maybe town halls and blades? Unless there are other ideas I will create those pages tonight. --Jarekt (talk) 20:21, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
Same comments as the last month: harvesting should not be restricted to vegetables and cereals only; don't do blades and eye care in the same month; don't do fishing and harvesting in the same month. – b_jonas 23:27, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

January results

Bathrooms: Entries • Votes • Scores
Rank 1 2 3
image
Title Mizunashi-Kaihin Onsen is a unique outdoor bath in Hakodate,
Japan, that combines a hot spring (water temperature 50
degrees Celsius) with the Pacific Ocean. Normally submerged,
the bath only appears when the tide is out.		 Baiz' toilet, Berlin Bathroom in a hotel in Honfleur, Normandy, France
Author OKJaguar Dreirik Kmtextor
Score 18 16 14

Congratulations to OKJaguar, Dreirik and Kmtextor. -- Jarekt (talk) 03:21, 9 March 2019 (UTC)


Engines and motors: Entries • Votes • Scores
Rank 1 2 3
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Title IL-62 Flugzeugturbine. Aufgenommen in Leipzig. Heavy truck engine Motor Basich Brothers (Los Angeles - San Francisco) in Borax museum. Furnace creek resort USA.
Author Kora27 Spielvogel Pierre André Leclercq
Score 16 15 14

Congratulations to Kora27, Spielvogel and Pierre André Leclercq. -- Jarekt (talk) 03:25, 9 March 2019 (UTC)

April Themes

Any theme suggestions for April? --Jarekt (talk) 11:06, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

I am thinking, to pick two out of
any preferences? --Jarekt (talk) 01:49, 1 April 2019 (UTC)

Add 12 hours to the end of the submission period each month

Hi there. I know that the contests last for 1 or 2 months, but I am a person that usually leaves things to the last day and last minute possible, and I'm sure I'm not the only one. I live in a timezone which is UTC+ some hours, so for me the contest ends before the month does. More than once I have missed the deadline because my local midnight comes after the UTC midnight. Considering that this is a friendly contest and that lots of people live in the Western hemisphere, I propose that the deadline for the contests be moved 12 hours to the future. Instead of ending at midnight UTC, it would end on midday UTC of the first day of each month. This way, it doesn't matter where you are, if it's April for you, you can submit photos for the April contest, which I think is only fair. I understand that maybe not everyone will agree, but this would make it more fun for me. Thanks! Mateussf (talk) 01:03, 1 April 2019 (UTC)

 Support Several times I run into the same problem. --Jarekt (talk) 01:51, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
 Comment Might be worth a try but it will need to be the new official deadline. If we kept the midnight deadline but just informally allowed an extension then some people will complain. It might be friendly, but there are also people who a fussy about rules. I do wonder, though, if we make it "Midday 1st April UTC" as a deadline, then we will just get someone posting that they also left it to the last minute, and it wasn't yet midday where they were, and could we make it Midnight 1st April UTC to give them a bit more time.... Also, if the "it is April for me" argument holds, then perhaps that should apply to the upload time at the start of the month too. Jarekt, are you able to code this small change or do you want any help? Is the challenge code unchanged? -- Colin (talk) 07:39, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
The pages themselves just say "The challenge will remain open for submissions throughout March" and than you have a countdown. If we change deadline to "Midday 1st April UTC" than only countdown will be affected and most people will not notice. And I am sure those that will notice will still miss the deadline if they wait until the last minute. --Jarekt (talk) 20:18, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
I agree it should be clear and transparent, a new official rule, not an informal extension. I think that the problem of people missing the deadline might continue, however, if a person misses the March contest deadline and it's no longer March anywhere in the world, they can't really complain. If it's still March for them, then they have some reason for that complaint. Mateussf (talk) 05:12, 2 April 2019 (UTC)
I say let's just make the rule say that you can submit to the challenges as long as the challenge is listed on the Commons:Photo challenge page. – b_jonas 09:10, 2 April 2019 (UTC)
I don't think we should require the challenge administrators to take down the challenge page according to a clock -- we're just volunteers with sleep, work, family and leisure competing for attention. If others started taking down the page for them, we'd run in to the problem of folk removing the challenge because it was midnight where they were, but not yet UTC, or people misunderstanding the procedure and screwing it up for others. -- Colin (talk) 14:41, 6 April 2019 (UTC)

February results

Lakes: Entries • Votes • Scores
Rank 1 2 3
image
Title The Körbersee with view to the Großer Widderstein Okama crater lake on Mt. Zao in the Tohoku region of Japan
has a circumference of 1,000 m and a depth of 27 m. The
acidic water-filled crater is called "Okama" because it resembles
a traditional Japanese cooking pot of the same name.		 Sunset over Houghton Lake, Michigan.
Author F. Riedelio OKJaguar JoannaPoe
Score 16 14 12

Congratulations to F. Riedelio, OKJaguar and JoannaPoe. -- Jarekt (talk) 18:00, 5 April 2019 (UTC)


Rotational symmetry: Entries • Votes • Scores
Rank 1 2 3
image
Title Water surface hit by water drop CARE International – friendship and love Dome of the monastery basilica St. Martin in Weingarten
Author Jsalatas AntanO Ermell
Score 17 15 12

Congratulations to Jsalatas, AntanO and Ermell. -- Jarekt (talk) 02:43, 7 April 2019 (UTC)

March results

Blades: Entries • Votes • Scores
Rank 1 2 3
image
Title Old plough seen at a farmyard in Switzerland Rotella per pizza Forbici per parrucchiere
Author GabrielleMerk Garonzi Stefania Garonzi Stefania
Score 24 23 13

Congratulations to GabrielleMerk and Garonzi Stefania. -- Jarekt (talk) 02:23, 9 May 2019 (UTC)


Town halls: Entries • Votes • Scores
Rank 1 2 3
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Title Old town hall in Bamberg Town Hall in Michelstadt
(Odenwald, Germany)		 Tartu Town Hall (Estonia) in winter time
Author Ermell TeKaBe Vaido Otsar
Score 35 17 11

Congratulations to Ermell, TeKaBe and Vaido Otsar. -- Jarekt (talk) 02:40, 9 May 2019 (UTC)

May challenges

We have quite a few 5 vote challenges:

I would like to propose "Working_women" and "Insects" Challenges. Any objections or other ideas? --Jarekt (talk) 03:39, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

no objection here :) --Trougnouf (talk) 07:01, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

THERE'S A TYPO on the theme announcement. It says: 

 2019 – May – Insects
 The new challenge features women at work.

But should obviously say "2019 – May – Women at Work" :-) — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2601:189:C380:9026:7DAF:2728:36A0:EFF3 (talk) 07:14, 2 May 2019 (UTC) (I'm a passing reader who doesn't know how to edit this. Feel free to delete this comment when fixed. Thank you.) — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2601:189:C380:9026:7DAF:2728:36A0:EFF3 (talk) 07:15, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Jarekt created Commons:Photo challenge/2019 - May - Insects (yay!) and Commons:Photo challenge/2019 - May - Working Women. – b_jonas 13:31, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Ok, so if a user submits five photos and they don't remove one until the deadline, do we remove the first one submitted, or do we remove the spider? – b_jonas 20:43, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
b_jonas, I am the one often removing extra images. Sometimes I contact the photographers and ask them to remove, extras, but in most cases I do not hear back from them, than I often ise my own judgment and try to pick the best 4 images. However removing earlier ones might be another approach which would not require my judgment. --Jarekt (talk) 01:42, 28 May 2019 (UTC)

June Themes

Time to pick June challenges. We have quite a few 5+ vote challenges:

I was thinking to do some outdoor theme like "Earth_Science" or "Fishing" and some more indoor theme like "Keyholes" or "Doors". --Jarekt (talk) 01:58, 28 May 2019 (UTC)

April Results

Beginning and end: Entries • Votes • Scores
Rank 1 2 3
image
Title Beginning and end of a cheesecake Lots of beginning and ends but no full circle Staircase of the abandoned Central Hotel in Annan, Scotland (DSCF8956)
Author Sally V Kmtextor Trougnouf
Score 12 11 9

Congratulations to Sally V, Kmtextor and Trougnouf. -- Jarekt (talk) 02:28, 7 June 2019 (UTC)


Prisons: Entries • Votes • Scores
Rank 1 2 3
image
Title Kresty-Gefängnis in St. Petersburg am Ufer der Neva. Russland. Fort Boyard (fortification), Île-d'Aix, in Charente-Maritime (Fr) Bayreuth Correctional Facility
Author Kora27 Pierre André Leclercq Ermell
Score 19 17 14

Congratulations to Kora27, Pierre André Leclercq and Ermell. -- Jarekt (talk) 03:16, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

July Themes

Time to pick July challenges. We have quite a few 5+ vote challenges:

I am thinking about picking 2 out of "Fishing", "Doors" and "Fires". Any other suggestions or ideas? --Jarekt (talk) 21:47, 29 June 2019 (UTC)

Commons:Photo challenge says that the voting for the Insect challenge is open, but Commons:Photo challenge/2019 - May - Insects/Voting says it would close on 2019-06-30. Also, I was busy. If I vote now, will my votes count? If not, feel free to convert them to praises. – b_jonas 22:13, 4 July 2019 (UTC)
Sorry I am a bit late processing last month pages. Commons:Photo challenge/2019 - May - Insects/Voting is closed and the software used for processing ignores votes outside voting range. --Jarekt (talk) 13:51, 5 July 2019 (UTC)
Different topic. Since these days I'm usually the only one to update the past challenges list at Commons:Photo challenge/themes, would anyone mind if I changed the formatting of that table a bit? I'd like to change how the dates are formatted, change the headers so that the last three columns can become more narrow, change the links so they're no longer italicized, and perhaps also unify the column of theme names with that of restrictions. User:Jarekt, since you're usually counting the votes, do you happen to have the data for some or all of the last three columns handy somewhere? If not, I can collect the them from the /Voting/Result pages too, but if you already have them in a table, that would be simpler. – b_jonas 22:13, 4 July 2019 (UTC)
b_jonas no issues with changing that page around. At some point I was trying to move that page to Data:Photo challenge/statistics.tab and than somehow display the results there including a handy graph, see Commons:Photo_challenge/themes#Graph, but never got it to work. I do not have those numbers in any handy form. --Jarekt (talk) 13:51, 5 July 2019 (UTC)

Vote falsification by Worldsall

I just blocked User:Worldsall for those edits which replaced praises by 12 different users for user's images with votes for 1st/2nd/3rd place in the competition. The block is for a month. --Jarekt (talk) 02:30, 7 July 2019 (UTC)

May results

Insects: Entries • Votes • Scores
Rank 1 2 3
image
Title Biene versunken in Blüte im Frühling in Norddeutschland
(Schleswig-Holstein)		 Blow Flies Egyptian locust
Author ThomasLendt Nsyoanita F. Riedelio
Score 22 11 9

Congratulations to ThomasLendt, Nsyoanita and F. Riedelio. -- Jarekt (talk) 03:06, 7 July 2019 (UTC)


Working Women: Entries • Votes • Scores
Rank 1 2 3
image
Title Police woman in London Female harvester laughing
while carrying two heavy
sheaves of rice in Laos		 Vogelflugschau. Sächsischer Adler- und Jagdfalkenhof auf dem
Schloß Augustusburg in Sachsen.
Author Ibex73 Basile Morin Kora27
Score 10 9 9

Congratulations to Ibex73, Basile Morin and Kora27. -- Jarekt (talk) 03:07, 7 July 2019 (UTC)

August Themes

Time to pick August challenges. We have quite a few 5+ vote challenges:

I am thinking about doing "Lone Tree" (as suggested in Commons_talk:Photo_challenge/themes#Trees_and_forests) and "Doors" Challenges. Any other suggestions or ideas? --Jarekt (talk) 13:36, 29 July 2019 (UTC)

@Jarekt: I just voted for these two themes before reading this line. Thus my full appreciation for your choice. -- Franz van Duns (talk) 14:57, 2 August 2019 (UTC)

June Results

Geology: Entries • Votes • Scores
Rank 1 2 3
image
Title Detail of Lower Antelope Canyon, a sandstone slot canyon in Arizona Alpe Veglia Moonlit night at Fiery Furnace, a labyrinth of sandstone towers, Arches National Park, UT
Author King of Hearts 66colpi Atsme
Score 20 17 10

Congratulations to King of Hearts, 66colpi and Atsme. -- Jarekt (talk) 03:34, 2 August 2019 (UTC)

Vecchio lucchetto: Entries • Votes • Scores
Rank 1 2 3
image
Title Türschloß im Gemeinderatssaal von Hall in Tirol, Österreich A quintuple misfit - five locks and none of the five keys fits. thumb
Author Arquus Franz van Duns 66colpi
Score 12 7 6

Congratulations to Arquus, Franz van Duns and 66colpi. -- Jarekt (talk) 03:47, 2 August 2019 (UTC)

September Themes

Time to pick September challenges. We have a few 7-8 vote challenges:

I am thinking Wrecks_and_wreckage and Eye_Care. Any other ideas? --Jarekt (talk) 02:06, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

How about leaving Eye Care to be combined with Fruit, vegetabel.. next month and combining rural decay with the wrecks? Than we would have a dark September. Or of course take the horses now and be a bit less destructive. --Kritzolina (talk) 05:48, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
Oh no, this wreckage thing came up suddenly, it hasn't had so many votes last time I looked. Now I have to look for good example images quickly. Commons:Photo challenge/2017 - October - Corroded objects has good entries, I can use a few of those. – b_jonas 11:39, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
Ok , lets do Wrecks and horses. I personally am not crazy about "eye care", but many people voted for it. Rural decay seems too close to Wrecks. We do not want the same photo to win two challenges in one month. --Jarekt (talk) 02:20, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
Yeah. In fact after wrecks, we'll have to delay rural decay by at least half a year. Jarekt created Commons:Photo challenge/2019 - September - Horses and Commons:Photo challenge/2019 - September - Wrecks and wreckage. – b_jonas 09:05, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

July results

Fishing: Entries • Votes • Scores
Rank 1 2 3
image
Title Pescatori con nasse e reti sul lago Inle, Myanmar Taiwan fishing vessel work in NAURU Mussel aquaculture farming in the fjords south of Castro, Chile
Author Garonzi Stefania Xiaoyang 2018 GRDN711
Score 32 14 12

Congratulations to Garonzi Stefania, Xiaoyang 2018 and GRDN711. -- Jarekt (talk) 11:59, 2 September 2019 (UTC)


Fires: Entries • Votes • Scores
Rank 1 2 3
image [[File:|x240px]]
Title Demonstration of an oxygen lance during visitor day
at the german armed forces in Baumholder		 a flame-cutter cuts a steel t-beam during the
demolition of an industrial plant		 Amon Amarth live at 2017, Germany.
Author AK-Bino Kmtextor Huhu Uet
Score 15 14 11

Congratulations to AK-Bino, Kmtextor and Huhu Uet. -- Jarekt (talk) 11:59, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

October Themes

Time to pick October challenges. We have a few 7-8 vote challenges:

I am thinking about following Kritzolina suggestion from last month and doing Eye Care and Harvesting. --Jarekt (talk) 03:20, 29 September 2019 (UTC)

@Jarekt: No! Can we please change the description of the harvesting challenge from "Fruit, vegetable and cereals harvesting" to just "Harvesting" so it covers other crops, including cotton and sunflowers? Multiple people have agreed with that change on the topic discussion page. – b_jonas 10:36, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

b_jonas, I changed it to "harvesting of fruits, vegetables, grains and other plants". Is that OK? --Jarekt (talk) 10:43, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
Thank you, that works for me. – b_jonas 10:48, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

Photo challenge August results

Doors and Doorways: Entries • Votes • Scores
Rank 1 2 2
image [[File:|x240px]]
Title fairy door in an hornbeam tree The 3 downstream doors of Châteauneuf du Rhône sluice Doors in Gyumri, Armenia
Author YvoBentele Celeda Armenak Margarian
Score 19 13 13

Congratulations to YvoBentele, Celeda and Armenak Margarian. -- Jarekt (talk) 02:50, 8 October 2019 (UTC)


Lone Tree: Entries • Votes • Scores
Rank 1 2 3
image
Title Submerged Samanea saman in the Mekong at sunset.jpg Lime tree in the morning fog at Esslingen, Germany Salix babylonica im Winter
Author Basile Morin CatalpaSpirit 5snake5
Score 32 24 16

Congratulations to Basile Morin, CatalpaSpirit and 5snake5. -- Jarekt (talk) 03:09, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

November Themes

Time to pick November challenges. We have the following 7-8 vote challenges:

I am leaning towards Mirrors and Weathercocks, and would vote against Fruit, which should be more of a summer theme and further from this month Harvest theme. Any other suggestions? --Jarekt (talk) 13:12, 30 October 2019 (UTC)

Weathercocks sounds like a good choice to me - something to go outside to get the pictures along the more "indoor" challenge. --Kritzolina (talk) 19:00, 30 October 2019 (UTC)

I like Weathercocks too (though like some other commentators, I'd rather the theme were called "Weather Vanes").… but having Eye Care, Weathercocks/vanes, and Mirrors all together would mean a lot of pictures of small manufactured objects. Instead of Mirrors, what about "Long Exposure Photography"? It also has eight votes, and the same topic generated some nice pictures in April 2016.– Shillings1005 (talk) 22:59, 30 October 2019 (UTC)

Broadening the scope to "Weather Vanes" makes sense in my opinion, some regions in the world just do not do weather cocks, but most have some kind of similar thing. --Kritzolina (talk) 14:39, 31 October 2019 (UTC)
Not necessarily advocating for fruit, but just a note that it need not be constrained by season, since if late autumn in the northern hemisphere, it's late spring in the southern hemisphere (from which we could use more photos)...

Regardless of whether it's spring or autumn, though, I like "nature's yellows". And FWIW think it's ok that we didn't get many for eye care. Better to just close it and move on IMO. — Rhododendrites talk |  23:21, 30 October 2019 (UTC)

Northern hemisphere has 90% humans on earth (including me) so seasonal challenges tend to follow Northern hemisphere seasons. So I see we have consensus on Weathercocks/Weather Vanes I also like "Long Exposure Photography" and "nature's yellows". --Jarekt (talk) 02:07, 31 October 2019 (UTC)
Fair enough. Maybe one out of 10 seasonal challenges can be reversed then? :) — Rhododendrites talk |  15:31, 31 October 2019 (UTC)

I think we should do neither fruits nor nature's yellows now, because both intersect with harvest too much. I don't know if urban decay is even an option. Didn't wreckage effectively replace it? I'm fine with weathercocks, motor sports, stationery. We should probably leave mirrors for later when we can pair it with something other than these. – b_jonas 18:41, 31 October 2019 (UTC)

I created Commons:Photo challenge/2019 - November - Weather vanes. I will create one more tomorrow. Maybe "Long Exposure Photography" or motor sports--Jarekt (talk) 04:36, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

WSC2019 warning

Hi, if you agree, as we did in 2017, I will insert a specific warning about the Wiki Science Competition challenge starting on November, 1st / November, 4th / Novemebr, 15th / December 1st so people can upload also there first. I think that in "eye care"the WSC2019 information s should be inserted right now. Please if you want to select scientific themes for December, WSC2019 will still be open in many countries. See this page (notice that WSC2019 will aslo include a "rest of the world" category)--Alexmar983 (talk) 21:58, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

tweet.--Alexmar983 (talk) 22:03, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

September results

Wrecks and wreckage: Entries • Votes • Scores
Rank 1 2 3
image
Title THE GROUNDING FISHING VESSEL UNDER SUNSET IN TAIWAN CIJIN BEACH Ship Wreck near Point Reyes Wreck found on the way to Great Basin National Park.
Author Xiaoyang 2018 Mathteacherwhoalsotakesphotos Wsrusso
Score 33 11 9

Congratulations to Xiaoyang 2018, Mathteacherwhoalsotakesphotos and Wsrusso. -- Jarekt (talk) 03:05, 6 November 2019 (UTC)


Horses: Entries • Votes • Scores
Rank 1 2 2
image
Title Mamma con il suo puledro A white horse in Saarbrücken, Germany Free grazing buddies in Tyrolean Kühtai
Author 66colpi DavidJRasp PtrQs
Score 12 10 10

Congratulations to 66colpi, DavidJRasp and PtrQs. -- Jarekt (talk) 03:41, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

Eye Care

Commons:Photo challenge/2019 - October - Eye Care must be the least favorite challenge we had in the long time with only 26 photographs so far. I wander what happen, several people voting for it at the Commons_talk:Photo_challenge/themes/Archive#Eye_Care_and_Visual_impairment Eye_Care_and_Visual_impairment proposal page, predicted that it is going to be a "difficult challenge", I guess we should extend it for another month. --Jarekt (talk) 14:33, 28 October 2019 (UTC)

✓ Done I extended Eye Care challenge for another month. --Jarekt (talk) 13:13, 30 October 2019 (UTC)

That's great for extending the eye care challenge Fredyaikins (talk) 21:48, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

That's great for extending the eye care challenge Fredyaikins (talk) 21:52, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

December Themes

Time to pick December challenges. We have the following 7-8 vote challenges:

I think December might not be the right time for Fruits and for Yellows, but other ones should be OK. We could pick Mirrors and Motorsports and cover indoor and outdoor photography. --Jarekt (talk) 14:13, 22 November 2019 (UTC)

I'm not knowledgeable about motorsports, but I suspect December isn't a great month for that. Compare this calendar for months and December is very weak. Since the photo challenge is supposed to inspire us to take photos, rather than dig out old ones, I think we'd be better with a different theme for December. -- Colin ( talk) 18:00, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
I guess canyons are out of the question too. Public parks might be the way to go, then. And the mirrors. – Shillings1005 (talk) 03:29, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
Public parks can look rather depressing in December, with all the bare trees and no flowers. I decided to go with Mirrors and Stationery. Both should plenty options even if the weather is bad. -- Colin (talk) 11:50, 1 December 2019 (UTC)

Good choices with "mirrors" and "stationery." Not sure what the dragonfly image is there for though - maybe someone confusing "stationery" with "stationary"? :-) --passing reader

October results

Harvesting: Entries • Votes • Scores
Rank 1 2 3
image
Title Donne indiane raccolgono fieno - Uttarakhand India The work is done. Young smiling boy carrying rice during
the harvest in Si Phan Don, Laos
Author Garonzi Stefania Milseburg Basile Morin
Score 21 17 16

Congratulations to Garonzi Stefania, Milseburg and Basile Morin. -- Colin (talk) 17:59, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

January Themes

Time to pick January challenges. We have the following 7-8 vote challenges:

A some of them were proposed last month and postponed for various reasons (which still hold). Maybe "Rural decay" and "Fruit" (which would be mostly indoor). Other ideas? --Jarekt (talk) 23:54, 26 December 2019 (UTC)

Commons:Photo challenge/2020 - January - Rural decay and Commons:Photo challenge/2020 - January - Fruit it is. --Jarekt (talk) 02:49, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
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