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Photo walk in Stockholm

It's only a few weeks until Wikimania 2019 in Sweden. I'd like to invite you to the Commons Photographer's photo walk. If you're planning on going to Stockholm in August, please consider joining this event. This is an opportunity to connect with other photographers, have fun together, and explore the beauty of an iconic Scandinavian city… All the best, --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 03:41, 1 July 2019 (UTC)

File:Horseshoe crab trying to right itself (57348).jpg

So... did you pass the Voight-Kampff Test. --Cart (talk) 17:27, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

@W.carter: Wait, so, you're saying the crab looks like the machine he used to administer the test in that scene, right? (as a typical replicant, I try to deflect by answering with a question). Also, that file was instructive for me -- don't leave auto whitebalance on while in video mode (water color flashes from blue to beige -- gah!). :)

BTW: you've already given lots of good suggestions for things to see in Sweden. I wonder if there's a particular recommendation you have to see wildlife -- and birds in particular. I know of at least a couple other people who would be interested and are going to Wikimania (including people not so active on Commons). Just curious. :) — Rhododendrites ^talk |  03:07, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

"The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can't...." Glad to confirm that you are a fellow replicant.

Wildlife is rather scattered in the Stockholm area, much of it is best experienced in the archipelago or in the forests south of the city. For bird watching and a good experience, you should try to get to Ängsö National Park [1], there are boats to the island. Easy access to the north and outer archipelago can be made around Grisslehamn [2]. South of Stockholm there is a recreational area called Lida [3], where there are trails, walkways and hide-outs in the wetlands for bird watching. Some areas in the archipelago are off-limits to for foreigners since they are part of military installations. I don't know how much they enforce this is but you can get arrested if you (a non-Swede) trespass.

These are the places that first come to mind, if any other pops up, I'll be sure to tell you. --Cart (talk) 08:42, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

	The Photographer's Barnstar
	For your Ellis Island photos. They show what a keen photographic eye you have developed. Chapeau! Cart (talk) 09:26, 14 July 2019 (UTC)

Hej, W.carter. God morgon. Tack.

I've made limited progress in my preparation for next month. :)

I think if there is such a profession as motivational photographer, you would do well at it. — Rhododendrites ^talk |  15:13, 14 July 2019 (UTC)

Hahaha!! I like to see people flourish around me. Here is another good one for you in phonetic Stockholm dialect: "Aere okay om ja fotar här?" = Is it ok for me to take photographs here? --Cart (talk) 15:39, 14 July 2019 (UTC)

• I realized that my answer was a bit flippant and didn't exactly convey what I really meant, so let's try this again:

No, this was not any kind of pep-star. I am seriously impressed by those photos. I like the 'abandoned' genre and I follow exhibitions and artist with such photos online. Your Ellis series is definitely en par with many of these professionals. They may not all fly at FPC, but that is simply because most voters couldn't find the value of an excellent composition even if it jumped up and bit them in the arse. (Pardon my language) That place is just too focused on the technical side. Step out into the real world and your photos would get quite a different reception. Have you thought about showcasing stuff on Instagram? I know most Commoners turn up their noses at such things, but it is all about what channels you follow. There are photography sites, exhibition venues and museums that I follow and they give me a healthy inspirational dose of photography outside FPC. Oh well, just a thought, keep doing what you do. :) --Cart (talk) 19:35, 14 July 2019 (UTC)

Oh, no, I didn't take it as a pepstar. I was just observing that your encouragement is effective. That's just gratitude, not an examination of your motives. :) I've thought about Instagram, yes, and I've been encouraged to use it by people I've taken pictures of (apparently people who pose for a picture like to be able to see them afterwards -- who knew? :) ). I think I technically have an account, but I'm just not a big fan of Facebook. Maybe if the Next Big Photo Site comes along I'll try that one. I tweet things and reddit things sometimes, but not with any regularity. — Rhododendrites ^talk |  17:56, 15 July 2019 (UTC)

I'm also a card-carrying member of the F*** FB group, but used with caution, I can live with Instagram. I just use is as a simple search tool for photos I'm interested in, with all extra options turned off. Otherwise I'm really lazy on social media. The Wiki-verse is about enough for me. ;) --Cart (talk) 22:21, 15 July 2019 (UTC)

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Monarch butterfly in BBG (84685)

Hello:

Good image. Given its wide migration pattern, the monarch is one of the most common butterflies. Consider adding genus "Danaus plexippus" to the image description for completeness.

Best,

--GRDN711 (talk) 20:08, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

@GRDN711: Thanks! Per your request, I've added it to the description (I tend to focus on categories more than the description). They are common, yes. I do not live in a place with a great deal of variety when it comes to butterflies and moths. When this one is promoted to FP it will be my second butterfly FP -- and both are monarchs. :) I'll have to try to find others... — Rhododendrites ^talk |  20:29, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

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•  Comment We must add a geocoding. --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 05:18, 25 October 2019 (UTC)

•  Done — Rhododendrites ^talk |  05:21, 25 October 2019 (UTC)

•  Support Perfect now --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 05:17, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

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@Majora: Seems like an issue with this message -- not registering as a heading. Maybe because of the equals sign in the autotranslate template? No need to respond -- you'll probably get this ping from others too. :) — Rhododendrites ^talk |  21:49, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

Yeah...I already have. Thanks for letting me know though. I'm kicking myself over this, frankly. It looked fine in the preview window so I sent it and then I looked at an example and saw the problem. I don't think the autotranslate template was designed to work with headers. Not much I can do about it now but still...not exactly my finest moment. --Majora (talk) 21:53, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

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QI noms

Hey! I love your recent uploads from Boston. Looks like you covered a lot of ground, like me. I'm no photographer, but I still use my point and shoot camera to document the places I've been. I don't want to step on toes, but if you'd like help nominating images for QI status, I'm happy to throw more of your photographs into the pipeline. If you prefer nominating on your own, that's also fine, just offering to help! Happy editing! -Another Believer (talk) 01:50, 22 November 2019 (UTC)

@Another Believer: Thanks! I certainly wouldn't feel like my toes are stepped on if you nominated some for QI, but mine will eventually all get up there, so if you're looking for things to nominate I'd probably encourage you to look at users whose uploads wouldn't eventually be nominated anyway (there aren't enough users active at QIC who nominate other people's work). I think that the photo contests can be good to mine for QIs/FPs/VIs, like the monthly contests, Wiki Loves Monuments, etc. Another one is Wiki Loves Pride 2019, which I've abstained from looking through so far because I'll be on the jury when the judging gets started in the next few weeks.

Anyway, this is all to say it's entirely up to you. :)

What was your favorite place you got to in Boston? Been there before?

I lived there a while back, but never really did the touristy stuff, so I decided to stay several days after the conference to do the Freedom Trail, do some exploring, etc. Probably spent the most time at the Granary Burying Ground, Bunker Hill Monument (because I felt like I had to make it worth it after getting all the way there and climbing up to the top), and the Seaport, which I went to because it's in a strange stage of hyperdevelopment that was more or less empty when I lived there. — Rhododendrites ^talk |  02:26, 22 November 2019 (UTC)

OK, good to know I wouldn't be stepping on toes, but I'm leaving for Tokyo/Kyoto in a couple days, so not sure I'll be able to nominate images before you beat me to the punch. You clearly stay on top of noms, so perhaps I'll just continue to admire from afar. In Boston, I enjoyed strolling along the Charles River Esplanade and Commonwealth Avenue, and throughout Beacon Hill. I also liked the Charlestown neighborhood, and of course the Boston Common and Public Garden were wonderful. My photographs are not worth viewing in detail, but my Boston gallery and Cambridge gallery show how much ground I covered. Now for categorizing images...! (BTW, thanks for helping out with the Wiki Loves Pride jury; my work for the campaign is mostly at English Wikipedia, but I'm thankful there's a Commons component as well.) -Another Believer (talk) 02:43, 22 November 2019 (UTC)

Oooh have fun in Japan! I've had plans to go a couple times but still haven't made it over there.

The Esplanade and Comm Ave are nice walks. Better when it's nice out, of course. Going to Bunker Hill was my first time in Charlestown. Several areas of Boston just eluded me when I lived there (East Boston, too). Most I've seen of Charlestown was in The Town. I see you got to one of the places I didn't get to on my list of places-I-didn't-go-when-I-lived-there-because-they-were-"touristy"-but-now-regret-and-want-to-go-back: Mike's Pastry. :) — Rhododendrites ^talk |  20:16, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

Yes! I couldn't help but step into Mike's Pastry when I noticed the waiting crowd. I had a great time in Japan -- I'll be uploading my photographs from Tokyo and Kyoto soon. So many images to categorize, I have my work cut out for me! -Another Believer (talk) 15:33, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

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review

•  Support Useful & used --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 06:16, 22 November 2019 (UTC)

Result: 1 support, 0 oppose =>
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Valued Image Promotion

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•  Support Useful & used --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 06:12, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

Result: 1 support, 0 oppose =>
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 Best in Scope Rodhullandemu (talk) 16:59, 22 November 2019 (UTC)

Result: 1 support, 0 oppose =>
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•  Support Useful & used --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 06:13, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

Result: 1 support, 0 oppose =>
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Valued Image Promotion

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review

•  Support Useful & used --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 07:01, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

Result: 1 support, 0 oppose =>
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FP Promotion

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Valued Image Promotion

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review

•  Support - Useful. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:42, 24 November 2019 (UTC)
•  Oppose Lack coordinates. --Jacek Halicki (talk) 13:37, 24 November 2019 (UTC)
•  Support --Jacek Halicki (talk) 23:21, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

•  Comment - You're right. My bad for not checking that. I'll temporarily cross out my supporting vote. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 18:13, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

• @Ikan Kekek and Jacek Halicki: Sorry, my mistake. Fixed now. — Rhododendrites ^talk |  20:05, 24 November 2019 (UTC)
• No problem. Thanks for taking care of that. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:43, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

Result: 2 support, 0 oppose =>
promoted. Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 06:10, 27 November 2019 (UTC)

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Stunning! -Another Believer (talk) 15:34, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

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Valued Image Promotion

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•  Support The color is a bit odd, but it is clear that it has been repainted. Useful & used --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 06:32, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

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•  Support --Jacek Halicki (talk) 23:27, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

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•  Support --Jacek Halicki (talk) 23:28, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

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•  Support --Jacek Halicki (talk) 08:20, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

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Thank you for participating in Wiki Loves Monuments 2019! Please help with this survey.

 

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Dear Rhododendrites,

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.

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Category:Featured pictures by Rhododendrites‎

I'm going through the FP user categories and finding some contain Wikipedia FPs or WikiVoyage crops, etc. I've moved some of your images out into a new category for Wikipedia FPs. I guess you probably have more than just the ones I moved, which you might want to add to the WP FP category. The Commons User FP categories are used by the Category:Featured pictures by creator page and are only for Commons FP. -- Colin (talk) 19:04, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

@Colin: I wasn't aware there was a requirement that user categories for FPs could only include Commons FPs. I had a note at the top to clarify it had both. My motivation is primarily to avoid having two user categories for a file where one would do. I'm a little self-conscious of my relatively elaborate usercat system, so try to minimize the number any one file has. This would mean that those featured on enwiki and FP would be in both. I don't have strong feelings about it, though, I suppose. It does put me in the wrong spot in the list of FPs by creator to include enwiki files, too... — Rhododendrites ^talk |  20:13, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

The list on Category:Featured pictures by creator uses a template that only scans the top level of whatever category you supply it. So if you want it to correctly count the number of Commons FPs, then all and only your Commons FPs need to directly be in that category. Some folk create sub-categories (by country, year, whatever), and duplicate their photos there. Some folk have put their Wikipedia category inside their Commons one, which doesn't break the template counter, but is a little confusing since they aren't really "Featured pictures" in terms of Commons categorisation. Some folk have separate Wikipedia categories which then have their own "FP on Wikipedias" parent. I used to participate on en:wp FP but the participation of photographers dropped off, over to Commons, and it wasn't so engaging. The standards on most other Wikipedias don't seem very high. -- Colin (talk) 20:32, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

Of course, if we had a proper tagging system, rather than a broken category system borrowed from Wikipedia, we'd have "Featured picture on Commons" and "Photograph by Rhododendrites" tags and could JOIN them like any decent database. -- Colin (talk) 20:34, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

Plagiarism of your work?

Hi Rhododendrites, This Flickr photo https://www.flickr.com/photos/183318886@N04/49101171933/ looks suspiciously similar to your photo https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hudson_Yards_from_Hudson_Commons_(95131p).jpg. —Percival Kestreltail (talk) 17:46, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

@Kestreltail: Thanks for the heads up. Yes, it is certainly some straightforward infringement there. Filed a report on Flickr. — Rhododendrites ^talk |  18:37, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

A quick glance at the user's other files found another of mine (and thus it's probably all copyrighted work). Sigh... — Rhododendrites ^talk |  18:48, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

• I know that Flickr user on another online community. He told me that he's a photography student, and for a while we all believed that he really did travel to a bunch of the world's tallest buildings and take one or two pictures. I was always suspicious, but I was only convinced when I saw your photo there. —Percival Kestreltail (talk) 17:42, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

• @Kestreltail: I notice you said something about posting the image to an architecture forum. By chance, did you (or someone else) also post this one? Just wondering if the person is just pulling images from that forum. The first image you linked above is sensible because it's the infobox image on the enwiki page for Hudson Yards, but the other one isn't even used in an article. Or maybe just using FastCCI on Commons... — Rhododendrites ^talk |  19:25, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

• Nope, I've never seen that photo before. I don't think he's getting his images from the forum, since he posted photos of some very remote sites (Russia, Saudi Arabia, etc.) that we would not otherwise have had pictures of. He is also a Commons user, by the way, and his photos on here seem to be more reflective of his actual photography skills (iPhone 5s!). If it is necessary, I could provide his username, but I was hoping I wouldn't have to tattle on an online "friend". —Percival Kestreltail (talk) 01:30, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

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QI noms

Hey! I love your recent uploads from Boston. Looks like you covered a lot of ground, like me. I'm no photographer, but I still use my point and shoot camera to document the places I've been. I don't want to step on toes, but if you'd like help nominating images for QI status, I'm happy to throw more of your photographs into the pipeline. If you prefer nominating on your own, that's also fine, just offering to help! Happy editing! -Another Believer (talk) 01:50, 22 November 2019 (UTC)

@Another Believer: Thanks! I certainly wouldn't feel like my toes are stepped on if you nominated some for QI, but mine will eventually all get up there, so if you're looking for things to nominate I'd probably encourage you to look at users whose uploads wouldn't eventually be nominated anyway (there aren't enough users active at QIC who nominate other people's work). I think that the photo contests can be good to mine for QIs/FPs/VIs, like the monthly contests, Wiki Loves Monuments, etc. Another one is Wiki Loves Pride 2019, which I've abstained from looking through so far because I'll be on the jury when the judging gets started in the next few weeks.

Anyway, this is all to say it's entirely up to you. :)

What was your favorite place you got to in Boston? Been there before?

I lived there a while back, but never really did the touristy stuff, so I decided to stay several days after the conference to do the Freedom Trail, do some exploring, etc. Probably spent the most time at the Granary Burying Ground, Bunker Hill Monument (because I felt like I had to make it worth it after getting all the way there and climbing up to the top), and the Seaport, which I went to because it's in a strange stage of hyperdevelopment that was more or less empty when I lived there. — Rhododendrites ^talk |  02:26, 22 November 2019 (UTC)

OK, good to know I wouldn't be stepping on toes, but I'm leaving for Tokyo/Kyoto in a couple days, so not sure I'll be able to nominate images before you beat me to the punch. You clearly stay on top of noms, so perhaps I'll just continue to admire from afar. In Boston, I enjoyed strolling along the Charles River Esplanade and Commonwealth Avenue, and throughout Beacon Hill. I also liked the Charlestown neighborhood, and of course the Boston Common and Public Garden were wonderful. My photographs are not worth viewing in detail, but my Boston gallery and Cambridge gallery show how much ground I covered. Now for categorizing images...! (BTW, thanks for helping out with the Wiki Loves Pride jury; my work for the campaign is mostly at English Wikipedia, but I'm thankful there's a Commons component as well.) -Another Believer (talk) 02:43, 22 November 2019 (UTC)

Oooh have fun in Japan! I've had plans to go a couple times but still haven't made it over there.

The Esplanade and Comm Ave are nice walks. Better when it's nice out, of course. Going to Bunker Hill was my first time in Charlestown. Several areas of Boston just eluded me when I lived there (East Boston, too). Most I've seen of Charlestown was in The Town. I see you got to one of the places I didn't get to on my list of places-I-didn't-go-when-I-lived-there-because-they-were-"touristy"-but-now-regret-and-want-to-go-back: Mike's Pastry. :) — Rhododendrites ^talk |  20:16, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

Yes! I couldn't help but step into Mike's Pastry when I noticed the waiting crowd. I had a great time in Japan -- I'll be uploading my photographs from Tokyo and Kyoto soon. So many images to categorize, I have my work cut out for me! -Another Believer (talk) 15:33, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

Invitation to participate in Wiki Loves Monuments 2019 Participant Survey (Reminder)

 

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Dear Rhododendrites,

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.

Kind regards,
the Wiki Loves Monuments team MediaWiki message delivery 03:42, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

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