User talk:Argenberg

Quality Image Promotion

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Lake Raduzhnoye, Lake view, Ergaki Range, Sayan Mountains, Russia.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments  Support Good quality. --Plozessor 04:13, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Ergaki, Buiba Valley, Western Sayan Mountains, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments Good quality. --Milseburg 15:39, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Ergaki, Siberian pine cone with seeds and foliage, Pinus sibirica, Sayan Mountains, Russia.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments  Support Good quality. --Plozessor 04:13, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

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Quality Image Promotion

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Lake Raduzhnoye and Sleeping Sayan, Ergaki Range, Sayan Mountains, Russia.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments  Support Good quality. --Ermell 09:33, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

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Quality Image Promotion

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Ergaki, Artists' Lake, Sayan Mountains, Russia.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments  Support Good quality. --JackyM59 15:58, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Shamanic ritual pillars at Cape Burhan, Olkhon Island, Lake Baikal.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments  Support Good quality. Very nice picture --JackyM59 15:58, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Olkhon, Beach, Lake Baikal, Russia.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments  Support Good quality. --FlocciNivis 16:08, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Olkhon, Wish tree at sunset. Prayer tree, Lake Baikal, Russia.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments  Support Good quality. --Юрий Д.К. 18:44, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

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Quality Image Promotion

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Ergaki, Malaya Buiba Valley, Sayan Mountains, Russia.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments  Support Good quality. --Gower 00:24, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Ergaki, Peak Molodezhnyy, Sayan Mountains, Russia.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments  Support Good quality. --JackyM59 16:46, 31 October 2025 (UTC)

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Information on temporary account IP viewer rights

Hello Argenberg,

On November 12, temporary accounts will be enabled on Commons. The IP of unregistered users will then be hidden for most users. You, as a patroller or license reviewer, are eligible to request the new temporary account IP viewer right, if you need it to continue fighting vandalism and abuse on Commons. If you want to request the right, please file the request here. Please be aware that you also have to accept the Wikimedia Access to Temporary Account IP Addresses Policy in your preferences. For more information about temporary accounts, look at the project page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:34, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

Notification about possible deletion

Some contents have been nominated for deletion at Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Martyrs’ Monument, Beirut This is a deletion request for the community to discuss whether the nominated contents should be kept or deleted. Please voice your opinion in the linked request above. Thank you very much! If you created these pages, please note that the fact that they have been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with them, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

Affected:

• File:Martyrs' Monument and Al-Amin Mosque, Beirut, Lebanon.jpg

And also:

• File:Martyrs' Monument, Beirut, Lebanon.jpg
• File:Martyrs' Square at sunset, Beirut, Lebanon.jpg

Yours sincerely, JWilz12345 (Talk|Contributions) 00:42, 8 November 2025 (UTC)

FP Promotion

★ This image has been promoted to Featured picture! ★ The image File:Balancing granite monolith, Ergaki, Sayan Mountains, Russia.jpg, that you nominated on Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Balancing granite monolith, Ergaki, Sayan Mountains, Russia.jpg has been promoted. Thank you for your contribution. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so.

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File:Vietnam, All You Need Is Love.jpg

File:Vietnam, All You Need Is Love.jpg has been nominated for deletion at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Vietnam, All You Need Is Love.jpg This is a deletion request for the community to discuss whether the nominated page should be kept or deleted. Please voice your opinion in the linked request above. Thank you very much! If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

~2025-40518-70 (talk) 19:12, 16 December 2025 (UTC)

Happy holidays!

Merry Christmas and warm wishes for a joyful, healthy, and peaceful New Year 2026! -- Radomianin (talk) 11:31, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

Happy holidays and best wishes for 2026!

✨ Happy Holidays Argenberg! 🎄 Merry Christmas! 🎉 Best wishes for 2026! -- Giles Laurent (talk) 20:19, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

FP Promotion

★ This image has been promoted to Featured picture! ★ The image File:Ergaki, Parabola granite rock formation, Sayan Mountains, Russia.jpg, that you nominated on Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Ergaki, Parabola granite rock formation, Sayan Mountains, Russia.jpg has been promoted. Thank you for your contribution. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so.

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Quality Image Promotion (24 January 2026)

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Balancing granite monolith, Ergaki, Sayan Mountains, Russia.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments  Support Good quality. --Pangalau 13:33, 21 January 2026 (UTC)

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Mountain landscape, Weathering and erosion in glacial valley, Ergaki, Sayan Mountains, Siberia.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments  Support Good quality. --Pangalau 13:33, 21 January 2026 (UTC)

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk, Russia.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments  Support Good quality. --Юрий Д.К. 01:15, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Krasnoyarsk, Russia.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments  Support Good quality. --Юрий Д.К. 01:15, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

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Quality Image Promotion (25 January 2026)

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Ergaki, Mountain lake Skazka, Rock formations, Valley, Sayan Mountains, Russia.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments  Support Good quality. --JackyM59 12:46, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Ergaki, Mountain valley, Paleozoic, Western Sayan Mountains, Russia.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments  Support Good quality. --FlocciNivis 20:24, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Krasnoyarsk Pillars, Russia.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments  Support Good quality. --Юрий Д.К. 22:21, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Krasnoyarsk Pillars, Stolby, Russia.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments  Support Good quality. --Юрий Д.К. 22:21, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

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Quality Image Promotion (30 January 2026)

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Ergaki, Mountain lake Skazka, Rock formations, Sayan Mountains, Russia.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments  Support Good quality. --Aciarium 14:48, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Ergaki, Taiga in Siberia, Dark coniferous forest, Sayan Mountains, Russia.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments  Support Good quality. --Юрий Д.К. 22:53, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Krasnoyarsk Pillars, Rock formation, Syenite laccolith obelisk, Russia.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments  Support Good quality. --Юрий Д.К. 22:53, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

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Quality Image Promotion (31 January 2026)

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Ergaki, Siberian pine forest, Spruce forest, Taiga wilderness, Sayan Mountains, Siberia, Russia.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments  Support Good quality. --Gower 06:41, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

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Misidentified plant

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  your photo
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  Cirsium palustre
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  Cirsium palustre (illustration)

Hi Vyacheslav Argenberg:
Your photo left above cannot be a photo of Cirsium palustre because this species looks quite different, e.g. with very prickly, winged stems. The leaves are either pinnatifid (strongly incised) or very narrow. So your image must show a different species of thistle, probably a Carduus or a Cirsium species. However, I do not know this species and it is unlikely that this species grows in Central Europe as a wildflower. I corrected the ID as far as I could, but please correct the Russian description and the caption. You also might have the image renamed.
Best regards --Robert Flogaus-Faust (talk) 11:44, 4 February 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for tracking it down, Robert Flogaus-Faust. I have made the necessary corrections. --Argenberg (talk) 11:05, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

Quality Image Promotion (14 February 2026)

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Krasnoyarsk and Yenisei under blue sky and clouds, Krasnoyarsk, Russia.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments  Support Good quality. --Юрий Д.К. 14:38, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Krasnoyarsk under blue sky and white clouds, Krasnoyarsk, Russia.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments  Support Good quality. --Юрий Д.К. 14:38, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Krasnoyarsk, View of Yenisey River, Russia.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments  Support Good quality. --Юрий Д.К. 14:38, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

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Quality Image Promotion (05 March 2026)

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Kathmandu Durbar Square, Shiva Parvati Temple, Nepal (edit).jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments  Support Good quality. --ArildV 06:38, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

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File:Modern art, Book covers 2, Rostov-on-Don, Russia.jpg

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FP Promotion

★ This image has been promoted to Featured picture! ★ The image File:Ergaki, Peak Molodezhnyy, Sayan Mountains, Russia.jpg, that you nominated on Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Ergaki, Peak Molodezhnyy, Sayan Mountains, Russia.jpg has been promoted. Thank you for your contribution. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so.

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File:Baby, cute little baby.jpg

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File:Baby, cute baby.jpg

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FP Promotion

★ This image has been promoted to Featured picture! ★ The image File:Chola Mountain Lake, Nepal.jpg, that you nominated on Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Chola Mountain Lake, Nepal.jpg has been promoted. Thank you for your contribution. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so.

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Round 1 of Picture of the Year 2025 voting is open!

2024 Picture of the Year:Mundari man polishing the horns of one of his Watusi cows using a mixture of cow urine and ash as a ritualistic and protective practice in a temporary cattle camp in Terekeka, South Sudan.

Dear Wikimedian,

Wikimedia Commons is happy to announce that the 2025 Picture of the Year competition is now open. This year is the twentieth edition of the annual Wikimedia Commons photo competition, which recognizes exceptional contributions by users on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia users are invited to vote for their favourite images featured on Commons during the last year (2025) 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 are all 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.

For your convenience, we have sorted the images into topical categories. Two rounds of voting will be held: In the first round, you may vote for as many images as you like. The top 30 overall and the top 5% of most popular images in each category will continue to the final. In the final round, you may vote for just five images to become the Picture of the Year.

Round 1 will end on 18 April 2026, 23:59:59 UTC.

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Quality Image Promotion (11 April 2026)

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Karachay-Cherkessia, Arkhyz Valley, Долина Архыза, ночь, Карачаево-Черкесия.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments Good quality. --Plasmium 08:41, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

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FP Promotion

★ This image has been promoted to Featured picture! ★ The image File:Mininskiye Stolby, Divniye Gory, Yenisei River, Divnogorsk, Russia.jpg, that you nominated on Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Mininskiye Stolby, Divniye Gory, Yenisei River, Divnogorsk, Russia.jpg has been promoted. Thank you for your contribution. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so.

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Round 2 of Picture of the Year 2025 voting is open!

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You are receiving this message because we noticed that you previously voted in the Picture of the Year contest. Wikimedia users are invited to vote for their favourite images featured on Commons during the last year (2025) 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.

In this second and final round, you may vote for a maximum of five images. The image with the most votes will become the Picture of the Year 2025.

Round 2 will end at 2 May 2026, 23:59:59 UTC.

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Quality Image Promotion (24 April 2026)

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Mangup-Kale, Old citadel, Castle, Baba-Dag, Crimea.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments  Support Good quality. --Юрий Д.К. 20:26, 21 April 2026 (UTC)  Support Good quality. --JackyM59 20:36, 21 April 2026 (UTC)

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Mangup-Kale, Baba-Dag, Crimea.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments  Support Good quality. --Юрий Д.К. 20:26, 21 April 2026 (UTC)

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Mangup-Kale, Valley, Freedom, Baba-Dag, Crimea.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments  Support Good quality. --Юрий Д.К. 20:26, 21 April 2026 (UTC)

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Biryusa Bay, Forest, Krasnoyarsk Sea, Russia.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments  Support Good quality. --Юрий Д.К. 20:26, 21 April 2026 (UTC)

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FP Promotion

★ This image has been promoted to Featured picture! ★ The image File:Ergaki, Mountain lake Skazka, Rock formations, Sayan Mountains, Russia.jpg, that you nominated on Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Ergaki, Mountain lake Skazka, Rock formations, Sayan Mountains, Russia.jpg has been promoted. Thank you for your contribution. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so.

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Announcing the Winners of Picture of the Year 2025!

Hi everyone,

Wikimedia Commons is pleased to finally announce the winners of this year's Picture of the Year 2025 contest! We had some truly incredible finalists to choose from, but the community has spoken.

Here are your top three winning images:

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  First place: The aftermath of an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on October 9, 2023, leaving widespread destruction in the Rimal area.
  Attribution: WAFA (Q2915969) / CC-BY-SA 3.0
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  Second place: Baby cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) sleeping at Cape cross, Namibia.
  Attribution: Giles Laurent / CC-BY-SA 4.0
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  Third place: A gigantic jet photographed from the International Space Station by astronaut Nichole Ayers.
  Attribution: public domain

You can view the full results and see where all your favorite images placed here: Full 2025 Results

I also want to highlight what an incredible turnout we had. In the second round, we saw a massive jump in both the number of users voting and the total votes cast. We had exactly 13,979 votes cast by 3,509 users! To put that in perspective, last year we had 7,403 votes from 2,837 users. It is amazing to see that level of growth and community engagement.

Thank you to everyone who voted, helped organize, and generally made the contest such a huge success this year!

Regards,
ZI Jony
For the POTY Committee 20:02, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

File:Balaklava, Party ad, Crimea.jpg

File:Balaklava, Party ad, Crimea.jpg has been nominated for deletion at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Balaklava, Party ad, Crimea.jpg This is a deletion request for the community to discuss whether the nominated page should be kept or deleted. Please voice your opinion in the linked request above. Thank you very much! If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

A1Cafel (talk) 14:35, 18 June 2026 (UTC)

File:Vladimir Putin on TV, Rostov-on-Don, Russia.jpg

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Quick1984 (talk) 15:21, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

File:Vladimir Putin on TV 2, Rostov-on-Don, Russia.jpg

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Quick1984 (talk) 15:21, 21 July 2026 (UTC)