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Nu startar Wiki Loves Monuments 2025!

Vinnarbilden i Wiki Loves Monuments 2024.

Hej!

(For information in English, see Wiki Loves Monuments 2025 in Sweden or other participating countries.)

Du får det här meddelandet då du tidigare har deltagit i de svenska deltävlingarna av Wiki Loves Monuments eller Wiki Loves Earth!

Den 1 september inleds 2025 års svenska deltävling av Wiki Loves Monuments, där det skulle vara väldigt roligt om du ville vara med och delta! Målet med Wiki Loves Monuments är att fotografera det svenska kulturarvet. De kategorier som ingår är byggnadsminnen, fornminnen, kulturmärkta fartyg och fritidsbåtar samt arbetslivsmuseer – och du är välkommen att bidra med bilder hela september.

Välkommen till tävlingen, och lycka till! / --Alicia Fagerving (WMSE) (talk) 07:26, 27 August 2025 (UTC)

Many thanks for the FPCBot improvements!

Dear Aristeas, I am truly delighted to see that the bot is now able to handle the simple delisting nominations as well. My heartfelt thanks to you for your invaluable and patient work on the complex code structure, and for all the dedication you have invested in its further development. With appreciation, -- Radomianin (talk) 08:58, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

You are welcome, Radomianin. I am happy myself that it works well. Delist-and-replace nominations will follow soon, first I must complete some minor changes to the bot code and restructure the bot program a bit. Many thanks for your appreciation and all the best, – Aristeas (talk) 10:01, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

• Thank you so much, Aristeas! Being able to handle Delist-and-replace nominations in the future would be a wonderful step forward, and I'm really looking forward to it. With appreciation, -- Radomianin (talk) 10:24, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

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Zuschnitt des Schulfotos als neue Datei?

Hallo lieber Aristeas,

vielen Dank für Deinen Kommentar zu Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Die Grundschule Krötenbruck bei Dämmerung (High EXP-HDR) 20250820 HOF4174 RAW-Export.jpg :). Sollte der empfohlene Zuschnitt als neue Datei hochgeladen und vorgeschlagen werden oder die existierende Datei überschrieben werden? Ich glaube da gab es Regularien bei der Nominierung. Liebe Grüße und viel Spaß beim Fotografieren! ;) --PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 17:58, 4 September 2025 (UTC)

Hallo PantheraLeo1359531 😺, leider war ich mit meinem Kommentar etwas spät dran. Normalerweise würden wir, wenn die Änderung des Beschnitts den Bildeindruck nennenswert beeinflusst, die neue Version als Alternative zur Nominierung hinzufügen. Dafür ist es jetzt aber etwas spät -- wahrscheinlich werden nicht genug Leute für die Alternative abstimmen. Das war mein Fehler, ich hätte meinen Vorschlag früher machen sollen. Hm … Daher würde ich vorschlagen, dass Du die Nominierung jetzt einfach so lässt, wie sie ist; vielleicht haben wir ja Glück und es kommt noch eine weitere Support-Stimme dazu. Falls es mit der Nominierung nicht klappt, könnten wir aber versuchen, dass Du den neuen Zuschnitt als neue Datei hochlädst, ich würde sie dann nominieren. Für den Erfolg kann ich absolut nicht garantieren, aber einen Versuch wäre es wert. Es wäre aber warscheinlich sinnvoll, mit der neuen Nominierung ein paar Wochen zu warten. Was hältst Du davon? Beste Grüße, – Aristeas (talk) 20:02, 4 September 2025 (UTC)

Danke dir für Deine Antwort! :) Sollte die Nominierung noch scheitern, werde ich in Ruhe darüber nachdenken und nach der Frist eine erneute Nominierung in Erwägung ziehen. Liebe Grüße --PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 07:52, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

FP Nom

Hi Aristeas, apologies for bothering you. I replaced the image in this nom with the improved version. As Cart noted here, the nom should also be moved, and code etc. needs to be fixed. Could you please help me with that? UnpetitproleX (Talk) 03:09, 8 September 2025 (UTC)

Hello UnpetitproleX, no problem, I will take care of it. Sorry for the delay, was far from any computer or phone for a few hours … ;–). Best, – Aristeas (talk) 18:03, 8 September 2025 (UTC)

 Done Hope it helps, best, – Aristeas (talk) 18:12, 8 September 2025 (UTC)

Much thanks! --UnpetitproleX (Talk) 20:32, 8 September 2025 (UTC)

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Bild des Tages

Hallo Roman, Herzlichen Glückwunsch, dein Foto von der Ansicht von Haigerloch ist heute Bild des Tages. Ich kann mich noch gut daran erinnern. Ich find das Foto grandios. Es war vergangenes Jahr auch bei WLM dabei. Wir hatten damals eine Einzelansicht des Schlosses in die Top 20 gewählt. Ich freu mich für dich und ich freue mich, das Bild des Tages anzuschauen. Vielen Dank und liebe Grüße Z ^thomas 05:20, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

Übrigens ich weiß nicht, ob des es mitbekommen hast, in BW sind in den letzten Tagen für alle Gemeinde die Kulturdenkmallisten entstanden.

Also falls dir mal die Fotomotive ausgehen sollten :-) Z ^thomas 08:53, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

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Möglicher FP-Kandidat

Hallo lieber Aristeas,

momentan versuche ich, die Fotos des Hofer Landes nach Jahr zu chronologisieren und bin dabei über File:Hölle-191220-0135-HDR.jpg gestoßen. Das wäre doch ein FP-Kandidat, was denkst du? :) Liebe Grüße --PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 17:07, 24 September 2025 (UTC)

Hallo PantheraLeo1359531 😺, ja, das ist ein toller Fund, Gratulation! Sehr stimmungsvoll, trotzdem realistisch; mir gefällt besonders, wie die schräg einfallenden Sonnenstrahlen im Dunst sichtbar werden (in der Mitte über dem Wasser) und dass das strömende Wasser nicht mit einer Langzeitbelichtung zu sehr geglättet wurde (das ist ja schön, habe ich aber einfach zu oft gesehen), sondern wirbelt und schäumt. Kleine Problemchen könnten sein, dass das Bild rechts etwas weich wirkt (durch Entrauschen?!) und dass es links oben am Rand der Äste und Zweige wegen des extremen Kontrasts zum hellen Hintergrund leichte Farbsäume gibt. Letzteres können wir aber, wenn das gewünscht wird, leicht entfernen. Ingesamt unbedingt nominierungswürdig.

Vor der Nominierung sollten die Beschreibung noch etwas verbessert und die Kategorien ergänzt werden. Ich schaue mal nach den Kategorien; kannst Du die Beschreibung etwas aufpolieren? (Am besten auf Deutsch und Englisch.)

Ich nehme an, Du möchtest das Bild nominieren – nur zu, mein  Support bekommt es! Falls es Dir aber lieber ist, kann ich es auch nominieren – ganz wie Du möchtest. Danke und herzliche Grüße, – Aristeas (talk) 17:49, 24 September 2025 (UTC)

Ich kann gerne die textuellen Korrekturen anwenden :). Ich würde ehrlicherweise fast dir die Nominierung überlassen, da du mehr Erfahrung mit dem Thema hast. Aber meine Abstimmung ist natürlich auch schon klar :D --PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 18:11, 24 September 2025 (UTC)

Also, wenn Du das möchtest, dann kann ich es gerne nominieren ;–). Ergänze einfach, wenn Du Zeit hast, den Text noch ein bisschen, dann nominiere ich es. Herzlich – Aristeas (talk) 18:24, 24 September 2025 (UTC)

Alles klar, so machen wir das :). Ich versuche noch einige Ergänzungen. Danke Dir! --PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 18:26, 24 September 2025 (UTC)

Danke Dir, PantheraLeo1359531 😺! – Ich habe das Bild noch umbenannt und einen Hinweis auf das NSG und Geotop ergänzt. Hier ist die Nominierung; ich kann für nichts garantieren, aber die Chancen sollten nicht allzu schlecht sein. Herzlich – Aristeas (talk) 16:06, 25 September 2025 (UTC)

Herzlichen Dank für dein Engagement :D --PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 18:41, 25 September 2025 (UTC)