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Commons Photographers User Group: Board Elections 2025/2

Dear member of the Commons Photographers User Group,

thank you for your interest in our board election.

This week we ask you to vote for the election committe.

Please support up to three candidates on the Election Page by December 16th, 00:00 UTC.

We are very much looking forward to hearing from you. Please use this talk page for your thoughts.

All the best

--Ailura (talk) for the CPUG board

FYI

This user’s Internet access will be switched to a new connection around Monday/Tuesday, 8/9 December 2025. The company carrying out the work, a well-known big German telecommunications company and internet service provider, is known for its particular expertise, diligence, and care. Therefore, as experience has shown, the result can be a long-term complete outage of Internet access; fixing that may take weeks of negotiations with the excellent company. The user therefore apologises for any sudden and possibly weeks-long complete absence: this is not intentional, but to a certain extent a natural disaster, as always when you have to deal with these big telcos.

– Aristeas (talk) 17:34, 3 December 2025 (UTC)

 Done OK, the technicians have left and there is again a working connection – seems this time “I am escaped by the skin of my teeth.” ;–) – Aristeas (talk) 13:51, 9 December 2025 (UTC)

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Fröhliche Weihnachten!

Frohe Weihnachten und ein glückliches, gesundes Neues Jahr 2026! -- Radomianin (talk) 09:59, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

Happy holidays! * 2026 !

	* Happy Holidays! *
	Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! ¡Feliz Navidad y próspero año nuevo! Joyeux Noël et bonne année! Frohe Weihnachten und ein glückliches Neues Jahr! Wesołych Świąt i Szczęśliwego Nowego Roku! Щасливого Різдва i з Новим роком! Boldog karácsonyt és boldog új évet! Καλά Χριστούγεννα και καλή χρονιά!    -- George Chernilevsky talk 14:15, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

...and a Happy New Year.

Warm greetings from Italy. Terragio67 (talk) 16:41, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

Felices festas

=Happy holidays!

Merry Christmas and warm wishes for a joyful, healthy, and peaceful New Year 2026! -- Lmbuga (talk) 10:43, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

Lmbuga (talk) 18:30, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

Happy holidays and best wishes for 2026!

✨ Happy Holidays Aristeas! 🎄 Merry Christmas! 🎉 Best wishes for 2026! -- Giles Laurent (talk) 19:30, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

Weihnachtswünsche

Ganz lieben Dank Aristeas für die Weihnachts- und Neujahrswünsche. Dir und Deiner Familie ebenfalls schöne Feiertage, ein besinnliches Weihnachtsfest und einen guten Start ins neue Jahr. Grüße aus Florida. Olga Ernst (talk) 21:20, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

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Happy Holidays!

Thank you very much for the holiday wishes Aristeas! I wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year from Florida as well! – Julian Lupyan (talk) 21:57, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

Happy holidays!

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Warm greetings from Rio Grande do Sul! heylenny (^talk/_edits) 01:54, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

Best wishes

Best wishes, with all my heart. With all my heart and admiration. I really enjoy your photos. I hope you take many more this new year.

You are the photographer of light. Lmbuga (talk) 12:36, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

Merry Christmas and a happy 2026

			* Merry Christmas and all the best for 2026, Aristeas! *
			Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! ¡Feliz Navidad y próspero año nuevo! Joyeux Noël et bonne année! Frohe Weihnachten und ein frohes Neues Jahr! Wesołych Świąt i Szczęśliwego Nowego Roku! Счастливого Рождества и c Новым годом! Щасливого Різдва i З Новим роком! --Llez (talk) 06:46, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

Happy Holidays!

✨ Happy Holidays Aristeas! 🎉 The year is drawing to a close and many of us have a few holidays ahead of us. I hope you find some time to relax and wish you all the best for the new year 2026! -- XRay I remember a beautiful quote by Selaru Ovidiu that I found this year and think is very fitting: Photography is not made to impress others. Photography is made to discover yourself.

XRay 💬 07:21, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

Happy holidays!

Thank you very much for your kind Christmas and New Year wishes. I really appreciate it. Wishing you a pleasant holiday season and all the best for the year ahead. ArildV (talk) 09:57, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

Wesołych Świąt

Happy Holydays and Happy New Year 2025! Tournasol7

--Tournasol7 (talk) 12:30, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

Vielen Dank für deine Wünsche mein Freund. Dir und deiner Familie wünsche ich auch eine schöne Weihnachtszeit und nur das Beste für 2026! :) Poco a poco (talk) 14:18, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

Happy Holidays!

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Happy Holidays!

I wish you a wonderful and peaceful holiday season! Thank you very much for your commitment to WikiMedia, and I wish you all the best for 2026, many great moments in front of the lens, and fantastic photos in Commons. Kind regards, Achim Lammerts • Syntaxys (talk) 15:15, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

Happy holidays,

		Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
		Счастливого Рождества и с Новым годом! ¡Feliz Navidad y próspero año nuevo! Joyeux Noël et Bonne année! Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo! Frohe Weihnachten und ein gluckliches Neues Jahr! Wesołych Świąt i Szczęśliwego Nowego Roku! Rojdestvo bayrami va yangi yilingiz bilan! Hyvää Joulua ja Onnellista Uutta Vuotta! Vrolijk Kerstfeest en Gelukkig Nieuwjaar! God Jul och Gott Nytt år! -- Екатерина Борисова (talk) 19:26, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

Frohe Weihnachten!

Merry Christmas and best wishes for 2026! Joyeux Noël et une bonne année 2026 ! Frohe Weihnachten und alles Gute für 2026! AFBorchert (talk) 07:13, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

Thank you

To be honest, I don't know what to say. Happy New Year. Petro Stelte (talk) 03:14, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

That’s fine, Petro ;–). I just noticed that your uploads and nominations were still not auto-patrolled, and thought that should be changed because you are a well-established trustworthy contributor. Having your uploads and edits auto-patrolled helps us all because it makes it easier to distinguish between edits by trustworthy users and edits by new and inexperienced users who may need attention or even supervision. Wish you a Happy new year, — Aristeas (talk) 10:06, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

Meinung erwünscht

Hallo lieber Aristeas,

zunächst einmal wünsche ich dir ein schönes neues Jahr mit viel Gesundheit (wie die zahlreichen vorherigen User ;) ). Ich habe zwei Fotos noch aus Mödlareuth, von dem ich eines als FPC nominieren will. File:Mödlareuth 20251003 HOF0370 RAW-Export.jpg funktioniert mMn. gut, weil ein harmloser Hof von einem Überwachungsturm geprägt ist, und File:Mödlareuth 20251003 HOF0374 RAW-Export.jpg funktioniert mMn gut, weil der Fokus auf der Kontrolle dank Mauer und Turm liegt. Da dein geschultes Auge gutes Urteilsvermögen hat, freue ich mich über deine Meinung :). Viele Grüße --PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 18:37, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

Hallo PantheraLeo1359531 😺, zunächst sorry für die Verspätung, ich war ein paar Tage ziemlich erkältet und hier nur ganz sporadisch unterwegs. Beide Fotos sind sehr interessant … hm, genau deshalb fällt auch mir die Wahl schwer. Ich sehe sie mir morgen nochmal mit frischem Kopf an und werde ggf. noch jemand anderen um eine zweite/dritte Meinung bitten. Bis bald, – Aristeas (talk) 19:57, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

Brauchst dich nicht entschuldigen. Und es eilt nicht ;). Rasche Genesung! --PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 11:14, 7 January 2026 (UTC)

Hallo PantheraLeo1359531 😺, ich finde beide Fotos sehr interessant und gut gemacht. Du hast (ich habe eine Blick auf andere Fotos aus Mödlareuth geworfen) den aktuellen Kontext mit seiner bunten Atmosphäre zwischen Rummelplatz und Mahnwache gut ausgeblendet. Die Wahl zwischen beiden fällt mir allerdings schwer. – Leider herrscht auf FPC gerade eine etwas angespannte Stimmung, da Leute, die den Wert von FPC retten möchten (ich schreibe das hier ohne Wertung), Bilder oft mit ‘nothing special’ abwerten. Beide Fotos könnten es auf FPC deshalb ein bisschen schwer haben, auch weil die Bildstimmung fast allzu schön und sommerlich ist. Das bietet zwar einen wirklich interessanten Kontrast zu der Überwachungsanlage, aber ich weiß nicht, ob dieser Kontrast für alle sichtbar ist … Wahrscheinlich wäre ein Drama-Foto mit Gewitterhimmel für viele Leute beeindruckender ;–). Ich habe überlegt, ob eines Deiner Fotos, das den Kontrast zum heutigen Zustand zeigt, wie dieses, leichter funktionieren würde, aber da kommt dann wieder Fraktion der Ästhetiker und findet die Autos doof … schwierig. – Aber ich möchte Dich nicht entmutigen! Ich bin generell immer sehr skeptisch mit Nominierungen, daher bin ich wahrscheinlich zu vorsichtig, um ein guter Ratgeber zu sein. Im Zweifel: probiere es einfach mit einem der Bilder!

(Ich persönlich finde z.B. dieses Bild toll, oder dieses – solche konzentrierten Kompositionen mit schönem Seitenlicht, Farben und Texturen beeindrucken mich immer mehr. Aber wahrscheinlich ist das für FPC auch zu speziell, leider.

Hallo @Radomianin: Ich schätze Deine durchdachten und klugen Bildkommentare sehr, und außerdem weißt Du besser als unsere Freunde von anderen Kontinenten, was es mit der deutsch-deutschen Teilung auf sich hatte. Hast Du zufällig eine Idee oder eine Rat, der dem Kollegen hier weiterhilft? Danke! Viele Grüße an Euch beide, – Aristeas (talk) 20:25, 8 January 2026 (UTC)

• Guten Abend, liebe Kollegen PantheraLeo1359531 und Aristeas! Danke fürs Zeigen der Serie - man merkt allen Bildern die sorgfältige Auseinandersetzung mit dem Ort an. Die anderen Motive haben aus meiner Sicht durchaus ihre Stärken, gerade in einem mehr enzyklopädisch ausgerichteten Kontext wie bei den FPC der englischsprachigen WP, wo dokumentarische Aspekte oft noch etwas stärker gewichtet werden.

Für Commons-FPC selbst sticht für mich jedoch klar HOF0328 hervor. Die Reduktion und die fast grafische Klarheit machen Kontrolle und Überwachung sehr ruhig, aber eindringlich sichtbar, ohne Dramatisierung oder erzählerische Zuspitzung. Das Bild funktioniert unmittelbar und bleibt auch ohne viel Vorwissen gut lesbar - genau das halte ich hier für entscheidend. Vor einer Nominierung würde ich lediglich empfehlen, dem Bild noch einen klar beschreibenden Dateinamen zu geben. Herzliche Grüße :) -- Radomianin (talk) 21:49, 8 January 2026 (UTC)

@Aristeas @Radomianin Danke Euch sehr für die ausführlichen Kommentare :). Ich werde in Ruhe mir die vorgeschlagenen Bilder angucken. Wenn etwas scheitert, ist es ja auch kein Weltuntergang, aber Versuche können sich lohnen. Teils fällt das Meinungsbild schnell anders aus, gerade wenn die ersten Wertungen eine Richtung vorgeben ;). Liebe Grüße --PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 10:01, 10 January 2026 (UTC)

Your Most Memorable Shot Submission!

Hello Aristeas!

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As we step into a new year, we’re happy to invite you to take part in “Your Most Memorable Shot 2025.”

Since 2018, photographers from across the Wikimedia community have come together at the beginning of each year to share the photographs that meant the most to them over the past twelve months. Now in its eighth iteration, this tradition continues to be a space for reflection, storytelling, and celebrating meaningful moments through photography.

Whether you are a member of the Commons Photographers User Group or not, you are warmly welcome to participate and invite others too. Every image carries a story, and your perspective helps enrich this collective showcase.

Whenever you’re ready, please select your most cherished photograph from 2025 and share it on the designated page.

The deadline for submissions is 28 February 2026, so we hope you’ll join us before then.

We look forward to discovering the moments that made your year memorable and to continuing this wonderful tradition together.

Warm regards, -- Suyash Dwivedi (💬) 22:36, 4 January 2026 (UTC) (CPUG)

FP Promotion

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