User talk:Fotoriety

Welcome to Wikimedia Commons, Fotoriety!

First steps tutorial Our first steps tour and our frequently asked questions will help you a lot after registration. They explain how to customize the interface (for example the language), how to upload files and our basic licensing policy (Wikimedia Commons only accepts free content). You don't need technical skills in order to contribute here. Be bold when contributing and assume good faith when interacting with others. This is a wiki. Getting help More information is available at the community portal. You may ask questions at the help desk, village pump or on IRC channel #wikimedia-commons (webchat). You can also contact an administrator on their talk page. If you have a specific copyright question, ask at the copyright village pump.

Goodies, tips, and tricks Put Babel boxes on your user page so others know what languages you can speak and indicate your graphic abilities. You can find the files you have uploaded in your Uploads. Please sign your name on Talk pages by typing ~~~~. To link to an image page without embedding the image, type: [[:File:Foo.jpg]], which produces: File:Foo.jpg. You may enable gadgets (custom features) for your account. There are several tools to upload files. Have you edited Wikipedia before? This guide might be useful. Made a mistake? Do you want to have a file renamed or moved? Use the move link and wait for an authorized user to rename it. Do you want to have your recently uploaded picture removed? Tag it as {{speedy|reason here}}. For more information read the deletion guidelines.

-- Wikimedia Commons Welcome (talk) 04:15, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

Critiques

Sometimes I do not agree with your critiques, but I respect them. Your observations are well grounded. Keep on, and take the heat. Welcome. --Tomascastelazo (talk) 17:07, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

Thankyou very much. Your objectivity is very much respected and appreciated.Fotoriety (talk) 22:31, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

Hi Fotoriety (nice nickname). I agree with Tomascastelazo, and hope you will enjoy your stay in FPC page. As french, I have a question. Almost all of your reviews begin by the letters "Cons.", and I don't understand what it means. Could you explain please ? Thank you for answer and welcome again.--Jebulon (talk) 21:43, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

LOL! Thankyou. Yes i knew i would ruffle some feathers, so i chose this nickname to meld notoriety with photo. I would be more than happy to answer your question regarding the word "cons". Cons just means things you are opposed to - which is why i list things i am opposed to after it. The opposite of cons would be "pros". Thanks for asking and making me feel welcome.Fotoriety (talk) 22:40, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

OK thanks for answering, that was my idea but I was not sure. The "s" disturbed me. "Pro" vs "Contra", as french (again) I'm unforgiveable, because it is latin ! Lol ! --Jebulon (talk) 23:34, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

LOL! Yes i understand. As English, we tend to invent all kinds of new words - even if they fail to uphold the standards of accuracy & proper procedure! LOL.Fotoriety (talk) 23:42, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

File:Saint Isaac's Cathedral Sept. 2012 Interior.jpg

The file was updated. Please review your vote at the nomination page --Ximeg (talk) 11:10, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

I can see it has improved. However, i still don't think it is FP status. It still looks too noisy and i think you will struggle to eliminate that with the settings you have had to work with. Perhaps you could retake the photo to account for the noise and perhaps look at photo-shopping out any unwanted results from that?Fotoriety (talk) 00:30, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

Unfortunately I cannot retake it, as it is 2000 km away from me... And anyway, with my camera it's not possible to obtain better results without tripod, which is prohibited there. Anyway, thank you! --Ximeg (talk) 22:52, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

I'm sorry i couldn't be of more help.Fotoriety (talk) 01:15, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

Picture of the Year 2013 R2 Announcement

Round 2 of Picture of the Year 2013 is open!

• ⧼Wikibase-terms/Fotoriety⧽: Deutsch, Ελληνικά, English, ‎français, magyar, ‎italiano, македонски, ‎‎日本語, ‎‎‎русский, ‎‎‎svenska

2012 Picture of the Year: A pair of European Bee-eaters in Ariège, France.

Dear Wikimedians,

Wikimedia Commons is happy to announce that the second round of the 2013 Picture of the Year competition is now open. This year will be the eighth 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 favorite images featured on Commons during the last year (2013) 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.

There are two total rounds of voting. In the first round, you voted for as many images as you liked. The top 30 overall and the most popular image in each category have continued to the final. In the final round, you may vote for just one image to become the Picture of the Year.

Round 2 will end on 7 March 2014. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2013/Introduction/en Click here to learn more and vote »]

Thanks,
the Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year committee

You are receiving this message because you voted in the 2013 Picture of the Year contest.

This Picture of the Year vote notification was delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:22, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

Picture of the Year 2013 Results Announcement

Picture of the Year 2013 Results

• In other languages: Deutsch, ‎español, ‎français, ‎日本語, Nederlands, русский, ‎svenska, ‎Türkçe, ‎українська

The 2013 Picture of the Year. View all results »

Dear Fotoriety,

The 2013 Picture of the Year competition has ended and we are pleased to announce the results: We shattered participation records this year — more people voted in Picture of the Year 2013 than ever before. In both rounds, 4070 different people voted for their favorite images. Additionally, there were more image candidates (featured pictures) in the contest than ever before (962 images total).

• In the first round, 2852 people voted for all 962 files
• In the second round, 2919 people voted for the 50 finalists (the top 30 overall and top 2 in each category)

We congratulate the winners of the contest and thank them for creating these beautiful images and sharing them as freely licensed content:

1. 157 people voted for the winner, an image of a lightbulb with the tungsten filament smoking and burning.
2. In second place, 155 people voted for an image of "Sviati Hory" (Holy Mountains) National Park in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
3. In third place, 131 people voted for an image of a swallow flying and drinking.

Click here to view the top images »

We also sincerely thank to all 4070 voters for participating and we hope you will return for next year's contest in early 2015. We invite you to continue to participate in the Commons community by sharing your work.

Thanks,
the Picture of the Year committee

You are receiving this message because you voted in the 2013 Picture of the Year contest.

Delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:59, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

Edit warring

Hi Fotoriety (talk · contribs). Please cease edit warring at Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Mallorca - Cap Figuera1.jpg. Regardless of whether or not you are (or think you are) in the right, repeatedly reverting another editors removal/additions is disruptive. In the future simply bring such actions to the attention of administrators. As such, in an effort to keep the peace, please do not add the comment back. Your oppose still stands. Thank you, Tiptoety ^talk 21:04, 15 July 2014 (UTC)

You have been blocked for a duration of one month

You have been blocked from editing Commons for a duration of one month for the following reason: This account has been used to negatively vote for Featured Picture Candidates and for no other use. Obviously socking. One month block to read the rules, consider the alternatives and reform behavior.. If you wish to make useful contributions, you may do so after the block expires. If you believe this block is unjustified, you may add {{unblock|(enter your reason here) ~~~~}} below this message explaining clearly why you should be unblocked. See also the block log. For more information, see Appealing a block.

Unblock request granted This blocked user asked to be unblocked, and one or more administrators has reviewed and granted this request. Request reason: "I find it incredibly offensive when a so-called experienced administrator blocks me based upon two false premises: 1) I am not a sockpuppet of anybody and either Ellin Beltz is a blatant and unashamed liar (by making the false accusation) or she is highly incompetent. 2) My reasons for only voting opposes is simple enough: i vote oppose when i see that a nomination may be heading for an unwarranted FP elevation. Therefore, i try and intervene to steer away from something, i believe, it doesn't deserve. I see too many voters who add their support votes for sub-par images; i believe this has as much to do with leniency and lack of photographic knowledge as it does to voting strategically (you scratch my back...). Either way, Ellin Beltz should be strongly reprimanded for her reckless, high-handed unilateral action which was made at the very least under severe incompetence and at worst under malicious intent.--Fotoriety (talk) 22:43, 18 November 2015 (UTC)" Unblock reason: "as per the opinions of A.Savin, Colin, The Photographer, Alvesgaspar, and Julian H. on Commons:Administrators' noticeboard/User problems#User:Fotoriety. But please avoid personal attacks (re Ellin above). Regards, Yann (talk) 13:40, 19 November 2015 (UTC)" This template should be archived normally.

(Block log) (unblock) (Change local status for a global block) (contribs)