Commons talk:Photo challenge/themes/Archive/2023

Digitization at school

Des situations où on voit des outils numériques dans un contexte scolaire, avec ou sans la présence d'élèves, d'enseignants ou de parents. AntoineDeliDrane (talk) 14:25, 12 January 2023 (UTC)
Situations where digital tools are seen in a school context, with or without the presence of pupils, teachers or parents. -- F. Riedelio • 💬 10:51, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

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•  Support -- Cédric Lapeze (talk) 15:36, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
•  Support Very interesting to make the students work on the interest of the wikimedia project-- Aurejones (talk) 22:57, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
•  Support -- Apouilhe (talk) 17:11, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
•  Support -- Laurent.castillo (talk) 16:26, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
•  Support -- Armaniniq (talk) 16:16, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
•  Support -- Jgorgues (talk) 15:36, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
•  Support -- Sfriedelmeyer (talk) 15:36, 13 January 2023 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by S.Friedelmeyer (talk • contribs) 07:42, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
•  Question Does ‘school context’ include remote learning? Brianjd (talk) 08:38, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

  Oui, étant donné le contexte depuis trois ans, on peut considérer que l'enseignement à distance fait bien partie du contexte scolaire AntoineDeliDrane (talk) 08:52, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

•  Question Are the (presumably non-free) works shown on the screens a problem here? Brianjd (talk) 08:39, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
•  Comment: You should write in English, so people understand it and include a gallery of example images please. -- F. Riedelio • 💬 18:49, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

Ok AntoineDeliDrane (talk) 09:12, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

@AntoineDeliDrane All of your examples have French captions. More importantly, all of them come from the same author. Please try to include as more variety in your examples. Brianjd (talk) 13:30, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

@F. Riedelio I don’t see anything in the instructions about writing in English. Brianjd (talk) 13:07, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

You should, you don't have to. F. Riedelio • 💬 10:28, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

@F. Riedelio Why? I thought Commons was supposed to serve all languages equally, and any exceptions to that rule (like category names) are for technical reasons. Brianjd (talk) 10:35, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

For more detailed information please see here. F. Riedelio • 💬 11:01, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

@F. Riedelio Ironically, you linked to a non-English version that was useless to me. I read the English version, which says that gallery, category and file descriptions, file names and templates can be in any language, with no particular language preferred. That should apply here too. Brianjd (talk) 11:08, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

•  Comment Interesting observation that the first 7 votes are done all at the same day by users for whom this vote was the first edit ever on Commons. Class assigment? --Jarekt (talk) 00:57, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

  @Jarekt Now that I have opened the file descriptions (instead of just using the popups gadget), I can see another ‘interesting’ thing: every image in the example gallery was newly uploaded by the nominator. (Note that I already complained above about a lack of variety in the example gallery. But the instructions provide no guidance on what should be in the gallery; perhaps that needs to be changed.) Brianjd (talk) 01:37, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

  All images are in only one category: the newly created Numérique à l'école (it should be English, per Commons:Categories). And the two that are geotagged are in the commune of Besançon (Q37776). Brianjd (talk) 01:46, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

  Oui, le sujet a été proposé pour être choisi dans le cadre d'un défi proposé aux classes de l'académie de Toulouse, en France, comme je l'ai signalé dans ce post sur le bistro. Est-ce un problème ? AntoineDeliDrane (talk) 09:20, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

  This needs the attention of a French speaker. Pinging @Archaeodontosaurus, Asclepias as French speakers involved in the bistro discussion. Brianjd (talk) 09:27, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

I suggest that Bistro section of December 2022 for the background. In short, the user was considering organizing an independent activity somewhat on the model of the Commons photo challenge, or to somehow participate to the Commons challenge for February. Other than a few technical questions about Commons, there's not much that could be said on the Bistro about the Commons challenge, so I recommended that the user contact the organizers of the challenge (namely Jarekt, as he seemed active with the page updates) and see that with them. I guess that did not happen. -- Asclepias (talk) 15:25, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

En effet, je n'ai pas contacté @Jarekt directement, mea culpa. Nous sommes nouveaux sur Wikimédia, nous souhaitions promouvoir Wikimedia Commons auprès des élèves de l'académie de Toulouse en leur proposant de participer activement au défi photo. Nous lançons le défi le lundi 23 janvier. Nous avons donc proposé le sujet "le numérique à l'école" afin d'enrichir la banque d'images sur ce sujet qui nous intéresse, mais nous nous y sommes peut être mal pris. Si vous le souhaitez, nous pouvons retirer le sujet "le numérique à l'école" et faire participer les élèves à partir des thématiques qui seront choisies pour le mois de février et mars. AntoineDeliDrane (talk) 16:03, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

L'idée d'un défi photo éducatif utilisant ou pas Commons n'est pas mauvaise. J'avais l'impression que vous opteriez probablement pour une activité indépendante du Défi existant, étant donné que les dates ne concordaient pas exactement et parce qu'il n'était pas certain que les thèmes futurs du Défi conviendraient à votre activité. Mais d'un autre côté, il était envisageable qu'en discutant d'avance avec les organisateurs, ils pourraient être ouverts à la possibilité d'un mois spécial pour accommoder une activité éducative et que vous pourriez convenir ensemble d'un thème qui convienne en pratique à la fois aux élèves et à Commons. Par contre, là maintenant, c'est sûr que de débarquer en nombre et soudainement, ça ressemble un peu à une invasion des Wisigoths et ça risque plutôt d'indisposer les autres participants. Quant au thème «le numérique à l'école», il est intéressant, mais il présente aussi des inconvénients, en particulier s'il est proposé comme activité de familiarisation initiale avec Commons, car c'est un thème qui est de nature à attirer des photos qui risquent de contrevenir aux droits d'auteur sur des éléments non libres qui seraient visibles sur les photos. Un tel risque serait plus élevé avec des contributeurs peu familiers avec ce domaine. Ce serait dommage et peu motivant pour des élèves si leurs premières contributions devaient être supprimées pour contravention aux droits d'auteur. Pour ces raisons, ce thème limite considérablement les photos utilisables et nécessite une attention et quelques précautions particulières dans l'exécution et donc probablement une séance d'information pour les élèves qui inclut ces aspects. -- Asclepias (talk) 18:52, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

@Asclepias I take your comment as evidence that: (1) Copyright is unsuitable for the real world. (2) Copyright is not taught well (or at all) in schools. Is that a fair interpretation? (This is relevant here because I actually raised copyright concerns about the example gallery above.) Brianjd (talk) 14:13, 25 January 2023 (UTC)

•  Comment The subject is very interesting but to illustrate it is difficult for the technical problems of the licenses which can be raised for certain products. The 7 red votes do not seem to me difficult to accept. --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 17:27, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
•  Support -- Je ne suis pas intéressé par ce sujet mais j'imagine que de nombreuses personnes peuvent l'être. C'est aussi l'occasion de me renseigner sur un sujet qui m'est inconnu.

I'm not interested in this topic but I imagine many people might be. It is also an opportunity to learn about a subject that is unknown to me. Céléda (talk) 15:45, 18 January 2023 (UTC) Etant nul en informatique j'ai eu beaucoup de mal à présenter mon premier sujet. J'ai aimé que certains utilisateurs de Wiki m'aident à le faire. Quelques années plus tard, j'essaie de rendre le service qui m'a été donné en complétant cette galerie de photos. Being no computer, I had a lot of trouble presenting my first subject. I liked that some Wiki users help me do this. A few years later, I try to return the service that was given to me by completing this photo gallery. -- Céléda (talk) 12:06, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

•  Oppose I consider the example gallery to be part of the proposal, and I cannot support such a gallery when it has only 5 images, which lack variety, were all contributed by the nominator and have possible copyright issues. Brianjd (talk) 14:15, 25 January 2023 (UTC)

  The expanded gallery is better (although I don’t know how School model 6.jpg fits the theme). But I am still confused about this theme. Many of the previous themes could be linked to schools, particularly ‘Cables and wires’ (if restricted to electrical and communication wires, it is kind of a more specific version of this theme), ‘Children’s games’, ‘Demonstrations and protests’ (School Strike for Climate) and ‘Stationery’. Yet none of them were restricted to schools, and I don’t see why this one should be either. Brianjd (talk) 12:43, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

•  Oppose I see that the same way. -- F. Riedelio • 💬 10:10, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

•  Comment I don't think this topic in essence is bad, but it doesn't seem to be suitable for a photo contest. The circle of persons who can participate is very limited. I would say only teachers and students could realistically participate and I would probably need to be some class project. But I think this could be a good topic for an outreach project. outreach:Education might be a good place to get in contact to other people in education. --FlocciNivis (talk) 12:03, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

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Feathers

Bird feathers can be beautiful and show us nature's art, but they are also useful and utilized in many different ways. Pictures could be useful for articles on biological subjects as well as for article about culture and even economy.

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•  Support as proposer --Kritzolina (talk) 11:32, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
•  Support -- Céléda (talk) 07:19, 5 February 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --FlocciNivis (talk) 11:01, 5 February 2023 (UTC)
•  Support -- Radomianin (talk) 20:38, 5 February 2023 (UTC)
•  Question Only the feathers of a bird? -- F. Riedelio • 💬 09:45, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

  What other feathers would you want to include? Definitely some artificial feathers on clothing will appear and are ok, e.g. like on the expample of the rainbow dress above. Kritzolina (talk) 14:07, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

  I also thought of spring, nib, quill and groove. F. Riedelio • 💬 06:35, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

  Ah, I am not totally sure if all of those translate as "feather" in all languages. That is why I would keep it to the classical feathers of a bird as in the linked Wikidata-item. Kritzolina (talk) 07:12, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

  Thank you for the feedback. I have changed the description accordingly. F. Riedelio • 💬 07:31, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

  There are also feathers of dinosaurs, which can be seen in a few fossils and of course reconstructions FlocciNivis (talk) 17:25, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

  I don't think we need to specify this especially, just like the artificial feathers, but feel free to add a picture to the gallery, if you find a good one. Kritzolina (talk) 18:27, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

   Done :) --FlocciNivis (talk) 19:31, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

•  Support -- F. Riedelio • 💬 13:06, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
•  Support -- Foeniz (talk) 10:27, 16 March 2023 (UTC)

See Commons:Photo challenge/2023 - May - feathers

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Looking up

As a change in themes I suggest one about the perspective the photographer uses. Pictures taken from a low Point of View can be interesting in very different ways.

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•  Support as proposer --Kritzolina (talk) 12:03, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
•  Support More inclusive than most themes. This can pretty much be done anywhere, at any time, and doesn’t need special equipment. Brianjd (talk) 12:30, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --FlocciNivis (talk) 11:02, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

Don't Look Up.😏--RZuo (talk) 11:08, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

•  Support -- PtrQs (talk) 18:37, 9 February 2023 (UTC)
•  Support -- F. Riedelio • 💬 18:57, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
• --El Grafo (talk) 08:31, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
•  Support -- Foeniz (talk) 10:29, 16 March 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Ermell (talk) 21:23, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

See Commons:Photo challenge/2023 - April - Looking up

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Climate change

I see a rising need for good illustrations about all topics related to climate change. Pictures could not only include images of extreme weather and its consequences, but also of climate change activists and demonstrations, of climate change conferences and any initiatives working to help reduce climate change impact.

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--Kritzolina (talk) 09:11, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

•  Support --Kritzolina (talk) 09:11, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

I want to support this, but I have concerns about the gallery. Puncak Jaya glaciers 1850-2003 evolution map-fr.gif isn’t a photo, or even a video. More importantly, photos of demonstrations are often deleted due to the prominent inclusion of non-free signs. This gallery raises similar concerns, most obviously with Wikimania 2018 by Rainer Halama-083052.jpg and AMP 8145.jpg. Brianjd (talk) 09:22, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

I believe most signs at demonstrations, and those signs I selecte, don't meet the threshhold of originality. But if others think they do, I will be happy look for other images for the gallery. As for the animated image of the Puncak glacier, I agree that it is not a photo, but why do you see this as a problem? Kritzolina (talk) 17:21, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

@Kritzolina Regarding the signs, I might be overly sensitive because of my deletion request at Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Gillfoto#Files uploaded by Gillfoto (talk · contribs) 2 (which still has not been responded to by another user). Turning back to the photos here, Wikimania 2018 by Rainer Halama-083052.jpg definitely looks like it should be above the threshold, unless things are different in that country: no information about the threshold is given at COM:CRT/South Africa. AMP 8145.jpg seems borderline, with the text shadows and the colorful background.

I do see the animated image as a problem. I think that the gallery of example images should be exactly that: examples of images that would be appropriate as entries if they met the other challenge criteria. Brianjd (talk) 14:34, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

•  Support This is an important topic FlocciNivis (talk) 10:56, 5 February 2023 (UTC)
•  Support +1 -- Radomianin (talk) 20:40, 5 February 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Jarekt (talk) 04:09, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Sdicke (talk) 14:46, 17 May 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --F. Riedelio • 💬 12:01, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

See Commons:Photo challenge/2023 - July - climate change

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--RZuo (talk) 20:27, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

•  Support FlocciNivis (talk) 09:31, 9 February 2023 (UTC)
•  Support -- F. Riedelio • 💬 09:46, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Kritzolina (talk) 19:26, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Ermell (talk) 21:20, 25 March 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Jarekt (talk) 02:16, 2 June 2023 (UTC)

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Glitch art

A glitch is the result of unexpected behavior in software. This can often result in interesting art. We however do not have many examples for glitch art on commons yet. Even though it is a kind of art which most of us photographers have at least produced by accident using photo editing software once. If this becomes a contest, it would be interesting if contestants would also document how they achieved those glitches. I for example had a glitch with Darktable for a while, where it would generate corrupted images, if I opened an image in a mediaviewer, while exporting with Darktable. --FlocciNivis (talk) 21:26, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

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•  Support as proposer --FlocciNivis (talk) 21:27, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Kritzolina (talk) 06:20, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
•  Support -- Radomianin (talk) 08:52, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
•  Support - a good chance to laugh about things we hated when they happened .. -- PtrQs (talk) 18:33, 9 February 2023 (UTC)
•  Oppose As a month long photo challenge, it is hard to predict when the next glitch will occur and is it going to happen within the month. Also I am conncerned that some of the uploded images might be deleted as out of scope. --Jarekt (talk) 18:31, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
•  Oppose Because a glitch is the result of unexpected behaviour in software, it is a result only by chance and not willingly a result of a photographic experience. For my opinion, our photo contest should show the best pictures of every contributor and not a bad result, especially its generated by the computer and not by a human being Marc-Lautenbacher (talk) 17:12, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
•  Oppose My understanding is that glitch art can still be considered "glitch art" even if it's produced intentionally, but Commons isn't just a platform for sharing one's art. I feel that this challenge would encourage the uploading of too much glitch art of little significance. Willschryver94 (talk) 16:27, 1 July 2023 (UTC)
•  Oppose per others. While appreciate recent tendencies to be more open about the more "artsy" aspects of photography, I think this would be pushing the boundaries of both Commons' and the Photo Challenge's scope a bit too much. --El Grafo (talk) 15:34, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

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Millet

2023 is the UNESCO year of Millet. I was very surprised by this at first, but started reading about the importance of millet not only for food productions, but also as a source of fibers for industry and other uses, I got more and more fascinated with this plant(family). I generally think doing one challenge each year that is dedicated to the topic the UNESCO sets could be a good practice to adopt. --Kritzolina (talk) 19:01, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

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•  Support as proposer --Kritzolina (talk) 19:01, 9 January 2023 (UTC)
•  Support good idea --FlocciNivis (talk) 20:42, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
•  Support -- Radomianin (talk) 09:14, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
•  Support Zquid (talk) 19:59, 8 February 2023 (UTC)
•  Support Sdicke (talk) 14:49, 17 May 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Jarekt (talk) 03:32, 30 July 2023 (UTC)

See Commons:Photo challenge/2023 - August - millet.

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On Stage

This challenge would appeal to those who like event photgraphy, we don't often have challenges that do this. Besides bringing pictures of notable people, plays and performances on stage to commons, this could also bring in some pictures of stage setups, stage technique and so forth. --Kritzolina (talk) 06:19, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

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•  Support as proposer --Kritzolina (talk) 06:19, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
•  Support -- Radomianin (talk) 09:03, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
•  Support Zquid (talk) 20:00, 8 February 2023 (UTC)
•  Support -- PtrQs (talk) 18:38, 9 February 2023 (UTC)
•  Support--Ermell (talk) 21:27, 25 March 2023 (UTC)
•  Comment There is an issue with this challenge: Artistic performances on the stages are copyrighted as default. This challenge could encourage to upload images of such performances without rights necessary to do it. Sdicke (talk) 14:56, 17 May 2023 (UTC)
•  Support Sdicke (talk) 14:56, 17 May 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Jarekt (talk) 03:23, 30 July 2023 (UTC)

See Commons:Photo challenge/2023 - August - on stage

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Beach

There are many beaches and many types of beaches. This challenge should reduce the absence of images of some types of beaches and individual beaches. It inclues only beaches, not other kinds of coasts or shores lacking strands of sand, gravel or pebble at the point where the water body ends and the land begins.

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Sdicke (talk) 14:44, 17 May 2023 (UTC)

•  Support -- excellent topic which will include photo contributors all over the world -- Marc-Lautenbacher (talk) 17:53, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --F. Riedelio • 💬 11:56, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
•  Support -- PtrQs (talk) 12:38, 28 June 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Jarekt (talk) 03:26, 30 July 2023 (UTC)
•  Support Good idea, the topic should be separated more precisely from coast and shore, or do you mean them too? --Milseburg (talk) 11:43, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
  •  Comment I meant beaches. Other kinds of coast lines like rocks direct next to the sea or meadows who blend in a Wadden Sea. I mean areas next to water bodies which consist of sand, gravel or pebble. Sdicke (talk) 15:30, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

See Commons:Photo challenge/2023 - September - beach

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Composting - Compost

Composter c'est un tiers des déchets en moins. Avoir des images pour promouvoir cela, c'est utile ;)
By composting, you decrease your household waste by a third. Having pictures to promote this is useful ;)

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•  Support as proposer --Benitronne (talk) 09:44, 09 January 2023 (UTC)
  Comment: Our association is launching a contest of free pictures on this subject for August 2023. It includes tools, display / promoting poster ,bugs, compost, composter, manipulations (various operations)... It's not always easy to find all the aspects of composting to communicate to people about it. So it would be nice to have a support by the community !
  More info : https://compost.graineahumus.org/Photo-contest (English is not my mother tong, sorry if there are weird sentences ;) )
•  Support independent of that contest, I think the topic is a good idea that could bring valuable images to commons --Kritzolina (talk) 18:20, 9 January 2023 (UTC)
•  Support I think that this is a good idea, many of the aspects of composing are things that aren't traditionally considered photogenic, so having it for a monthly theme will be good for rallying interest Apelcini (talk) 17:14, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
•  Support This might have great educational value if people contribute pictures of different kinds of composting --FlocciNivis (talk) 11:05, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
•  Support Did we already have the topics Recycling, Reusing, Reparing? Bärbel Miemietz (talk) 20:59, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

  Not exactly, but some related themes like Do it Yourself and Trash and Waste Management. You can see all the already used themes here, the table is sortable. Feel free to suggest those themes or any other themes you would like to see as a photo contest! Kritzolina (talk) 06:17, 30 August 2023 (UTC)

See 2023 - September - composting

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Art of paper cutting/Photographic Silhouette

I have this idea from a photography book I read couple of years ago. There photographs of a black silhouette with backlight are called "Scherenschnitt", which is the German word for paper cuttings. For this contest we could allow both pictures of photographic silhouettes and paper cuts. Photographic silhouettes can be taken of many buildings, people and structures giving many people the possibility to participate in this competition. And it would be interesting to see more traditional paper cuttings here

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FlocciNivis (talk) 23:14, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

•  Support as proposer --FlocciNivis (talk) 21:28, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
•  Support -- Radomianin (talk) 08:58, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
•  Support We had quite similar themes before (Silhouette in 2013 and Contre Jour in August 2021, but I think this is different enough to make it work, if we don't do it too soon. I think two years in between similar challenges should be the minimum. --Kritzolina (talk) 10:23, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

  Yes, the silhouette aspect has been used for previous challenges, and it dominates the example gallery. What about limiting this challenge to paper cuts? Brianjd (talk) 11:27, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

  @Brianjd IMO this is sufficiently different from Contre Jour in August 2021, but I'm not not opposed to limiting this topic to paper cuttings only. I just fear that then not so many people could/would participate. FlocciNivis (talk) 11:09, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

•  Support I agree with Kritzolina -- Céléda (talk) 07:16, 5 February 2023 (UTC)
•  Support -- F. Riedelio • 💬 09:49, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
•  Support -- The example galleries show the sufficient difference of the themesː contre-jour focusses on the light interacting with the objekt, while silhouettes focusses on the object itself.Foeniz (talk) 17:40, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
•  Support--Ermell (talk) 21:28, 25 March 2023 (UTC)
•  Oppose to Art of paper cutting as part of "photo challenge". Paper cuttings would require participants to either focus on scanning historical works or on making cuts themselves. Scans of historical artworks, like the ones in the example gallery, would be rejected as violating "Photographs must be the work of the nominator" requirement of each challenge, and self-made cuttings are likely to be deleted as out of scope. Also in the case of scans, it would be award if 2 people scanned the same image (like this), resulting in indistinguishable entries. I  Support the photographic silhouettes. --Jarekt (talk) 19:24, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
•  Support -- for topic photographic silhouettes and I agree with Jarekt -- Marc-Lautenbacher (talk) 17:25, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
•  Oppose for "Scherenschnitt" (German word for paper cuttings), because it is not a photographic work, only a reproduction of an artwork -- Marc-Lautenbacher (talk) 17:45, 4 June 2023 (UTC)

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Pollution

This topic is at the moment a highly discussed subject, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. As well playing with different light situations is a challenging situation which will many contributors enjoy. This topic is one we did not explore with more excellent images yet.

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•  Support as proposer -- Marc-Lautenbacher (talk) 18:37, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --F. Riedelio • 💬 10:01, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Kritzolina (talk) 10:28, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

  So sad Yfdhxfbz (talk) 13:45, 18 June 2023 (UTC)

•  Support --El Grafo (talk) 15:44, 10 July 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Sdicke (talk)
•  Support --NotAGenious (talk) 13:37, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

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Bicycles and other cycles

We certainly have a already a lot of images of bicycles, but there are also so many types of bicycles, we could certainly collect more. Moreover this is one of the most climate friendly means of transport, so let's see what pictures we could collect

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•  Support as proposer --Kritzolina (talk) 10:18, 20 July 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Jarekt (talk) 03:27, 30 July 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Ephramac (talk) 08:12, 14 October 2023 (UTC)
•  Support — Niklitov (talk) 23:18, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

 Support. S5A-0043^Talk 09:18, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

•  Support ---tacitos- (talk) 00:22, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

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Too many to count

Another very open theme, which might encourage people to produce good picutres of everday items that come in large quantities ... or of small animals, which we often see great macro-shots of, but not so great shots of them as a group.

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•  Support as a propser --Kritzolina (talk) 13:37, 28 July 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --F. Riedelio • 💬 16:07, 28 July 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Jarekt (talk) 03:22, 30 July 2023 (UTC)
•  Support Sdicke (talk) 00:52, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Ephramac (talk) 08:12, 14 October 2023 (UTC)
•  Support ---tacitos- (talk) 23:51, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

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Fossil fuel

We had the renewable energy contest, so why not go into the different direction and have one about fossil fuels?

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--FlocciNivis (talk) 12:42, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

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•  Support -- PtrQs (talk) 18:31, 9 February 2023 (UTC)
•  Support -- Jarekt (talk) 03:30, 30 July 2023 (UTC)
•  Support -- Ephramac (talk) 08:12, 14 October 2023 (UTC)
•  Support -- -tacitos- (talk) 00:24, 1 November 2023 (UTC)
•  Support -- Jay.Jarosz (talk) 10:30, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

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In a box

I first thought just to make a call for images of boxes, but I think the twist on "in a box" makes it more interesting --Kritzolina (talk) 19:30, 2 July 2023 (UTC)

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•  Support as proposer --Kritzolina (talk) 19:30, 2 July 2023 (UTC)
•  Support I like these more open (no pun intended) themes. --El Grafo (talk) 15:38, 10 July 2023 (UTC)
•  Support Good idea. --F. Riedelio • 💬 17:25, 10 July 2023 (UTC)
•  Support I like it, different from most suggestions, it would get some interesting entries. Lorax (talk) 02:01, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Ephramac (talk) 08:12, 14 October 2023 (UTC)
•  Support ---tacitos- (talk) 23:48, 29 October 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Любмир (talk) 16:38, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

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Nets

Nets have a wide variety uses in many different contexts. They are used the world over for industry, safety, and recreation. I believe that a challenge showcasing their uses and designs would be fun for our contributors.

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SCOTUS Operandi (talk) 00:30, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

•  Comment This theme was used in April of 2017. While Wikimedia does on occasion use repeated challenges if they are spaced far enough apart, please be aware that this would be a repeated theme. --SCOTUS Operandi (talk) 04:38, 29 August 2023 (UTC)
•  Support I think it is a good theme and the time since 2017 is long enough it will attract contributors again. --Kritzolina (talk) 06:02, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

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Pickleball

According to its Wikipedia page, pickleball is one of the fastest growing sports in the world. Yet, Commons has relatively few pictures depicting this sport. To see what is available, look at Category:Pickleball. I have included some of those pictures in this gallery.

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SCOTUS Operandi (talk) 00:06, 23 August 2023 (UTC)

 Comment If this does not get any support by the end of the month, I will go ahead and archive it. SCOTUS Operandi (talk) 19:03, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

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Knots

Knots are used for both industrially and artistically.

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•  Support--Kritzolina (talk) 06:27, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
•  Support--Jarekt (talk) 01:34, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

 Question Is the *{{s}} missing here? F. Riedelio • 💬 12:05, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

It was for me --Kritzolina (talk) 10:10, 21 October 2023 (UTC)

it was and I fixed it. Thanks--Jarekt (talk) 03:42, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

•  Support ---tacitos- (talk) 00:27, 1 November 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Любмир (talk) 16:34, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --PtrQs (talk) 11:17, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Sdicke (talk) 07:36, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

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Masks

Masks have been part of our lives during the Covid pandemic, so let's discover the other masks and collect images.

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--Kritzolina (talk) 20:32, 16 March 2023 (UTC)

•  Support FlocciNivis (talk) 11:11, 25 March 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Kritzolina (talk) 20:32, 16 March 2023 (UTC)
•  Support I think that the topic of masks provides an excellent image theme, which is represented all over the world and which brilliantly describes different cultures. Please note in the image text in which country and for what purpose the mask was made Marc-Lautenbacher (talk) 17:22, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Jarekt (talk) 03:31, 30 July 2023 (UTC)
•  Support Relativity (talk) 03:07, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
• @Kritzolina and Jarekt: I was surprised to see this theme, since masks are copyrighted by default. I think I do not understand the current consensus on the subject. To my eyes, several of the examples (and submissions) are clear copyright violations. The language at COM:COSTUME is ambiguous. Most of that section effectively says "it's copyrighted", but then undercuts it at the very end with a photo of spiderman. Does that mean any copyrighted work/character can be printed onto a mask and is immune from deletion on Commons? — Rhododendrites ^talk |  19:57, 6 January 2024 (UTC) Posted to COM:VPC instead. Would welcome your thoughts there. — Rhododendrites ^talk |  20:03, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

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Silos

You can find them on any continent. They have different uses. They come in different shapes and sizes. Some of them are abandoned, others are repurposed. I think this could be a pretty exciting contest.

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•  Support --PtrQs (talk) 08:43, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --El Grafo (talk) 08:34, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Sdicke (talk) 00:54, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Ephramac (talk) 15:48, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

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Courthouse

They can be found in plenty of cities and towns across the world, and more often than not have interesting architecture.

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•  Support as proposer -- WeaponizingArchitecture (talk) 23:28, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
•  Support FlocciNivis (talk) 10:57, 5 February 2023 (UTC)
•  Support PtrQs (talk) 18:30, 9 February 2023 (UTC)
•  Support — Niklitov (talk) 23:20, 23 October 2023 (UTC)
•  Support -- Wagner Cxxx 21:14, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
•  Support --Jarekt (talk) 03:33, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

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Educational technology / Education equipment

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instead of only digitisation, we could broaden the topic to include all technological aid. i had the chance to see the last days of using the old slides and projectors before digital ones and computers took over. :) --RZuo (talk) 16:01, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

I am confused about this theme, just like the ‘Digitization at school’ theme. Are the items supposed to be inherently educational, or are they merely being used in an educational context? Brianjd (talk) 10:58, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

Schools raise particular privacy concerns. Or do they? None of the example images have a {{Consent}} tag, or even a {{Personality rights}} tag. Brianjd (talk) 11:07, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

•  Support I think this is a good topic, where many people could participate (in comparison to Digitization at school, where you need access to a school). I would just expand the gallery a bit. It could also include a microscope, pencils cases, ancient equipment for education (like those Roman Wax tablets), etc. FlocciNivis (talk) 11:13, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

Emma Waroka 2001:448A:6060:5D0:4C98:1133:F1D7:7E72 09:38, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

•  Support -- Céléda (talk) 06:28, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
• If you are approving the theme for December 2023, it's perfect for Wiki Science Competition.--Alexmar983 (talk) 00:04, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

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Ethnic restaurants and their foods

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i had difficulty in finding things outside europe/america, like a biergarten in japan or an indonesian restaurant in vietnam... i guess it'll be a good challenge to get more and better photos of "foreign" restaurants and the food they sell.

i also couldnt find photos of restaurants that dont just sell a particular cuisine but are also decorated with ethnic elements, or where the staff would wear traditional costumes.--RZuo (talk) 16:01, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

•  Support --Jarekt (talk) 03:29, 30 July 2023 (UTC)

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Ethnic shops and goods

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shops, which sell goods from a particular culture/place, and their goods, that are different from the local culture. exclude food shops (restaurants, cafes, etc.) and their food products.

some external examples: https://www.qiez.de/british-shops-and-restaurants-in-berlin/ .

i had a hard time finding more pictures other than supermarkets, like clothing shops and "souvenir" kind of shops. either photos of these topics are very poorly categorised on commons, or we really dont have any files of these.

photos of people picking exotic goods, like a german in an asian store or a japanese in a persian carpet shop, would be even more interesting. i couldnt find any example on commons.--RZuo (talk) 16:01, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

•  Comment I would limit the scope of this contest to just ethnic shops, as there are probably copyright and privacy violations if the interior of stores are photographed and uploaded here --FlocciNivis (talk) 21:51, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

  i was thinking, if everything users submit is just photos of storefronts, that would be quite boring. goods inside shops are interesting too. ofc copyright must be considered, but many things can still be photographed, like spices in a spice shop, vintage artifacts, shop owners, shop visitors, etc. RZuo (talk) 06:11, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

  @FlocciNivis Another photo theme proposal, another incomprehensible privacy concern. The interiors of stores are public places, and Commons already has plenty of photos of interiors of stores depicting identifiable people. Brianjd (talk) 11:04, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

  @Brianjd What is incromprehensible about this concern? I suggest you to read about semi-public spaces. This isn't as black-and-white as you make it out to be and local rules and jurisdiction might apply. And for smaller store, which most ethnic stores are, privacy concerns are definitely there. --FlocciNivis (talk) 11:24, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

  @FlocciNivis It’s the way you present it: there are probably … privacy violations if the interior of stores are photographed … (emphasis added). Perhaps a more accurate statement would be: There might be privacy violations if people inside stores are photographed.

  There might be laws or store rules that prohibit photography. Surely it is wrong to say there are probably such rules. Many countries do not have such laws, and, among stores I have seen, hardly any list such rules as conditions of entry. Those stores that do have such rules are probably more interested in restricting access to their designs than they are in protecting people’s privacy. (To the extent that such rules do create an expectation of privacy, the Commons guideline now says that they should be followed. Until recently, the guideline did not cover this issue. At least that is a step in the right direction.)

  Perhaps you think that there is some inherent expectation of privacy in such stores, even if there are no laws or store rules that say so. If that is what you think, then say so and we can discuss it.

  If there are no people, then surely there is no privacy violation. There might be a violation of the store’s rules, but that’s not the sort of violation Commons cares about. Brianjd (talk) 12:22, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

  @Brianjd As I see it, this is a legal gray area. Where you live shop interiors might be considered strictly public, but that is not true everywhere in the world.

  And it is not just about people inside stores or designs. Pictures from inside a store could be used to spread bad rumors about stores... I've seen this on Google Maps for example. I would trust Wikimedians in general not to do something like that. But should we really encourage people through a contest to go into small stores, take pictures from the inside and publish them here? Even if it's legal, I would see this as a courtesy. And my emphasis here really is on the small stores. Big retail chains surely have the capacity to take action, small stores might not. FlocciNivis (talk) 13:26, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

  @FlocciNivis Where you live shop interiors might be considered strictly public, but that is not true everywhere in the world. Is anyone allowed to walk into a shop? For most shops, yes. Therefore, they are public. I don’t know what the problem is there. Note that some countries require consent even in public – those laws would apply here.

  I don’t know why we would exclude the insides of small stores as a courtesy. Anything can be used to spread rumours about anything if you are manipulative enough; I don’t know why we should be concerned about that here. I think we’ll just have to accept that we disagree on that point. Brianjd (talk) 11:27, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

  @Brianjd Yep, we clearly have a different view on that point. So let's just agree to disagree and see what others have to say. FlocciNivis (talk) 11:32, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

no one says you should go about taking photos only secretly. photographers are expected to take photos ethically and seek permission if necessary. i dont think this problem should be an obstacle to any photo challenge theme that involves humans.--RZuo (talk) 11:08, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

@RZuo As you probably know, every photo challenge includes a warning about respecting personality rights. It’s clearly not enough. People can’t agree on what is ‘ethical’ or when it is ‘necessary’ to obtain consent. Sometimes I feel compelled to tag entries (including winning entries) as {{Consent|query}}; I take that as evidence that no one else is taking this seriously. Brianjd (talk) 11:31, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

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Money

We should take photographs of money and the voters will not just be looking at photographs but they will be learning more about money and how it looks like all around the world Rose Morgan 2 (talk) 13:26, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

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Thank you for creating a new section. The description is good but a gallery of sample images are missing. F. Riedelio • 💬 13:58, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

I don't know how to add an image 🙂 please show me Rose Morgan 2 (talk) 15:47, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

To better illustrate the topic, you should add a gallery with meaningful images from the corresponding categories (e.g. Money or Coins). This is what I did as an example. F. Riedelio • 💬 08:40, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

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Braided hair

i think the theme for November could be braided hair Rose Morgan 2 (talk) 10:34, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

We had the topic Hair in general last year I think, but we could do a similar challenge again - perhaps not as soon as next month. Please try to add a gallery of example images following the example of F. Ridelio above. Kritzolina (talk) 18:24, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

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Candles, Matches and Torches

Playing with low light situations is a challenging situation many photographers enjoy. This is one version of it we did not explore yet.
 Comment The example image "TorchCuttingCloseup.jpg" shows neither a candle nor a match nor a torch but a plasma cutter.

 CommentI am not a native English speaker, but as far as I am aware and also judging by the category tree this is in, this is also called a plasma torch. This is why I included it in the gallery. Feel free to replace it, if you don't agree. --Kritzolina (talk) 11:22, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

 Answered If it is about low light conditions or about flames then maybe you should adjust the title. F. Riedelio • 💬 12:01, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

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•  Support -- Jay.Jarosz (talk) 10:29, 7 November 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Любмир (talk) 16:40, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Jarekt (talk) 03:32, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

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Grey

A different kind of colour challenge - I refrained from calling it shades of grey --Kritzolina (talk) 18:50, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

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•  Support These challenges surrounding a concept rather than a subject are always the most fun to me. I always enjoy seeing Common's creativity on display.--SCOTUS Operandi (talk) 00:41, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Ephramac (talk) 08:12, 14 October 2023 (UTC)
•  Support ---tacitos- (talk) 23:47, 29 October 2023 (UTC)
•  Support @Kritzolina btw: I think Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde to be one of the best dystopian novels I've ever read ;-)) --PtrQs (talk) 12:51, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Jarekt (talk) 03:44, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

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Vertical lines

Another of those more abstract themes that some people seem to like.

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•  Support --Sdicke (talk) 07:40, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
•  Support --Jarekt (talk) 03:45, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
•  Support -- Wagner Cxxx 19:26, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

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