Mike Coppolano

Welcome to Wikimedia Commons, Mike Coppolano!

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.

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Tip: Categorizing images

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Hello, Mike Coppolano!

Tip: Add categories to your files

Thanks a lot for contributing to the Wikimedia Commons! Here's a tip to make your uploads more useful: Why not add some categories to describe them? This will help more people to find and use them.

Here's how:

1) If you're using the UploadWizard, you can add categories to each file when you describe it. Just click "more options" for the file and add the categories which make sense:

2) You can also pick the file from your list of uploads, edit the file description page, and manually add the category code at the end of the page.

[[Category:Category name]]

For example, if you are uploading a diagram showing the orbits of comets, you add the following code:

[[Category:Astronomical diagrams]]

[[Category:Comets]]

This will make the diagram show up in the categories "Astronomical diagrams" and "Comets".

When picking categories, try to choose a specific category ("Astronomical diagrams") over a generic one ("Illustrations").

Thanks again for your uploads! More information about categorization can be found in Commons:Categories, and don't hesitate to leave a note on the help desk.

CategorizationBot (talk) 15:52, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

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TUSC token 690ae0d428eeec05b211eeb08f4f62f2

I am now proud owner of a TUSC account! Mike Coppolano (talk) 01:25, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

Picture of the Year voting round 1 open

Dear Wikimedians,

Wikimedia Commons is happy to announce that the 2012 Picture of the Year competition is now open. We're interested in your opinion as to which images qualify to be the Picture of the Year for 2012. Voting is open to established Wikimedia users who meet the following criteria:

1. Users must have an account, at any Wikimedia project, which was registered before Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 [UTC].
2. This user account must have more than 75 edits on any single Wikimedia project before Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 [UTC]. Please check your account eligibility at the POTY 2012 Contest Eligibility tool.
3. Users must vote with an account meeting the above requirements either on Commons or another SUL-related Wikimedia project (for other Wikimedia projects, the account must be attached to the user's Commons account through SUL).

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. From professional animal and plant shots to breathtaking panoramas and skylines, restorations of historically relevant images, images portraying the world's best architecture, maps, emblems, diagrams created with the most modern technology, and impressive human portraits, Commons features pictures of all flavors.

For your convenience, we have sorted the images into topic categories. Two rounds of voting will be held: In the first round, you can vote for as many images as you like. The first round category winners and the top ten overall will then make it to the final. In the final round, when a limited number of images are left, you must decide on the one image that you want to become the Picture of the Year.

To see the candidate images just go to the POTY 2012 page on Wikimedia Commons

Wikimedia Commons celebrates our featured images of 2012 with this contest. Your votes decide the Picture of the Year, so remember to vote in the first round by January 30, 2013.

Thanks,
the Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year committee

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Picture of the Year 2013 R2 Announcement

Round 2 of Picture of the Year 2013 is open!

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

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Picture of the Year 2013 Results Announcement

Picture of the Year 2013 Results

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The 2013 Picture of the Year. View all results »

Dear Mike Coppolano,

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.

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Sur les Autochtones aux États-Unis

Bonjour Mike. Je vois que vous vous démenez dans le bon sens en ce qui à trait à la bonne nomenclature concernant les nations autochtones sur le sol américain. Le sujet a déjà amplement été discuté sur la page de discussion de l'article "Autochtones d'Amérique". Plusieurs recommendations et critères wikipédia penchent en votre faveur concernant le débat amérindien/autochtone. En voici une liste :

• Il s'agit d'une recommendation claire de Wikipédia que de ne pas utiliser des « termes péjoratifs, blessants ou injurieux »
• Il s'agit d'une recommendation claire de Wikipédia que d'éviter des mots qui « ont des connotations positives ou négatives »
• Il s'agit d'une recommendation claire de Wikipédia que d'adopter un point de vue neutre, et en particulier que la « neutralité de point de vue n'est pas le point de vue de la majorité »
• Au vue des sources présentées, le principe de moindre surprise s'applique également aux termes "Autochtones d'Amérique" et "Peuples autochtones d'Amérique" En votre cas, il s'agit d'Autochtones des États-Unis ou Autochtones aux États-Unis ou encore Peuples autochtones des États-Unis.
• Il s'agit d'une recommendation claire de Wikipédia que d'éviter les titres familiers, péjoratifs ou mélioratifs
• Une autre recommendation claire de Wikipédia porte sur le contenu à caractère choquant : « Les mots et les images qui seraient considérés par le lecteur lambda comme offensants, blasphématoires ou obscènes sont considérés sur Wikipédia comme un contenu choquant. Ce contenu choquant devrait être utilisé si et seulement si son omission rendrait l’article moins informatif, moins pertinent et exact, et qu’il n’y a pas d’alternative. Ce contenu choquant doit être évité quand il n’a pas d’autre objectif que de choquer le lecteur, et quand il est non-pertinent. Avoir des informations sur du contenu choquant fait partie de la mission de l’encyclopédie Wikipédia ; que ces informations soient offensantes ne l’est pas. »
• Une autre recommendation claire de Wikipédia, celle-là portant sur les débats dont l'atmosphère n'est plus sereine, indique, de 1 que de « tenter de faire valoir son point de vue est naturel. Mais dévaster des dizaines d'articles pour démontrer par l'absurde que le point de vue contesté était invalide ne fait que nuire au projet en impliquant de nombreux contributeurs parfaitement neutres » et que, de 2, « la bonne foi partagée permet, entre personnes de bonne volonté, de faire avancer les choses, tandis qu'une attitude agressive est une perte de temps doublée d'une mise en péril du projet »

Bonne continuation dans vos démarches, ne vous laissez pas démener - vous avez raison.--Danalieth (talk) 05:20, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

Photo de Louis Aragon

Hello ! Désolé pour la réponse un peu tardive, comme souvent en ce moment. Alors le souci concernant cette image est le suivant : le nom de l'auteur n'est pas mentionné et il est donc impossible d'être sûr qu'il est mort depuis plus de 75 ans, nécessité en droit français pour qu'une image, texte, ou autre travail créatif tombe automatiquement dans le domaine public. Connaissant la grande méfiance des contributeurs sur Commons en matière de droit d'auteur, je pense que cette importation est vouée à l'échec, dans la mesure où il ne faudra pas longtemps avant qu'elle soit proposée à la suppression, suppression à laquelle je ne pourrai malheureusement opposer aucun argument ou preuve à décharge. J'ai réalisé seulement aujourd'hui que plein de mes uploads, récents ou non, ont été visés par des suppressions "par principe de précaution". Ici on n'attend pas que quelqu'un vienne éventuellement défendre son droit à la propriété intellectuelle, on supprime tout ce qui n'est pas indubitablement dans le domaine public ou sous licence libre. Ça peut paraître un peu dur et ça m'a gonflé un paquet de fois où j'ai fait des uploads pour des tiers mais... dura lex, sed lex, comme on dit ! Bien amicalement, Alchemica (talk) 10:42, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

Ben, faut que je prévienne qn. dis-moi la photo a été prise en 1917-1919 ça lui ferait 130 ans au gars Mike Coppolano (talk) 12:28, 31 December 2022 (UTC) addenda : je plane un peu : je te remercie beaucoup et belle journée

Article Sukurcze sur wp : fr

Hello ! Eh bien apparemment c'est tout bon, personne n'a mis en doute le placement dans le domaine public. Ceci dit c'est un peu douteux car on est dans le même cas que Louis ci-dessus... Pas de date, auteur inconnu, donc impossible d'affirmer qu'il serait mort depuis assez longtemps. Parfois il y a excès de précaution sur Commons, parfois c'est le contraire. Alors profite pendant que ces images sont disponibles, hein... Amicalement, Alchemica (talk) 09:52, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

Salut ! Oui, je vais utiliser ces images. Mais j'aimerais savoir : c'est 100 ans 75 ans ? Le photographe ou bien l'oeuvre ? Louis Aragon a été photographié en 1917 / 1919. Ouf ! En te souhaitant une belle journée, Mike Coppolano (talk) 07:11, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

Round 1 of Picture of the Year 2022 voting is open!

2022 Picture of the Year: Saint John Church of Sohrol in Iran.

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Dear Wikimedian,

Wikimedia Commons is happy to announce that the 2022 Picture of the Year competition is now open. This year will be the seventeenth 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 (2022) 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 two most popular images in each category will continue to the final. In the final round, you may vote for just three images to become the Picture of the Year.

Round 1 will end on 1 May 2023, 23:59:59 UTC.

Click here to vote now!

Thanks,
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Round 2 of Picture of the Year 2022 voting is open!

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Dear Wikimedian,

You are receiving this message because we noticed that you voted in Round 1 of the 2022 Picture of the Year contest, but not yet in the second round. Wikimedia users are invited to vote for their favorite images featured on Commons during the last year (2022) 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 three images. The image with the most votes will become the Picture of the Year 2022.

Round 2 will end at 18 May 2023, 23:59:59 UTC.

Click here to vote now!

Thanks,
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