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Welcome to Wikimedia Commons, WAVRIK!

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) 08:28, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Folklore Winner

Wiki Loves Folklore Winner

Hello! Thank you for participating in Wiki Loves Folklore 2022, and congratulations on winning Consolation prize in this photography contest. We appreciate your time and effort in bringing your regional folklore and local traditions to Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Your contributions documenting your country's cultural heritage have made the world a better place. Please complete this form by the 12th of July 2022 in order to claim a prize from the international team for your participation in the contest. Wiki Regards and love! --✝iѵɛɳ२२४०†ลℓк †๏ мэ 03:19, 6 July 2022 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Folklore Postcard

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Greetings! Thank you for participating in the Wiki Loves Folklore 2022 Commons photography competition. Your contributions today have made the world a better place. We're sending you a digital postcard as an appreciation for you being one of the top 100 uploaders during this project. To receive your digital postcard, please complete this form by July 20, 2022.

We hope to see you next year in February 2023.

Gratitude and Wikilove

Wiki Loves Folklore International Team

--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:56, 6 July 2022 (UTC)

Quality Image Promotion

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Etipoia Banna tribe kids.jpg, which was produced by you, was reviewed and has now been promoted to Quality Image status. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Quality images candidates. We also invite you to take part in the categorization of recently promoted quality images. Comments  Support Good quality. --Poco a poco 19:05, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

--QICbot (talk) 05:19, 7 July 2022 (UTC)

FP Promotion

★ This image has been promoted to Featured picture! ★ The image File:Etipoia Banna tribe kids.jpg, that you uploaded is now assessed as one of the finest pictures on Wikimedia Commons, the nomination is available at Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Etipoia Banna tribe kids.jpg. Thank you for your contribution. If you would like to nominate, please do so at this nomination page.

/FPCBot (talk) 13:01, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Folklore 2023 in India is on!

Hello WAVRIK,

Greetings from Wiki Loves Folklore India Team!

Wiki Loves Folklore is an international photography contest organized on Wikimedia Commons, this campaign invites participants to document folklore and intangible cultural heritage from different regions, including, folk festivals, folk dances, folk music, folk activities, folk games, folk cuisine, folk wear, folktales, folk games, folk religion, mythology and many more. Let's help to protect and develop our intangible Indian culture, which consists of customs or active expressions that we have acquired from our ancestors and passed down to our offspring.

How to Contribute?

The dates for the submission in the photography contest on Wikimedia Commons are from 1 February to 31 March 2023. Probably you are wondering how you can take part. It’s simple: grab a camera, record an image, video or audio under the folklore theme, create a Wikimedia account and start uploading! To learn more about the rules, check out our Project page on Wikimedia Commons.

Below are the exciting prizes which you can win internationally an locally. (Contributors can win both International and Local Prizes as well )

International Prizes

• 1st prize: 400 USD
• 2nd prize: 200 USD
• 3rd prize: 100 USD
• Top 10 consolation prizes: 10 USD each
• Best Video prize and best Audio prize: 25 USD, 25 USD (each)
• Top uploader prize for images: First Prize 100 USD, Second prize 50 USD
• Wiki Loves Folklore Postcards to top 100 Uploader's

Local Prizes

• 1st prize - 15000 INR + WLF Goodies
• 2nd prize - 10000 INR + WLF Goodies
• 3rd prize - 5000 INR + WLF Goodies
• Consolation : Top 5 winners - 1000 INR each + WLF Goodies
• Wiki Loves Folklore Certificate for Winners

(Disclaimer : The above prizes for International and Local Contest will only be disbursed in form of gift card or voucher format only)

If you are interested in participating in the photography campaign, start photographing and collecting media of your local culture and upload them on the photo campaign happening on Wikimedia Commons.

For more information about rules and prizes of the contest, refer the project page. For any questions, reach out to us via support@wikilovesfolklore.org.

You have been sent this message because you have been a part of Wiki loves Folklore in its journey in the past 5 years, lets continue to embrace our folk culture and drive through the path towards creating the largest database collection of folk Images on the internet

Warm regards,

Gaurav Gaikwad (User:Rockpeterson)

Coordinator for Wiki Loves Folklore India.

Congratulations for second place in Picture of the Year 2022!

		2022 Picture of the Year second place
		Your photo, File:Etipoia Banna tribe kids.jpg, finished in second place in the 2022 Picture of the Year contest! Congratulations and thank you for your contributions to Wikimedia Commons; we are all looking forward to even more in the future.

On behalf of the POTY Committee, Legoktm (talk) 01:58, 23 May 2023 (UTC)