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2 May 2021
Join Wiki Loves Earth — the biggest international contest devoted to nature heritage sites! 🌏
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#wle #wikilovesearth #Wikipedia #photography #PhotographyIsArt
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Wikimedia Commons retweeted
30 Nov 2020
The M.O. Hammond fonds documents The Group of Seven and other members of the artistic establishment in early 20th century Ontario.
Explore 1000 photos from this collection on @WikiCommons: ow.ly/BP4C50Cybol.
#GLAMWiki
ALT Group of Seven at a luncheon, Arts and Letters Club, Toronto, 1920 (I0007864)
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Wikimedia Commons retweeted
7 Dec 2020
This #MusicMonday, check out this photo of a young violinist, circa 1900. It's one of more than 1,750 images we've added to the @WikiCommons to make our records more accessible and encourage knowledge creation! Explore them all: ow.ly/BPQ230rlRsS.
ALT Young boy playing the violin, Glengarry County, between 1895 and 1910 (I0002501)
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Wikimedia Commons retweeted
18 Dec 2020
Africa in #Wikipedia: ongoing efforts. @ASCLeiden donated 4,000 Africa photos to @Wikicommons @wmnl @wikiafrica (Photo: Grande Mosque Agadez, Angeline van Achterberg Collection) ascleiden.nl/news/ascl-libra…
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Wikimedia Commons retweeted
16 Dec 2020
For this year's @WikiLovesEarth competition, photographers submitted over 106,000 photos of natural beauty from all over the world. Have a look at the fifteen winning shots to wrap up the year! medium.com/freely-sharing-th…
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Wikimedia Commons retweeted
30 Jun 2020
Starting TOMORROW — Want to see your photo featured on a @Wikipedia page? #WPWP is bridging the gap between millions of quality photos on @WikiCommons and the Wikipedia pages that need them. It only takes a minute to help! More info: meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wi…
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Wikimedia Commons retweeted
27 Jun 2020
📷🔉Sábado de subir tus archivos multimedia a @WikiCommons
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Wikimedia Commons retweeted
24 Jun 2020
Our #COVID19 subproject started uploading in @WikiCommons Alberto Giuliani's 16 portraits at San Salvatore hospital in Pesaro. On magazine covers all over the world, were declared all #FeaturedPhotos, ready to be used in wiki commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/C… @1854 @TheAtlantic @sternde
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28 Jun 2020
Naqsh-e Jahan Square (میدان نقش جهان), also known as Imam Square, situated at the center of Isfahan, Iran. Constructed between 1598 & 1629, it is now an important historical site, and one of @UNESCO's World Heritage Sites.
📷Amir pashaei, CC-BY-SA 4.0
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27 Jun 2020
The Glecksteinhütte is an abandoned mountain hut in Fallätsche, Zurich. It was built in the early 1900s so that people in Zurich could enjoy an "alpine" experience without having to travel far to the higher mountains.
(Daniel Kraft, CC-BY-SA 3.0)
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27 Jun 2020
Lion's mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) in Gullmarn fjord at Sämstad, Lysekil Municipality, Sweden. This specimen is about 10–12 cm (3.9–4.7 in) in diameter and the tentacles are about 60–80 cm (24–31 in) long.
(Photo: W.carter, License: CC0 1.0)
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26 Jun 2020
Français : Escalier au musée Unterlinden de Colmar (Haut-Rhin, France).
English: Staircase at the Unterlinden museum in Colmar (Haut-Rhin, France).
(Photo: Gzen92, License: CC-BY-SA 4.0)
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26 Jun 2020
Female cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus), Phinda Private Game Reserve, South Africa. This image was selected as picture of the day on Wikimedia Commons for 24 September 2017. (Photo: Charles J Sharp, License: CC-BY-SA 4.0)
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25 Jun 2020
A stream on a track between Sabine Hut and Speargrass Hut, Nelson Lakes National Park, New Zealand. Photo by Michal Klajban released under CC-BY-SA 4.0 license on Wikimedia Commons. w.wiki/V8f
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25 Jun 2020
Nantucket Shore (1865 Painting) by William Trost Richards, Nantucket Historical Association.
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24 Jun 2020
Take some photos and upload them to meet our monthly thematic challenge, get inspiration and try new subjects! Learn more about the challenges!
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Wikimedia Commons retweeted
19 Jun 2020
We just reached 3,000,000 uses of the @Wikidata Infobox in @WikiCommons categories!
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Wikimedia Commons retweeted
27 May 2020
This is the @Wikicommons Photo of the Year.
Learn more: medium.com/freely-sharing-th…
Photo by Rodney Ee/”eastcoastrod”, CC BY 2.0.
ALT wo bulls scrabble for footing, sending mud flying everywhere, as they race down a rice field. Behind them, a solitary man is holding onto their tails for dear life.
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Wikimedia Commons retweeted
22 May 2020
Yes, the photographer made sure to purchase insurance just in case they couldn't get out of the way of these stampeding bulls.
This is our newest Picture of the Year. medium.com/freely-sharing-th…
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