User talk:Basile Morin

Featured pictures by others nominated by me

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Quality Image Promotion (24 January 2026)

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Carte de voeux Bonne année 2026 avec glyphes issus de l'espace négatif.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.--Agnes Monkelbaan 05:26, 21 January 2026 (UTC)

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Quality Image Promotion (11 February 2026)

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Exterior view of Beomeosa temple with rock stairs and blue sky in Busan South Korea.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. --Laitche 04:25, 9 February 2026 (UTC)

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Quality Image Promotion (14 February 2026)

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Samanea saman and Poaceae plants on an island with purple sky at sunset near Don Det Laos.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. --Jakubhal 05:23, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Panoramic view of the Park of Versailles with Latona Fountain a sunny morning in France.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.--Agnes Monkelbaan 05:13, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

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Quality Image Promotion (16 February 2026)

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Exterior view of the Château de Chantilly with bridge under blue sky Oise France.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. --Sebring12Hrs 03:22, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Exterior view of the Château de Chantilly under blue sky Oise France.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. --Sebring12Hrs 03:22, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Front view of the Château de Chantilly under blue sky Oise France.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.--Tournasol7 03:23, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Side view of the Château de Chantilly with water reflection and blue sky Oise France.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. --Sebring12Hrs 03:22, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Water reflection of the Orangerie garden and Palace of Versailles with blue sky in France.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. --Sebring12Hrs 03:22, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

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Quality Image Promotion (17 February 2026)

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Parterre du Midi Garden pond and Palace of Versailles at golden hour with blue sky in France.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. --Rjcastillo 04:20, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Front view of the Latona Fountain a sunny afternoon at golden hour in France.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. --Rjcastillo 04:20, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Panoramic view on the illuminated Rue de Rennes and Notre-Dame de Paris at sunset France.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. --Rjcastillo 04:20, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

Your image has been reviewed and promoted Congratulations! Panoramic view on the illuminated 7th arrondissement of Paris at sunset in France.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. --Rjcastillo 04:20, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

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Quality Image Promotion (18 February 2026)

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Arionstar

Bonjour, Que faut-on à propos d'Arionstar ? Parce que, plus le temps passe, plus on retrouve le même comportement pour lequel ile a été bloqué.e, dont je viens de demander la suppression du dernier avatar, cf. Commons:Deletion requests/File:Photomontage by ArionStar.jpg.

Ile n'aurait jamais dû être autorisé.e à participer à nouveau à FPC. Yann (talk) 11:08, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

Merci @Yann: pour la notif. Si cela ne tenait qu'à moi, cet utilisateur serait déjà à l'extérieur depuis bien longtemps. C'est ahurissant qu'on l'ait laissé revenir. Exactement la même personnalité qu'auparavant, chronophage pour le groupe. Avec une majorité de nominations médiocres, et des comportements malvenus. Exemples : 1 ("more megabytes" non mais à quoi ça sert, sérieusement ? alors que la version originale a le poids juste), 2, 3... -- Basile Morin (talk) 14:08, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

@Yann: techniquement, est-ce que tu comprends comment le fichier File:Interior of the Church of Saint Francis of Assisi (edited).jpg a pu être uploadé le 12 November 2025, alors que l'utilisateur était bloqué à cette époque? (jusqu'au 25 janvier 2026) -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:29, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

ArionStar l'a importé sur Wikipédia en anglais le 12 November 2025, et transféré sur Commons le 30 January 2026 (voir Historique). Yann (talk) 08:28, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

Changes to FPC header and introduction

Hello Basile, today a user has made substantial changes to the header and introduction of the Featured picture candidates page, also changing and abbreviating the instructions in many places. Of course an update of the style seems useful, but IMHO the changes and abbreviations of the instructions are arguable. I have opened a discussion about this. I cannot ping everybody, but I want to invite especially you to check the changes and to participate in the discussion. I would really appreciate your feedback. You know the FPC rules especially well, and even if the user has not changed the ‘hard’ rules, just the ‘soft’ instructions, you may agree that substantial changes to the instructions need to be checked and discussed. Thank you and all the best, – Aristeas (talk) 15:40, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

Your paintings and ambigrams

Hy Basile, This is just to congratulate you for your paintings and ambigrams. I particularly enjoyed some of your older paintings, such as "LightS", "Something" and "2099", all of 2007. I'm also a fan of Escher and ambigrams, and recall the old book of Douglas Hofstadter "Godel, Escher, Bach". Regards, Alvesgaspar (talk) 14:07, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

Thanks a lot, @Alvesgaspar: for your message! Very appreciated. I'm discovering that we have tastes in common. Nice to hear! Yes, since my childhood, Escher's drawings have interested me, and I started designing ambigrams in 2009. By the years, Douglas Hofstadter has become a friend. He recently published a book called "ABCD", clever title for Ambigrammia Between Creation and Discovery :-) Your participation at FPC is great, because your votes and comments are singular, and less consensual than many others. I wish you a good day! -- Basile Morin (talk) 02:21, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for letting me know about Douglas Hofstadter's last book, which I will of course buy and read! The guy is multifaceted genius, something like a modern version of a Renaissance man. I'm curious about which of your ambigrams are there reproduced... Yes, we share the tastes but not the talent! As a teenager, I was undecided whether I would become an artist or a musician. In the end, the lack of talent decided the issue for me. Take a look at these poor attempts of mine, one of them made when I was twenty years old. -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 14:10, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

Hi, @Alvesgaspar: Thanks for your message. I'm (quickly) replying from an airport, with 2 children running around:-) Your illustrations look very nice. The JAG ambigram is one of the oldest of the platform. I never paid attention to its creator. Legible solution in my view. These drawings of you are elaborated. Well done. There's only one of my ambigrams in Douglas' book, page 30, but it's still a honor. Because it is a publication mainly dedicated to his own creations, which are as numerous as diverse. Enjoy your (future) reading! -- Basile Morin (talk) 14:02, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

Round 1 of Picture of the Year 2025 voting is open!

2024 Picture of the Year:Mundari man polishing the horns of one of his Watusi cows using a mixture of cow urine and ash as a ritualistic and protective practice in a temporary cattle camp in Terekeka, South Sudan.

Dear Wikimedian,

Wikimedia Commons is happy to announce that the 2025 Picture of the Year competition is now open. This year is the twentieth 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 favourite images featured on Commons during the last year (2025) 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 top 5% of most popular images in each category will continue to the final. In the final round, you may vote for just five images to become the Picture of the Year.

Round 1 will end on 18 April 2026, 23:59:59 UTC.

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Round 2 of Picture of the Year 2025 voting is open!

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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 five images. The image with the most votes will become the Picture of the Year 2025.

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Announcing the Winners of Picture of the Year 2025!

Hi everyone,

Wikimedia Commons is pleased to finally announce the winners of this year's Picture of the Year 2025 contest! We had some truly incredible finalists to choose from, but the community has spoken.

Here are your top three winning images:

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  First place: The aftermath of an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on October 9, 2023, leaving widespread destruction in the Rimal area.
  Attribution: WAFA (Q2915969) / CC-BY-SA 3.0
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  Second place: Baby cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) sleeping at Cape cross, Namibia.
  Attribution: Giles Laurent / CC-BY-SA 4.0
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  Third place: A gigantic jet photographed from the International Space Station by astronaut Nichole Ayers.
  Attribution: public domain

You can view the full results and see where all your favorite images placed here: Full 2025 Results

I also want to highlight what an incredible turnout we had. In the second round, we saw a massive jump in both the number of users voting and the total votes cast. We had exactly 13,979 votes cast by 3,509 users! To put that in perspective, last year we had 7,403 votes from 2,837 users. It is amazing to see that level of growth and community engagement.

Thank you to everyone who voted, helped organize, and generally made the contest such a huge success this year!

Regards,
ZI Jony
For the POTY Committee 20:03, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

FP Promotion

★ This image has been promoted to Featured picture! ★ The image File:Side view of the Château de Chantilly with water reflection and blue sky Oise France.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:Side view of the Château de Chantilly with water reflection and blue sky Oise France.jpg. Thank you for your contribution. If you would like to nominate, please do so at this nomination page.

/Wilfredor (talk) 10:55, 30 May 2026 (UTC)