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Potential candidates

I am listing potential candidates. If you want to nominate any of these, go ahead. Some need restoration, better article placement, etc. Some were nominated previously and are worth renominating. Feel free to modify the list. Bammesk (talk) 16:01, 12 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Good suggestions. And we do have a slight problem that we've been falling slightly behind the POTD schedule for some time now. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.9% of all FPs} 18:43, 18 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you

It is customery on Commons FPC to click the 'thank you' button. This can be a slight nuisance. We all know we are grateful for a positive vote. Can I suggest we ONLY say thank you when a user makes a particulalry helpful contribution? We could add this to the FP Guidelines.

@Adam Cuerden, Rhododendrites, Tomer T, MER-C, Janke, Armbrust, TheFreeWorld, Mydreamsparrow, Andrew J.Kurbiko, Bammesk, Vulphere, Buidhe, Sca, Tagooty, Ham II,  and CactiStaccingCrane:Charlesjsharp (talk) 20:21, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'll be honest: I've never noticed that on Commons, but... I dunno. I can be quite ignorant of such things, especially as I tend to work in weird subsets of Wikipedia, and have been around here at least fifteen years so a lot of the stuff never existed back when I joined. I, for one, would say that it's nice if you want to do it, but never required. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.6% of all FPs} 20:34, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

We always knew you were a weirdo, Adam. ;-) – Sca (talk) 12:28, 7 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I try! Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.6% of all FPs} 16:50, 7 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Reaper (Van Gogh series)

I recently moved this article to main space and the three paintings in the series would make a nice FP set. But I haven't nominated an FP in a while and I am forgetting the standards. Can anyone take a quick look and see if the three paintings would qualify? --- C&C (Coffeeandcrumbs) 09:03, 9 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Coffeeandcrumbs: They are of wildly different scan resolution, which makes for a slightly awkward set. I think at least the two larger ones would pass on their own merits of nominated individually. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.7% of all FPs} 04:45, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Of likely interest to FPC, as it directly affects a lot of FPs. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.7% of all FPs} 04:41, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

POTD

So, I've been asked to take over running of POTD. Bit of a learning curve to step up, I must say, but I'll do my best.

My plan is:

Insofar as is reasonable, images appear oldest to newest.
Anyone may suggest an exception for holidays, anniversaries, and so on.
I shan't undo any claims I've already made for dates, but shall severely limit myself for the future, giving others a chance to step in first
To avoid runs of very similar images, some rearrangement may be necessary. This will be done in such a way that maintains order as much as is reasonable. For example, once a set starts, it might be scheduled once a month for the next X months. If this causes problems (like if it fills the schedule up with nothing but sets), I'll deal with it ad hoc.
While some sets might get combined into one day (for example, the current one of dry season and rainy season in Ghat needs both images) I'd rather not do that trick of setting up a randomised page where one of X images appears, changing every time the main page is reloaded. I'm still upset about a couple times that was done to me, trivialising months of work. (Though I think I might need to make an exception for money if we're going to get through it in less than 10 years)
I'm not going to censor POTD any more than absolutely necessary.
Schedule any stuff you want on particular dates ASAP; I'm going to work ahead as much as possible.

How's that sound? Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.8% of all FPs} 12:59, 23 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I don't like the statement "I'm not going to censor POTD any more than absolutely necessary", especially after the Michell Merkin / Guano / Indecency etc. images (for the unaware, I'm referring to this discussion). Even if you become coordinator, you do not hold any authority or power on what is censored on the main page. Wikipedia is formed on consensus and collaboration, no single opinion of an editor can dictate how a project operates. — PerfectSoundWhatever (t; c) 15:53, 12 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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 I am listing potential candidates. If you want to nominate any of these, go ahead. Some need restoration, better article placement, etc. Some were nominated previously and are worth renominating. Feel free to modify the list. [[User:Bammesk|Bammesk]] ([[User talk:Bammesk|talk]]) 16:01, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
+:Good suggestions. And we do have a slight problem that we've been falling slightly behind the POTD schedule for some time now. <span style="text-shadow:grey 0.118em 0.118em 0.118em; class=texhtml">'''[[User:Adam Cuerden|Adam Cuerden]]''' <sup>([[User talk:Adam Cuerden|talk]])</sup><sub>Has about 7.9% of all [[WP:FP|FPs]]</sub></span> 18:43, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
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