Hi there, Yann, and welcome to Women in Red. With all your experience, it's good to see you intend to help us improve our coverage of women. Articles about women's works (photographs, art work, etc.) are encouraged as are biographies. In this connection, you might like to look through our Ten Simple Rules. Please let me know if you run into any difficulties or need assistance. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 09:39, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Women in Red January 2025
Women in Red | January 2025, Vol 11, Issue 1, Nos 324, 326, 327, 328, 329
J'espère que tu vas bien en ce début d'année 2025. Pour ton info, si tu veux jeter un oeil ici, j'ai sollicité ici [1] la cloture du sujet qui nous anime depuis quelques mois. ;) Belle journée ! Tisourcier (talk) 11:51, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The Paris Peace Accords, officially the Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Viet Nam, was a peace agreement signed on January 27, 1973, to establish peace in Vietnam and end the Vietnam War. The agreement was signed by the governments of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam), the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam), the United States, and the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam (representing South Vietnamese communists). The Paris Peace Accords removed the remaining United States forces, and fighting between the three remaining powers temporarily stopped. The agreement's provisions were immediately and frequently broken by both North and South Vietnamese forces with no official response from the United States. Open fighting broke out in March 1973, and North Vietnamese offensives enlarged their territory by the end of the year. The war continued until the fall of Saigon to North Vietnamese forces in 1975. This photograph shows William P. Rogers, United States Secretary of State, signing the accords in Paris.
Photograph credit: Robert Knudsen; restored by Yann Forget
...Heh. Decided to do Bogardus as something easy while I waited. ...That didn't work so well. Was going in at 200% removing subtle damage everywhere. And realised I'd have to do that at about the halfway point. Adam Cuerden(talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs.10:24, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, in my country Wikipedia commons is blocked and we can't access or edit it. This is the reason I'm writing you here that sock of Gori Nadu is nominating files of Pakistani singers, actors and generals again and again by using ID PhaiTime (now indef blocked by User:Ymblanter) and which resembles mine. The reason on the the above mentioned file he gave that "all Muslims are pedophiles and rapists" (If you read carefully). In past you yourself kept it so I'm just requesting to look into it as I can't defend it on commons. Regards Paytime (talk) 12:35, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hey there @Yann. I saw that recently you requested my page for deletion. And I know why. It's because I violated Wikipedia commons policies right? I'm extremely sorry. When I signed into Wikipedia there weren't any links where it took me to Wikipedia commons guidelines. I'm more of a Wikipedia editor than an Wikipedia Commons uploader… I'm extremely sorry I violated Wikipedia commons policies and I didn't mean to. I request you to give me one last chance to redeem myself. I also saw that when I uploaded my first photo on SwerteBOOM! you sent me a message saying me to stop violating Wikipedia commons policies. I didn't notice them untill you requested my Wikipedia Userpage for deletion. The other account suspected as a sockpuppet is my previous account. I logged out of it because I wasn't interested with it's name. I'm so sorry and I apologize from all of you… I won't make that mistake again Xensheroizex (talk) 16:30, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Selection on the ramp at Auschwitz II–Birkenau from the Auschwitz Album, a photographic record of the Holocaust during World War II. It and the Sonderkommando photographs are among the small number of visual documents that show the operations of Auschwitz II–Birkenau, the German extermination camp in occupied Poland. Originally titled "Resettlement of the Jews from Hungary" (Umsiedlung der Juden aus Ungarn), it shows a period when the Nazis accelerated their deportation of Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz. The images were taken by photographers from the camp's Erkennungsdienst ("identification service"). Among other things, the Erkennungsdienst was responsible for fingerprinting and taking photo IDs of prisoners who had not been selected for extermination. The identity of the photographers is uncertain, but it is thought to have been Bernhard Walter or Ernst Hoffmann, two SS men who were director and deputy director of the Erkennungsdienst. The camp's director, Rudolf Höss, also may have taken several of the photographs himself.
Detour is a 1945 American film noir directed by Edgar G. Ulmer and starring Tom Neal and Ann Savage. The screenplay was adapted by Martin Goldsmith and Martin Mooney (uncredited) from Goldsmith's 1939 novel Detour, and the film was released by the Producers Releasing Corporation, one of the so-called Poverty Row film studios in mid–20th-century Hollywood. Detour tells the story of an unemployed piano player who hitchhikes to Los Angeles with a bookie, and the consequences when the bookie dies on the way. The film, which is now in the public domain, was restored by the Academy Film Archive in 2018.
The Alpine marmot (Marmota marmota) is a large ground-dwelling squirrel, from the genus of marmots. It is found in high numbers in mountainous areas of central and southern Europe, at heights between 800 and 3,200 metres (2,600 and 10,500 feet) in the Alps, the Carpathians, the Tatras, and the northern Apennines. In 1948, the species was reintroduced with success in the Pyrenees, where it had disappeared at the end of the Pleistocene epoch. This Alpine marmot was photographed in the Grand Muveran federal game reserve, in the Swiss canton of Vaud.
The Mocking of Christ is a small 13th-century panel painting by the Italian artist Cimabue, in tempera on a poplar panel. It depicts the mocking of Jesus and is one of three panels known from Cimabue's Diptych of Devotion. It was discovered in the kitchen of an elderly woman in northern France. In October 2019 it sold at auction for €24 million, a record for an artwork predating the 16th century. It is believed to be the first work by Cimabue to have been auctioned. Following an export ban, it was acquired by the Louvre in 2023.
African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans or Black Americans, are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa. African Americans constitute the third largest racial or ethnic group in the U.S. after White Americans and Hispanic and Latino Americans. Most African Americans are descendants of enslaved people, having West African and coastal Central African ancestry, with varying amounts of Western European and Native American ancestry. This ambrotype depicts African American Union soldier Sgt. Samuel Smith, of the 119th United States Colored Troops, with his family in c. 1863–65.
Ambrotype credit: unattributed photographer; retouched by Yann Forget
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. The core lineup of the band comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. Widely regarded as the most influential band of all time, they were integral to the development of 1960s counterculture and the recognition of popular music as an art form. Rooted in skiffle, beat, and 1950s rock and roll, their sound incorporated elements of classical music and traditional pop in innovative ways. The band also explored music styles ranging from folk and Indian music to psychedelia and hard rock. As pioneers in recording, songwriting, and artistic presentation, the Beatles revolutionized many aspects of the music industry and were often publicized as leaders of the era's youth and sociocultural movements. This photograph shows the Beatles – from left to right, Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Starr – waving to a crowd of fans after arriving at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City on 7 February 1964, at the start of their first visit to the United States. Their visit marked the beginning of the British Invasion, a cultural phenomenon of the mid-1960s when rock and pop-music acts from the United Kingdom and other aspects of British culture became popular in the United States. The band's widespread popularity and the intense reception that greeted them was termed "Beatlemania".
@ArionStar: Seeing how you handle FP here, certainly not. You do not understand the rules and the criteria. Most of your nominations fail for one reason or another. I think you should stop nominate and participate in FPC completely here. Yann (talk) 10:44, 18 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The FPC criteria here is vastly different and requires an EV analysis of both the photo and the article; I've been concluded it's more than take a nice photo with a good camera of a nice subject… ArionStar (talk) 23:01, 18 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Basile Morin: Yes, I agree that ArionStar has learnt nothing from his experience on Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia. I have no idea who is this IP. If this occurs again, a request for check user could be done. Regards, Yann (talk) 16:44, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The Hitch-Hiker is a 1953 American independent film noir thriller co-written and directed by Ida Lupino and starring Edmond O'Brien, William Talman, and Frank Lovejoy. Based on the 1950 killing spree of Billy Cook, the film follows two friends who are taken hostage by a murderous hitchhiker during an automobile trip to Mexico. The Hitch-Hiker was the first American mainstream film noir directed by a woman, and premiered in Boston on March 20, 1953, to little fanfare. The film was marketed with the tagline: "When was the last time you invited death into your car?" It was selected in 1998 for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant".
Thanks for your contributions to Le Silencieux. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing at this time because it has no sources.
I have converted your article to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.
Ford Strikers Riot is a 1941 photograph that shows an American strikebreaker getting beaten by United Auto Workers (UAW) strikers who were picketing at the Ford Motor Company's Rouge Plant in Dearborn, Michigan. Milton Brooks, a photographer for The Detroit News, captured the image on April 3, 1941, and it won the inaugural Pulitzer Prize for Photography in 1942. The photograph has been called a portrayal of the struggle in America between capital and labor. During the incident, a peaceful picketing of the Ford Motor Company was interrupted when a single man clashed with the UAW strikers. The man ignored the advice of the Michigan State Police and crossed the picket lines. Brooks, who was waiting with other photojournalists outside the Ford factory gates, took only one photograph and said: "I took the picture quickly, hid the camera ... ducked into the crowd ... a lot of people would have liked to wreck that picture."
When creating biographies, don't forget to use Template:DEFAULTSORT. Accessible from "Wiki markup" at the foot of the page being edited, it allows categories to be listed under the subject's family name rather than their first or given name.
Black Sunday was a severe dust storm that occurred on April 14, 1935, as part of the Dust Bowl, a period of severe dust storms in the American prairies in the 1930s. The storm first hit the Oklahoma panhandle and northwestern Oklahoma, then moved south into Texas. The conditions were the most severe in the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles, but the storm's effects were also felt in surrounding areas. Drought, erosion, bare soil, and winds caused the dust to fly freely and at high speeds. It is estimated that 300,000 tons of topsoil were displaced from the prairie area. Black Sunday was one of the worst dust storms in American history and caused immense economic and agricultural damage. This photograph shows the storm approaching Stratford, Texas.
Photograph credit: George Everett Marsh Jr.; restored by Yann Forget
Selection on the ramp at Auschwitz II–Birkenau from the Auschwitz Album, a photographic record of the Holocaust during World War II. It and the Sonderkommando photographs are among the small number of visual documents that show the operations of Auschwitz II–Birkenau, the German extermination camp in occupied Poland. Originally titled "Resettlement of the Jews from Hungary" (Umsiedlung der Juden aus Ungarn), it shows a period when the Nazis accelerated their deportation of Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz. The images were taken by photographers from the camp's Erkennungsdienst ("identification service"). Among other things, the Erkennungsdienst was responsible for fingerprinting and taking photo IDs of prisoners who had not been selected for extermination. The identity of the photographers is uncertain, but it is thought to have been Bernhard Walter or Ernst Hoffmann, two SS men who were director and deputy director of the Erkennungsdienst. The camp's director, Rudolf Höss, also may have taken several of the photographs himself.
Drosera capensis, commonly known as the Cape sundew, is a perennial rosette-forming carnivorous plant in the family Droseraceae. It is endemic to the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa. As in all sundews, the leaves are covered in stalked, mucilage-secreting glands (or 'tentacles') that attract, trap, and digest arthropod prey. When prey is captured, the tentacles bend inward and the leaves curl around it, preventing escape and enhancing digestion by increasing the surface area of the leaf in contact with the prey. This time-lapse video shows a D. capensis leaf curling up around a Mediterranean fruit fly over a period of approximately six hours.
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Clara Bow (July 29, 1905 – September 27, 1965) was an American actress who rose to stardom during the silent film era of the 1920s and successfully made the transition to "talkies" in 1929. Her appearance in the 1927 film It brought her global fame and the nickname "It girl". Bow came to personify the Roaring Twenties and has been described as its leading sex symbol. She appeared in 46 silent films and 11 talkies, including hits such as Mantrap (1926), It (1927), and Wings (1927). She was named first box-office draw in 1928 and 1929, and second box-office draw in 1927 and 1930. Two years after marrying the actor Rex Bell in 1931, Bow retired from acting and became a rancher in Nevada. Her final film, Hoop-La, was released in 1933. This studio photograph of Bow was taken in 1932.
Photograph credit: Harold Dean Carsey; restored by Yann Forget
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Hello, I sent you an email regarding a matter I had mentioned to you a few months ago. I would like to know if you can proceed with the request contained therein. I don’t believe no one will lose anything, as explained. I would be very grateful if you could reply to me privately. If you need any further clarification, I’m also available. Thank you, RodRabelo7 (talk) 23:55, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Please do not replace original images with badly edited images. You edited the image of Aldrin on the moon by extending the canvas and adding a black bar at the top. This is very clearly a manipulated image, that cuts off the top of the backpack (instead of it being out of frame) and adds a solid blackness (other than some rogue blueish pixels possibly meant to look like detail/stars or something but means it's purely added and made up details) at the top of the image which is obvious. There's nothing wrong with the original image and I'm very surprised to see such obvious manipulation from yourself. Canterbury Tailtalk20:35, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Canterbury Tail: Hi, It seems you didn't look sufficiently at the image. I didn't add a black bar at the top. It is already there at the source. It is certainly not "manipulated". It is also of much better quality than the image I replaced. It is of much higher resolution, so it is much sharper at the same resolution. You should be more careful when making wrong claims about my edits. Regards, Yann (talk) 12:26, 23 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
But it's not a better version. Why are you including a piece that isn't part of the frame but the surrounding film reel? The black bar at the top isn't a part of the development frame in the original. So you're adding info that isn't part of the photograph. Canterbury Tailtalk15:21, 24 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
(Edit conflict) Yes I was just adding in that the crispness and clarity are indeed much better in your version, you're quite right there. If it is cropped to remove the bit not in the actual photo frame as it looks really odd and "manipulated" to viewers (as myself and others did make that mistake, which I apologise for). Canterbury Tailtalk15:29, 24 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Women in Red August 2025
Women in Red | August 2025, Vol 11, Issue 8, Nos. 326, 327, 344, 345, 346
I am writing to respectfully request a review of the block placed on my Wikimedia Commons account, Janeesh_22. I understand the importance of maintaining the integrity and quality of content across the Wikimedia projects, and I sincerely regret any misunderstanding that may have led to the block.
I have always aimed to contribute constructively to the Wikimedia ecosystem and have made over 5,500 contributions to Wikipedia across various topics. These efforts reflect my genuine commitment to the Wikimedia mission of free knowledge sharing. I truly value the opportunity to contribute to such an impactful global community.
If any of my uploads or actions were in violation of Commons policies, I would appreciate clarification so I can learn and ensure full compliance going forward. I am fully open to addressing concerns and taking corrective action where necessary.
I kindly ask you to reconsider the block and allow me the chance to continue contributing in a responsible and constructive manner.
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