User:Tagooty
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Timothy A. Gonsalves (Tagooty), Karanji Layout, Mysore, Karnataka, India.
About Me
I was born and grew up in Ooty in the Nilgiri Mountains. From 2010-2020, I was at IIT Mandi in Himachal Pradesh. Now, I live in Mysore.
Wikimedia Contributions
My contributions are largely editing in Wikipedia and sharing images in Commons. These are mostly related to my interests in travel, nature, photography and technology. Pages with only minor edits without content change are not listed below.
To encourage more people to contribute, I've written a quick guide for aspiring Wikipedia editors.
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Photos added to Commons
I contribute my images to Commons in the hope that someone somewhere will find them useful. If you use any of my images, I would appreciate an email with the link or a copy/description of the use. Email: tagooty@gmail.com
All images shared by me on Wikimedia Commons
Featured pictures are images from highly skilled creators that the Wikimedia Commons community has chosen as some of the highest quality on the site. Only about 1 out of 5,000 Commons images are selected as Featured Pictures.
- Broad riverbed of Spiti river above Kaza, Kaza-Kibber road on right
My first FP on Wikimedia Commons, 1 Oct 2020. Gallery: Commons: Featured pictures/Places/Natural/India
My first Commons POTD, 4 Jun 2021
Bengali Wikipedia POTD, 8 Jun 2021
My first FP on English Wikipedia, 23 Jun 2021. Gallery: Wikipedia: Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
My first POTD on English Wikipedia, 13 April 2023 - Spiti River gorge above Kaza; NH505 Kaza - Losar across top; Spiti, Himachal Gallery: Commons: Featured pictures/Places/Natural/India
Commons POTD, 7 Jul 2021
Bengali Wikipedia POTD, 23 Sep 2021 - Geology of the Himalayas, seen in Mud village, Spiti
FP on English Wikipedia, 18 Dec 2022. Gallery: Wikipedia: Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes - Road up to Shingo La, Lahaul, Himachal. Gallery: Commons: Featured pictures/Places/Other/India • POTD on Commons, 6 Oct 2023
FP on English Wikipedia, 28 Dec 2022 Gallery: Wikipedia: Featured pictures/Places/Others POTD on English Wikipedia, 4 May 2023 - View of Lungnak valley from Shingo La, Zanskar, Ladakh. Gallery: Commons: Featured pictures/Places/Natural/India
- Phuktal Gompa, Zanskar, Ladakh. Gallery: Commons: Featured pictures/Places/Architecture/Religious_buildings#India
- Tsarap River and Phuktal Gompa, Zanskar, Ladakh. Gallery: Commons: Featured pictures/Places/Settlements#India
FP on English Wikipedia, 2023 Gallery: Wikipedia: Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes - Rain clouds over the Tsarap River above Phuktal Gompa, Zanskar. Gallery: Commons: Featured pictures/Places/Natural#India
- Tsarap River below Phuktal Gompa, Zanskar, Ladakh. Gallery: Commons: Featured pictures/Places/Natural#India
- Road to Padum, Zanskar range, Ladakh. Gallery: Commons: Featured pictures/Places/Other#India
- View of Padum valley from Karsha Gompa, Zanskar, Ladakh. Gallery: Commons: Featured pictures/Places/Settlements/India
- Reflections in Sani lake, Zanskar, Ladakh. Gallery: Commons: Featured pictures/Places/Settlements/India
- Shila village on the Tsarap, Zanskar, Ladakh. Gallery: Commons: Featured pictures/Settlements/India • Commons POTD, 14 Oct 2023
- Bridge over Chandra at Tandi, Lahaul, Himachal. POTD on Vietnamese Wiki, 6 Oct 2023
Gallery: Commons: Featured pictures/Places/Architecture/Bridges#India - Villages in the Bhaga River valley, Lahaul, Himachal. Gallery: Commons: Featured pictures/Places/Settlements/India
FP on English Wikipedia, 8 May 2023 Gallery: Wikipedia: Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes - Kardang village, Lahaul. Gallery: Commons: Featured pictures/Places/Settlements/India
- Aerial view of Shivaliks and Lesser Himalayas, Himachal. Gallery: Commons: Featured pictures/Places/Natural/India
- Mangrove tree, Ashtamudi Lake, Kerala. Gallery: Commons: Featured pictures/Places/Natural/India
Commons POTD, 13 Oct 2022
Commons POTY 2022 Finalist ranked 30 out of 56 finalists, 1,102 candidates - Crested honey buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus), Mudumalai. Gallery: Birds/Accipitriformes#Genus_:_Pernis_(Honey-buzzards)
FP on English Wikipedia, 22/Feb/22 POTD on English Wikipedia, 24/Apr/2023 Gallery: Wikipedia: Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Commons POTD, 10 Jun 2022 Bengali Wikipedia POTD, 10 Jun 2022 Ukrainian Wikipedia POTD, 10 Jun 2022 - Lionesses and cubs scratching tree, Zambia. Gallery: Commons: Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals/Carnivora#Felids
My first Featured Picture in Zambia, 18 Aug 2023 - Spotted hyena, Zambia. Gallery: Commons: Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals/Carnivora#Hyenas
- Male African bush elephant, Zambia. Gallery: Commons: Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals/Carnivora#Elephants
- Riomaggiore, Cinque Terre, Italy. Gallery: Commons: Featured pictures/Settlements#Italy
My first Featured Picture in Italy, 6 Nov 2023 - Manarola, Cinque Terre, Italy. Gallery: Commons: Featured pictures/Settlements#Italy
- NW coast of Cinque Terre, Italy. Gallery: Commons: Featured pictures/Other#Italy
- Olive groves near Assisi, Italy. Gallery: Commons: Featured pictures/Other#Italy
- Rear of Basilica San Francesco, Assisi. Gallery: Commons: Featured pictures/Architecture/Religious buildings#Italy
- Ripening coffee seeds on Robusta bush, Coorg. Gallery: Commons: Featured pictures/Plants#Family_:_Rubiaceae
- Adenium 1-cm seed with pappus (Adenium obesum). Gallery: Commons:Featured_pictures/Plants#Family_Apocynaceae
Commons POTD, 27 Sep 2022 - Adenium cultivar, double-petal (Adenium obesum). Gallery: Commons:Featured_pictures/Plants#Family_Apocynaceae
- Chinese fishing net, Kollam. Gallery: Commons:Featured_pictures/Places/Industry#India
- Fishermen setting out to sea, Mahabalipuram. Gallery: Commons:Featured_pictures/Objects/Vehicles/Water transport#Boats
- Krishna's Butterball, Mahabalipuram. Gallery: Commons:Featured_pictures/Objects#Other_objects_in_landscapes
FP on English Wikipedia, 25 Dec 2022. Gallery: Wikipedia: Featured pictures/Places/Others - Mt Rainier west face, Washington, USA. Gallery: Commons: Featured pictures/Places/Natural/United_States#Washington
My first Featured Picture outside India, 4 Jul 2023 Commons POTD, 27 Sep 2023 - Indian pond heron (Ardea grayii), Tirunelveli. Gallery: Birds/Pelecaniformes#Genus_:_Ardeola
Bengali Wikipedia POTD, 20 Apr 2022 - Brahminy kite (Haliastur indus) eating prey, Kabini. Gallery: Birds/Accipitriformes#Genus_:_Accipiter
- Intermediate egret (Ardea intermedia) descending, Kabini. Gallery: Birds/Pelecaniformes#Genus_:_Ardea
French Wikipedia POTD, 24 May 2022 - Skull of an African buffalo, Zambia. Gallery: Commons: Featured pictures/Animals/Bones and fossils#Bovidae, 22 Aug 2023
A Valued image is considered to be the most valued illustration of its kind by the Commons community. About 1 in 2,000 images in Commons is rated as Valued. My Valued Images are organised below by country. Click on an image to see all my Valued Images in that category.
VI of India (organised by state)
VI of countries outside India
Over 900 of my images are rated as Commons Quality Images (QI). QI are selected for high technical quality by the Commons community. About 1 in 275 images on Commons are rated as QI.
My Quality Images are organised below by state and country. Click on an image to see all my Quality Images in that region.
Wikidata and Commons created (incomplete)
Links
- Timothy A. Gonsalves, IIT Mandi webpage
- Timothy A. Gonsalves, Semi-professional webpage
- Timothy A. Gonsalves, Wikipedia page
- Priscilla & Timothy Gonsalves, Personal website
- My daughter Kartiki Gonsalves on Commons, her photo/videography website