User:Tagooty
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Timothy A. Gonsalves (Tagooty), Avalon, 198 Bandishola Road, Ooty, The Nilgiris, India.

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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 Ooty and frequently travel to 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 picture (FP)
Picture of the day (POTD)
Picture of the year (POTY) Finalists
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.
Every year, 50+ finalists are chosen from all the FPs of the year. One of these is voted as Picture of the year (POTY).
- Commons POTY 2024 Finalist voted 12 out of 88 finalists, from 1,600 FPs
Indian coral tree, Mallalli falls, Coorg. Gallery: Commons: Featured pictures/Places/Natural/India
Commons POTD, 29 Nov 2024 - Commons POTY 2022 Finalist voted 30 out of 56 finalists, from 1,102 FPs
Mangrove tree, Ashtamudi Lake, Kerala. Gallery: Commons: Featured pictures/Places/Natural/India
Commons POTD, 13 Oct 2022
Sunset in Daya Chiker, Taza Province, Morocco Gallery: Commons: Featured pictures/Places/Settlements/Morocco
Bab Louta reservoir, Tazekka National Park, Morocco. Gallery: Commons: Featured pictures/Places/Other#Morocco
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
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
Valued Images (VI) 
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
Commons Quality images 
Over 2,400 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