POTY, FYI ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Srikant Kedia" &lt;wikiodisha1(a)gmail.com&gt; Date: Mar 20, 2015 5:57 PM Subject: [Commons-l] Picture of the Year 2014 Results To: &lt;commons-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org&gt; Cc: Dear Wikimedians, The 2014 Picture of the Year competition has ended and we are pleased to announce the results: We shattered participation records this year -- more people voted in Picture of the Year 2014 than ever before. In both rounds, 6698 different people voted for their favorite media files. - In the first round, 4504 <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2014/R1/Results/Voters> people voted for all 983 candidates <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2014/R1/Results/Candidates> . - In the second round, 3824 <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2014/R2/Results/Voters> people voted for the 54 finalists (the R1 top 30 overall and top 2 in each category). In the second round - the "three votes" system was enabled for the first time this year - eligible users could vote for up to 3 finalists - each of these 3 votes counted equal. We congratulate the winners of the contest and thank them for creating these beautiful media files and sharing them as freely licensed content: 1. 547 people voted for the winner, Two Julia Butterflies (Dryas iulia) drinking the tears of turtles in Ecuador <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_butterfly_feeding_on_the_tears_of_a_turtle_in_Ecuador.jpg> . 2. In second place, 416 people voted for An Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) in Antarctica jumping out of the water <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Penguin_in_Antarctica_jumping_out_of_the_water.jpg> . 3. In third place, 410 people voted for High above Tocopilla, Chile, one of SQMs Boxcabs coasts downhill to the Reverso switchback <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SQM_GE_289A_Boxcab_Carmelita_-_Reverso.jpg> . *Click here to view the top images >>* <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2014/Results> We also sincerely thank to all 6,698 voters for participating. We invite you to continue to participate in the Commons community by sharing your work <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:UploadWizard>. Thanks, the Picture of the Year committee <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2014/Committee> _______________________________________________ Commons-l mailing list Commons-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l