Well done to everyone who helped make it a success, including Alvesgaspar, Michael Maggs, Bryan, Gmaxwell, LadyofHats, Dschwen, Herbythyme, Shyam,
Comments about how we can improve the running of the competition are welcome here: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Picture_of_the_Year/2006/Futu...
At a minimum I imagine the 2007 competition will involve * written-down, defined procedures for vote counting and vote validity * volunteers for roles determined prior to opening the competition * possible simplification of voting process/work on clearer explanations of how to vote * possibly multiple categories such as 'Wikimedian work of the year' (maybe also technical/subject matter categories - the fact that the two animations in the final came 10th and 11th is not a coincidence, IMO - people don't consider that an animation could be 'grand' enough to be POTY, probably) * more publicity in non-English projects and channels * consider different voting schemes (but... need to keep things simple)
cheers Brianna user:pfctdayelise
On 03/03/07, Bryan Tong Minh bryan.tongminh@gmail.com wrote:
Dear Wikimedians,
The Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year 2006 competition is now over, and the winner has been selected. Thank you for voting. Of the 662 Wikimedians who voted, 83 selected 'Aurora Borealis' [1] as the 'Wikimedia Commons Picture of 2006'.
Second was 'Sans Domicile Fixe' [2] with 78 votes and joint third were 'Blue Jay' [3] and 'Hoverflies mating in midair' [4] with 70 votes each. We congratulate the authors of these pictures for their exceptional quality. The full results are available on [5]
Some user comments:
- ''Fantastic! Love the earth.''
- ''Crazy. Wish I could vote for them all.''
- ''If I had to pic one thing I'd like to see, I'd go with that. Stunning.''
We are also proud to announce the release of an archive of all the 2006 Wikimedia Commons Featured Pictures. You can find more information on [6].
Thank you all for voting, The Commons Community
[1] http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Polarlicht_2.jpg [2] http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:P7032101_small2.jpg [3] http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Cyanocitta-cristata-004.jpg [4] http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Hoverflies_mating_midair.jpg [5] http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2006 [6] http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2006/archive
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