Brianna Laugher wrote:
Hi,
I didn't see it announced yet, so here goes - voting for the 2008 Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year is now open.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2008
Voting eligibility: all Wikimedians who were registered before 1 January 2009 and with at least 200 edits on any Wikimedia project (at time of voting)
Voting period: Round 1 closes on Feb 26.
Images: There are 501 images, which were made Featured Pictures during 2008. They are arranged into 11 categories (14 galleries). The top 10% from each category will go to Round 2, the final round. There will be category winners as well as the overall "picture of the year".
More coverage: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2009-02-16/Commons_Picture_of_the_Year
cheers, Brianna
Hello,
I did not even realise it had not been announced and I already voted a few days ago :-) My two cents
* great images. Really top stuff * but the voting system... SO unpractical :-(
I have meant to ask what happened with the toolserver (or the team dealing with the toolserver) so that it could not be used this year ?
On another note... did you consider setting up a unique voting page for each of the 10 or so categories. You might consider building a unique page (for each category) with gallery-size images and making it possible to vote under each little image. That would be a HUGE saving of time for voters (and a neat way to see which are the favorites at a glance :-)) If votes become too numerous for one image, set up a separate voting template for it.
Alternatively, if you really want to keep voting pages separately for each image, it would have been easier to vote on a separate page rather than at the bottom of the description page (long to load + generous scrolling of numerous languages description).
Now, I say this... but maybe it has been discussed at length and participants thought this system the best one. If so, I apology for my comments.
Ant