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
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
2009/2/17 Florence Devouard Anthere9@yahoo.com:
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 :-(
If you voted early, I think the voting system has been improved since then. You should take another look (while logged in!). There is just little buttons and text fields below each image to let you vote and leave a comment, and if you have already voted you get a message "You have already voted for this image". I think it's really great.
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 ?
Bryan & I ran the comp last year, and were too busy to commit to running it this year. This year I am just a cheerleader. ;) I think it was just difficult communicating all the needed info about galleries, etc, because Bryan wasn't too involved. In future years if Bryan is involved or someone else comfortable with the toolserver that software can be used again, if they want.
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).
I think the voting actually does happen on a separate page, it just has a huge introduction in many languages. :)
A good place to leave comments for the organisers (and future organisers) to see, would be http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Picture_of_the_Year/2008.
cheers Brianna
Brianna Laugher wrote:
2009/2/17 Florence Devouard Anthere9@yahoo.com:
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 :-(
If you voted early, I think the voting system has been improved since then. You should take another look (while logged in!). There is just little buttons and text fields below each image to let you vote and leave a comment, and if you have already voted you get a message "You have already voted for this image". I think it's really great.
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 ?
Bryan & I ran the comp last year, and were too busy to commit to running it this year. This year I am just a cheerleader. ;) I think it was just difficult communicating all the needed info about galleries, etc, because Bryan wasn't too involved. In future years if Bryan is involved or someone else comfortable with the toolserver that software can be used again, if they want.
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).
I think the voting actually does happen on a separate page, it just has a huge introduction in many languages. :)
A good place to leave comments for the organisers (and future organisers) to see, would be http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Picture_of_the_Year/2008.
cheers Brianna
Oh right ! Indeed, it is much much better and easier. Jeee, I voted too early :-) I'll check my votes now that this is easier.
Great job !
Ant
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 4:39 PM, Florence Devouard Anthere9@yahoo.com wrote:
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 ?
I was unfortunately too busy to set that up.
Bryan