Agree with Asaf. It's a wonderful time every year to reflect on the incredible work taking place at Commons. I not only appreciate the incredible job you guys have done in making this beautiful and functional but also that you're highlighting this work in this way. :)
Maggie
On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 11:08 PM, Asaf Bartov abartov@wikimedia.org wrote:
for convenience, the correct link is of course without the "thanks" bit:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2013/Introduc...
I've started voting, and I've had to stop to express my thanks and admiration for the _fantastic_ experience provided this year. I'm sure it was a tremendous amount of work -- it's really appreciated! Everything is neat and responsive, the announcement comes when the information is already localized to quite a few languages, and the whole thing is just tremendously appealing.
So thank you, everyone involved with all aspects of making this the awesomest POTY experience ever, right from the start.
Even if you've never participated in POTY before, or didn't like the process previously, I encourage you to give it a shot this year!
(those who know my wiki ways will know I am very much a verbal rather than visual kind of Wikimedian; I assure you some of my colleagues at WMF are double-checking the From: line in disbelief. I'm really that impressed!)
Asaf
On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 5:11 PM, User Mono usermono@outlook.com wrote:
Dear Wikimedians, Wikimedia Commons is happy to announce that the 2013 Picture of the Year competition is now open. This year will be the eighth edition of the
annual
Wikimedia Commons photo competition, which recognizes exceptional contributions by users on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia users are invited
to
vote for their favorite images featured on Commons during the last year (2013) to produce a single Picture of the Year. Hundreds of images that have been rated Featured Pictures by the international Wikimedia Commons community in the past year are all
entered
in this competition. These images include professional animal and plant shots, breathtaking panoramas and skylines, restorations of historical images, photographs portraying the world's best architecture, impressive human portraits, and so much more. For your convenience, we have sorted the images into topical categories. Two rounds of voting will be held: In the first round, you may vote for
as
many images as you like. The top 30 overall and the most popular image in each category will continue to the final. In the final round, you may
vote
for just one image to become the Picture of the Year Round 1 will end on 7 February 2014. To vote, visit
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2013/Introduc...
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