[Commons-l] Commons Picture of the Year 2006

[Brianna Laugher]

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/Future

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 at 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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