[Commons-l] Commons Picture of the Year 2006

[Bryan Tong Minh]

All Featured Pictures of 2006 are now available over BitTorrent:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2006/archive

Bryan

On 3/3/07, 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
>