[Wikimedia-l] Round 1 of Picture of the Year 2013 is open!

[Asaf Bartov]

for convenience, the correct link is of course without the "thanks" bit:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2013/Introduction

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 at 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/Introduction
> Thanks,User:Mono
> Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year committee
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    Asaf Bartov
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