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

[Anasuya Sengupta]

+1 to both the disbelief that this is Asaf writing in (he's really not  -
ahem - a visual sort of guy), and the appreciation for a great experience.

Thank you for all you do,
Anasuya


On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 8:08 PM, Asaf Bartov <abartov at 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/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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*Anasuya SenguptaSenior Director of GrantmakingWikimedia Foundation*

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