Great images there. Impressive. On Mar 20, 2015 5:57 PM, "Srikant Kedia" <wikiodis...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Wikimedians, > > The 2014 Picture of the Year competition has ended and we are pleased to > announce the results: > > We shattered participation records this year -- more people voted in > Picture of the Year 2014 than ever before. In both rounds, 6698 different > people voted for their favorite media files. > > - In the first round, 4504 > > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2014/R1/Results/Voters> > people voted for all 983 candidates > > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2014/R1/Results/Candidates> > . > - In the second round, 3824 > > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2014/R2/Results/Voters> > people voted for the 54 finalists (the R1 top 30 overall and top 2 in each > category). > > > In the second round - the "three votes" system was enabled for the first > time this year - eligible users could vote for up to 3 finalists - each of > these 3 votes counted equal. > > We congratulate the winners of the contest and thank them for creating > these beautiful media files and sharing them as freely licensed content: > > 1. 547 people voted for the winner, Two Julia Butterflies (Dryas > iulia) drinking the tears of turtles in Ecuador > > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_butterfly_feeding_on_the_tears_of_a_turtle_in_Ecuador.jpg> > . > 2. In second place, 416 people voted for An Emperor Penguin > (Aptenodytes forsteri) in Antarctica jumping out of the water > > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Penguin_in_Antarctica_jumping_out_of_the_water.jpg> > . > 3. In third place, 410 people voted for High above Tocopilla, Chile, > one of SQMs Boxcabs coasts downhill to the Reverso switchback > > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SQM_GE_289A_Boxcab_Carmelita_-_Reverso.jpg> > . > > *Click here to view the top images >>* > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2014/Results> > > We also sincerely thank to all 6,698 voters for participating. We invite > you to continue to participate in the Commons community by sharing your > work <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:UploadWizard>. > > Thanks, > the Picture of the Year committee > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2014/Committee> > > _______________________________________________ > Commons-l mailing list > Commons-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l > >
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