It is also interesting to note that one of these uploaders was blocked from Commons this week, for using the same uploading tool. It can be a pretty harsh volunteering environment where you are at the same time praised for your work, and punished with a presumption of bad faith and little attempt at civil discussion.
Unfortunately, our complex systems and norms do not always work so well for non-native English speakers. Fae On 10 June 2016 at 19:31, Andrew Gray <[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting - in order, the top twelve are: > > * from a public domain source (NASA) > * from Wiki Loves Monuments > * from Flickr under a CC license > * from Wiki Loves Monuments > * a normal Commons upload > * from a public domain source (NASA) > * from Flickr under a CC license > * from Flickr under a CC license > * from Wiki Loves Earth > * made with the support of WMSE > * a normal Commons upload > * from the UK government via the Open Government License > > Nice demonstration of how diverse our sources are - two 'normal' uploads, > three from contests, one supported by a chapter, three from Flickr under CC, > two in the public domain from NASA, and one from a government open-license > release. > > Andrew. > > On 10 June 2016 at 17:29, Steinsplitter Wiki <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Dear Wikimedians, >> >> >> The tenth Picture of the Year competition (2015) has ended and we are >> pleased to announce the results: >> In both rounds, people voted for their favorite media files. >> >> In Round 1, there were 1322 candidate images. >> In the second round, people voted for the 56 finalists (the R1 top 30 >> overall and top 2 in each category). >> >> >> >> We congratulate the winners of the contest and thank them for creating >> these >> beautiful media files and sharing them as freely licensed content: >> >> 658 people voted for the winner, File:Pluto-01 Stern 03 Pluto Color >> TXT.jpg >> >> (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pluto-01_Stern_03_Pluto_Color_TXT.jpg) >> In second place, 617 people voted for File:Nasir-al molk -1.jpg >> (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nasir-al_molk_-1.jpg) >> In third place, 582 people voted for File:Heavens Above Her.jpg >> (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heavens_Above_Her.jpg) >> >> >> >> See >> >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2015/Results >> to view the top images » >> >> >> We also sincerely thank to all voters for participating. We invite you to >> continue to participate in the Commons community by sharing your work. >> >> >> Thanks, >> Steinsplitter on behalf of the Picture of the Year committee >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Commons-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l >> > > -- > - Andrew Gray > [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > Commons-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l -- [email protected] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae _______________________________________________ Commons-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l
