Agree with Asaf. It's a wonderful time every year to reflect on the incredible work taking place at Commons. I not only appreciate the incredible job you guys have done in making this beautiful and functional but also that you're highlighting this work in this way. :)
Maggie On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 11:08 PM, Asaf Bartov <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > -- > Asaf Bartov > Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org> > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the > sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! > https://donate.wikimedia.org > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > -- Maggie Dennis Senior Community Advocate Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
