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Picture of the Year 2013 R1 Announcement edit

Picture of the Year 2013 R2 Announcement edit

Round 2 of Picture of the Year 2013 is open! edit

 
2012 Picture of the Year: A pair of European Bee-eaters in Ariège, France.

Dear Wikimedians,

Wikimedia Commons is happy to announce that the second round of 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 were 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.

There are two total rounds of voting. In the first round, you voted for as many images as you liked. The top 30 overall and the most popular image in each category have continued to the final. In the final round, you may vote for just one image to become the Picture of the Year.

Round 2 will end on 7 March 2014. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2013/Introduction/en Click here to learn more and vote »]

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Picture of the Year 2013 Results Announcement edit

Picture of the Year 2013 Results edit

 
The 2013 Picture of the Year. View all results »

Dear Spielvogel,

The 2013 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 2013 than ever before. In both rounds, 4070 different people voted for their favorite images. Additionally, there were more image candidates (featured pictures) in the contest than ever before (962 images total).

  • In the first round, 2852 people voted for all 962 files
  • In the second round, 2919 people voted for the 50 finalists (the top 30 overall and top 2 in each category)

We congratulate the winners of the contest and thank them for creating these beautiful images and sharing them as freely licensed content:

  1. 157 people voted for the winner, an image of a lightbulb with the tungsten filament smoking and burning.
  2. In second place, 155 people voted for an image of "Sviati Hory" (Holy Mountains) National Park in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
  3. In third place, 131 people voted for an image of a swallow flying and drinking.

Click here to view the top images »

We also sincerely thank to all 4070 voters for participating and we hope you will return for next year's contest in early 2015. We invite you to continue to participate in the Commons community by sharing your work.

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need Alfa Romeo Giulia 2015 at IAA 2015 edit

hello :) have you pics of Alfa Romeo Giulia QV 2015 at IAA 2015?? Is most important: this car is the queen of the auto show. thank you--Pava (talk) 01:34, 22 September 2015 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for your demand. I´ve some 600 pics of IAA 2015, but mainly technical details and characteristics. So give me some time to check. If not: I`m quite sure other users will present their Alfa-photos here...Spielvogel (talk) 05:37, 22 September 2015 (UTC)Reply

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Please use a valid template   --Scoopfinder(d) 10:22, 29 September 2015 (UTC)Reply
  OK, valid template added. Spielvogel (talk) 07:54, 16 January 2017 (UTC)Reply

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Possible template? edit

Hello. I’ve noticed that in many of your files you have added an extensive text in several languages in the Permission line. Have you considered creating a personal user-template similar to User:Jonathunder/Licensing for example? It would mean adding just {{User:Spielvogel/Permission}} in each file page, rather than posting the full text each time. If you do wish to do this, I’ll be happy to help with automatically changing large numbers of file summaries. Cheers. Green Giant (talk) 02:20, 31 December 2017 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for your offer! Yes indeed, personal user-templates for 2 or 3 different licenses would be great. Before bothering other users I tried to create those templates by myself, but in vain. My main problem is the first step how to create the necessary subpages. So I would be happy if you can help me.Spielvogel (talk) 18:10, 14 January 2018 (UTC)Reply

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  Photo Challenge – Second Place
 
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Photo challenge voting edit

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  Keep : The manufacturer of the toy "does not hold the copyright on the photo. There are two different copyrights to be taken into account, that of the photographer (concerning the photo) and that of manufacturer (the toy)." You have to keep those apart. (COM:TOYS). So I ask myself: Can the photo be used as an illustration for toys? Perhaps not, 'cause it's just an illustration of Corona-Time. Was I trying to get around restrictions for two-dimensional pictures of toys? If not, then it is allowed; so we may keep the photo. (But when doubts grow we can delete it - no problem.) Spielvogel (talk) 11:31, 18 June 2020 (UTC)Reply
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  Photo Challenge – Third Place
 
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Dans une belle ville du sud de la France edit

I know you and I, have the same points of interest. Can you explain me why you didn't notice the photo "Dans une belle ville du sud de la France" ? I do not discuss the quality of the photo but the subject remains Unsual and questions us about ourselves. Excuse-moi pour mon anglais, mais mon allemand est bien, bien pire. Je te souhaite une belle soirée, une belle journée. Tschüss --Céléda (talk) 17:15, 29 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

In the rush, I overlooked that. I judge the photos less on the technical quality (which can be manipulated at will (photoshop)), but whether they have a message and touch heart and feelings. Après une observation renouvelée : C'est vrai, cela mérite qu'on s'y attarde. Je te souhaite un bon départ dans la nouvelle journée Spielvogel (talk) 09:52, 30 November 2021 (UTC)Reply
Thank you for the stars Spielvogel, a small heart would have been more than enough.
Podiums on Wiki are an illusion.
Just like you, I give priority to the message carried by the photo.
Bonne soirée,
Tschüss
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Round 1 of Picture of the Year 2022 voting is open! edit

 
2022 Picture of the Year: Saint John Church of Sohrol in Iran.

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Round 2 of Picture of the Year 2022 voting is open! edit

 

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  Photo Challenge – Second Place
 
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