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Picture of the Year voting round 1 open

Dear Wikimedians,

Wikimedia Commons is happy to announce that the 2012 Picture of the Year competition is now open. We're interested in your opinion as to which images qualify to be the Picture of the Year for 2012. Voting is open to established Wikimedia users who meet the following criteria:

1. Users must have an account, at any Wikimedia project, which was registered before Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 [UTC].
2. This user account must have more than 75 edits on any single Wikimedia project before Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 [UTC]. Please check your account eligibility at the POTY 2012 Contest Eligibility tool.
3. Users must vote with an account meeting the above requirements either on Commons or another SUL-related Wikimedia project (for other Wikimedia projects, the account must be attached to the user's Commons account through SUL).

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. From professional animal and plant shots to breathtaking panoramas and skylines, restorations of historically relevant images, images portraying the world's best architecture, maps, emblems, diagrams created with the most modern technology, and impressive human portraits, Commons features pictures of all flavors.

For your convenience, we have sorted the images into topic categories. Two rounds of voting will be held: In the first round, you can vote for as many images as you like. The first round category winners and the top ten overall will then make it to the final. In the final round, when a limited number of images are left, you must decide on the one image that you want to become the Picture of the Year.

To see the candidate images just go to the POTY 2012 page on Wikimedia Commons

Wikimedia Commons celebrates our featured images of 2012 with this contest. Your votes decide the Picture of the Year, so remember to vote in the first round by January 30, 2013.

Thanks,
the Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year committee

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Delivered by Orbot1 (talk) at 09:55, 19 January 2013 (UTC) - you are receiving this message because you voted last year

Вікі любить Землю, 1–31 травня / Wiki Loves Earth, May 1–31, 2014

Вітаємо!

З 1 по 31 травня 2014 буде проходити конкурс «Вікі любить Землю», метою якого є фотографування пам'яток природи. Цього року конкурс став міжнародним. Зі списками пам'яток природи України можна ознайомитися тут. Приєднуйтеся!

Більше інформації про конкурс читати тут. – Оргкомітет «Вікі любить Землю» (in english) 20:55, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

Вікі любить пам'ятки 2015 в Україні. Увага! Опитування / Wiki Loves Monuments 2015 in Ukraine. Survey

Вітаємо!

8 липня 2015 року вийшов закон №122-ЗРК/2015 «Про внесення змін до Закону Республіки Крим ”Про об'єкти культурного спадку в Республіці Крим”», яким об'єкти культурної спадщини Криму було визнано такими, що підлягають державній охороні Російської Федерації. Спираючись на це, НП «Вікімедіа РУ» та спільнота російських учасників вікіпроектів цього року проводить щорічний фотоконкурс «Вікі любить пам'ятки» в Росії уже із Кримом у своїх конкурсних списках. Просимо висловитися щодо того, якою, на Вашу думку, має бути українська частина. Також Ви можете висловити Ваші ідеї щодо поліпшення конкурсу.Опитування за лінком / Survey is here.

Більше інформації про конкурс читати тут – Оргкомітет «Вікі любить пам'ятки» / сторінка на Вікісховищі. 20:12, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

Round 2 of Picture of the Year 2015 is open!

You are receiving this message because you voted in R1 of the 2015 Picture of the Year contest.

Dear TheStrayCat,

Wikimedia Commons is happy to announce that the second round of the 2015 Picture of the Year competition is now open. This year will be the tenth 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 (2015) 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. In Round 1, there were 1322 candidate images. There are 56 finalists in Round 2, comprised of the top 30 overall as well as the top #1 and #2 from each sub-category. In the final round, you may vote for just one or maximal three image to become the Picture of the Year.

Round 2 will end on 28 May 2016, 23:59:59 UTC.

Click here to vote »

Thanks,
-- Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year committee 09:44, 22 May 2016 (UTC)

Round 2 of Picture of the Year 2018 is open!

Dear TheStrayCat,

You are receiving this message because we noticed that you voted in R1 of the 2018 Picture of the Year contest, but not yet in the second round. Wikimedia users are invited to vote for their favorite images featured on Commons during the last year (2018) 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.

In the final (and current) round, you may vote for a maximum of three images. The image with the most votes will become the Picture of the Year 2018.

Round 2 will end 17 March 2019, 23:59:59.

Click here to vote now!

Thanks,
the Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year committee 18:05, 16 March 2019 (UTC)