Commons:Picture of the Year/2015
- POTY 2015 : Introduction – Rules – Discussion – Translations – Committee – Help – R1 Candidates / Gallery – R2 Gallery – Results
Picture of the Year 2015 is the tenth annual Wikimedia Commons image competition, which recognizes exceptional contributions by users on Wikimedia Commons.
Wikimedia users are invited to vote for their favorite images featured on Commons (FP) during the year 2015, to produce a single Picture of the Year.</translate>-->
Wikimedia users were invited to vote for their favorite images featured on Commons (FP) during the year 2015, to produce a single Picture of the Year.
Voting is over, the results will be announced after their processing.
Voting is over and the results are ready. The results will be announced soon by the committee.</translate>
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Picture of the Year 2015 Results
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).
In the second round – the “three votes” was used – eligible users could vote for up to 3 finalists – each of these 3 votes counted equal.
There were 5822 people who voted in either round, and there were 1862 people who voted in both rounds.
- In the first round, 3678 people cast over 175000 votes for all 1322 candidates.
- In the second round, 4019 people cast 11570 votes for all 56 finalists.
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.
- In second place, 617 people voted for File:Nasir-al molk -1.jpg.
- In third place, 582 people voted for File:Heavens Above Her.jpg.
Click here 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.
There are two rounds of the Picture of the Year contest.--> In the first and current round, you may vote for as many images as you like.
All of the images are categorized by subject and organized in topical galleries. </translate>-->
In the second and current round, you may vote for up to 3 finalists you like. Each of these 3 votes counts equal and one candidate must be only voted once.</translate> Note: if someone casts more than three votes, only the 3 most recent votes will be counted.
To vote, you must be an established Wikimedia user with more than 75 edits before January 1, 2016 ( check eligibility). -->
Round 1 begins on 28 March 2016 and ends on 10 April 2016, 23:59:59 [UTC]</translate> --> Round 2 begins on 15 May 2016 and ends on 28 May 2016, 23:59:59 [UTC]</translate>
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