Commons:Picture of the Year/2016/Results
- POTY 2016 : Introduction – Rules – Discussion – Translations – Committee – Help – R1 Candidates / Gallery – R2 Gallery – Results
Jubilee and Munin, Ravens of the Tower of London.
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Second place: Wild elephants walking up a road in the area of Khao Yai National Park – Attribution: Khunkay (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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Third place: Male Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) chasing a bearded seal. – Attribution: Andreas Weith (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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#5: ABe 8/12 "Allegra" – Attribution: Kabelleger / David Gubler (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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#7: A conehead mantis (Empusa pennata) – Attribution: Redpit7 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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#8: An aerial view of St Stephen's Green in the centre of Dublin. – Attribution: Dronepicr (edited by King of Hearts) (CC BY 3.0)
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#9: Astronaut Aki Hoshide – Attribution: NASA (public domain)
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#10: Amphycribral Vascular Bundle of a Fern Rhizome - Pterídium aquilínum. – Attribution: Anatoly Mikhaltsov (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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#11: Sunset from top of Hawk's Eye Rock. – Attribution: Ryzhkov Sergey (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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#12: The Sacred mantled by the snow – Attribution: Elio Pallard (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Picture of the Year 2016 Results
Dear Wikimedians,
The 2016 Picture of the Year competition has ended and we are pleased to announce the results:
In both rounds, people voted for their favorite media files.
- In the first round, there were 1475 candidate images.
- In the second round, people voted for the 58 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 4765 people who voted in total (R1 and R2).
- In the first round, 2553 people voted for all 1475 candidates.
- In the second round, 3625 people voted for all 58 finalists.
We congratulate the winners of the contest and thank them for creating these beautiful media files and sharing them as freely licensed content:
- 615 people voted for the winner, File:Jubilee and Munin, Ravens, Tower of London 2016-04-30.jpg.
- In second place, 443 people voted for File:Khaoyai 06.jpg.
- In third place, 352 people voted for File:Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) in the drift ice region north of Svalbard.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.