Re: [Commons-l] POTY2009 - winner announcement

Dear Wikimedians, The 2009 Picture of the Year competition has now concluded and we are happy to announce the results: WINNER: <Sikh pilgrim at the Golden Temple (Harmandir Sahib) in India> Credit: Paulrudd; 62 votes RUNNER-UP: <Elakala Waterfalls in the Blackwater Falls State park, USA> Credit: Forest Wander; 56 votes 2ND RUNNER-UP: <Russian honor guard at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier> Credit: MC1 Chad J. McNeeley; 52 votes In Round 1, there were 890 candidates, the images promoted to Featured Pictures in 2009. The category winners and top 10 over all in Round 1 made it to the final, where 742 voters voted. The detailed results of the competition is available at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2009/Results . Congratulations to all the contributors who helped create these beautiful works and make them available to the world as free content. Thanks to all the voters for participating. :) Thanks Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year committee http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2009 _______________________________________________ Commons-l mailing list Commons-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l