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The Commons Picture of the Year is a competition that was first run in 2006. It aims to identify the best freely licensed images from those that during the year have been awarded Featured picture status.

Contents: 2016 · 2015 · 2014 · 2013 · 2012 · 2011 · 2010 · 2009 · 2008 · 2007 · 2006

2016

2016 Picture of the Year (Results | About)

2015

2015 Picture of the Year (Results | About)

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  First place: NASA's New Horizons spacecraft captured this high-resolution enhanced color view of Pluto on July 14, 2015. – Attribution: ASA / Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory / Southwest Research Institute (public domain)
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  Second place: A view of the interior of Nasir ol Molk Mosque located in Shiraz. – Attribution: Ayyoubsabawiki (cc-by-sa-4.0)
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  Third place: Milky Way lying above a lady, at Trona Pinnacles National Landmark, California. – Attribution: Ian Norman (http://www.lonelyspeck.com)(cc-by-sa-2.0)

2014

A huge "Thank you" to all our 3824 voters in round 2. You contributed to the highest participation POTY ever experienced, with 4504 people voting for all 983 files in round 1, and 3824 voting for the 54 finalists in round 2.

2013

  PICTURE OF THE YEAR

   The Eighth Annual Wikimedia Commons POTY Contest

Introduction & dates, Voting eligibility, FAQ, Round 1: Galleries, Round 2: Finalists, Results, Organizing committee, Rules, Translations, Discussion

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  #1; The tungsten filament burning with a flame in the light bulb. Stefan Krause, Germany (License: FAL 1.3)

2012

  PICTURE OF THE YEAR

   The Seventh Annual Wikimedia Commons POTY Contest

Introduction & dates, Voting eligibility, FAQ, Round 1: Galleries, Round 2: Finalists, Results, Organizing committee, Rules, Translations, Discussion

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  #1; European Bee-eater, Ariège, France. The female (in front) awaits the offering which the male will make. Pierre Dalous (User:Kookaburra 81)

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  #2; On August 31, 2012 a long filament of solar material that had been hovering in the Sun's atmosphere, the Corona, erupted out into space at 4:36 p.m. EDT. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Flickr)

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  #3; High-speed photography of a light bulb shot with an airsoft pistol (positioned right of the lamp). Stefan Krause, Germany (User:Ritchyblack)

2011

Sixth Annual Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year

Preparation · Translations · Discussion · Organising committee · Issues / Help · FAQ

Introduction & dates · Voting · Voters · Round 1: Galleries · Round 2: Finalists · Results

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  #1: A view of the lake Bondhus in Norway. In the background a view of the Bondhus Glacier as a part of the Folgefonna Glacier. (POTD) Heinrich Pniok (Alchemist-hp / pse-mendelejew.de)

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  #2: Self portrait of Tracy Caldwell Dyson in the Cupola module of the International Space Station observing the Earth below during Expedition 24. (POTD) Tracy Caldwell Dyson (NASA)

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  #3: Cueva de los Verdes, Canary Islands, Spain. Reflection on water. (POTD) Luc Viatour (Lviatour)

2010

Fifth Annual Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year

Preparation · Translations · Discussion · Organising committee · Issues / Help

Introduction & dates · Voting · Voters · Round 1: Galleries · Round 2: Finalists · Results

In 2010 there were 784 images promoted to Featured Picture. During the first round of the competition, participants could vote for as many images as they liked.

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  #1: In mid-August 2010 ESO Photo Ambassador Yuri Beletsky snapped this amazing photo at ESO’s Paranal Observatory. A group of astronomers were observing the centre of the Milky Way using the laser guide star facility at Yepun, one of the four Unit Telescopes of the Very Large Telescope (VLT). (POTD) – Credit:

  Yuri Beletsky (ESO).

  (ESO - CC-BY-SA-3.0)
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  #2: Stari Most, the "Old Bridge", which connects the two banks of river Neretva, has been a symbol of Mostar for centuries. This view from north shows Helebija tower to the left and Tara tower to the right. It was made from the minaret of Koski Mehmed Pasha Mosque. (POTD) – Credit: Own work by Ramirez. (GFDL, CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0)

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  #3: Sarychev Peak Volcano erupts June 12, 2009, on Matua Island (North Kuril Islands) (POTD) – Credit:

  Original photo by NASA, uploaded on Flickr by user John, derivative work by The High Fin Sperm Whale.

  (CC-BY-SA‑2.0)

2009

Fourth Annual Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year

(Preparation) · (Translations) · (Discussion) · Organising committee · (Issues / Help)

Introduction & dates · Voting · Round 1: Galleries · Round 2: Finalists · Results · Download

In 2009 there were 890 images promoted to Featured Picture. During the first round of the competition, participants could vote for as many images as they liked. The category winners and top 10 over all images proceeded to the final. In the final, 742 cast a vote, of which 62 were cast on the winner Sikh pilgrim at the Golden Temple (Harmandir Sahib) in India. See more results of the first round and final.

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  #1: Sikh pilgrim at the Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) in Amritsar, India. (POTD) – Credit: Wikimedian Paulrudd. (GFDL, CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0)

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  #2: Elakala Waterfalls in the Blackwater Falls State park, West Virginia, United States. (POTD) – Credit: Forest Wander from Cross Lanes, USA. (CC-BY-SA-2.0)

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  #3: The Russian military honor guard welcomes U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow, Russia, June 26, 2009. Mullen is on a three-day trip to the country, meeting with counterparts and touring the Russian military academy. (POTD) – Credit: MC1 Chad J. McNeeley. (PD US Navy)

2008

Third Annual Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year

(Preparation) · (Translations) · (Discussion) · Organising committee · (Issues / Help)

Introduction & dates · Voting · Round 1: Galleries · Round 2: Finalists · Results · Download

In 2008 there were 501 images promoted to Featured Picture. During the first round of the competition, participants could vote for as many images they liked, resulting in 27647 votes by 994 people. The top 51 images proceeded to the final. In the final, 712 cast a vote, of which 74 were cast on the winner Horses on Bianditz mountain, in Navarra, Spain. See more results of the first round and final.

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  #1: Horses on Bianditz mountain. Behind them Aiako Harria mountain can be seen. Mikel Ortega/Richard Bartz (CC-BY-SA-2.0)

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  #2: Fire breathing "Jaipur Maharaja Brass Band" in Chassepierre, Belgium. Luc Viatour (CC-BY-SA-2.5, 2.0, 1.0)

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  #3: Steam locomotives of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway in the roundhouse at the Chicago, Illinois rail yards in 1942. Jack Delano (PD-USGov)

2007

Second Annual Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year

(Preparation) · (Translations) · Discussion · Organising committee · Issues / Help

Introduction · Dates · Voting · Round 1: Galleries · Round 2: Finalists · Results · Download

In 2007 there were 514 images promoted to Featured Picture. During the first round of the competition, participants could vote for as many images they liked, resulting in 31806 votes by 665 people. The top 28 images proceeded to the final. In the final, 919 cast a vote, of which 84 were cast on the winner Broadway Tower in Cotswolds, England. See more results of the first round and final.

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  #1: Broadway Tower in Cotswolds, England. Newton2 (CC-BY-2.5)

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  #2: New York City at night, USA. Paulo Barcellos Jr. (CC-BY-SA-2.0)

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  #3: Red Squirrel with pronounced winter ear tufts in the Hofgarten in Düsseldorf Ray eye (CC-BY-SA-2.0-DE)

2006

First Annual Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year
Winners · Results

390 and then 658 Wikimedians voted in 2 rounds for 321 images that were successfully nominated as Featured pictures during 2006. Voting was conducted on-wiki during the first two weeks of February 2007. Only one category was voted on: the Picture of the Year.

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  #1: The Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, shines above Bear Lake, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska Joshua Strang (Public domain)

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  #2: Homeless person in Paris Eric Pouhier (CC BY-SA 2.5)

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  #3: A Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) in Algonquin Provincial Park, Canada. Mdf (GFDL)

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  #3: Hoverflies mating in midair. Fir0002 (GFDL)