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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.
2011[edit]
Sixth Annual Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year
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Introduction & dates · Voting · Voters · Round 1: Galleries · Round 2: Finalists · Results
2010[edit]
Fifth Annual Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year
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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) -
#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: (CC-BY-SA‑2.0)
2009[edit]
Fourth Annual Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year
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Introduction & dates · Voting · Round 1: Galleries · Round 2: Finalists · Results · 
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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)
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2008[edit]
Third Annual Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year
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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, in Navarra, Spain, by Mikel Ortega/Richard Bartz (CC-by-sa-2.0)
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#2: Fire breathing "Jaipur Maharaja Brass Band" Chassepierre Belgium, by Luc Viatour (CC-BY-SA-2.5, 2.0, 1.0)
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#3: Steam locomotives of the Chicago & North Western Railway in the roundhouse at the Chicago, Illinois rail yards, by Jack Delano (PD-USGov)
2007[edit]
Second Annual Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year
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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, by Newton2 (CC-BY-2.5)
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#2: New York City at night, photographed using the HDR technique, by 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, by Ray eye (CC-BY-SA-2.0-DE)
2006[edit]
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: Aurora Borealis, by Joshua Strang (public domain)
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#2: Homeless man in Paris, by Eric Pouhier (CC-BY-SA-2.5)
