Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates

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Featured pictures are images that add significantly to articles, either by illustrating article content particularly well, or being eye-catching to the point where users will want to read its accompanying article. Taking the adage that "a picture is worth a thousand words", the images featured on Wikipedia:Featured pictures should illustrate a Wikipedia article in such a way as to add significantly to that article, according to the featured picture criteria.

Promoting an image

If you believe an image should be featured, create a subpage (use the "For Nominations" field, below) and add the subpage to the current nominations section.

For promotion, if an image is listed here for ten days with five or more reviewers in support and the consensus is in its favor, it can be added to the Wikipedia:Featured pictures list. Consensus is generally regarded to be a two-thirds majority in support, including the nominator and/or creator of the image; however, anonymous votes are generally disregarded, as are opinions of sockpuppets.

All users may comment. However, only those who have been on Wikipedia for 25 days and with at least 100 edits will be included in the numerical count. If necessary, decisions about close candidacies will be made on a case-by-case basis. Nominations started in December are given three extra days, due to the holidays slowing down activity here.

The archive contains all opinions and comments collected for candidate nominations and their nomination results.

If you nominate an image here, please consider also uploading and nominating it at Commons to help ensure that the pictures can be used not just in the English Wikipedia but on all other Wikimedia projects as well.

Delisting an image

A featured picture can be nominated for delisting if you feel it no longer lives up to featured picture standards. You may also request a featured picture be replaced with a superior image. Create a subpage (use the "For Delists" field, below) and add the subpage to the current nominations section.

Please leave a note on the talk page of the original FPC nominator (and creator/uploader, if appropriate) to let them know the delisting is being debated. The user may be able to address the issues and avoid the delisting of the picture.

For delisting, if an image is listed here for ten days with five or more reviewers supporting a delist or replace, and the consensus is in its favor, it will be delisted from Wikipedia:Featured pictures. Consensus is generally regarded to be a two-thirds majority in support, including the nominator. Note that anonymous votes are generally disregarded, as are opinions of sockpuppets. However, images are sometimes delisted despite having fewer than five in support of their removal, and there is currently no consensus on how best to handle delist closures, except that:If the image to be delisted is not used in any articles by the time of closure, it must be delisted. If it is added to articles during the nomination, at least one week's stability is required for the nomination to be closed as "Kept". The nomination may be suspended if a week hasn't yet passed to give the rescue a chance.

Outside of the nominator, all voters are expected to have been on Wikipedia for 25 days and to have made a minimum of 100 edits. If necessary, decisions about close candidacies will be made on a case-by-case basis. As with regular nominations, delist nominations are given three extra days to run if started in December.

  • Note that delisting an image does not mean deleting it. Delisting from Featured pictures in no way affects the image's status in its article(s).
Shortcuts

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Step 1:
Evaluate

Evaluate the merit of a nomination against the featured picture criteria. Most users reference terms from this page when evaluating nominations.
Step 2:
Create a subpage
For Nominations

To create a subpage of Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates for your nomination, add a title for the image you want to nominate in the field below (e.g., Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Labrador Retriever) and click the "Create new nomination" button.


For Delists (or Delist & Replace)

To create a subpage for your delist, add a title for the image you want to delist/replace in the field below and click the "Create new delist nomination" button.


Step 3:
Transclude and link

Transclude the newly created subpage to the Featured picture candidate list (direct link).

How to comment for Candidate Images

  • Write Support, if you approve of the picture. A reason is optional.
  • Write Oppose, followed by your reasoning, if you disapprove of the picture. All objections should be accompanied by a specific rationale that, if addressed, would make you support the image. If your concern is one that can only be addressed by the creator, and if they haven't nominated or commented on the image, and if they are a Wikipedian, you should notify them directly.
  • You can weak support or weak oppose instead, so that your opinion will be weighed as half of a "full" opinion.
    • To change your opinion, strike it out (with <s>...</s>) rather than removing it.
  • If you think a nominated image obviously fails the featured picture criteria, write Speedy close followed by your reasons. Nominations may be closed early if this is the case.
Recommendations added early in the process may be disregarded if they do not address concerns and/or improvements that arise later in the debate. Reviewers are advised to monitor the progress of a nomination and update their votes accordingly.
Prior to giving an opinion, the image should be assessed on its quality as displayed at full size (high-resolution) in an image editing program. Please note that the images are only displayed at thumbnail size on this page. The thumbnail links to the image description page which, in turn, links to the high-resolution version.

How to comment for Delist Images

  • Write Keep, followed by your reasons for keeping the picture.
  • Write Delist, followed by your reasons for delisting the picture.
  • Write Delist and Replace if you believe the image should be replaced by a better picture.
  • You can weak keep, weak delist or weak delist and replace instead, so that your opinion will be weighed as half of a "full" opinion.
    • To change your opinion, strike it out (with <s>...</s>) rather than removing it.
Please remember to be civil, not to bite the newbies and to comment on the image, not the person.

You may find the glossary useful when you encounter acronyms or jargon in other voters' comments. You can also link to it by using {{FPCgloss}}.

Editing candidates

If you feel you could improve a candidate by image editing, please feel free to do so, but do not overwrite or remove the original. Instead, upload your edit with a different file name (e.g., add "edit" to the file name), and display it below the original nomination. Edits should be appropriately captioned in sequential order (e.g., Edit 1, Edit 2, etc), and describe the modifications that have been applied.

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FPCs needing feedback

Current nominations[edit]

Company houses for miners in Benito, Kentucky[edit]

Voting period ends on 28 Mar 2024 at 01:55:15 (UTC)

Original – Coal miners homes in Benito, Kentucky
Reason
Renominating this image after it failed to reach quorum back in February. This is a high quality image used as lead. High resolution, high EV.
Articles in which this image appears
Benito, Kentucky, Coal camp
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA History
Creator
Russell Lee, restored by FatCat96
  • Support as nominator – 🐱FatCat96🐱 Chat with Cat 01:55, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – Bammesk (talk) 03:14, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – First target article is a 100-word stump. – Sca (talk) 15:14, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Aye, but it's the lead of the second, so worse you can say is that the articles are listed in the wrong order. Support Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 15:59, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose This image should not be illustrating the coal town article. Very misleading. Charlesjsharp (talk) 22:06, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    And how is it misleading exactly? If you search “coal camp or “coal town” on google, about 80-90% of images that come up are similar to this one, so I don’t see how it’s misleading. 🐱FatCat96🐱 Chat with Cat 23:19, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    This is a coal camp and the article is coal town. You would need to create coal camp article, then the image would have EV. Coal towns had proper houses etc. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:21, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Coal tipple in Kenvir, Kentucky[edit]

Voting period ends on 28 Mar 2024 at 01:49:01 (UTC)

Original – A coal tipple in Kenvir, Kentucky
Reason
I'm renominating this image after it failed to reach quorum back in February. This is a high resolution and good quality photograph of Kenvir, Kentucky, a small community in the hills of Harlan County, Kentucky. The community is a coal camp that was founded by the Black Mountain Coal Company in 1919. You can see the company houses in the background.
Articles in which this image appears
Kenvir, Kentucky
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA History
Creator
Russell Lee, restored by FatCat96
  • Support as nominator – 🐱FatCat96🐱 Chat with Cat 01:49, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – I am leaning to oppose. There is too much perspective distortion and leaning of verticals. Usually I don't care about such things in historic images, but in this case, the distortion can be corrected (or improved) in an editing software. Bammesk (talk) 03:17, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – At 132 words, target article is rather stumpy. – Sca (talk) 15:18, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • Honestly, better a short but fullh cited article than a long one with no citations. There's plenty for an FPC blurb. Support Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 16:02, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hindenburg disaster[edit]

Voting period ends on 27 Mar 2024 at 22:20:49 (UTC)

Original – The Hindenburg descending in flames, May 6, 1937
Reason
Iconic photograph. High resolution.
Articles in which this image appears
Hindenburg disaster, 1930s etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA History or Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/Others
Creator
Sam Shere
I'm afraid that's not a great reproduction: Damage should never be blurry Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 00:43, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Iconic image, but not FP. Too many flaws and annotation top right. Charlesjsharp (talk) 14:14, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose – Photo has been reproduced countless times since the event, becoming effectively a bromide (in journalism, a cliché).

John Cage[edit]

Voting period ends on 27 Mar 2024 at 22:20:46 (UTC)

Original – John Cage in 1988
Reason
Good quality. High resolution
Articles in which this image appears
John Cage etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Rob Bogaerts (Anefo)
    • It's a crop, but checking the original, that is a very justified crop, even if I'd prefer a little less cropping. Certainly unusable in the original form! Support though I'd like better documentation. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 00:58, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      Actually, what is this from? It's similarly sized, but less grainy than the original from the source. Bags under eyes are a lot shinier. What's going on? Is it just a levels adjustment? I think so, but I can't get this with any basic adjustment. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 04:30, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

African buffalo with oxpecker (2)[edit]

Voting period ends on 27 Mar 2024 at 15:48:40 (UTC)

Original – African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) male with Red-billed oxpecker, (Buphagus erythrorhynchus), Phinda Private Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Reason
High quality large image. Illustrates both bird and mammal articles well with high EV. FP on Commons. Previous nomination (2020) had 3 support votes
Articles in which this image appears
Red-billed oxpecker, African buffalo
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Female galah in flight[edit]

Voting period ends on 27 Mar 2024 at 15:59:40 (UTC)

Original – Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla), female in flight in Mount Pleasant, South Australia
Reason
High quality image. FP on Commons. We have an existing FP of a male on the ground
Articles in which this image appears
Galah
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Common wombat juvenile[edit]

Voting period ends on 27 Mar 2024 at 15:30:11 (UTC)

Original – Common wombat (Vombatus ursinus tasmaniensis) juvenile on Maria Island, Tasmania, Australia
Reason
High quality large image. Illustrates article well with high EV. FP on Commons. Not in infobox as it is a juvenile
Articles in which this image appears
Common wombat
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Silver-breasted broadbill[edit]

Voting period ends on 27 Mar 2024 at 11:20:27 (UTC)

Original – A male silver-breasted Broadbill (Serilophus lunatus). Deo Nui San, South-Vietnam
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC last month, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Silver-breasted broadbill
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
JJ Harrison
  • Support as nominator – MER-C 11:20, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Not the finest technical quality but rarity outweighs this. Charlesjsharp (talk) 13:34, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Good picture of an adorable bird! Moonreach (talk) 19:32, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Forte Príncipe da Beira[edit]

Voting period ends on 27 Mar 2024 at 11:15:09 (UTC)

Original – Drone view of the Forte Príncipe da Beira, Brazil.
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons in 2022.
Articles in which this image appears
Forte Príncipe da Beira
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Israelvalejr
  • Yes, I agree about the excessive perspective distortion. Don't understand the Criterion 3 comment. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:23, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose – Perspective distortion, indistinct background. (See Criterion No. 3.) – Sca (talk) 13:53, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Garibaldi Lake[edit]

Voting period ends on 26 Mar 2024 at 23:37:51 (UTC)

Original – Garibaldi Lake and Sphinx Glacier seen from Panorama Ridge.
Reason
Recently featured unanimously on Commons, used in the articles' infoboxes.
Articles in which this image appears
Garibaldi Lake, Garibaldi Provincial Park
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator
The Cosmonaut

Soprano saxophone[edit]

Voting period ends on 26 Mar 2024 at 18:15:42 (UTC)

Original – Yamaha soprano saxophone, model YSS-875 EX
Reason
High quality
Articles in which this image appears
Soprano saxophone
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
Yamaha Corporation
  • Support as nominator – TheFreeWorld (talk) 18:15, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – The Herald (Benison) (talk) 08:49, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose I'm not a fan of artificial backgrounds - there are a few small errors where the cut-out has been missed. Charlesjsharp (talk) 13:42, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose – Per Charles. Looks sort of artificial. – Sca (talk) 13:57, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – 🐱FatCat96🐱 Chat with Cat 01:36, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – This type of background makes sense for certain subjects [1] [2]. I see no missed cut-outs. Taking an exception to the 1500px criterion because of the unusual tall aspect ratio. Bammesk (talk) 03:29, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – For me, this is a near-perfect example of the kind of professionally made photos of everyday objects we need on the Wikimedia projects, and of which we have so few. --Gnom (talk) 22:41, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Enrico Fermi[edit]

Voting period ends on 26 Mar 2024 at 17:42:27 (UTC)

Original – Enrico Fermi in 1943.
Reason
Good capture.
Articles in which this image appears
Enrico Fermi, others
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering
Creator
United States Department of Energy
  • Support as nominator – TheFreeWorld (talk) 17:42, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Need some restoration, but it's a good quality 1940s photograph, thus support! – Vinícius O. (talk) 00:56, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Yes, needs restoration. Charlesjsharp (talk) 13:36, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – Historical EV. Fermi's work was cited in Einstein's pivotal letter to FDR regarding prospects for an atomic (fission) bomb. – Sca (talk) 14:12, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Conditional support, if it's restored. Bammesk (talk) 03:36, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Alexander Gardner[edit]

Voting period ends on 26 Mar 2024 at 08:01:09 (UTC)

Original – Photographer Alexander Gardner
Reason
Another of my "photos of photographers", this was one of the major photographers of the American Civil War, and I think the photo - although the cardstock grain certainly could have been better - is a very good one. Cropped to the photo itself since there was nothing significant whatsoever about the mount (a plain bit of very dirty card with a badly centred double-line border (which doesn't quite fit the card, leading to it becoming single-lined for much of the sides), and no text or decoration). I've said my way of evaluating whether to crop the mount before, but I think it's amply clear why this one loses.
Articles in which this image appears
Alexander Gardner (photographer), Photographers of the American Civil War
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
Creator
James Gardner, restored by Adam Cuerden

Slaty brushfinch[edit]

Voting period ends on 25 Mar 2024 at 21:33:34 (UTC)

Original – Slaty brushfinch (Atlapetes schistaceus), Caldas Department, Colombia
Reason
High quality image. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Slaty brushfinch
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Pacific gull[edit]

Voting period ends on 25 Mar 2024 at 21:38:19 (UTC)

Original – Pacific gull (Larus pacificus), Freycinet Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia
Reason
High quality image. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Pacific gull
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Cape Barren goose[edit]

Voting period ends on 25 Mar 2024 at 21:43:16 (UTC)

Original – Cape Barren goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae), Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Reason
High quality image. FP on Commons. We have an existing FP from over ten years ago. I think this image should replace it in the Infobox.
Articles in which this image appears
Cape Barren goose
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Willa Beatrice Player[edit]

Voting period ends on 25 Mar 2024 at 04:55:34 (UTC)

Original – Willa Beatrice Player, an American educator, college administrator, college president, civil rights activist, and federal appointee, at the start of her career in 1930.
Reason
It's a little undersized, but I think it has pretty much all the actual detail, and it's about like, 585dpi or so, which really isn't bad. A bit zoomed in, but that does help justify the size: Her face probably occupies more pixels than a lot of images we've promoted that technically have much larger dimensions. Undeniably the best available photo of her.
Articles in which this image appears
Willa Beatrice Player
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political if we're classifying her as a civil rights activist - which she was, but she did so as an educator, which might make it better to classify her as an educator, hence Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Others.
Creator
Unknown photographer, restored by Adam Cuerden
  • Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 04:55, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – Xcllnt capture of an expressive face. High EV for her multiple career activities. – Sca (talk) 15:48, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – The Herald (Benison) (talk) 18:36, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. What a beautiful photograph. And yes, educator is a much better classification, since that's clearly what she considered herself to be and how she would have wanted to be remembered. It's a shame that educators are lumped into the miscellaneous "Others" category along with carpenters, haberdashers, and cod fishermen, rather than having a category of their own. Maybe there should be a general "Academic" category for teachers, scholars, educational reformers, etc.? Choliamb (talk) 19:22, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Aye. I think we split "Others" whenever we have enough. Think we do? Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 20:31, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Probably not. I suppose I should put my money where my mouth is and search for more academic images to nominate. But to do that I'd have to overcome my profound laziness, which doesn't seem likely to happen. Choliamb (talk) 22:14, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Some of them might be elsewhere, of course, as there is a tendency to classify someone anywhere that's better than "Others" Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 02:26, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Here are a few educators currently outside "others": in "artists and writers," Adrianne Wadewitz; in "politics," Mary Church Terrell, Angela Davis, and Booker T. Washington. Plus, yes, there are a few in "others" also. blameless 16:30, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Sca, The Herald, and Choliamb: Made a couple more fixes: There were a couple scratches I hesitated with, but, after reviewing other photos, they're clearly damage. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 07:03, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Looks better to me. Vote remains unchanged :) The Herald (Benison) (talk) 07:19, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Reaffirm support. Choliamb (talk) 11:43, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I too. -- Sca (talk) 14:17, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 23:32, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Too bad we don't have a picture this good from the height of her career (oy), but thems the breaks. blameless 16:30, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Aye. Luckily, we can always add photos if they come up. Don't think this is going to leave the article, just might move to second photo if we get a good one from a later period. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 16:45, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ellen Axson Wilson[edit]

Voting period ends on 22 Mar 2024 at 01:57:40 (UTC)

Original – Ellen Wilson in 1910
Reason
High quality image used as lead. High resolution, high EV.
Articles in which this image appears
Ellen Axson Wilson
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Others
Creator
Davis and Son, Restored by FatCat96

Willa Beatrice Brown[edit]

Voting period ends on 21 Mar 2024 at 00:25:40 (UTC)

Original – Willa Brown as a lieutenant in the United States Civil Air Patrol
Reason
High quality image used as lead. Strong EV.
Articles in which this image appears
Willa Beatrice Brown
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Others
Creator
Unknown photographer, restored by FatCat96
  • Support as nominator – 🐱FatCat96🐱 Chat with Cat 00:25, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – there is a white vertical streak under the base of the bottle, it can be removed. A similar one in the original (bottom right corner) was removed. On a sidenote, when restoring, it's best to start from the original tiff, rather than a jpeg. Bammesk (talk) 02:07, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    While one has to be careful people don't stop looking African-American, this does feel like it's rather low contrast, nothing lighter than a dull grey. Maybe play with the white and midpoints of the levels a little? Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 17:38, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I believe I've fixed your concern. 🐱FatCat96🐱 Chat with Cat 01:08, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Not mine, I fear. But trying some things, it honestly looks like setting the white point pretty near the brightest point in the image will largely fix this. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 04:17, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak oppose, has some pencil drawing-like soft and flat look (particularly as compared to some other photos of that period). Brandmeistertalk 17:10, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak oppose I like old shots, but still isnt as it could be, unsharp, like fuzzed. --Petar Milošević (talk) 17:43, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose – A good nomination, but the haziness and the unsharp details is commendable. Yes, it resonates with the time period and the style of the photo, but we have had older and sharper FPs. Also, per Adam's comment on contrast and white balance. Another point, negligible yet important IMO, is the angle of the subject. It kinda reduces the EV for a lead image of a GA.The Herald (Benison) (talk) 06:42, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Germanicus[edit]

Voting period ends on 19 Mar 2024 at 19:53:22 (UTC)

Original – Bust of young Germanicus at the time of his adoption by Tiberius in AD 4. Now the bust is held at the J. Paul Getty Museum
Reason
Very high resolution.
Articles in which this image appears
Germanicus
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Military
Creator
J. Paul Getty Museum

The Abduction of Europa[edit]

Voting period ends on 19 Mar 2024 at 19:27:47 (UTC)

Original – The Abduction of Europa (1632), by Rembrandt, now held at the J. Paul Getty Museum, California.
Reason
Very high quality.
Articles in which this image appears
The Abduction of Europa (Rembrandt), others
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Rembrandt

2021 Mayfield tornado damage[edit]

Voting period ends on 19 Mar 2024 at 18:20:23 (UTC)

Original – Aerial view of EF4 damage in Mayfield the day after the 2021 Western Kentucky tornado
Reason
The high-quality image (5,464 × 3,640 pixels) passed a Commons Featured Picture vote 13 to 1. It also has high encyclopedic value in relation to one of the most famous tornadoes in the last decade. A reverse image search shows the image is used by various media outlets and even Penn State University. One media outlet used the image two years after the tornado ([3]), proving the high-encyclopedic value of it.
Articles in which this image appears
List:
  1. 2021 Western Kentucky tornado
  2. Tornado outbreak of December 10–11, 2021
  3. List of F4 and EF4 tornadoes (2020–present)
  4. Mayfield, Kentucky
FP category for this image
History
Creator
State Farm Insurance
  • Support as nominator – The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 18:20, 9 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • I would like to support this, but I'm pretty sure the tornado didn't cause the perspective distortion. MER-C 11:19, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose – Ephemeral news-type photo; scant EV. – Sca (talk) 15:11, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Being used two years later by a RS I think means it is not ephemeral. I respect your opinion and !vote, but I think it lacks any backing. The image is used on four pages, including the town’s article which was leveled by the tornado & the article featured on Wikipedia’s ITN. You aren’t required to reply at all, but I would love to hear some additional backing for why you consider a photograph with 2-year usage from an event to be a short-lived news photograph and why usage on the four articles does not give it much EV? The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 19:25, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Sca, I think you should've done some research before posting your oppose vote. This was a major, once in a lifetime event with long lasting effects. 🐱FatCat96🐱 Chat with Cat 20:43, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Urban weather damage, at least in developed countries, is nearly always ephemeral. Are you saying that this section of Mayfield still looks like this? (BTW, this user is a former Ky. resident.) -- Sca (talk) 14:03, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
So your argument is based on whether the town still looks like it instead of something like whether it has a lasting historical impact? This ain’t notability for an article, but it seems weird that your reasoning is ignoring lasting historical usage and going with more or less “eh, developed nation had damage, just a media cycle” style of reasoning. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 14:19, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Quite clear, no doubt, somehow. -- Sca (talk) 16:56, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Very strong support – Major event with a long lasting effect, definitely not ephemeral. Very high EV in all the articles. 🐱FatCat96🐱 Chat with Cat 20:37, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – Bammesk (talk) 00:58, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose – I think it's too visually noisy to read well at the size featured pictures are displayed. Granted, this is a photograph of something that's inherently messy, but the destruction is so complete that I can't really reconstruct the tornado's path. The only intact structures are far away in the background. Moonreach (talk) 15:46, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support.--Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 07:02, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support --Petar Milošević (talk) 17:41, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 20:21, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 02:49, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ornge AgustaWestland AW139[edit]

Voting period ends on 19 Mar 2024 at 17:57:33 (UTC)

Original – Ornge AgustaWestland AW139 departing from the Grand River Hospital helipad, Ontario, Canada.
Reason
Featured without opposition on Commons two months ago.
Articles in which this image appears
Ornge, AgustaWestland AW139
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Air
Creator
The Cosmonaut

Westminster Cathedral[edit]

Voting period ends on 19 Mar 2024 at 17:44:08 (UTC)

Original – Blessed Sacrament Chapel in the Westminster Cathedral, City of Westminster, London, England.
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC last year, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Westminster Cathedral
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors
Creator
Diego Delso

Nominations — to be closed[edit]

Nominations in this category are older than ten days and are to be closed. New votes will no longer be accepted.

Older nominations requiring additional input from users[edit]

These nominations have been moved here because consensus is impossible to determine without additional input from those who participated in the discussion. Usually this is because there was more than one edit of the image available, and no clear preference for one of them was determined. If you voted on these images previously, please update your vote to specify which edit(s) you are supporting.

Blanche Roosevelt[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 15 Mar 2024 at 04:10:27 (UTC)

Original – Blanche Roosevelt, operatic soprano, who created the role of Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance[1]
Alt Also a good image, by Napoleon Sarony
Reason
A fine photograph of a notable actress. I think I've said before that I decide whether to crop the cabinet card mount based on the amount of detail (they can range from blank to elaborate signatures and captions), the state of the card mount, and, sometimes, whether we want the card mount for the photographer's article. The mount was pretty mangled in this copy; cut to a weird shape with scissors or something. I didn't think I could accurately fix Mora's mangled signature, so I cropped to the photo. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 04:12, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Articles in which this image appears
Blanche Roosevelt
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
José Maria Mora, restored by Adam Cuerden
  • Support both as nominator – Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 04:10, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • support Charlesjsharp (talk) 12:02, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – Detail average for late 19th C., but interesting bio article on a woman who was an opera singer, author and journalist. – Sca (talk) 15:18, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Now support either image. See below. -- Sca (talk) 13:56, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Struck this vote to avoid double counting. Armbrust The Homunculus 21:34, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Aye. Also, much better than anything we had before, which is a point in its favour, albeit not enough on its own to promote an image. dp.la has a Napoleon Sarony portrait which has its charms as well; might try to bring that one over so we at least have her at a second angle. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 16:18, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    And I did, and, since it was in good condition, restored it as well: File:Blanche Roosevelt by Napoleon Sarony.jpg. Can really see the focal plane in that one, but at least it's well-positioned. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 16:28, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    That one's very nice, too, because of the angle of the comp. -- Sca (talk) 19:55, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Agreed. If we were a little more willing to promote two similar images... Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 20:56, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I sorta prefer the other pose, but I guess the first one has more detail. -- Sca (talk) 22:28, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support either – Bammesk (talk) 03:15, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Prefer original, initially I preferred the Alt, but the more I look at the original, the more I like it. Bammesk (talk) 15:12, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Armbrust:, would it help if I simply cancelled my support for the orig? Or is it too late for something like that? -- Sca (talk) 13:40, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Extend the nom, prolly. Or ping the participants for consensus. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 18:38, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Well, for the record, I slightly prefer the first, especially as - presuming both are going to be in the article - the alt should probably be the second due to the "face text when possible" rule, and, honestly, the fadeout of her below the shoulders in the second, while common in the time period, seems to go a little too far, like the fade out was meant for an oval mount, but wasn't mounted in one, so it ends a little too abruptly - maybe that's just me. They're both good images, mind, and we could call them a set, but I didn't nominate it as such. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 03:41, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Armbrust and Adam Cuerden: I see 7 supports for the Alt, not 8. Charles, Choliamb, and VulcanSphere clearly did not support the Alt. VulcanSphere clearly could have supported the Alt, as did 6 editors prior, but they did not. We shouldn't second guess their vote. On a different note, my vote above now indicates a preference. Bammesk (talk) 15:12, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Well, let's do this properly. @Charlesjsharp, Sca, Moonreach, MER-C, and VulcanSphere: Would you please state your preferences? I've only pinged those who haven't voted unambiguously for one option; add pings if I missed anyone. (I left out Bammesk because he commented already). Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 19:37, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I really do support both, but if rules force this to be an either/or situation then I pick the alt, and I'll leave a new vote to affirm that at the bottom. Moonreach (talk) 19:26, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Alt – unambiguously. – Sca (talk) 14:23, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support alt if this has to be an either/or situation. If we're allowed to try to promote both pictures at once, I'd still like to do that. Moonreach (talk) 19:27, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Joan Baez[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 18 Mar 2024 at 13:15:12 (UTC)

Original – Joan Baez in 1973
Reason
high quality picture used as lead, image shows her when she was at the peak of her carrier
Articles in which this image appears
Joan Baez
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Bernard Gotfryd, restored and uploaded by Yann
  • Support as nominator – Yann (talk) 13:15, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – Subject has been photographed thousands of times over the last six decades. – Sca (talk) 15:05, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • It's a good thumbnail but at full size (even at 50%), it's too soft. She is well photographed, so a better (sharper) photo can be expected. Sorry, but reluctant Oppose. Bammesk (talk) 01:28, 9 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: the truly iconic photograph of Baez is this one. Our copy is poorly edited, but it would be worthwhile to start over from the tiff file, which can be found here. blameless 02:57, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:17, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Because flowers and chocolates weren't grand enough[edit]

Voting period ends on 25 Mar 2024 at 18:33:13 (UTC)

Original – The Taj Mahal, an ivory-white marble mausoleum in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was commissioned in 1631 by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan to house the tomb of his beloved wife, Mumtaz Mahal.
Reason
Excellent EV, lead image with perfect lighting and subject visibility, along with great resolution and quality.
Articles in which this image appears
Taj Mahal
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Yann; edited by King of Hearts; derivative work by Jbarta
Withdraw since File:Taj Mahal (Edited).jpeg is already an FP. Should trout myself for forgetting that FPC nom. It's been 10 years, so I guess I can be excused, lol. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 18:48, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: excellent nomination title. ―Howard • 🌽33 22:18, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment A very good choice; but, this file is a FP of the place which was promoted in October 2012. – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:58, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 08:38, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Otto von Habsburg[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 17 Mar 2024 at 00:47:43 (UTC)

Original – Otto von Habsburg in 2006
Reason
High quality and good resolution
Articles in which this image appears
Otto von Habsburg etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Royalty and nobility
Creator
Oliver Mark

Promoted File:Oliver Mark - Otto Habsburg-Lothringen, Pöcking 2006.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 08:31, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Max Reinhardt[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 17 Mar 2024 at 00:37:13 (UTC)

Original – Reinhardt in 1911
Reason
1911 high-resolution photo. Good quality
Articles in which this image appears
Max Reinhardt etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Nicola Perscheid

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 08:24, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ma, Ma, where's my Pa?[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 16 Mar 2024 at 03:44:58 (UTC)

Original – An anti-Grover Cleveland cartoon highlighting the Halpin scandal
Alt 1 – uncropped and restored
Alt 2 - I'd consider this about where this wants to be, but I'm not sure it's good enough. Uploaded a PNG if anyone wants to try and fix. -Adam
Reason
High resolution and good quality
Articles in which this image appears
Grover Cleveland, Grover Cleveland 1884 presidential campaign, 1884 United States presidential election
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA History
Creator
Frank Beard
  • Comment – Lacks gravitas. EV doubtful. – Sca (talk) 13:51, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Crops out the caption (where the joke is), and edges. No real need to not show the full page, for that matter. Also, kind of bluish. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 17:48, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Alt 1 and Alt 2 – for use in (EV) Grover Cleveland 1884 presidential campaign. Bammesk (talk) 00:57, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    The Alt is absolutely loaded with JPEG artefacts, though. Should probably grab one from the LoC TIFF. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 16:11, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Good catch. I missed that. The LOC original is much better. It needs a bit of touching up. I can get it in the next day or two, if you Adam or FatCat96 don't do it first. I changed my vote to Conditional support for now. Bammesk (talk) 01:11, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • I uploaded and changed the Alt version. It is now a restoration from the original LoC TIFF. Pinging participants @FatCat96, Adam Cuerden, Moonreach, and Vinícius94:. Bammesk (talk) 02:56, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Oppose, I fear: Colours are clearly highly changed by paper yellowing. I've done some experiments, and - while it would need a ton of edge cleanup due to vignetting at the edges, a simple bracketing of R G and B individually, setting white and black to maximum and minimum with content, gives highly believable colours Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 04:45, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you and nice restoration. I've been so busy lately, I haven't had much time to restore anything. Also, GIMP has suddenly stopped working for me, and I'm trying to figure out how to fix it. I hope to get back to restoring more images once everything is resolved. 🐱FatCat96🐱 Chat with Cat 16:52, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Adam, that's a support from me for Alt 2, as well as any other version you might upload. Let me know if a PNG version of 'Alt 1' can be of any use to you and I will upload it. Thanks for your input and your work. Bammesk (talk) 01:19, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I suppose I can Support Alt 2. Probably too late for the upload of the PNG, though: I'd have to restart work. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 18:49, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Another voice for Cleveland - F.B. LCCN95522869 - restoration2.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 08:14, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Rainbow lorikeet[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 15 Mar 2024 at 11:48:12 (UTC)

Original – Rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Easy CSS image crop to show a possiible improvement?


Reason
High quality image. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Rainbow lorikeet
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp
  • Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:48, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – Lovely image. 🐱FatCat96🐱 Chat with Cat 03:48, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    While I do believe it’s a lovely image, and I do like the flowers, I have to agree with Nick on this. As Nick stated, an FP of a lorikeet should depict the animals behaviors in an eye-catching way, this photo does not, therefore reluctant oppose. 🐱FatCat96🐱 Chat with Cat 06:34, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Depicting animals behaviours? Have you looked at FPs of Australian birds? What sort of behaviour are you looking for. THis comment makes zero sense. Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:10, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    My comment makes perfect sense. Lorikeets are very playful, comical, photogenic, and friendly birds, and I think an FP of a lorikeet should depict that. I also don't like how the flowers obscure the feet of the bird. 🐱FatCat96🐱 Chat with Cat 06:08, 9 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
FatCat96 Please strike out the duplicate !vote for clarity. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 16:42, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:18, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Unremarkable photo of an extremely common Australian bird with no fear at all of humans. A FP of a Rainbow lorikeet should be much more eye-catching than this and/or better depict their behaviours. Note that there are a vast number of photos of these very photogenic and friendly birds at Commons. Nick-D (talk) 09:25, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Please tell us which of the hundreds of images of this bird that you think are better than this image. I couldn't find one. Charlesjsharp (talk) 13:16, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm not sure what you're hoping to achieve with responses like this. Nick-D (talk) 10:09, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • What I'm hoping to achieve? I'm trying to get you to justify your oppose vote. This request has been ignored. If you cannot justify your vote, or refuse to - in this case by indicating which of the many competing images you prefer - then you vote could be considered disruptive. So please respond. Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:07, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • FP voters don't need to nominate better images when they post an oppose vote. This image does not meet the FP standards as it is not a good photo of these incredibly common and easy to photograph birds (wild lorrikeets will happily sit on your hand if you offer them food, for instance). Nick-D (talk) 03:00, 9 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
All objections should be accompanied by a specific rationale that, if addressed, would make you support the image. (Per FPC guidelines) Sorry, but it's not a good photo is such a carpet term, providing no rationale whatsoever, far from specificity. Charles is a veteran FP nominator/creator and I'm pretty sure they won't pick a random picture for nomination. Plus your rationale sounds very close to IDONTLIKEIT. Not something I would expect from a sysop or someone with experience. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 03:10, 9 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Please read my oppose vote, where I explain just that. I'm also not sure what you're hoping to achieve by hectoring? Nick-D (talk) 04:44, 9 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – I don't understand the oppose!votes. They sound like WP:IDONTLIKEIT. The image is really good and it doesn't matter if there are a million photos of Parakeets on Commons. EV is specific for this image and it is clearly fulfilled here. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 16:40, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Nick-D is an admin so he must he know how to behave here. Let's wait for his explanation. Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:57, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support either The Herald (Benison) (talk) 15:50, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Sharp (!) image with eye-catching colors. – Sca (talk) 15:53, 9 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Struck this vote to avoid double counting. Armbrust The Homunculus 16:38, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Kind of neutral on this one: Well photographed, but having part of his body behind the plant is kind of awkward. It's kind of cute, though, and maybe even interestingly composed. Or maybe awkwardly? I keep changing my mind. Very right-balanced, anyway. Perhaps if you cropped a little on the left? It does make it feel more balanced (see example) Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 22:48, 9 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The very cautiously cropped version looks good, too. Support either one. – Sca (talk) 15:21, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus moluccanus) Sydney.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:46, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

New Zealand fur seal female with suckling pup[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 15 Mar 2024 at 11:52:37 (UTC)

Original – New Zealand fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) female with suckling pup on Kangaroo Island, South Australia Australia
Reason
High quality large image. Illustrates article well with high EV. FP on Commons
Articles in which this image appears
New Zealand fur seal
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:New Zealand fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) female with suckling pup Kangaroo Island.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:28, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Black kite in flight[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 15 Mar 2024 at 11:59:37 (UTC)

Original – Black kite (Milvus migrans affinis) in flight over Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia
Reason
High quality image. Not in infobox as it is a flight image, but high EV. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Black kite
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Black kite (Milvus migrans affinis) in flight Adelaide River 2.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:23, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Himba herders[edit]

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Original – A male and female pair of Himba herders in Namibia's Northwestern Kunene region. The woman wears otjize that colors her skin red.
Reason
High-quality (3,000 x 2,000), beautifully composed, amazing colors (showing the otjize worn by the woman). Shows a member of each sex, with faces visible. As an illustration of Himba dress, appearance, and lifestyle (these two are herders), it adds great encyclopedic value.
Articles in which this image appears
Himba people
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Traditional dress
Creator
Hans Stieglitz
  • Support as nominator – Zanahary (talk) 06:13, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Poor technical quality, over-saturated colours. Surprised that the printed butterflies are claimed to be traditional dress. Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:23, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – At full size the details aren't sharp, especially the woman (who is out of focus). Otherwise I would have supported. Good EV and excellent composition though. Bammesk (talk) 01:20, 9 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:15, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Lophocampa caryae caterpillar[edit]

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Original – Top view of a hickory tiger moth larva
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons four years ago.
Articles in which this image appears
Lophocampa caryae
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
The Cosmonaut

Promoted File:Lophocampa caryae caterpillar.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:32, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Cheat[edit]

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Original – Film poster for The Cheat, a 1923 lost film.
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC last year, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
The Cheat (1923 film)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
Paramount Pictures (restored by Ezarate)
  • Support as nominator – MER-C 11:20, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:41, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • This could probably be cropped a bit more evenly, and you could use the dodge tool to fix the edges a bit because of the shading in the corners, but that last is something I only got half-decent at last year, and don't know if anyone else notices. It's a quality restoration. Support, but would suggest a trim to make left and right edges equal width. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 16:00, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Moonreach (talk) 18:01, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:13, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, but strongly agree with Adam about recropping to make the margins even. The unbalanced borders are distracting and give the image as a whole a slightly careless appearance, which is a shame when the quality is otherwise so good. Choliamb (talk) 22:04, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Choliamb: After asking Ezarate's permission, I've done so. You may need to purge the page. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 20:22, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Looks good to me. Thanks, Choliamb (talk) 23:18, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • @MER-C, Charlesjsharp, Moonreach, and Hamid Hassani: Suppose I should ping all of you, though it's pretty minor. Crop and a couple minor fixes because I cannae help m'sel. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 21:31, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support.--Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 07:04, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:The Cheat LCCN2010649713-restored.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:30, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis[edit]

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Original – The Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis (c. 1661–62), by Rembrandt
Reason
High quality
Articles in which this image appears
The Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis, Batavi (Germanic tribe), Batavi (military unit), List of drawings by Rembrandt, List of revolutions and rebellions, Military history of the Netherlands, Netherlands in the Roman era, Revolt of the Batavi
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Rembrandt

Promoted File:The Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis by Rembrandt van Rijn.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:30, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Aachen Cathedral[edit]

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Original – Aachen Cathedral is a Catholic church in Aachen, Germany and the seat of the Diocese of Aachen.
Reason
High quality and good composition.
Articles in which this image appears
Aachen Cathedral, others
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Cccefalon

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:25, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Plumed whistling duck[edit]

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Original – Plumed whistling duck (Dendrocygna eytoni), Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia
Reason
High quality image. FP on Commons. There is an existing FP on English Wikipedia. Nicer background, but the feet are obscured.
Articles in which this image appears
Plumed whistling duck
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Plumed whistling duck (Dendrocygna eytoni) Kakadu.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:56, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Rainbow bee-eater[edit]

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Original – Rainbow bee-eater (Merops ornatus), Fogg Dam, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia
Reason
High quality image. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Rainbow bee-eater
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp
  • Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:31, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Sharper than the infobox image by Harrison (which is a lovely photo, and was FP in 2011, but camera technology marches on ...) Choliamb (talk) 14:54, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yes, John Harrison has not uploaded new images of common birds; he is too busy getting new rare ones and is relaxed about his old ones being superseded... Charlesjsharp (talk) 23:51, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Rainbow bee-eater (Merops ornatus) Fogg Dam.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:55, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Cape Barren geese[edit]

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Original – Cape Barren geese (Cereopsis novaehollandiae) in flight over Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Reason
High quality image. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Cape Barren goose
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Cape Barren geese (Cereopsis novaehollandiae) in flight Kangaroo Island 2.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:54, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Meeting of the Molly M'Guire Men[edit]

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Original – The Strike in the Coal Mines—Meeting of Molly M'Guire Men
Reason
Nice illustration to a deep topic. Article's well worth reading. Would have preferred a higher resolution scan, but think the detail's all there, given the size of the woodblock carvings.
Articles in which this image appears
Molly McGuires
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA History
Creator
Paul Frenzeny and Jules Tavernier, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:The Strike in the Coal Mines - Meeting of Molly M'Guire Men.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:40, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Battle of Inab[edit]

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Original – The Battle of Inab from the 14th century Passages d'outremer.
Reason
For battles in the Crusades, there's going to be accuracy issues with any image, and this is not an exception, but this is, at least, from a work considered one of the materpieces of mediaeval manuscript illustration. Also, if an illustration is going to be inaccurate, I'd rather it be stylised like this, so it's patently clear it's inaccurate.
Articles in which this image appears
Battle of Inab + 8
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/War
Creator
Jean Colombe

Promoted File:BattleOfInab.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:24, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Raising a Flag over the Reichstag[edit]

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Original – Raising a Flag over the Reichstag, taken during the Battle of Berlin on 2 May 1945.
Alt 1 Attempt to not blow the whites in the sky, lightly restored by Adam Cuerden
Reason
Iconic WWII photograph, high resolution.
Articles in which this image appears
Raising a Flag over the Reichstag, Battle of Berlin, Bibliography of the Soviet Union during World War II, May 1945
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War II
Creator
Yevgeny Khaldei

Just as a heads up, I've distributed it to a few more articles. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 23:00, 7 March 2024 (UTC) @TheFreeWorld, MER-C, Vinícius94, Hamid Hassani, Charlesjsharp, FatCat96, and PetarM: I've done an alt, mainly because I think the sky was blown out in the original version - lots of textureless whites. I'd Support Alt, but I really apoloise if this is late and thus disruptive. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 23:37, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support Alt I saw some too stong contrast and colors lost and highlithed on 1st edition. So this ALT is better. --Petar Milošević (talk) 11:13, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Alt – Agreed. Yann (talk) 13:18, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Alt – Vinícius O. (talk) 17:12, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Alt – 🐱FatCat96🐱 Chat with Cat 18:15, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Alt Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:13, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Alt – Hamid Hassani (talk) 02:42, 9 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – Extremely familiar photo that smacks of propaganda. The gutted Reichstag bldg. had never been repaired after the famous Reichstag fire in 1933. 'Conquering' it in 1945 was a stunt for Soviet uses. – Sca (talk) 16:03, 9 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Sca: I think you have a point, but given there's an article on the photo, I think that there's sufficient context. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 20:48, 9 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Raising a flag over the Reichstag - Restoration.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:24, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Cité de Carcassonne[edit]

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Original – Fortified city of Carcassonne during the blue hour, France. In 1997, it was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites because of its exceptional testimony to the architecture and planning of a medieval fortress town.
Reason
High quality and a FP candidate on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Cité de Carcassonne
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Panorama
Creator
Diego Delso
  • Support as nominator – TheFreeWorld (talk) 10:21, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose The same author's daytime image has more EV. Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:54, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – Vinícius O. (talk) 20:24, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per Charles. These kinds of illuminated night scenes have plenty of uses (postcards, travel brochures), but the EV is relatively low compared to equally detailed photographs taken in good daylight (like the same author's photo in the infobox of the article). Two night images in the article is at least one too many. Choliamb (talk) 14:33, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – I disagree that night photos are categorically lesser. If they are well done and well lit, they can be FPs. Bammesk (talk) 16:01, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose I dislike colors, blue is to strong and same with yellow on walls. --Petar Milošević (talk) 11:09, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose – Per Charles. That will have better EV that this night time shot. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 11:37, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:21, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Stanley Valley[edit]

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Original – Stanley Valley and Mount Whymper viewed from the Stanley Glacier Trail.
Reason
Recently featured unanimously on Commons, used in the article infobox.
Articles in which this image appears
Kootenay National Park
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator
The Cosmonaut

Promoted File:Stanley Valley.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:20, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Suspended nominations[edit]

This section is for Featured Picture (or delisting) candidacies whose closure is postponed for additional editing, rendering, or copyright clarification.

  1. ^ At least, in the first public performance. There was a hastily done private performance in the UK to try to gain two countries' copyright
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