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.
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.
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.
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Step 2:
Create a subpage
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.
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.
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How to comment for Delist Images
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Current nominations
John Milton Brannan (redux)
Voting period ends on 27 Jul 2022 at 20:56:16 (UTC)
- Reason
- Think this was just nominated at a bad time before - Passed Commons unanimously, and I think it's a great restoration
- Articles in which this image appears
- John Milton Brannan +3
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Military
- Creator
- Mathew Brady's Studio, restored by Adam Cuerden
- Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8% of all FPs 20:56, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
Buteo jamaicensis in flight
Voting period ends on 27 Jul 2022 at 15:21:36 (UTC)
- Reason
- Was seen on Commons FPC early this year, where it was featured unanimously.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Red-tailed hawk
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
- Creator
- Frank Schulenburg
- Support as nominator – MER-C 15:21, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8% of all FPs 21:02, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support Excellent image, good EV. --Tagooty (talk) 03:20, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support – For an in-flight shot, xcllnt detail of the head. – Sca (talk) 12:55, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
Diprion similis caterpillar
Voting period ends on 27 Jul 2022 at 15:05:57 (UTC)
- Reason
- Was seen on Commons FPC two weeks ago, where it was featured unanimously.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Diprion similis
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
- Creator
- Ivar Leidus
- Support as nominator – MER-C 15:05, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8% of all FPs 21:03, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
Adenium obesum (desert rose) flower
Voting period ends on 27 Jul 2022 at 12:46:23 (UTC)
- Reason
- A striking high-quality focus-stacked image showing calyx, corolla and styles. It is the infobox image in the Adenium obesum article in en and fr wikis. Valued Image on Commons.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Infobox image: Adenium obesum and fr:Rose du désert; Other usage: List of poisonous plants and de:Adenium obesum
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Flowers
- Creator
- Tagooty
The Banquet of Cleopatra
Voting period ends on 27 Jul 2022 at 00:03:15 (UTC)
- Reason
- Good quality and EV
- Articles in which this image appears
- The Banquet of Cleopatra (Tiepolo), Venetian painting, Rococo, National Gallery of Victoria, List of cultural depictions of Cleopatra, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Cleopatra
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Artwork/Paintings
- Creator
- Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
- Support as nominator – Andrei (talk) 00:03, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8% of all FPs 19:41, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support TheFreeWorld (talk) 19:09, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
Costume design for Princess Ida, redux
Voting period ends on 24 Jul 2022 at 02:35:20 (UTC)
- Reason
- Nominated this in a slow period last time; think it should be a featured picture, and Commons would agree with me. That it's stable as lead in Pitcher's article is probably enough, but I think it also adds a unique flair to Princess Ida - it's the only costume design.
- Articles in which this image appears
- William Charles John Pitcher, Princess Ida
- FP category for this image
- WP:FP/THEATRE
- Creator
- William Charles John Pitcher (Wilhelm), restored by Adam Cuerden
- Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8% of all FPs 02:35, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support --Andrei (talk) 00:04, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support. MER-C 15:24, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support TheFreeWorld (talk) 19:08, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
Webb's First Deep Field
Voting period ends on 23 Jul 2022 at 16:52:42 (UTC)
- Reason
- EV is pretty well explained in the article
- Articles in which this image appears
- First light (astronomy), James Webb Space Telescope, SMACS J0723.3-7327, Webb's First Deep Field
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Space/Looking_out
- Creator
- NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
- Support as nominator – Andrei (talk) 16:52, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support, of course! --Janke | Talk 17:51, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
Supportfor sure Ddevault (talk) 12:49, 14 July 2022 (UTC)- Struck vote as user doesn’t has enough edits (100) for that. Armbrust The Homunculus 19:57, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8% of all FPs 01:35, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support. MER-C 14:03, 16 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support! HeyElliott (talk) 22:13, 16 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support A clear winner! --Tagooty (talk) 12:39, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
Antoine Henri Becquerel
Voting period ends on 22 Jul 2022 at 19:25:46 (UTC)
- Reason
- It's a high resolution copy of a very good photo. Plus, it has high educational value.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Henri Becquerel and 9 others
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering
- Creator
- Nadar
- Support as nominator – The helper5667 (talk) 19:25, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
- Comment I'd rather see the uncropped original ([1]), which appears to be a lithograph of Nadar's photo, showing the telltale impressions in the paper, and also Nadar's "signature". It would need a bit of restoration, though (e.g. removal of vignetting, dust) - @Bammesk: ? --Janke | Talk 08:25, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
- I'll restore it, but I'm jumping over to [2], which I've uploaded here Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8% of all FPs 02:38, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support – Adam's restoration. Bammesk (talk) 03:06, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
- @Bammesk, Janke, and The helper5667: Okay, I'm done. Support restoration Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8% of all FPs 21:35, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support – Adam's restoration. --Janke | Talk 19:09, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support alt 1 — The Herald (Benison) (talk) 21:11, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support alt 1. MER-C 15:23, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support alt 1 TheFreeWorld (talk) 19:13, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
James Webb image of the Carina Nebula
Voting period ends on 22 Jul 2022 at 16:06:30 (UTC)
- Reason
- High-quality, high-resolution public domain photo showing one of the most detailed astronomical images ever produced
- Articles in which this image appears
- James Webb Space Telescope, Carina Nebula
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out#Nebulae, stars, supernovae and the Milky Way
- Creator
- NASA
- Support as nominator – Ddevault (talk) 16:06, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support. Beautiful. --Mosbatho (talk) 16:12, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
- Comment Before you go further with this nomination, please sort out which version should be nominated. Right now it looks like there is a file from a jpeg source upload on a png first file. None of these is the full and best hi-res png of tif photo directly from NASA's home page. cart-Talk 16:42, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
- I don't think that's better. Users are going to want to click through to see a larger version, and not in two different browser tabs, and at the thumbnail size there's no advantage to the split method. I think the better approach is to simply let users who want the huge version click through to the NASA source from the image page. Ddevault (talk) 18:03, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
- Update: I found the full-size version here:
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:STScI-01G7ETNMR8CBHQQ64R4CVA1E6T.tif
- I put in a request to have it moved to the other page. Ddevault (talk) 18:10, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
- Great! Someone found a way to upload the big file. Go with that. cart-Talk 18:20, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
- Actually, someone updated the original URL as well. So it's all good :) Thanks! Ddevault (talk) 18:27, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
- The secret is to use chunked uploads, which ups and file size to a Gigabyte or so. See commons:User:Rillke/MwJSBot. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8% of all FPs 20:43, 13 July 2022 (UTC)js
- Great! Someone found a way to upload the big file. Go with that. cart-Talk 18:20, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support Now that all issues with file versions have been resolved; it's a fantastic image. cart-Talk 19:11, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support – taking exception to the 7 day waiting period, one of a kind image. Bammesk (talk) 00:26, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support – I also think we should nominate the very first image that was published, i.e. the "Webb’s First Deep Field" image: [3] It's perhaps not quite as visually stunning as this, but your thoughts really can get lost among those galaxies some 13 billion LY away... --Janke | Talk 07:49, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support --Andrei (talk) 19:31, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support — Ah, the cosmic cliffs. Historic value and a shot of excellence. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 21:08, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support Easiest support I've ever given. Immaculate. Stunning. Awestruck. Truly speechless. Blade Jogger 2049 Talk 21:16, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support. MER-C 14:10, 16 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support! HeyElliott (talk) 22:14, 16 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support Truly stunning --Tagooty (talk) 12:40, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
- I created a JPEG from the TIFF: File:NASA’s Webb Reveals Cosmic Cliffs, Glittering Landscape of Star Birth.jpg. This should be featured instead of the PNG. PNG thumbnails have some limits, and should be reserved from archiving or non-photographic documents. Yann (talk) 18:05, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support, I replaced the PNG version with the JPG version, created by Yann. TheFreeWorld (talk), 18:54, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support the JPEG version. – Yann (talk) 20:36, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
Anthyllis vulneraria
Voting period ends on 20 Jul 2022 at 18:40:25 (UTC)
- Reason
- Was seen on Commons FPC last month, where it was featured unanimously.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Anthyllis vulneraria
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Flowers
- Creator
- Ivar Leidus
- Support as nominator – MER-C 18:40, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support – Bammesk (talk) 19:10, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8% of all FPs 00:05, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support Good quality, good EV --Tagooty (talk) 12:47, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support --Ivar (talk) 15:38, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support --Mosbatho (talk) 16:44, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
Unité d'Habitation of Berlina
Voting period ends on 20 Jul 2022 at 18:37:44 (UTC)
- Reason
- Was seen on Commons FPC last week, where it was featured unanimously.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Unité d'Habitation of Berlin
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
- Creator
- Matthias Süßen
- Support as nominator – MER-C 18:37, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support – Bammesk (talk) 19:05, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support. Beyond merely being a very elegant composition (although it is), I think this clearly conveys the nature of the place, maybe more clearly than the more typical "building in landscape" photo such as the other one illustrating the article. As such it has a strong encyclopedic purpose. —David Eppstein (talk) 21:04, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support. --Janke | Talk 13:42, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support.--Andrei (talk) 16:43, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
Shirley Graham Du Bois
Voting period ends on 19 Jul 2022 at 21:24:26 (UTC)
- Reason
- A version of this image has been stable in her article for years; I tracked down a better copy. It's a nice image for historical photography. I know that Van Vechten's way of composing his photos can range from beloved to hated on here depending on photo, but this seems a simple, well-executed profile photo with a confident expression, and I think it's lovely. Good companion photo to the one of her husband.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Shirley Graham Du Bois, Sojourners for Truth and Justice +2
- FP category for this image
- She was both a notable author, and a notable civil rights proponent. So either Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers or Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
- Creator
- Carl Van Vechten restored by Adam Cuerden
- Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.9% of all FPs 21:24, 9 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support – there are a couple of specks in the middle far right that can be removed. Bammesk (talk) 16:59, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
- Will get to them ASAP. A little too woozy just now. The joys of COVID. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.9% of all FPs 19:43, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support — Per nom. Also, impressive restoration as always by Adam :) The Herald (Benison) (talk) 21:05, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support. MER-C 14:09, 16 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support Excellent restoration, good EV. --Tagooty (talk) 12:53, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
Nominations — to be closed
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
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.
Closing procedure
A script is available that automates the majority of these tasks: User:Jujutacular/closeFPC
When NOT promoted, perform the following:
- Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/subpage:
{{FPCresult|Not promoted| }} --~~~~
- Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.
- If the nominator is new to FPC, consider placing
{{subst:NotpromotedFPC|Image name}}
on their talk page. To avoid overuse, do not use the template when in doubt.
When promoted, perform the following:
- Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/subpage:
{{FPCresult|Promoted|File:FILENAME.JPG}} --~~~~
- Replace FILENAME.JPG with the name of the file that was promoted. It should show up as:
- Promoted File:FILENAME.JPG
- Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.
- Add the image to:
- Template:Announcements/New featured content - newest on top, remove the oldest so that 15 are listed at all times.
- Wikipedia:Goings-on - newest on bottom.
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures thumbs - newest on top.
- Add the image to the proper sub-page of Wikipedia:Featured pictures - newest on top.
- The caption for a Wikipedian created image should read "Description at Article, by Creator". For a non-Wikipedian, it should be similar, but if the creator does not have an article, use an external link if appropriate. For images with substantial editing by one or more Wikipedians, but created by someone else, use "Description at Article, by Creator (edited by Editor)" (all editors involved should be clear from the nomination). Additionally, the description is optional - if it's essentially the same as the article title, then just use "Article, by Creator". Numerous examples can be found on the various Featured Pictures subpages.
- Add the image to the appropriate section of Wikipedia:Featured pictures - newest on left and remove the oldest from the right so that there are always three in each section.
- Add the Featured Picture tag and star to the image page using {{Featured picture|page_name}} (replace page_name with the nomination page name, i.e., the page_name from Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/page_name). To add this template you most likely will have to click the "create" button on the upper right if the "edit" button is not present, generally if the image originates from Commons.
- If an edited or alternative version of the originally nominated image is promoted, make sure that all articles contain the Featured Picture version, as opposed to the original.
- Notify the nominator or co-nominators by placing {{subst:PromotedFPC|File:file_name.xxx}} on each nominator's talk page. For example: {{subst:PromotedFPC|File:Blue morpho butterfly.jpg}}.
- If the image was created by a Wikipedian, place {{subst:UploadedFP|File:file_name.xxx}} on the creator's talk page. For example: {{subst:UploadedFP|File:Blue morpho butterfly.jpg}}.
Then perform the following, regardless of the outcome:
- Move the nomination entry to the top of the "Recently closed nominations" section. It will remain there for three days after closing so others can review the nomination. This is done by simply moving the line
{{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Page name}}
to the top of the section. - Add the nomination entry to the bottom of the July archive. This is done by simply adding the line
{{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Page name}}
from this page to the bottom of the archive. - If the nomination is listed at Template:FPC urgents, remove it.
Delist closing procedure
Note that delisting an image does not equal deleting it. Delisting from Featured pictures in no way affects the image's status in its article/s.
If consensus is to KEEP featured picture status, and the image is used in at least one article, perform the following:
- Check that the image has been in the article for at least one week. Otherwise, suspend the nomination to give it time to stabilize before continuing.
- Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/delist/subpage:
{{FPCresult|Kept|}} --~~~~
- Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.
- Optionally leave a note on the picture's talk page.
If consensus is to DELIST, or the image is unused (and consensus is not for a replacement that is used), perform the following:
- Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/delist/subpage:
{{FPCresult|Delisted|}} --~~~~
- Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.
- Replace the
{{Featured picture}}
tag from the image with{{FormerFeaturedPicture|delist/''Image name''}}
. - Remove the image from the appropriate sub-page of Wikipedia:Featured pictures and the appropriate section of Wikipedia:Featured pictures thumbs.
If consensus is to REPLACE (and at least one of the images is used in articles), perform the following:
- Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/delist/subpage:
{{FPCresult|Replaced|}} with File:NEW_IMAGE_FILENAME.JPG --~~~~
- Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.
- Replace NEW_IMAGE_FILENAME.JPG with the name of the replacement file.
- Replace the
{{Featured picture}}
tag from the delisted image with{{FormerFeaturedPicture|delist/''Image name''}}
. - Update the replacement picture's tag, adding the tag {{Featured picture|delist/image_name}} (replace image_name with the nomination page name, i.e., the image_name from Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/delist/image_name). Remove any no longer applicable tags from the original, replacement and from any other alternatives. If the alternatives were on Commons and no longer have any tags, be sure to tag the description page with {{missing image}}.
- Replace the delisted Featured Picture in all articles with the new replacement Featured Picture version. Do NOT replace the original in non-article space, such as Talk Pages, FPC nominations, archives, etc.
- Ensure that the replacement image is included on the appropriate sub-page of Wikipedia:Featured pictures and the appropriate section of Wikipedia:Featured pictures thumbs. Do this by replacing the original image with the new replacement image; do not add the replacement as a new Featured Picture.
Then perform the following, regardless of the outcome:
- Move the nomination entry to the top of the "Recently closed nominations" section. It will remain there for three days after closing so others can review the nomination. This is done by simply moving the line
{{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Image name}}
to the top of the section. - Add the nomination entry to the bottom of the archived delist nominations. This is done by simply adding the line
{{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Image name}}
to the bottom of the appropriate section of the archive. - If the nomination is listed at Template:FPC urgents, remove it.
Recently closed nominations
Nominations in this category have already been closed and are here for the purposes of closure review by FPC contributors. Please do not add any further comments or votes regarding the original nomination. If you wish to discuss any of these closures, please do so at Wikipedia talk:Featured picture candidates. Nominations will stay here for three full days following closure and subsequently be removed.
Lightning in Port-la-Nouvell
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 16 Jul 2022 at 19:39:23 (UTC)
- Reason
- High quality image, is a featured picture and was a picture-of-the-year candidate on Commons. Serves as a dramatic lead image to the lightning article.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Lightning, Aude, Landscape photography
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Natural_phenomena/Weather
- Creator
- Maxime Raynal from France
- Support as nominator – --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 19:39, 6 July 2022 (UTC) - Same as the above nom, we have two FPs: [4] [5], if this passes we can delist an inferior FP. It was added to 2 of the articles today, we usually wait 7 days (FP criterion 5). Bammesk (talk) 01:43, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support – I think the nom image can replace this FP. It has more pixels and is more dramatic. Bammesk (talk) 01:37, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8% of all FPs
- Support — Per Bammesk. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 21:02, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support TheFreeWorld (talk) 13:17, 16 July 2022 (UTC)
Promoted File:Port and lighthouse overnight storm with lightning in Port-la-Nouvelle.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 04:27, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
Aurora borealis over Víkurkirkja church
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 16 Jul 2022 at 20:13:42 (UTC)
- Reason
- Good image composition, illustrates both the Aurora phenomenon and the iconic Víkurkirkja church. FP on Commons.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Aurora, Vík í Mýrdal
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Atmospheric optics
- Creator
- AstroAnthony
- Support as nominator – --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 20:13, 6 July 2022 (UTC) - We have a couple of FPs of auroras: [6] [7]. If this passes we can delist one of the inferior images. Also we usually wait 7 days before nominating an image (per FP criterion #5) just to make sure the image remains stable in the article. Bammesk (talk) 01:37, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
- Of those two the first isn't used on the Aurora article, since the aurora itself isn't terribly interesting but it's still valuable as a featured picture of Amundsen-Scott station, and the second is a video. I think there's value in keeping all three. We could switch the category of this image to Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture if it would make it less redundant. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 15:48, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
- Of those two the first isn't used on the Aurora article, since the aurora itself isn't terribly interesting but it's still valuable as a featured picture of Amundsen-Scott station, and the second is a video. I think there's value in keeping all three. We could switch the category of this image to Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture if it would make it less redundant. --Ahecht (TALK
- Support, presuming it's stable. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8% of all FPs 22:33, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 04:17, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
- Nomination didn’t reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust The Homunculus 04:17, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
Boeing E-3 Sentry
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 16 Jul 2022 at 02:48:07 (UTC)
- Reason
- Quality image of Boeing E-3 Sentry, commonly known as AWACS, it's identified by its radar dome. The aircraft is used by U.S. and NATO forces for surveillance, command, control and communication. This photo has a few dust spots in the background (small dark patches) which I will remove if the nom gets a few supports. This was shot in 2021.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Boeing E-3 Sentry
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Air
- Creator
- U.S. Air Force, SSgt Trevor McBride
- Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 02:48, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
- Comment – Meh. – Sca (talk) 12:40, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
- Oppose Not quite where it needs to be to be a featured picture. The shadows are too deep, and the background is too contrasty to make the plane really stand out. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 18:44, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:11, 16 July 2022 (UTC)
Battle of Shiloh
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 15 Jul 2022 at 20:29:26 (UTC)
- Reason
- Thure de Thulstrup is one of my favourite artists, and I'm glad to have finally finished restoring another of his works.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Battle of Shiloh + about 7 or 8 others
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/American Civil War
- Creator
- Thure de Thulstrup, restored by Adam Cuerden
- Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.9% of all FPs 20:29, 5 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 22:05, 6 July 2022 (UTC) - Support – Bammesk (talk) 01:30, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support. MER-C 18:31, 9 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support – DreamSparrow Chat 17:11, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
Promoted File:Thure de Thulstrup - Battle of Shiloh.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:42, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
Angus Taylor's life-size bronze sculpture of Brenda Fassie
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 15 Jul 2022 at 15:03:13 (UTC)
- Reason
- This is my first nomination of a featured picture. I was taken by this photograph which seems to have artistic and educational merit. Potential flaws are that the photographer's name is included at the bottom and at the highest resolution, there are some image artifacts. The framing and background are artistically attractive inviting the viewer to look more closely and see the detail of the words on the sculpture, which are quotes from the subject.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Brenda Fassie in English and in many other languages
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
- Creator
- Axel Bührmann
- Support as nominator – SchreiberBike | ⌨ 15:03, 5 July 2022 (UTC)
- There are a few quibbles I have: It's an artistic monochrome, and possibly a bit heavily post-processed, which I'd normally object to as misleading, but for a bronze sculpture, I think it works. The signature in the lower right is kind of distracting, but it's not from Wikipedia, so that may justify it a bit. I'm inclined to Support, but I imagine those will be the biggest issues with the nomination if there are any. (Well, that, and we honestly need more voters if we're going to keep a quorum of five). Anyway, welcome to Featured Pictures! Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.9% of all FPs 21:31, 9 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support – but I think the watermark should be removed. Bammesk (talk) 17:12, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
- I can try, but if I can pass something annoying like that off to WP:Graphics lab I would rather, especially with COVID. Sorry, Graphics Lab, but you specialise in it, and I don't. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.9% of all FPs 19:37, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
- If the nom gets the support votes, I volunteer to do it. Bammesk (talk) 19:51, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
- I've uploaded a new version with the signature/watermark edited out. I have no experience in such things and used MS Paint, so if it can be done better, please do so. I thought the new version would appear above, but it hasn't and I don't know how to make that happen. SchreiberBike | ⌨ 12:32, 11 July 2022 (UTC)
- Refresh the browser's cache. (On a Mac, hold down shift and click refresh.)--Janke | Talk 09:42, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
- There have been some thumbnailer bugs of late, though. Check out USS Missouri (1841) and compare the lead image with what actually shows if you click through. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8% of all FPs 18:48, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
- Refresh the browser's cache. (On a Mac, hold down shift and click refresh.)--Janke | Talk 09:42, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
- I've uploaded a new version with the signature/watermark edited out. I have no experience in such things and used MS Paint, so if it can be done better, please do so. I thought the new version would appear above, but it hasn't and I don't know how to make that happen. SchreiberBike | ⌨ 12:32, 11 July 2022 (UTC)
- If the nom gets the support votes, I volunteer to do it. Bammesk (talk) 19:51, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:27, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
- Nomination didn’t reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust The Homunculus 20:27, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
Fausta Labia
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 13 Jul 2022 at 14:45:19 (UTC)
- Reason
- Another of the excellent images released by the Swedish Performing Arts Agency. Not too bad of a restoration. (original, for comparison). I'd say this is one of the two best images of her, the other being File:Fausta Labia, rollporträtt - SMV - H5 033.tif, but this shows her face better.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Fausta Labia
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
- Creator
- Uncredited, restored by Adam Cuerden
- Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.9% of all FPs 14:45, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support – Bammesk (talk) 15:10, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:05, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support. MER-C 08:06, 5 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support – DreamSparrow Chat 17:12, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
Promoted File:Fausta Labia, porträtt - SMV - H5 028 - Restoration.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:36, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
Oregano flower
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 13 Jul 2022 at 12:20:38 (UTC)
- Reason
- Was seen on Commons FPC last week, where it was featured unanimously.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Oregano
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Flowers
- Creator
- Ivar Leidus
- Support as nominator – MER-C 12:20, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support For the size, this feels sufficiently sharp. A wider focal plane would be ideal, but it's only the slightest bit out of focus where it is. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.9% of all FPs 14:37, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support – I prefer the composition of the infobox image because it shows more of the plant, but this is nice. Bammesk (talk) 14:59, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:04, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support – DreamSparrow Chat 17:12, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
Promoted File:Origanum vulgare inflorescence - Keila.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:35, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
Royal angelfish
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 13 Jul 2022 at 12:12:34 (UTC)
- Reason
- Was seen on Commons FPC last week, where it was featured unanimously.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Royal angelfish
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish
- Creator
- Diego Delso
- Support as nominator – MER-C 12:12, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support – Bammesk (talk) 14:39, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:03, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support Kind of wanted to see what others thought first. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.9% of all FPs 12:33, 5 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support. --Bears (talk) 06:45, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
Promoted File:Pez ángel real (Pygoplites diacanthus), parque nacional Ras Muhammad, Egipto, 2022-03-26, DD 155.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:32, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
Chapultepec Castle
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 13 Jul 2022 at 15:13:22 (UTC)
- Reason
- Forgive the two nominations in a row, but I do have a ten-image backlog even including these, so I am trying to be good here. I think this is a fine image, quite good for showing off the structure as it historically was. I think the dome on the tower is the most obvious change from present day. I've gone with original crop; Given the Detroit Publishing Company's works tend to follow very strict ratios, I believe this is how it would have been published. More accurate than the illustrations that are our only other historic guide. Admittedly, could be lower down in the article, but the article's full of modern photos, so it's hard to say.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Chapultepec Castle
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
- Creator
- William Henry Jackson, restored by Adam Cuerden
- Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.9% of all FPs 15:13, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
- Comment I don't think this adds much value to the article. (ps You are not alone in having a backlog, but there are very few voters around these days) Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:33, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
- Aye. We really need to do a recruitment drive. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.9% of all FPs 15:44, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
- Adam Cuerden, why not add: "Pictures of the Day are chosen from Wikipedia's Featured Pictures. Wikipedia editors vote on candidates here", at the end of every POTD description? Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:06, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
- I'll try and test it on some shorter ones, but I'm kind of dealing with a family death right now. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.9% of all FPs 02:44, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
- @Adam Cuerden Sorry for your loss. When you have more time to devote to Wikipedia again we might want to consider this as a change to {{POTD row}}, adding "Vote for featured pictures" to the end of the "Archive" row similar to DYK's a "nominate an article" link. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 15:55, 8 July 2022 (UTC)- Perhaps "Nominate and vote for featured pictures"? And it's kind of alright. I promptly caught COVID and have been sleeping like, 14 hours a day since. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.9% of all FPs 16:07, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
- @Adam Cuerden Sorry for your loss. When you have more time to devote to Wikipedia again we might want to consider this as a change to {{POTD row}}, adding "Vote for featured pictures" to the end of the "Archive" row similar to DYK's a "nominate an article" link. --Ahecht (TALK
- I'll try and test it on some shorter ones, but I'm kind of dealing with a family death right now. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.9% of all FPs 02:44, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
- Sorry to hear that. I've done a few. Charlesjsharp (talk) 18:05, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
- Comment – good EV but it's not photogenic and the trees don't help. I am undecided on voting. Bammesk (talk) 02:00, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:28, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
Johann Jakob Frey: Lepsius Expedition to Egypt: Raising of the Prussian flag on the Great Pyramid of Giza
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 13 Jul 2022 at 14:51:58 (UTC)
- Reason
- good quality and EV
- Articles in which this image appears
- Johann Jakob Frey, Karl Richard Lepsius, Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien, Lepsius list of pyramids, Flag of Prussia
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/Others
- Creator
- Johann Jakob Frey
- Support as nominator – Andrei (talk) 14:51, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
- I think this needs a little restoration, which I'm willing to do, but it also looks difficult, so it might be slow. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.9% of all FPs 16:00, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
- I do believe that we should digitally restore photos but only physically conserve paintings and drawings. The presented one is in a very good condition and I am not sure what you want to adjust here. --Andrei (talk) 16:57, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
- Isn't this a lithograph? It rather looks like one. Also, the colours look a bit off for any medium. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.9% of all FPs 17:02, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
- File info says it is a "watercolor", and I don't see any signs of it being a litho. Some small hairs suggest that this is a scan of a transparency (probably medium or large format), thus the slight graininess - a lot less than would be expected from the stone of a litho print. --Janke | Talk 06:46, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
- Aye. Just presumed it was a hand-coloured etching or a slightly-too-low-res scan of a lithograph. I guess that justifies it, but I can't help but thinking the colours look off, and it's slightly cut off on the lower right hand side. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.9% of all FPs 16:16, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
- File info says it is a "watercolor", and I don't see any signs of it being a litho. Some small hairs suggest that this is a scan of a transparency (probably medium or large format), thus the slight graininess - a lot less than would be expected from the stone of a litho print. --Janke | Talk 06:46, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
- Isn't this a lithograph? It rather looks like one. Also, the colours look a bit off for any medium. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.9% of all FPs 17:02, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
- I do believe that we should digitally restore photos but only physically conserve paintings and drawings. The presented one is in a very good condition and I am not sure what you want to adjust here. --Andrei (talk) 16:57, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
- Comment – I agree with Adam. This can use some restoration, especially in the sky area. There are many marks and blemishes that clearly aren't part of the original painting. Colors, brightness and contrast should remain as is IMO. Bammesk (talk) 01:52, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:27, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
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