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.
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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Featured picture tools: |
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
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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Step 3:
Transclude and link Transclude the newly created subpage to the Featured picture candidate list ( ). |
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Current nominations[edit]
Vermeer struck the right chord with the lady[edit]
Voting period ends on 14 May 2024 at 04:47:31 (UTC)
- Reason
- High EV and excellent quality Google Art Project image. One of Vermeer's masterpieces with cultural significance.
- Articles in which this image appears
- The Music Lesson, Tim's Vermeer, Royal Collection +5
- FP category for this image
- Paintings
- Creator
- Johannes Vermeer
- Support as nominator – The Herald (Benison) (talk) 04:47, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
The golden mess of sewn diplomacy[edit]
Voting period ends on 14 May 2024 at 04:34:04 (UTC)
- Reason
- High quality Google Art Project scan of this important historical painting with very good EV. Replaced with the high quality file in the lead article.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Field of the Cloth of Gold, Henry VIII, Yeomen of the Guard and Erasmus
- FP category for this image
- Paintings
- Creator
- Anonymous/Royal Collection
- Support as nominator – The Herald (Benison) (talk) 04:34, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
Cartesian theater[edit]
Voting period ends on 12 May 2024 at 21:04:38 (UTC)
- Reason
- I mean. Yeah, it pretty much describes what a Cartesian theater is.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Cartesian theater, Cartesian materialism, Ontology
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Other (maybe a Philosophy category?)
- Creator
- Vectorized by Pbroks13; Original by Reverie.
Ottmar Mergenthaler[edit]
Voting period ends on 12 May 2024 at 17:39:09 (UTC)
- Reason
- A fine old image; fairly sharp.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Ottmar Mergenthaler
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering probably
- Creator
- Unknown photographer, restored by Adam Cuerden
- Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 17:39, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
- Support – The Herald (Benison) (talk) 18:37, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
- Comment – Perhaps needs crop? ―Howard • 🌽33 20:04, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
- We don't generally like crops here, though I will say there's a printed version of this or a very similar image that was. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 01:34, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
- Well, I, for one, do like crops. ―Howard • 🌽33 08:49, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
- One's available, but I don't think we should use it in his article. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 16:45, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
- Well, I, for one, do like crops. ―Howard • 🌽33 08:49, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
- We don't generally like crops here, though I will say there's a printed version of this or a very similar image that was. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 01:34, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Vinícius O. (talk) 00:57, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
Feldherrnhalle[edit]
Voting period ends on 10 May 2024 at 22:00:35 (UTC)
- Reason
- High quality image. It is marked as both Quality and Valued image on Wikimedia Commons. FP on the German language Wikipedia.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Feldherrnhalle
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
- Creator
- Thomas Wolf
- Support as nominator – Vinícius O. (talk) 22:00, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose – The lines across the structure, off centre perspective and extra buildings on the side make it sub par FP. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 11:02, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose per Herald. Lighting is quite flat, too. Feels like a slightly closer crop would help somewhat, but I don't know if it would push it into FP territory. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:03, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose with cleared wires i would support and closer crop. --Petar Milošević (talk) 10:14, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
Ferdinand Habsburg[edit]
Voting period ends on 10 May 2024 at 21:39:50 (UTC)
- Reason
- High quality and resolution
- Articles in which this image appears
- Ferdinand Habsburg (racing driver)
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Sport
- Creator
- Drew Gibson
- Support as nominator – Vinícius O. (talk) 21:39, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose – Various out of focus regions, especially on the face and hair. Very bad edge detection by whatever camera that was used and unequal crop. Lighting and composition is good, but focus and asymmetry is a dealbreaker, IMO. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 11:00, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose Poor rez, appears over-saturated, obtrusive background. – Sca (talk) 12:30, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose – Resolution is OK, but bad colors. Yann (talk) 17:47, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
Slime mold[edit]
Voting period ends on 8 May 2024 at 14:27:27 (UTC)
- Reason
- Close up view of Comatricha nigra, a species of Slime mold in class Myxogastria. This class is slimy to the touch during part of its life, therefore giving the larger group its name 'slime' mold. The species article is weak (it describes the size, millimeter range, and appearance), but the image is also used in the group article. On a sidenote: in the photo I think there is some visible slime at the base of the stalks (visible at full size).
- Articles in which this image appears
- Slime mold, Comatricha nigra
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Fungi
- Creator
- Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas
- Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 14:27, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – A very interesting red balloon xP The Herald (Benison) (talk) 16:00, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Kentuckian |💬 19:19, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 05:21, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – ―Howard • 🌽33 09:18, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Cowboygilbert - (talk) ♥ 14:33, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
The other starry night[edit]
Voting period ends on 8 May 2024 at 11:30:18 (UTC)
- Reason
- High quality scan (by Google Art Project), high EV and an FP is various Wikipedias and commons as well as 2015 POTY finalist.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Starry Night Over the Rhône, Vincent van Gogh and Van Gogh and Britain.
- FP category for this image
- Paintings
- Creator
- Vincent van Gogh
- Support original as nominator – The Herald (Benison) (talk) 11:30, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support - Darker hues look better. (Recently I posted this image on my talk page.) – Sca (talk) 12:05, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support - Definitely prefer the Google Art scan. A little soft at full resolution, but acceptable. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 16:46, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – ―Howard • 🌽33 09:17, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Yann (talk) 11:12, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 02:44, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
Dorcus parallelipipedus[edit]
Voting period ends on 8 May 2024 at 10:15:53 (UTC)
- Reason
- 2018 POTY finalist. Interesting and highly detailed.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Dorcus parallelipipedus
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
- Creator
- Sebastián J.L
- Support as nominator – MER-C 10:15, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – The Herald (Benison) (talk) 15:59, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 16:47, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – ―Howard • 🌽33 19:53, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 05:22, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
Buddha Vairocana[edit]
Voting period ends on 8 May 2024 at 10:11:54 (UTC)
- Reason
- Unanimously featured on Commons last month. Illustrates articles well.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Vairocanābhisaṃbodhi Sūtra, Thangka
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/East Asian art
- Creator
- Unknown
- Support as nominator – MER-C 10:11, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – The Herald (Benison) (talk) 15:58, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – ―Howard • 🌽33 19:53, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Yann (talk) 11:12, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 17:39, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
Official Apollo 13 crew photo[edit]
Voting period ends on 5 May 2024 at 18:51:20 (UTC)
- Reason
- The official NASA crew photo, 29 April 1970. All three men of the Apollo 13 crew in the highest quality of studio photographs.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Apollo 13
- FP category for this image
- Space, People
- Creator
- NASA (NASA Image and Video Library Image number S70-36485)
(See: https://images.nasa.gov/details-S70-36485)
(Non-cropped version of image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Actual_Apollo_13_Prime_Crew_-_GPN-2000-001167.jpg)
- Support as nominator – Indefatigable2 talk 18:51, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose – Govt. promotional photo that tells nothing about highly perilous Apollo 13 mission. Faces of subjects constitute relatively small proportion of image. – Sca (talk) 12:14, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose per Sca. These men weren't known for wearing suits, so the EV is modest here. Commons has several photos of the Apollo 13 crew wearing spacesuits (including one posing while doing so with their rocket) that have stronger EV, though the resolution looks lowish - presumably higher res versions are available. Nick-D (talk) 23:34, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
Effusive eruption[edit]
Voting period ends on 5 May 2024 at 00:33:09 (UTC)
- Reason
- Close up view of the Litli-Hrútur eruption in Iceland in 2023. The wow factor does it for me. It’s a good addition to three articles listed below. It can also be added to the Fagradalsfjall article if there is consensus for it.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Effusive eruption, Lava, Volcano
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Geology
- Creator
- Giles Laurent
- Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 00:33, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support - Yes, it's a good video. --Janke | Talk 08:11, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Giles Laurent (talk) 09:56, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Yann (talk) 11:41, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – The Herald (Benison) (talk) 22:14, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Vinícius O. (talk) 22:55, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 06:37, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support. MER-C 18:44, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
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.
Closing procedure[edit]
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 May 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[edit]
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[edit]
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.
Double selfie[edit]
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 4 May 2024 at 02:59:52 (UTC)
- Reason
- An excellent quality scan (a part of Google Art Project), with good EV.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Jean Baptiste de Champaigne and Nicolas de Plattemontagne (latter added recently)
- FP category for this image
- Paintings
- Creator
- Jean Baptiste de Champaigne and Nicolas de Plattemontagne
- Support as nominator – The Herald (Benison) (talk) 02:59, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Bammesk (talk) 02:11, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:59, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 05:23, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
- Comment – Wouldn't it be more appropriate for de Champaigne's portrait to be cropped so that it is the first image? ―Howard • 🌽33 09:19, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
- I mean in the Jean Baptiste de Champaigne article specifically. ―Howard • 🌽33 09:20, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
- I don't understand. You want to crop the file or make an alt/derived file? The Herald (Benison) (talk) 03:10, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
- I mean that the double portrait should be cropped in the Jean Baptiste de Champaigne article so that only de Champaigne's portrait can be seen. ―Howard • 🌽33 20:37, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
- Such an extensive crop will drop the EV of the painting significantly and criterion #8 will come into play then, IMO. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 02:59, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
- I mean that the double portrait should be cropped in the Jean Baptiste de Champaigne article so that only de Champaigne's portrait can be seen. ―Howard • 🌽33 20:37, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
- I don't understand. You want to crop the file or make an alt/derived file? The Herald (Benison) (talk) 03:10, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Vinícius O. (talk) 22:07, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
Promoted File:Jean Baptiste de Champaigne and Nicolas de Plattemontagne - Double Portrait of both Artists - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:00, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
Trillium undulatum[edit]
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 3 May 2024 at 18:05:52 (UTC)
- Reason
- Recently featured unanimously on Commons, used in the article's infobox.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Trillium undulatum, Algonquin Provincial Park
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Flowers
- Creator
- The Cosmonaut
- Support as nominator – The Cosmonaut (talk) 18:05, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose – A good nomination, but there's a decent amount of loss of focus on the petal borders (maybe some stacking can help) and the lighting is a bit off. Also, another angle with less leaves would increase the EV significantly. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 18:33, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:27, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
German External Loan 1924[edit]
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 2 May 2024 at 19:54:32 (UTC)
- Reason
- High quality reproduction of a document. Provides a lot of EV in the only article which it appears in, in that it is a direct relic of the Dawes Plan itself. Good POTD for October 15 2024 (100th anniversary of this document).
- Articles in which this image appears
- Dawes Plan
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War I
- Creator
- Unknown authors and graphic artists; Scan from Ersten Deutschen Historic-Actien-Clubs e.V.
- Support as nominator – ―Howard • 🌽33 19:54, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Kentuckian |💬 01:04, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
- Are the colours natural? Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 16:13, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
- Conditional support- A good nomination with adequate EV, but (per Adam's query) I came across File:Dawes Anleihe 1924 1000$.jpg and saw the colors are way off in the nom. I am not sure which is closer to the original because a Google search also returned at least half a dozen color reproductions of the bill. If we could get a very good source or a scan (maybe the nomination itself) to prove the current nom is the original/closer to the original color, I'd support. Good luck. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 18:51, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
- Now, after searching across various sources, I have discovered many variant scans of this document, even by auction houses. Here is a list of the variants I have discovered:
- https://www.fhw-online.de/de/FHW-Auktion-101/?AID=88485&AKTIE=Deutsches+Reich%2C+Deutsche+%C4ussere+Anleihe+1924
- https://www.hwph.de/historische-wertpapiere/losnr-auktnr-pa4-952.html
- https://www.hwph.de/stocks-bonds/losnr-auktnr-pa9-1116_en.html
- https://www.hwph.de/stocks-bonds/losnr-auktnr-pa34-461_en.html (PDF containing images)
- https://www.scripoworld.com/records/germany/germany-1924-7-external-loan-dawes-loan/
- Every one of these scans have slightly different colors, contrast, brightness, whatever. And I am not sure which is the true correct version as I am no scripophile myself. Is it possible that during the printing of the loans that different colors were used? Is it possible that most of these scans are of forgeries? I was unable to find any definitive source for any questions, but a good place to look might be German Dollar Bonds issued between 1924 and 1937 by F. Paul Seabrook. However, I am not able to access the book as it appears the book is not available online or print in any way, shape, or form. This blog post on Tumblr attests to its existence and describes it, but I can't find an entry on Google Books, or WorldCat, or even an ISBN. ―Howard • 🌽33 17:04, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
- Now, after searching across various sources, I have discovered many variant scans of this document, even by auction houses. Here is a list of the variants I have discovered:
- Lots of these notes were issues
over many years. It makes sense that not all had identical color tones, fine details, etc. The uploader seems legit. They have 2000+ uploads of similar (historic) documents. Translating some of their talk page posts Here shows the uploader is part of a group or informal organization (also see their file 'source' descriptions). I doubt the uploads are manipulated in any significant way. But I don't know much about old prints though. Perhaps Adam can judge the integrity of the uploader's work by looking at some of their other uploads. Bammesk (talk) 02:36, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
- Comment As someone who has scanned aging documents extensively, the colours look reasonable to me. The marks along the top edge are in the same range, indicating that whatever has caused the lightening of the paper happened before the damage that resulted in the brown spots. The greens at the top are slightly lighter, while the blacks seem to have held their tone better; if this were artificial, I'd expect the blacks to likewise be lighter. I do feel that the cutout could have been a bit better, however - the bottom still has some unnatural straight lines. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 16:04, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
- You don't find the purple-to-yellow-to-purple gradient off for the background paper? Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 22:28, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
- It definitely feels more like some sort of uneven fading due to sub-optimal storage than a technical flaw with the scanner. I no longer have the documents, due to changes in my situation, but this certificate and this poster (also on the other side) both had uneven fading. Admittedly, those were on a much browner paper (and indeed the fading is skewed yellow, rather than the green tone of the nomination). I personally don't think the image is FP quality, due to the blemish, but I don't feel like it's beyond the realm of possibility for this scan to be reflective of the document. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:50, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
- Looking at the available images of these documents online, it does seem to be a common issue. This one is clearly not a reproduction of our digital copy (has the full emblem, as well as the tickets) and has similar fading issues. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:03, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
- You don't find the purple-to-yellow-to-purple gradient off for the background paper? Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 22:28, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
- Searching for "Dawes Anleihe 1924" on Goggle images returns many similar examples. This being a banknote, could the background paper gradient been in part intentional (a security feature)? Bammesk (talk) 13:12, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
- Potentially? I'm also seeing images like this, which notably has a black instead of a red emblem, and this, which was overstamped. There could have been different printings, with some variants to show series, but I'm not sure. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 16:42, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
- The note itself says $110 million was issued, and the denomination is $1000, with 1924 technology. It's plausible that several batched were printed over time, and that the color tone and other fine details weren't exactly identical. For instance among the examples linked to above I see at least two similar, but different, hand written signatures on the lower left corner. Bammesk (talk) 17:10, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
- Searching for "Dawes Anleihe 1924" on Goggle images returns many similar examples. This being a banknote, could the background paper gradient been in part intentional (a security feature)? Bammesk (talk) 13:12, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
- Comment As someone who has scanned aging documents extensively, the colours look reasonable to me. The marks along the top edge are in the same range, indicating that whatever has caused the lightening of the paper happened before the damage that resulted in the brown spots. The greens at the top are slightly lighter, while the blacks seem to have held their tone better; if this were artificial, I'd expect the blacks to likewise be lighter. I do feel that the cutout could have been a bit better, however - the bottom still has some unnatural straight lines. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 16:04, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
- Lots of these notes were issues
Summing up, the exact legitimacy of the bill is still disputed and none of us are sure how close this is to the original. I'm okay with the fine details and prints, but it's the legitimacy of the color that is bothering. Is there any way, like some noticeboard in German Wikipedia or Teahouse or helpdesk who can dig up more about this? The Herald (Benison) (talk) 17:45, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:03, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
- Nomination didn’t reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust The Homunculus 20:03, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
From Copenhagen Stock Exchange[edit]
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 2 May 2024 at 13:43:41 (UTC)
- Reason
- Featured picture on commons. Quality photograph of the painting, provides EV to its pages where its linked to.
- Articles in which this image appears
- From Copenhagen Stock Exchange, Børsen, Peder Severin Krøyer, Grosserer-Societetet, Sabinus Seidelin
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
- Creator
- Photographer: User:Villy Fink Isaksen, Painter: Peder Severin Krøyer
- Support as nominator – Cowboygilbert - (talk) ♥ 13:43, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support. MER-C 18:03, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – ―Howard • 🌽33 19:55, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Good nomination and excellent EV. Kentuckian |💬 01:13, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – --Janke | Talk 06:25, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 07:29, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support - Giles Laurent (talk) 10:00, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
Promoted File:Fra Københavns Børs.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:49, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
Phagocytosis[edit]
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- Reason
- Good visualization of a neutrophil (a type of white blood cell) neutralizing (phagocytosis, or eating) a bacteria in human blood, invitro. Good addition to two articles.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Phagocytosis, Neutrophil
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Biology
- Creator
- Andrei Savitsky
- Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 15:49, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Moonreach (talk) 15:44, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Top EV. --Janke | Talk 16:27, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support. MER-C 18:45, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – ―Howard • 🌽33 19:56, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support yooooo this goes hard. look at that little guy munch. LegalSmeagolian (talk) 19:15, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 07:33, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support - Giles Laurent (talk) 10:00, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
Promoted File:Нейтрофил крови человека фагоцитирует бактерию.webm --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:49, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
Ibn Khaldun[edit]
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 1 May 2024 at 10:06:19 (UTC)
- Reason
- Featured without opposition on Commons last month. Headline image.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Ibn Khaldun etc.
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Others
- Creator
- Reda Kerbouche
- Support as nominator – MER-C 10:06, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – The brick wall's a distraction, but not enough to drop the EV or quality. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 10:58, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Bammesk (talk) 15:57, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Personally, I like the brick wall. Kentuckian |💬 01:08, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Moonreach (talk) 14:03, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 07:39, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support - Giles Laurent (talk) 10:00, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
- Question: What is with that wire on right side of face (his left side) ? --Petar Milošević (talk) 16:24, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
- It doesn't look like it belongs there! I say let's edit it out. Bammesk (talk) 02:17, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
- It thought it (was) a part of head scarf and "moved" out somehow. Or someone did mistake with editing. Mistake definately. --Petar Milošević (talk) 15:37, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
Promoted File:Bust of Ibn Khaldun (Casbah of Bejaia, Algeria).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:50, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
Antiopella cristata[edit]
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 1 May 2024 at 10:13:15 (UTC)
- Reason
- Unanimously featured on Commons two weeks ago. Headline image.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Antiopella cristata
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Molluscs
- Creator
- Roberto Strafella
- Support as nominator – MER-C 10:13, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
- Comment – Perhaps the image should be cropped? There is too much of a dark background. ―Howard • 🌽33 19:57, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
- Comment – According to EXIF, this was taken with flash. Looks like it's been edited for a spotlight effect, which looks unnatural. --Janke | Talk 06:23, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose – Good nomination, but per Janke, looks very unnatural. Kentuckian |💬 14:55, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:40, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
Manarola[edit]
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 30 Apr 2024 at 15:43:18 (UTC)
- Reason
- Quality image of Manarola, Italy, and surroundings. FP on Commons.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Manarola
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban
- Creator
- Timothy A. Gonsalves
- Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 15:43, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – The Herald (Benison) (talk) 15:52, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Great picture, high EV. Yann (talk) 15:55, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support —Bruce1eetalk 15:58, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support--Petar Milošević (talk) 17:16, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support Thanks @Bammesk: for this nomination. --Tagooty (talk) 02:46, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 08:30, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support. MER-C 10:14, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support - Giles Laurent (talk) 10:00, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
Promoted File:Manarola NW Cinque Terre Sep23 A7C 07233.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:55, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
Impossible color fatigue template[edit]
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 28 Apr 2024 at 17:46:35 (UTC)
- Reason
- This image significantly contributes to its article and allows the reader to understand the topic in a way that they absolutely would not be able to without it. It's cool and useful, and it has clear enough instructions for how to use it. I'm very new to this sort of thing but I think it should be considered, as it's definitely one of Wikipedia's most unique images. (Image is in SVG format)
- Articles in which this image appears
- Impossible color
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Drawings
- Creator
- Zowie
- Support as nominator – TypoEater (talk) 17:46, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support Moonreach (talk) 15:34, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – The Herald (Benison) (talk) 04:43, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
- Always liked this one. It's simple but effective. SupportAdam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 14:03, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support - A good demonstration, high EV. --Janke | Talk 20:34, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 08:16, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support —Bruce1eetalk 11:09, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
Promoted File:Chimerical-color-demo.svg --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:18, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
Dolderbahn railcar No. 1[edit]
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 28 Apr 2024 at 12:35:48 (UTC)
- Reason
- High quality image of a railcar on a rack railway; good EV as the toothed rack rail is clearly visible; lead image in the Dolderbahn rack railway article; recently promoted to FP on Commons.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Dolderbahn
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Land
- Creator
- User:Kabelleger
- Support as nominator – —Bruce1eetalk 12:35, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Yann (talk) 15:57, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support. MER-C 10:04, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support –The Cosmonaut (talk) 17:57, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 07:40, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support - Giles Laurent (talk) 09:59, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
Promoted File:Dolderbahn Bhe 1-2 1 Waldhaus Dolder - Bergstation Dolderbahn.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:36, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
Daniel Boone at Cumberland Gap[edit]
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 28 Apr 2024 at 02:22:44 (UTC)
- Reason
- Iconic, high quality painting with high EV. The image does fall a bit short on resolution being 36px away from meeting the criteria, but I don't think that really matters considering the EV.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Daniel Boone, Wilderness Road, Appalachia, Cumberland Gap, Elizabethton, Tennessee, History of Kentucky, History of Virginia, Transylvania Colony, Rebecca Boone, Cherokee-American wars, Upland South, American pioneer,
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA History
- Creator
- George Caleb Bingham
- Support as nominator – ⚜ Kentuckian ⚜ | talk to me 02:22, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose - Good nomination and excellent EV, but sadly this is not a good scan. Even if we forget the below par resolution, the colors are way off the original (see here). If you can find an alt scan with a higher resolution and better color to the original, I'd consider supporting. Thanks. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 02:35, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose per above. MER-C 10:15, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:26, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
Lady Cockburn and Her Three Eldest Sons[edit]
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 28 Apr 2024 at 01:53:31 (UTC)
- Reason
- High quality and resolution. Good digitization.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Lady Cockburn and Her Three Eldest Sons, Joshua Reynolds etc.
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
- Creator
- Joshua Reynolds
- Support as nominator – Vinícius O. (talk) 01:53, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – The Herald (Benison) (talk) 05:01, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 08:32, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support. MER-C 10:35, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Kentuckian |💬 01:11, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support - Giles Laurent (talk) 09:59, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
Promoted File:Sir Joshua Reynolds - Lady Cockburn and Her Three Eldest Sons (1773-1775).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:24, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
Isabella I of Castile[edit]
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 28 Apr 2024 at 01:44:16 (UTC)
- Reason
- High quality portrait of an historical ruler. Good digitization.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Isabella I of Castile, Granada War, Expulsion of Jews from Spain etc.
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Royalty and nobility
- Creator
- Author unknown
- Support as nominator – Vinícius O. (talk) 01:44, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – "why so serious?" The Herald (Benison) (talk) 02:15, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Bammesk (talk) 01:20, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 08:36, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support per nom. Brandmeistertalk 18:53, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
- Support - Giles Laurent (talk) 09:58, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
Promoted File:IsabellaofCastile03.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:16, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
Suspended nominations[edit]
This section is for Featured Picture (or delisting) candidacies whose closure is postponed for additional editing, rendering, or copyright clarification.