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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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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[edit]Voting period ends on 14 Oct 2024 at 18:36:22 (UTC)
- Reason
- Beautiful sculpture, and the image itself is excellent.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Jadeite Cabbage +1
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Sculpture
- Creator
- Unknown; photograph by the National Palace Museum
- Support as nominator – — Chris Woodrich (talk) 18:36, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support — Moonreach (talk) 19:07, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:30, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support - Excellent photo of this important (and very impressive) item. Nick-D (talk) 07:29, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support.--Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 14:12, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 14 Oct 2024 at 15:41:56 (UTC)
- Reason
- Official White House presidential portrait of US President Thomas Jefferson. A prior nomination for this painting failed, but that one was an attempt to promote a lower-resolution image that didn't make the 1500px cutoff.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Thomas Jefferson, Democratic-Republican Party, many others (including List of Assassin's Creed characters)
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
- Creator
- Rembrandt Peale
- Support as nominator – Moonreach (talk) 15:41, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
- Comment Google seems to have a new version now. Will try and get it. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 18:38, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
- Okay, so the GARTS version is compressed and has unrealistic contrast levels. So Support. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 18:42, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:31, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support.--Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 14:12, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 13 Oct 2024 at 16:09:14 (UTC)
- Reason
- A very good and high-quality version of a somewhat famous poster to a very iconic movie
- Articles in which this image appears
- Citizen Kane
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Film
- Creator
- William Rose
- Support as nominator – Wcamp9 (talk) 16:09, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose - JPG artifacting is pretty bad. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 22:41, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose Multiple creases on the poster, plus lots of macroblocking in the image (note the patterns around the letters in the cast list, or the rainbow square patterns that show up in the light sections of Welles's hair). hinnk (talk) 05:42, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose, per above. – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:32, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 13 Oct 2024 at 10:09:15 (UTC)
- Reason
- met all criteria for FP, become world known cycler, winner of TDF × 3, Giro × 1, World Champion in 2024, tactical amazing rider
- Articles in which this image appears
- Tadej Pogačar, UCI men's road racing world ranking
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Sport
- Creator
- Petar Milošević
- Support as nominator – Petar Milošević (talk) 10:09, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support - High technical quality, as always. Image is from a podium celebration, and thus relevant to notability (EV). — Chris Woodrich (talk) 22:43, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Moonreach (talk) 15:31, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:34, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support.--Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 14:11, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 13 Oct 2024 at 00:50:38 (UTC)
- Reason
- excellent image of the revered mountain; featured on commons
- Articles in which this image appears
- Gumbok Rangan
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
- Creator
- Tagooty
- Support as nominator – UnpetitproleX (talk) 00:50, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support @UnpetitproleX: Thanks for the nomination. --Tagooty (talk) 03:02, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Petar Milošević (talk) 10:32, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Yann (talk) 18:47, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 22:44, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:34, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support.--Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 14:11, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 12 Oct 2024 at 19:33:32 (UTC)
- Reason
- I think this is a good exemplar of many of the aspects of pixel art: A limited color palette, the use of complementary colors to create the illusion of a gradient, places where emphasis is placed on individual pixels (such as highlights and the border) and places where a blended effect is desired (the beard and the tones of the face). The one thing it doesn't have that I wish it did is dithering in the gradient areas, but that's not a mandatory aspect of the medium.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Pixel art
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others
- Creator
- Original art by ReffPixels, vectorization by OmegaFallon
- Support as nominator – Moonreach (talk) 19:33, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
- Comment – Meh. Lacks visual interest, EV. –Sca (talk) 12:54, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
- Comment I think for EV, File:Pixel Art Cat with Zoom-in Detail.svg is probably the better choice. That being said, this is good pixel art - and I say this as an aficionado of the genre. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 22:46, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
- That was actually my first choice, but I decided against it for a few reasons. The color selection (not just the palette but the full gamut it implies) is mostly browns and blues, there's not much to indicate how shadows are represented, and there are large areas of flat color. I also dislike the inset detail box, which is just under a 2x magnification and therefore just browbeats the viewer with information they already have. So I went through Commons, found another piece of pixel art I felt illustrated the concept better, added it to the page and waited a week. Moonreach (talk) 15:20, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support.--Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 14:11, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 10 Oct 2024 at 18:52:42 (UTC)
- Reason
- Well-composed, high-detail shot of the long-in-the-making Ryugyong Hotel. It was still under construction when this was taken, but the facade was complete.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Ryugyong Hotel, Pyongyang
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
- Creator
- Martin Cígler
- Support as nominator – Moonreach (talk) 18:52, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support - Technical quality is rough, but given the difficulty of getting people into North Korea and the never-ending construction this hotel has gone through, it has a timeless quality. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 21:19, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
- What's "rough" about it (so I know when considering other photos for FPC)? Moonreach (talk) 13:31, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
- It's somewhat soft, but that appears to be due to the age of the image and a high F/. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 17:26, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
- What's "rough" about it (so I know when considering other photos for FPC)? Moonreach (talk) 13:31, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Bammesk (talk) 01:03, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support Could be Las Vegas too. But streets are perfect for cyclers, no traffic. --Petar Milošević (talk) 10:41, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Yann (talk) 18:48, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:35, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support.--Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 14:11, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 9 Oct 2024 at 23:33:43 (UTC)
- Reason
- It is the highest quality image of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, showing a lot of detail of Roosevelt. It is also in color.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
- Creator
- Leon Perskie
- Support as nominator – Wcamp9 (talk) 23:33, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
- Comment There are several versions of this portrait. Please see c:Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:FDR 1944 Color Portrait.jpg for a former evaluation. Yann (talk) 11:02, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Unusually for me, I support this offcl pol pic because for once the detail of this 80-year-old image is pretty good – and because of the subject's overarching historical EV. Plus, it's a face full of character. – Sca (talk) 12:56, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
- PS: Arguably, some highlights do seem rather blown, but .... -- Sca (talk) 15:30, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support - Both this and File:FDR-1944-Campaign-Portrait (retouched, cropped).jpg are excellent. However, this one is cropped somewhat closer (head-room was reduced), and it is stable in the article. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 21:23, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Yann (talk) 18:49, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Moonreach (talk) 15:31, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:37, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 9 Oct 2024 at 23:33:40 (UTC)
- Reason
- The Hindenberg Disaster abruptly ended an era in which airships were very popular, as is known as one of the most famous aviation accidents. These images showed people that airships are dangerous. It is just like the "Oh, the humanity" quote about the disaster, a pretty important piece of media.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Hindenburg disaster
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/American
- Creator
- Sam Shere (1905–1982)
- Support as nominator – Wcamp9 (talk) 23:33, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose – per the previous FPC nomination on the same year ZZZ'S 23:39, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose – As said six months ago, this photo has been reproduced countless times ... becoming effectively a bromide (in journalism, a cliché). – Sca (talk) 13:02, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose, per Zzzs. – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:38, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 9 Oct 2024 at 20:23:05 (UTC)
- Reason
- This is a delisted featured image because the original scan a while ago was low quality. However, there is a way higher quality image in it's place now. Anyway, the poster is historically significant and very famous
- Articles in which this image appears
- Uncle Sam
- FP category for this image
- :Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War I
- Creator
- James Montgomery Flagg
- Support as nominator – Wcamp9 (talk) 20:23, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose – As with the above nom, this image as been reproduced countless times, becoming effectively a cliché. – Sca (talk) 13:06, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support — Excellent quality reproduction of a significant image. Moonreach (talk) 18:24, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support - Iconic, and the issues that resulted in the previous image being delisted have been addressed with this most recent upload. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 21:24, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support. Matarisvan (talk) 05:42, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Yann (talk) 18:50, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:39, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 9 Oct 2024 at 15:32:43 (UTC)
- Reason
- Unanimously featured on Commons. Headline image.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Lavaux, Swiss wine, Tourism in Switzerland
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
- Creator
- Lorenz Poffet
- Support as nominator – MER-C 15:32, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Bammesk (talk) 17:35, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 02:34, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Arguably some DOF issues, but it's a gorgeous landscape photo. – Sca (talk) 13:11, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Moonreach (talk) 18:24, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Yann (talk) 22:06, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support — UnpetitproleX (talk) 09:24, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support.--Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 14:09, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 9 Oct 2024 at 15:18:22 (UTC)
- Reason
- Unanimously featured on Commons. Headline image.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Social flycatcher
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
- Creator
- Chuck Homler
- Support as nominator – MER-C 15:18, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support Thanks for the nomination. --Needsmoreritalin (talk) 01:10, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 02:35, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
- Comment Huge PNG file not helpful. Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:22, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support – In my eyes, it is ZZZ'S 13:19, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
- Comment - Per Charles. Plus, PNG suffers from a software glitch where the Wiki fails to sharpen after downsizing, which is a shame given the beautiful plumage. (That being said, kudos to Chuck for providing original resolution images in a lossless format... it really future-proofs the media). — Chris Woodrich (talk) 21:26, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support.--Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 14:10, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 8 Oct 2024 at 18:21:13 (UTC)
- Reason
- high quality image used as lead
- Articles in which this image appears
- Augusta Savage, African-American art
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
- Creator
- unknown US government photographer
- Info In the previous nomination, the picture was mistakenly identified.
- Support as nominator – Yann (talk) 18:21, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose - restoration required. MER-C 18:53, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
- I note the need for restoration as well. Also, I think File:Archives of American Art - Augusta Savage - 2371.jpg better illustrates the subject and her work. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 20:20, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
- It needs a crop and a restoration (and to actually be used somewhere on the English Wikipedia), but otherwise I'd support that one if you want to nominate it. A great encapsulation of an artist and her work. Moonreach (talk) 20:56, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
- There is a crop already, though that still needs restoration. If Yann does not want to do the restoration, I can do it. It's a long weekend for me. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:07, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
- This is good also, but should it replace the lead image? Yann (talk) 12:53, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
- That's an editing choice. Honestly, as a lede image I'm thinking File:AugustaSavage.jpg works best (there is less tension in her body than the nominated image, and it still has a sculpture). File:Archives of American Art - Augusta Savage - 2371.jpg and its derivative work best in the body, I think, as her physical identifying features are secondary to her art in that image. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 13:34, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
- This is good also, but should it replace the lead image? Yann (talk) 12:53, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
- There is a crop already, though that still needs restoration. If Yann does not want to do the restoration, I can do it. It's a long weekend for me. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:07, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
- It needs a crop and a restoration (and to actually be used somewhere on the English Wikipedia), but otherwise I'd support that one if you want to nominate it. A great encapsulation of an artist and her work. Moonreach (talk) 20:56, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
- I agree, File:Archives of American Art - Augusta Savage - 2371.jpg makes a better FP and it doesn't have to be in the infobox. Bammesk (talk) 17:31, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
- @MER-C, Moonreach, Crisco 1492, and Bammesk: I restored that one. Yann (talk) 21:56, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
- I agree, File:Archives of American Art - Augusta Savage - 2371.jpg makes a better FP and it doesn't have to be in the infobox. Bammesk (talk) 17:31, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support ALT - Excellent image. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 22:23, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support ALT – but the left edge has a very narrow white streak! Bammesk (talk) 00:49, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support Alt 1 - Moonreach (talk) 13:31, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
- Conditional support alt 1, provided the white streak is removed. MER-C 18:56, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
- Done Yann (talk) 17:51, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support Alt 1 – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:41, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support Alt 1.--Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 14:10, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 8 Oct 2024 at 17:37:14 (UTC)
- Reason
- High quality and resolution
- Articles in which this image appears
- Mike Lynch (businessman)
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Business
- Creator
- Royal Society
- Support as nominator – Vinícius O. (talk) 17:37, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Yann (talk) 18:25, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose - Crop is quite close for a 3/4 portrait; generally, these are given more space to breathe. I've made a crop that I think works a bit better, though part of me wants to reduce the aspect ratio somewhat. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 20:17, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose - I don't think this is a particularly good photo; it cuts off in a weird place that shows all of his torso but nothing below it, and he's leaning out of the frame. Chris's crop is better on technical merits but I still don't see anything that makes me think it's among Wikipedia's best images. Moonreach (talk) 20:41, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose – Comparatively little-known man in suit & tie. Scant EV. – Sca (talk) 12:27, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose, per above. – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:42, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 8 Oct 2024 at 17:37:11 (UTC)
- Reason
- High quality and resolution
- Articles in which this image appears
- Hip, Hip, Hurrah!, Gothenburg Museum of Art, Impressionism, Peder Severin Krøyer, Skagen, Skagen Painters, Toast (honor), White wine
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
- Creator
- Peder Severin Krøyer
- Support as nominator – Vinícius O. (talk) 17:37, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
Support– Yann (talk) 18:27, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
- Delist and replace with Alt 1 – Yann (talk) 13:05, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
Oppose - 1px border needs to be cropped out. MER-C 18:51, 28 September 2024 (UTC)- Comment - I've removed the 1px border. However, I seem to recall that the bug that affects PNGs also affects TIF files. Consequently, I've added a JPG copy as ALT1. Also, note that File:'Hip, Hip, Hurrah! Artist Festival at Skagen', by Peder Severin Krøyer (1888) Demisted with DXO PhotoLab Clearview; cropped away black border edge.jpg is currently featured. This should thus be a D&R nomination. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 20:10, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
- Teach me to post before Commons confirms upload. Chunked uploads is still waiting for the server to rebuild the file. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:09, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
- Delist and replace with Alt 1 Moonreach (talk) 20:42, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
- Delist and replace with Alt 1 per my above commentary. The current FP has numerous blown highlights, and the image it replaced was better quality. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:09, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
- Delist and replace with Alt 1, per Chris Woodrich's commentary. – Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:10, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
- Replace with alt 1. The alternative is also not cropped. MER-C 09:54, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
- Delist and Replace with Alt 1.--Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 14:10, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 8 Oct 2024 at 16:54:04 (UTC)
- Reason
- high quality portrait. "Pope John XXIII surprised those who expected him to be a caretaker pope by calling the historic Second Vatican Council." "The council had a significant impact on the Church due to the scope and variety of issues it addressed."
- Articles in which this image appears
- Pope John XXIII, Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus, Second Vatican Council, etc.
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Religious figures
- Creator
- De Agostini Editore
- Support as nominator – Yann (talk) 16:54, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Vinícius O. (talk) 17:47, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support - A bit iffy on the exposure (head highlights are blown), but given the age, I'm okay with it. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 20:01, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
- Comment — I put it into Krita and checked the levels; they're not fully blown out. There is forehead detail in there, although it didn't look particularly great when I crushed the levels down enough to find it. I'd support an alt that balances things a bit better. Moonreach (talk) 20:49, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
- I messed with this in Photoshop last night, and unfortunately his face falls within the highlight range, so fixing the shine also makes the rest of him look like Lurch. Doing a localized adjustment was somewhat better, but it still ended up looking more grey than recovering detail. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:08, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
- Well, thanks for trying. Moonreach (talk) 18:16, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
- I messed with this in Photoshop last night, and unfortunately his face falls within the highlight range, so fixing the shine also makes the rest of him look like Lurch. Doing a localized adjustment was somewhat better, but it still ended up looking more grey than recovering detail. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:08, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:07, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support.--Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 14:11, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 8 Oct 2024 at 03:34:16 (UTC)
- Reason
- High quality; historically significant showing The Beatles arriving in America, marking the start of the British Invasion
- Articles in which this image appears
- The Beatles, Beatlemania, British Invasion
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
- Creator
- United Press International, photographer unknown
- Support as nominator – Wcamp9 (talk) 03:34, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Yes, that was in my TODO list. Yann (talk) 16:41, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Vinícius O. (talk) 17:47, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 20:13, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose on technical grounds. It's blurry up close; I see banding and macroblocks as well. Moonreach (talk) 20:53, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:06, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose – Comparatively indistinct for mid-'60s. Jumbled spot-news comp. – Sca (talk) 12:35, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
- So? If you compare Nixon meeting Elvis (featured image) to the Moon Landing, it’s insignificant in the Nixon presidency. Wcamp9 (talk) 15:56, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support – semi-historic, this is their first arrival to the U.S. (New York City JFK airport). Merits taking an exception for the technical issues. I don't think we have any FPs of them. Bammesk (talk) 17:25, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
- Surely we should find a better image of the Fab Four than this, tho. -- Sca (talk) 15:36, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
- And am I really the only one who sees the technical flaws? Look at the man in the fedora (second row, second from right) in full magnification. There's pronounced horizontal banding in the dark areas of his suit, and if you look at his lips and the brim of his hat you can see individual rows of pixels. These things pop up in detail areas all over the picture. I think this image was enlarged to its current size from a smaller copy at some point. Moonreach (talk) 17:09, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
- Surely we should find a better image of the Fab Four than this, tho. -- Sca (talk) 15:36, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
President Barack Obama signs S.614, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Women Airforce Service Pilots
[edit]Voting period ends on 7 Oct 2024 at 16:40:09 (UTC)
- Reason
- high EV image with historical value
- Articles in which this image appears
- Women Airforce Service Pilots, Bernice Falk Haydu, Nicole Malachowski, Dawn Dunlop
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Military
- Creator
- Official White House photo by Pete Souza
- Support as nominator – Yann (talk) 16:40, 27 September 2024 (UTC)
- Comment – Fifteen-year old official White House promo pic. Meh. – Sca (talk) 12:27, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
- Fifteen years later, this still has educational and historical values, that's the point. That's not the case for most White House pictures. Yann (talk) 16:39, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
- Comment – I'm torn on this. I think this is an important event and the photo captures the important aspects of it, but the framing is off-center and the focus was made on Obama, so the women behind him are slightly blurry. Is there any chance this is one from a set of images taken by White House press? Perhaps there are others we could choose from. Moonreach (talk) 20:45, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
- The only equivalent is File:P070109PS-0623 (3679283361).jpg. It lacks the solemnity of the event, and IMO, that's why it is not used. Yann (talk) 13:01, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 7 Oct 2024 at 12:00:34 (UTC)
- Reason
- Wikipedia's most extensive, comprehensive, readable and source accurate diagram presenting the division of elves in the world created by Tolkien. The svg format provides lossless scaling. This image has also previously been assessed using the Quality image guidelines and is considered a Quality image.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Elves in Middle-earth
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Diagrams
- Creator
- Agnaton
- Support as nominator – Agnaton (talk) 12:00, 27 September 2024 (UTC)
- Comment – Accessibility of complex information for general readers/viewers seems doubtful. – Sca (talk) 12:43, 27 September 2024 (UTC)
- The divisions of elves in Tolkien's works are a very complex matter. This diagram organizes practically all the knowledge in this area and presents it in the most accessible way possible. Agnaton (talk) 13:14, 27 September 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose Per Sca - This certainly has value in the articles, but I can't imagine it as a FP on the main page... (FYI I've read LOTR five times, so I'm kind of a fan, but this is just too much...) --Janke | Talk 13:47, 27 September 2024 (UTC)
- I'm sorry you're against it, especially since many of the diagrams have FA status. Agnaton (talk) 13:57, 27 September 2024 (UTC)
- Question Has the colors used been tested to be optimal for persons with sight issues?★Trekker (talk) 23:01, 27 September 2024 (UTC)
- No, but it is also perfectly understandable without colors if needed. Agnaton (talk) 17:33, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
- Comment – It's too soon to nominate this image. The image was added to The article a few days ago. There is currently a discussion about the image on the article's talk page. The image should be renominated at a later time, after there is no longer a discussion about it, and once the image is stable in the article for 7+ days (per FP criterion #5), preferably longer in my opinion. Bammesk (talk) 15:31, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
- To the nominator, image use in non-English Wiki articles is not relevant. I suggest removing those entries from the list above, to declutter. Bammesk (talk) 15:35, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
- The discussion is not about my diagram per se. I started the discussion about current diagram used in Sundering of the Elves, that in my opinion have some errors, and provided my diagram as solution. Agnaton (talk) 17:30, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
- Older version of this diagram was used in Elves in Middle-earth for 5 years, from 2015 to 2020, and in Sundering of the Elves for almost 6 years, from 2015 to 2021. Agnaton (talk) 17:36, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 5 Oct 2024 at 16:05:25 (UTC)
- Reason
- Close-up detail of the faravahar, an important symbol in Zoroastrianism, as it appears on the Fire Temple of Yazd. I think the image is technically quite good, I like that this example has color (a lot of the other examples on the faravahar page are simply hewn from unadorned stone), and the mild shadows bring out the relief. Rated a Quality Image on Commons.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Faravahar, Fire Temple of Yazd
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Religion and mythology
- Creator
- Bgag
- Support as nominator – Moonreach (talk) 16:05, 25 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Historically interesting image. (Almost seems a precursor of the nazi eagle.) Good detail. – Sca (talk) 13:29, 26 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support – ―Howard • 🌽33 15:00, 26 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Petar Milošević (talk) 19:39, 26 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 10:50, 27 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:03, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support — UnpetitproleX (talk) 09:26, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
Promoted File:Faravahar on Fire Temple, Yazd.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:06, 5 October 2024 (UTC)
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 4 Oct 2024 at 15:59:34 (UTC)
- Reason
- Animated vision of light wave separation in a prism, as made famous by Pink Floyd. Assessed as a Quality Image on Commons and featured there as media of the day.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Dispersion (optics), Wavelength, Optics, Wave
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Others
- Creator
- Lucas Vieira
- Support as nominator – Moonreach (talk) 15:59, 24 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Bammesk (talk) 01:24, 25 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 10:50, 27 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:44, 27 September 2024 (UTC)
- I'm a little worried about the diagram being misleading since it depicts the speed of light as being larger for lower frequencies. Isn't that inaccurate? hinnk (talk) 02:57, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
- It isn't misleading. It's accurate. The fact that higher frequencies travel through more cycles, in a given time span, does not mean (or imply) that they move slower. In air all frequencies are moving at the same speed. In the prism the higher frequencies are moving slightly slower, as they should (in this case 25% slower). Also the relations between frequencies, speeds and angles of deflection are proper. Bammesk (talk) 15:02, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
- Cool, I'll take your word for it. This was an issue in a previous version of the image (see c:File talk:Light dispersion conceptual waves.gif) so I'm glad it's been fully corrected in the current one. hinnk (talk) 23:23, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
- It isn't misleading. It's accurate. The fact that higher frequencies travel through more cycles, in a given time span, does not mean (or imply) that they move slower. In air all frequencies are moving at the same speed. In the prism the higher frequencies are moving slightly slower, as they should (in this case 25% slower). Also the relations between frequencies, speeds and angles of deflection are proper. Bammesk (talk) 15:02, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Yann (talk) 16:43, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:02, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support – ZZZ'S 01:32, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
Promoted File:Light dispersion conceptual waves.gif --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:00, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 2 Oct 2024 at 10:52:36 (UTC)
- Reason
- Headline image, high quality, illustrates article well.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Peaceful dove
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
- Creator
- JJ Harrison
- Support as nominator – MER-C 10:52, 22 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 15:22, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support – ZZZ'S 08:39, 24 September 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose - Looking at the head, this image appears to be out of focus, and there appears to be some strange noise on the image. Weird for one of JJ's pictures. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:48, 27 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:00, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 01:28, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 2 Oct 2024 at 11:13:53 (UTC)
- Reason
- Unanimously featured on Commons. Headline image.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Dracaena cinnabari
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Others
- Creator
- Alex38
- Support as nominator – MER-C 11:13, 22 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 15:22, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support — Majestic! Moonreach (talk) 17:10, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support – ZZZ'S 08:39, 24 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Petar Milošević (talk) 19:39, 26 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support TheWikiToby (talk) 04:55, 27 September 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:01, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
- Comment – This looks oversharpened and overprocessed. It's visually interesting but it looks unnatural to me, particularly the lighting (rendering) of the tree trunk and branches under the canopy. Bammesk (talk) 17:17, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
Promoted File:Dragonblood tree in Socotra 2.jpg --– 🌻 Hilst (talk | contribs) 23:03, 2 October 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.