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This star, with one point broken, symbolizes the featured candidates on Wikipedia.

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

Promoting an image

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

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

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

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

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

Delisting an image

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

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

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

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

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

Shortcuts

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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

For Nominations

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

For Delists (or Delist & Replace)

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

Step 3:
Transclude and link

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

How to comment for Candidate Images

Write Support, if you approve of the picture. A reason is optional.
Write Oppose, followed by your reasoning, if you disapprove of the picture. All objections should be accompanied by a specific rationale that, if addressed, would make you support the image. If your concern is one that can only be addressed by the creator, and if they haven't nominated or commented on the image, and if they are a Wikipedian, you should notify them directly.
You can weak support or weak oppose instead, so that your opinion will be weighed as half of a "full" opinion.
- To change your opinion, strike it out (with <s>...</s>) rather than removing it.
If you think a nominated image obviously fails the featured picture criteria, write Speedy close followed by your reasons. Nominations may be closed early if this is the case.

Recommendations added early in the process may be disregarded if they do not address concerns and/or improvements that arise later in the debate. Reviewers are advised to monitor the progress of a nomination and update their votes accordingly.

Prior to giving an opinion, the image should be assessed on its quality as displayed at full size (high-resolution) in an image editing program. Please note that the images are only displayed at thumbnail size on this page. The thumbnail links to the image description page which, in turn, links to the high-resolution version.

How to comment for Delist Images

Write Keep, followed by your reasons for keeping the picture.
Write Delist, followed by your reasons for delisting the picture.
Write Delist and Replace if you believe the image should be replaced by a better picture.
You can weak keep, weak delist or weak delist and replace instead, so that your opinion will be weighed as half of a "full" opinion.
- To change your opinion, strike it out (with <s>...</s>) rather than removing it.

Please remember to be civil, not to bite the newbies and to comment on the image, not the person.

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

Editing candidates

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

Is my monitor adjusted correctly?

In a discussion about the brightness of an image, it is necessary to know if the computer display is properly adjusted. Displays differ greatly in their ability to show shadow detail. There are four dark grey circles in the adjacent image. If you can discern three (or even four) of the circles, your monitor can display shadow detail correctly. If you see fewer than three circles, you may need to adjust the monitor and/or computer display settings. Some displays cannot be adjusted for ideal shadow detail. Please take this into account when voting.

Displays also differ greatly in their ability to show highlight detail. There are light grey circles in the adjacent image. If you can discern three (or even four) of the circles, your monitor can display highlight detail correctly. If you see fewer than three circles, you may need to adjust the monitor and/or computer display settings (probably reduce the contrast setting). Some displays cannot be adjusted for ideal highlight detail. Please take this into account when voting.

On a gamma-adjusted display, the four circles in the color image blend into the background when seen from a few feet (roughly 75–150 cm) away. If they do not, you could adjust the gamma setting (found in the computer's settings, not on the display), until they do. This may be very difficult to attain, and a slight error is not detrimental. Uncorrected PC displays usually show the circles darker than the background. Note that the image must be viewed in original size (263 × 68 pixels) - if enlarged or reduced, results are not accurate.

Note that on most consumer LCD displays (laptop or flat screen), viewing angle strongly affects these images. Correct adjustment on one part of the screen might be incorrect on another part for a stationary head position. Click on the images for more technical information. If possible, calibration with a hardware monitor calibrator is recommended.

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FPCs needing feedback

Current nominations

President Lyndon B. Johnson visiting Vietnam

Voting period ends on 14 Nov 2024 at 20:54:37 (UTC)

Reason: A high quality iconic photo which shows LBJ with Vietnam Troops. The photo is synonymous with LBJ's role in Vietnam sending Americans to fight in the war
Articles in which this image appears: Distinguished Service Cross (United States), Lyndon B. Johnson, October 1966
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/War
Creator: Yoichi Okamoto

Support as nominator – Wcamp9 (talk) 20:54, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Limited EV, as the medal is barely visible and the LBJ article doesn't mention his visit at all. Also, Wcamp9, you're making an awful lot of nominations—eight in the span of two days. Please consider slowing down so as not to flood the whole FPC page. --Paul_012 (talk) 23:23, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There was a discussion some time ago that a maximum of 4 noms by one user would be an appropriate number. When old noms drop from the list, new ones can be added. --Janke | Talk 09:42, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sherlock Jr

Voting period ends on 14 Nov 2024 at 13:55:22 (UTC)

Original – Sherlock Jr. is a 1924 American silent comedy film starring and directed by Buster Keaton and written by Clyde Bruckman, Jean Havez, and Joseph A. Mitchell. It features Kathryn McGuire, Joe Keaton, and Ward Crane. In 1991, Sherlock Jr. was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In 2000, the American Film Institute, as part of its AFI 100 Years... series, ranked the film #62 in its AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs.

Reason: a high quality print of a iconic movie
Articles in which this image appears: Sherlock Jr.
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Film
Creator: Buster Keaton

Support as nominator – Carlosmarkos2345 (talk) 13:55, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - I'm seeing some compression artefacts, but overall I think the quality is good for a movie this old. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 18:31, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Alexander Hamilton Full-length portrait by John Trumbull

Voting period ends on 14 Nov 2024 at 01:51:11 (UTC)

Reason: Super high-quality image of a full-body, contemporary portrait of Alexander Hamilton
Articles in which this image appears: Alexander Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton (Trumbull), John Trumbull
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator: John Trumbull

Support as nominator – Wcamp9 (talk) 01:51, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – Caption? – Sca (talk) 13:40, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Added caption Wcamp9 (talk) 20:28, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sputnik 1 Newsreel

Voting period ends on 14 Nov 2024 at 01:41:58 (UTC)

Original – First report of Sputnik on October 7, 1957 by Universal Newsreel - animations of rocket used same animations as done for earlier report on the Vanguard story

Reason: Reports the launch of the first artificial satellite, historical
Articles in which this image appears: Space Race, Sputnik 1
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/Others
Creator: Universal Newsreel

Support as nominator – Wcamp9 (talk) 01:41, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Not entirely sure as to the quality of this digitization. It's jittery, and the title screen seems corrupted somehow. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 18:29, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, for several separate reasons. The first is that this has analog artifacting that suggests it was transferred to (and later from) a tape; the second is digital artifacting, such as excess compression and combing. The third is more nuanced: I'm worried about the accuracy of this, given that it's an American artist's conception of an event that was known exclusively through reports by the Soviet Union, an entity with both the motive and habit of lying. To present this as a featured picture would, I think, be tantamount to endorsing it as factual, something we can't verify. I think it's a neat piece of history, but I don't think it makes the grade for featured picture. Moonreach (talk) 15:31, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Impeach Nixon!" Protests

Voting period ends on 14 Nov 2024 at 01:28:22 (UTC)

Reason: High quality, iconic, and shows the lack of trust in the government at the time of Watergate
Articles in which this image appears: Impeachment process against Richard Nixon, Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/American
Creator: Marion S. Trikosko or Thomas J. O'Halloran

Support as nominator – Wcamp9 (talk) 01:28, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The American Embassy after the German Invasion of Poland

Voting period ends on 14 Nov 2024 at 01:19:10 (UTC)

Reason: High quality for it's time and a rare color photo taken during WW2, showing the aftermath of a very historically important event: the German Invasion of Poland which started World War II
Articles in which this image appears: Invasion of Poland
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War II
Creator: Julien Bryan

Support as nominator – Wcamp9 (talk) 01:19, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Mercury Seven

Voting period ends on 14 Nov 2024 at 01:10:12 (UTC)

Reason: High quality image of the first astronauts in the first American spacesuits
Articles in which this image appears: Mercury Seven, Mercury spacesuit
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering
Creator: NASA

Support as nominator – Wcamp9 (talk) 01:10, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delist and Replace: Peter the Slave

Voting period ends on 13 Nov 2024 at 23:52:05 (UTC)

Reason: The image that is an FP has very messed up lighting and needed a restoration. This restoration is far better
Articles this image appears in: Racism against African Americans, Slavery, List of photographs considered the most important
Previous nomination/s: Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Image:Cicatrices de flagellation sur un esclave.jpg
Nominator: Wcamp9 (talk)

Delist — Wcamp9 (talk) 23:52, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
D&R per nom. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 18:26, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
D&R; Considering the date (1863), the quality and transparency of the retouched picture is acceptable and rather fine. Thanks for retouching and replacement. – Hamid Hassani (talk) 02:56, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Bumper 8 Launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida

Voting period ends on 13 Nov 2024 at 23:31:50 (UTC)

Reason: High quality and historical image showing the first launch from Cape Canaveral in 1950 of a V-2 Rocket, which led to the beginning of the U.S. being interested in space travel and the Space Age. It was (as the description of the image on Wikipedia says) truly the start of a new chapter.
Articles in which this image appears: V-2 rocket, Operation Paperclip
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/American
Creator: NASA/U.S. Army

Support as nominator – Wcamp9 (talk) 23:31, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment could use some light restoration. I'm seeing a couple scratches, some dirt. Nothing crazy bad... probably 20 or 30 minutes, tops. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 18:27, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – Interesting historically that the U.S. was still using V-2s seven years after production began in nazi Germany – showing how advanced technically they were. Later in WWII many were built by slave labor. – Sca (talk) 15:08, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Bombing of a Focke-Wulf at Marienburg, October 1943

Voting period ends on 13 Nov 2024 at 23:22:17 (UTC)

Reason: High quality photo of WW2, showing a plane, field and explosion in one picture which makes for a pretty good photo
Articles in which this image appears: World War II, Aerial bombing of cities
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War II
Creator: Unknown author

Support as nominator – Wcamp9 (talk) 23:22, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Axillary wrasse

Voting period ends on 13 Nov 2024 at 11:55:56 (UTC)

Reason: Unanimously featured on Commons. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears: Axillary wrasse
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish
Creator: Diego Delso

Support as nominator – MER-C 11:55, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 18:23, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 02:43, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Verbena hastata

Voting period ends on 13 Nov 2024 at 11:52:37 (UTC)

Reason: Unanimously featured on Commons. Well done focus stack.
Articles in which this image appears: Verbena hastata
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Others
Creator: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma

Support as nominator – MER-C 11:52, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 18:25, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 02:44, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

National Library of Poland

Voting period ends on 11 Nov 2024 at 10:08:37 (UTC)

Reason: Good quality and EV
Articles in which this image appears: National Library of Poland, National library
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator: Emptywords

Support as nominator – EUPBR (talk) 10:08, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support, nice photo, great perspective for showing such a large subject. Toadspike [Talk] 22:54, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Massive edifice. High quality. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 18:26, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:00, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Mordançage print

Voting period ends on 10 Nov 2024 at 18:31:34 (UTC)

Reason: Excellent EV for its article, visually (and conceptually) unusual, high-quality image with both good detail resolution and contrast.
Articles in which this image appears: Mordançage
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Photographic techniques, terms, and equipment
Creator: Stacey Svendsen

Support as nominator – Moonreach (talk) 18:31, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Ooh, I like it! MemeGod _chat 18:39, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Trippy. Also interesting to see that gelatin is still being used today. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 19:17, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 11:56, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 14:35, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:36, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tornadogenesis

Voting period ends on 10 Nov 2024 at 18:03:57 (UTC)

Reason: High EV, while it may be a little hard to understand what's happening at first, it is an invaluable asset of tornado research. Probably the best animated GIF showing the entire cycle of a tornado's life. An image of tornado itself can be found here. This Doppler image of the horrific 2011 Joplin tornado also is of high quality and EV, although this image fits better as it is a GIF.
Articles in which this image appears: Mobile radar observation of tornadoes, History of tornado research, Tornado, Eye (cyclone), Radius of maximum wind, VORTEX projects
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Weather
Creator: VORTEX2 Team (technically Joshua Wurman, since he developed the software)

Support as nominator – MemeGod _chat 18:03, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Agree about EV, it illustrates the concept well, and in a way the usual photographs of tornadoes don't. Moonreach (talk) 18:09, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 19:17, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Just a sidenote, the image captions in the articles have details that are missing in the image page description. The image page description can be improved? Bammesk (talk) 02:13, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 11:56, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:37, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 11:09, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delist:Kumar Anish

Voting period ends on 10 Nov 2024 at 14:34:15 (UTC)

Reason: Not used in any articles, probably would fail today's standards as a FP anyways. Article on subject was deleted via an AfD about a month ago for not meeting WP:BIO.
Articles this image appears in: None
Previous nomination/s: Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Kumar Anish.jpg
Nominator: MemeGod _chat

Delist — MemeGod _chat 14:34, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delist — Moonreach (talk) 16:21, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delist — Yann (talk) 17:09, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delist – ―Howard • 🌽³³ 17:35, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delist – Bammesk (talk) 01:41, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delist –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 11:56, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delist – _ZZ^Z 'S 15:12, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delist – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:38, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delist. MER-C 19:21, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Sinking of the Lusitania

Voting period ends on 10 Nov 2024 at 13:36:47 (UTC)

Original – The Sinking of the Lusitania (1918) is an American silent animated short film by cartoonist Winsor McCay. It is a work of propaganda re-creating the never-photographed 1915 sinking of the British liner RMS Lusitania. At twelve minutes, it has been called the longest work of animation at the time of its release. The film is the earliest surviving animated documentary and serious, dramatic work of animation. The National Film Registry selected it for preservation in 2017.

Reason: a very impressive early animated film by Winsor McCay, and also, a featured article on English Wikipedia
Articles in which this image appears: The Sinking of the Lusitania, Sinking of the RMS Lusitania, Winsor McCay, Animated documentary
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Film
Creator: Winsor McCay

Support as nominator – Carlosmarkos2345 (talk) 13:36, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - This is scanned from a very bad and damaged print. There must be better copies available. --Janke | Talk 13:49, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – Low-rez print of an old propaganda flick. – Sca (talk) 14:45, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose; per Janke. – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:41, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Monolith, the Face of Half Dome

Voting period ends on 10 Nov 2024 at 13:06:46 (UTC)

Reason: notable photograph, high quality and resolution
Articles in which this image appears: Monolith, the Face of Half Dome, Ansel Adams, Half Dome
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others
Creator: Ansel Adams

Finding the right version took a lot of time, that's why this second nomination. Thanks to Adam Cuerden.
Support as nominator – Yann (talk) 13:06, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Lots'a'spots, white and black... --Janke | Talk 13:51, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment — I know you're trying really hard to make this image work, but this copy has washed-out blacks at the bottom, which the others didn't. Moonreach (talk) 16:28, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't agree with calling it "washed-out blacks". Because this copy has more detail in the darker areas than the other versions (compare at same magnification). Ansel Adams had his own unconventional developing and printing techniques. So his highlights and blacks aren't always conventional. I am not an expert but that's what I've read about him. Bammesk (talk) 01:40, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 11:56, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I edited the image and uploaded Alt 1, per Janke (restored spots) and per Moonreach (adjusted darker levels at the bottom). In the nom version (Original), the darker levels are noticeably brighter at the bottom. That's not the case in these versions: [1][2][3]. Looking at other images at the source link [4], these are prints, and in some scans light leaks around the edges throwing off the darker levels, examples [5][6]. I think that explains it and justifies adjusting the levels at the bottom of the nom image. On a different note: I think Library of Congress has a higher resolution scan, but does not allow downloads because of copyright, even though publication was 1927 and copyright has expired. We can do a "delist and replace" nom when the LOC copy becomes available. Support Alt 1. Bammesk (talk) 19:14, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Support Alt 1 – Yann (talk) 19:50, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support alt 1. MER-C 11:08, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Alt 1 — Moonreach (talk) 16:44, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Double-bladed solar diffraction spike in Hyde Park Chicago urban canyon

Voting period ends on 8 Nov 2024 at 18:16:15 (UTC)

Reason: Shooting the brightest light source is a challenge. Capturing a solar diffraction spike in the context of an urban canyon at the golden hour was a particular challenge for me. In order to execute this image, I undertook my first attempt at bracketing and compositing. On the day I shot, I executed about a half dozen different 7-picture autobracketing sequences with full-stop increments from -3 to +3 in under 10 minutes on this camera while the sun was visible in this urban canyon. I prefer this one because the sunburst/diffraction spike has an appealling shape (especially in article space thumbs). Furthermore, in this sequence the rare double-bladed spikes are uniform throughout the scene. I composited it using free Canon software that is limited to 3 source files. Since I metered to the main subject, I ended up relying on the overexposed sequence elements to composite. The best result here uses the +1- and +3-stop sequence elements. It is slightly better than +1/+2/+3 and +2/+3 versions that are also on commons. I apologize that I cropped out so many pixels, but at the time I only had one good tripod for a three camera setup and this camera was hanging off of another camera at a 15+ degree tilt. For a first attempt at bracketing/compositing with free software, this is a pretty solid result. I think this diffraction spike really pops in thumbnail size that you see in article space.
Articles in which this image appears: Diffraction spike, Urban canyon, Golden hour (photography), Hyde Park, Chicago
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured_pictures#Sciences
Creator: TonyTheTiger

Support as nominator – TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 18:16, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like you've put a lot of effort into planning of the shoot. It can get stressful when you're time constrained like in this case. The problem is that the photo is not a great illustration of an urban canyon. The buildings on the left are only 3 storey high. See Manhattanhenge for comparison. It also doesn't quite work as an illustration of the golden hour. All the buildings are backlit and therefore in the shadow so you're not showing what the red light does to the landscape.ro|3ek (talk) 22:55, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- User:Robek, this was actually a practice session two days before Chicagohenge, which turned out to have bad weather this year. You have educated me on the golden hour. Your point about the buildings being backlit is certainly true, but the red light is quite visible on the street surface. On the left between the Hotel Del Prado in the foreground and the Hyde Park–Kenwood National Bank Building off in the distance are 3 story buildings. However, if you read the urban canyon article this is defined as an Avenue canyon in the 3 story stretches and a regular or deep canyon in other stretches. On the 2nd of the two actual days of Chicagohenge 3 days later, I went downtown to photograph deep canyons. I was amid deeper canyons, but the diffraction spikes were less presentable. The diffraction spike is actually the focus of the image. I have reordered the article usage in this regard moving diff spike to first.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 03:56, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- P.S. the point of Xhenge photography is to show the beauty of the sunset or sunrise in the context of architecture. None of the sun photos in Manhattanhenge article show a particularly artistic sun. Most of them are just glowing masses. This nomination presents a splendid diffraction spike. Except for maybe one red presentation, I don't think Manhattanhenge has good sun presentations. The article does present the crowd gatherings in all their glory. However, I had better red rings with my longest lens on another camera, because I had concentric red rings around the sun rather than that. I do aspire to get more picturesque results in deeper canyons in future years.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:21, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 11:56, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

George Floyd protests

Voting period ends on 8 Nov 2024 at 13:17:30 (UTC)

Reason: A really good image of the events, it shows the chaos and has relatively high EV. Framing is also good. It definitely catches my eye whenever I read the article. May need slight perspective correction, but I believe the image is supposed to line up with the man, and not the other objects, which makes sense.
Articles in which this image appears: 2020 in Japan, George Floyd protests, George Floyd protests in Minneapolis–Saint Paul, United States racial unrest (2020–2023)
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/American
Creator: Lorie Shaull

Support as nominator – Sir MemeGod  13:17, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – ro|3ek (talk) 17:25, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 20:33, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Moonreach (talk) 16:30, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - The Dutch angle helps create a sense of unease, so I'd definitely keep it. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 19:30, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Interesting scene. Looks a bit lazy at 5 a.m. in the morning and seemingly sort of staged because of that. The person’s gaze is definitely uneasy. All in all, good composition and a nice piece of photojournalism. --Argenberg (talk) 10:51, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 11:59, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:44, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Circus

Voting period ends on 8 Nov 2024 at 12:48:47 (UTC)

Original – The Circus is a 1928 silent romantic comedy film written, produced, and directed by Charlie Chaplin. The film stars Chaplin, Al Ernest Garcia, Merna Kennedy, Harry Crocker, George Davis and Henry Bergman. The ringmaster of an impoverished circus hires Chaplin's Little Tramp as a clown, but discovers that he can only be funny unintentionally.

Reason: my first Featured picture nomination since, you know, that thing, however the reason I'm nominate this movie, it's becaused it is one of the most well know Charlie Chaplin movies and also, is the one of two chaplin movies to win an oscar
Articles in which this image appears: The Circus (1928 film)
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Film
Creator: Charlie Chaplin

Support as nominator – Carlosmarkos2345 (talk) 12:48, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 13:57, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 16:34, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Absolute classic! --Janke | Talk 20:27, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Moonreach (talk) 16:31, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 11:59, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:45, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delist and replace: Apollo 11 bootprint

Voting period ends on 7 Nov 2024 at 19:04:39 (UTC)

Reason: high resolution copy of the same picture
Articles this image appears in: will be replaced if D&R succeeds
Previous nomination: Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Apollo 11 bootprint.jpg
Nominator: Yann (talk)

Delist and Replace — Yann (talk) 19:04, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delist and Replace — UnpetitproleX (talk) 00:47, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delist and Replace --Tagooty (talk) 00:51, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delist and Replace – Bammesk (talk) 01:31, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delist and replace – _ZZ^Z 'S 13:20, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delist and Replace – Moonreach (talk) 19:04, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delist and Replace –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 11:59, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delist and Replace – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:47, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Chaos at the Capitol

Voting period ends on 7 Nov 2024 at 16:18:39 (UTC)

Reason: High EV, probably the best image that sums up the entire event. Lede image for the article itself.
Articles in which this image appears: January 6 United States Capitol attack, Donald Trump and fascism, History of the Republican Party (United States), History of the United States, List of controversial elections, List of protests in the 21st century, Political demonstration, Political ideologies in the United States, Right-wing terrorism, United States, 2020s, 2021
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/American
Creator: Tyler Merbler

Support as nominator – Sir MemeGod  16:18, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – Old news, reproduced countless times; political. – Sca (talk) 12:23, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Moonreach (talk) 16:31, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 19:31, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – stable lead image in its primary article for 3 years. Sir MemeGod|, the list of articles above should be "in order of where the image has highest encyclopedic value". I reordered the list slightly. Bammesk (talk) 00:29, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 13:00, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 11:59, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:48, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Cerro Tololo Observatory

Voting period ends on 6 Nov 2024 at 16:29:51 (UTC)

Reason: Quality lead image in Cerro Tololo observatory article, with the open dome Blanco Telescope in center-right.
Articles in which this image appears: Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Understanding
Creator: CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/T. Matsopoulos

Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 16:29, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Tilted? Yann (talk) 14:05, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yann, no I don't think so. The beams on the telescope's housing are vertical. Bammesk (talk) 01:08, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, weird that the horizon is so sloping... Yann (talk) 11:15, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That's not really horizon. Just layers of mountains (horizon would be past the mountains). I understand if you don't like it. Bammesk (talk) 03:10, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Definitely titled. If the camera is pointing down the lines on a building will not be vertical ro|3ek (talk) 17:24, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Photographers often correct that type of perspective tilt, so the lines come out vertical. See this recent nomination for example where we fixed the tilt ourselves. Bammesk (talk) 03:10, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support – All the lines that should be vertical (the dome aperture, the silo-type things) are. I think the mountains really do just slope downward like that. Moonreach (talk) 16:33, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I double-checked, and the silos aren't truly vertical, although they're close. The exterior vertical elements on the observatory base are, though. It's possible that there really is a tilt here, but if there is, it's much more subtle that then horizon line suggests. Moonreach (talk) 19:41, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. That was wide-angle lens distortion. I thought it wasn't significant, but since you noticed it . . . now fixed. BTW the silos are water tanks. Bammesk (talk) 00:15, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

To illustrate the camera rotation in this photo as per discussion above, I don't have a lens correction profile for the drone used here, so the perspective lines won't quite match. ro|3ek (talk) 13:23, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I disagree. The camera is pointing northeast. Google Earth here and here and the elevation map here confirm that's the natural slope of the mountains. In the screenshots, the observatory is at the center of the red circles. Some mountainous skylines just aren't horizontal. Bammesk (talk) 01:14, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

OK, convincing, so Support – Yann (talk) 14:32, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support ro|3ek (talk) 16:20, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 11:59, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Grey plover

Voting period ends on 6 Nov 2024 at 11:07:37 (UTC)

Reason: Unanimously featured on Commons. Illustrates article well.
Articles in which this image appears: Grey plover, Scarborough Marsh
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator: Chuck Homler

Support as nominator – MER-C 11:07, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support This image should be in the infobox in the article, IMO. --Tagooty (talk) 03:11, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 19:32, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- thank you -Needsmoreritalin (talk) 02:54, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 12:01, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:50, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Junonia coenia

Voting period ends on 6 Nov 2024 at 10:52:56 (UTC)

Reason: Unanimously featured on Commons. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears: Junonia coenia
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator: Rhododendrites

Support as nominator – MER-C 10:52, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Sir MemeGod  16:21, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Excellent detail, high EV. --Tagooty (talk) 00:54, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 19:31, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Carlosmarkos2345 (talk) 16:41, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 12:01, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:51, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Caricature of Wang Lianying

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 5 Nov 2024 at 15:22:17 (UTC)

Reason: High quality scan of a piece of newspaper art. The murder of Wang Lianying, a famed courtesan, captured imaginations in Shanghai, and the case was even reported in the international press. This image, which accompanied coverage of the trial in the New York Tribune, illustrates that international coverage; it also provides an early example of artwork by Jefferson Machamer, who developed a reputation for depicting glamourous women.
Articles in which this image appears: Murder of Wang Lianying, Jefferson Machamer
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others, perhaps?
Creator: Jefferson Machamer, restored (cleaned, text removed) by — Chris Woodrich (talk)

Support as nominator – — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:22, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – Too soon? The image was put in the article yesterday. I think it will be stable so, ~~conditional~~ Support, assuming it's stable at the end of this nomination. Bammesk (talk) 20:02, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Considering the murder article didn't exist until yesterday (was moved to main space, drafted starting two days ago), I don't think it violates the spirit of the stability criterion. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 20:04, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Agree. I don't see the image being removed. I struck the "conditional" part of my vote. Bammesk (talk) 20:28, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support – Moonreach (talk) 16:35, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 12:01, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:52, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Caricature of Wang Lianying by Thomas Machamer, New York Tribune, 1920-10-03, p5.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:41, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Celeste cover art

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 4 Nov 2024 at 23:41:57 (UTC)

Reason: A freely licensed high quality image of the official cover art of a famous video game.
Articles in which this image appears: Celeste (video game)
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator: Maddy Makes Games

Support as nominator – ―Howard • 🌽³³ 23:41, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 12:26, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Those damned strawberries... — Chris Woodrich (talk) 14:59, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Such releases are to be encouraged. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 00:31, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 09:11, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Moonreach (talk) 16:35, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I wasn't notified but support as uploader czar 16:33, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support (Guyinblack25 ^talk 21:37, 4 November 2024 (UTC))[reply]

Promoted File:Celeste box art full.png --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:42, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keir Hardie

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 4 Nov 2024 at 16:51:54 (UTC)

Reason: A fine image of the founder of the British Labour Party
Articles in which this image appears: Keir Hardie, et al.
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/People/Political
Creator: George Grantham Bain, restored by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 16:51, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Moonreach (talk) 16:59, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Nythar (💬-🍀) 19:36, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – ―Howard • 🌽³³ 23:44, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 09:44, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 12:21, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 09:12, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 10:59, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Excellent quality and good EV. --Tagooty (talk) 03:12, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Keir Hardie by George Grantham Bain.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:23, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

F5 tornado in Canada

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 4 Nov 2024 at 13:36:20 (UTC)

Reason: High EV, a very rare image of an extremely violent weather event, one of the higest-quality images I've ever seen of a tornado overall. FP on Commons, Indonesian Wiki and Turkish Wiki. Used in 70 pages just on the English Wikipedia.
Articles in which this image appears: 2007 Elie tornado, Tornado, Atmospheric convection, Climate of Manitoba, Elie, Manitoba, From This Place, List of Canadian tornadoes and tornado outbreaks (since 2001), List of tornadoes by province (Canada), Outline of Manitoba, Severe weather, Thunderstorm +60 more
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Weather
Creator: Justin1569

Support as nominator – Sir MemeGod  13:36, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Moonreach (talk) 15:32, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – _ZZ^Z 'S 23:46, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Very high EV. --Tagooty (talk) 03:04, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 09:45, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 12:21, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 09:13, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 11:01, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:F5 tornado Elie Manitoba 2007.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:37, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Blue-throated barbet (Psilopogon asiaticus)

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 4 Nov 2024 at 08:59:34 (UTC)

Reason: Infobox image of Blue-throated barbet. Recent FP on Commons, unanimously promoted in 5 days.
Articles in which this image appears: Blue-throated barbet; Megalaimidae
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator: Tagooty

Support as nominator – Tagooty (talk) 08:59, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: @Tagooty: too much sky at the top perhaps? Nythar (💬-🍀) 19:29, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The headroom is aesthically pleasing to me. This FPC which is likely to get promoted has much more empty space. Tagooty (talk) 03:02, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
True, but the Eurasian chaffinch photo is almost square shaped, so the empty space at the top is less noticeable. That bird's tail is also higher up compared with the Blue-throated barbet. This bird on the other hand and the branch it's on appear oddly low in the image, an issue that becomes evident if you view the image on fullscreen (compounded by the fact that the image is vertical). The tail to head distance and the position of the bird just seem a bit off. Reducing the top by about 1/4 or 1/3 could solve this issue in my opinion. Regards, Nythar (💬-🍀) 04:16, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Done Fair enough. I've cropped it for more uniform space on all sides. Uploaded with a "crop" filename as the original is QI and FP on Commons. --Tagooty (talk) 09:14, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I think it could go slightly further. Using Photoshop's rulers, I'm seeing that the head has 175px more space than the tail. The left-right margins are also unabalanced, but in that case there are branches and whatnot that allow the eye to follow. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:13, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Having the head a little closer to the middle of the image than the tail is justified for 2 reasons: From the aesthetic PoV, an unbalanced layout is more appealing than geometric balance. From the EV PoV, the most interesting part of the bird is the multi-coloured head, neck and bill (see Description). Tagooty (talk) 03:32, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Tagooty. There don't seem to be any other issues to me, so I'll Support. Nythar (💬-🍀) 15:44, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 12:22, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 09:14, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
~~Support~~ --Navneetsharmaiit (talk) 10:19, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I struck this vote. Editor has less than 100 edits. See instructions on top of the WP:FPC page. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:28, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Dg432 (talk) 05:23, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Blue-throated Barbet Sasatgre West Garo crop Oct24 A7CR 03684.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 09:00, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Planet Stories cover, 1940

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 3 Nov 2024 at 20:57:30 (UTC)

Reason: No single cover can fully encapsulate pulp magazines, but this one has a lot of good stuff: A spaceman with a jetpack and a raygun carrying an improbably dressed woman, while in the background some kind of futuristic machine explodes. The scan quality is good, and captures the halftone printing dots, which are functionally the resolution limit of the source image. I did a light crop to remove a white line on the right side, but I don't want to get too crop-happy, since this is a time-worn physical object and has somewhat uneven edges because of it.
Articles in which this image appears: Pulp magazine, Ray Cummings, later added: Planet Stories
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Literary illustrations
Creator: Albert Drake, whose signature in the lower left corner unfortunately has the Fiction House roundel printed squarely over the top of it

Support as nominator – Moonreach (talk) 20:57, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – EV? – Sca (talk) 12:55, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Definitely agree that EV could be an issue. We have numerous FAs on pulp magazines, to use one that doesn't have an article to represent the genre would be problematic. Having an article on Planet Stories would ameliorate that concern. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:15, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Oops, we have an FA on Planet Stories. It would definitely do better here if were in that article. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 17:51, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Will support if it's in the Planet Stories article. Has higher resolution than other images in that article. Bammesk (talk) 20:09, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @Chris Woodrich, Bammesk - I've added it to Planet Stories. Moonreach (talk) 16:41, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  - Unfortunately not stable. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 17:38, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I saw. I'll leave a message with that editor and see if there's another place in the article it can go. Moonreach (talk) 18:57, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I talked it over with them and put it in a different spot on the page that they suggested. I don't know if the article will prove stable or not, but it's back in for now, and it is stable on the other pages. Moonreach (talk) 19:37, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Alright, I see that Mike Christie and yourself discussed it at his talk page. Always happy to see consensus building. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 21:29, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - I think that, with a consensus to keep the image in the article, the stability criterion should be fulfilled. Just as a note, my concern was not that an item should not represent its class; rather, I think that class representation would best be done by a work that is discussed in detail by an article on the class. In this case, Planet Stories was one of a list of publications from the peak of the genre's popularity, as opposed to (say) The Popular Magazine, which is discussed in detail. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 21:29, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Bammesk (talk) 00:32, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Quite OK, but the resolution is just good enough. I also see one scratch which should be corrected (see the note on Commons). Surprisingly, this version seems not to be indexed on Tineye. Yann (talk) 17:05, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Carlosmarkos2345 (talk) 16:52, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 12:01, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:34, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Planet stories 1940fal.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:59, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Added image to Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment instead. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:59, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

3DBenchy

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 3 Nov 2024 at 19:48:50 (UTC)

Reason: Has anyone ever tried a 3D model nomination here? I haven't seen one, and I figured 3DBenchy would be a worthy attempt. 3DBenchy is a calibration object designed to stress test 3D printers. It is open-source and (in certain circles) quite famous. If you prefer to grade it purely as an image, the largest 2D preview is well over the minimum pixel count and the underlying file is almost 11 MB.
Articles in which this image appears: 3DBenchy
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Other or
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Others
Creator: Daniel Norée & Paulo Kiefe (by Creative Tools Sweden AB)

Support as nominator – Moonreach (talk) 19:48, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – I think this is going to be a tough sell based on how poorly mediawiki renders previews of STL files, but if we were going to feature an STL file either this or File:Utah teapot (solid).stl would be good candidates. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 20:03, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
A thought crossed my mind that what we really need is a wiki project called Featured Multimedia, which could handle all the file types that aren't images (and perhaps videos, since Featured Pictures has a prior claim on those). I discovered there was Wikipedia:Featured sounds, but it's been dormant since 2011. That catalog would make a good starting point for Featured Multimedia. Moonreach (talk) 20:42, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - edges are a pixel mess! The teapot is clean, would support that. --Janke | Talk 07:29, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I worry about the licensing situation with the teapot. Our copy is tagged CC, but it's a recreation of someone else's 3D model, which is in turn a recreation of a commercial article. It's possible the pathway is still clear - I don't know what the college's license is, and I believe in the US functional items can't have their designs copyrighted, but that's still more hoops than I want to jump through. Moonreach (talk) 15:36, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – If we're going to start allowing 3D models into FP, then we may aswell rename it from Featured Pictures to Featured Media ―Howard • 🌽³³ 08:46, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
See my comment above - I wonder if there is enough interest (and enough such material) that a separate project might be worthwhile. I would estimate that all sounds, videos and 3D objects in Commons are still lesser in number than all the pictures, but they still represent a substantial amount of the media Wikimedia has to offer. Moonreach (talk) 15:59, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - As stated, I can count the pixels, especially at the edges of the shadows. Sir MemeGod  12:32, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You mean the polygons? ―Howard • 🌽³³ 08:27, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. This is a nice 3D model. As far as I can tell, the pixellation is entirely the fault of the Mediawiki viewer and not the file itself. Toadspike [Talk] 22:52, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:49, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Josephine Baker poster

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Reason: Striking, extremely high resolution image of Josephine Baker in a style contemporary to her heyday. Featured picture on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears: Josephine Baker, kiss curl, laid edges, Donyale Luna
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others or
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator: Jean Chassaing

Support as nominator – Moonreach (talk) 13:48, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 11:28, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Cool graphics. – Sca (talk) 12:55, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Nice! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 22:13, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Janke | Talk 07:28, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Could use restoration, but that could just be a D&R later. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 21:01, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 10:20, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 12:22, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 09:16, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Joséphine Baker par Jean Chassaing.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:08, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hurricane Milton

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Reason: Quality image of Hurricane Milton at its peak ~~intensity~~ category (Category 5) over the Gulf of Mexico in October 2024. We have very few hurricane FPs that show the curvature of Earth. This shows it and I think that's a plus. This was shot from the International Space Station. The control arm on top helps establish the viewing angle/location. The image is noisy, but I think the high pixel count more or less makes up for it.
Articles in which this image appears: Hurricane Milton
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Weather
Creator: NASA/Michael Barratt

Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 23:34, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – Underwhelming, IMO. Meh. – Sca (talk) 12:33, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support – The problem with taking pictures out the window of the ISS is the same as with taking them out the window of an airplane; there's always going to be at least a little schmutz and optical interference from the glass. That said, I think the hurricane itself looks pretty good. Moonreach (talk) 18:24, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral – It is a good shot, don't get me wrong, but the tropical cyclone had a clouded eye and was not at its peak intensity when this image was taken. I do not believe this is a good example of a tropical cyclone and would not want it as the lead image of Tropical cyclone. _ZZ^Z 'S 23:48, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fair point, the source says this photo was shot at its peak category (cat 5), not peak intensity. Bammesk (talk) 16:08, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:50, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination didn’t reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:50, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Monolith, the Face of Half Dome

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Reason: notable photograph, high quality and resolution
Articles in which this image appears: Monolith, the Face of Half Dome, Ansel Adams, Half Dome
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others
Creator: Ansel Adams

Support as nominator – Yann (talk) 20:20, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - I'm seeing significant banding in the sky, and JPG artefacting is pretty bad. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 20:26, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Crisco 1492: Yes, right. That version can't be corrected, but I found other versions, of higher resolution and less compression. Tell me what do you think. Yann (talk) 19:09, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support I think this version crosses the bar. Wild that the falling snow is visible — Chris Woodrich (talk) 03:09, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose — I'm sorry, but this is another one where you can count the pixels up close. I'd support a higher-resolution copy of the same photo, though. Moonreach (talk) 17:02, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Moonreach: The last version is nearly 23 Mpx, which pretty big for an old picture, and bigger than most FP. Yann (talk) 17:57, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It's not about the file size. It's that, when I look at the largest version at 100% scaling, I can see individual pixels. I think this was upscaled at some point. Moonreach (talk) 18:02, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Moonreach: I see what you mean. I downscaled it a bit. @Crisco 1492: Still OK for you? Yann (talk) 11:20, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Yann I'm not sure you downscaled it enough. The pixels in the image appear to be somewhere between 2x2 and 3x3. I'd think you'd want to reduce it to at least 50% it's original size (something like 2048x2800). --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 20:11, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Moonreach: OK, I found another version: no banding, sharper, and more details in the dark area. Hopefully, that's the good one. Yann (talk) 21:09, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The last comment was from Ahecht, but since you pinged me I should mention that this new version has white lines at the upper left and lower right, as though the photo were scanned slightly crooked. Moonreach (talk) 15:51, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Moonreach, Yann: In addition to being darker, the latest one also appears to have some cropping at the top compared to the previous one. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 15:59, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Is https://orthoslogos.fr/photographie/pictorial-photography/ better? Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 11:56, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Adam is right. Updated. Thanks for finding this copy. Yann (talk) 08:54, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There is an argument for uploading images from different sources as seperate files: If there's damage, it can help make repairing it easier, and it avoids the situation we have here, where there's two sources given, one of which is irrelevant to the one in question. I'd probably tease the variants out; I do think this is eminently featurable, but the nomination closes in two days, and it may be best to let this close and immediately renomnate, citing that it took a while to find the best version. Conditional Support on fixing up the source documentation on the file page if it helps, though. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 18:14, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I think that having a dozen inferior versions of the same work of art doesn't help reusers. It would only confuse them. I mention the source for each version, in case someone wants to look into the details. I edited the sources mentioned. Yann (talk) 18:42, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Those links won't last forever. That's what Commons:Template:superseded is for. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 17:17, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support – nice find. Also support a renomination, per Adam. Bammesk (talk) 01:19, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:33, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Cytoplasmic streaming

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 30 Oct 2024 at 18:53:25 (UTC)

Original – Cytoplasmic streaming in onion epidermal cell

Reason: Good depiction of cytoplasmic streaming, in this case streaming in onion epidermal cells. Onion cells are typically 200 x 40 microns in size.
Articles in which this image appears: Cytoplasmic streaming
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Biology
Creator: Heiti Paves

Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 18:53, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 20:27, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – _ZZ^Z 'S 20:45, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:22, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – Visual information not readily intelligible to general readers/viewers. – Sca (talk) 12:35, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Moonreach (talk) 16:43, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 12:22, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 10:55, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Cytoplasmic streaming.webm --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:54, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Eurasian chaffinch

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Reason: Unanimously featured on Commons two weeks ago. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears: Eurasian chaffinch
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator: Caroline Legg

Support as nominator – MER-C 11:08, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 14:59, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 20:15, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – _ZZ^Z 'S 20:44, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:24, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support High quality, good EV --Tagooty (talk) 09:04, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 12:22, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Male Chaffinch - Fringilla coelebs.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 11:26, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ganges Delta

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 30 Oct 2024 at 10:44:42 (UTC)

Reason: Unanimously featured on Commons two weeks ago. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears: Ganges Delta, Ganges
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking back
Creator: European Space Agency

Support as nominator – MER-C 10:44, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support --UnpetitproleX (talk) 12:20, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:00, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 20:09, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – _ZZ^Z 'S 20:44, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:25, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – individual pixels quite clear at full magnification. Moonreach (talk) 16:17, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – The far left side is unsharp and pixelated, as if the pixels are misaligned. Bammesk (talk) 01:01, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Ganges Delta ESA22274217.jpeg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 11:24, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nude Descending a Staircase

Voting period ends on 7 Nov 2024 at 14:11:00 (UTC)

Reason: notable painting with its own article
Articles in which this image appears: Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2, and many others
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator: Marcel Duchamp, image by Philadelphia Museum of Art

Support as nominator – Yann (talk) 14:11, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose as is. Pixelated highly compressed jpeg file. See the darker areas close to the left edge. Bammesk (talk) 01:28, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Bammesk: What do you think if the image is downscaled to 2000 x 3300 pixels? Yann (talk) 14:00, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose - downscaling won't help, since it's actually posterisation, not only pixelisation. Still visible. --Janke | Talk 20:02, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
OK, withdrawn. Yann (talk) 20:24, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 01:36, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Withdrawn nomination. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 01:36, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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