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East End of Rundle and Whitemans Pond

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Original – East End of Rundle and Whitemans Pond seen from the Ha Ling Trail, Bow Valley Wildland Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada.
Reason
Recently featured unanimously on Commons, used in the article's infobox.
Articles in which this image appears
East End of Rundle
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator
The Cosmonaut

Promoted File:East End of Rundle and Whitemans Pond.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 20:37, 1 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Eid al-Fitr prayer at the Taj Mahal

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Original – Indian Muslims praying during Eid al-Fitr at the Taj Mahal, Agra, India.
Reason
High quality. Good composition. Good EV. Also it can be featured in the upcoming POTD on the day of the feast.
Articles in which this image appears
Eid al-Fitr
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Religion and mythology
Creator
Iansourav
  • Support as nominator – ― Howard • 🌽33 22:19, 22 March 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose Way down in the article so not so much EV. Taj Mahal not at its best in this 'side' view with two towers obscured. Charlesjsharp ( talk) 00:02, 23 March 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Comment Oppose – Composition seems quite predictable. Little visual interest or EV – Cf. this pic of the bldg. – Sca ( talk) 13:52, 23 March 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose – per Charles, but mostly per Sca. Also, the blown highlights near the minarets and the overexposed sky. The Herald (Benison) ( talk) 16:47, 28 March 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose on EV. The article text doesn't mention the Taj Mahal at all, nor is it clear which part of the text the image is illustrating. -- Paul_012 ( talk) 09:49, 30 March 2024 (UTC) reply
    Are these colours natural? They look a little oversaturated for the robes Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 01:58, 2 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Not Promoted -- Armbrust The Homunculus 23:24, 1 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Laura Clay

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Original – Laura Clay, American suffragist, in 1916
Reason
High quality image used as lead. High resolution, high EV.
Articles in which this image appears
Laura Clay, Gerhard Sisters
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Others
Creator
Gerhard Sisters, restored by FatCat96
Support in that (per Adam) case. The Herald (Benison) ( talk) 06:26, 26 March 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support Though I'd suggest using the brush tool set to hue in order to fix some colour deviations. Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 18:28, 24 March 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – Bammesk ( talk) 00:24, 25 March 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose - serious damage/artifacts around the face, visible posterisation/JPEG artifacts towards the bottom. MER-C 19:23, 26 March 2024 (UTC) reply
User:MER-C, I fixed the area next to her face (next to her chin), and I restored the pixel level integrity of the nom version to that of the original scan from the source (University of Kentucky). Now the restored (nominated) image differs from the original only in the retouched areas. It's as good as it gets (given the original). User:FatCat96, I took the liberty of taking (and using) your restored version and uploading an updated version on top. I hope you don't mind. Thank you for your restorations and nominations. Bammesk ( talk) 01:48, 28 March 2024 (UTC) reply
I'll remain in the oppose column. That removed the artifacts around the face but the face and neck has the same problem. MER-C 11:18, 28 March 2024 (UTC) reply
That's on the original itself. It looks very much like brushwork to add texture to her skin. Not defects. That’s not something we restore or remove, unless there was a good reason for it. Bammesk ( talk) 02:01, 29 March 2024 (UTC) reply
It's generally signs of image editing that aged poorly Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 02:41, 31 March 2024 (UTC) reply
Victorian image editing. Like, physical edits to the negative. Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 05:13, 3 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Promoted File:Laura Clay by the Gerhard Sisters, 1916.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 07:28, 3 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Grey-breasted partridge

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Original – Gray-breasted Partridge (Arborophila orientalis). Kawah Ijen Merapi Unggup-unggup Nature Preserve, Banyuwangi Regency, East Java, Indonesia
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC last year, where it was featured unanimously. Illustrates article well (infobox image). Near threatened.
Articles in which this image appears
Grey-breasted partridge
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
JJ Harrison
  • Support as nominator – MER-C 11:44, 24 March 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – Good environmental capture, but suggest a moderate crop from right. (Target is a rather stumpy 130 words, but that's probably enough for a copy block.) – Sca ( talk) 13:28, 25 March 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – The environments looks great, but I won't mind a crop either. The Herald (Benison) ( talk) 15:31, 25 March 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support agree about the crop but only the photographer should make the crop. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Charlesjsharp ( talk • contribs)
Previous comment posted by MER-C – Sca ( talk) 16:01, 27 March 2024 (UTC) reply
That was Charlesjsharp, not me. MER-C 17:17, 27 March 2024 (UTC) reply
Oh, sorry. -- Sca ( talk) 16:47, 28 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Promoted File:Gray-breasted Partridge 0A2A3088.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 21:21, 3 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Because he wanted to put a little spring, summer, autumn, and winter in someone's mind

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Original – Giuseppe Arcimboldo created Four Seasons in One Head for his writer friend Gregorio Comanini circa 1590, this oil painting occupies the walls of National Gallery of Art, Washington, U.S. currently.
Reason
High quality image by Archimboldo, used as prominent works in the artist's page as well as an example of synesthesia in artworks.
Articles in which this image appears
Giuseppe Arcimboldo and Synesthesia in art
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Giuseppe Arcimboldo

Promoted File:Giuseppe Arcimboldo - Four Seasons in One Head - Google Art Project.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 21:34, 5 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Leo von Klenze

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Original – Leo von Klenze in 1856
Reason
Good quality and resolution
Articles in which this image appears
Leo von Klenze etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
Creator
Franz Hanfstaengl

Not promoted -- The Herald (Benison) ( talk) 17:34, 6 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Gustav III, Act III (redux)

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Original – Set design for Act III of Daniel Auber's Gustave III
Reason
Not sure why this failed to reach quorum last month. There's examples - I should prepare one - of the process from this sort of thing to a 3D maquette (and presumably to stage, but the actual stages were rarely photographed; you sometimes got newspaper impressions) and they're clearly stages of a design process, so it's pretty fair to call this a set design.
Articles in which this image appears
Gustave III (Auber), Pierre-Luc-Charles Cicéri
FP category for this image
WP:FP/THEATRE
Creator
Pierre-Luc-Charles Cicéri, restored by Adam Cuerden
  • Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 23:30, 26 March 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – The Herald (Benison) ( talk) 01:22, 27 March 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose I don't think you should renominate so soon, Adam. I gave a reasoned argument against the nomination so you shouldn't be unsure why it failed to reach quorum. Not quite the same as my juvenile wombat which just failed - 4 support votes and no negative comments. Charlesjsharp ( talk) 21:24, 27 March 2024 (UTC) reply
    Okay. To make this a simple series of points instead of a rant:
    1. This is a very standard sort of image for FP status. We've regularly promoted similar artworks for opera - there's seventeen in Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre. Indeed, we promoted one earlier in February.
    2. I read your statement; I responded to your statement at the time, and you never commented again. You still haven't clarified your point.
    3. Nothing about your previous statement was framed as an objection. It was a comment about whether this counted as a set design, which I responded to both there, and in the introduction here.
    4. You did not vote oppose last nomination. There were zero opposes.
    5. You've never stated how this being an early stage in the set design - from which we know the final designs were made - ruins its EV.
    6. Even if we accept this isn't finished set design but a concept for one, no other parts of the process exist except this one for this opera. It's from 1833; before illustrated newspapers and before photography, and this opera neither has a maquette like File:Marcel Jambon - Giuseppe Verdi - Otello Act I set design model.jpg nor a post-production artwork like File:Luigi Verardi after Dominico Ferri - Gaetano Donizetti - Carrefour de St Jean et Paul. Dans l'Opéra Marino Faliero.jpg (Well, there's this image of a different scene but that has major issues of its own: Stages don't exist in portrait orientation, so its probably much, much more inaccurate and impressionistic than anything under consideration.) As such, this is the most reliable source for the opera.
    7. This the only image of his work in Cicéri's article, and I'd say an example of Ciceri's work is of high EV in the other article.
    8. I've reviewed every single example of Cicéri's work on Gallica (at least that comes up from a author search by him), and
      • Due, I presume, to when he worked, the vast, vast majority of his work isn't able to be assigned an opera or play.
      • There's not a lot of his more finished works that survive. This, and the unidentified [1] are probably his best surviving work, at least on Gallica. (Ones I'd consider somewhat close are: [2], [3] (unidentified ), [4], [5], [6], [7])
      • In one, and only one case, can I compare one of his works to a post-production lithograph. Now, I wouldn't necessarily trust a lithograph or other published illustratiosn of an opera to be perfectly accurate in pre-photography days, but this set design from Robert le Diable and this lithograph) are similar enough that I'd presume a lot of the differences are down to inaccuracies in the lithograph (after all, it's by necessity an impression of the stage design, probably not actually sketched from the same angle it's presented from) at least as much as any changes in the design later on.
    -- Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 22:12, 27 March 2024 (UTC) reply
  • My oppose here is because I don't think we should be nominating again so soon. There isn't rule against it but that doesn't mean I have to agree with it. I saw your explantion on the first nomination but my comment still stands: 'This is the artist's signed watercolour which was presumably used for the set design. It is not the set design.' So the problem is not the EV of the image, it is the description which the rules say 'Properly identifies the main subject'. Charlesjsharp ( talk) 15:24, 28 March 2024 (UTC) reply
    I mean, I don't see how it's any different than any other illustration of the set design. People know it's not a photograph of the stage. Do you disagree that Gallica labels it as a set design? Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 15:42, 28 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Promoted File:Pierre-Luc-Charles Cicéri - Act III set design for the première production of Daniel Auber's Gustave III.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 23:19, 6 April 2024 (UTC) reply

James VI and I

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Original – James VI and I, c. 1605
Reason
High quality and resolution. Good digitization
Articles in which this image appears
James VI and I etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Royalty and nobility
Creator
Portrait attributed to John de Critz

Promoted File:JamesIEngland.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 23:24, 6 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Man

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 7 Apr 2024 at 16:43:06 (UTC)

Original – A man with a beard, outdoors, with his arms crossed
Reason
First and foremost, the EV. It's a high quality image, selcted as the lead image of Man after very rigorous discussion and consensus.
Articles in which this image appears
Man
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People
Creator
Goodfreephotos.com, uploaded by Levivich to Commons
  • Support as nominator – The Herald (Benison) ( talk) 16:43, 28 March 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose Has zero EV. Discussion was not rigorous, just a few self-appointed people who think they have the right to choose this image. Undemocratic nonsense. Charlesjsharp ( talk) 20:37, 28 March 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Strong Oppose As previously noted, has zero EV. Also not visually interesting, looks almost generated by AI. Under no circumstances should this be a "featured picture". - LegalSmeagolian ( talk) 23:33, 28 March 2024 (UTC) reply
  • It does have a bit of a "passport photo" composition, doesn't it? Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 11:06, 30 March 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose This is a good photo of this person, but not of FA standard. Without even wanting to look into the discussion in the article, it seems odd to only have a single lead image given that huge differences in appearance are one of the features of humans as a species. Nick-D ( talk) 21:47, 1 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose – A single image should not be representing a topic as broad as Man. 🐱FatCat96🐱 Chat with Cat 03:46, 2 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Not Promoted -- Armbrust The Homunculus 17:39, 7 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Europa Clipper commemorative plate

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Original – Europa Clipper commemorative plate features waveforms that are visual representations of the sound waves formed by the word “water” in 103 languages
Reason
High quality image
Articles in which this image appears
Europa Clipper
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Others
Creator
NASA/JPL Photolab Studio
  • Support as nominator – Artem.G ( talk) 18:30, 28 March 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – Bammesk ( talk) 03:22, 29 March 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Comment Oppose – Visual information not readily intelligible to general readers/viewers. – Sca ( talk) 12:51, 30 March 2024 (UTC) reply
    that's why there is a caption that describes what one can see there. Artem.G ( talk) 15:59, 30 March 2024 (UTC) reply
    The character of the image influences whether readers choose to read captions. -- Sca ( talk) 16:03, 1 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – Creative. High quality photo. ― Howard • 🌽33 19:31, 30 March 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – The Herald (Benison) ( talk) 04:31, 31 March 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support - Moonreach ( talk) 14:27, 1 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – Hamid Hassani ( talk) 03:00, 3 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Comment lighting seems needlessly uneven. ©Geni ( talk) 16:47, 3 April 2024 (UTC) reply
I agree. It's distracting. I suppose it's an artistic choice. It would've been better with uniform lighting. Bammesk ( talk) 02:19, 5 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Promoted File:Europa Clipper commemorative plate 1.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 20:43, 7 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Effects of cache partitioning

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Original – Effects of cache partitioning on cache timing attacks
Reason
This is my first time nominating a featured picture, I think this is a quality picture that is able to accurately depict the effects of one of the most successful defences against Cross-site leaks in the last decade. Cache partitioning is a feature in most modern browsers that prevent cache timing attacks (a type of Cross-site leak) from occuring. Before the introduction of Cache partitioning, an attacker could gain information about a different site (say Gmail) by checking how long a particular image took to load. If a image took a small amount of time to load, the attacker could infer that the image was previously used by the website (since the image would be stored in the Web cache). Similarly, if the image took too long to load, a attacker could infer that the image had not been previously loaded by the other website. With cache partitioning, both a cached image and an uncached image from a different site will take approximately the same amount of time to resolve blocking this kind of information leakage.
Articles in which this image appears
Cross-site leaks
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Diagrams,_drawings,_and_maps/Diagrams
Creator
Sohom Datta
  • Support as nominator – Sohom ( talk) 18:36, 7 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose - too esoteric and difficult to understand for the average viewer. Visually, it's just a couple of diagrams. -- Janke | Talk 19:41, 7 April 2024 (UTC) reply
    @ Janke The fact that this diagram illustrates a fairly esoteric concept itself should be a reason for a FP. To my knowledge, a graph demonstrating the effect of cache partitioning on cache timing attacks does not exist even on the wider internet as of yet. Also, even if we do find one, there is a very slim chance that it will be near the quality of this picture since those tend to be pixelated and embedded in research paper (which are mostly non-free).
    Additionally, this picture would also be a good addition to Timing attacks since it demonstrates the concept behind the attack. Sohom ( talk) 20:56, 7 April 2024 (UTC) reply
    I'm open to open-sourcing the dataset and methodology if that helps my case :) Sohom ( talk) 21:01, 7 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose – Visual information not readily intelligible to general readers/viewers. Gobbledygook. No target article. – Sca ( talk) 14:08, 8 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • I'd like to withdraw my nom here. Based on the opposes, it's clear to me that FP is not the intended audience here. I assume the opposers have access to an abundance of high quality graphs that depict and demonstrate timing attacks in much better ways than mine and my contributions are indeed just gobbledygook and intelligible. Thank you for the feedback. Sohom ( talk) 15:19, 8 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Not Promoted -- Armbrust The Homunculus 18:03, 8 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X

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Original – Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X meet before a press conference.
  • ALT 1: Original, TIFF
    ALT 1: Original, TIFF
  • ALT 2: Original, edited, JPEG
    ALT 2: Original, edited, JPEG
  • ALT 3: Crop 1, JPEG
    ALT 3: Crop 1, JPEG
  • ALT 4: Crop 2, JPEG
    ALT 4: Crop 2, JPEG
  • ALT 5: Crop 3, JPEG
    ALT 5: Crop 3, JPEG
  • ALT 6: Crop 4, edited, JPEG
    ALT 6: Crop 4, edited, JPEG
  • ALT 7: Crop 5, AI enhanced, JPEG
    ALT 7: Crop 5, AI enhanced, JPEG
Reason
While it is a rather blurry photo, it is the only we will ever have of the single encounter between these two historical figures.
Articles in which this image appears
Civil rights movement, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, , Civil Rights Act of 1964, African-American history, Black suffrage, The Meeting (play)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA History
Creator
Marion S. Trikosko
Why the cropped one, though? Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 20:25, 30 March 2024 (UTC) reply
The uncropped original isn't present anywhere in the English Wikipedia. ― Howard • 🌽33 21:15, 30 March 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose I don't think this AI-enhancement brought anything useful. Beside this, File:MLK and Malcolm X USNWR cropped (Remini enhanced).jpg is sharper. Yann ( talk) 13:05, 31 March 2024 (UTC) reply
    if it's AI enhanced, straight Oppose. There's probably cases for AI usage in restoration - to generate a missing bit of paper texture, say - but the AI tools are not meant for "hit button and you're done" use on archival imagery, and the lack of documentation thereof is a problem Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 21:42, 1 April 2024 (UTC) reply
    I wasn't aware the nominated image was AI enhanced in any way. In that case, we could merely replace all instances of the image with the uncropped original. ― Howard • 🌽33 23:57, 1 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • @ Yann, Adam Cuerden, and Howardcorn33:, the nom image is not the AI enhanced version. The AI enhanced version is File:MLK and Malcolm X USNWR cropped (Remini enhanced).jpg and it is clearly distinct when viewed at full size. FYI, on 8 June 2022 an AI version was uploaded Here, but shortly after a few hours it was correctly reverted to the previous non-AI version. I have gone on and uploaded the original TIFF file from the Library of Congress Here, and I have updated the "other versions" fields in all of our now seven versions of this photo. Bammesk ( talk) 02:07, 2 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Personally I prefer This crop, or similar. It is the least distracting. I would vote support if it was created from the full resolution TIFF original (possibly with some adjustments to contrast, etc.). Bammesk ( talk) 02:15, 2 April 2024 (UTC) reply
Still oppose. I think File:MartinLutherKingMalcolmX.jpg is better. Why not feature the original version? I changed the gallery nom's category. Yann ( talk) 11:32, 2 April 2024 (UTC) reply
I am sure User:Yann meant, diff, the "nomination's category", not "gallery", so I fixed it. Bammesk ( talk) 00:34, 3 April 2024 (UTC) reply
Yes. For me, a category is in the Category namespace. Yann ( talk) 09:38, 3 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose Wikipedia should not feature cropped archive images. Charlesjsharp ( talk) 13:50, 1 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Comment: I've taken it upon myself to include all variations of the photo and shown it in the gallery. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Howardcorn33 ( talk • contribs)
  • Comment Personally, I prefer the uncropped image, although I take Howard's point that it can't be nominated if it isn't used in an article. Another problem, not yet mentioned, is that all the versions, including the edited and enhanced ones, still have quite a bit of dust, hair, and other blemishes that need to be cleaned up before they meet the standards expected of most historical FPCs. In my opinion all of the enhanced versions are unsuccessful, partly because they don't address this problem, and partly for other reasons. The Remini AI version, in particular, is a monstrosity from some kind of hell dimension, with its weird blue halos around the eyeglasses and its unnatural juxtaposition of noisy textured surfaces and waxy smooth surfaces. (My opinion, which I admit has no support in policy, is that this kind of vandalism of historical photos ought to be banned from the Commons as having no conceivable educational purpose.) I wonder if better results might be achieved by going back to the original tiff, cropping the black borders, increasing the contrast by a small amount, carefully removing all the dust and crud, and leaving the rest alone. Choliamb ( talk) 13:22, 6 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • I agree about the AI-enhanced version. Please nominate it for deletion. Yann ( talk) 18:28, 6 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Not Promoted -- Armbrust The Homunculus 19:46, 9 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Ford Strikers Riot

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Original – Members of the United Auto Workers beat a "strike breaker" during a picket-line protest at the Ford River Rouge plant in Dearborn, Michigan.
Reason
1942 Pulitzer Prize for Photography
Articles in which this image appears
Ford Strikers Riot, Pulitzer Prize for Photography, 1942 Pulitzer Prize, Milton Brooks, etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA History
Creator
Milton Brooks
  • Support as nominator I found a copy large enough for FPC. Quality is so-so, but this is a Pulitzer Prize winner. – Yann ( talk) 23:34, 30 March 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – The Herald (Benison) ( talk) 04:31, 31 March 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Comment I cleaned more scratches and spots. Yann ( talk) 14:23, 31 March 2024 (UTC) reply
    It is a bit JPEG-artifacty. A lot of the blurriness is from that Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 17:14, 31 March 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Conditional Support, once the original crop is restored – It's an action shot, with expected motion blur, and it's a historic photo. I suspect a higher quality scan wouldn't be much different, so it's a 'Support' for me. Good lead image in the riot article, and it's a Pulitzer winner. Bammesk ( talk) 02:38, 2 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • @ Yann: your last upload on March 31 needs to be fixed. On the center of the image, on the back of the man being hit, there is a long horizontal 'cloned trace'. The previous uploads don't have that. Bammesk ( talk) 01:38, 5 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • OOPS. Fixed. Thanks for noticing. Yann ( talk) 19:24, 5 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • @ Yann: I think the uncropped version is much better. The crop just made the composition more busy. Also, it's the uncropped version that won the Pulitzer, so we shouldn't change it. Bammesk ( talk) 15:01, 7 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • I changed my vote to conditional support. I am open to cropping historic photos, but I don't think we should change the composition (the crop) of an award winning photograph. Bammesk ( talk) 00:40, 8 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • @ Bammesk: I think it is the opposite. I followed Toohool with this crop (3rd version), who said as upload summary: "re-cropped to the portion that was printed in 1941 - cropped portions could still be under copyright". And my crop is actually a few pixels larger, avoiding cutting the man at left. Yann ( talk) 07:25, 8 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Comment – Tells the story fairly well, but question whether it meets Criterion No. 3, even tho it's 1942. Wartime strikes presumably were widely covered. (Perhaps Ford Strikers Riot should be the first target?) – Sca ( talk) 14:20, 3 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support per Bammesk. (I do however see what looks to me like a fairly obvious scratch on the extended right arm of the young man at left. It's not too conspicuous, but as usual with these things, once you see it you can't unsee it.) Choliamb ( talk) 13:40, 6 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Promoted File:Ford Strikers Riot.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 12:01, 10 April 2024 (UTC) reply

The church with a magnetic personality

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Original – The aurora borealis or northern lights over the Víkurkirkja church at Vík í Mýrdal in Iceland on a clear night.
Reason
A really good image with beautiful composition, excellent EV (for both Aurora and the church) and previous nom could not reach necessary quorum with no opposes.
Articles in which this image appears
Aurora and Vík í Mýrdal
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Atmospheric optics
Creator
AstroAnthony in Commons

Promoted File:Church of light.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 12:07, 10 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Victorious Youth

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Original – The Victorious Youth, Getty Bronze, also known as Atleta di Fano, or Lisippo di Fano, is a Greek bronze sculpture, made between 300 and 100 BC,[1] in the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Pacific Palisades, California.
Reason
Featured recently on Commons. Objections were due to the nomination being an incoherent set and not the images themselves. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears
Victorious Youth, Bronze sculpture
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Sculpture
Creator
Unknown, photograph: The J. Paul Getty Museum

Promoted File:Statue of a Victorious Youth, front - Getty Museum (77.AB.30).jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 19:23, 10 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Wood stork and Yacare caiman

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Original – Wood stork (Mycteria americana) and juvenile yacare caiman (Caiman yacare), the Pantanal, Brazil.
Reason
Featured on Commons two years ago. Not the lead image but illustrates predator and prey.
Articles in which this image appears
Wood stork, Yacare caiman
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Others
Creator
Charles J. Sharp
  • Support as nominator – MER-C 18:11, 31 March 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – The Herald (Benison) ( talk) 05:27, 1 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support Thanks for the nomination. When I snapped the bird I hadn't seen the caiman! Charlesjsharp ( talk) 13:46, 1 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose - I think it's too hard to see the darker parts of the bird against the background. Moonreach ( talk) 14:26, 1 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose Per Moonreach - the bird and caiman are indistinct against the background, which limits EV Nick-D ( talk) 21:44, 1 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support, great photo! Artem.G ( talk) 11:44, 2 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • I can't notice any difference I'm afraid: the water reflections still make it hard to distinguish the caiman and stork. It's a good photo, but the reflections limit the EV. Nick-D ( talk) 21:17, 2 April 2024 (UTC) reply
    It's very distinct at full size, and, honestly, a certain amount of blending is probably unavoidable. Support Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 16:20, 4 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support the better version that has been uploaded, I agree with previous editors that the first version was too indistinct, but it is my belief that this new one is an improvement and the subjects are more clear against the water. Nominator might be well served pinging the previous voters. LegalSmeagolian ( talk) 16:11, 5 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Promoted File:Wood stork (Mycteria americana) and Yacare caiman.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 19:27, 10 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Great Sphinx of Tanis

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Original – Great Sphinx of Tanis at the Louvre museum
Reason
High quality lead image in the Tanis Sphinx article. This sculpture potentially dates back to around 2000 BC or perhaps earlier. I placed the image in the infobox today. It replaced a very similar lower quality image, so I think we can take an exception to the 7-day waiting period. The resolution is high 9700x7900 pixels. It was shot with a medium format camera. The uploader and photographer User:Shonagon works at the Louvre museum according to their Wikidata page.
Articles in which this image appears
Great Sphinx of Tanis
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Sculpture
Creator
Unknown, Louvre Museum, photographer: Shonagon
  • Support as nominator – Bammesk ( talk) 02:20, 1 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose Has to stay in article for longer for nomination. Charlesjsharp ( talk) 13:44, 1 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support - Great picture. I think the argument that this replaces a longstanding lesser-quality image is just convincing enough to waive the wait period. At the same time, this isn't a 1:1 replacement of a lower-res image, it's a new photo of the same sculpture from a similar angle, and a week wouldn't have been that long to wait before making the nomination. Since this is the nomination in front of us, I'll support it, but waiting out the week would have been better. Moonreach ( talk) 14:24, 1 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – Quite good rez of a striking subject. (Crop could be tightened a bit at sides, tho.) – Sca ( talk) 15:59, 1 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose the lighting is not great, I understand the subject is in a museum where the photographer does not control the lighting but alas. LegalSmeagolian ( talk) 20:39, 1 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – Vinícius O. ( talk) 23:52, 7 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – The Herald (Benison) ( talk) 10:39, 10 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Promoted File:Grand sphinx de Tanis - Musée du Louvre Antiquités égyptiennes N 23 ; A 23 ; Salt 3837.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 05:31, 11 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Fraunhofer lines

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Original – Fraunhofer lines, absorption dips in the sun's spectral radiation
Reason
Quality image shows the physical phenomenon Fraunhofer lines, which are the absorption dips in the optical spectrum of the sun. The dips are caused by the absorption of sun's radiated energy by atoms in the sun's atmosphere. This phenomenon was first observed in 1814. The nominated image is a recent quality measurement and dates to 2022. The image is not in the infobox, but it is properly placed next to a corresponding table which lists the dips, their wavelengths and the corresponding atoms.
Articles in which this image appears
Fraunhofer lines
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Understanding
Creator
Cyamahat

Promoted File:Solar spectral irradiance.svg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 05:35, 11 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse

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Original – The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, Baltimore, Maryland
Reason
Odd format, but incredible encyclopedic value.
Articles in which this image appears
Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse (lead image of which is a still)
FP category for this image
We have another bridge collapse at Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA History, so...
Creator
National Transportation Safety Board
  • Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 05:11, 1 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose Too long and not very interesting. The EV would be in the amazing live video of the collapse. Charlesjsharp ( talk) 13:42, 1 April 2024 (UTC) reply
    Same. For what it's worth, I'd propose this image. There are a lot of very good images connected to this event, it's just a question of finding which ones are best. Moonreach ( talk) 14:19, 1 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose – Sorry, but vids of the event have flooded the net since March 26, along with countless news stories. All too familiar. – Sca ( talk) 15:50, 1 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – Seems to pass all criteria, high EV, good quality. 🐱FatCat96🐱 Chat with Cat 03:40, 2 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Weak oppose – interesting and high EV but also unwieldy to have such a long video, will users even watch the whole thing? LegalSmeagolian ( talk) 14:43, 2 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – For the EV. Users interested in the subject will appreciate having the video in the article as they read the text. It shows a clear close-up view on the day of the collapse. Bammesk ( talk) 00:49, 3 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • oppose Still reviewing but the first 21 seconds isn't really needed and the drone propellers enter the shot at 5:15. Might be worth trying to cut something together as an edited highlight. ©Geni ( talk) 16:44, 3 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Not Promoted -- Armbrust The Homunculus 05:36, 11 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Sebkha of Oran (Salt lake)

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Original – The Sebkha of Oran is a salt lake located within the territory of the municipality of Misserghin, in the province of Oran, Algeria.
Reason
I found the timing of the shot to be perfect for capturing a unique location in Oran, Algeria called Sebkha.
Articles in which this image appears
Sebkha of Oran
FP category for this image
Natural phenomena
Creator
Terki hassaine samir

Not Promoted -- The Herald (Benison) ( talk) 10:53, 12 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Drip painting

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Original – An example of the drip painting technique
Reason
Since nothing by Jackson Pollock appears to be available with a free license, this is a good substitute, showing an (admittedly less-than-abstract) example of the technique. Large, colorful, eye-catching, with a free CC-BY-SA license. The article is short, but informative. (Oops, just noted it's been only 5 or 6 days in the article... does that matter?)
Articles in which this image appears
Drip painting
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Ole Hedeager
  • Support as nominator – Janke | Talk 19:49, 2 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Comment As this is appears to be an original artwork by a living artist, I suspect that a VRT ticket confirming that they have released it under Wikipedia-friendly licences is needed. At present all we've got to go on is that an account with the same name as the claimed artist uploaded this, and that's a bit risky. Googling the name of the artist also doesn't return anything indicating their notability - all the returns seem to be websites or sales listings linked to them rather than works about the artist. Nick-D ( talk) 21:25, 2 April 2024 (UTC) reply
    Well, the nomination is not about the artist, but the drip painting technique, of which we have no other example, AFAIK. His contact info is on https://www.olehedeager.com/, somebody more experienced could ask for a VRT (assuming there is some support for this FPC)... -- Janke | Talk 07:12, 3 April 2024 (UTC) reply
    I emailed the artist myself, and asked him to send his permission to VRT. -- Janke | Talk 13:15, 3 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Conditional support if the author affirms a permissive license. Moonreach ( talk) 14:55, 10 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Not Promoted -- Armbrust The Homunculus 19:50, 12 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Challenger 2 Tank Firing

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A Challenger 2 tank on Castlemartin Ranges in Pembrokeshire, Wales fires a 'Squash-Head' practice round.
Reason
Image is OGL licensed, high resolution, and with the round in motion, showing gaseous discharge. Captures a very cool dynamic moment.
Articles in which this image appears
Challenger 2
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Land
Creator
Cpl Si Longworth

Promoted File:Challenger 2 Tank Firing a Shell MOD 45157421.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 06:36, 13 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Mexican vine snake

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Original – Mexican vine snake in El Palmar ecological reserve (Yucatán, Mexico).
Reason
FP on Commons; used in the article's infobox
Articles in which this image appears
Oxybelis aeneus
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Reptiles
Creator
The Cosmonaut
Lmao, man. Good one. The Herald (Benison) ( talk) 13:57, 6 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Promoted File:Mexican vine snake.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 11:08, 14 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Fishermen at work

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Original – Fishermen at work from Muzhappilangad Drive-in Beach in Kerala
Reason
It has good composition
Articles in which this image appears
Muzhappilangad Beach
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator
Shagil Kannur ( talk) 07:43, 6 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Not Promoted -- Armbrust The Homunculus 08:56, 16 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Signing of Paris Peace Accords

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Original – US Secretary of State William Rogers Signing the Paris Peace Accords, 27 January 1973, at Hotel Majestic, Paris
Alt1 – Actually the original
Alt2 – New version from scratch
Reason
Signing of an international peace accord, high EV, good quality
Articles in which this image appears
Paris Peace Accords, The Peninsula Paris, Vietnam stab-in-the-back myth
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/War
Creator
Robert LeRoy Knudsen, uploaded and cleaned by Hohum
  • Support as nominator – Yann ( talk) 13:36, 6 April 2024 (UTC) reply
I feel like it's been taken a little too blue while trying to fix yhe yellowing Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 14:52, 6 April 2024 (UTC) reply
OK, I corrected that. I added the original as alternative. It was in Adobe, and I moved it RGB color profile, which may explain the color issue. Yann ( talk) 17:22, 6 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Comment The caption isn't correct: the Vietnam War ended several years later. Nick-D ( talk) 01:35, 7 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Yes, two years later, but that was the objective of this diplomatic agreement. I edited the description to be more precise. Yann ( talk) 11:16, 7 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support Alt 2 – Bammesk ( talk) 15:09, 7 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose - visible grain and posterisation at file description page size, perhaps even in the thumbnail here. The TIFF has much less grain. MER-C 19:00, 7 April 2024 (UTC) reply
I changed my vote to Alt 2. Bammesk ( talk) 01:15, 9 April 2024 (UTC) reply
Alt 2 is certainly better, enough to withdraw my oppose. MER-C 18:27, 9 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Promoted File:Vietnam peace agreement signing, 27580141, new.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 16:38, 16 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Edward Weston, Armco Steel, Ohio

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Original – Edward Weston, Armco Steel, Ohio, 1922
Sepia
Reason
good quality copy of an iconic picture
Articles in which this image appears
Edward Weston, List of photographs considered the most important, AK Steel
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Machinery
Creator
Edward Weston, restored and uploaded by Yann
  • Support as nominator – Yann ( talk) 16:38, 6 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Comment – Question whether being a Weston photo makes this one interesting or informative. It's one of over a dozen pix in the Weston article. EV? – Sca ( talk) 13:00, 7 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support. I added a bit more about it to the Weston article, though there was already a fair amount there. Weston isn't really known for industrial photographs but this is probably his most important picture in that genre. blameless 02:02, 8 April 2024 (UTC) reply
    • I've also added it to AK Steel, replacing two very poor photographs. blameless 02:10, 8 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Comment – The original is a print [8] at MoMA. I am not sure about removing its tone. Otherwise it would be a support for me. Bammesk ( talk) 02:14, 9 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • This was printed from a black & white negative. We don't even know if the print was in sepia. In the 19th century, prints were done in sepia, but in 1922? I also proposing a sepia version. Yann ( talk) 10:10, 12 April 2024 (UTC) reply
    1922? Very common. That said, why is the MOMA one subtle sepia and this one all-in on sepia? Adobe RGB to sRGB conversion error? Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 13:50, 12 April 2024 (UTC) reply
I don't think the original print's tone is a flaw, or damage needing modification (FP criterion #8). Bammesk ( talk) 15:51, 13 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Not Promoted -- Armbrust The Homunculus 16:45, 16 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Joh Bjelke-Petersen

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Original – Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, c. 1980
Reason
Good quality. High resolution
Articles in which this image appears
Joh Bjelke-Petersen etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
Premier's Department, State Public Relations Bureau, Photographic Unit ( Queensland Government)

Not Promoted -- The Herald (Benison) ( talk) 02:11, 17 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Iberian lynx

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Original – Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus), Almuradiel, Ciudad Real, Spain.
Reason
Featured on Commons two months ago. Headline image. Endangered.
Articles in which this image appears
Iberian lynx
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
Diego Delso

Promoted File:Lince ibérico (Lynx pardinus), Almuradiel, Ciudad Real, España, 2021-12-19, DD 07.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 12:55, 17 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Clementine

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Original – Clementines - peeled and unpeeled. (It is the same clementine.)
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons. Clear EV.
Articles in which this image appears
Clementine
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Fruits
Creator
Rhododendrites
  • Support as nominator – MER-C 12:06, 7 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose – I doubt the EV, primarily because the lead image already is a very descriptive one and two, the image is pretty down in the article. The Herald (Benison) ( talk) 12:26, 7 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support - An excellent, simple photograph that illustrates the subject perfectly. While it's true this is the fourth photo down on the page, it's not an enormous article where the photo gets lost. Moonreach ( talk) 14:58, 10 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Comment - Are these clementines from the Death Star cafeteria? What's with the black mirror background? It would be nicer if they were on a plate or wooden cutting board or something where they didn't look so out of place. Nosferattus ( talk) 03:34, 13 April 2024 (UTC) reply
    Mainly responding to say "death star cafeteria" made me laugh. I feel like the reason people (like me in this case) use surfaces like this are to try to make an ordinary, everyday subject into something dramatic. It's like, if I'm going to take the time to set up a whole photo shoot for a piece of fruit, focus stack a whole lot of shots of that fruit, meticulously peel it, and do the whole thing over again then I might as well be consistent with treating it like a celebrity. That's a "why the photographer did this" explanation, though, and not a "what someone thinks would be most natural in an article" explanation. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 19:38, 13 April 2024 (UTC) reply
    Stupid question, maybe, but is only the highlighted area on the front of the left one in focus, or is that an illusion? Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 15:53, 13 April 2024 (UTC) reply
    It should all be in focus (it's two focus-stacked pictures composited next to each other). It got by the pixel peeping on Commons, anyway. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 19:38, 13 April 2024 (UTC) reply
    Support then. Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 03:30, 14 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – Giles Laurent ( talk) 10:56, 14 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – Bammesk ( talk) 01:22, 15 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Promoted File:Clementines (01014)s.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 12:59, 17 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Amália Rodrigues

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Original – Rodrigues in 1969
Alt – proposed crop
Reason
High quality and resolution
Articles in which this image appears
Amália Rodrigues
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Anefo
  • Thank you. I replaced the CSS image crop with the actual image (for backlinks). Armbrust The Homunculus 04:51, 19 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Promoted File:Amalia Rodrigues, Bestanddeelnr 922-1813 (cropped).jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 04:55, 19 April 2024 (UTC) reply

File:2024 Total Solar Eclipse (NHQ202404080201).jpg

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Original – Image of the April 8 2024 solar eclipse, the top half of the Washington Monument is at the bottom.
Reason
The framing of the image, is of high resolution, and the Washington Monument at the bottom half of the frame serves almost as a leading line pointing up to the eclipse. The foggy background adds to the dramatic effect.
Articles in which this image appears
Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Others
Creator
NASA/Bill Ingalls
Seems that's the top of the monument, rather than the top half. -- Sca ( talk) 02:00, 10 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Procedural oppose – Opposing all 2024 eclipse pictures for 10 days due to stability issues. Try renominating after a month or so, so that the image is stable in the articles The Herald (Benison) ( talk) 02:23, 10 April 2024 (UTC) reply
    Agreed. This is a great photo (well-composed, everything in focus, good color and gamut), it's just too soon. Moonreach ( talk) 15:00, 10 April 2024 (UTC) reply
    Aye. Little too soon. Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 23:33, 10 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Procedural oppose– As per above. X ( talk) 19:09, 13 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Not Promoted -- Armbrust The Homunculus 02:11, 20 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Vainakh tower architecture

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Original – An example of Vainakh tower architecture. This complex is a medieval military fortification in the Erzi Nature Reserve region of Ingushetia in Northern Caucasus.
Reason
Seems like a good example of Vainakh tower architecture, dating back to first century and medieval times in Chechnya and Ingushetia regions of Northern Caucasus. This photo is a military fortification in the medieval village of Erzi. According to the file description, these towers are around 95 feet (29 meters) high. I saw this on Commons FPC recently.
Articles in which this image appears
Erzi (village), Vainakh tower architecture, Ingush towers, Nakh peoples, +2
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Vyacheslav Argenberg
  • Support as nominator – Bammesk ( talk) 03:00, 11 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support - Moonreach ( talk) 16:37, 11 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • I had a look at this, and saw this image can be used in many other articles. MER-C 19:02, 11 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Promoted File:Caucasus, Ingushetia, Ингушские боевые и смотровые башни, горы Кавказа.jpg -- The Herald (Benison) ( talk) 04:21, 21 April 2024 (UTC) reply

The Hooded Man

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Original – A prisoner (Abdou Hussain Saad Faleh) at Abu Ghraib stands on a thin box, his head hooded and his fingers extended out and connected to wires.
ALT
Reason
While it does not fulfill the first criterion, it is undeniably a historical photo. This specific image is probably the most published version, and even appeared on the cover of The Economist. An alternate photo does exist, however this is the less widely distributed version and appears on no English wikipedia articles.
Articles in which this image appears
Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse, Abu Ghraib prison, Charles Graner, Seymour Hersh, Torture, Hooding, Criticism of the war on terror, Outline of the Iraq War, United States war crimes, List of photographs considered the most important
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/War
Creator
Ivan Frederick
  • Support as nominator – ― Howard • 🌽33 12:02, 11 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose - "appears on no English wikipedia articles" makes it ineligible. -- Janke | Talk 16:11, 11 April 2024 (UTC) reply
    Absolutely we should not promote the worse copy. Replace the image and then nominate. Though, really, we want a bigger copy if one exists. Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 17:36, 11 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Comment: Added a cropped version of the alternate. This one does not, however, meet the size requirement.
Waaay too tightly cropped. If it's cropped at all, it should be the same way as the original Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 16:26, 12 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Not Promoted -- Armbrust The Homunculus 12:18, 21 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Here kitty kitty

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 22 Apr 2024 at 09:05:44 (UTC)

Original – Domestic cat, a ten month old female.
Reason
High quality FP worthy picture with high EV, and a FP in various Wikis and Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Cat and Carnivora
FP category for this image
Mammals
Creator
Von.grzanka on Commons
One of the lead images in a GA infobox is not encyclopedic enought? We have promoted images with even lesser exposure. The Herald (Benison) ( talk) 10:02, 12 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose – Per Charles. Cute kitty, but nothing special. Przepraszam. – Sca ( talk) 12:18, 12 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose, per Charles. – Hamid Hassani ( talk) 09:35, 13 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Comment – I am puzzled by Charles' "No EV" oppose rationale. Can Charles or others elaborate as to what characteristic(s) must a photo have to pass the EV criterion #5 in regard to the Cat article? Also, can you point to a photo in the domestic cat category (or elsewhere on the web) that meets the EV criterion (not on the technical or compositional basis, but just on the EV basis)? Thanks. Pinging @ Charlesjsharp: since he does not participate here on a regular basis. Bammesk ( talk) 16:08, 13 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Fails on criterion #5. Does not add significant encyclopedic value to the article and does not help readers to understand the article. Unless you have never seen a cat before. Charlesjsharp ( talk) 16:36, 13 April 2024 (UTC) reply
Charlesjsharp, correct me if I am wrong, you are saying "cat" is a common subject, therefore no image of a cat can "add significant encyclopedic value to the (cat) article and help readers to understand the (cat) article"? Bammesk ( talk) 17:30, 13 April 2024 (UTC) reply
I've been pondering over the same question raised by Bammesk for the past 2 days. I don't understand the EV rationale by the oppose votes either. It says in the criterion that the image should add significant encyclopedic value to an article and helps readers to understand an article which this image fulfills clearly. The criterion also says picture's encyclopedic value (referred to as "EV") is given priority over its artistic value. The current candidate is used as an example of the member of species Cat in it's infobox. How can you add any more of encyclopedic value to a picture? When you imagine a cat, this is how it looks like. When you google a cat, this is what it shows. When you see an animal that looks like this, you can understand this is a cat. This is clear cut EV right there. I'd like to ping @ Sca and Hamid Hassani: also to the discussion for their take on encyclopedic value of a cat image. Any take would be much appreciated and will help me chose a better image next time (Since per FPC guidelines, All objections should be accompanied by a specific rationale that, if addressed, would make you support the image.) Also, you may suggest any alternate image too. Additionally, I'd like to ask Charles how this candidate is any different than your black kite nomination that seemingly is in the similar context. Thanks. The Herald (Benison) ( talk) 20:01, 13 April 2024 (UTC) reply
All black kites, as wild animals, look much the same. A high quality image can represent the species, either perched or flying, male or female (if you can tell the difference). Domesticated animals all look different and one image cannot represent them. Quite apart from that, this is a very ordinary image and there are hundreds of excellent cat images to choose from. Finally, we already have an FP. It is not as silly as the attempt to nominate a picture to represent 'MAN'. Charlesjsharp ( talk) 21:09, 14 April 2024 (UTC) reply
It's a cat. Period. -- Sca ( talk) 00:33, 14 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • True, but this is a ubiquitous wild animal, not one of 600 million cats. Charlesjsharp ( talk) 21:11, 14 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Comment: Good, cute picture; but the cat is hunched over, and its body is not completely visible, esp. from the side. – Hamid Hassani ( talk) 04:28, 15 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Comment: I do understand the oppose votes. Personally, I think this fails criterion #3: "Is among Wikipedia's best work." -- Janke | Talk 16:53, 16 April 2024 (UTC) reply
My inquiry (puzzlement) wasn't/isn't about the oppose "votes", my inquiry (call it critique) is about the oppose "rationale". Charles' rationale being "no EV" followed by ZERO elaboration. That's what was puzzling. As User:The Herald said above: "All objections should be accompanied by a specific rationale that, if addressed, would make you support the image" (per instructions on top of WP:FPC). The keyword is "specifics". User:Sca did offer some specifics when he wrote "nothing special", i.e. not an impressive image. But Charles' original oppose "rationale" offered ZERO specifics. Eventually, Charles finally offered some specifics in This diff by saying "very ordinary image". . . . . . On another note: not "among Wikipedia's best work" is a criterion, but by itself, with no elaboration whatsoever, it lacks "specifics". When you reject a nom, give the nominator "specifics", or at least give the nominator something, instead of nothing. Bammesk ( talk) 03:05, 17 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – I personally don't understand the reluctance to support this image. I thought it would be pretty obvious per the nominated reason. ― Howard • 🌽33 19:52, 16 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – EV is fine for me. Yann ( talk) 06:38, 17 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – Vinícius O. ( talk) 01:13, 18 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – I personally think it’s a very nice image of a very cute kitty. I don’t understand all the oppose votes. It represents the article well. Also, as the Herald stated, I don’t see how this nomination is any different from many of Charles nominations.   Kentuckian | 💬   05:06, 22 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Not Promoted -- Armbrust The Homunculus 10:20, 22 April 2024 (UTC) reply

William Howard Taft

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 23 Apr 2024 at 23:37:53 (UTC)

Original – William Howard Taft
Reason
Quite a nice image, a nightmare to restore; It's not absolutely perfect, but after a month on it, methinks I've gotten anything obvious, so...
Articles in which this image appears
William Howard Taft (One that includes the cabinet card is in Pach Brothers.
FP category for this image
WP:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
Pach Brothers, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Cabinet card of William Howard Taft by Pach Brothers - Cropped to image.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 01:03, 24 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Tyniec abbey

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Original – View of the Vistula River, Tyniec Abbey (on the right), and Camaldolese Monastery (on the left) on the western outskirts of Krakow.
Reason
Featured unanimously on Commons last year. Headline image on two articles.
Articles in which this image appears
Tyniec, Action of Tyniec Abbey, Kraków
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Jakub Hałun
  • Support as nominator – MER-C 10:27, 14 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose – The abbey is barely 1/3rd of the image. I'd prefer a tighter crop, with less vegetations, which can boost EV too. The Herald (Benison) ( talk) 10:36, 14 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Comment – Agree. Too much leafy foreground. Narrower framing would improve accessibility. Leaning toward oppose. – Sca ( talk) 12:39, 14 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Not Promoted -- Armbrust The Homunculus 10:34, 24 April 2024 (UTC) reply

African blue flycatcher

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Original – African blue flycatcher at Kibale National Park
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons two week ago. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears
African blue flycatcher
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Giles Laurent

Promoted File:020 African blue flycatcher at Kibale forest National Park Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 10:40, 24 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Vela Supernova Remnant

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Original – The Vela supernova remnant imaged by the VLT Survey Telescope
Reason
Quality lead image in Vela Supernova Remnant article. The image is large so if your browser can't open it, consider opening it at 2048 x 2048 pixels at This link, or download and view it in a photo viewing/editing software. The image is FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Vela Supernova Remnant
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
Creator
ESO/TIMER survey

Promoted File:Vela supernova - VST - Eso2214a.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 10:00, 26 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Lady Peak panorama

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 26 Apr 2024 at 19:08:58 (UTC)

Original – Lady Peak viewed from the Cheam Peak trail, British Columbia, Canada.
Reason
Recently featured unanimously on Commons, used in the article's infobox.
Articles in which this image appears
Lady Peak
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator
The Cosmonaut

Promoted File:Lady Peak panorama2.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 19:41, 26 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Buddha's hand

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 26 Apr 2024 at 17:04:44 (UTC)

Original – A Buddha's hand, also known as a fingered citron.
Reason
Nice picture overall. Interesting looking fruit. Good composition.
Articles in which this image appears
Buddha's hand
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Fruits
Creator
Kaldari

Promoted File:Buddhas hand 1.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 20:28, 26 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Dred Scott

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 27 Apr 2024 at 13:24:59 (UTC)

Original – Half-length oil on canvas portrait of Dred Scott by Louis Schultze
Reason
high quality portrait of an historical figure used in 11 pages
Articles in which this image appears
Dred Scott, Dred Scott v. Sandford, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War, Birthright citizenship in the United States, Citizenship, History of Minnesota, History of St. Louis, History of St. Louis (1804–1865), Political career of Abraham Lincoln (1849–1861), Origins of the American Civil War, Portal:Minnesota
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA History
Creator
Louis Schultze / Missouri History Museum, uploaded by Ooligan

Promoted File:Oil on Canvas Portrait of Dred Scott (cropped).jpg -- The Herald (Benison) ( talk) 16:24, 27 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Isabella I of Castile

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 28 Apr 2024 at 01:44:16 (UTC)

Original – Isabella the Catholic, c. 1490
Reason
High quality portrait of an historical ruler. Good digitization.
Articles in which this image appears
Isabella I of Castile, Granada War, Expulsion of Jews from Spain etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Royalty and nobility
Creator
Author unknown

Promoted File:IsabellaofCastile03.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 10:16, 28 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Lady Cockburn and Her Three Eldest Sons

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Original – Lady Cockburn and Her Three Eldest Sons, oil on canvas, 1773–1775
Reason
High quality and resolution. Good digitization.
Articles in which this image appears
Lady Cockburn and Her Three Eldest Sons, Joshua Reynolds etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Joshua Reynolds

Promoted File:Sir Joshua Reynolds - Lady Cockburn and Her Three Eldest Sons (1773-1775).jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 10:24, 28 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Daniel Boone at Cumberland Gap

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 28 Apr 2024 at 02:22:44 (UTC)

Original – Daniel Boone escorting settlers through Cumberland Gap
Reason
Iconic, high quality painting with high EV. The image does fall a bit short on resolution being 36px away from meeting the criteria, but I don't think that really matters considering the EV.
Articles in which this image appears
Daniel Boone, Wilderness Road, Appalachia, Cumberland Gap, Elizabethton, Tennessee, History of Kentucky, History of Virginia, Transylvania Colony, Rebecca Boone, Cherokee-American wars, Upland South, American pioneer,
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA History
Creator
George Caleb Bingham
  • Support as nominator –  ⚜ Kentuckian ⚜  |  talk to me 02:22, 18 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose - Good nomination and excellent EV, but sadly this is not a good scan. Even if we forget the below par resolution, the colors are way off the original ( see here). If you can find an alt scan with a higher resolution and better color to the original, I'd consider supporting. Thanks. The Herald (Benison) ( talk) 02:35, 18 April 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose per above. MER-C 10:15, 21 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Not Promoted -- Armbrust The Homunculus 10:26, 28 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Dolderbahn railcar No. 1

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 28 Apr 2024 at 12:35:48 (UTC)

Original – Railcar No. 1 on the Dolderbahn rack railway between Waldhaus Dolder and Bergstation in Zürich, Switzerland. The toothed rack rail is clearly visible.
Reason
High quality image of a railcar on a rack railway; good EV as the toothed rack rail is clearly visible; lead image in the Dolderbahn rack railway article; recently promoted to FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Dolderbahn
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Land
Creator
User:Kabelleger

Promoted File:Dolderbahn Bhe 1-2 1 Waldhaus Dolder - Bergstation Dolderbahn.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 12:36, 28 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Impossible color fatigue template

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 28 Apr 2024 at 17:46:35 (UTC)

Original – Template allowing the viewer to see 'impossible colors' by staring at one color and then looking at another. Contains instructions for how to use the image.
Reason
This image significantly contributes to its article and allows the reader to understand the topic in a way that they absolutely would not be able to without it. It's cool and useful, and it has clear enough instructions for how to use it. I'm very new to this sort of thing but I think it should be considered, as it's definitely one of Wikipedia's most unique images. (Image is in SVG format)
Articles in which this image appears
Impossible color
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Drawings
Creator
Zowie
Always liked this one. It's simple but effective. Support Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 14:03, 19 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Promoted File:Chimerical-color-demo.svg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 18:18, 28 April 2024 (UTC) reply

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