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Cauliflower fungus

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Original – Cauliflower fungus (Sparassis crispa), Joure, Netherlands, specimen width 35 cm
Reason
High quality lead image of this fungus in its natural habitat. Currently at Commons FPC.
Articles in which this image appears
Sparassis crispa
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Fungi
Creator
Dominicus Johannes Bergsma

Promoted File:Grote sponszwam (Sparassis crispa). 09-11-2023. (d.j.b).jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 10:25, 2 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Gibson's albatross

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Original – Gibson's albatross, adult In flight off south-eastern Tasmania
Reason
Quality image of Gibson's albatross in flight. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Gibson's albatross
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
JJ Harrison
  • Support as nominator – Bammesk ( talk) 03:34, 20 December 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Support – Hamid Hassani ( talk) 07:56, 20 December 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Support -- Petar Milošević ( talk) 13:02, 20 December 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Comment – Nice capture, but right BG fuzzy. Lots of air. Crop? – Sca ( talk) 16:31, 20 December 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Support Artem.G ( talk) 18:26, 20 December 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Support – Vinícius O. ( talk) 21:13, 20 December 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Support. I'm surprised Commons FPC didn't flag the noise but the composition justifies ISO 800. MER-C 10:24, 22 December 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Comment @ Sca EN.Wiki should get rid of center-center crop. Photo is about good crop and not showing technical image like engineer. @ MER-C i think noise is still on normal. And Merry Christmas. -- Petar Milošević ( talk) 10:26, 23 December 2023 (UTC) reply
    This user is not an unvarying proponent of the center-center crop. Remember the rule of thirds? My comment concerned mainly the out-of-focus BG at right. -- Sca ( talk) 14:29, 23 December 2023 (UTC) reply

Promoted File:Gibson's Albatross 0A2A8124.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 10:28, 2 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Abigail Scott Duniway

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Original – Suffragette Abigail Scott Duniway registering to vote, 14 February 1913
Reason
A nice "action shot" from a newspaper archive.
Articles in which this image appears
Abigail Scott Duniway
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
The Oregonian, restored by Adam Cuerden
  • Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.7% of all FPs. 16:39, 20 December 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Support Artem.G ( talk) 18:26, 20 December 2023 (UTC) reply
    @ Artem.G: Some minor changes made, mainly a slight contrast up, and a bit more removal of dust spots. Should've waited to come back from breakfast before nominating. Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.7% of all FPs. 18:28, 20 December 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Support – Vinícius O. ( talk) 21:14, 20 December 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Support – Howard 🌽33 02:01, 21 December 2023 (UTC) reply
  • I see a few more scratches: (2178, 142), (2810, 197), (3127, 2072). Provided these are fixed, Support. MER-C 10:22, 22 December 2023 (UTC) reply
    Should all be fixed now; you may need to clear your browser cache. Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.7% of all FPs. 12:02, 22 December 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Support – Hamid Hassani ( talk) 04:25, 23 December 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Support – Yann ( talk) 23:26, 25 December 2023 (UTC) reply

Promoted File:Abigail Scott Duniway registering to vote.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 19:52, 3 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Fred Trump

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Original – Fred Trump in the 1980s
Reason
High resolution and good quality
Articles in which this image appears
Fred Trump
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Business
Creator
Bernard Gotfryd
  • Support as nominator – Vinícius O. ( talk) 21:45, 20 December 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose Really poor composition. Charlesjsharp ( talk) 21:55, 21 December 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Comment. The uncropped version is a better photograph. I am wondering about the blown highlights--probably a tricky scan given the strong light and shadows, but I doubt it's that bad in the original, based on this photo taken on the same occasion and including the same glass roof. blameless 01:47, 22 December 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose – Man (now deceased) in suit and tie whose supposed notoriety stems from his politician son. – Sca ( talk) 14:37, 22 December 2023 (UTC) reply

Not Promoted -- Armbrust The Homunculus 19:53, 3 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Francis I of Austria

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Original – Portrait of Francis II and I as Emperor of Austria , c. 1815
Reason
Good quality portrait of Francis II and I, the last Holy Roman Emperor and first Emperor of Austria. Francis was an important ruler whose his reign was marked by the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire and the struggle against the French Revolution and Napoleon Bonaparte.
Articles in which this image appears
Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, Count of Flanders etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Royalty and nobility
Creator
Joseph Kreutzinger

Promoted File:Joseph Kreutzinger - Kaiser Franz I.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 19:54, 3 January 2024 (UTC) reply

The Blind Girl

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Original – The Blind Girl, an 1856 painting by John Everett Millais, now held at the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
Reason
High resolution and is seen as a Featured picture candidate on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
The Blind Girl, Works of Elizabeth Murray, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Concertina, Rainbows in culture, Vagrancy
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
John Everett Millais

Promoted File:John Everett Millais - The Blind Girl, 1854-56.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 08:07, 8 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Hermann Schwarz

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Original – Hermann Schwarz, Swiss mathematician
Reason
Nice picture, came out rather well. We don't have many mathematicians.
Articles in which this image appears
Hermann Schwarz, Schwarz lantern
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Others, unless we want to expand Scientists and engineers to include mathematicians, which I think would need a catgeory rename.
Creator
Louis Zipfel, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Hermann Amand Schwarz (1843-1921) by Louis Zipfel.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 08:50, 9 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Chestnut-naped antpitta (2)

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Original – Chestnut-naped antpitta (Grallaria nuchalis ruficeps) in Colombia
Reason
High quality image. FP on Commons. Previous nomination quickly withdrawn as image was not in article.
Articles in which this image appears
Chestnut-naped antpitta
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Chestnut-naped antpitta (Grallaria nuchalis ruficeps) Las Tangaras.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 22:01, 9 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Narrow-banded dartwhite

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Original – Narrow-banded dartwhite (Catasticta flisa postaurea) underside on Mimosa pudica in Colombia in Colombia
Reason
High quality large image. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Catasticta
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Narrow-banded dartwhite (Catasticta flisa postaurea) underside on Mimosa pudica.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 22:05, 9 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Sword-billed hummingbird on branch

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Original – Sword-billed hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera), Caldas in Colombia
Reason
High quality image. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Sword-billed hummingbird
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp
  • Support. MER-C 11:10, 1 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support, This bird should be called the needle nose hummingbird ZombiUwU ( 💬 ~♥~ 📝) 22:03, 3 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Promoted File:Sword-billed hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera) Caldas.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 22:10, 9 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Hell Gate Bridge

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Original – Hell Gate Bridge
Reason
High resolution.
Articles in which this image appears
Hell Gate Bridge
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Panorama
Creator
Rhododendrites

Promoted File:Hell Gate Bridge (60275p).jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 22:15, 9 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Sergey Stepnyak-Kravchinsky

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Original – Ukranian revolutionary Sergey Stepnyak-Kravchinsky
Reason
Far better than the old photos of him. A bit of damage, which I've done me best to fix.
Articles in which this image appears
Sergey Stepnyak-Kravchinsky, Nikolay Mezentsov, Trial of the 193, Going to the People
FP category for this image
WP:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
Elliott & Fry, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Sergius Stepniak by Elliott & Fry.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 09:26, 10 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Scrawled filefish

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Original – Scrawled filefish (Aluterus scriptus), Red Sea, Egypt
Reason
Quality lead image of this fish. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Aluterus scriptus
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish
Creator
Diego Delso
  • Support as nominator – Bammesk ( talk) 02:42, 30 December 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Comment – At lower-res settings, there appears to be a thin white line beneath its dorsal ventral region. – Sca ( talk) 13:42, 30 December 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Support If you mean the underside of the fish (not dorsal) I see no problem. Charlesjsharp ( talk) 10:15, 31 December 2023 (UTC) reply
    Oop. CX'd above. -- Sca ( talk) 15:00, 31 December 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Support – Yann ( talk) 14:50, 31 December 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Support. MER-C 11:18, 1 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – Hamid Hassani ( talk) 06:47, 3 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Promoted File:Pez lija pintado (Aluterus scriptus), mar Rojo, Egipto, 2023-04-19, DD 47.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 21:29, 12 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Genevieve Clark Thomson

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Original – Suffragette and journalist Genevieve Clark Thomson
Alt 1 - crop
Reason
There's a lot to like about this photo regarding the naturalness of pose and expression, and being very good for this time period (the 1910s were a transitional period away from the excessively long photographic takes of the Victorian period, but that had some compromises that would take a while to get past; I'd say this photo is actually exceptional for the era)
Articles in which this image appears
Genevieve Clark Thomson, Candlestick telephone
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
Bain News Service, restored by Adam Cuerden
  • Support either as nominator – Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.7% of all FPs. 02:25, 31 December 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Comment This is not a great composition. More of a snapshot. Charlesjsharp ( talk) 10:13, 31 December 2023 (UTC) reply
It's possible a crop was intended, but I do like details, like the Western Union Telegraph form on the left. Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.7% of all FPs. 23:02, 31 December 2023 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose – Cluttery comp. Bio article thin at 140 words. Subject's foray into politics was brief and unsuccessful. Negligible EV. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sca ( talk • contribs)
  • Support Alt 1 – The crop is much better. Her face is out of focus, but at 50% magnification it passes for a historic photo IMO. Bammesk ( talk) 02:05, 2 January 2024 (UTC) reply
Adam, you forgot to give a reason above. Bammesk ( talk) 03:11, 2 January 2024 (UTC) reply
@ Bammesk: Fixed. Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.7% of all FPs. 14:22, 2 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Promoted File:Genevieve Clark (Thomson) - Bain News Service (cropped).jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 18:06, 14 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Artemis 2 Crew Portrait

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Original – Artemis 2 crew portrait. From left: NASA Astronauts Christina Koch, Victor J. Glover, Reid Wiseman, Canadian Space Agency Astronaut Jeremy Hansen.
Reason
Good composition. High quality
Articles in which this image appears
Artemis 2, Christina Koch, Victor J. Glover, Reid Wiseman, Jeremy Hansen
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering
Creator
NASA/Josh Valcarcel

Promoted File:Artemis 2 Crew Portrait.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 18:11, 14 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Steamboat Willie

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Original – Steamboat Willie is a 1928 American animated short film directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. Mickey Mouse debuts in this film.
Reason
It has to be nominated.
Articles in which this image appears
Steamboat Willie etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
Walt Disney
  • Support as nominator – MER-C 10:14, 1 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Conditional support - There is just one question: is this an absolute original, without any later restoration or modification that might still be under copyright? The video size is 1,296×1,080 pixels, almost totally scratch free, which clearly indicates a hi-res transfer done by Disney. Interestingly, here in Finland, the source link on the file info page " https://video.disney.com/watch/steamboat-willie-4ea9de5180b375f7476ada2c" does not display the movie, but automatically changes to https://www.disney.fi/ - I assume this is done by Disney's server? -- Janke | Talk 14:03, 1 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Comment: For anyone interested, just a few days ago, Disney uploaded their "Once upon a Studio" short on their YouTube channel. It's a wonderful trip to 100 years of nostalgia: " https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB90me0aqSY" ... -- Janke | Talk 14:07, 1 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Comment No one knows. The copyright card says MCMXXIX rather than MCMXXVIII however the only things that look like they might be post 1928 are the copyright card itself and the end-card. Both feature gloved Mickey. Gloved mickey doesn't make his animated debut until The Opry House in early 1929. There is a possible gloved Mickey from 1928 mind File:Steamboat Willie 1928 Poster.png. What I suspect is going on what that at some point in 1929 Steamboat was being offered to distributes as a bundle with other mickey shorts and the copyright card and end card were added at that point but its hard to be sure. ©Geni ( talk) 00:29, 2 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Comment @ Janke: the link works correctly for me (in the US). The current revision of the file is the same as the source, but with the black bars on the side cropped out, hence 1296 instead of 1920 (I used HandBrake for it). The first revision of the file is identical to what is available from the Disney website (no cropping). There's some more details in this Commons discussion. Legoktm ( talk) 17:33, 2 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – It premiered in November 1928. I don't think the concerns expressed above are sufficient to merit a separate copyright for the nominated animation. Bammesk ( talk) 02:31, 2 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support We usually wait for a week after the file is uploaded and/or added to articles, isn't? But well... – Yann ( talk) 16:54, 2 January 2024 (UTC) reply
Yes but not "in obvious cases" per FP criterion #5. Bammesk ( talk) 02:12, 3 January 2024 (UTC) reply
It's also not typical to run the POTD for the item a day before the corresponding FPC 😊  —  Amakuru ( talk) 20:00, 5 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Promoted File:Steamboat Willie (1928) by Walt Disney.webm -- Armbrust The Homunculus 18:19, 14 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Graceful pitta

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Original – Graceful pitta (Erythropitta venusta), in the tropical rainforest at Barisan Mountains, Sumatra, Indonesia
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC last month, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Graceful pitta
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
JJ Harrison

Promoted File:Graceful Pitta 0A2A8564.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 18:22, 14 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Ninth Symphony original

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Original – Page 12 (recto) of Ludwig van Beethoven's original Ninth Symphony manuscript.
Reason
High quality photo of an original manuscript. The 200th anniversary of this song's first performance is also coming up in May 7 (song was first performed in 7 May 1824), perhaps it can be POTD?
Articles in which this image appears
Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven), Symbols of the European Union, Christian music
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Culture and lifestyle
Creator
Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Support as nominator – Howard 🌽33 16:57, 2 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – Yann ( talk) 17:11, 2 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – Bammesk ( talk) 01:58, 3 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – Hamid Hassani ( talk) 06:29, 3 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Comment Why Page 12? I'm certainly for promoting Beethoven's 9th Syphony , but it feels a very arbitrary choice of page. Why not, say, the opening. or the start of the Ode to Joy? I'd support this as part of a complete set, but, on its own.... Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.7% of all FPs. 12:53, 3 January 2024 (UTC) reply
    This was just the most widely used one, it appears in multiple articles and was the only page uploaded to commons. I am actually more willing to support a complete set if I knew how to download the high quality scans of the pages and then upload them to commons. – Howard 🌽33 14:37, 3 January 2024 (UTC) reply
Adam, the page you suggested: [1] is bland, it has very little musical notation on it. At small thumbnail sizes (say at 400px), the nom image looks more like sheet music. Bammesk ( talk) 02:34, 6 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Promoted File:Ninth Symphony original.png -- Armbrust The Homunculus 18:27, 14 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Rock Springs massacre

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Original – the Rock Springs massacre, in which white miners in Wyoming massacred Chinese miners, who they thought were taking their jobs.
Reason
It's a contemporary illustration of a tragedy, and covers a very poorly-discussed part of United States history. Strong documentary value. The description mentions photos, but there's no evidence they still exist (and likely would have been of the aftermath, not the event itself) and this is long-standing as the lead of the article.
Articles in which this image appears
Rock Springs massacre
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA History
Creator
Thure de Thulstrup after photographs by Lieutenant C. A. Booth; restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Thure de Thulstrup - The Massacre of the Chinese at Rock Springs.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 18:32, 14 January 2024 (UTC) reply

The Bank (1915)

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Original – The Bank (1915) by Charlie Chaplin
Reason
according to WP "often considered one of Chaplin's best efforts during his Essanay period". Copy of very god quality.
Articles in which this image appears
The Bank (1915 film)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
Charlie Chaplin, uploaded by Racconish

Promoted File:The Bank (1915).webm -- Armbrust The Homunculus 18:35, 14 January 2024 (UTC) reply

The Lost World (1925)

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Original – The Lost World (1925), an American silent fantasy giant monster adventure film directed by Harry O. Hoyt and written by Marion Fairfax, adapted from Arthur Conan Doyle's 1912 novel of the same name.
Reason
famous picture, HR copy, deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry
Articles in which this image appears
The Lost World (1925 film)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
Harry O. Hoyt, uploaded by Racconish

Promoted File:The Lost World (1925).webm -- Armbrust The Homunculus 18:37, 14 January 2024 (UTC) reply

White-winged forest sylph

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Original – White-winged forest sylph (Ceratrichia nothus nothus) underside, Ashanti Region, Ghana
Reason
High quality large image. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Ceratrichia nothus
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Charlesjsharp
  • Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp ( talk) 14:13, 3 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose – Target article is a 45-word fragment of a stub, consisting mainly of a list of countries in which the species is found. Not enough with which to construct a reasonably informative copy block. – Sca ( talk) 14:01, 4 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • As above, are you re-writing the FP rules Sca? Charlesjsharp ( talk) 21:43, 4 January 2024 (UTC) reply
    Nothing has changed. All FPCs promoted here are potentially TFPs, requiring a modicum of textural info for Main Page use. This is a recording. -- Sca ( talk) 00:50, 5 January 2024 (UTC) reply
    PS: Today's main page TFP of the butterfly Danaus chrysippus, taken by you, is supported by a 187-word copy block based on a comprehensive 2,500-word article. Encyclopedias are all about information. -- Sca ( talk) 14:15, 5 January 2024 (UTC) reply
    I will say that this is a fairly obscure butterfly, at least in English and on the web. I can't find very much on it. This might be a little bit of a problem as regards the risk of the article being upmerged to the genus, but I suspect it's just a situation that would need specialised books or databases. African content is much more poorly referenced on the web, and we know that - at the very least - there's going to be the initial report by Fabricius on the species. 1787 would put it in his Mantissa insectorum. So Latin sources. Fun. The genus name has changed (which is common), but I'm pretty sure it's this page https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/82321#page/94/mode/1up and that would provide enough to expand the article enough to squeak by POTD. Hence, Support Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.7% of all FPs. 22:33, 10 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Not Promoted -- Armbrust The Homunculus 18:38, 14 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Pristimantis elegans frog

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Original – Pristimantis elegans in Chingaza National Natural Park, Colombia
Reason
High quality large image. FP on Commons. Endemic species listed as Vulnerable on IUCN red list
Articles in which this image appears
Pristimantis elegans
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Amphibians
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Pristimantis elegans Chingaza.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 18:39, 14 January 2024 (UTC) reply


Slaty-crowned antpitta

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Original – Slaty-crowned antpitta (Grallaricula nana occidentalis) Caldas, Colombia
Reason
High quality image of a rare bird. FP on Commons
Articles in which this image appears
Slaty-crowned antpitta
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp
  • Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp ( talk) 13:15, 3 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose – Target article is a 35-word fragment of a stub: Not enough with which to construct a reasonably informative copy block. – Sca ( talk) 13:56, 4 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • The whole point of an encyclopaedia is that people can find hard-to-find information, in this case an image. The rarer the subject, the more important it is to have an image. With rare animals, so little is known about them that many articles are stubs. I don't see the relevance of being able to construct a copy block. Is that a new FP criteria? Charlesjsharp ( talk) 21:41, 4 January 2024 (UTC) reply
    Please see my comments at White-winged forest sylph. -- Sca ( talk) 13:54, 6 January 2024 (UTC) reply
    To @ Sca 's point this bird doesn't appear to be very rare a quick google search yielded me hundreds of similar images and a depth of information. Personally I think this images artistic value is being given priority over its EV but I could be mistaken. similar images ZombiUwU ( 💬 ~♥~ 📝) 20:13, 5 January 2024 (UTC) reply
    Not sure about his, but I'd guess the main-pagers would be unlikely to to go to a non-Wiki source for info. But if our article were expanded, that would be a different story. -- Sca ( talk) 13:48, 6 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support A picture is worth a 1000 words -- Muhammad (talk) 08:17, 5 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support. MER-C 17:03, 5 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support. I added a bit to the article; there is information out there, though often in antpitta surveys such as the two articles I cited. "Slate-crowned" appears to be the more common name. blameless 18:31, 5 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support - After further consideration, I decided to support this as it is of high quality and it is one of the better images of this bird. This image is only present on one stub class article with low priority. It's a very good-looking image but not a particularly technically challenging image and has hundreds of similar examples. -- ZombiUwU ( 💬 ~♥~ 📝) 20:17, 5 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Promoted File:Slaty-crowned antpitta (Grallaricula nana occidentalis) Caldas.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 18:41, 14 January 2024 (UTC) reply

The White House

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 21 Jan 2024 at 20:18:39 (UTC)

Original – The White House by James Craig Annan
Reason
A fairly major work in the development of photographic framing, mixing casual and formal in one photo. A good exemplar of a major photographer.
Articles in which this image appears
James Craig Annan, Camera Work
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others
Creator
James Craig Annan, restored by Adam Cuerden
  • Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.7% of all FPs. 20:18, 11 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Comment Picture is a bit blurry, no? – Howard 🌽33 21:22, 11 January 2024 (UTC) reply
    Somewhat expected from a photogravure. Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.7% of all FPs. 22:06, 11 January 2024 (UTC) reply
    For the record, reading up more, a lot of the blurring was apparently added intentionally in post-processing. It's meant to give it the impression of a painting, and, honestly, it does kind of fit in with the way paintings were composed in that period. Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.7% of all FPs. 13:17, 13 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Comment I'd love to know why this was considered as an example framing etc. It has no artistic merit as a composition to my eyes. So much wrong with it. Charlesjsharp ( talk) 21:36, 11 January 2024 (UTC) reply
    Do you know what I mean when I say that the first people to do things can sometimes do them a lot less well than they'd be done later? This is photography composition before the refinement, kind of major because it attempted to get multiple levels and has prominent people in a landscape shot. It's bold in that it daringly broke the rules. Other people would later break the rules a lot better. Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.7% of all FPs. 22:02, 11 January 2024 (UTC) reply
    Sorry, but it does seem rather blah. -- Sca ( talk) 15:29, 12 January 2024 (UTC) reply
    If this really got people to do things differently, then OK; but not if it was a poorly-executed attempt. We need THE image that broke the mould... Charlesjsharp ( talk) 11:56, 13 January 2024 (UTC) reply
    Perhaps a good agreement might be: if I withdraw this, and if I can get an article on the image itself (as opposed to just in Annan's article), or an article on the house itself, we relook at it? Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.7% of all FPs. 13:12, 13 January 2024 (UTC) reply
    @ Sca and Charlesjsharp: Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.7% of all FPs. 16:54, 13 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Withdraw for now Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.7% of all FPs. 00:30, 14 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Not Promoted -- Armbrust The Homunculus 23:51, 14 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Helene Schjerfbeck

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Original – Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) was a Finnish painter.
Reason
High quality.
Articles in which this image appears
Helene Schjerfbeck, Golden Age of Finnish Art, List of Swedish-speaking Finns
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
Creator
unknown
  • Unfortunately, the two other show her younger, and lack the eerie look we've become used to in her self-portraits... -- Janke | Talk 19:05, 6 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Not Promoted -- Armbrust The Homunculus 12:31, 15 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Ruby Bridges

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 15 Jan 2024 at 12:36:20 (UTC)

Original – Ruby Bridges being escorted by U.S. Marshalls as part of the desegregatiion of New Orleans schools.
Reason
Fairly minor restoration, but think it was worth doing, barely. But ignoring the restoration, this is a major documentary photograph of desegregation.
Articles in which this image appears
Ruby Bridges, New Orleans school desegregation crisis, several others
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA History
Creator
Department of Justice; minor restoration by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:US Marshals with Young Ruby Bridges on School Steps.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 03:49, 16 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Wreck of the ship George Roper, Point Lonsdale (1883)

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Original – Wreck of the ship George Roper, Point Lonsdale (1883)
Reason
There were lots of shipwrecks in Point Lonsdale in this period. This is both a good representation of a semi-common event in Point Lonsdale, a nice historic view of Point Lonsdale, and a great example of the photographer's work. I think that's enough. Also there's an article on the ship now, so...
Articles in which this image appears
George Roper (ship), Point Lonsdale, Fred Kruger
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Water
Creator
Fred Kruger, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Wreck of the ship George Roper, Point Lonsdale (1883) by Fred Kruger.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 03:52, 17 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Red-chested cuckoo

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 17 Jan 2024 at 11:46:58 (UTC)

Original – Red-chested cuckoo at Kibale forest National Park, Uganda
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC three months ago, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Red-chested cuckoo
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Giles Laurent

Promoted File:024 Red-chested cuckoo at Kibale forest National Park Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 16:20, 17 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Trisopterus luscus

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Original – Pouting (Trisopterus luscus), Arrábida National Park, Portugal.
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC last month, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Trisopterus luscus
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish
Creator
Diego Delso

Promoted File:Faneca (Trisopterus luscus), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2022-07-29, DD 43.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 16:22, 17 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Nam Dok Mai

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 17 Jan 2024 at 12:04:10 (UTC)

Original – Mango fruit 'Nam Dok Mai'. Grown in Thailand
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC two months ago, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Nam Dok Mai, List of mango cultivars
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Fruits
Creator
Ivar Leidus

Promoted File:Mango fruit Nam Dok Mai.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 16:23, 17 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Fred M. Vinson

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 27 Jan 2024 at 03:05:30 (UTC)

Original – Fred M. Vinson takes oath of office as judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Reason
High resolution, good quality, encyclopedic.
Articles in which this image appears
Fred M. Vinson
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
Harris & Ewing, restored by FatCat96

Not Promoted -- Armbrust The Homunculus 14:56, 18 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Cattle call

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 20 Jan 2024 at 04:23:52 (UTC)

Original – Two cows lay in a road preventing a car from moving, 1940.
Reason
High resolution, historical photo presenting the struggles of transportation in Appalachia.
Articles in which this image appears
Transportation in Appalachia
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Culture and lifestyle
Creator
Marion Post Wolcott
  • Support as nominator – 🌹FatCat96🌹 Chat with Cat 04:23, 10 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose – Pic by itself doesn't illustrate the broad topic of Transportation in Appalachia. Nothing in the image portrays Appalachia per se – not even the KY plate, which is fuzzy at full rez anyway. – Sca ( talk) 15:31, 10 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose No it doesn't. Charlesjsharp ( talk) 21:58, 11 January 2024 (UTC) reply
    I mean, it's a lovely photo, at least. But why is it next to text describing the Pennsylvania Turnpike when it's in Kentucky? Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.7% of all FPs. 07:55, 12 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Not Promoted -- Armbrust The Homunculus 07:02, 20 January 2024 (UTC) reply

John D. White

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 21 Jan 2024 at 02:43:54 (UTC)

Original – U.S. Congressman John Daugherty White
Reason
Not a particularly striking image, but is high resolution, good quality, and represents the subject well.
Articles in which this image appears
John D. White
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
Mathew Brady

Promoted File:John D. White - Brady Handy cropped.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 09:18, 21 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Chester A. Arthur

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Original – United States President Chester A. Arthur
Reason
Good bit of personality to it; major photographer.
Articles in which this image appears
Chester A. Arthur
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
Abraham Bogardus, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Chester A. Arthur by Abraham Bogardus.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 17:50, 21 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Everglades

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Original – A satellite image of the Everglades, Florida taken by ESA's Sentinel-2 in March 2019
Reason
Good composition. High resolution.
Articles in which this image appears
Everglades, Geography and ecology of the Everglades
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking back
Creator
Sentinel-2/ ESA
  • Support as nominator – TheFreeWorld ( talk) 11:12, 11 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose – Indistinct visual information not readily intelligible to readers/viewers. First target article, Everglades, doesn't comment on image. – Sca ( talk) 14:22, 11 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Question Does it show all of the Everglades? Charlesjsharp ( talk) 21:55, 11 January 2024 (UTC) reply
    No. -- Sca ( talk) 14:38, 13 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – Vinícius O. ( talk) 18:07, 12 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Not Promoted -- Armbrust The Homunculus 17:51, 21 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Old map of Houston, 1873

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 21 Jan 2024 at 11:39:10 (UTC)

Original – Old map of Houston 1873
Reason
High resolution.
Articles in which this image appears
History of Houston, Houston, Texas oil boom
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA History
Creator
Augustus Koch
  • Support as nominator – TheFreeWorld ( talk) 11:39, 11 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose – Visual information not readily intelligible to readers/viewers. Subject lacks its own article, and first target article, History of Houston, doesn't comment on it. – Sca ( talk) 14:14, 11 January 2024 (UTC) reply
    We've featured historic maps of towns before. Honestly, my only issue is the reproduction: It's a little blurred, and very damaged at the bottom. It's a bit later, but [3] might be a stronger contender. Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.7% of all FPs. 20:39, 11 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Question Isn't it upside down, with South at the top? Charlesjsharp ( talk) 21:53, 11 January 2024 (UTC) reply
    It may be shown from a natural rise, given this predates drones (although not balloons, but even then, you wanted an area to launch your balloon from). The point was to show the relations, cardinal directions were less kmportant Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.7% of all FPs. 23:37, 11 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Not Promoted -- Armbrust The Homunculus 17:51, 21 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Bhimbetka rock shelters

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 21 Jan 2024 at 11:54:41 (UTC)

Original – The Bhimbetka rock shelters are an archaeological site in central India that spans the Paleolithic and Mesolithic periods, as well as the historic period.
Reason
High resolution
Articles in which this image appears
Bhimbetka rock shelters, Cave paintings in India, History of Madhya Pradesh, List of World Heritage Sites in India
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Bernard Gagnon
  • Support as nominator – TheFreeWorld ( talk) 11:54, 11 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Question These are new to me and amazing. But what is the brown 'frame' that runs around the art? This doesn't appear other images on Google. Charlesjsharp ( talk) 21:42, 11 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Comment I think it's because I have taken the picture with the flash. On the pictures I have not used the flash, the line doesn't appear but the pictures are not sharp.-- Bgag ( talk) 15:09, 12 January 2024 (UTC) reply
    It is related to the use of flash, but it looks very strange close up. I suspect the camera moved and the flash fired twice. Charlesjsharp ( talk) 12:01, 13 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Comment - Awkwardly cut off at right, gives the impression of a cave, which it is not. -- Janke | Talk 15:36, 14 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Comment – The shadow is from a typical on-camera flash, nothing unusual about it. It's a nice and valuable photo and it enhances the articles, but the right quarter of the photo isn't sharp (viewed at full size). A higher F-number or a sharper lens could've improved the sharpness. Bammesk ( talk) 00:31, 15 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Considering the geometry, with an overhanging ceiling and the distances involved, I agree with Bammesk's conclusion. Oppose because a better photo can certainly be shot. -- Janke | Talk 16:54, 15 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Not Promoted -- Armbrust The Homunculus 17:51, 21 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Adlai E. Stevenson I

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 22 Jan 2024 at 15:54:37 (UTC)

Original – Adlai E. Stevenson I as a U.S. congressman
Reason
High resolution, represents Stevenson well.
Articles in which this image appears
Adlai E. Stevenson I
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
Mathew Brady, Levin Corbin Handy, restored by FatCat96

Not Promoted -- Armbrust The Homunculus 16:49, 22 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Albert Benjamin "Happy" Chandler

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 22 Jan 2024 at 16:06:58 (UTC)

Original – Senator Happy Chandler in 1940
Alt 1 - cropped
Reason
High resolution and good quality. This photo really shows Chandler's personality.
Articles in which this image appears
Happy Chandler
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
Harris & Ewing, restored by FatCat96
  • Support as nominator – 🌹FatCat96🌹 Chat with Cat 16:06, 12 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Comment – Man squinting with hands in foreground. We've seen this one before. – Sca ( talk) 17:19, 12 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose Not enough EV and a poor composition Charlesjsharp ( talk) 11:52, 13 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • I like the restoration, but there's two issues, in my opinion: First of all, it's used very late in the article, without really a ton of emphasis. Secondly, and Charles won't like this suggestion, but that black space on the left needs at least mostly cropped out, with corresponding crops to balance. Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.7% of all FPs. 20:29, 14 January 2024 (UTC) reply
    Little unbalanced; probably need more on the left, less on the right? Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.7% of all FPs. 19:30, 20 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • The infobox image is a FP, it was recently nominated. I don't see much value (EV) in this photo. Yes he is smiling and his nickname was "Happy", but that's not enough IMO. Bammesk ( talk) 00:21, 15 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose per Charles. Poor composition, and there's already an FP of this subject, which is fine to illustrate the subject.  —  Amakuru ( talk) 10:11, 18 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Not Promoted -- Armbrust The Homunculus 16:50, 22 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Queen Victoria

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 22 Jan 2024 at 15:45:15 (UTC)

Original – Queen Victoria, by Bertha Müller after Heinrich von Angeli, 1900
Reason
Good quality, good digitalization
Articles in which this image appears
Queen Victoria, Black
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Royalty and nobility
Creator
Bertha Müller after Heinrich von Angeli

Not Promoted -- Armbrust The Homunculus 16:51, 22 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Joseph Roswell Hawley

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Original – Joseph Roswell Hawley, Brady-Handy
Reason
High resolution, good quality
Articles in which this image appears
Joseph R. Hawley, List of American Civil War generals (Union), List of United States senators from Connecticut, List of governors of Connecticut
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
Mathew Brady, Levin Corbin Handy (Brady-Handy Collection)

Not Promoted -- Armbrust The Homunculus 16:52, 22 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Nadar

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 22 Jan 2024 at 14:41:51 (UTC)

Original – Nadar, photographer and aeronaut, in a self-portrait.
Reason
As far as I found, this is the best of the aeronautic self portraits of Nadar, which, frankly, are more fun than the standard pictures
Articles in which this image appears
Nadar
FP category for this image
WP:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers (or maybe Sport or Other?)
Creator
Nadar, restored by Adam Cuerden
  • Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.7% of all FPs. 14:41, 12 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support I agree, much more fun. Charlesjsharp ( talk) 11:47, 13 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – EV: "The first person to take aerial photographs." And for that waggish 19th-century top-hat. – Sca ( talk) 14:34, 13 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support. MER-C 17:43, 13 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – Hamid Hassani ( talk) 03:43, 14 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support Good EV, and a great photo. I'd suggest making this the infobox picture. Nick-D ( talk) 10:20, 14 January 2024 (UTC) reply
    I've tried it out there. Let's see if it sticks. Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.7% of all FPs. 16:05, 14 January 2024 (UTC) reply
    I would not put it there. Best to restore portrait. Charlesjsharp ( talk) 09:25, 15 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – Howard 🌽33 15:47, 14 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support. Fabulous. Choliamb ( talk) 00:30, 16 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Promoted File:Felix Nadar in the basket of a balloon, self-portrait, btv1b532323066.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 19:53, 22 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Common tree snake

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 23 Jan 2024 at 13:13:37 (UTC)

Original – Common tree snake (Dendrelaphis punctulatus) Daintree rainforest, Queensland, Australia
Reason
High quality large image. Has more EV than the two images of the whole snake in the article. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Dendrelaphis punctulatus
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Reptiles
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Common tree snake (Dendrelaphis punctulatus) Daintree 4.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 05:29, 24 January 2024 (UTC) reply


Boyd's forest dragon

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 23 Jan 2024 at 14:15:58 (UTC)

Original – Boyd's forest dragon (Lophosaurus boydii), Daintree River, Queensland, Australia
Reason
High quality large image. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Boyd's forest dragon
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Reptiles
Creator
Charlesjsharp
  • Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp ( talk) 14:15, 13 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support. MER-C 17:45, 13 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – Hamid Hassani ( talk) 03:45, 14 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support TheFreeWorld ( talk) 15:36, 14 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support. I understand why you nominated this one, Charles, and I'm not saying you were wrong (there's more EV with the tail included). But the close-up photo, also in the article, really took my breath away. It's absolutely gorgeous. Choliamb ( talk) 00:43, 16 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • I originally nominated the close up at Commons FP but it was rejected. Charlesjsharp ( talk) 21:08, 17 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Promoted File:Boyd's forest dragon (Lophosaurus boydii) Daintree.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 05:31, 24 January 2024 (UTC) reply


Short-beaked echidna

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 23 Jan 2024 at 13:20:23 (UTC)

Original – Short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus setosus) near Scottsdale, Tasmania, Australia
Reason
High quality large image. Illustrates article well.
Articles in which this image appears
Short-beaked echidna
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus setosus) Scottsdale.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 05:33, 24 January 2024 (UTC) reply

The Onion Field

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 24 Jan 2024 at 01:51:20 (UTC)

Original – The Onion Field by George Davison
Reason
Considered the first impressionistic photo, there's a lot of choices that would normally be bad - rough paper, a slight blurriness, and other such things that are all there to give an effect of a painting.
Articles in which this image appears
George Davison (photographer)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others
Creator
George Davison restored by Adam Cuerden
  • Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.7% of all FPs. 01:51, 14 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – Hamid Hassani ( talk) 08:07, 14 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support. MER-C 11:27, 14 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Comment - "Considered the first impressionistic painting" - surely not, since it is a photo... But Support, anyway. ;-) -- Janke | Talk 15:31, 14 January 2024 (UTC) reply
Whoops, fixed. Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.7% of all FPs. 15:38, 14 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Promoted File:The Onion Field by George Davison.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 05:36, 24 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Eva Nogales

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 24 Jan 2024 at 11:32:59 (UTC)

Original – Eva Nogales in 2023.
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC last month, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Eva Nogales
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering
Creator
Christopher Michel

Promoted File:Eva Nogales in 2023 06.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 16:02, 25 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Grey-headed kingfisher

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 24 Jan 2024 at 11:36:21 (UTC)

Original – Grey-headed kingfisher at Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC two months ago, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Grey-headed kingfisher
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Giles Laurent
  • Support as nominator – MER-C 11:36, 14 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support TheFreeWorld ( talk) 15:33, 14 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – Bammesk ( talk) 00:11, 15 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – Hamid Hassani ( talk) 06:01, 15 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Comment I wasn't around to point out the obscured tail and that the crop is not ideal, but I will not vote against the unanimous support at Commons. Charlesjsharp ( talk) 09:23, 15 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support. I agree with the reservations expressed by Charles above, but the image still seems good enough to merit FP status. There are a lot of photos of this very photogenic bird in the Commons, but this one has the highest resolution, and the lighting is also better than most. Not to mention that this individual is exceptionally handsome (unlike the rather ratty looking individuals in some of the other photos). Choliamb ( talk) 14:39, 19 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – Yann ( talk) 16:20, 22 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Promoted File:044 Grey-headed kingfisher at Queen Elizabeth National Park Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 16:07, 25 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Upper Belvedere

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 24 Jan 2024 at 11:47:14 (UTC)

Original – View of the Upper Belvedere Palace during the blue hour, Vienna, Austria.
Reason
FP on Commons, wow factor.
Articles in which this image appears
Belvedere, Vienna, List of most-visited art museums
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Diego Delso

Promoted File:Palacio Belvedere, Viena, Austria, 2020-02-01, DD 93-95 HDR.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 16:10, 25 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Battle of Diamond Rock

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Original – The Battle of Diamond Rock (2 June 1805) in a painting by Auguste Etienne François Mayer
Reason
Quite a well-reproduced painting, and shows the H.M.S. Diamond Rock (it's the island) quite well..
Articles in which this image appears
Diamond Rock, Battle of Diamond Rock, etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/War
Creator
Auguste Etienne François Mayer
  • There is a larger file size (776KB), presumably higher quality, at the source link: [4]. Bammesk ( talk) 03:05, 15 January 2024 (UTC) reply
    Got it, but I DID have to re-remove a watermark. On the other hand, turns out the original removal was pretty bad, so... Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.7% of all FPs. 03:32, 15 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Promoted File:Taking of the rock Le Diamant, near Martinique, 2 June 1805 (by Auguste Etienne François Mayer).jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 16:13, 25 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate

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Original – Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate in 1920
Reason
A fine photo with good character.
Articles in which this image appears
Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
Creator
Unknown photographer, restored by Adam Cuerden
  • Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 07:42, 25 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Withdraw I've just realised there's two people with the same name, and this is the son of the one we have an article for. Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 08:41, 25 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Not Promoted -- Armbrust The Homunculus 16:16, 25 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Meteorite in Miller Range blue-ice area

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Original – A meteorite in a blue-ice area of Antarctica.
Reason
This photo shows a blue-ice area with the characteristic, wind-scoured blue ice ... except for the meteorite, a common find in such blue-ice areas, and its lee where normal snow has accumulated. It's a large image that seems to be of good quality.
Articles in which this image appears
Blue-ice area
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Others
Creator
NASA, image credit: Nina Lanza
Jo-Jo Eumerus, the "creator" field is for image authors/creators/photographers and such, not uploaders. I fixed it. Bammesk ( talk) 01:39, 18 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – Hamid Hassani ( talk) 11:33, 16 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support A slight oddity in the look, but ice photographs oddly. Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.7% of all FPs. 23:22, 16 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – Bammesk ( talk) 04:46, 17 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – Ras67 ( talk) 14:40, 17 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose Random image to illustrate this article. Charlesjsharp ( talk) 21:14, 17 January 2024 (UTC) reply
    Uh - what is random about it? There are blue-ice areas in the Miller Range Jo-Jo Eumerus ( talk) 09:35, 18 January 2024 (UTC) reply
    It illustrates a meteorite nicely, but doesn't add specific EV to enhance the knowledge of the blue-ice phenomenon itself. It would add lots of EV to the Meteorite article, but it's not there. Charlesjsharp ( talk) 18:16, 18 January 2024 (UTC) reply
    On the meteorite article all it would add is a black rock in ice. Volcanic bombs and erratic blocks can sometimes also look like this...when they are in wind-scoured ice, that is. Jo-Jo Eumerus ( talk) 08:09, 19 January 2024 (UTC) reply
    • The article extensively discusses the phenomenon of meteorites accumulating in blue-ice areas. I don't see why it should be considered out of place. -- Paul_012 ( talk) 18:51, 20 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Comment: The Flickr image description lists Nina Lanza in the image credit rather than Cindy Evans. Ras67, could you check? -- Paul_012 ( talk) 23:23, 20 January 2024 (UTC) reply
I took the liberty of changing the image credit per the source link. Hope that's Ok. Bammesk ( talk) 01:03, 22 January 2024 (UTC) reply
You know, did Nina Lanza work for NASA when she made the photo? Jo-Jo Eumerus ( talk) 15:45, 22 January 2024 (UTC) reply
Nina Lanza's CV [5] says she was working for the Los Alamos National Laboratory, a government agency. The nom image is published by NASA though. The flickr source [6] says the CC license is "non-commercial". I don't think Commons considers "non-commercial" claims to be valid in case of photos published by U.S. government agencies. Bammesk ( talk) 03:18, 23 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Comment Oppose – With lighting behind the subject, it's a black blob in the snow. – Sca ( talk) 15:09, 21 January 2024 (UTC) reply
    The meteorite isn't the subject, though. Jo-Jo Eumerus ( talk) 15:45, 22 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – Yann ( talk) 16:18, 22 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support Otherworldly. -- Argenberg ( talk) 17:55, 22 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – Giles Laurent ( talk) 08:55, 25 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Promoted File:Miller Range, Antarctica - Meteorite (2).jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 19:48, 27 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Pedro II

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Original – Pedro II of Brazil
Reason
Quite a nice image of him, good personality, nicely shot, and I think it came out quite nice. Trying to clean up the gallery in the Nadar article, but that sometimes means, well... fixing the images, not just removing the bad ones.
Articles in which this image appears
Exile and death of Pedro II of Brazil, Nadar, just added to Pedro II of Brazil
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Royalty and nobility
Creator
Nadar, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Pedro II of Brazil by Nadar.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 19:59, 27 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Claude Debussy

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Original – Claude Debussy, c. 1900
Reason
As I mentioned below, I'm going through and fixing up the Nadar images. This one isn't actually in the Nadar article anymore (it's Atelier Nadar, i.e. the studio of Nadar, so not necessarily by him. Also... it was another, much inferior copy. I've replaced that copy (and a similar image with his head in a slightly different angle) with this one. As for my speed of late - let's just say my sleep schedule's been shot to hell, so I have a lot of time where no-one's really up but me.
Articles in which this image appears
Claude Debussy + like 15?
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Atelier Nadar; restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Claude Debussy by Atelier Nadar.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 20:05, 27 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Paul Nadar

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Original – Self-portrait of Paul Nadar at the office of Atelier Nadar (1894)
Reason
Another part of the cleanup of the Nadar article. An article on his son had spun off recently, and I found a picture for it. It's a short article, but should be sufficient enough.
Articles in which this image appears
Paul Nadar
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
Creator
Paul Nadar; restored by Adam Cuerden
  • Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.7% of all FPs. 23:10, 16 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – Hamid Hassani ( talk) 03:59, 17 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Comment – Nice pic, but at 118 words, article is stubby. Maybe that doesn't matter in this case. – Sca ( talk) 14:55, 17 January 2024 (UTC) reply
    There's a longer article in French, but I have very mediocre French. I try to avoid it Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.7% of all FPs. 18:16, 17 January 2024 (UTC) reply
    Moi aussi. -- Sca ( talk) 14:52, 19 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Comment He's not that notable, is he, even afer reading the French article? Charlesjsharp ( talk) 17:59, 18 January 2024 (UTC) reply
    He photographed a lot of notable people. He's the person who consolidated his father's legacy, to some extent, but he was notable photographer in his own right. Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.7% of all FPs. 18:02, 18 January 2024 (UTC) reply
    Support He did a lot himself, it's just not in the Wiki article. Thanks. Charlesjsharp ( talk) 17:01, 21 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support. The photo is wonderful, and there's no question about notability, in my opinion. The article could easily be fleshed out as soon as someone cares to do it. A quick search reveals books devoted to Paul Nadar and the circle of Proust, Paul Nadar and the theater, and Paul Nadar's photographic adventures in Turkestan. And that's not taking into account the periodical literature. Choliamb ( talk) 14:11, 19 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support | DreamSparrow Chat 07:56, 20 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support. MER-C 19:08, 20 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – Yann ( talk) 16:15, 22 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – Giles Laurent ( talk) 08:56, 25 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Promoted File:Paul Nadar, "Autoportrait au bureau de l'atelier, rue d'Anjou".jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 20:08, 27 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Rough diamonds in UV and normal light

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Original – Composite image of photos showing a necklace of rough diamonds in both UV and natural light
Reason
FP on Commons, created for Wiki Science Competition 2023 to show the difference between an object in two light sources in a more interesting way than the usual side-by-side images. Stable in articles with ok view stats.
Articles in which this image appears
Diamond, Fluorescence
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Others
Creator
W.carter
It has a better composition, but it's not as sharp or detailed at full size. There is more EV in the sharper versions [7] [8] I think. Bammesk ( talk) 23:05, 28 January 2024 (UTC) reply
Exactly why I chose this composition for the nom. The blurry part of the necklace doesn't add that much to the image. Cart (talk) 23:24, 28 January 2024 (UTC) reply
Conditional Support On "composite" or words to that effect being added to the descriptions in the articles. Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 07:58, 29 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – I updated the article image captions per Paul. I am Ok with the composite image, it's easy enough to look at and interesting IMO. Bammesk ( talk) 00:46, 22 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – Giles Laurent ( talk) 08:57, 25 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Not Promoted -- Armbrust The Homunculus 21:05, 29 January 2024 (UTC) reply


Bluespotted ribbontail ray

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Original – Bluespotted ribbontail ray (Taeniura lymma), Red Sea, Egypt
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC two weeks ago, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Bluespotted ribbontail ray
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish
Creator
Diego Delso

Promoted File:Raya de arrecife (Taeniura lymma), mar Rojo, Egipto, 2023-04-14, DD 64.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 22:48, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Alpine ibex

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Original – A male alpine ibex near Mont Racine
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC two weeks ago, where it was featured unannimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Alpine ibex, Swiss National Park
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
Giles Laurent

Promoted File:003 Wild Alpine Ibex Sunset Creux du Van Mont Racine Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 22:51, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Pycnocline

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Original – Lion's manes and a moon jellyfish disturbing the pycnocline in the top water layer of Gullmarn fjord, Sweden. Photo taken on a sunny morning after rain, so it's likely that the top layer is warmer water with some freshwater added, making a thermocline coincide with a halocline and resulting in a very thin but visible pycnocline. This difference in density and the altered refractive index is what makes the water look "oily". The top of the largest jellyfish is breaching the surface, while its tentacles are stirring up the thin pycnocline layer.
Reason
High quality photo that shows the subject as it appears in reality and not just as a graph
Articles in which this image appears
Pycnocline
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Others
Creator
W.carter
  • Support as nominator A similar photo has been nominated before, but it failed because it wasn't sharp enough. In this photo you can even make out the heads and tails of the small daphnias, so I hope it's sharp enough. – cart -Talk 14:46, 21 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose – Visual information is not readily intelligible to general readers/viewers. – Sca ( talk) 15:02, 21 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – per previous nom, it shows the phenomenon well. Bammesk ( talk) 00:56, 22 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – I would move the picture up in the article, but FP anyway. Yann ( talk) 16:13, 22 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Oppose - Description is lengthy. Natsuikomin ( talk) 02:13, 23 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support Adam Cuerden ( talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 07:52, 25 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – Giles Laurent ( talk) 08:58, 25 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support – Hamid Hassani ( talk) 06:08, 26 January 2024 (UTC) reply
  • Support. MER-C 17:57, 27 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Promoted File:Cnidaria disturbing the pycnocline in Gullmarn fjord at Sämstad 3.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 22:57, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply

White-lipped tree frog

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Original – White-lipped tree frog (Nyctimystes infrafrenatus), Daintree Rainforest, Queensland, Australia
Reason
High quality large image. FP on Commons. Endemic species.
Articles in which this image appears
White-lipped tree frog
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Amphibians
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:White-lipped tree frog (Nyctimystes infrafrenatus) Daintree.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 23:00, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply


Australian ibis

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Original – Australian ibis (Threskiornis molucca) in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Reason
High quality image. Another image nominated at Commons, but this does not have the darkly-stained feathers.
Articles in which this image appears
Australian ibis
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Australian ibis (Threskiornis molucca) Sydney.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 23:03, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Platypus

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Original – Duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) near Scottsdale, Tasmania
Reason
High quality large image. Illustrates article well. FP on Commons
Articles in which this image appears
Platypus, Monotreme
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) Scottsdale.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 23:04, 31 January 2024 (UTC) reply

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