Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates

This star, with one point broken, symbolizes the featured candidates on Wikipedia. Featured pictures are images that add significantly to articles, either by illustrating article content particularly well, or being eye-catching to the point where users will want to read its accompanying article. Taking the adage that "a picture is worth a thousand words", the images featured on Wikipedia:Featured pictures should illustrate a Wikipedia article in such a way as to add significantly to that article, according to the featured picture criteria. Promoting an image If you believe an image should be featured, create a subpage (use the "For Nominations" field, below) and add the subpage to the current nominations section. For promotion, if an image is listed here for ten days with five or more reviewers in support and the consensus is in its favor, it can be added to the Wikipedia:Featured pictures list. Consensus is generally regarded to be a two-thirds majority in support, including the nominator and/or creator of the image; however, anonymous votes are generally disregarded, as are opinions of sockpuppets. All users may comment. However, only those who have been on Wikipedia for 25 days and with at least 100 edits will be included in the numerical count. If necessary, decisions about close candidacies will be made on a case-by-case basis. Nominations started in December are given three extra days, due to the holidays slowing down activity here. The archive contains all opinions and comments collected for candidate nominations and their nomination results. If you nominate an image here, please consider also uploading and nominating it at Commons to help ensure that the pictures can be used not just in the English Wikipedia but on all other Wikimedia projects as well. Delisting an image A featured picture can be nominated for delisting if you feel it no longer lives up to featured picture standards. You may also request a featured picture be replaced with a superior image. Create a subpage (use the "For Delists" field, below) and add the subpage to the current nominations section. Please leave a note on the talk page of the original FPC nominator (and creator/uploader, if appropriate) to let them know the delisting is being debated. The user may be able to address the issues and avoid the delisting of the picture. For delisting, if an image is listed here for ten days with five or more reviewers supporting a delist or replace, and the consensus is in its favor, it will be delisted from Wikipedia:Featured pictures. Consensus is generally regarded to be a two-thirds majority in support, including the nominator. Note that anonymous votes are generally disregarded, as are opinions of sockpuppets. However, images are sometimes delisted despite having fewer than five in support of their removal, and there is currently no consensus on how best to handle delist closures, except that:If the image to be delisted is not used in any articles by the time of closure, it must be delisted. If it is added to articles during the nomination, at least one week's stability is required for the nomination to be closed as "Kept". The nomination may be suspended if a week hasn't yet passed to give the rescue a chance. Outside of the nominator, all voters are expected to have been on Wikipedia for 25 days and to have made a minimum of 100 edits. If necessary, decisions about close candidacies will be made on a case-by-case basis. As with regular nominations, delist nominations are given three extra days to run if started in December. Note that delisting an image does not mean deleting it. Delisting from Featured pictures in no way affects the image's status in its article(s).

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Step 1: Evaluate Evaluate the merit of a nomination against the featured picture criteria. Most users reference terms from this page when evaluating nominations.

Step 2: Create a subpage For Nominations To create a subpage of Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates for your nomination, add a title for the image you want to nominate in the field below (e.g., Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Labrador Retriever) and click the "Create new nomination" button. For Delists (or Delist & Replace) To create a subpage for your delist, add a title for the image you want to delist/replace in the field below and click the "Create new delist nomination" button.

Step 3: Transclude and link Transclude the newly created subpage to the Featured picture candidate list ().

How to comment for Candidate Images Write Support, if you approve of the picture. A reason is optional. Write Oppose, followed by your reasoning, if you disapprove of the picture. All objections should be accompanied by a specific rationale that, if addressed, would make you support the image. If your concern is one that can only be addressed by the creator, and if they haven't nominated or commented on the image, and if they are a Wikipedian, you should notify them directly. You can weak support or weak oppose instead, so that your opinion will be weighed as half of a "full" opinion. To change your opinion, strike it out (with <s>...</s>) rather than removing it. If you think a nominated image obviously fails the featured picture criteria, write Speedy close followed by your reasons. Nominations may be closed early if this is the case. Recommendations added early in the process may be disregarded if they do not address concerns and/or improvements that arise later in the debate. Reviewers are advised to monitor the progress of a nomination and update their votes accordingly. Prior to giving an opinion, the image should be assessed on its quality as displayed at full size (high-resolution) in an image editing program. Please note that the images are only displayed at thumbnail size on this page. The thumbnail links to the image description page which, in turn, links to the high-resolution version. How to comment for Delist Images Write Keep, followed by your reasons for keeping the picture. Write Delist, followed by your reasons for delisting the picture. Write Delist and Replace if you believe the image should be replaced by a better picture. You can weak keep, weak delist or weak delist and replace instead, so that your opinion will be weighed as half of a "full" opinion. To change your opinion, strike it out (with <s>...</s>) rather than removing it. Please remember to be civil, not to bite the newbies and to comment on the image, not the person. You may find the glossary useful when you encounter acronyms or jargon in other voters' comments. You can also link to it by using {{FPCgloss}}. Editing candidates If you feel you could improve a candidate by image editing, please feel free to do so, but do not overwrite or remove the original. Instead, upload your edit with a different file name (e.g., add "edit" to the file name), and display it below the original nomination. Edits should be appropriately captioned in sequential order (e.g., Edit 1, Edit 2, etc), and describe the modifications that have been applied. Is my monitor adjusted correctly? In a discussion about the brightness of an image, it is necessary to know if the computer display is properly adjusted. Displays differ greatly in their ability to show shadow detail. There are four dark grey circles in the adjacent image. If you can discern three (or even four) of the circles, your monitor can display shadow detail correctly. If you see fewer than three circles, you may need to adjust the monitor and/or computer display settings. Some displays cannot be adjusted for ideal shadow detail. Please take this into account when voting. Displays also differ greatly in their ability to show highlight detail. There are light grey circles in the adjacent image. If you can discern three (or even four) of the circles, your monitor can display highlight detail correctly. If you see fewer than three circles, you may need to adjust the monitor and/or computer display settings (probably reduce the contrast setting). Some displays cannot be adjusted for ideal highlight detail. Please take this into account when voting. On a gamma-adjusted display, the four circles in the color image blend into the background when seen from a few feet (roughly 75–150 cm) away. If they do not, you could adjust the gamma setting (found in the computer's settings, not on the display), until they do. This may be very difficult to attain, and a slight error is not detrimental. Uncorrected PC displays usually show the circles darker than the background. Note that the image must be viewed in original size (263 × 68 pixels) - if enlarged or reduced, results are not accurate. Note that on most consumer LCD displays (laptop or flat screen), viewing angle strongly affects these images. Correct adjustment on one part of the screen might be incorrect on another part for a stationary head position. Click on the images for more technical information. If possible, calibration with a hardware monitor calibrator is recommended.

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Current nominations

Schrödinger's cat film

Voting period ends on 9 Jul 2024 at 10:17:07 (UTC)

Original – The quantum-mechanical "Schrödinger's cat" paradox according to the many-worlds interpretation. In this interpretation, every event is a branch point. The cat is both alive and dead — regardless of whether the box is opened — but the "alive" and "dead" cats are in different branches of the universe that are equally real but cannot interact with each other.

Reason

High quality educational illustration in vector format

Articles in which this image appears

Many-worlds interpretation, Schrödinger's cat, Multiverse, Jorge Luis Borges and mathematics

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Drawings

Creator

Physikinger

• Support as nominator – ―Howard • 🌽³³ 10:17, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
• Comment – Obscure, arcane. – Sca (talk) 12:19, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

Percival Lowell

Voting period ends on 8 Jul 2024 at 00:52:53 (UTC)

Original – Astronomer Percival Lowell, discoverer of the dwarf planet Pluto, which has created such goods as the Tarnhelm, Mjölnir and... oh, wait, wrong kind of dwarf planet. He also popularised the Mars canals

Reason

One of the best photos I've seen of him.

Articles in which this image appears

Percival Lowell

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering

Creator

James E. Purdy, restored by Adam Cuerden

• Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 00:52, 28 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support – Vinícius O. (talk) 16:35, 28 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 05:11, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support. MER-C 10:27, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

Carrie Nation

Voting period ends on 7 Jul 2024 at 17:55:51 (UTC)

Original – Carrie Nation, also known as Hatchet Granny, campaigned against alcohol, and for helping battered women.

Reason

A fine (if originally badly damaged) photograph of a notable temperance campaigner

Articles in which this image appears

Carrie Nation, June 1900

FP category for this image

The logic we usually use is that people advocating for change in laws, such as suffragettes, get filed under political. This is a little more subtle, as she's arguably advocating for societal change, but the movement culminated in Prohibition. She was also a religious leader of sorts. Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political? I'll let Armbrust decide.

Creator

White Studio, restored by Adam Cuerden

• Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 17:55, 27 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support – Love the title and I guess Political category fits. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 18:56, 27 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 05:12, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support. MER-C 10:26, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

Socially Distanced Homeless Encampment

Voting period ends on 7 Jul 2024 at 14:18:23 (UTC)

Original – From COVID-19 pandemic in the San Francisco Bay Area: "A "safe sleeping village" at San Francisco's Civic Center organized tents into an evenly spaced grid as a safer alternative to the city's usual homeless encampments."

Reason

Good EV for the pandemic (even if it has to compete with a lot of other good-EV pictures on both pages it's on). Aesthetically interesting, contextually illustrative (of the concept of social distancing), and historically important. I'm nominating it under "Other" for a category because it doesn't fit neatly into any of the others. "People" comes closest, since this is a human thing, but there aren't that many people in the focus area of the image, so I'm stumped. Moonreach (talk) 14:18, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

Articles in which this image appears

COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 pandemic in the San Francisco Bay Area

FP category for this image

Other

Creator

Christopher Michel on Flickr, uploaded to Commons by Tm

• Support as nominator – Moonreach (talk) 14:18, 27 June 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose – Interesting concept but poor execution. I really doubt the EV because this is a very wide aerial shot that very poorly depicts the social distancing. From this angle, it is nothing more than a courtyard with equally distant rectangles. The shadow on the lower half and the structures on the sides are distracting too. Regretful oppose but good concept. Any other angle resolving those points I raised have my support. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 16:39, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

  There are two other pictures from the same set. I'd be happy to support either if other people think they have merit, but I don't think the composition of either one is quite as impactful. Moonreach (talk) 16:56, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

  Nope. Sadly, they are worse. As Sca said, the EV is almost nil for any of them and doesn't give any information to the general reader. — The Herald (Benison) (talk) 17:04, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose – Visual information not readily intelligible to general readers/viewers. – Sca (talk) 16:42, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

Giado concentration camp

Voting period ends on 7 Jul 2024 at 12:38:31 (UTC)

Original – Giado concentration camp was a concentration camp for Libyan Jews, operated by Italy, in the Libyan Nafusa Mountains. 20% of its prisoners died.

Reason

This is the only known photograph of the Giado concentration camp. Its quality has some issues (it looks like it's been digitally softened), but... this is the only surviving image of a concentration camp, whose structure has since been destroyed.

Articles in which this image appears

Giado concentration camp, Jadu, Libya

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War II

Creator

Unknown

• Support as nominator – ꧁Zanahary꧂ 12:38, 27 June 2024 (UTC)
• Comment – Unfortunetely this is too small. The Featured picture criteria says "images should be a minimum of 1500 pixels in width and height". In this case, however, an exception may be granted for historical reasons. —Bruce1ee^talk 12:50, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

  I think an exception is called for here. It's the deadliest North African WWII concentration camp, and this is the only photo of it. No trace remains of the camp nor of the nearby medieval cemetery where the prisoners buried their dead—so not even a photo of ruins can be taken to replace or supplement it. ꧁Zanahary꧂ 13:20, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

• Weak oppose - I'd be okay with giving this one a pass on resolution, since it's historical and exceeds 1500px on the long axis, but it's both low-contrast and kind of blurry up close. If there were a better copy of this image, I'd support it. Moonreach (talk) 14:21, 27 June 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose – Empty buildings (in low-rez), without people, don't really convey the nature of the topic. – Sca (talk) 16:48, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

Male springbok

Voting period ends on 7 Jul 2024 at 07:35:36 (UTC)

Original – Antidorcas marsupialis (Springbok) male

Reason

Unanimously promoted to FP on Commons, as well as the Arabic and Persian Wikipedias. Used in many articles, most importantly being the headline image of its species, which is a FA

Articles in which this image appears

Springbok, List of bovids, List of artiodactyls, Karoo, Golden Gate Highlands National Park, Gerenuk, Border Cave

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals

Creator

Yathin sk

• Support as nominator – _ZZ^Z'S 07:35, 27 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support – The Herald (Benison) (talk) 16:42, 27 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support – Vinícius O. (talk) 20:52, 27 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 05:13, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support Would prefer a little more fur detail, but we can D&R if that hypothetical becomes a reality. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 05:15, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

Titanus giganteus beetle

Voting period ends on 5 Jul 2024 at 19:40:15 (UTC)

Original – The titan beetle (Titanus giganteus) is a longhorn beetle, the sole species in the genus Titanus, and one of the largest known beetles, as well as one of the largest known insects, at over 170 mm (6.7 in) in length.

Reason

High res high quality image with excellent EV. Lead image in a very notable article with high readership.

Articles in which this image appears

Titan beetle

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects

Creator

Didier Descouens on Commons

• Support as nominator – The Herald (Benison) (talk) 19:40, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support – Bammesk (talk) 01:01, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 02:58, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 04:54, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

• Support – Thats a big beetle ―Howard • 🌽³³ 10:12, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support - — Rexter7890 (talk) 02:35, 27 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support. MER-C 11:18, 27 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support Also, why is the page title "Nightmare stuff?" – _ZZ^Z'S 18:59, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

Cuz, why not? A beetle of that size is nightmare worthy, right? xP The Herald (Benison) (talk) 01:18, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

It's a bit of an FPC tradition to hide Easter eggs in the page names. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 05:11, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

Space Shuttle Atlantis

Voting period ends on 5 Jul 2024 at 03:21:54 (UTC)

Original – Atlantis in orbit in 2010, during STS-132

Reason

Lead image in the Atlantis space shuttle article. It shows Atlantis in orbit during the STS-132 mission in 2010. The photo shows the Payload bay area in full, as well as the extended Canadarm (the remote manipulator arm).

Articles in which this image appears

Space Shuttle Atlantis

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Getting there

Creator

NASA

• Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 03:21, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support & Comment - The Internet Archive link is about 50% larger (as cropped). To really nitpick, it could also be slightly rotated CCW... --Janke | Talk 06:04, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

• No, the nom and archived image [1] are the same size (except for the crop, and now the slight rotation). Your browser magnifications might be off. CCW rotation is now done, see latest upload [2]. Bammesk (talk) 00:52, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

• You are entirely correct, it was a glitch in my browser settings... --Janke | Talk 09:31, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

• Support Moonreach (talk) 17:21, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support – The Herald (Benison) (talk) 19:41, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 02:59, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support – _ZZ^Z'S 18:57, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

Delist and Replace: Roundhay Garden Scene

Voting period ends on 5 Jul 2024 at 02:54:12 (UTC)

Roundhay Garden Scene (1888)

Proposed replacement

Reason

Roundhay Garden Scene is often known as the oldest surviving film. The currently featured version is very low resolution and has compression artifacts so prominent that the people's features get distorted. It's been superseded by an HD version from a documentary about the creator. The new version is losslessly encoded to preserve as much detail as possible in each of the 20 images.

Articles this image appears in

Roundhay Garden Scene, Louis Le Prince, 1888 in film, History of film technology, Cinematography

Previous nomination/s

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Roundhay Garden Scene.ogg

Nominator

hinnk (talk)

• Replace — hinnk (talk) 02:54, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
• D&R – The Herald (Benison) (talk) 02:58, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
• Keep Unfortunately, the replacement suffers from excessive contrast, highlights all blown out (e.g. man's face lost details). A better replacement should be found. --Janke | Talk 06:07, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

  

  Details from the man's face in the original (top) versus the proposed replacement (bottom)

  Strongly disagree that there are details in the original lost in the replacement (see comparison). The features are far more legible and you can see two separate eyes instead of a horizontal bar.

  The top and bottom rows here are actually offset from each other by 2. It turns out the original is missing 2 of the 20 images from Roundhay Garden Scene, which is a huge problem for its EV. hinnk (talk) 07:55, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

• Comment - The proposed replacement has better resolution but I agree with Janke that the contrast is excessive. Moonreach (talk) 17:20, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
• Delist & Replace – because it is a step in the right direction. The existing FP has pixelization (which shows as fake details). When a better copy becomes available, we can do another D&R. Bammesk (talk) 01:07, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

• I agree with that, struck my keep. I don't like the contrast, though, the door also has totally blown highlights. --Janke | Talk 12:24, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

• Delist & Replace; per Bammesk. – Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:01, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
• Delist & Replace; per Bammesk. – Carlosmarkos2345 (talk) 17:59, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

Jun Takahashi dress for Undercover

Voting period ends on 3 Jul 2024 at 10:30:21 (UTC)

Original – Dress for the Undercover spring/summer 2024 collection, featured in the Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Reason

Unanimously featured on Commons. Illustrates both articles well.

Articles in which this image appears

Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion, Jun Takahashi

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Culture and lifestyle

Creator

Rhododendrites, Jun Takahashi

• Support as nominator – MER-C 10:30, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
• Comment: EV? –Sca (talk) 12:23, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support – EV at both articles, esp as the lead image in the parent article The Herald (Benison) (talk) 13:45, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 15:20, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support Moonreach (talk) 17:25, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support – Bammesk (talk) 00:54, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:02, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

Golden-shouldered parrot

Voting period ends on 3 Jul 2024 at 10:03:50 (UTC)

Original – Golden-shouldered parrots - female (left) and male (right)

Reason

Unanimously featured on Commons in January. Headline image.

Articles in which this image appears

Golden-shouldered parrot

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds

Creator

JJ Harrison

• Support as nominator – MER-C 10:03, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support – perfectly posed shot of both male and female. —Bruce1ee^talk 10:12, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support – The Herald (Benison) (talk) 13:46, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support – ―Howard • 🌽³³ 10:04, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:03, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support – _ZZ^Z'S 18:58, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

Beaufort Gyre

Voting period ends on 2 Jul 2024 at 16:44:44 (UTC)

Original – Weekly variation of Arctic sea ice from 1984 to 2019. Younger ice (first-year ice) is shown in darker shades, while older ice (four-year or older) is shown in white.

Reason

Good addition to the Beaufort Gyre article, in the Dynamical mechanisms section. It shows the weekly change in the Arctic sea ice coverage. Younger ice accumulation (first-year ice) is shown in darker shades, while older ice (four-year or older) is shown in white.

Articles in which this image appears

Beaufort Gyre

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Others

Creator

NASA, visualization by: Cindy Starr and Horace Mitchell

• Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 16:44, 22 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:59, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support. MER-C 10:46, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support – Vinícius O. (talk) 13:57, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support --_ZZ^Z'S 16:52, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support - It's ali-i-i-ve! (But dying out at an alarming rate...) --Janke | Talk 11:16, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support Moonreach (talk) 17:24, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

Portland, Oregon, in 1898

Voting period ends on 1 Jul 2024 at 05:13:12 (UTC)

Original – View west, across the Willamette River, of Portland, Oregon, in 1898

Reason

A fine bit of historical photography

Articles in which this image appears

Portland, Oregon, History of Portland, Oregon, The Oregonian Building

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban

Creator

Herbert A. Hale, restored by Adam Cuerden

• Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 05:13, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Whoops, forgot to transclude this. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 19:55, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

• Support – Bammesk (talk) 16:05, 22 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support – Yann (talk) 17:56, 22 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:59, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support. MER-C 10:50, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support – ―Howard • 🌽³³ 10:04, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

Royal Palace of Amsterdam

Voting period ends on 29 Jun 2024 at 17:20:57 (UTC)

Original – The Royal Palace of Amsterdam in 2016

Reason

High quality and resolution. Featured picture on Wikimedia Commons; featured picture on the Persian language Wikipedia; it is considered to meet the Quality image guidelines on Wikimedia Commons.

Articles in which this image appears

Royal Palace of Amsterdam, Dutch Baroque architecture, Palace, Amsterdam, Baroque architecture, History of architecture, Official residence etc.

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture

Creator

Diego Delso

• Support as nominator – Vinícius O. (talk) 17:20, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support Excellent photo with strong EV Nick-D (talk) 10:43, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
• Comment Straight-on view not the most interesting, IMO. – Sca (talk) 12:23, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
• Comment: Not a fan of the very strong yellow tint of the sodium(?) lighting. --Paul_012 (talk) 12:06, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support – Bammesk (talk) 15:41, 22 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:00, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

• Support – ―Howard • 🌽³³ 10:03, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

Antonio de Ulloa

Voting period ends on 29 Jun 2024 at 17:19:17 (UTC)

Original – Posthumous portrait by Andrés Cortés (1856)

Reason

Good quality and high resolution

Articles in which this image appears

Antonio de Ulloa, Platinum, etc.

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Military

Creator

Andrés Cortés y Aguilar

• Support as nominator – Vinícius O. (talk) 17:19, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support – Bammesk (talk) 16:00, 22 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:01, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support. MER-C 10:47, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support – The Herald (Benison) (talk) 09:14, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

Nominations — to be closed

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Older nominations requiring additional input from users

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   The caption for a Wikipedian created image should read "Description at Article, by Creator". For a non-Wikipedian, it should be similar, but if the creator does not have an article, use an external link if appropriate. For images with substantial editing by one or more Wikipedians, but created by someone else, use "Description at Article, by Creator (edited by Editor)" (all editors involved should be clear from the nomination). Additionally, the description is optional - if it's essentially the same as the article title, then just use "Article, by Creator". Numerous examples can be found on the various Featured Pictures subpages.

4. Add the image to the appropriate section of Wikipedia:Featured pictures - newest on left and remove the oldest from the right so that there are always three in each section.
5. Add the Featured Picture tag and star to the image page using {{Featured picture|page_name}} (replace page_name with the nomination page name, i.e., the page_name from Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/page_name). To add this template you most likely will have to click the "create" button on the upper right if the "edit" button is not present, generally if the image originates from Commons.
6. If an edited or alternative version of the originally nominated image is promoted, make sure that all articles contain the Featured Picture version, as opposed to the original.
7. Notify the nominator or co-nominators by placing {{subst:PromotedFPC|File:file_name.xxx}} on each nominator's talk page. For example: {{subst:PromotedFPC|File:Blue morpho butterfly.jpg}}.
8. If the image was created by a Wikipedian, place {{subst:UploadedFP|File:file_name.xxx}} on the creator's talk page. For example: {{subst:UploadedFP|File:Blue morpho butterfly.jpg}}.

Then perform the following, regardless of the outcome:

1. Move the nomination entry to the top of the "Recently closed nominations" section. It will remain there for three days after closing so others can review the nomination. This is done by simply moving the line {{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Page name}} to the top of the section.
2. Add the nomination entry to the bottom of the June archive. This is done by simply adding the line {{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Page name}} from this page to the bottom of the archive.
3. If the nomination is listed at Template:FPC urgents, remove it.

Delist closing procedure

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

If consensus is to KEEP featured picture status, and the image is used in at least one article, perform the following:

1. Check that the image has been in the article for at least one week. Otherwise, suspend the nomination to give it time to stabilize before continuing.
2. Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/delist/subpage:

   {{FPCresult|Kept|}} --~~~~

   • Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.

3. Optionally leave a note on the picture's talk page.

If consensus is to DELIST, or the image is unused (and consensus is not for a replacement that is used), perform the following:

1. Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/delist/subpage:

   {{FPCresult|Delisted|}} --~~~~

   • Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.

2. Replace the {{Featured picture}} tag from the image with {{FormerFeaturedPicture|delist/''Image name''}}.
3. Remove the image from the appropriate sub-page of Wikipedia:Featured pictures and the appropriate section of Wikipedia:Featured pictures thumbs.

If consensus is to REPLACE (and at least one of the images is used in articles), perform the following:

1. Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/delist/subpage:

   {{FPCresult|Replaced|}} with File:NEW_IMAGE_FILENAME.JPG --~~~~

   • Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.
   • Replace NEW_IMAGE_FILENAME.JPG with the name of the replacement file.

2. Replace the {{Featured picture}} tag from the delisted image with {{FormerFeaturedPicture|delist/''Image name''}}.
3. Update the replacement picture's tag, adding the tag {{Featured picture|delist/image_name}} (replace image_name with the nomination page name, i.e., the image_name from Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/delist/image_name). Remove any no longer applicable tags from the original, replacement and from any other alternatives. If the alternatives were on Commons and no longer have any tags, be sure to tag the description page with {{missing image}}.
4. Replace the delisted Featured Picture in all articles with the new replacement Featured Picture version. Do NOT replace the original in non-article space, such as Talk Pages, FPC nominations, archives, etc.
5. Ensure that the replacement image is included on the appropriate sub-page of Wikipedia:Featured pictures and the appropriate section of Wikipedia:Featured pictures thumbs. Do this by replacing the original image with the new replacement image; do not add the replacement as a new Featured Picture.

Then perform the following, regardless of the outcome:

1. Move the nomination entry to the top of the "Recently closed nominations" section. It will remain there for three days after closing so others can review the nomination. This is done by simply moving the line {{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Image name}} to the top of the section.
2. Add the nomination entry to the bottom of the archived delist nominations. This is done by simply adding the line {{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Image name}} to the bottom of the appropriate section of the archive.
3. If the nomination is listed at Template:FPC urgents, remove it.

Recently closed nominations

Nominations in this category have already been closed and are here for the purposes of closure review by FPC contributors. Please do not add any further comments or votes regarding the original nomination. If you wish to discuss any of these closures, please do so at Wikipedia talk:Featured picture candidates. Nominations will stay here for three full days following closure and subsequently be removed.

Anne of Cleves 2

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 28 Jun 2024 at 19:38:51 (UTC)

Original – Anne of Cleves, Queen of England in 1540 and the fourth wife of King Henry VIII.

Reason

Meticulous contemporary portrait, kingsize resolution (improvement of the older 2007 nomination).

Articles in which this image appears

Anne of Cleves

FP category for this image

People/Royalty and nobility

Creator

Hans Holbein the Younger

• Support as nominator – Brandmeister^talk 19:38, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose. I realize that this has been recently restored, explaining the huge color difference between this and past images, but even so it looks oversaturated and overcontrasted to me compared to the images of the restored version released by the Louvre for publications in ArtNet and Smithsonian Magazine. —David Eppstein (talk) 06:56, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

  The Louvre website has at least two differently tinted and saturated versions of this. I'd concede that the framed one, with greenishly tinted background, is probably how it actually looks like, but Commons currently lacks it, it seems. Brandmeister^talk 16:03, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

  That link includes photos both of the pre-restoration version with the black-blue background and the restored version with a more vibrant blue. But not as vibrant as this image. —David Eppstein (talk) 21:04, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

• Comment – Well, No. 2 wife Anne Boleyn didn't make it, either. – Sca (talk) 12:14, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support – Yann (talk) 18:01, 22 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:02, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support – Vinícius O. (talk) 13:55, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support – The Herald (Benison) (talk) 02:59, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support Moonreach (talk) 17:26, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

Promoted File:Anne de Clèves - Hans Holbein le Jeune - Musée du Louvre Peintures INV 1348 ; MR 756 - version 2.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 00:58, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

Set: Black-faced blenny

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 26 Jun 2024 at 10:30:05 (UTC)

• 
  (Territorial) male
• 
  Female

Reason

Unanimously featured on Commons.

Articles in which this image appears

Black-faced blenny

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish

Creator

Diego Delso

• Support as nominator – MER-C 10:30, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 13:31, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support --_ZZ^Z'S 17:06, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support 🐟 — Rexter7890 (talk) 19:10, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

• I struck this vote. Editor has less than 100 edits. See instructions on top of the WP:FPC page. Bammesk (talk) 02:22, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

• Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:16, 22 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support – Yann (talk) 18:00, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

Promoted File:Moma amarilla (Tripterygion delaisi), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2022-07-29, DD 32.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 10:39, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
Promoted File:Moma amarilla (Tripterygion delaisi), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2022-07-20, DD 29.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 10:39, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

Florence Cathedral

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 26 Jun 2024 at 10:10:39 (UTC)

Original – The Florence Cathedral seen from Piazzale Michelangelo at night.

Reason

Unanimously featured on Commons last month. Headline image.

Articles in which this image appears

Florence Cathedral etc.

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture

Creator

Dllu

• Support as nominator – MER-C 10:10, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
• Comment – Foreground seems rather too broad for composition. – Sca (talk) 12:12, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support – was thinking of nominating this. Bammesk (talk) 14:09, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support as creator. Thanks for the nomination! dllu (t,c) 22:28, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support Excellent photo with strong EV. This is a good example of an example where a night photo of a building has strong EV. Nick-D (talk) 10:52, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:15, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

Promoted File:Florence Cathedral seen from Piazzale Michelangelo night dllu.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 10:36, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

Suspended nominations

This section is for Featured Picture (or delisting) candidacies whose closure is postponed for additional editing, rendering, or copyright clarification.