Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates
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![]() Featured pictures are images that add significantly to articles, either by illustrating article content particularly well, or being eye-catching to the point where users will want to read its accompanying article. Taking the adage that "a picture is worth a thousand words", the images featured on Wikipedia:Featured pictures should illustrate a Wikipedia article in such a way as to add significantly to that article, according to the featured picture criteria.
If you believe an image should be featured, create a subpage (use the "For Nominations" field, below) and add the subpage to the current nominations section. For promotion, if an image is listed here for ten days with five or more reviewers in support and the consensus is in its favor, it can be added to the Wikipedia:Featured pictures list. Consensus is generally regarded to be a two-thirds majority in support, including the nominator and/or creator of the image; however, anonymous votes are generally disregarded, as are opinions of sockpuppets. All users may comment. However, only those who have been on Wikipedia for 25 days and with at least 100 edits will be included in the numerical count. If necessary, decisions about close candidacies will be made on a case-by-case basis. Nominations started in December are given three extra days, due to the holidays slowing down activity here. The archive contains all opinions and comments collected for candidate nominations and their nomination results. If you nominate an image here, please consider also uploading and nominating it at Commons to help ensure that the pictures can be used not just in the English Wikipedia but on all other Wikimedia projects as well.
A featured picture can be nominated for delisting if you feel it no longer lives up to featured picture standards. You may also request a featured picture be replaced with a superior image. Create a subpage (use the "For Delists" field, below) and add the subpage to the current nominations section. Please leave a note on the talk page of the original FPC nominator (and creator/uploader, if appropriate) to let them know the delisting is being debated. The user may be able to address the issues and avoid the delisting of the picture. For delisting, if an image is listed here for ten days with five or more reviewers supporting a delist or replace, and the consensus is in its favor, it will be delisted from Wikipedia:Featured pictures. Consensus is generally regarded to be a two-thirds majority in support, including the nominator. Note that anonymous votes are generally disregarded, as are opinions of sockpuppets. However, images are sometimes delisted despite having fewer than five in support of their removal, and there is currently no consensus on how best to handle delist closures, except that:If the image to be delisted is not used in any articles by the time of closure, it must be delisted. If it is added to articles during the nomination, at least one week's stability is required for the nomination to be closed as "Kept". The nomination may be suspended if a week hasn't yet passed to give the rescue a chance. Outside of the nominator, all voters are expected to have been on Wikipedia for 25 days and to have made a minimum of 100 edits. If necessary, decisions about close candidacies will be made on a case-by-case basis. As with regular nominations, delist nominations are given three extra days to run if started in December.
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To create a subpage of Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates for your nomination, add a title for the image you want to nominate in the field below (e.g., Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Labrador Retriever) and click the "Create new nomination" button.
To create a subpage for your delist, add a title for the image you want to delist/replace in the field below and click the "Create new delist nomination" button.
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Current nominations
[edit]Voting period ends on 7 Sep 2024 at 12:52:12 (UTC)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Jaws_movie_poster.png/250px-Jaws_movie_poster.png)
- Reason
- High-resolution upload of the iconic film poster for one of the most popular American films, which was the highest-grossing film of all time upon its release.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Jaws (film), Roger Kastel
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Film
- Creator
- Roger Kastel
- Support as nominator – –Dream out loud (talk) 12:52, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Iconic image. Yann (talk) 17:57, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support. It's a classic and iconic poster from one of the most famous American films. The file is indeed in the public domain, which was affirmed by the US Copyright Office, so no IP issues should be present. Di (they-them) (talk) 01:40, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
- Comment – Lacks current EV. Meh. – Sca (talk) 12:25, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support It's not the best reproduction, but it's good enough for now. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 15:03, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
- Two questions:
- 1) Given Mediawiki's difficulty rendering PNG, is that the best format for this file? EDIT: I note that the source is jpg.
- 2) The cited reference for public domain status is a dead link. Meanwhile, this copy has a clear copyright notice. How sure are we that this is free? — Chris Woodrich (talk) 19:50, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
- Here is an archived copy. This assessment from the Copyright Office seems to specifically be about the illustration of the shark and swimmer, rather than this poster as a document in and of itself; the report says that the illustration was originally published as the cover of the novel's paperback edition. One could argue that, if the Copyright Office holds the illustration to be public domain, the rest of the poster is, too, since it's just text and simple shapes that wouldn't be copyrightable on their own. That steers closer to original research than I think I'm comfortable with, though. Moonreach (talk) 20:28, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
- I finally got this one to work. That is... a heck of a read, and I'm curious if Commons/Wikimedia council have explored the implications of this decision (sounds like a lot of book covers may actually be PD). My concern about copyright is quelled - aside from the brief tagline, none of the text really seems to cross the threshold of originality for the United States, and the illustration is free. Still have a question about the format; since the original was a JPG, being PNG only prevents loss during re-use. A JPG would render better on Wikipedia. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 21:28, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
- Here is an archived copy. This assessment from the Copyright Office seems to specifically be about the illustration of the shark and swimmer, rather than this poster as a document in and of itself; the report says that the illustration was originally published as the cover of the novel's paperback edition. One could argue that, if the Copyright Office holds the illustration to be public domain, the rest of the poster is, too, since it's just text and simple shapes that wouldn't be copyrightable on their own. That steers closer to original research than I think I'm comfortable with, though. Moonreach (talk) 20:28, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Carlosmarkos2345 (talk) 16:57, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 5 Sep 2024 at 15:28:51 (UTC)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Wikipe-tan_and_Adult_Commons-tan_Yuri.png/250px-Wikipe-tan_and_Adult_Commons-tan_Yuri.png)
- Reason
- A rather masterful illustration of a "fictional relationship that causes controversy", a concept somewhat difficult to illustrate through CC! My friend drew this image on my suggestion for the Shipping discourse article.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Shipping discourse
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Culture and lifestyle
- Creator
- Honemura (Commons user)
- Support as nominator – Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 15:28, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
- Comment - I'm torn. On the oppose end, Wikipe-tan and Commons-tan are not prominent figures in the shipping community, and being abstract idealizations of these projects, they don't have set ages that illustrate the age gap in a meaningful fashion. On the support end, we're not going to get free images of the copyrighted characters that dominate the shipping community, and frankly I love the Renoir vibes. This is a useful image... I'm just not sure that it meets the FP threshold. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 16:30, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
- Comment – Perhaps it is a personal failure with recognizing emotion in art, but I could not discern that this was meant to be a romantic context without the caption. Even so, I'm not going to vote yes or no on this one. ―Howard • 🌽33 17:18, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
- Comment - it was added to the article today... --Janke | Talk 18:21, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose – Beyond the ken of most Eng.-lang. readers. – Sca (talk) 12:40, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support - It's a beautiful art piece IMO and the image is educationally useful. I'm not sure that I agree with the argument about it being "beyond the ken" of readers, since Wikipedia exists to help people learn and understand subjects they may have had no prior understanding of. FP has also featured technical and scientific charts and diagrams, which I imagine are at least a little difficult for average readers to understand without further reading. Di (they-them) (talk) 01:46, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support I believe it's somewhat using Japanese artistic tropes to dshow the relationship, which suits the characters. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 16:51, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 4 Sep 2024 at 22:15:03 (UTC)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Eastern_amberwing_%2875121%29.jpg/330px-Eastern_amberwing_%2875121%29.jpg)
- Reason
- Excellent dragonfly image! High EV, good quality.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Eastern amberwing
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
- Creator
- Rhododendrites
- Support as nominator – — Chris Woodrich (talk) 22:15, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 16:50, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 4 Sep 2024 at 19:54:14 (UTC)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Lauren_Bacall_by_Bernard_Gotfryd.jpg/260px-Lauren_Bacall_by_Bernard_Gotfryd.jpg)
- Reason
- The best picture from this period of her life, and includes the manuscript of her autobiography, which is helpful. Composition is way better than the other image presumably from that same session. Downside: Not the lead image, and the article has many of her, but I think the manuscript helps a lot with EV, as it gives it something unique compared to the other photos.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Lauren Bacall +1
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
- Creator
- Bernard Gotfryd, restored by Adam Cuerden
- Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 19:54, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support - Was honestly going to nominate this, until I saw that you were still actively working on it. It's an excellent image, showing her at work on something that was important to her during the period. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 22:16, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support — Moonreach (talk) 15:41, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support — Yann (talk) 17:59, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 4 Sep 2024 at 11:07:57 (UTC)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/La_Promenade%2C_by_Pierre-Auguste_Renoir.jpg/260px-La_Promenade%2C_by_Pierre-Auguste_Renoir.jpg)
- Reason
- Good reproduction of a painting with a specific article.
- Articles in which this image appears
- La Promenade (Renoir) etc.
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
- Creator
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir
- Support as nominator – MER-C 11:07, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support per nom — Chris Woodrich (talk) 12:09, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support — Moonreach (talk) 15:40, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support — Yann (talk) 18:00, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 15:01, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 4 Sep 2024 at 10:32:02 (UTC)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Rufa_red_knot_%28Calidris_canutus_rufa%29_in_Delaware_Bay%2C_New_Jersey.jpg/390px-Rufa_red_knot_%28Calidris_canutus_rufa%29_in_Delaware_Bay%2C_New_Jersey.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Kn%C3%BCpfen_des_Von_Leffern_knoten_3.jpg/164px-Kn%C3%BCpfen_des_Von_Leffern_knoten_3.jpg)
- Reason
- Unanimously featured on Commons. Headline image. The image has undergone noise reduction since the previous nomination.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Red knot etc.
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
- Creator
- Needsmoreritalin
- Support as nominator – MER-C 10:32, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 11:13, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support (though it does feel slightly oversharpened). — Chris Woodrich (talk) 12:08, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support – ―Howard • 🌽33 17:19, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support – I was planning on nominating this image. Thanks! ZZZ'S 23:35, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 3 Sep 2024 at 20:07:27 (UTC)
- Reason
- It is true that the original video quality is only 240p, however I think its historical value as the first video ever uploaded to YouTube vindicates it. As far as I am aware, restoration or remastering is unnecessary since this is how the video was originally uploaded. The video was also selected as media of the day on Commons.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Me at the zoo, Jawed Karim
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Film
- Creator
- Jawed Karim
- Support as nominator – ―Howard • 🌽33 20:07, 24 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support - I've pulled the link to the archived version and confirmed that the video was under a CC-BY license on the attributed date. This is a historical artifact, with a good article on it, and a very important piece of the internet timeline. We've previously featured File:Trojan Room coffee pot xcoffee.png, which was in its native resolution, so there is precedent for resolutions lower than "minimum" for works such as this. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 22:07, 24 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support — Moonreach (talk) 15:40, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support - Pivotal moment for the internet. GamerPro64 04:41, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose – Purported significance not apparent. Odd content, lacks EV. – Sca (talk) 12:13, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support I disagree. --ZZZ'S 13:05, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 2 Sep 2024 at 15:18:59 (UTC)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/NASA_astronaut_Leland_D._Melvin_with_his_dogs_Jake_and_Scout.jpg/325px-NASA_astronaut_Leland_D._Melvin_with_his_dogs_Jake_and_Scout.jpg)
- Reason
- Excellent portrait that was previously nominated in 2020. I've added a bit of a blurb on the viral image, and found a higher resolution presentation that was Tweeted by NASA, so all of the criticisms from the first nomination should be dealt with.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Leland D. Melvin; Dog behavior
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering
- Creator
- Robert Markowitz for NASA
- Support as nominator – — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:18, 23 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support — Moonreach (talk) 16:23, 23 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support per my comment from the previous nomination - this is a great photo that illustrates several aspects of the subject's life and is also useful for articles on the relationships between humans and dogs. Nick-D (talk) 01:03, 24 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support.--Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 03:06, 24 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support – ZZZ'S 04:32, 24 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support – good photo! ―Howard • 🌽33 20:09, 24 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support – A warm and touching picture. —Bruce1eetalk 23:00, 24 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support — Yann (talk) 18:01, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 1 Sep 2024 at 07:42:39 (UTC)
- Reason
- This file got removed from The Bank (1915 film) when I was uploading improved versions of Chaplin's short films. The newer copy has a higher resolution and shows more detail (try focusing in on the props or set design and you'll see a lot more of the texture, especially at source quality).
- Articles this image appears in
- The Bank (1915 film)
- Previous nomination/s
- Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Bank (1915)
- Nominator
- hinnk (talk)
- Delist — hinnk (talk) 07:42, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
- Delist and replace Moonreach (talk) 14:41, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
- D&R per nom. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:19, 23 August 2024 (UTC)
- Delist and replace.--Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 03:06, 24 August 2024 (UTC)
- D&R — Carlosmarkos2345 (talk) 19:00, 24 August 2024 (UTC)
- Do you know what causes the replacement to be 8 seconds shorter? Provided nothing is missing, Replace. MER-C 10:59, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
- It seems to be from the black screen at the beginning and end of the previous version. hinnk (talk) 19:56, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
- D & R — Yann (talk) 18:02, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 30 Aug 2024 at 20:26:17 (UTC)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/MVIC_sunset_scan_of_Pluto.jpg/610px-MVIC_sunset_scan_of_Pluto.jpg)
- Reason
- Iconic, unique photo of Pluto taken by the New Horizons probe in 2015. It's just under 1500px on the short axis, but I tracked down NASA's official version and that does seem to be the resolution it was imaged at. Already a featured picture on the Indonesian language Wikipedia.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Atmosphere of Pluto, Pluto
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
- Creator
- NASA's credit list: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute. Uploaded by Njardarlogar
- Support as nominator – Moonreach (talk) 20:26, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support - Excellent quality and EV, size is reasonable given the distance it took to reach here. I was pleased to see that the article details the layers of haze - that's enough for a blurb on its own. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 22:09, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support – on the image page, the source link is dead. I added an archive link. FP criterion #6. Bammesk (talk) 02:00, 21 August 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks! Moonreach (talk) 15:43, 21 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support Good quality and excellent EV. --Tagooty (talk) 03:13, 21 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support.--Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 03:06, 24 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support – ZZZ'S 04:31, 24 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support. MER-C 10:28, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
Nominations — to be closed
[edit]Nominations in this category are older than ten days and are to be closed. New votes will no longer be accepted.
Older nominations requiring additional input from users
[edit]These nominations have been moved here because consensus is impossible to determine without additional input from those who participated in the discussion. Usually this is because there was more than one edit of the image available, and no clear preference for one of them was determined. If you voted on these images previously, please update your vote to specify which edit(s) you are supporting.
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 17 Aug 2024 at 12:04:24 (UTC)
- Reason
- A Featured Media on Commons
- Articles in which this image appears
- His Girl Friday
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Film
- Creator
- Howard Hawks
- Support as nominator – Carlosmarkos2345 (talk) 12:04, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support Alt 1 --Carlosmarkos2345 | Talk 12:33, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
- Comment I was the uploader on this one. It's worth noting that this video is impacted by phabricator:T362831 (MediaWiki not transcoding HDR properly), so you'll notice the UHD source has HDR but the HD transcodes that MediaWiki produces are in SDR without a proper tonemapping. For cases like this, I'm not sure if it would be better to add a notice to the file page advising readers of the difference or do a UHD upload in SDR. It's a good transfer with encyclopedic value, so if that question can be settled, I'd support. hinnk (talk) 21:13, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
- I have an alt I'd like to add, but unfortunately I've been trying to upload it since Saturday and gotten nothing but upload errors (seems to be because of phab:T129621). I'd like to ask for the nomination to be suspended until I can get the alt uploaded, so we avoid having to go through a delist-and-replace nomination after this closes. If anyone here's an admin on Commons and can speedy delete c:File:His Girl Friday (1940, SDR).webm, that might help things along. hinnk (talk) 02:50, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
- Just got a fix uploaded to File:His Girl Friday (1940, SDR).webm. It's identical to the original nomination except for the color space, so the playback should have more sensible contrast levels. Support that as alt 1. hinnk (talk) 02:57, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
- I have an alt I'd like to add, but unfortunately I've been trying to upload it since Saturday and gotten nothing but upload errors (seems to be because of phab:T129621). I'd like to ask for the nomination to be suspended until I can get the alt uploaded, so we avoid having to go through a delist-and-replace nomination after this closes. If anyone here's an admin on Commons and can speedy delete c:File:His Girl Friday (1940, SDR).webm, that might help things along. hinnk (talk) 02:50, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support — Moonreach (talk) 17:56, 8 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Yann (talk) 19:49, 8 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Vinícius O. (talk) 04:15, 9 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 02:32, 12 August 2024 (UTC)
- @Carlosmarkos2345, Moonreach, Yann, Vinícius94, and Hamid Hassani: An alternative was added to the nomination. Could you indicate which version(s) you support? Regards, Armbrust The Homunculus 07:29, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
- I don't really understand the benefit of the new version, specially the advantage of SDR for old films and black and white videos. To me, it seems to have more contrast. Is it really the case, or a side-effect? Which version is more faithful to the original film? Yann (talk) 14:43, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
- I second this uncertainty. While I can see that the alt has slightly higher contrast, the difference between the two is so slight that I don't feel qualified to say what standards should be used to decide which is superior. Moonreach (talk) 18:06, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
- I agree with Yann that it'd be better to show it in HDR than to not. That said, what's happening is most people will never see an HDR video on Wikipedia because they'll use the default playback, which is always in SDR.
- The "Source" playback on the original file can be used as a reference. That's in HDR, and if you have a display that properly handles HDR, there'll be a big difference between that and the default "HD 1080p" SDR playback (on that or on a color video, for example). With the transcodes on the original, there's no tonemapping at all, so it looks least like the film. With alt 1, the source file had the tonemapping applied when I converted it from HDR, so the transcodes will look more like the film. hinnk (talk) 18:33, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
- I'll support the alt too, if that's what it takes to get this over the finish line. Moonreach (talk) 15:09, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
- I second this uncertainty. While I can see that the alt has slightly higher contrast, the difference between the two is so slight that I don't feel qualified to say what standards should be used to decide which is superior. Moonreach (talk) 18:06, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
- I don't really understand the benefit of the new version, specially the advantage of SDR for old films and black and white videos. To me, it seems to have more contrast. Is it really the case, or a side-effect? Which version is more faithful to the original film? Yann (talk) 14:43, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
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Then perform the following, regardless of the outcome:
- 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. - Add the nomination entry to the bottom of the August archive. This is done by simply adding the line
{{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Page name}}
from this page to the bottom of the archive. - If the nomination is listed at Template:FPC urgents, remove it.
Delist closing procedure
[edit]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:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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:
- 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.
- Replace the
{{Featured picture}}
tag from the image with{{FormerFeaturedPicture|delist/''Image name''}}
. - 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:
- 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.
- Replace the
{{Featured picture}}
tag from the delisted image with{{FormerFeaturedPicture|delist/''Image name''}}
. - 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}}.
- 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.
- 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:
- 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. - 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. - If the nomination is listed at Template:FPC urgents, remove it.
Recently closed nominations
[edit]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.
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 29 Aug 2024 at 21:36:06 (UTC)
- Reason
- Man with a Movie Camera is a WP:FILM/CORE article listed in the documentary and Soviet sections of our List of films voted the best. This version of it has less physical wear than other copies and never got cropped to fit a soundtrack on the film strip.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Man with a Movie Camera, Dziga Vertov
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Film
- Creator
- Dziga Vertov (director)
- Support as nominator – hinnk (talk) 21:36, 19 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support — Moonreach (talk) 15:09, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
- Question - What's the source on the English-language subtitles/captions? May have licensing implications. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 22:13, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
- They're from File:Man With A Movie Camera (Dziga Vertov, 1929).webm, but retimed for this video. The film doesn't really have intertitles, so the closed captions are limited to like 4 sentences from the opening titles and a few short phrases that appear on signs. hinnk (talk) 22:35, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
- You mean File:Man With A Movie Camera (Dziga Vertov, 1929).ogv? I noticed that there is a dearth of text, but the explanation of the film's conceit at 1:00 is long enough that new copyright could have been attracted for the translation. The Internet Archive does not give a source for their digitization (the source of the .ogv), and so I can't see where the closed captions come from.
- They're from File:Man With A Movie Camera (Dziga Vertov, 1929).webm, but retimed for this video. The film doesn't really have intertitles, so the closed captions are limited to like 4 sentences from the opening titles and a few short phrases that appear on signs. hinnk (talk) 22:35, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
- That being said, I'm leaning toward the view that the one screen of text is de minimis in an hour long film... Support, with that note. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:09, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
- No, not that one. In the TimedText page creation you can see it was copied from the timed text for File:Man With A Movie Camera (Dziga Vertov, 1929).webm.en.srt. I just noticed that one has the original Russian as well, so I've done some fixes and rewording based on machine translation. hinnk (talk) 00:32, 21 August 2024 (UTC)
- That being said, I'm leaning toward the view that the one screen of text is de minimis in an hour long film... Support, with that note. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:09, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support — Carlosmarkos2345 (talk) 09:29, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support.--Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 03:06, 24 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support — Yann (talk) 18:02, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
Promoted File:Человек с киноаппаратом (1929).webm --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:47, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Meduse-Chrysaora_hysoscella-Nausicaa-07-2024-Luc-Viatour.jpg/390px-Meduse-Chrysaora_hysoscella-Nausicaa-07-2024-Luc-Viatour.jpg)
- Reason
- Unanimously featured on Commons earlier this month. Headline image.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Chrysaora hysoscella
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Cnidaria
- Creator
- Luc Viatour
- Support as nominator – MER-C 17:58, 19 August 2024 (UTC)
- Comment - Needs a better caption (none in the article) explaining what is seen - is that prey, or what? --Janke | Talk 10:55, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
- Comment – Visual information not readily intelligible to general readers/viewers. – Sca (talk) 12:33, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:59, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Pez_ballesta_de_dientes_rojos_%28Odonus_niger%29%2C_Anilao%2C_Filipinas%2C_2023-08-25%2C_DD_23.jpg/390px-Pez_ballesta_de_dientes_rojos_%28Odonus_niger%29%2C_Anilao%2C_Filipinas%2C_2023-08-25%2C_DD_23.jpg)
- Reason
- Unanimously featured on Commons last month. Headline image.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Redtoothed triggerfish
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish
- Creator
- Diego Delso
- Support as nominator – MER-C 17:52, 19 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 22:14, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support Good EV and image quality --Tagooty (talk) 03:16, 21 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support – ZZZ'S 14:11, 21 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Carlosmarkos2345 (talk) 09:31, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support.--Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 03:06, 24 August 2024 (UTC)
Promoted File:Pez ballesta de dientes rojos (Odonus niger), Anilao, Filipinas, 2023-08-25, DD 23.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:57, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Frozen_Lake_Shinko_La_Lahaul_Jun24_A7CR_00315.jpg/390px-Frozen_Lake_Shinko_La_Lahaul_Jun24_A7CR_00315.jpg)
- Reason
- good quality image of the Himalayan pass, recently featured on commons
- Articles in which this image appears
- Shinku La
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
- Creator
- Tagooty
- Support as nominator – UnpetitproleX (talk) 18:46, 18 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support @UnpetitproleX: Thanks for the nomination. --Tagooty (talk) 04:49, 19 August 2024 (UTC)
- Comment – DOF – Large foreground blurry at full rez. – Sca (talk) 12:15, 19 August 2024 (UTC)
- @Sca: The line of footsteps from the lower left diagonally towards the lake is fairly clear, and texture is visible in the foreground snow. The road and peaks in the distance are sharp. Shot at f/16, I think the DoF is adequate given the scene. --Tagooty (talk) 16:06, 19 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support. MER-C 17:46, 19 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support – ZZZ'S 00:34, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support - About what I'd expect from f 16 at full resolution (and that is some resolution, especially compared to my old EOS 60D). Snow is handled very well. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 22:16, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support.--Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 03:07, 24 August 2024 (UTC)
Promoted File:Frozen Lake Shinko La Lahaul Jun24 A7CR 00315.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:15, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Set_of_fourteen_side_chairs_MET_DP110780.jpg/250px-Set_of_fourteen_side_chairs_MET_DP110780.jpg)
- Reason
- High quality and resolution
- Articles in which this image appears
- Chair, Furniture
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Others
- Creator
- Thomas Chippendale; photograph by Pharos
- Support as nominator – Vinícius O. (talk) 00:40, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose The covering is not authentic - neither to Chippendale nor to the period. Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:16, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
- how can a chair be inauthentic? it looks like a chair to me ―Howard • 🌽33 15:26, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
- Please re-read what I wrote. The covering is not authentic. Chippendale did not upholster his chairs in bright studded leather. Charlesjsharp (talk) 18:18, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
- how can a chair be inauthentic? it looks like a chair to me ―Howard • 🌽33 15:26, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:19, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/John_Singleton_Copley_-_Portrait_of_Woodbury_Langdon_%281767%29.jpg/260px-John_Singleton_Copley_-_Portrait_of_Woodbury_Langdon_%281767%29.jpg)
- Reason
- High quality and resolution
- Articles in which this image appears
- Woodbury Langdon etc.
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
- Creator
- John Singleton Copley
- Support as nominator – Vinícius O. (talk) 00:15, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:06, 19 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support. MER-C 17:49, 19 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support, though I had to add the source of this version of the file to the image page. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 22:18, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Carlosmarkos2345 (talk) 07:45, 23 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support.--Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 03:07, 24 August 2024 (UTC)
Promoted File:John Singleton Copley - Portrait of Woodbury Langdon (1767).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:18, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/MKr25402_Steven_Spielberg_%28Berlinale_2023%29.jpg/260px-MKr25402_Steven_Spielberg_%28Berlinale_2023%29.jpg)
- Reason
- high quality picture used as lead; famous personality
- Articles in which this image appears
- Steven Spielberg, Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Director, List of Phi Kappa Phi members, David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
- Creator
- Martin Kraft
- Support as nominator – Yann (talk) 17:49, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
- Comment – Routine shot of famous person. Meh. – Sca (talk) 12:07, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Moonreach (talk) 15:25, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose This is a generic studio type portrait and gives no indication at all of why the subject is notable. As such, while it's a useful photo it's not of FP standard. Nick-D (talk) 11:28, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
- I feel sometimes like there's a double-standard on photos of famous people. Old photos, especially those in black and white, never seem to face this particular challenge, even though their compositions are otherwise often similar. Moonreach (talk) 18:03, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
- That's largely due to the relative rarity of photos before the modern era. Spielberg must have been photographed on film sets and at movie-related events on many thousands of occasions. Nick-D (talk) 22:36, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
- While I don't doubt they exist, is it a fair comparison to make if none of them are free use? I went through all the photos in the Commons category "Steven Spielberg by year," and the only high-resolution one I found that sort of shows what he does for work is this. The fact that Spielberg is still alive and a better photo could be taken of him is technically true, but it's also hypothetical. Moonreach (talk) 14:51, 19 August 2024 (UTC)
- That's largely due to the relative rarity of photos before the modern era. Spielberg must have been photographed on film sets and at movie-related events on many thousands of occasions. Nick-D (talk) 22:36, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
- I feel sometimes like there's a double-standard on photos of famous people. Old photos, especially those in black and white, never seem to face this particular challenge, even though their compositions are otherwise often similar. Moonreach (talk) 18:03, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
- The resolution is low 1,471 × 2,205 pixels for a 2023 photo, it borderline fails FP criterion #2. The camera has much higher resolution. Otherwise a nice portrait. I don't agree with the "indication of notability" argument. It would be a plus but it's not a requirement. Bammesk (talk) 02:26, 21 August 2024 (UTC)
Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:23, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
Suspended nominations
[edit]This section is for Featured Picture (or delisting) candidacies whose closure is postponed for additional editing, rendering, or copyright clarification.