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]
Duck and Cover[edit]
Voting period ends on 17 Jul 2024 at 18:37:37 (UTC)
- Reason
- A Featured Media on Commons
- Articles in which this image appears
- Duck and Cover (film), Duck and cover
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Film
- Creator
- Archer Productions, Inc.
- Support as nominator – Carlosmarkos2345 (talk) 18:37, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
- Comment - would be much better with a contrast hike, too gray as it is. --Janke | Talk 20:30, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
Wings poster[edit]
Voting period ends on 17 Jul 2024 at 17:55:14 (UTC)
- Reason
- FP on Persian Wikipedia
- Articles in which this image appears
- Wings (1927 film), 1st Academy Awards, El Brendel, Clara Bow filmography, August 1927
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Film
- Creator
- Paramount Pictures
- Support as nominator – Carlosmarkos2345 (talk) 17:55, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
- Comment Do we have a larger version? This one is 990 pixels wide. hinnk (talk) 23:29, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
- Comment The picture needs some edits; especially, it's good that one removes some extra light (or whitish) spots, dots, and disturbing line-likes. Note: The article is good. – Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:28, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
Bathymetry[edit]
Voting period ends on 17 Jul 2024 at 14:31:46 (UTC)
- Reason
- Informative animation by NASA reveals the ocean floors and seabeds as the water level drops. Water depth is displayed as a parameter. To see the animation in full resolution you may need to change its display setting to "source".
- Articles in which this image appears
- Bathymetry
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Geology
- Creator
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Horace Mitchell and James O'Donoghue
- Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 14:31, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:33, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
Indian paradise flycatcher[edit]
Voting period ends on 17 Jul 2024 at 10:48:53 (UTC)
- Reason
- Unanimously featured on Commons. Illustrates article well.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Indian paradise flycatcher
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
- Creator
- Prasan Shrestha
- Support as nominator – MER-C 10:48, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 20:06, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support; wonderful focus! – Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:34, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
One Hundred Horses[edit]
Voting period ends on 17 Jul 2024 at 10:32:10 (UTC)
- Reason
- Notable painting, good quality reproduction, featured on Commons.
- Articles in which this image appears
- One Hundred Horses, Giuseppe Castiglione (Jesuit painter), National Palace Museum
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
- Creator
- Giuseppe Castiglione (Jesuit painter)
- Support as nominator – MER-C 10:32, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Bammesk (talk) 14:40, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
- Comment The image loads as separate parts while in reality, if I understand correctly, it's a single scroll. Comprare, e.g. A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains. Brandmeistertalk 17:39, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Carlosmarkos2345 (talk) 15:06, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 20:07, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
Nadar élevant la Photographie à la hauteur de l'Art[edit]
Voting period ends on 16 Jul 2024 at 17:17:04 (UTC)
- Reason
- Quite a famous artwork, one of the reasons Nadar became famous.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Nadar, Aerial photography, Honoré Daumier
- FP category for this image
- Not sure, but Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Culture and lifestyle seems to fit.
- Creator
- Honoré Daumier, restored by Adam Cuerden
- Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 17:17, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Iconic image! --Janke | Talk 20:34, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 02:46, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support. MER-C 10:44, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support. Carlosmarkos2345 14:23, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support. Choliamb (talk) 21:15, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
Samango monkey[edit]
Voting period ends on 15 Jul 2024 at 20:25:27 (UTC)
- Reason
- High quality large image. Illustrates article well with high EV. FP on Commons.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Sykes' monkey
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
- Creator
- Charlesjsharp
- Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 20:25, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support. MER-C 16:55, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 02:47, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Some gorgeous fur detail. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 06:55, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Carlosmarkos2345 (talk) 14:26, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support. Choliamb (talk) 21:17, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
Spectacled weaver[edit]
Voting period ends on 15 Jul 2024 at 20:29:02 (UTC)
- Reason
- High quality image. FP on Commons.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Spectacled weaver
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
- Creator
- Charlesjsharp
- Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 20:29, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support. MER-C 16:55, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 02:48, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 06:55, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Carlosmarkos2345 (talk) 14:25, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
Scoliid wasp[edit]
Voting period ends on 15 Jul 2024 at 20:35:35 (UTC)
- Reason
- High quality large image. Adds EV to articles. FP on Commons.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Scolia hirta, Scolia (wasp)
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
- Creator
- Charlesjsharp
- Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 20:35, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 06:54, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
- Comment. Charles, are you certain that this is Scolia hirta unifasciata? I know very little about scoliid wasps, but the fact that the antennae are bright yellow rather than black doesn't seem to match that species, and the two separate yellow spots on the abdomen (rather than a single yellow band, as the Latin name implies) gave me pause. There are over 900 photos labeled Scolia hirta on Flicker (including some of the subsp. unifasciata), and I scrolled quickly through all of them looking for a parallel. While I did find a some individuals in which the abdominal dots had not fully fused into solid band, I didn't find a single instance of yellow antennae. When I widened my search to other Mediterranean scoliids, however, I came across a number of photos of Megascolia bidens that seem to match your wasp exactly. The female of that species has four yellow abdominal spots and short reddish antennae, but the male has only two spots and long bright yellow antennae. Compare these photos: [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7]. All of these are identified as Megascolia bidens, and all of them seem to me to be a better fit for your wasp than Scolia hirta. I also found this paper, which confirms that M. bidens is found in Tunisia, where your photo was taken, and describes the distinguishing features of the species, including the yellow antennae and two abdominal spots on the male. I'm no expert, and I don't want to substitute my judgment for yours, but take a look at the photos and the paper and see what you think. Choliamb (talk) 21:11, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
The Adventures of Prince Achmed[edit]
Voting period ends on 15 Jul 2024 at 01:39:52 (UTC)
- Reason
- The Adventures of Prince Achmed is the oldest surviving feature-length animation. It's the best-known work by German director Lotte Reiniger and showcases her unique visual style, which used a novel multiplane camera setup to recreate the look of a shadow play.
- Articles in which this image appears
- The Adventures of Prince Achmed, Lotte Reiniger, Silhouette animation, Shadow play
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Film
- Creator
- Lotte Reiniger (director)
- Support as nominator – hinnk (talk) 01:39, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support due to historical significance, but it's a pity that the original intertitles have been replaced. --Janke | Talk 08:15, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Bammesk (talk) 15:52, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Carlosmarkos2345 (talk) 16:02, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 02:49, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support – ―Howard • 🌽33 08:30, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
Mia Farrow[edit]
Voting period ends on 14 Jul 2024 at 22:45:36 (UTC)
- Reason
- High quality and resolution.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Mia Farrow etc.
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
- Creator
- Andrew Lih
- Support as nominator – Vinícius O. (talk) 22:45, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
The Farewell of Telemachus and Eucharis[edit]
Voting period ends on 14 Jul 2024 at 22:45:27 (UTC)
- Reason
- High quality and resolution. Good digitization
- Articles in which this image appears
- The Farewell of Telemachus and Eucharis etc.
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
- Creator
- Jacques-Louis David
- Support as nominator – Vinícius O. (talk) 22:45, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
- Awful lot of JPEG artefacting, or am I confused? Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 06:49, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
- I think it is soft at full size. Both google art and getty have a more detailed version (if you zoom in). Bammesk (talk) 14:46, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
Astronaut training[edit]
Voting period ends on 14 Jul 2024 at 20:30:48 (UTC)
- Reason
- good enough quality and good EV
- Articles in which this image appears
- Astronaut training
- FP category for this image
- probably Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Others
- Creator
- NASA
- Support as nominator – Artem.G (talk) 20:30, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Bammesk (talk) 15:34, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 17:20, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Janke | Talk 20:36, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 02:50, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support. This belongs in a gallery with other photos of people walking on walls, like Fred Astaire in Royal Wedding and Adam West and Burt Ward in the 1960s Batman TV series. Choliamb (talk) 20:03, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
Russell Lee[edit]
Voting period ends on 13 Jul 2024 at 14:15:23 (UTC)
- Reason
- Another in a series of photographs of photographers. There are a couple other options (e.g. File:Russell-Lee-FSA.jpg), but this one was by far the most widely used, and the one that looked the worst in the old version. I'd say the crop is fairly conservative: I didn't crop any of him (except maybe a few pixels at the bottom: edges aren't perfectly straight), but did take a smidgen more off the right to centre him, and cropped the weird... reflection? damage? intruding lights? at the top, which still has more than ample headspace. (Compare File:Portrait of Russell Lee, FSA (Farm Security Administration) photographer - Original.tif)
- Articles in which this image appears
- Russell Lee (photographer) +2
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
- Creator
- Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information, restored by Adam Cuerden
- Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 14:15, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
- Comment – Those out of focus areas aren't great for FP. Can you do something about that, Adam? The Herald (Benison) (talk) 16:11, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
- Can't go back to the 40s and reshoot it. Choices are either to crop or accept it. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 17:05, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
- Haha. But that out of focus areas really do bother me. It's an excellent shot with good EV. But since we don't have a time machine lying around in a hot tub to fix that focus issues,
Oppose. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 02:45, 5 July 2024 (UTC)- Fair, but, y'know, sharpening doesn't really work with film grain, and Charles would be here to oppose if I crop his legs out. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 05:21, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
- Haha. But that out of focus areas really do bother me. It's an excellent shot with good EV. But since we don't have a time machine lying around in a hot tub to fix that focus issues,
- Oppose A photo of a photographer ought to be perfect. Here, the focus in on his ears, not his eyes... --Janke | Talk 18:29, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
@The Herald and Janke: How about the alt? Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 02:12, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support alt - Yep, works for me now. Better. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 06:11, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Alt 1 – Hamid Hassani (talk) 07:19, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
- The Alt is quite fuzzy, too... --Janke | Talk 08:59, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
- for the 30s/40s? Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 10:15, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
- Yeah. There are some much sharper studio portraits from decades earlier, many of them seen here at FPC... Here, too, the focus seems to be in the wrong place. The eyes need to be in perfect focus, even if the Depth of field is shallow. --Janke | Talk 20:29, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
- Decades earlier was a very different camera technology. The increase in film speed was met with a decrease in focus for a while. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 00:37, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
- True, but in both these photos I see a focusing error. A grainy photo can also be sharp. --Janke | Talk 09:25, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
- Honestly, I suspect there's somewhat of an issue in the 40s of them knowing what images were being used for. No need to get an amazing perfect focus in an image that's never going to be seen bigger than about 6" (15cm) tall at most, or is going to be halftone printed. 1910-1950 is kind of a nadir of photography, so I'd say the second, especially, is decent for the era. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 12:02, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
- Aiming for mediocrity??? ;-) --Janke | Talk 12:43, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
- True, but in both these photos I see a focusing error. A grainy photo can also be sharp. --Janke | Talk 09:25, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
- Yeah. There are some much sharper studio portraits from decades earlier, many of them seen here at FPC... Here, too, the focus seems to be in the wrong place. The eyes need to be in perfect focus, even if the Depth of field is shallow. --Janke | Talk 20:29, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
- The Alt is quite fuzzy, too... --Janke | Talk 08:59, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
Jean Ritchie playing dulcimer[edit]
Voting period ends on 11 Jul 2024 at 03:55:19 (UTC)
- Reason
- Good quality and excellent EV.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Jean Ritchie, Appalachian dulcimer
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
- Creator
- Associated Press
- Support as nominator – Kentuckian |💬 03:55, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Bammesk (talk) 03:06, 2 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 20:48, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 20:37, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 02:34, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support. MER-C 16:50, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
A cattle farm in Borongan City, Eastern Samar[edit]
Voting period ends on 11 Jul 2024 at 02:11:37 (UTC)
- Reason
- Passes the FP Criteria.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Borongan, Agriculture in the Philippines
- FP category for this image
- Category:Borongan
- Creator
- TheNuggeteer
- Support as nominator – TheNuggeteer (talk) 02:11, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
- Comment EV? --ZZZ'S 02:15, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose Snapshot-type photo, does not fulfill criteria 3 and 5. (Does one animal constitute a farm?) --Janke | Talk 09:09, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose – Per Janke. Poor comp, poor detail. – Sca (talk) 12:00, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose, per Janke & Sca. – Hamid Hassani (talk) 02:53, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
Black Lives Matter art[edit]
Voting period ends on 11 Jul 2024 at 01:09:49 (UTC)
- Reason
- Quality lead image in its article Black Lives Matter art in New York City. FP on Commons.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Black Lives Matter art in New York City, Black Lives Matter protests in New York City, +1
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others
- Creator
- Rhododendrites
- Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 01:09, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support – ―Howard • 🌽33 10:45, 2 July 2024 (UTC)
- Comment – In the U.S., BLM is a widely recognized acronym for the Bureau of Land Management, a federal agency employing more than 10,000. – Sca (talk) 12:20, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 16:11, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Carlosmarkos2345 (talk) 15:51, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 02:34, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support. MER-C 16:49, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
Abbey of the Dormition[edit]
Voting period ends on 10 Jul 2024 at 21:15:22 (UTC)
- Reason
- High quality and resolution.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Abbey of the Dormition
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
- Creator
- Godot13
- Support as nominator – TheFreeWorld (talk) 21:15, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
- Support - Great quality, interesting subject and a robust target article. Moonreach (talk) 13:46, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support No, quality is actually not so great (from Medium format) - probably flat scanner. But span of dynamic range is great and since it is film i support. --Petar Milošević (talk) 10:10, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
- This wasn't shot on film, and no scanner. See EXIF data. It was shot with a digital camera back. It's a digitial photo. Not so sharp at full size, but the large pixel count makes up for it. Bammesk (talk) 15:33, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Carlosmarkos2345 (talk) 15:56, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 20:38, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 02:36, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support. MER-C 16:52, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
Pisa Cathedral[edit]
Voting period ends on 10 Jul 2024 at 21:06:12 (UTC)
- Reason
- Good capture.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Pisa Cathedral, Buscheto, December 1187 papal election, Buscheto, Duomo, Rainaldo
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
- Creator
- Luca Aless
- Support as nominator – TheFreeWorld (talk) 21:06, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
- Comment Straight-on view not the most interesting, IMO. – Sca (talk) 12:03, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
- Comment I'm fine with the straight-on view, myself, but the picture is slightly crooked. Moonreach (talk) 16:27, 2 July 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose not so good view, colors, crop above. --Petar Milošević (talk) 10:15, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
Red-rumped swallow[edit]
Voting period ends on 10 Jul 2024 at 10:22:43 (UTC)
- Reason
- Unanimously featured on Commons in April. Illustrates article well.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Red-rumped swallow
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
- Creator
- Prasan Shrestha at Commons
- Support as nominator – MER-C 10:22, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
- Support – The Herald (Benison) (talk) 10:26, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
- Support--Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 16:59, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
- Support --ZZZ'S 22:57, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:07, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Petar Milošević (talk) 10:11, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 20:38, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
Ilulissat[edit]
Voting period ends on 10 Jul 2024 at 10:14:17 (UTC)
- Reason
- Unanimously featured on Commons two weeks ago. Illustrates article well.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Ilulissat
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Panorama
- Creator
- Ekrem Canli
- Support as nominator – MER-C 10:14, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
- Support – The Herald (Benison) (talk) 10:27, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
- Support —Bruce1eetalk 10:33, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
- Support--Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 16:59, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:08, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Petar Milošević (talk) 10:04, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Moonreach (talk) 14:06, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
Set:Morpho rhetenor[edit]
Voting period ends on 10 Jul 2024 at 06:20:47 (UTC)
- Reason
- Excellent images with great EV, illustrating the topic very well.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Morpho rhetenor
- FP category for this image
- Insects
- Creator
- Didier Descouens
- Support as nominator – The Herald (Benison) (talk) 06:20, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
- Support I don't know if the image is excellent but the butterfly is incredible. --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 14:27, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
- Support--Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 17:00, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
- Support --ZZZ'S 00:12, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:09, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Moonreach (talk) 16:52, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
Snake handling[edit]
Voting period ends on 10 Jul 2024 at 05:59:59 (UTC)
- Reason
- A somewhat chaotically shot, but significant and rare image.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Snake handling in Christianity + 3
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Religion and mythology
- Creator
- Russell Lee, restored by Adam Cuerden
- Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 05:59, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 07:43, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
- Support. MER-C 10:25, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Definitely deserves FP status ―Howard • 🌽33 11:59, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
- Support--Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 17:00, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
- Very strong support – Thank you for nominating! This is an amazing nomination with excellent EV. Kentuckian |💬 03:45, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
Instrumental temperature record[edit]
Voting period ends on 9 Jul 2024 at 16:32:28 (UTC)
- Reason
- Good visual depiction of global surface temperature changes from 1880 to 2023. Good addition to the "Total warming and trends" section of the Instrumental temperature record article.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Instrumental temperature record
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Others
- Creator
- NASA, visualization by: Mark SubbaRao
- Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 16:32, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
- Support. MER-C 18:42, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Hot stuff! --Janke | Talk 20:07, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 02:58, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
- Support --ZZZ'S 06:05, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
- Support--Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 17:00, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
- Support - Moonreach (talk) 18:18, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
Schrödinger's cat film[edit]
Voting period ends on 9 Jul 2024 at 10:17:07 (UTC)
- 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)
- Support – Bammesk (talk) 16:42, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Great EV. Depicts the topic well. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 16:49, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Janke | Talk 20:08, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
- Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:00, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
- Support --ZZZ'S 06:04, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
- Support--Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 17:00, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
Percival Lowell[edit]
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 8 Jul 2024 at 00:52:53 (UTC)
- 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)
- Support. --Janke | Talk 20:09, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
- Support--Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 17:00, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
Nominations — to be closed[edit]
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Older nominations requiring additional input from users[edit]
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Closing procedure[edit]
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Carrie Nation[edit]
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 7 Jul 2024 at 17:55:51 (UTC)
- 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)
- Support - Carlosmarkos2345 13:26, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
- Support--Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 17:00, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
- Support – By far one of the most interesting articles I’ve ever read. Kentuckian |💬 22:41, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
Promoted File:Carrie Nation by White Studio.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:47, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
Socially Distanced Homeless Encampment[edit]
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 7 Jul 2024 at 14:18:23 (UTC)
- 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)
- 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)
- Oppose – Visual information not readily intelligible to general readers/viewers. – Sca (talk) 16:42, 27 June 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose, per above. – Hamid Hassani (talk) 02:56, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:19, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
Male springbok[edit]
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 7 Jul 2024 at 07:35:36 (UTC)
- 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 – ZZZ'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)
- Support--Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 17:00, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
Promoted File:Antidorcas marsupialis, male (Etosha, 2012).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:14, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
Giado concentration camp[edit]
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 7 Jul 2024 at 12:38:31 (UTC)
- 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. —Bruce1eetalk 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)
- Oppose, per above, esp. because of its poor resolution. – Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:00, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:49, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
Titanus giganteus beetle[edit]
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 5 Jul 2024 at 19:40:15 (UTC)
- 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?" – ZZZ'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)
- Cuz, why not? A beetle of that size is nightmare worthy, right? xP The Herald (Benison) (talk) 01:18, 28 June 2024 (UTC)
- Support--Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 17:00, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
Promoted File:Titanus giganteus MHNT.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:46, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
Space Shuttle Atlantis[edit]
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 5 Jul 2024 at 03:21:54 (UTC)
- 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, Space Shuttle
- 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 [8] 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 [9]. 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 – ZZZ'S 18:57, 27 June 2024 (UTC)
- Support--Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 17:00, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
Promoted File:STS132 Atlantis undocking2 (cropped).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:36, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
Delist and Replace: Roundhay Garden Scene[edit]
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 5 Jul 2024 at 02:54:12 (UTC)
- 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)
KeepUnfortunately, 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)- 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)
- Delist & Replace per Bammesk.--Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 17:00, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
Replaced with File:Roundhay Garden Scene (1888) 7fps.webm --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:55, 5 July 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.