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Featured picture candidates

Featured picture candidates are images that the community will vote on, to determine whether or not they will be highlighted as some of the finest on Commons. This page lists the candidates to become featured pictures. The picture of the day images are selected from featured pictures.

Old candidates for Featured pictures are listed here. There are also chronological lists of featured pictures: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and current month.

For another overview of our finest pictures, take a look at our annual picture of the year election.

Formal things[edit]

Nominating[edit]

Guidelines for nominators[edit]

Please read the complete guidelines before nominating.

This is a summary of what to look for when submitting and reviewing FP candidates:

  • Licensing – Images licensed with solely "GFDL" or "GFDL and an NC-only license" are not acceptable due the restrictions placed on re-use by these licenses.
  • Resolution – Raster images of lower resolution than 2 million pixels (pixels, not bytes) are typically rejected unless there are strong mitigating reasons. This does not apply to vector graphics (SVGs).
    • Graphics on Commons are not only viewed on conventional computer screens. They may be used in high-resolution print versions, and the images may be cropped to focus on portions of the image. See Commons:Why we need high resolution media for more information.
  • Scans – While not official policy, Help:Scanning provides advice on the preparation of various types of images that may be useful.
  • General quality – pictures being nominated should be of high technical quality.
  • Digital manipulations must not deceive the viewer. Digital manipulation for the purpose of correcting flaws in an image is generally acceptable, provided it is limited, well-done, and not intended to deceive.
    • For photographs, typical acceptable manipulations include cropping, perspective correction, sharpening/blurring, and color/exposure correction. More extensive manipulations, such as removal of distracting background elements, should be clearly described in the image text, by means of the {{Retouched picture}} template. Undescribed or mis-described manipulations which cause the main subject to be misrepresented are never acceptable. For images made from more than one photo, you can use the {{Panorama}} or {{Focus stacked image}} templates.
    • For historic images, acceptable manipulations might include digitally fixing rips, removal of stains, cleanup of dirt, and, for mass-produced artworks such as engravings, removal of flaws inherent to the particular reproduction, such as over-inking. Careful color adjustments may be used to bring out the original work from the signs of ageing, though care should be taken to restore a natural appearance. The original artistic intent should be considered when deciding whether it is appropriate to make a change. Edits to historic material should be documented in detail within the file description, and an unedited version should be uploaded and cross linked for comparison.
  • Value – our main goal is to feature most valuable pictures from all others. Pictures should be in some way special, so please be aware that:
    • almost all sunsets are aesthetically pleasing, and most such pictures are not in essence different from others,
    • night-shots are pretty but normally more details can be shown on pictures taken at daytime,
    • beautiful does not always mean valuable.
Artworks, illustrations, and historical documents[edit]

There are many different types of non-photographic media, including engravings, watercolors, paintings, etchings, and various others. Hence, it is difficult to set hard-and-fast guidelines. However, generally speaking, works can be divided into three types: Those that can be scanned, those that must be photographed, and those specifically created to illustrate a subject.

Works that must be photographed include most paintings, sculptures, works too delicate or too unique to allow them to be put on a scanner, and so on. For these, the requirements for photography, below, may be mostly followed; however, it should be noted that photographs which cut off part of the original painting are generally not considered featurable.

Works that may be scanned include most works created by processes that allow for mass distribution − for instance, illustrations published with novels. For these, it is generally accepted that a certain amount of extra manipulation is permissible to remove flaws inherent to one copy of the work, since the particular copy – of which hundreds, or even thousands of copies also exist – is not so important as the work itself.

Works created to serve a purpose include diagrams, scientific illustrations, and demonstrations of contemporary artistic styles. For these, the main requirement is that they serve their purpose well.

Provided the reproduction is of high quality, an artwork generally only needs one of the following four things to be featurable:

  • Notable in its own right: Works by major artists, or works that are otherwise notable, such as the subjects of a controversy.
  • Of high artistic merit: Works which, while not particularly well known, are nonetheless wonderful examples of their particular type or school of art.
  • Of high historic merit: The historical method values very early illustrations of scenes and events over later ones. Hence, a work of poor quality depicting a contemporaneous historical event can be nonetheless important, even if the artistic merit is relatively low. Likewise, scans or photographs of important documents – which may not be at all artistic – nonetheless may be highly valuable if the documents are historically significant. The reason for the image's historical importance should be briefly stated in the nomination, for those reviewers unfamiliar with the subject.
  • Of high illustrative merit: Works that illustrate or help explain notable subjects, for instance, illustrations of books, scientific subjects, or technical processes. The amount of artistic merit required for these will vary by subject, but, for instance, an illustration that makes the working of a complicated piece of machinery very clear need not be notable as a piece of artwork as well, whereas an illustration for a book might well be expected to reach much higher artistic standards.

Digital restorations must also be well documented. An unedited version of the image should be uploaded locally, when possible, and cross-linked from the file description page. Edit notes should be specified in detail, such as "Rotated and cropped. Dirt, scratches, and stains removed. Histogram adjusted and colors balanced."

Photographs[edit]

On the technical side, we have focus, exposure, composition, movement control and depth of field.

  • Focus – every important object in the picture should normally be sharp.
  • Exposure refers to the shutter diaphragm combination that renders an image with a tonal curve that ideally is able to represent in acceptable detail shadows and highlights within the image. This is called latitude. Images can be on the low side of the tonal curve (low range), the middle (middle range) or high side (upper range). Lack of shadow detail is not necessarily a negative characteristic. In fact, it can be part of the desired effect. Burned highlights in large areas are a distracting element.
  • Composition refers to the arrangement of the elements within the image. The "Rule of thirds" is one useful guideline. Horizons should almost never be placed in the middle, where they "cut" the image in half. Often, a horizon creating a top or bottom third of the space works better. The main idea is to use space to create a dynamic image.
    • Foreground and background – foreground and background objects may be distracting. You should check that something in front of the subject doesn't hide important elements and that something in background doesn't spoil the composition (for example that the streetlight doesn't "stand" on someone's head).
  • Movement control refers to the manner in which motion is represented in the image. Motion can be frozen or blurred. Neither one is better than the other. It is the intention of representation. Movement is relative within the objects of the image. For example, photographing a race car that appears frozen in relation to the background does not give us a sense of speed or motion, so technique dictates to represent the car in a frozen manner but with a blurred background, thus creating the sense of motion, this is called "panning". On the other hand, representing a basketball player in a high jump frozen in relation to everything else, due to the "unnatural" nature of the pose would be a good photograph.
  • Depth of field (DOF) refers to the area in focus in front of and beyond main subject. Depth of field is chosen according to the specific needs of every picture. Large or small DOF can either way add or subtract to the quality of the image. Low depth of field can be used to bring attention to the main subject, separating it from the general environment. High depth of field can be used to emphasize space. Short focal length lenses (wide angles) yield large DOF, and vice versa, long focal lenses (telephotos) have shallow DOF. Small apertures yield large DOF and conversely, large apertures yield shallow DOF.

On the graphic elements we have shape, volume, color, texture, perspective, balance, proportion, noise, etc.

  • Shape refers to the contour of the main subjects.
  • Volume refers to the three dimensional quality of the object. This is accomplished using side light. Contrary to general belief, front lighting is not the best light. It tends to flatten subject. Best light of day is early morning or late afternoon.
  • Color is important. Oversaturated colors are not good.
  • Texture refers to the quality of the surface of the subject. It is enhanced by side lighting… it is the "feel" to the touch.
  • Perspective refers to the "angle" accompanied by lines that disappear into a vanishing point that may or may not be inside the image.
  • Balance refers to the arrangement of subjects within the image that can either give equal weight or appear to be heavier on one side.
  • Proportion refers to the relation of size of objects in picture. Generally, we tend to represent small objects small in relation to others, but a good technique is to represent small objects large contrary to natural size relationship. For example, a small flower is given preponderance over a large mountain…. This is called inversion of scales.
Not all elements must be present. Some photographs can be judged on individual characteristics, that is, an image can be about color or texture, or color AND texture, etc.
  • Noise refers to unwanted corruption of color brightness and quality and can be caused by underexposure. It is not a desirable quality and can be grounds for opposition.
  • Symbolic meaning or relevance … Opinion wars can begin here … A bad picture of a very difficult subject is better than a good picture of an ordinary subject. A good picture of a difficult subject is an extraordinary photograph.
Images can be culturally biased by the photographer and/or the observer. The meaning of the image should be judged according to the cultural context of the image, not by the cultural context of the observer. An image "speaks" to people, and it has the capacity to evoke emotion such as tenderness, rage, rejection, happiness, sadness, etc. Good photographs are not limited to evoking pleasant sensations …

You will maximise the chances of your nominations succeeding if you read the complete guidelines before nominating.

Video and audio[edit]

Please nominate videos, sounds, music, etc. at Commons:Featured media candidates.

Set nominations[edit]

If a group of images are thematically connected in a direct and obvious way, they can be nominated together as a set. A set should fall under one of the following types:

  • Faithful digital reproductions of works notable in their own right, which the original author clearly intended to be viewed as a set. Examples: pages in a pamphlet, crops (puzzle pieces) of a prohibitively large scan, a pair of pendant paintings. Not acceptable: Arbitrary selection of sample works by an artist.
  • A sequence of images showing the passage of time. They could depict frames of a moving/changing object or a static object during different times of day or different seasons. Examples: diagrams illustrating a process, steps of a dance, metamorphosis of an insect, maps/drawings/photos of the same subject over the years (frame of view should be more or less the same).
  • A group of images depicting the same subject from different viewpoints, preferably taken under the same lighting conditions when possible. Examples: Exterior and interior of a building, different facades of a building, different interior views, obverse and inverse of a banknote/coin. Not acceptable: A selection of different rooms in a skyscraper, the facade of a church plus an organ, any images of fundamentally different scopes.
  • A group of images which show all possible variations of a particular class of object. Examples: Male and female versions of an animal (preferably in the same setting), all known species of a genus. Not acceptable: A few breeds of cats (unless they share a defining characteristic and represent all possible examples of that).

Simple tutorial for new users[edit]

Tutorial: Nominate on COM:FPC
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NOTE: You don't need to worry if you are not sure, other users will try their best to help you.

Adding a new nomination[edit]

If you believe that you have found or created an image that could be considered valuable, with appropriate image description and licensing, then do the following.

Step 1: copy the image name into this box, after the text already present in the box, for example, Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Your image filename.jpg. Then click on the "create new nomination" button.

All single files:

For renominations, simply add /2 after the filename. For example, Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Foo.jpg/2

All set nomination pages should begin "Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/", e.g. "Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/My Nomination".


Step 2: follow the instructions on the page that you are taken to, and save that page.

Step 3: manually insert a link to the created page at the top of Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list: Click here, and add the following line to the TOP of the nominations list:

{{Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Your image filename.jpg}}

Galleries and FP categories: Please add a gallery page and section heading from the list at Commons FP galleries. Write the code as Page name#Section heading. For example: Commons:Featured pictures/Sports#Individual sports An image will only appear ONE time in the galleries. After a successful nomination, the image can be placed in several of the Featured pictures categories.

Optional: if you are not the creator of the image, please notify them using {{subst:FPC-notice|Your image filename.jpg}} -- ~~~~.

Note: Do not add an 'Alternative' image when you create a nomination. Selecting the best image is part of the nomination process. Alternatives are for a different crop or post-processing of the original image, or a closely related image from the same photo session (limited to 1 per nomination), if they are suggested by voters.

Voting[edit]

Editors whose accounts have at least 10 days and 50 edits can vote. Everybody can vote for their own nominations. Anonymous (IP) votes are not allowed.

You may use the following templates:

  • {{Support}} ( Support),
  • {{Oppose}} ( Oppose),
  • {{Neutral}} ( Neutral),
  • {{Comment}} ( Comment),
  • {{Info}} ( Info),
  • {{Question}} ( Question),
  • {{Request}} ( Request).

You may indicate that the image has no chance of success with the template {{FPX|reason - ~~~~}}, where reason explains why the image is clearly unacceptable as a FP. The template can only be used when there are no support votes other than the one from the nominator.

A well-written review helps participants (photographers, nominators and reviewers) improve their skills by providing insight into the strengths and weaknesses of a picture. Explain your reasoning, especially when opposing a candidate (which has been carefully selected by the author/nominator). English is the most widely understood language on Commons, but any language may be used in your review. A helpful review will often reference one or more of the criteria listed above.

Unhelpful reasons for opposing include:

  • No reason
  • "I don't like it" and other empty assessments
  • "You can do better" and other criticisms of the author/nominator rather than the image

Remember also to put your signature (~~~~).

Featured picture delisting candidates[edit]

Over time, featured picture standards change. It may be decided that for some pictures which were formerly "good enough", this is no longer the case. This is for listing an image which you believe no longer deserves to be a featured picture. For these, vote:

Text to use Displays as Meaning
{{Keep}}  Keep It deserves to remain a featured picture
{{Delist}}  Delist It does not deserve to be a featured picture anymore.

This can also be used for cases in which a previous version of an image was promoted to FP, but a newer version of the image has been made and is believed to be superior to the old version, e.g. a newly edited version of a photo or a new scan of a historical image. In particular, it is not intended for replacing older photos of a particular subject with newer photos of the same subject, or in any other case where the current FP and the proposed replacement are essentially different images. For these nominations, vote:

Text to use Displays as Meaning
{{Keep}}  Keep Do not replace the old image with the new image as a FP.
{{Delistandreplace}}  Delist and replace Replace the current FP with the proposed replacement.

If you believe that some picture no longer meets the criteria for FP, you can nominate it for delisting, copying the image name into this box, after the text already present in the box:


In the new delisting nomination page just created you should include:

  • Information on the origin of the image (creator, uploader);
  • A link to the original FP nomination (it will appear under "Links" on the image description page);
  • Your reasons for nominating the image and your username.

After that, you have to manually insert a link to the created page at the top of Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list.

As a courtesy, leave an informative note on the talk page(s) of the original creator, uploader(s), and nominator with a link to the delisting candidate. {{subst:FPC-notice-removal}} can be used for this purpose.

Featured picture candidate policy[edit]

General rules[edit]

  1. The voting period is 9 complete days counted from the nomination. After the end of this period the result will be determined. Votes added on day 10 and after are not counted.
  2. Nominations by anonymous contributors are welcome.
  3. Contributions to discussion by anonymous contributors are welcome.
  4. Only registered contributors whose Commons accounts have at least 10 days and 50 edits can vote. Exception: registered users can always vote in their own nominations no matter the account age and number of edits.
  5. Nominations do not count as votes. Support must be explicitly stated.
  6. Nominators and authors can withdraw their nominated pictures at any time. This is done by adding the following template: {{Withdraw}} ~~~~. Also, remember that if more than one version is nominated, you should explicitly state which version you are withdrawing.
  7. Remember, the goal of the Wikimedia Commons project is to provide a central repository for free images to be used by all Wikimedia projects, including possible future projects. This is not simply a repository for Wikipedia images, so images should not be judged here on their suitability for that project.
  8. Rules of the 5th day based on vote counts on day number 5 (day of nomination + 5):
    1. Pictures are speedy declined if they have fewer than two support votes.
    2. Pictures are speedy promoted if they have 10 support votes or more and no oppose votes. (Note that if it takes more than five days to reach this threshold, the picture can be promoted as soon as it is reached.) This does not apply to nominations containing at least one ‘Alternative’ image – because it is possible that another image can overtake the one in the lead during the last days, such nominations are never closed early.
    3. Once either speedy criterion is reached, the voting period is considered closed, and no more votes may be added.
  9. Pictures tagged {{FPX}} may be removed from the list 24 hours after the tag was applied, provided there are no support votes other than that of the nominator.
  10. Pictures tagged {{FPD}} (FP-Denied) may be removed from the list 24 hours after the tag was applied.
  11. Only two active nominations by the same user (that is, nominations under review and not yet closed) are allowed. The main purpose of this measure is to contribute to a better average quality of nominations, by driving nominators/creators to choose carefully the pictures presented to the forum.

Featuring and delisting rules[edit]

A candidate will become a featured picture in compliance with following conditions:

  1. Appropriate license (of course)
  2. At least seven  Support votes (or 7  Delist votes for a delist) at the end of nine days
  3. Ratio of supporting/opposing votes at least 2/1 (a two-thirds majority); same for delist/keep votes
  4. Two different versions of the same picture cannot both be featured, but only the one with higher level of support, as determined by the closer. Whenever the closer is not sure which version has consensus to be featured, they should attempt to contact the voters to clarify their opinions if not clear from the nomination page.

The delisting rules are the same as those for FPs, with voting taking place over the same time period. The rule of the 5th day is applied to delisting candidates that have received no votes to delist, other than that of the proposer, by day 5. There is also a limit of two active delisting nominations per user, which is in addition to the limit of two active regular nominations.

The FPCBot handles the vote counting and closing in most cases, current exceptions are candidates containing multiple versions of the image as well as FPXed and withdrawn nominations. Any experienced user may close the requests not handled by the bot. For instructions on how to close nominations, see Commons:Featured picture candidates/What to do after voting is finished. Also note that there is a manual review stage between when the bot has counted the votes and before the nomination is finally closed by the bot; this manual review can be done by any user familiar with the voting rules.

Above all, be polite[edit]

Please don't forget that the image you are judging is somebody's work. Avoid using phrases like "it looks terrible" and "I hate it". If you must oppose, please do so with consideration. Also remember that your command of English might not be the same as someone else's. Choose your words with care.

Happy judging… and remember… all rules can be broken.

See also[edit]

Table of contents[edit]

List may contain works considered Not Safe for Work (nudity).

Nominators are requested, out of courtesy, to include the {{Nsfw}} template with such images. Users may select the gadget in user preferences "Deferred display of images tagged with {{Nsfw}} on COM:FPC" to enable the template's effect of hiding the image until selected.

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Featured picture candidates[edit]

File:Bloemknoppen van een gewone dotterbloem (Caltha palustris subsp. palustris). 17-03-2024. (d.j.b.).jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 28 Mar 2024 at 05:33:24 (UTC)
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SHORT DESCRIPTION

File:Fall Of Baghdad (Diez Albums).jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 27 Mar 2024 at 22:13:52 (UTC)
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Fall Of Baghdad (Diez Albums). A leading official's failed attempt to escape by boat from the city (center right)

File:Ganado, Imehejek, Sudán del Sur, 2024-01-21, DD 10.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 27 Mar 2024 at 18:51:39 (UTC)
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Cattle, Imehejek, South Sudan

File:Kruger National Park (ZA), Elefant -- 2024 -- 0649.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 27 Mar 2024 at 16:31:20 (UTC)
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Elephant in Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga, South Africa

File:Jacaré do pantanal.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 27 Mar 2024 at 12:59:31 (UTC)
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File:Guaita Fortress - San Marino - 2024 02 13 - GT 01 ver2.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 26 Mar 2024 at 17:50:56 (UTC)
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Panoramic view of the Guaita fortress and the San Marino City

File:Bar-bellied Pitta.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 26 Mar 2024 at 15:10:08 (UTC)
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Bar-bellied Pitta

File:Área de Proteção Ambiental Quilombos do Médio Ribeira Thomas-Fuhrmann (16) (cropped).jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 25 Mar 2024 at 13:40:13 (UTC)
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@ArionStar thanks for nominating my image, cropping the image this way is much better, yes! thank you. Snowmanstudios (talk) 14:13, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File:Corniglia dal Sentiero Azzurro2.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 25 Mar 2024 at 13:18:11 (UTC)
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Corniglia dal Sentiero Azzurro

File:Parc Culturel De l'Ahaggar (37).JPG[edit]

Voting period ends on 25 Mar 2024 at 12:00:49 (UTC)
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Natural Scene of Algerian desert

File:View of Suria (3).jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 25 Mar 2024 at 09:52:20 (UTC)
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View of Súria, Catalonia, Spain
I think it really depends on the context. If a trash pile is the subject, then yes manipulating it would be detrimental. Here, the subject seems to be a pretty Catalan town. Being careful about framing the shot takes nothing away from its authenticity. --The Cosmonaut (talk) 02:55, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File:St Vincent church in Soppe-le-Bas (1).jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 25 Mar 2024 at 09:48:45 (UTC)
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Saint Vincent church in Soppe-le-Bas, Haut-Rhin, France

File:Blanche Roosevelt by Napoleon Sarony.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 25 Mar 2024 at 03:10:18 (UTC)
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Blanche Roosevelt

File:PepperFlower4K.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 25 Mar 2024 at 02:04:15 (UTC)
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A picture of a pepper flower I took in my school greenhouse.

File:Churchkhela in Shaki.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 24 Mar 2024 at 22:20:37 (UTC)
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Pekmez, honey, pomegranate and tarragon churchkhelas sold in a Shaki city of Azerbaijan

File:Giorgio Vasari - Allegory of Justice and Truth (1543) - Google Arts and Culture.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 24 Mar 2024 at 05:24:08 (UTC)
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Allegory of Justice and Truth by Giorgio Vasari, 1543

File:M Santos-Dumont Aéronaute (photographie (...)Atelier Nadar (btv1b53220531z)-restored.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 24 Mar 2024 at 00:05:33 (UTC)
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Portrait of Santos Dummond

File:Holy Spirit stained-glass window (Cathedra Petri).jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 23 Mar 2024 at 23:34:18 (UTC)
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Holy Spirit stained-glass window (Cathedra Petri)

File:Daphnia.sp.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 23 Mar 2024 at 16:38:30 (UTC)
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SHORT DESCRIPTION

File:Wiener Secessionsgebäude Kuppel Blattwerk 20230811 01.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 23 Mar 2024 at 16:31:28 (UTC)
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Secession Building, Vienna, Austria

File:SimoOstra.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 23 Mar 2024 at 16:20:42 (UTC)
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Water flea and an ostracod

File:Tribu Laarim, Kimotong, Sudán del Sur, 2024-01-24, DD 51.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 23 Mar 2024 at 12:50:46 (UTC)
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SHORT DESCRIPTION
  • Thank you, both, Cmao20 and Poco, for the nomination and upload. This is a beautiful picture, moving for me. Perhaps the composition would be even more striking if cropped a little at the left, but it's a matter of choice (and personal taste, probably). Within some groups in Africa, women smoking pipe sometimes indicate they have had a baby. The pipe used by women is longer so that when they breastfeed, the smoke from the pipe does not go near the baby's face -- Basile Morin (talk) 03:59, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thank you Ikan, I fully agree. I would also like to say that I chose this one to nominate because I am pretty convinced that even if you agree with some of the criticisms made of other nominations (which I don't, but that's besides the point), I don't see how this one could be considered guilty of the same. Cmao20 (talk) 01:12, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Indeed, I understood that. I think we need to salute intrepid photographers for going where few foreigners dare to travel (unless they're in relief organizations, etc.). -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 01:40, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
In case people didn't understand it, by no means do I view all of the photos from Poco's Sudanese trip as problematic. Of course not! There are a few that IMO have the problematic style I mentioned before, but this is not one of them. In the same way, not all photos taken during the colonial era are problematic. Curators who handle large collections at museums face that same problem with defining such photos since the definition is fluid and often subjective. [1] This here is a more sensitive portrait. --Cart (talk) 12:35, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File:Watching the Dancers by Edward S. Curtis 1906 - restored.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 23 Mar 2024 at 12:20:52 (UTC)
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Four young Hopi girls have their backs to the camera. Wearing traditional holiday dress they are watching dancers from a nearby rooftop.
  • @Wolverine XI: Please take into account that it is a 118-year old picture. The quality can't be compared to recent ones, or even to pictures from the second part of 20th century. Yann (talk) 20:13, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Searching for the best photographs on the website is the main goal of FPC. This image is out of date, and rather than wallowing in the past, we ought to work toward achieving higher and better quality photographs—even if it means removing images from the earlier 1900s. In short, we are moving forward, not backwards. Wolverine XI 23:08, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Wolverine XI: Sorry, but you are completely wrong here. Nothing is out of date, and certainly not old artistic photographs. You better study a bit more of photography before making such judgement. Yann (talk) 23:18, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I know more about photography than you can possibly imagine. You have not experienced what I have, you are not me, and you have not lived my life. And may I inquire, by which authority do you evaluate my photographic expertise? You make a lot of nasty remarks in your response, and to make matters worse, I just got back. The next time you disagree with someone, avoid targeting their personhood to further your point of view. I don't need your advice or instruction for that matter, thank you! Wolverine XI 06:14, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support If the criticism isn't really of the quality of the restoration but of the photo as "out of date," that makes no sense as an appraisal of quality and importance of any artwork. Would you say that about Bach? Michelangelo? The sculptors in ancient Egypt, China and Greece? The architects of the pyramids and the Sphinx? I wouldn't! -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 03:18, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You're not getting what I'm saying; I made a very good case for my opposition above, and you still don't get it. Wolverine XI 06:22, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No, I'm sorry, I don't get it. Please feel free to rephrase it if you like, and I'll definitely consider it. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:13, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Are you implying that what I put in my vote was unclear? "Out of date" refers to the quality being too poor to qualify for FP. Don't consider my reply to Yann, but the reason for my opposition. I hope that makes everything clear. Wolverine XI 09:22, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I wasn't implying anything, just agreeing with you that I must not have understood something about the case you're making and asking for a clarification. So in terms of the photo being too poor-quality, do you mean the photo in comparison to other photos of its time and/or the quality of the restoration? I'll look at it again, but I'm interested to understand your point of view better. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 17:43, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File:Zernez, Unterengadin, Graubünden. 20-09-2023. (actm.) 31.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 23 Mar 2024 at 05:20:52 (UTC)
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SHORT DESCRIPTION
  • Thanks. What I think I'm seeing is some quite fine-grained noise, which is only darker and lighter and does not vary in fundamental color. At 50%, though, I can see some only on the green petals or leaves in the center; at full page, I can't really perceive it. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:11, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File:La gare ferroviaire d'Oran, 2015.jpg[edit]

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Algerian Railway station
Alright, I apologize for the confusion. Please remove the nomination from the page. Best regards. Riad Salih (talk) 21:18, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Don’t worry, the Bot will archive within 24 hours. ★ 21:25, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Riad Salih: This is a train station building, right? I have improved the gallery link (above). If you nominate this image again, just copy the gallery link Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture/Transport#Train stations. Thank you! --Aristeas (talk) 09:36, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@ArionStar and Riad Salih: This image is now re-eligible due to one of Riad's nominations being tagged with FPX. --SHB2000 (talk) 12:07, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Riad Salih, the year doesn't make a difference to me, I'm judging by what counts as technical excellence in 2024. The only times I would make exceptions are for photos with excellent historical value. But even for 2015...take a look at these pictures that I recently (within the last 2 months) nominated at FP, they are from 2015 and 2016, neither is technically perfect but I think both are better than this. Cmao20 (talk) 21:57, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Cmao20 I do agree with you, but the comparison is a bit unfair since a picture taken at night and during the day is different due to the lighting conditions. However, if the image has no chance, I would prefer to remove the nomination. Riad Salih (talk) 22:01, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 I withdraw my nomination Riad Salih (talk) 12:25, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File:Barbary macaque in Cap Carbon (Gouraya National Park).jpg[edit]

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arbary macaque in Algeria
  • Certainly a valid and standard objection, but I would say that sometimes, being in shadow gives emphasis, much like in music, a passage that's subito p can be emphasized in a striking way that a garden-variety ff passage is not. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 17:46, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Statue of a Victorious Youth[edit]

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  • 3/4 Right front view
    3/4 Right front view
  • Body front view
    Body front view
  • Face front view
    Face front view
  • 3/4 Left front view
    3/4 Left front view
  • Back view
    Back view

File:Core sampling.jpg[edit]

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Drilling peat bog in Southern Estonia

File:Huevos de salamandra con menos de una semana de gestacion.jpg, featured[edit]

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The eggs of a salamander
Yes, I updated the description and categories. --The Cosmonaut (talk) 20:24, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed results:
Result: 10 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Yann (talk) 09:00, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Amphibians#Family : Salamandridae (True Salamanders)

File:Leather boots men's.jpg[edit]

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Leather boots men's

File:Rural Leonforte1.jpg[edit]

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Rural Leonforte

File:Спаривание ктырей.jpg[edit]

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Asilidae mating

File:The School of Athens by Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino in Vatican Last.jpg[edit]

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SHORT DESCRIPTION
I was looking at other photos and comparing them with mine, I asked myself the same question and I have come to the conclusion that perhaps when they took the photo there was a type of lamp that emits yellow light giving that tone. Today it has been replaced by a fluorescent light that does not directly impact the painting. You could check the colors, this is definitely not yellowish.[2][3][4] --Wilfredor (talk) 20:11, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Your third link is a copy from Commons, but we can trust the Vatican Museum. Yes, not yellow, but a little less blue than yours. Yann (talk) 00:08, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No, you can't trust them, the quality of their photos are not good and I think the colors are modified. Making special mention of the photos of the Sistine Chapel of which it is not allowed to take photos but right after they sell their saturated and poorly taken photos Wilfredor (talk) 00:15, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment I am seeing what I believe to be green and purplish CA at the pixel or a few pixel level interspersed all through the picture, and I don't see that in the FP Yann linked, so I'm reluctant to consider this an FP. I find it hard to believe that was part of the artist's palette. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:42, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't think so either, but after 500 years perhaps the colors underwent some modification. I could upload the raws if you don't believe me and need to see for yourself Wilfredor (talk) 23:45, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Info That's not CA but chroma noise, and it's all over the image. El Grafo (talk) 09:39, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I know there is noise due to the darkness of the place, but I generally don't do denoise on paintings because noise is information in these cases. When it comes to normal objects, noise removal works but, as in the case of Topaz AI, in paintings the software gets confused with the faces and tries to add non-existent details, so I have chosen not to remove the noise Wilfredor (talk) 11:38, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Alt chroma denoise version[edit]

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File:Campamento de ganado de la tribu Mundari, Terekeka, Sudán del Sur, 2024-01-28, DD 106.jpg[edit]

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Cattle of the Mundari tribe, Terekeka, South Sudan
  • BigDom: I've improved the crop to get rid of some disturbing elements and also cloned out half a horn on the right side, better? And as you guessed, yes, the scene was overwhelming, seeing hunderts of those huge cows swimming with the eyes just over the water was an experience. Poco a poco (talk) 17:58, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Definitely better, thank you, but my opposition still stands; the colours are too faded and the depth of field too small for this to be featured IMO. BigDom (talk) 07:52, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Weak oppose I'm sure this was absolutely amazing to see but, sorry Poco, just not enough of it is in focus for me to support. It would make a great cover on a glossy coffee table wildlife book but IMO not sufficient for FP. Cmao20 (talk) 02:10, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File:Cape Town (ZA), Waterfront, Clocktower Bridge -- 2024 -- 3026.jpg[edit]

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Detail (suspension) of the Clocktower Bridge, Waterfront, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa


Timetable (day 5 after nomination)[edit]

Thu 14 Mar → Tue 19 Mar
Fri 15 Mar → Wed 20 Mar
Sat 16 Mar → Thu 21 Mar
Sun 17 Mar → Fri 22 Mar
Mon 18 Mar → Sat 23 Mar
Tue 19 Mar → Sun 24 Mar

Timetable (day 9 after nomination, last day of voting)[edit]

Sun 10 Mar → Tue 19 Mar
Mon 11 Mar → Wed 20 Mar
Tue 12 Mar → Thu 21 Mar
Wed 13 Mar → Fri 22 Mar
Thu 14 Mar → Sat 23 Mar
Fri 15 Mar → Sun 24 Mar
Sat 16 Mar → Mon 25 Mar
Sun 17 Mar → Tue 26 Mar
Mon 18 Mar → Wed 27 Mar
Tue 19 Mar → Thu 28 Mar

Closing a featured picture promotion request[edit]

The bot[edit]

Note that the description below is for manual closure, this is mostly not needed anymore as there exists a bot (FPCBot) that counts the votes and handles the process below. However after the bot has counted the votes a manual review step is used to make sure the count is correct before the bot again picks up the work.

Manual procedure[edit]

Any experienced user may close requests.

  1. In Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the candidate image, then [edit].
    Add the result of the voting at the bottom (on a new line with a space first)
    {{FPC-results-reviewed|support=x|oppose=x|neutral=x|featured=("yes" or "no")|gallery=xxx (leave blank if "featured=no")|sig=~~~~}}
     (for example see Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:The Bridge (August 2013).jpg). See also {{FPC-results-reviewed}}.
  2. Also edit the title of the candidate image template and add after the image tag
    featured or not featured
    For example:
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] ===
    becomes
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], featured ===
  3. Save your edit.
  4. If it is featured:
    • Add the picture to the list of the four most recently featured pictures of an appropriate gallery of Commons:Featured pictures, list as the first one and delete the last one, so that the number is four again.
    • Also add the picture to the appropriate gallery and section of Commons:Featured pictures, list. Click on the most appropriate link beneath where you just added it as one of the four images. An image should only appear ONE time in the galleries. After a successful nomination, the image can be placed in several of the Featured pictures categories.
    • Add the template {{Assessments|featured=1}} to the image description page.
      • If it was an alternative image, use the subpage/com-nom parameter: For example, if File:Foo.jpg was promoted at Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Bar.jpg, use {{Assessments|featured=1|com-nom=Bar.jpg}}
      • If the image is already featured on another wikipedia, just add featured=1 to the Assessments template. For instance {{Assessments|enwiki=1}} becomes {{Assessments|enwiki=1|featured=1}}
    • Add the picture to the chronological list of featured pictures. Put it in the gallery using this format: File:xxxxx.jpg|# - '''Headline'''<br>created by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]], uploaded by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]], nominated by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]]
      • The # should be replaced by 1 for the first image nominated that month, and counts up after that. Have a look at the other noms on that page for examples.
      • You may simplify this if multiple things were done by the same user. E.g.: File:xxxxx.jpg|# - '''Headline'''<br>created, uploaded, and nominated by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]]
    • Add == FP promotion ==
      {{FPpromotion|File:XXXXX.jpg}} to the Talk Page of the nominator.
  5. As the last step (whether the image is featured or not; including {{FPX}}ed, {{FPD}}ed and withdrawn nominations), open Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list, click on [edit], and find the transclusion of the nomination you've just finished closing. It will be of the form:
    {{Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:XXXXX.jpg}}
    Copy it to the bottom of Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/March 2024), save that page, and remove it from the candidate list.

Closing a delisting request[edit]

  1. In Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the candidate image, then [edit].
    Add the result of the voting at the bottom (on a new line with a space first)
    '''Result:''' x delist, x keep, x neutral => /not/ delisted. ~~~~
    (for example see Commons:Featured picture candidates/removal/Image:Astrolabe-Persian-18C.jpg)
  2. Also edit the title of the delisting candidate image template and add after the image tag
    delisted or not delisted
    For example:
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] === becomes === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], delisted ===
  3. Move the actual template from Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list to the bottom of the actual month page on Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/March 2024.
  4. If the outcome was not delisted, stop here. If it is delisted:
    1. Remove the picture from Commons:Featured pictures, list and any subpages.
    2. Edit the picture's description as follows:
      1. Replace the template {{Featured picture}} on the image description page by {{Delisted picture}}. If using the {{Assessments}} template, change featured=1 to featured=2 (do not change anything related to its status in other featured picture processes).
      2. Remove the image from all categories beginning with "Featured [pictures]" (example: Featured night photography, Featured pictures from Wiki Loves Monuments 2016, Featured pictures of Paris).
      3. Remove the "Commons quality assessment" claim (d:Property:P6731) "Wikimedia Commons featured picture" from the picture's Structured data.
    3. Add a delisting-comment to the original entry in chronological list of featured pictures in bold-face, e. g. delisted 2007-07-19 (1-6) with (1-6) meaning 1 keep and 6 delist votes (change as appropriate). The picture in the gallery is not removed.
  5. If this is a Delist and Replace, the delisting and promotion must both be done manually. To do the promotion, follow the steps in the above section. Note that the assessment tag on the file page and the promotion tag on the nominator's talk page won't pick up the /replace subpage that these nominations use.

Manual archiving of a withdrawn nomination[edit]

  1. In Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the candidate image, then [edit].
    In the occasion that the FPCbot will not mark withdrawn nominations with a "to be reviewed" template and put them in Category:Featured picture candidates awaiting closure review just like if they were on the usual list, put the following "no" template:
    {{FPC-results-reviewed|support=X|oppose=X|neutral=X|featured=no|gallery=|sig=--~~~~}}
  2. Also edit the title of the candidate image template and add after the image tag
    not featured
    For example:
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] ===
    becomes
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], not featured ===
  3. Save your edit.
  4. Open Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list, click on [edit], and find the transclusion of the nomination. It will be of the form:
    {{Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:XXXXX.jpg}}
    Copy it to the bottom of Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/March 2024), save that page, and remove it from the candidate list.
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