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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 1 Feb 2025 at 12:00:12 (UTC)

Reason

High quality image. High EV. FP on Commons. Read more about the subject

Articles in which this image appears

Pocillopora grandis, Pomacentrus pavo

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish

Creator

Charlesjsharp

• Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 12:00, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Aviafanboi (talk) 13:55, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support High EV, nice light, excellent sharpness for an underwater picture, at this resolution. Blue fish are an interesting addition to the cohabitation, and enriching in terms of art and wow factor. -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:07, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Excellent! --Janke | Talk 18:51, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Nice contrast. ArionStar (talk) 20:28, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 23:22, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Yann (talk) 15:27, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 06:17, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. MER-C 11:13, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support! / RemoveRedSky ^[talk] 20:37, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Antler coral (Pocillopora grandis) with blue damselfish (Pomacentrus pavo) Moorea.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:18, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Added image to Animals/Cnidaria instead. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:18, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

High quality large image. Illustrates article well with high EV. FP on Commons.

Articles in which this image appears

European ground squirrel

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals

Creator

Charlesjsharp

• Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 12:06, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Aviafanboi (talk) 13:54, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Sun shines through the eye. Fair composition, high EV, excellent quality. -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:10, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support ArionStar (talk) 20:48, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support --Yann (talk) 20:56, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 12:54, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 06:18, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. MER-C 11:09, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:European souslik (Spermophilus citellus) Obrovisko.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:20, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

High quality image. Adds value to article. FP on Commons.

Articles in which this image appears

Red-crowned woodpecker

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds

Creator

Charlesjsharp

• Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 12:14, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Aviafanboi (talk) 13:55, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Nice composition and beautiful bokeh. Good quality, and educational image. -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:13, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support ArionStar (talk) 20:47, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support --Yann (talk) 20:56, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 12:53, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 06:19, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. MER-C 11:06, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Red-crowned woodpecker (Melanerpes rubricapillus rubricapillus) male Las Tangaras.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:22, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

High EV

Articles in which this image appears

Soyuz TMA-2, Soyuz (spacecraft)

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Getting there

Creator

NASA/Scott Andrews (uploaded by Bricktop)

• Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 22:14, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment – Russ rocket lifts off pad 22 years ago. Meh. – Sca (talk) 15:06, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  @Sca: I didn't understand your comment, could you explain it in a better way? ArionStar (talk) 20:19, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Routine, predictable, boring. -- Sca (talk) 15:16, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - This image and the other are generic rocket launches. You can take a break from FPC, you nominate multiple images each day Wcamp9 (talk) 21:21, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Question: Is the "wow factor" a factor in enwiki FPCs? ArionStar (talk) 23:52, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know - but I am not changing my mind because this picture along with the other one are not pictures that deserve to be FP as they are not the best photos. I would much rather prefer a picture of Soyuz in the sky, but I suggest you do not nominate another image as I have told you this for the fourth time currently Wcamp9 (talk) 02:00, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It's curious because I would imagine that it could pass on Commnons due to the wow factor present in the image, but… different FPs sections… different criteria… 🤔 Get a digital camera and take some pictures are good options… ArionStar (talk) 02:17, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Support – Beautiful shot! --Alex Van de Sande (talk) 16:22, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Support – ―Howard • 🌽³³ 10:50, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose: upon closer inspection the image is rather pixelated and has various artifacts. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 10:52, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
•  I withdraw my nomination ArionStar (talk) 17:55, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:31, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

high quality and resolution image used as lead

Articles in which this image appears

Gene Autry

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment

Creator

Harry Warnecke and Robert F. Cranston, restored by Yann

• Support as nominator I replaced a low resolution version by the same picture in higher resolution with restoration. – Yann (talk) 11:24, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support — Moonreach (talk) 19:32, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support ArionStar (talk) 20:17, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 23:22, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support But three red marks for editing? Collar, left sleeve, lower leg. Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:51, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Question Am I wrong about the red marks Yann. I don't think my vote a couple of days ago displayed properly? Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:12, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Ah yes, right. I removed a few more spots. Thanks for checking. Yann (talk) 12:29, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 06:16, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. MER-C 11:20, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Gene Autry, NPG 94 39.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 11:25, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

High EV and quality

Articles in which this image appears

Mount Kazbek and Kazbegi Municipality

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes

Creator

MaxBenidze

• Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 12:13, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment pixelated sky. Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:12, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Alhtought there are many other beautiful pictures on the page already --Alex Van de Sande (talk) 16:24, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:14, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Nomination didn’t reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:14, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

High EV

Articles in which this image appears

National Theater and Concert Hall, Taipei

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture

Creator

Supanut Arunoprayote

• Support as nominator Good and useful images of an active collaborator in the wiki community. – ArionStar (talk) 20:15, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose Unremarkable and technically flawed (the very edges of the roof are cut off) photo of an easy to photograph building in central Taipei. The image also seems to have been photoshopped to remove the people in the foreground, which I'm not in favour of: the square here is quite busy during the day, so this is a dishonest representation of the building's surrounds. I suspect that there aren't many people around in the early mornings. Nick-D (talk) 23:48, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Undescribed modifications are a worrying problem for nominators. I think it's time to buy a camera and visit some cities instead… ArionStar (talk) 03:09, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:41, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

HQ, long time image of Miles David

Articles in which this image appears

Miles Davis, etc.

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment

Creator

Tom Palumbo

• Support as nominator – Wcamp9 (talk) 21:29, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose, for a couple of reasons. The first is that I can't track the provenance; the Flickr link in the metadata is dead and the Wayback Machine doesn't have a cached copy, just 404s. The second is that the details look weird to me, like the hair on his forearm and the rumpling in his shirt. I wonder if this was upscaled somehow, although the newer version from early 2021 would seem to preclude the current generative AI boom, which started maybe 18 months later. I quite like the underlying image, though, and if I didn't have these doubts I'd happily support it. Moonreach (talk) 15:09, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:32, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

high quality portrait used as lead image

Articles in which this image appears

Jen Guyton, National Geographic Society

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering

Creator

Fuzheado

• Support as nominator – Yann (talk) 15:32, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support She does good work. Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:49, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 06:14, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Struck this to avoid double counting. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:04, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Support ArionStar (talk) 18:12, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment — To me it seems like there's a bit too much extra space above the top of her head. Moonreach (talk) 14:58, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• @Moonreach, Charlesjsharp, Hamid Hassani, and ArionStar: I added an alternative, cropped at the top. Yann (talk) 17:26, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Yes, I think this looks better. Thanks! Moonreach (talk) 17:46, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Support Alt 1 — Moonreach (talk) 17:46, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Alt 1 –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 05:35, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose Alt 1 I don't think we should be cropping other photographer's photos. Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:23, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  The original version breathes better. ArionStar (talk) 14:46, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  I have asked the photographer his opinion. Let's wait and see. Yann (talk) 18:02, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Support both Original & Alt 1 – Hamid Hassani (talk) 06:39, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:22, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Armbrust: lack of quorum? ArionStar (talk) 17:30, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. The original has only four supports instead of the required five. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:00, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Is a renomination possible due to the lack of quorum? ArionStar (talk) 21:36, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

For the record, I was going to support the original version, before opening the file at full size, unfortunately it clearly suffers from a lack of sharpness. -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:38, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewing this one, Basile is right… Maybe it's not a good option its renomination. ArionStar (talk) 01:48, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

High quality large image. Adds EV to article.

Articles in which this image appears

Adder

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Reptiles

Creator

Charlesjsharp

• Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:46, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Yann (talk) 22:06, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 06:14, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. MER-C 11:32, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 05:36, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Excellent DoF, nice light and composition. -- Basile Morin (talk) 12:26, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Common European viper (Vipera berus) female Pieniny.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 00:04, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

High quality image. Adds significant EV to article.

Articles in which this image appears

Flame-rumped tanager

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds

Creator

Charlesjsharp

• Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:42, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Yann (talk) 22:04, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 06:13, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. MER-C 11:35, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 05:36, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Educational, beautiful bokeh, compelling composition. -- Basile Morin (talk) 12:24, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support! / RemoveRedSky ^[talk] 20:11, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Flame-rumped tanager (Ramphocelus flammigerus) female Las Tanagaras.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 00:08, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

High quality image. Adds value to article. FP on Commons.

Articles in which this image appears

Pink whipray

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish

Creator

Charlesjsharp

• Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:35, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Yann (talk) 22:03, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 06:12, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. MER-C 11:31, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 05:36, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Striking viewpoint. We feel the dynamics. -- Basile Morin (talk) 12:23, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support! / RemoveRedSky ^[talk] 16:26, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Pink whipray (Pateobatis fai) Moorea.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 00:11, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period ends on 12 Feb 2025 at 23:36:24 (UTC)

Reason

High EV and very detailed

Articles in which this image appears

Balkans, Southeast Europe, Christianization

FP category for this image

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

Creator

Ikonact

• Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 23:36, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose – Stock map widely used but of scant current EV. – Sca (talk) 15:31, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Why lack of EV? ArionStar (talk) 16:09, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Well... I guess I'm not the only one with access to Google Maps... And it gives no explanation as to what the 'Balkans' means. No idea why it is in Christianization article - zero EV. Charlesjsharp (talk) 19:00, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Thanks, Charles, for the explanation. ArionStar (talk) 21:01, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  As the creator of this map, I acknowledge that it has limited potential to be featured. It lacks sufficient detail, the relief appears rough, and it does not clearly delineate the borders of the 'Balkans' (Although, it may be difficult as there is no clear definition of the northern boundry). However, I disagree with the opinion that it has little EV. This map cannot simply be replaced by Google Maps, as it is a freely licensed resource that can be included in the article. Additionally, Google Maps does not typically provide the names of mountains or other geographical features in a format suitable for this context. I can add also that this is a vector image and text can be easily translated in several languages. On top of this, the raster version of the image is used in a big number of articles as location map. That said, I welcome suggestions on how to improve the map to increase its EV. Thank you--Ikonact (talk) 06:57, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

   I withdraw my nomination Per uploader. ArionStar (talk) 11:12, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:41, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Withdrawn nomination. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:41, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

Un Chien Andalou is among the most famous avant-garde films and is on our list of vital articles. Having been first published in 1929, it entered the U.S. public domain this year. The original version did not have synchronized sound; this copy omits a copyrighted soundtrack made much later as part of a 1960 restoration.

Articles in which this image appears

Un Chien Andalou, Luis Buñuel, Salvador Dalí

FP category for this image

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

Creator

Luis Buñuel (director)

• Support as nominator – hinnk (talk) 23:38, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Notable film, good quality. --Yann (talk) 08:10, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment – Yucch. – Sca (talk) 16:00, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose - Unfortunately, this appears to be a transfer from a sound print, which cuts away a considerable part of the image, especially at left. Note the end title, it is cut off! Also, multiple printing generations have hiked the contrast so that highlights are clipped in some scenes. --Janke | Talk 17:32, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support --Carlosmarkos2345 (talk) 15:31, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose per Janke. – Moonreach (talk) 19:31, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 00:55, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

Unanimously featured on Commons. Adds EV to article. (The signature is cut off in the original.)

Articles in which this image appears

Mary Pickford

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment

Creator

Unknown author (restored by Yann)

• Support as nominator – MER-C 11:42, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support --Yann (talk) 16:17, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment – The restoration can be improved. There are 3 dark horizontal lines, 2 below her chin, and one above her chin. Also there is a scratch line on her nose extending to the right. Bammesk (talk) 19:21, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Done: Restored. I also removed some spots. Yann (talk) 20:31, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Support – Bammesk (talk) 22:09, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 05:36, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Moonreach (talk) 19:26, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Better now. Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:39, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 06:36, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Portrait of Mary Pickford, signed (CHS-2292) digital restoration.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:07, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

Unanimously featured on Commons. Headline image.

Articles in which this image appears

Donggung Palace and Wolji Pond

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture

Creator

Basile Morin

• Support as nominator – MER-C 11:47, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Bammesk (talk) 19:11, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support I don't really like night shots as FP but this is a better composition than the daylight ones. Charlesjsharp (talk) 20:27, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Thank you very much, MER-C, for the nomination, and for including this photo in the article. This building is splendid at blue hour (in real life). -- Basile Morin (talk) 22:50, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support I'm usually not a fan of reflection shots, but the night view here is an icon of Gyeongju, so EV is good. It's also a well executed photo. Nick-D (talk) 05:43, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Vulcan loves the night light and view! –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 05:36, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 06:36, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Water reflection of Donggung Palace in Wolji Pond at blue hour in Gyeongju South Korea.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:09, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

Per below

Articles in which this image appears

Skin care, Cosmetics, Pharmacy (shop) and Product (business)

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Other

Creator

ArionStar

• Support as nominator High EV; an useful image in many articles and shows a variety of skin care cosmetics and brands: Swiss Galderma's Cetaphil, French Laboratoires Pierre Fabre's Avène, American Stiefel Laboratories' Physiogel, American Kenvue's Neostrata (same owner of Neutrogena), German Beiersdorf's Eucerin, Brazilian ADCOS, etc. – ArionStar (talk) 01:59, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose I don't see the EV or particular photographic merit. Was withdrawn at Commons FPC. Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:05, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Different projects, different criteria… ArionStar (talk) 11:18, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Sure; but many people, including me, reference Commons, e.g. see nom. below 'Unanimously featured on Commons'. Charlesjsharp (talk) 13:49, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Oppose – Completely lacking in EV; scant visual interest. – Sca (talk) 14:28, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Thanks for the feedbacks above; I appreciate them. I came to the conclusion that the criteria here are more difficult for me to understand than on Commons. ArionStar (talk) 16:13, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:08, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

It is a rich diagram of all objects that can exist and could ever have existed. It connects the Schwarzchild Limit to the Big Bang, to the Compton Limit to the heat death of the universe. It contains both stellar evolution and particle decay, it connects a line from chemistry to biology to astronomy.

Articles in which this image appears

Compton Wavelength, Schwarzschild Radius, Planck Units

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps

Creator

Alex Van de Sande

• Support as nominator – Alex Van de Sande (talk) 16:10, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose - Way too complex to be understandable by the general reader. At least one typo. Also a whiff of WP:OR (hedgehog? ;-) --Janke | Talk 07:49, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  It's not original research, it's a redesign of a chart from this paper.

  (sorry about any typo that might have escaped. Care to share which one it is?) Alex Van de Sande (talk) 11:15, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Interesting and high EV, but it is only used in Compton Wavelength. @Janke: This is clearly understandable by anyone with basic knowledge of modern physics. No need to have a PhD for that. Yann (talk) 11:30, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• @Yann: I said general reader, meaning average reader. It has nothing to do with the fact that you and I do have enough knowledge to understand it... --Janke | Talk 16:40, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• @Janke: Then I don't understand the criteria. This image is much easier to understand than the articles it could be added, so what's the point? Actually this image helps to understand the concepts represented, so that's the whole point to have images in these articles. Yann (talk) 17:41, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• I had added it to schwarzschild radius, Compton wavelength, Hubble radius and Planck units, as I think it adds understanding to these articles, but the edits were reverted as other editors thought I was adding to too many articles at once. I will also add alternatives to it without the cutout which I hope will make it less cluttered. Alex Van de Sande (talk) 14:51, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• That was reverted... Yann (talk) 17:41, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• A really relevant image can be in lots of articles, but in those, the other editors must have considered it irrelevant. --Janke | Talk 16:40, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Oppose, apologetically – This would be a cool thing to have on a science classroom wall but it's overly fancy for Wikipedia. The atoms arguably don't need to be shown as clouds of electron orbitals, for instance, and those orbitals definitely don't need to be in a rainbow of colors. The whole image, minus the text, seems to have a film grain overlay that only makes the information harder to parse. And a lot of the raster elements (i.e., the planets) are pixelated at full magnification. This is a fun image, and I thank you for making it, but I don't think it meets the technical standards of the criteria. Moonreach (talk) 15:17, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Yes, I admit it has many stylized elements added to make it more visually appealing. If you look at the original chart from the paper, it doesn't have these elements and is (IMHO) neither appealing nor less confusing. I limited the size because I was at first trying to get a SVG image, but very quickly reached the SVG limit. I can get a bigger size if that means the image is going to be appreciated more (which unfortunately doesn't seem to be the case). Alex Van de Sande (talk) 18:48, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Oppose – Visual information not readily intelligible to general readers/viewers. – Sca (talk) 16:14, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  I would argue the articles that it's supposed to illustrate, Compton Limit, Schwarzchild Radius, Planck Units, etc, are not intelligible to general readers either. It's my opinion that it makes these articles easier to understand. Alex Van de Sande (talk) 18:49, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment – User:Avsa, FP criterion #5 says "wait a reasonable period of time (at least 7 days)". You didn't do that. Also the article editors reverted you. FP images have to be stable. I would vote support and I think User:Yann will also support if you find an article (or a couple of articles) that are well suited for what this image shows, then wait 2 or 3 weeks to make sure the image is stable, and then re-nominate the image. The passing threshold is 5 support votes min. (that includes the nominator) and support/oppose ratio of 2/1 or better. You already have 3 supports. I didn't look hard, but maybe the image can be added to a more-of-a-concept-type article, like Cosmological horizon or Observable universe, etc. I don't agree with the "general or average reader" oppose rationales above. That's not a FP criterion. FP images have to enhance the quality of an article (or articles). They have to be comprehensible (i.e. useful) to those who read and comprehend the article, not just to any average person. We are not a pop magazine catering to some generic "general" reader or audience. Bammesk (talk) 01:45, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Thank you. I will follow your advice. Alex Van de Sande (talk) 12:56, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Oppose - Following up on my comments from User:Remsense's talk page: There's far too much going on in the image, the various colors (including the reflections across the Schwarzschild and Compton axes) make it harder to read, many of the fonts are too small. Even on my high-DPI monitor, I can't read most of it without zooming in a lot. I didn't revert the Compton Limit addition because that was the only article it was added to that had pre-existing text that could be conceived as being related to this figure, but even there I think it's a bit of a stretch. There's so many things in this figure that most articles only relate to a small part of it. If the figure were redone to be less busy, have better font choices (preferably as a vector image so the fonts scale better) and have less extraneous color, I might reconsider. - Parejkoj (talk) 17:51, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Parejkoj, thanks for the input. Hopefully the technical issues (font size, busy layout, etc.) will be addressed. As you said there is a lot going on in this image. Can you name one or two articles that might suit this image? Bammesk (talk) 01:56, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• On second thought, I struck part of my reply above. Per FPC instructions, images are judged at full size, not at thumbnail or at full screen. So I don't see anything wrong with the font size and the layout. For instance we have lots of map FPs which are busier and less legible than the nom image when viewed at thumbnail or full screen. It's unrealistic to have all images be legible at thumbnail or full screen. Bammesk (talk) 01:35, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Oppose per above. – Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:02, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose for 2 reasons: 1) Visually, you can't read the text written in small size, unless it's displayed huge like a poster. 2) Too much of "everything / anything", that is obviously too complex, specific and cluttered, with unnecessary curved arrows, ellipses, or asterisks in captions saying "Asterisk means still hypothetical", etc. -- Basile Morin (talk) 02:13, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:48, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

High EV and good scan with huge resolution

Articles in which this image appears

Indian Territory and Seminole burning

FP category for this image

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

Creator

United States. Bureau Of The Census (uploaded by Fæ)

• Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 18:03, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment Trouble here for EV is that the term Indian Territory changed so much over time. Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:46, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:25, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe FP on Commons… ArionStar (talk) 01:03, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

High EV; this huge scan is full of details and depicts very well a part of the local history.

Articles in which this image appears

Siege of Recife (1630), Dutch–Portuguese War, Dutch Brazil, Dutch invasions of Brazil and Camarão Indians' letters.

FP category for this image

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

Creator

Nicolaes Visscher I (originally uploaded by Juniorpetjua and enlarged version uploaded by Giro720)

• Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 23:34, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Some problem here? ArionStar (talk) 02:33, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Looks very high quality. The problem of no votes might be that you have 7 live nominations right now. There's nothing that says you can't but nothing that says anyone has to vote! For your information, I limit myself to 3 nominations at a time except where nomination have already passed the 5 support vote threshold with no opposes. So I have 6 live at the moment. I have no idea whether other users approve or whether we should have different limit/self-discipline. Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:54, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Ok, I'll try to keep the 6 limit too, thanks for the advice. ArionStar (talk) 12:05, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  The amazing cartographer added a submap as a scale (to show on which part of the Brazilian coast he is depicting) and also made an engraving of the Engenho (Brazilian term for sugar mills), indicating one of the main reasons for the siege. Exceptional result, and I hope more voters see this work. ArionStar (talk) 12:13, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

🤔 ArionStar (talk) 18:27, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 00:17, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Nomination didn’t reach the necessary quorum for promotion: Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 00:17, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  I confess that the lack of quorum was partially caused by my own spam of nominations. I'll be more careful next time and since renomination is common when not enough quorum is reached, I'll renom this one next month. ArionStar (talk) 01:00, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

Interesting and well-composed shot of the inside of a tokamak. There are some hot spots, like the back of the technician's coveralls, but I'd argue those aren't the focal point of the image.

Articles in which this image appears

Tokamak, DIII-D

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Others

Creator

Rswilcox

• Support as nominator – Moonreach (talk) 15:34, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Wow! ArionStar (talk) 21:04, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Per below. ArionStar (talk) 23:53, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Support – I too thought of nominating this. Happy to support. Bammesk (talk) 02:02, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 05:36, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Yann (talk) 11:11, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• I removed my support in view of Basile and Charles' opinions. Yann (talk) 17:57, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

•  Comment: Very strong chromatic aberrations -- Basile Morin (talk) 12:20, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• En-Wiki FP criteria has exceptions for technical imperfections. This isn't a generally accessible area to photographers, its EV takes precedence IMO. Bammesk (talk) 01:42, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Thanks for your opinion. Weak oppose per Wikipedia:What is a featured picture?/Examples of technical problems. But I may revise my vote if the issue is corrected. -- Basile Morin (talk) 02:25, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Weak Support.. / RemoveRedSky ^[talk] 15:18, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose Yes, chromatic aberrations, noisy and too dark. Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:41, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose per Charles. This [[1]] is a much better image, but regrettably un-free... --Janke | Talk 10:33, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose per Charles & Janke. – Hamid Hassani (talk) 02:58, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose per above. MER-C 11:30, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:15, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period ends on 13 Feb 2025 at 00:46:15 (UTC)

Reason

High EV and quality

Articles in which this image appears

Eileen Collins

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering

Creator

NASA (Robert Markowitz)

• Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 00:46, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment There are so many of these NASA images... Charlesjsharp (talk) 12:30, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  You know I've just realized we keep coming across this problem when it comes to high quality photo portraits produced by govts. By our present criteria, most if not all of them can be promoted to featured status, yet people are generally reluctant to vote for them since it's something we have seen already so much of. It's become basically an unwritten criterion that featured pictures be "unique." ―Howard • 🌽³³ 15:12, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  I never thought of it that way, but I think you're right. Moonreach (talk) 14:53, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment – Agree with Charles. Routine quarter-century-old promo pic of little or no EV. – Sca (talk) 15:26, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
•  I withdraw my nomination ArionStar (talk) 22:03, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 02:39, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Withdrawn nomination. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 02:39, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

famous picture with its own article, high resolution, good quality, FP on Commons

Articles in which this image appears

Flight of Refugees Across Wrecked Bridge in Korea, 1951 Pulitzer Prize, Pulitzer Prize for Photography, Max Desfor, Taedong Bridge, UN Forces retreat from North Korea, December 1950

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/War

Creator

Max Desfor

• Support as nominator Surprisingly this is not yet FP. – Yann (talk) 11:09, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support ArionStar (talk) 11:24, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:24, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• This photo was taken in Korea, but only has a US copyright status. Isn't that a problem? Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 01:21, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• It was taken by a US photographer, and first published in USA, so it is a US work. Yann (talk) 11:26, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  I'm not an expert in the subject, but if we're sure... Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 09:24, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Its not a problem for the english wikipedia so at worst we would just have to bring it from commons to en.©Geni (talk) 09:21, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Support per nomination. Famous photograph that has its own article. -- Basile Morin (talk) 02:33, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support —Bruce1ee^talk 08:24, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 06:35, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. MER-C 11:31, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 07:05, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Flight of Refugees Across Wrecked Bridge in Korea (Original).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:00, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

High quality large image. Illustrates article well with high EV.

Articles in which this image appears

Parti-coloured bat, Vespertilionidae

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals

Creator

Charlesjsharp

• Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:37, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support! / RemoveRedSky ^[talk] 14:10, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 06:34, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 07:05, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support TheFreeWorld (talk) 15:11, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Parti-coloured bat (Vespertilio murinus) Slovakia.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:24, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

High quality large image. Illustrates article well with high EV. FP on Commons.

Articles in which this image appears

Humpback whale

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals

Creator

Charlesjsharp

• Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:34, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support --Janke | Talk 15:32, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Yann (talk) 23:06, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 06:33, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - Excellent photo with strong EV Nick-D (talk) 05:25, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support —Bruce1ee^talk 09:51, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. MER-C 11:32, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Nice light and per Nick-D. -- Basile Morin (talk) 04:17, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 07:05, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) calf Moorea 2.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:25, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

High quality large image. Illustrates article well with high EV. FP on Commons.

Articles in which this image appears

European hamster, Meidling

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals

Creator

Charlesjsharp

• Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:29, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support The domestic animal is well known, but not the wild one. – Yann (talk) 11:32, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Wild or not, they're cute. Excellent sharpness. --Janke | Talk 15:32, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Excellent capture of the animal in its natural environment, striking angle of view and good light. -- Basile Morin (talk) 02:45, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 06:32, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. MER-C 11:35, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 07:05, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:European hamster (Cricetus cricetus) Meidling 2.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:26, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period ends on 14 Feb 2025 at 23:49:19 (UTC)

Reason

High EV and quality

Articles in which this image appears

Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, etc.

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political

Creator

European People's Party (uploaded by Stanisław Krupiński)

• Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 23:49, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment – Routine pol promo pic. – Sca (talk) 13:33, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
•  I withdraw my nomination ArionStar (talk) 03:22, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 10:53, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Withdrawn nomination. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 10:53, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

High EV and quality

Articles in which this image appears

Lake Pontchartrain, etc.

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking back

Creator

Copernicus Sentinel-2, ESA (uploaded by Satview)

• Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 18:10, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – ―Howard • 🌽³³ 15:52, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 07:05, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:01, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support TheFreeWorld (talk) 15:12, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Lake Pontchartrain by Sentinel-2.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:25, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]