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This star, with one point broken, symbolizes the featured candidates on Wikipedia.
This star, with one point broken, symbolizes the featured candidates on Wikipedia.

Featured pictures are images that add significantly to articles, either by illustrating article content particularly well, or being eye-catching to the point where users will want to read its accompanying article. Taking the adage that "a picture is worth a thousand words", the images featured on Wikipedia:Featured pictures should illustrate a Wikipedia article in such a way as to add significantly to that article, according to the featured picture criteria.

Promoting an image

If you believe an image should be featured, create a subpage (use the "For Nominations" field, below) and add the subpage to the current nominations section.

For promotion, if an image is listed here for ten days with five or more reviewers in support and the consensus is in its favor, it can be added to the Wikipedia:Featured pictures list. Consensus is generally regarded to be a two-thirds majority in support, including the nominator and/or creator of the image; however, anonymous votes are generally disregarded, as are opinions of sockpuppets.

All users may comment. However, only those who have been on Wikipedia for 25 days and with at least 100 edits will be included in the numerical count. If necessary, decisions about close candidacies will be made on a case-by-case basis. Nominations started in December are given three extra days, due to the holidays slowing down activity here.

The archive contains all opinions and comments collected for candidate nominations and their nomination results.

If you nominate an image here, please consider also uploading and nominating it at Commons to help ensure that the pictures can be used not just in the English Wikipedia but on all other Wikimedia projects as well.

Delisting an image

A featured picture can be nominated for delisting if you feel it no longer lives up to featured picture standards. You may also request a featured picture be replaced with a superior image. Create a subpage (use the "For Delists" field, below) and add the subpage to the current nominations section.

Please leave a note on the talk page of the original FPC nominator (and creator/uploader, if appropriate) to let them know the delisting is being debated. The user may be able to address the issues and avoid the delisting of the picture.

For delisting, if an image is listed here for ten days with five or more reviewers supporting a delist or replace, and the consensus is in its favor, it will be delisted from Wikipedia:Featured pictures. Consensus is generally regarded to be a two-thirds majority in support, including the nominator. Note that anonymous votes are generally disregarded, as are opinions of sockpuppets. However, images are sometimes delisted despite having fewer than five in support of their removal, and there is currently no consensus on how best to handle delist closures, except that:If the image to be delisted is not used in any articles by the time of closure, it must be delisted. If it is added to articles during the nomination, at least one week's stability is required for the nomination to be closed as "Kept". The nomination may be suspended if a week hasn't yet passed to give the rescue a chance.

Outside of the nominator, all voters are expected to have been on Wikipedia for 25 days and to have made a minimum of 100 edits. If necessary, decisions about close candidacies will be made on a case-by-case basis. As with regular nominations, delist nominations are given three extra days to run if started in December.

  • Note that delisting an image does not mean deleting it. Delisting from Featured pictures in no way affects the image's status in its article(s).
Shortcuts

Featured content:

Featured picture tools:

Step 1:
Evaluate

Evaluate the merit of a nomination against the featured picture criteria. Most users reference terms from this page when evaluating nominations.
Step 2:
Create a subpage
For Nominations

To create a subpage of Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates for your nomination, add a title for the image you want to nominate in the field below (e.g., Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Labrador Retriever) and click the "Create new nomination" button.


For Delists (or Delist & Replace)

To create a subpage for your delist, add a title for the image you want to delist/replace in the field below and click the "Create new delist nomination" button.


Step 3:
Transclude and link

Transclude the newly created subpage to the Featured picture candidate list (direct link).

How to comment for Candidate Images

  • Write Support, if you approve of the picture. A reason is optional.
  • Write Oppose, followed by your reasoning, if you disapprove of the picture. All objections should be accompanied by a specific rationale that, if addressed, would make you support the image. If your concern is one that can only be addressed by the creator, and if they haven't nominated or commented on the image, and if they are a Wikipedian, you should notify them directly.
  • You can weak support or weak oppose instead, so that your opinion will be weighed as half of a "full" opinion.
    • To change your opinion, strike it out (with <s>...</s>) rather than removing it.
  • If you think a nominated image obviously fails the featured picture criteria, write Speedy close followed by your reasons. Nominations may be closed early if this is the case.
Recommendations added early in the process may be disregarded if they do not address concerns and/or improvements that arise later in the debate. Reviewers are advised to monitor the progress of a nomination and update their votes accordingly.
Prior to giving an opinion, the image should be assessed on its quality as displayed at full size (high-resolution) in an image editing program. Please note that the images are only displayed at thumbnail size on this page. The thumbnail links to the image description page which, in turn, links to the high-resolution version.

How to comment for Delist Images

  • Write Keep, followed by your reasons for keeping the picture.
  • Write Delist, followed by your reasons for delisting the picture.
  • Write Delist and Replace if you believe the image should be replaced by a better picture.
  • You can weak keep, weak delist or weak delist and replace instead, so that your opinion will be weighed as half of a "full" opinion.
    • To change your opinion, strike it out (with <s>...</s>) rather than removing it.
Please remember to be civil, not to bite the newbies and to comment on the image, not the person.

You may find the glossary useful when you encounter acronyms or jargon in other voters' comments. You can also link to it by using {{FPCgloss}}.

Editing candidates

If you feel you could improve a candidate by image editing, please feel free to do so, but do not overwrite or remove the original. Instead, upload your edit with a different file name (e.g., add "edit" to the file name), and display it below the original nomination. Edits should be appropriately captioned in sequential order (e.g., Edit 1, Edit 2, etc), and describe the modifications that have been applied.

Is my monitor adjusted correctly?

In a discussion about the brightness of an image, it is necessary to know if the computer display is properly adjusted. Displays differ greatly in their ability to show shadow detail. There are four dark grey circles in the adjacent image. If you can discern three (or even four) of the circles, your monitor can display shadow detail correctly. If you see fewer than three circles, you may need to adjust the monitor and/or computer display settings. Some displays cannot be adjusted for ideal shadow detail. Please take this into account when voting.

Displays also differ greatly in their ability to show highlight detail. There are light grey circles in the adjacent image. If you can discern three (or even four) of the circles, your monitor can display highlight detail correctly. If you see fewer than three circles, you may need to adjust the monitor and/or computer display settings (probably reduce the contrast setting). Some displays cannot be adjusted for ideal highlight detail. Please take this into account when voting.

On a gamma-adjusted display, the four circles in the color image blend into the background when seen from a few feet (roughly 75–150 cm) away. If they do not, you could adjust the gamma setting (found in the computer's settings, not on the display), until they do. This may be very difficult to attain, and a slight error is not detrimental. Uncorrected PC displays usually show the circles darker than the background. Note that the image must be viewed in original size (263 × 68 pixels) - if enlarged or reduced, results are not accurate.

Note that on most consumer LCD displays (laptop or flat screen), viewing angle strongly affects these images. Correct adjustment on one part of the screen might be incorrect on another part for a stationary head position. Click on the images for more technical information. If possible, calibration with a hardware monitor calibrator is recommended.
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FPCs needing feedback


His Girl Friday

Current nominations

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12P Pons–Brooks

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Voting period ends on 17 Aug 2024 at 17:22:07 (UTC)

Original – 12P/Pons–Brooks
Reason
Meets the FPC critia. High encyclopedic value since it is our best image of 12P/Pons–Brooks and its going to be difficult to get a replacement since its not due back until 2095. Green colour is due to diatomic carbon and is common in comets despite the media getting rather excited about it at the time.
Articles in which this image appears
12P/Pons–Brooks
FP category for this image
Space
Creator
Nielander

P. L. Travers

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Voting period ends on 17 Aug 2024 at 14:33:14 (UTC)

Original – Author and actress P. L. Travers in the role of Titania, circa 1922
Reason
Quite a nice image. I've sharpened it slightly, removed dust and scratches, and fixed some localised browning.
Articles in which this image appears
P. L. Travers and a few new additions and minor pages.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
Creator
Unknown photographer, restored by Adam Cuerden

His Girl Friday

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Voting period ends on 17 Aug 2024 at 12:04:24 (UTC)

Original – His Girl Friday is a 1940 American screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks.
Reason
A Featured Media on Commons
Articles in which this image appears
His Girl Friday
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Film
Creator
Howard Hawks

Nosferatu

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Voting period ends on 16 Aug 2024 at 05:07:11 (UTC)

Original – Nosferatu is a 1922 German silent horror film directed by F. W. Murnau. It is an unofficial adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula.
Reason
Nosferatu is on our WP:FILM/CORE list and remains one of the best-known silent films. For many years it was officially pulled from circulation (as an unauthorized Dracula adaptation), but it's since been restored by the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation.
Articles in which this image appears
Nosferatu
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Film
Creator
F. W. Murnau (director)

Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse

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Voting period ends on 14 Aug 2024 at 10:17:04 (UTC)

Original – MV Dali immobilized by the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons. Has stuck (previous nomination was premature).
Articles in which this image appears
Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA History
Creator
David Adams

White-bibbed babbler

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Voting period ends on 14 Aug 2024 at 10:09:27 (UTC)

Original – White-bibbed babbler (Stachyris thoracica) in Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, East Java, Indonesia
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears
White-bibbed babbler
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
JJ Harrison

The Blind leading the Blind

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Voting period ends on 12 Aug 2024 at 11:22:56 (UTC)

Original – The Blind Leading the Blind, Blind, or The Parable of the Blind is a painting by the Netherlandish Renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder, completed in 1568.
Reason
High quality Google Art Project scan of the Renaissance painting with excellent EV in a FA.
Articles in which this image appears
The Blind Leading the Blind
FP category for this image
Paintings
Creator
Pieter Bruegel the Elder/Museo di Capodimonte
The Legacy section of the article has a paragraph on copies, and no mention that "Bruegel the Elder" did a copy. It says his son "Brueghel the Younger" did a copy around 1616 (the father died in 1569). This source says the nom version was done by the son (I am not sure about the reliability of the source though). BTW, the original [1] and the copy [2] have differences, for instance see the lower left corner. Bammesk (talk) 01:17, 6 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

2024 Greenfield tornado damage

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Voting period ends on 11 Aug 2024 at 18:30:37 (UTC)

Original – Extreme damage from the violent 2024 Greenfield tornado, which had measured winds of up to 318 miles per hour (512 km/h). Aerial imagery of EF4 damage to homes in northeastern Greenfield, Iowa. Peak wind speeds were estimated at 170 mph (270 km/h) here.
Reason
Passed all of the criteria & is a high-quality (4,000 × 3,000 pixels) photograph of some damage from the 2024 Greenfield tornado
Articles in which this image appears
2024 Greenfield tornado
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Weather
Creator
ChristopherRiske (Wikimedia Commons User)
@Sca: I just copied and pasted the image’s original caption in the nomination’s caption. This image is used in the “aftermath” section of the tornado. I may be looking at this through the lens of something who understands weather, but the tornado was very narrow (discussed in the article) and it seems clear where the worst damage path is in the photo. Could you maybe explain what exactly is “not readily intelligible to general readers/viewers”? The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 14:00, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Lucie Delarue-Mardrus

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Voting period ends on 10 Aug 2024 at 18:50:59 (UTC)

Original – Lucie Delarue-Mardrus, French poet, writer, and journalist.
Reason
A really nice portrait - just out of (American) copyright this year - and a huge upgrade on the old lead image. Biggest flaw is the 1920s retouching, which I've done what I could with.
Articles in which this image appears
Lucie Delarue-Mardrus +1
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
Creator
Henri Manuel restored by Adam Cuerden

The Kid

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Voting period ends on 10 Aug 2024 at 17:03:42 (UTC)

Original – The Kid is a 1921 American silent comedy-drama film written, produced, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin, and features Jackie Coogan as his foundling baby, adopted son and sidekick. This was Chaplin's first full-length film as a director. It was a huge success and was the second-highest-grossing film in 1921. Now considered one of the greatest films of the silent era, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 2011.
Reason
one of the most well know Charlie Chaplin films ever, also, this has earned a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes
Articles in which this image appears
The Kid (1921 film)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Film
Creator
Charlie Chaplin

Nominations — to be closed

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Nominations in this category are older than ten days and are to be closed. New votes will no longer be accepted.

Older nominations requiring additional input from users

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These nominations have been moved here because consensus is impossible to determine without additional input from those who participated in the discussion. Usually this is because there was more than one edit of the image available, and no clear preference for one of them was determined. If you voted on these images previously, please update your vote to specify which edit(s) you are supporting.

Closing procedure

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A script is available that automates the majority of these tasks: User:Jujutacular/closeFPC

When NOT promoted, perform the following:

  1. Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/subpage:
    {{FPCresult|Not promoted| }} --~~~~
    • Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.
  2. If the nominator is new to FPC, consider placing {{subst:NotpromotedFPC|Image name}} on their talk page. To avoid overuse, do not use the template when in doubt.

When promoted, perform the following:

  1. Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/subpage:
    {{FPCresult|Promoted|File:FILENAME.JPG}} --~~~~
    • Replace FILENAME.JPG with the name of the file that was promoted. It should show up as:
    Promoted File:FILENAME.JPG
    • Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.
  2. Add the image to:
  3. Add the image to the proper sub-page of Wikipedia:Featured pictures - newest on top.
    The caption for a Wikipedian created image should read "Description at Article, by Creator". For a non-Wikipedian, it should be similar, but if the creator does not have an article, use an external link if appropriate. For images with substantial editing by one or more Wikipedians, but created by someone else, use "Description at Article, by Creator (edited by Editor)" (all editors involved should be clear from the nomination). Additionally, the description is optional - if it's essentially the same as the article title, then just use "Article, by Creator". Numerous examples can be found on the various Featured Pictures subpages.
  4. Add the image to the appropriate section of Wikipedia:Featured pictures - newest on left and remove the oldest from the right so that there are always three in each section.
  5. Add the Featured Picture tag and star to the image page using {{Featured picture|page_name}} (replace page_name with the nomination page name, i.e., the page_name from Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/page_name). To add this template you most likely will have to click the "create" button on the upper right if the "edit" button is not present, generally if the image originates from Commons.
  6. If an edited or alternative version of the originally nominated image is promoted, make sure that all articles contain the Featured Picture version, as opposed to the original.
  7. Notify the nominator or co-nominators by placing {{subst:PromotedFPC|File:file_name.xxx}} on each nominator's talk page. For example: {{subst:PromotedFPC|File:Blue morpho butterfly.jpg}}.
  8. If the image was created by a Wikipedian, place {{subst:UploadedFP|File:file_name.xxx}} on the creator's talk page. For example: {{subst:UploadedFP|File:Blue morpho butterfly.jpg}}.

Then perform the following, regardless of the outcome:

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

Delist closing procedure

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

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

  1. Check that the image has been in the article for at least one week. Otherwise, suspend the nomination to give it time to stabilize before continuing.
  2. Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/delist/subpage:
    {{FPCresult|Kept|}} --~~~~
    • Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.
  3. Optionally leave a note on the picture's talk page.

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

  1. Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/delist/subpage:
    {{FPCresult|Delisted|}} --~~~~
    • Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.
  2. Replace the {{Featured picture}} tag from the image with {{FormerFeaturedPicture|delist/''Image name''}}.
  3. Remove the image from the appropriate sub-page of Wikipedia:Featured pictures and the appropriate section of Wikipedia:Featured pictures thumbs.

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

  1. Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/delist/subpage:
    {{FPCresult|Replaced|}} with File:NEW_IMAGE_FILENAME.JPG --~~~~
    • Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.
    • Replace NEW_IMAGE_FILENAME.JPG with the name of the replacement file.
  2. Replace the {{Featured picture}} tag from the delisted image with {{FormerFeaturedPicture|delist/''Image name''}}.
  3. Update the replacement picture's tag, adding the tag {{Featured picture|delist/image_name}} (replace image_name with the nomination page name, i.e., the image_name from Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/delist/image_name). Remove any no longer applicable tags from the original, replacement and from any other alternatives. If the alternatives were on Commons and no longer have any tags, be sure to tag the description page with {{missing image}}.
  4. Replace the delisted Featured Picture in all articles with the new replacement Featured Picture version. Do NOT replace the original in non-article space, such as Talk Pages, FPC nominations, archives, etc.
  5. Ensure that the replacement image is included on the appropriate sub-page of Wikipedia:Featured pictures and the appropriate section of Wikipedia:Featured pictures thumbs. Do this by replacing the original image with the new replacement image; do not add the replacement as a new Featured Picture.

Then perform the following, regardless of the outcome:

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

Recently closed nominations

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

Battleship Potemkin

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 9 Aug 2024 at 19:50:29 (UTC)

Original – Battleship Potemkin is a 1925 Soviet silent film directed by Sergei Eisenstein. It dramatizes the 1905 Potemkin uprising.
Reason
Battleship Potemkin is a WP:FILM/CORE article on our List of films voted the best. This video is from a 2005 restoration of the original Soviet version, which reinstated the intertitles and shots that had been censored in later international releases.
Articles in which this image appears
Battleship Potemkin
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Film
Creator
Sergei Eisenstein (director)

Promoted File:Battleship Potemkin (1925).webm --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:10, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Kinemacolor coronation drill

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 9 Aug 2024 at 16:33:38 (UTC)

Original – A Kinemacolor film taken at Reedham Orphanage in Richmond, London in 1911, in which the orphans perform for guests. The film demonstrates both the capabilities and limitations of the Kinemacolor process, which supported two colors rather than the three used in modern processes, and displayed them through sequential, alternating frames.
Reason
Lively demonstration of the Kinemacolor two-color film process, an important milestone in the history of color photography. Apart from imperfections in the original, this is a very good transfer. The frame rate is at or near real-time (often a problem with showing films from the hand-cranked era) and in HD. The source at the Internet Archive (1) says these are the original colors plus a white-balance pass. Kinemacolor was also a sequential color system, which is why some movement has anaglyph-like effects to it.
Articles in which this image appears
Kinemacolor, Reedham Orphanage
FP category for this image
Photographic techniques, terms, and equipment
Creator
Uploaded to Wikipedia by Cesias7 from a copy at the Internet Archive, where it is credited to Natural Color Kinematograph Co., Ltd.

Promoted File:Coronation Drill at Reedham Orphanage 1911 Kinemacolor.webm --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:04, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Santa Fe Church, Leyte

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 8 Aug 2024 at 11:13:51 (UTC)

Original – A picture of the Santa Fe Church (also called the Saint Anne Church), in Leyte.
Reason
The image has a high technical standard, with no "graininess" or anything like that, I don't know about criteria 2, considering the picture has a resolution of 1,126 × 2,000 pixels. The picture also passes criteria 3, considering the picture is good-looking (according to me). The image has a free license, the description is verified by a source, and the description is also useful in describing the church. The image also does not have digital manipulation considering.
Articles in which this image appears
Santa Fe, Leyte
FP category for this image
Architecture
Creator
TheNuggeteer
  • Strong oppose – This is a bad nomination ZZZ'S 03:11, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    To give TheNuggeteer credit, they clearly went through the checklist and tried to satisfy the requirements. I also think a professional photograph taken inside this building could easy drum up enough support to pass; the choice of subject was good. That said, I see a number of flaws that prevent me from supporting this one: Streaking in highlights, low resolution, muddiness in mid-tones, and less-than-ideal framing. There's also no good target article for the church, just one for the town it's in. For these reasons, I also oppose. Moonreach (talk) 15:22, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment @TheNuggeteer: There's a great tool on Commons called CropTool. If you have a picture like this but want to adjust the size to remove the umbrella at the bottom, it can be very useful. hinnk (talk) 08:53, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Of course, cropping an already small image kills its chances here...--Janke | Talk 18:32, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:57, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tunisian tortoise

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 7 Aug 2024 at 21:12:17 (UTC)

Original – Tunisian tortoise (Testudo graeca nabeulensis) male, Cap Bon Peninsula, Tunisia
Reason
High quality large image. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Tunisian tortoise
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Reptiles
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Tunisian tortoise (Testudo graeca nabeulensis) male Cap Bon 2.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:13, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Ussher's palla

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 7 Aug 2024 at 21:07:38 (UTC)

Original – Ussher's palla (Palla ussheri) near Bonkro, Ghana
Reason
High quality large image. Adds EV to article. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Palla ussheri
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Ussher's palla (Palla ussheri ussheri) underside Nyamebe Bepo.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:08, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Red grasshawk male

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 7 Aug 2024 at 20:56:50 (UTC)

Original – Red grasshawk dragonfly (Neurothemis fluctuans) male, Chalong, Phuket, Thailand
Reason
High quality large image. Adds EV to article. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Neurothemis fluctuans
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Red grasshawk (Neurothemis fluctuans) male Phuket 2.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:57, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Grey-headed honeyeater

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 7 Aug 2024 at 11:15:53 (UTC)

Original – Grey-headed Honeyeater (Ptilotula keartlandi). Kings Canyon, Watarrka National Park, Northern Territory, Australia.
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons last month. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears
Grey-headed honeyeater
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
JJ Harrison

Promoted File:Grey-headed Honeyeater 0A2A3929.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:44, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Seattle I5 skyline

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 7 Aug 2024 at 11:13:17 (UTC)

Original – The Seattle skyline at dusk as viewed from Dr. Jose Rizal Park. In the foreground is the Interstate 5 in Washington.
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons a month ago. To replace existing FP File:SeattleI5Skyline.jpg.
Articles in which this image appears
Transportation in Seattle etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban
Creator
Dllu

Promoted File:Seattle I5 skyline dllu.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:41, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Dunnock

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 7 Aug 2024 at 04:55:31 (UTC)

Original – A dunnock (Prunella modularis) College Lake nature reserve, Buckinghamshire, England.
Reason
Great quality and detail, adds EV. Unanimously promoted to FP, QI, and VI on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Dunnock
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Dunnock (Prunella modularis) 3.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 08:43, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Greenfield tornado

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Original – A photograph of the 2024 Greenfield tornado, the strongest tornado during the tornado outbreak sequence of May 19–27, 2024
Reason
Extremely high EV for one of the strongest tornadoes ever recorded, and the third highest wind speed ever measured on earth (Tornado records#Highest winds observed in a tornado). Tornado was also academically studied (Research on tornadoes in 2024#Greenfield tornado) by several organizations. High EV public domain photograph no less as well.
NOTE: The image barely fails the second FP criteria, as it is 2,048 × 1,366 pixels. However, per the criteria, "Exceptions to this rule may be made where justified on a case-by-case basis, such as for historical, technically difficult or otherwise unique images", so this is being nominated under the grounds of an exception to FPC #2.
Articles in which this image appears
List:
  1. 2024 Greenfield tornado
  2. Tornado outbreak sequence of May 19–27, 2024
  3. Tornadoes of 2024
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Weather
Creator
Isaac Polanski, uploaded by TornadoLGS
@Crisco 1492:Yes. Per Template:PD-NWS on the Commons. The NWS actually has this clause stated for users submitting images to them: "By submitting images, you understand that your image is being released into the public domain. This means that your photo or video may be downloaded, copied, and used by others". One of the other tornadic Featured Pictures (File:Lincoln, NE EF3 tornado.jpg) is under the same license on the Commons as well. Tons of discussions on the Commons have determined it is valid. To not clog this FPC up, I won't link them all here, but if you want me to, I can link you several discussions on the Commons surrounding the PD-NWS guidelines. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 23:58, 29 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • No, that works for me. Support. This is an image we'd never be able to take again, and the quality is excellent. When the creator even says that it's one of the few times he's been intimidated by a tornado, we have something special. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:45, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Greenfield IA tornado 2024.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 08:40, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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