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Originalsilhouette is the image of a person, an object or scene consisting of the outline and a basically featureless interior, with the silhouetted object usually being black.
Reason
high resolution and EV, good exampel of Silhouette
Articles in which this image appears
silhouette
FP category for this image
Creator
درفش کاویانی

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 00:28, 1 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The female Redback spider (Latrodectus hasseltii) is one of the most dangerous spiders endemic to Australia. Its body is about 10mm long.
Reason
An illustrative pose of a very important living Australian Spider (featuring its distinguishing red mark). The photo took quite some effort to obtain, because the subject is small and uncooperative (and dangerous), but I am very happy with the result in terms of quality and composition. An earlier FP of this species was rightly delisted in 2007 Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/delist/Redback_spider, but may serve as a comparison.
Articles in which this image appears
Redback spider
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Animals/Arachnids
Creator
99of9

::Clerk note: Votes from IP addresses cannot be counted. Clegs (talk) 05:21, 21 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"are generally disregarded" ≠ "cannot be counted". Not that I expect you to count it, but I think you should quote the rule as it is, without making it stricter. 126.109.231.71 (talk) 09:20, 21 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Very well, this is perfectly accurate: "Per resolved discussion on the talk page, votes from this IP are to be ignored." Clegs (talk) 09:40, 21 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
It had nothing to do with the IP but whether the user was voting while logged in. That said the IP is getting tedious by voting when he is aware they are to be disregarded. The IP user should just make a comment as they will be welcome. In either case stop commenting on the votes to be disregarded and allow the closer to handle the tally. Saffron Blaze (talk) 13:17, 21 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Question Would you like me to upload an alt at the minimum required resolution of 531x1000? Thankfully as far as I can read the rules don't "state" anything of the sort, because if they did, that would encourage uploaders to do a bad thing (downsample). Rather, the criteria ask you to judge the technical standard (yes including noise). To do that fairly across different sized images, the best way is to compare them at equivalent sizes to one another (say, perhaps the 1000px, since some pics will come in at that size). I'm not saying you shouldn't look at the full-res, but the IP's argument is sound. --99of9 (talk) 03:36, 21 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • 50% is not an "arbitrary" zoom level, as it's above the minimum requirements. 126.109.231.71 (talk) 09:17, 21 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. Blurry and noisy. If reshot in focus with a better camera, it could be easily an FP. Clegs (talk) 05:23, 21 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose I think that the noise comes from a combination sharpening something that wasn't very sharp to begin with and correcting underexposure, but there is too much of it and not much detail there. JJ Harrison (talk) 11:03, 21 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    I imagine it is also due to shooting the spider at f/16. At high magnification, this aperture is going to give you significant diffraction softening, but the trade off is that you get the entire spider in focus (including the legs), which is otherwise impossible without focus stacking. Spiders are especially challenging to get past FPC. Either people complain that your image isn't sharp enough/high res enough or they complain that it isn't all in focus. Unless it's a relatively large spider, it's very difficult to do both. Kaldari (talk) 04:09, 24 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, you're both right. Next time I will ensure that I don't underexpose. The exposure was automatically chosen, which was no good for so much white paper and a black subject. But I think f/16 was the right choice for this, because spiders are very three dimensional (and the body-focus was accurate).--99of9 (talk) 09:12, 25 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 00:29, 1 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Official US Navy photo of Henry Lawrence Garrett III, United States Secretary of the Navy. The photo was taken in 1987. Secretary Garrett was in office from May 15, 1989 to June 26, 1992 in the administration of President George H. W. Bush.
Reason
Good quality portrait of a notable person.
Articles in which this image appears
Henry Lawrence Garrett III, United States Secretary of the Navy, USS Iowa turret explosion
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
James P. Vineyard

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 11:15, 1 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Photo 1: USS Iowa's Turret Two center gun is loaded to fire. First, a 1,900-pound (860 kg) shell is moved from the shell hoist cradle into the spanning tray to be rammed into the gun breech.
 
Photo 2:Next, the powder bags are rolled from the two-tiered powder hoist (top) into the spanning tray.
 
Photo 3:Finally, the rammerman, at left, operates a lever which uses hydraulics to ram the powder bags into the gun's breech. The spanning tray is then folded out of the way and the breech block is closed and locked. The rammerman must carefully operate the ram lever as an overram could jam the powder bags and/or projectile too far into the gun, causing a dangerous situation. On 19 April 1989 this same gun exploded and killed 47 crewmembers in the turret.
Reason
I'm nominating these three images as a set. They appear in the article USS Iowa turret explosion to illustrate how the ship's turret guns are loaded normally. An explosion occurred in the Number Two 16-inch gun turret on April 19, 1989. The explosion in the center gun room killed 47 of the turret's crewmen and severely damaged the gun turret itself. Two major investigations were undertaken, one by the Navy and then one by the then-General Accounting Office and Sandia National Laboratories.
Articles in which this image appears
USS Iowa turret explosion. Also, I have added the first image to Gun turret.
FP category for this image
Engineering and technology/Weaponry
Creator
PHAN William Holck, USN
  • Support as nominator --Pinetalk 11:07, 21 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose I don't like the camera angle. Pics 2-3 look like the guys are standing on the wall (not that it is that BIG of a deal, it just gives me a headache, and reduces the enjoyability of looking at the pictures), and there is a guys hand in the right side of each picture (causes distraction from the main subject), and there is some noise/graininess throughout all of the pictures (not that big of a deal, the pictures are 26 years old, and with film, comes some grain.) The pictures have excellent EV, but I don't believe it can outweigh these minor issues. Dusty777 (talk) 17:36, 21 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. Nice set, but the first picture should be rotated 90 degrees clockwise. All photos could use some chroma noise filtering. O.J. (talk) 16:06, 22 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • There is indeed a lot of grain. I have a sneaking suspicion this is a scan of a print, not a negative, and not necessarily a great print either. Is there something unusually rare about these to offset that quality problem? Wouldn't this have been done in pretty much the same way many times on any ship with guns of this size and type? Chick Bowen 23:02, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    • These photos were taken in the same turret that exploded in an incident that killed 47 crewmen. See USS Iowa turret explosion. Pinetalk 05:16, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
      • Yeah, I got that. I meant, is there anything distinctive about this set up or the process they're following? I mean, if the purpose is to show the right way to do this in contrast to the wrong way that led to the disaster, then it seems like a series that showed what was going on in a clearer way would be more valuable, even if it was taken in a different (but similar) turret. Chick Bowen 19:08, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 11:15, 1 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]


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Original – Leonardo da Vinci's Ginevra de' Benci, a c. 1474 oil on panel painting measuring 38.1 cm × 37 cm (15.0 in × 15 in). It is named after its subject.
Reason
High resolution, notable work by notable artist.
Articles in which this image appears
Ginevra de' Benci, List of works by Leonardo da Vinci, +2
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Leonardo da Vinci

Promoted File:Leonardo da Vinci, Ginevra de' Benci, 1474-78.png --Makeemlighter (talk) 17:09, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A poster advertising the Works Progress Administration's Household Service Demonstration Project.
Reason
This is a high quality WPA poster
Articles in which this image appears
Household Service Demonstration Project
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA History
Creator
Works Progress Administration. Digitised by the Library of Congress. Uploaded by Ras67 (talk · contribs)

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 20:00, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – O'Brien performing in a replica of the costume Eddie Murphy wore in Eddie Murphy Raw.
Reason
Forgive me if I'm off-base with this nomination (it's my first time here), but I found this image on Flickr and find it both visually striking and leaving me wanting to know more about the subject, on top of the fact that I'm already interested as the page in question is my next FL nomination.
Articles in which this image appears
The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour
FP category for this image
Either Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment or Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Ryan, from Flickr

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 23:34, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalThe Death of Procris, attributed to Piero di Cosimo. This 65.4 cm × 184.2 cm (25.7 in × 72.5 in) oil on poplar painting is estimated to date back to c. 1495. It is also known as A Satyr mourning over a Nymph and A Mythological Subject
Reason
High resolution, beautiful painting.
Articles in which this image appears
The Death of Procris, Procris, Cefalo e Procri, +2
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Thought to be Piero di Cosimo
  • Odd, the one you've linked to is cut off as well. Darn.
Withdraw no point in continuing with a defective image. Crisco 1492 (talk) 03:59, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 13:10, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A modern electric steam iron made by Russell Hobbs.
Reason
This is a typical product shot isolated on white as you might get from a stock photo agency. This image is high-resolution, sharp and in focus from front to back. The angled profile shows off the steam plate as well as the handle, at the expense of the controls. We currently have no featured pictures of small domestic appliances and this category of images is poorly covered by WP/Commons. Btw, the soleplate has a textured speckle finish -- that's not noise. I hope you like it.
Articles in which this image appears
Clothes iron, Russell Hobbs.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Other
Creator
Colin

Promoted File:Electric steam iron.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 21:32, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Map of the world's Time Zones. The explanation for the codes is near the lower left corner of the image.
 
Alternative.
Reason
High EV, meets size criteria, good level of detail
Articles in which this image appears
Time Zone
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Maps
Creator
Phoenix B 1of3

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 15:39, 4 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A Polet Antonov An-124 landing at Sheremetyevo Airport
Reason
Extremely high quality image of this aircraft in landing configuration which is prominently placed in the aircraft article infobox
Articles in which this image appears
Antonov An-124
FP category for this image
link to category from WP:FP that best describes the image (check categories first)
Creator
Sergey Kustov

Promoted File:Polet Airlines An-124 RA-82075 in flight 28-Jul-2011.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 15:43, 4 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalGrand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan Hiram Wesley Evans in Washington, D.C. on 8 August 1925
 
Edit – Cropped to focus on the subject
Reason
High quality and resolution, illustrative of both the main subject and his position in the KKK
Articles in which this image appears
Hiram Wesley Evans, Grand Wizard
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Others
Creator
National Photo Company, restored by Crisco 1492
  • Oppose both. Sorry, but I don't see this as a very compelling photograph, with a strange severity in the focus contrast between the subject and the rather busy background (and the crop only calls more attention to that severity), nor does it have particular historical value, since it doesn't illustrate anything in particular happening. In defense of Adam above, I think the comparison to the lynching picture is not very apt; that picture shows an example of an event that played a huge role in American history; this one is just a guy in a costume. Chick Bowen 22:51, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 04:17, 5 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – WNBL teams Logan Thunder in white and Canberra Capitals in blue battle for the ball in a game on 20 January 2012
 
Crop
Reason
Per the other basketball nom.
Articles in which this image appears
Women's National Basketball League, Logan Thunder,
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Sport
Creator
JJ Harrison

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 04:18, 5 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – White-necked Petrel (Pterodroma cervicalis), East of the Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia
Reason
This image is a little smaller than some others that I nominated (the bird was further away). However, this is the only confirmed sighting of this bird within Tasmanian waters, and this, and one other photo that I collected are the only images on commons of this species.
Articles in which this image appears
White-necked Petrel
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
JJ Harrison

Promoted File:Pterodroma cervicalis - SE Tasmania.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 04:19, 5 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Salvin's Albatross (Thalassarche salvini), East of the Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia
Reason
Prior to this cooperative bird I've only had one or two brief flybys on previous trips. It was once considered a subspecies of the Shy Albatross. Most of this species breed on the Bounty Islands, 670 km south east of New Zealand.
Articles in which this image appears
Salvin's Albatross
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
JJ Harrison

Promoted File:Thalassarche salvini - SE Tasmania.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 04:20, 5 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Mezcala Bridge in Mexico.
Reason
Large image with good EV for the article, already featured on Commons, previous FP nomination failed by only a half vote.
Articles in which this image appears
Mezcala Bridge
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Jujutacular

Promoted File:Mezcala Bridge - Mexico edit1.jpg --Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 21:01, 5 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – American novelist Craig Johnson speaking about his latest books in Médiathèque José Cabanis, Toulouse, France, 2011.
 
Alt
 
Alt-2. WB adjustment and selective noise reduction.
Reason
High quality, good portrait of high EV
Articles in which this image appears
Craig Johnson (author)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Guillom

Not Promoted --Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 21:05, 5 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Leaden Flycatcher (Myiagra rubecula), Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, Australia
 
Edit1 – adjusted levels and mild sharpening
 
Edit 2 - saturation more consistent with original.
Reason
An attractive Flycatcher I spotted in a few places around Canberra. I didn't manage a shot until this male at the Botanic gardens though.
Articles in which this image appears
Leaden Flycatcher
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
JJ Harrison

Which edit? Makeemlighter (talk) 15:56, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Myiagra rubecula - Australian National Botanic Gardens edit1.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 00:38, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – English stonecrop, Sedum anglicum, on Treffgarne Rocks, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
 
Alt – English stonecrop, Sedum anglicum, on Treffgarne Rocks, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
Reason
This image exemplifies triumph in adversity, a hardy plant flourishing in a crack in the rock. (This is my first nomination for Featured picture.)
Articles in which this image appears
Sedum anglicum
FP category for this image
plants
Creator
Cwmhiraeth

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 22:31, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor car of the New York City Police Department
Reason
large clear image, in multiple articles, good EV
Articles in which this image appears
Police vehicles in the United States and Canada, Police car, Police transport, Law enforcement, Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor, Ford Crown Victoria, Law enforcement in the United States, New York City Police Department, United States
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Land
Creator
Cezary Piwowarski [[2]]
"It illustrates the subject in a compelling way, making the viewer want to know more". That's what the FPC say. While I find this to be an effective illustration, certainly enough to be a quality image on Commons, I don't find it compelling. It's just an NYPD car on the street. That's all it wants to tell me, and all it can.

I see others have clarified for you that I did not mean the design of the car itself—as one of the few people on Wikipedia who seems to fully understand our fair use policy, I'm fully aware of the "useful articles" distinction—but what is called the livery of the vehicle (I knew there was a word for it!). Yes, I'm also aware that most of the other elements save the department shield are simple geometric shapes and strings of text that do not constitute a full sentence. However ... consider that this free image I took later became the basis for this copyrighted magazine cover even though the latter arguably has less claim to any individually copyrighted elements. And arguably, painting a police car this way makes it a three-dimensional public work.

But, since there seems to be no U.S. copyright case law I can yet find on the copyright status of vehicle livery with a mix of copyrightable and non-copyrightable elements (French law may be stricter), I won't push this any further. Daniel Case (talk) 19:27, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oppose, mainly on technical grounds. There is a post blocking the tyre of the car and the background is rather busy. Legal considerations are that it may need to have it's license plate blurred as it is still on the road and the design scheme mentioned above. Most cars, if they have a plain paint job, probably don't apply. However, a specific paint design may be copyrightable. Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:58, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    • I can understand how an elaborate paint job might be copyrightable. However, if paint jobs on police cars are copyrightable, it seems to me that the absurd result is that no photos of police cars would be permitted on Wikipedia. The same would go for uniforms of many kinds of private and government workers. Although I'm not a lawyer, I would think that the design is not sufficiently creative to qualify for copyright protection. Pinetalk 10:26, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
      • About the copyright. The painting is constituted of a blue line and some text, like POLICE (it would be PD-Textlogo, below the threshold of originality) and a logo, which is de minimis. I don't think based on those elements the composition in itself is copyrightable. If you don't share those views, you're free to open a DR in Commons, to settle the matter. --Dereckson (talk) 10:32, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
        • Just a note that I've also requested comments about the copyright from administrators Moonriddengirl and J Milburn. If others would also like to express views please feel free. Pinetalk 10:55, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
          • Note that I said "may". My oppose is mainly for the technical issues. Crisco 1492 (talk) 11:17, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
            • Thanks for clarifying. Since there seems to be concern about the copyright I think that it's reasonable to try to get a definitive resolution. I understand why there is concern although my feeling is that in this particular case the paint job isn't copyrightable. Pinetalk 11:24, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
              • Aside from the logo, I agree. As noted by Dereckson, in this particular case the logo is probably de minimis. Crisco 1492 (talk) 11:27, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
                • Failing any definitive (and unlikely) evidence to the contrary, I'd suggest all further votes should simply focus on the image and not concern themselves with the copyright mumbo-jumbo. --jjron (talk) 12:38, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
                  • Short answer: It's fine. Long answer: IANAL. That said, I think it's alright. Obviously, the car itself is not copyrightable, while the logo is. The paint-job, theoretically, could be. The logo is quite clearly de minimis, and so its inclusion is fine. The paint-job isn't, but it seems simple enough that it would be PD anyway. (To pre-empt, freedom of panorama does not apply here at all.) If there are any issues that could come up here, it is the inclusion of the numberplate, not copyright. There will also presumably be laws about misrepresenting the police (y'know, implying endorsement, suggesting that you are a police officer, that sort of thing) but providing that this is used appropriately in context, that shouldn't be a problem. J Milburn (talk) 13:39, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. Not gonna argue the EV here, but there's too many distracting elements (post in front of car, very busy background) for it to be a FP. Clegs (talk) 13:28, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 11:08, 7 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The film poster for the upcoming documentary The Hooping Life, by Amy Goldstein
Reason
High resolution, interesting pose. We rarely have free posters for new or at least recent films, so this is a nice breath of fresh air.
Articles in which this image appears
The Hooping Life, Amy Goldstein
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
Amy Goldstein
  • Entirely possible, but (assuming the film is eventually released) any possible promotion on behalf of the filmmaker is actually beneficial to the encyclopedia. Images, especially posters and whatnot which are the same no matter where they are published, are generally more NPOV than text. I wouldn't mind more people with high quality posters or other works donating them to the encyclopedia. Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:40, 1 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • I don't understand your "more NPOV than text"? The poster contains cheery-picked review comments, as all posters do. That's as POV as you can get. Colin°Talk
  • Support I don't think that is all noise, I think some of that has to do with the background of the poster being textured. I think the poster looks very cool and different than your average everyday movie poster. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ctrh180 (talkcontribs) 20:07, 1 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. This is a poor quality poster, apparently made by the film's director for heaven's sake, of an independent, barely feature length documentary of no particular note which will most likely not be shown across any cinema chain in the world, uploaded by a user (possibly the director seeing as how she likes to take a hands on approach to the promotion of her film) who created their/her account purely to write articles about the film in question and it's director/herself (which borders on the blatantly promotional side of resumé-like and also has an unhealthy number of external links), to link to these two articles from as many related articles as possible and to upload this image and one of the documentary's director/herself. Do we really want to indiscriminately promote any movie poster that gets uploaded to Wikipedia just because it is a movie poster and therefore somehow "notable"? God EmperorTalk 19:05, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 11:09, 7 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalProfessional wrestler and rapper John Cena making his entrance at the 2010 WWE Tribute to the Troops
Reason
Nice capture of the ceremonial entrance made by competitors before professional wrestling matches. Would be first pro wrestling FP. Borderline on pixel threshold but still good resolution.
Articles in which this image appears
John Cena, professional wrestling, WWE Tribute to the Troops
FP category for this image
People/Entertainment
Creator
Alexander Vaughn, from Flickr
You know what he's doing with his hands, just look at his shirt for a hint  Eustress talk 02:52, 1 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
It's even more of a shame that we can't see them then! J Milburn (talk) 11:27, 1 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 22:35, 7 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalGriffith Observatory is an observatory in Los Angeles, California, United States. It is a popular tourist attraction with an extensive array of space- and science-related displays.
Reason
High EV, great shot
Articles in which this image appears
Griffith Observatory, Griffith Park, John C. Austin, List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in Hollywood, List of museums in Los Angeles, California
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Mfield
If the monument was centered in front of the door, we might not be able to see the door as well as we do here. I like the angle. Pinetalk 08:52, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • comment from the photographer Interestingly I just happened upon FP today for the first time in ages and saw this so I thought I'd address a couple of points that have been raised incorrectly. I would say I never figured this would be an FP or I would probably have nominated it back when I was a regular here, I uploaded it for its enc value. JJ says ' I'm pretty sure that this has been cropped from a larger image, and the camera has focused on the houses behind, rather than the observatory." Well, per the image caption, this is not cropped from a larger image at all, quite the contrary, it is a stitch of four quarters in landscape format. Secondly, the camera did not focus on the houses behind, it focused on the observatory, however as this was shot with a 20D and a then new 300 F4L, this predated Live View, and hence critical manual focus, and the lens/body combination back focused as I discovered shortly after. The 20D was retired soon after and I never worried about it again. Like I said anyway, I uploaded it for its enc rather than its photographic merit, but it has amazingly stood the test of time in the article and numerous templates and infobox mosaics. Mfield (Oi!) 03:37, 5 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 22:36, 7 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]




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Original – Promotional poster for the 2011 Sri Lankan film Flying Fish, directed by Sanjeewa Pushpakumara
Reason
High quality, interesting image, good EV, underrepresented area (Sri Lankan film)
Articles in which this image appears
Flying Fish (film)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
Sanjeewa Pushpakumara
  • That wasn't an issue with the above-linked posters. The only thing with higher EV would be the film itself, and technical limitations prohibit us from hosting high quality films (hard to fit it in 100mb) Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:51, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • This isn't a "reproduction". This is the original. So I'm not judging how well someone has scanned the image and retouched it to remove creases and coffee stains. Or how well someone has photographed a work of art in a gallery. We're judging a non-notable movie poster. Since it is an original, output from the computer of the poster designer, of course it is going to have flawless crisp writing and a high technical quality. Assuming this is a still from the film, then it illustrates the film to some degree - though the writing and the vignetting detract from that purpose, failing the "avoids inappropriate digital manipulation" if film-illustration is the EV. If displaying the movie poster is the EV then I guess it is as good as you could get. If we're judging the poster as a work of art/design then this is very unoriginal. So unoriginal, in fact, that the Film poster article could use it to illustrate the standard features of a modern movie poster. Colin°Talk 09:11, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • For me, EV outweighs poor posing and whatnot (assuming the poster is not completely ruined by being too dark etc.) I think that 30s to 50s era posters were more aesthetically pleasing, but times change. If you think that aesthetics is more important than EV, I cannot force you to change your mind. Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:22, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • I don't agree that standards have dropped that much, particularly for independent films; for example, I think Errol Morris's posters (like this one and this one) are often very effectively and innovatively designed. I salute you for finding movie posters under free licenses and you should definitely keep trying, but so far, these are not good posters, even by today's standards. Chick Bowen 02:42, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 22:34, 8 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The side of a tide pool showing sea stars (Dermasterias), sea anemones (Anthopleura) and sea sponges in Santa Cruz, California.
Reason
Illustrative value, high quality
Articles in which this image appears
Tide pool, Biocoenosis, Ecosystem, Body of water, Intertidal ecology, Marine biology
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Others
Creator
Mbz1

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 03:05, 10 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A wild grey heron (ardea c. cinerea) in London Zoo, with retracted neck
 
Alt-1
 
Alt 2 - As original without noise issues and higher (still) resolution
 
Image originally nominated
Reason
The first nomination for this image closed a while back with 6 supports (including nominator's), 4 opposes, a weak oppose and a neutral. Numerous alternate versions were uploaded (rather late in the voting period) which fixed several of the perceived problems (unnatural background colouring and beak too close to edge of frame). Crucially, all of the opposing votes were added before the first alternate image was added, and once the first alternate image was added the only votes cast were in favour. I was wondering if the result might have been different had the problems been fixed sooner and thought the best way to find out was to renominate.
Articles in which this image appears
Grey Heron
FP category for this image
Birds
Creator
God Emperor

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 03:06, 10 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]


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Original – Five-cent US postal currency, first issue, featuring Thomas Jefferson. The note is 2.5 by 1.75 inches (63.5 by 44.5 mm).
Reason
High quality, good EV. The stamp is more than 150 years old, which is quite interesting.
Articles in which this image appears
Postal currency
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Culture and lifestyle
Creator
United States Post Office.

Promoted File:US Postal Currency 5 cent 1862 1863.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 03:08, 10 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Reason
Really high educational value in the article Bread, a great set for an encyclopedia
Articles in which this image appears
Bread
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Food and drink
Creator
Chmee2
  • Comment - Hi. First of all, thanks for this nomination, I am happy and proud of it! However, I agree with "opponents" that these images are not technically the best one and they do not fit standards for FP (on Commons, I am not sure, what are standards here). On the other hand, it was really hard place for taking good images and when I checked my private gallery on Commons I took only one Quality image there. I would like to answer several questions. Firstly, I believed that photos are more educative than video, because they highlight the main points of this procedure. For this reason I took mirror camera with me, not video camera. Unfortunately, I am not able go there one more time in the near feature and if yes, there will be again the same problem. This was not baking museum but real bakery, where everything has to be done quick. There is no place for tripod or some long preparation for photographing :/ And just for fan, there are images from more procedures, see Bread roll, Kifli, or cs:Veka. And of course! I will be really happy when you find some articles on en.wiki, where to add images from Czech bakery :) Best regards --Chmee2 (talk) 20:07, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 21:25, 10 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalFirefighters doing mop-up after fire in sage at Mammoth Hot Springs, September 10, 1988, during Yellowstone fires of 1988.
Reason
Good illustrative value for the article Yellowstone fires of 1988, good quality for a 1988 photo
Articles in which this image appears
Yellowstone fires of 1988
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA History
Creator
Jim Peaco

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 21:25, 10 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – American singer and storyteller Tom Chapin
Reason
Meets WP:WIAFP criteria to be a featured picture.
Articles in which this image appears
Tom Chapin, Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children
FP category for this image
/People/Entertainment
Creator
Dschwen

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 15:08, 11 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A young girl relaxing in a pool by floating on a rainbow-coloured styrofoam swimming board
Reason
Beautiful pic with varied EV
Articles in which this image appears
Swimming float, swimming lessons, human swimming, organic chemistry
FP category for this image
Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Culture and lifestyle
Creator
Tommy Wong, from Flickr

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 15:08, 11 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The film poster for The Mummy, a 1932 horror film, directed by Karl Freund and released by Universal Studios
Reason
High quality, high EV. Attractive aesthetically as well.
Articles in which this image appears
The Mummy (1932 film)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
Employee(s) of Universal Pictures, attributed to Karoly Grosz
Kinda sick of looking at film posters in GIMP today though... this morning was dedicated to To Be or Not to Be and I'm not entirely pleased with the results. Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:47, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Don't both of the others appear to have much deeper greens? Compare his hands for example. Also the Christies' images have more purple in her dress and in the "curtain" behind "It comes to life!". Since there are only two complete copies known to exist we don't have much of a comparison set and it could be that this image has the right colour balance and the other reproductions are off, but I wanted to check you didn't alter the colours and that they they look similar to your original source. Yomanganitalk 18:23, 8 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oh, haven't touched the colours. The only modifying I did was removing a slight green scanning artifact after this was nominated. The original upload is the same as the file on the LA library's site. (only two copies? Oh my) Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:02, 8 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:The Mummy 1932 film poster.jpg --Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 09:43, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A woman using a keypunch to tabulate the United States Census, circa 1890

Caption edit - The Hollerith keypunch was used to tabulate the 1890 United States Census—the first time a census was tabulated by machine.
Reason
Historic image of the way computations used to be done
Articles in which this image appears
Keypunch, United States Census, Herman Hollerith
FP category for this image
History/USA History
Creator
Unknown or not provided (image from National Archives and Records Administration)
Good point, I've updated the image page caption accordingly. —Eustress talk 14:52, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support -- Great image! Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:09, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. --jjron (talk) 05:52, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support good black and white photo with EV Pinetalk 09:00, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support High quality and encyclopedic value. - Darwinek (talk) 12:56, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. There is no information about when the photo was taken. National Archives website says 1890-1950. For this to have any EV we need at least the year. O.J. (talk) 09:03, 8 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    • She's using the Hollerith keypunch, which was only used to tabulate the 1890 census; but the caption says "c. 1890" because we don't know the exact date. I think that's reasonable and still very informative. —Eustress talk 15:00, 8 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
      • Although she's using the pantograph keypunch from the 1890 census I'd guess that it is staged for the photograph and was taken much later. The cards she is using aren't the 1890 cards and her clothes and hairstyle aren't from 1890s either. Maybe some fashion expert will appear to date it more closely. Yomanganitalk 15:50, 8 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
        • I can't vouch for hairstyles, but the cards look correct to period. There's a smaller reading board at the top of the machine and the actual punch card under the operator's hand -- both indicative of the 1890 census (see Columbia University article). (Note: The Early Office Museum discusses this photo, not indicating a date but saying it is the machine used to tabulate the 1890 census.) If you're concerned this photo may have been staged later, perhaps we can modify the caption accordingly (e.g., "The Hollerith keypunch was used to tabulate the 1890 United States Census—the first time a census was tabulated by machine."). However, I doubt this is staged, since it appears to be an authentic work environment: paper punch outs lie on the desk and a coworker appears at a desk in the background. —Eustress talk 16:08, 8 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
          • If you compare the reading card template in this picture to the 1890 template photo in the Columbia University article you can see they are are different; this one has several short lines of punch holes while in the 1890 one they are all the same length, so she's almost certainly not tabulating the 1890 census. I don't think staging precludes some dressing of the set, and it may even be an authentic photo of somebody working on a punch card using a Hollerith keypunch, but I'd be very surprised if this photo was taken any time close to 1890. To be on the safe side I'd adjust the caption as you suggested (if you are sure that no other census had been tabulated using a machine). Yomanganitalk 17:19, 8 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support extra999 (talk) 09:57, 8 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support High EV, great quality picture for its age. Dusty777 (talk) 17:05, 8 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak oppose without some kind of solid indication of date. I've spent a lot of time looking at a lot of photographs from 1850 to 1950. I've never seen an indoor photograph this sharp from before about 1920. Not to mention, as noted above, her hair and clothes--but also, look at the furniture, look at the half-frosted-glass, half-wood cubicle partition in front of her. Look at the lighting, too--the sun is shining in from the back windows, hence the shadow on our side of the desk in the background. What is shining on the subject's face is a high-quality electric photographer's light, not an Edison bulb. This is not a 19th-century photograph. My guess would be 1930s. If it's featurable anyway, fine. But those above supporting because of "high quality for such an old picture" might want to reexamine this. For me, if we could get some information about what exactly we're looking at, I'd support, but without it, I don't feel able to. Chick Bowen 03:57, 9 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • The census form she has on the roll is not the official 1940 census form [6], but it is so close that it is either a prototype or a variation, so the date must be well after 1930 (late 30s or after). Unfortunately the title is blurred under the shadow of the bottom of the wrapped around form so I can't read it, but if anybody has one of those zoom/enhance programs from CSI or Blade Runner we should be in business. Yomanganitalk 01:24, 11 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. The machine is from the 1890 census, but the photo is not. Women did not dress like this in 1890; as noted previously, the hair and dress are wrong. The earlier guess of 1940s or 1950s seems reasonable to me. There is another photo of the same woman in the same dress (here). There, a second woman is next to her, with a machine from a different census. That web page suggests this was a demonstration of old machines, which seems reasonable to me. --Beth63 (talk) 22:00, 9 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    • Nice sleuthing. Whether or not is was staged later, I think the photo still conveys significant EV for the articles listed in the nomination, and the alternate caption helps ensure the photo is viewed in an accurate and informative context. Cheers —Eustress talk 00:13, 10 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Card puncher - NARA - 513295.jpg --Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 10:02, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]


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Original – Common Bronzewing (Phaps chalcoptera), Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, Australia
 
Edit 1 with adjusted levels for more symmetric histogram (and reduced saturation as appropriate)
 
Edit 2 - Crop, black point adjustment
Reason
This image captures the wing feather iridescence well.
Articles in which this image appears
Common Bronzewing
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
JJ Harrison


Not promoted --Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:37, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Hyannisport Weekend. Caroline Kennedy, President Kennedy. Hyannisport, MA, aboard the "Honey Fitz".
Reason
This is one of the only pictures of him with his closest living relative, it's a nice historical image.
Articles in which this image appears
Caroline Kennedy
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Others
Creator
Cecil W. Stoughton
  • Other things too. Her head is obviously lopsided, so not the best angle to see her; half her face is covered by the white frilly thing; the blanket's covering her body so we can't even imagine how big or old she is; The quality of the image isn't good enough for my liking either. There's a green tint across her face and it's just too grainy. Matthewedwards :  Chat  04:08, 4 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Cute snapshot, snapshot with some historical value, but still just a snapshot. Clegs (talk) 10:39, 4 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 14:21, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax), Captain's Flat, New South Wales, Australia
Reason
As I was leaving for a day's photography, I spotted a Diamond Firetail drinking from a puddle on the other side of my hire car. I managed to get my camera out without flushing it, but just as I had the camera pointing at it around the car. I waited in the car for quite a while before setting off. I was a little annoyed that I'd wasted valuable haze-free morning, but the delay turned out to be lucky - this eagle was waiting just outside the driveway, in a tree, where I was staying.
Articles in which this image appears
Wedge-tailed Eagle
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
JJ Harrison

* Support. Good shot. Clegs (talk) 10:37, 4 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 14:23, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]




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Original – Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans) in flight, East of the Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia
Reason
This isn't the best angle to show the wing plumage - File:Diomedea exulans in flight 2 - SE Tasmania.jpg is better for that. However, I think this picture really communicates the wingspan of this species and albatrosses in general.
Articles in which this image appears
Wandering Albatross, Albatross
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
JJ Harrison

Promoted File:Diomedea exulans in flight - SE Tasmania.jpg --Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 14:26, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalLa maja desnuda, one of two nominations in this set. The painting measures 97 cm × 190 cm (38 in × 75 in)
 
OriginalLa maja vestida, one of two nominations in this set. The painting measures 95 × 190 cm (37.4 × 74.8 in)
Reason
I was looking for a break from film posters (my morning was all posters) and I discovered these little gems. The two have an interesting back story: after outcry over his nude (La maja desnuda), the painter Francisco Goya went ahead and painted another one with clothes entitled La maja vestida, rather than overpainting his earlier work. La maja desnuda is said to have the first clear depiction of female pubic hair in Western art.
Articles in which this image appears
La maja desnuda, La maja vestida, Francisco Goya, and more
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Francisco Goya

*Oppose until the stamps are removed. Clegs (talk) 11:36, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Goya Maja naga2.jpg --Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 17:32, 12 March 2012 (UTC) Promoted File:Goya Maja ubrana2.jpg --Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 17:32, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A batsman is bowled early in a cricket match between two friendly sides at Kingswood School playing fields, Bath.
Reason
A picture showing a cricketer who has just been bowled, good EV.
Articles in which this image appears
Bowled, Dismissal (cricket)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Sport
Creator
Lemonlolly
  • Support as nominator --Harrias talk 15:57, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I don't think this is too bad, but I would have preferred to have had the bowler included too so we know where the ball comes from and how. I'll reserve judgement for now. Matthewedwards :  Chat  04:48, 4 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Opppose per above. If I didn't watch cricket (yes, I'm weird, I'm an American who watches cricket), I would have no clue what was happening. Needs the bowler in picture. Clegs (talk) 10:43, 4 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. It's the best picture of a cricketer I've seen so far, but I still don't get what being "bowled" is (since I don't know much about cricket). I can't tell what's happening in the photo. MathewTownsend (talk) 21:00, 4 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – I can appreciate that without a baseline knowledge of cricket, this isn't as valuable as I thought. As a cricket fan (and someone playing in this match) I obviously knew what was happening, and it didn't even cross my mind it wasn't as obvious to other people. Does it have any value merely as a dismissal? I'm guessing not, but worth checking! Harrias talk 21:12, 4 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comments I'm not too familiar with your guidelines and criteria, but I'll point out that this photo could usefully illustrate a number of articles about cricket kit, including Whites (cricket), Batting gloves, Batting helmet and Stumps. It also shows the difference between the pitch (the light coloured short-mown grass he's standing on) and the outfield, which people can find difficult to distinguish from text and presumably have articles I'm too lazy to look for. The very dark strip is probably a practice strip, possibly with an artificial surface. We probably have an article on batting stance or technique, but I wouldn't use this image, except perhaps as an example of how not to bat. Incidentally, the photo is an excellent cricket picture - because the bowler isn't in it. By which I mean that because the chap 22 yards away can't be seen, there's some great detail visible, including the batsman's despairing look, the ball sharply in focus and even both of the bails (one on top of the left hand stump, the other is in the top left hand corner, flying dramatically out of shot). --Dweller (talk) 14:02, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment (basically support) This discussion is going in the favour that there should have been a bowler in shot. However, I agree with Dweller fully, a bowler in shot, which could have meant 22 yards in picture, could have lessened the EV. The focus is as what the nominator says, it displays the every detail of a batsman being bold, the stumps is in focus, the batsman and the equipments. extra999 (talk) 14:26, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - No wow factor, not particularly revealing to me. Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:45, 9 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 17:54, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Night lapse of Ontario Highway 401, the busiest highway in North America.
Reason
This picture was nominated for a featured picture before, but I feel it deserves a second chance due to it's usefulness in the articles in which it is displayed.
Articles in which this image appears
Ontario Highway 401, Toronto, street light, long-exposure photography, lighting, controlled-access highway
FP category for this image
Engineering and technology
Creator
Kenny Louie (kennymatic on Flickr)

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 22:36, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Reason
The pictures are high quality (all 1000px or above) and as a set help to give an idea as to who plays for the Australia women's national water polo team. With the exception of all the two assistant coaches, all the images are used to illustrate who a player (or coach) is on their individual article. Work best as a set as opposed to individually.
Articles in which this image appears
Bronwen Knox, Kate Gynther, Glencora Ralph,Ashleigh Southern, Nicola Zagame,Jane Moran, Holly Lincoln-Smith, Rowena Webster, Gemma Beadsworth, Melissa Rippon, Sophie Smith, Isobel Bishop, Zoe Arancini, Hannah Buckling, Alicia McCormack, Victoria Brown,Kelsey Wakefield,Greg McFadden
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Sport
Creator
Bidgee
  • The precedent is that if a subject is notable enough for an article, then it is notable enough for a FP. Most of these photos have corresponding individual articles, so I don't see a problem. JJ Harrison (talk) 08:19, 1 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose The lighting is OK but doesn't flatter -- showing every pore and spot. The subjects are standing too close to the background, so the texture is visible as is their shadow. The 35mm-equivalent focal length of around 40mm is an odd choice for a portrait: the wide angle and being less than a metre from the subject isn't a flattering combination, especially for the nose. All the images have been cropped or downsampled to have 2k at the longest edge leaving a <4MP image from the original 18MP out of the camera. The set would be more useful if they had been cropped square rather than being almost square but varying in width and height. That all the ladies' pictures were taken within three minutes of each other tells you all you need to know about the care that went into each portrait. Alicia, Gemma and Sophie aren't in focus. Ashleigh isn't looking at the camera. Holly is sloping to one side. Kelsey's smile is unfortunate. Rowena doesn't look happy at all. Gregory might have bothered to shave. Dalibor is too tall for the background.... --Colin°Talk 13:06, 1 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    • This was a quick photo shoot before the match, so time was limited. If I had my own way, I would have used a studio with the correct lighting but in this case it wasn't possible. Yes, the lens was a poor selection however a number of factors made me pick it. Sorry I'm fine with the criticism/critiquing but "tells you all you need to know about the care that went into each portrait", I take that as an insult and very much why I hate FP on en Wiki and Commons. I take care with all my photographs but when you're pressed for time and you don't have the gear that would have made the difference (I'm not made of money nor do I have a money tree). If you have a problem with my downsizing, that it your problem not mine. I have my reasons to downsize and no I don't do commercial photography. Fact is your insult has me questioning whether I want to contribute any further photographs to the project. Bidgee (talk) 13:46, 1 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
      • I'm really sorry you have taken it this way. It wasn't meant as an insult. I'm sure you took as much care as 10-second-per-person allowed you to take. But the fact remains we are judging a featured picture here. Can I put it another way for you: Considering the photographer only had three minutes to take all these pictures, they're pretty good and make a valuable contributions to our articles on the subject. They're just not FP standard and I note that you didn't nominate them. Colin°Talk 14:31, 1 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]


  • Comment: As the quality of the pictures in terms of lens selection is an issue, some of the back story regarding the images. I asked the team media manager for permission to take pictures on Tuesday night. She arranged it so pictures could be taken two days later, at 5:10pm before the start of an international test match at 6:30pm against Great Britain, informed the players they would have their pictures taken and why they were desired. I was told the venue. There was very little flexibility available for Bidgee to play with. He had less than 48 hours notice to book a bus, arrange accommodation and chose the right camera materials for a type of picture he had very little experience taking. The venue/backdrop was chosen based on the team. The time of day was set because of the match time. It was taken inside a pool. There was an expectation by me and the media I talked to that Bidgee would take pictures of players in action during the game. At the same time, Bidgee had very, very little time to take these pictures. The time crunch was such that he took pictures of 17 women in about 5 minutes. (I had a list of their names, and recorded the picture order. Bidgee showed each player the picture after he took it.) There wasn't time enough to do much more than that. The blue back drop was a team suggestion. I think these are some of the best profile pictures taken of female athletes in any sport, and are superior to the pictures appearing on Australian Water Polo's website. Compare Bidgee's picture of Zoe Arancini to Australian Water Polo. Are they individually the best pictures ever? No, and a few could be fixed... but nothing us hugely problematic and as a set, they are in my opinion, really, really fantastic (especially given the conditions) and better than any others of their kind on Wikipedia. --LauraHale (talk) 00:27, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I've struck the comment Bidgee took personally and apologised on his talk page. These pictures are valuable to WP and I appreciate the time you guys spent arranging this, taking the pictures and uploading them for free to WP. I agree that Zoe's picture is very good. I'm not aware that we have any "featured set" criteria that lowers the standard for individual pics but if someone wants to point me at it then I could revise my review. Colin°Talk 09:04, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Featured sets have always been a bit contentious. Nothing is written down and everybody has different feelings about them. Some feel that a set can be greater than the sum of it's parts. Others feel that each image should meet the FPC criteria individually, and often dislike the idea of sets because they feel each image isn't judged properly. Sometimes I attempt to avoid them, and just nominate small numbers of related images separately, but then I get comments like "these should be in a set". One can't win really. JJ Harrison (talk) 09:30, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I wouldn't have a problem with a featured set concept where not every pic needs to be individually FP quality (perhaps at least something like Commons' QI standards). I agree there is added value to the set over and above individual photographs. But no alternative criteria exists and this is a review of feature picture (singular) candidates, so I've judged the images against our criteria. I see now from this discussion that Laura was encouraged to nominate these by folk who haven't followed through with their support here. I feel she should have been better advised. This (Jeremy Doyle) featured pic is better than any of these, yet got quite a tough review at FPC. I wasn't nearly as picky as any of those comments. Colin°Talk 14:52, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
This is yet another example of the many problems with sets and why they're a bad idea. Individually and overall these images are good and valuable for WP (great job by both Bidgee and LauraHale, and anyone else involved), but I doubt anyone would argue they would all pass FPC individually. As noted above, there are no separate criteria to say that images in sets should have different standards applied to them. I'd suggest that the few best should be selected and nominated individually to get a more considered evaluation here. --jjron (talk) 05:30, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Let's not repeat the mistake made earlier, which only led to disappointment when someone's bubble was burst. Are you confident there are a handful of images here that could make it through FP without further pain, and would you support them? We've got FPs that aren't as good technically as the best here, but they are of a really famous person, or have a more natural pose or lighting. Individually, these women are barely notable and it is obvious they were asked to stand against a wall and smile. Colin°Talk 16:24, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
TBH I've only looked at about one of them closely (yet another issue with sets; how many people actually scrutinise them all before !voting as they would for a normal FPC?), which helps explain why I haven't !voted. But really it's not up to whether or not I would support them; it's whether any of them may stand a chance out on their own when opened up to the FP community. I'm not the community. And am I "confident there are a handful of images here that could make it through FP without further pain" - absolutely not; there's not many images that do that, and I'd never say I'm confident that anything will do so beforehand. In fact what happens in various noms I often find mind-boggling. My point really is, say pick the best one, nominate it, see how it goes. If it passes there may be few that could get through, if not, it's probably not worth pursuing. But at least the nominator/contributor will get an idea of whether any of these are regarded by the community as meeting the FPC criteria without the confusion brought about by nomming the set. On the other hand, many contributors avoid nomming at FPC for good reasons. But FP star or not, they're still great for the 'pedia. --jjron (talk) 06:04, 4 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I'm glad you're being honest but IMO the problem is that I don't think any of those who advised Laura to nominate looked at them closely. Elsewhere, someone recommended Gemma as a single nom. Now she's a pretty girl, and it looks ok at preview size, but when you open it then you see it clearly isn't in focus (very obvious when compared to many of the others which are sharp) so would be a clear fail. A screenful of pretty girls and the boy's are going "What's not to like, nom the set". Is that what happened? You and I might have thick enough skin to "nominate it, see how it goes" but others apparently don't. Colin°Talk 07:58, 4 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

On Commons if there's no policy for something, we often start referring to en-wiki policy... so maybe en-wiki might like to take a look at commons ideas on sets (commons:Commons:Featured_picture_candidates... I'm biased, I wrote them):

If a group of images are thematically connected in a direct and obvious way, they can be nominated together as a set.

  • All images should be processed and presented in a similar manner to ensure consistency amongst the set.
  • All images should be linked to all others in the "Other Versions" section of the image summary.
  • If the set of subjects has a limited number of elements, then there should be a complete set of images. This may result in images in this kind of set with no "wow" factor, and perhaps little value on their own. Their value is closely bound to the value of having a complete set of these subjects. The decision to feature should be based on this overall value.
  • If the set of subjects is unlimited, the images should be chosen judiciously. Each image should be sufficiently different to the others to add a great deal of value to the overall set. The majority of images should be able to qualify for FP on their own.
  • All images should be of high technical quality.

--99of9 (talk) 11:17, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think the majority would pass FP on their own. Commons would not be too happy about the downsampling either. Wrt your criteria, how would the third rule interact with WP's requirement to have all images in an article. For example, if some of the women above didn't have articles? Or if you had individual photos of a pop group, but only the lead singer's photo appeared in any article? Would you drop that rule for sets? Colin°Talk 16:24, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The "majority FP" is for unlimited sets (e.g. a sequence of a wasp laying an egg), because there you have much more control over shot selection etc. But maybe en-wiki would prefer to make a majority rule on all sets (similar to featured topics)? I'm not sure what the best usage criteria would be, but I'm sure something is required. (Personally I'd ditch the assistant coaches.) --99of9 (talk) 21:55, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • The nomination closure timer seems to have gone screwy on this, saying the voting period is already over (five days too early) so I've removed it. Please manually note closing time. --jjron (talk) 12:47, 5 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per my comments above. Great contribution to WP, but individually it seems clear many of these would not pass FPC on their own, and that should be a baseline (or else we really need to reconsider all our criteria and judgements). As a 'set' they lack some basics such as being cropped to consistent dimensions; easily fixed, perhaps, but not there now. Would reconsider individually nommed images. --jjron (talk) 12:59, 5 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Mostly agree with jjron. These don't really have the EV necessary to pass separately (action shots would be far superior), and they're not being used as a set. Sets make sense when all the images are used in the same article, but that's not the case here. Lots of minor issues too (focus, composition, etc.). Makeemlighter (talk) 11:16, 7 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose at least the two assistant coaches, partly because they're tangential/non-notable, but partly because they both have composition problems (too tall?). I'm also waiting for the exposure adjustment. --99of9 (talk) 00:19, 9 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose It's another Australia picture. Too many Australia pictures on the front page. Dr. Morbius (talk) 18:30, 9 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 22:46, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  • Yeah, I opposed, but this one is straightforward on numbers and nobody has closed it in 2.5 days. Makeemlighter (talk) 22:46, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    • A classic kick a man while he is down. Like fucking hello, I stated that I couldn't do the work needed within the FPC time frame and what happens? The FPC is continued even though, at no fault of my own, I had no chance to make the corrections. I was evacuated and also hospitalised, so I've only just started coming back online and still getting everything back in order. Too bad if my place was flooded, since you continued as if nothing was going on and I was out of action (unable to do anything). I've put a lot of time into both projects but what is the point when the FP clan (reason why FPC needs to be independent from FP contributors) already has its mind set? I'm upset and pissed off, I've put in a lot of time and money into thing things I do and I get crap. Get over yourself over me downsizing my photographs, be happy that I've donated them and stop your bitching. Bidgee (talk) 08:45, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
      • Bidgee, we are happy you donated them and are grateful for the time and effort you've put into them. They are a valuable contribution to WP. The adjustments that I believed were pending (having the coaches match brightness with the players and making all the pics square) are still useful changes but wouldn't be enough to change my position. I hope you continue to make photos for WP because the important thing is the contributions to content, not the opinions of a random small set of people. I'm sorry to hear you've had problems IRL. We're judging the photographs. If you want a gold star for effort and uncritical praise, then go show them to your mum. Colin°Talk 08:57, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
      • "If you want a gold star for effort and uncritical praise, then go show them to your mum." How fucking insulting and clearly proves the whole FPC is just set by those who think they know it all, well fuck you. Bidgee (talk) 09:06, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
        • Colin, the final sentence of that comment, both the tone and the comment, was completely unnecessary. Please put a little more thought into your comments in the future and refrain from doing that again. Lankiveil (speak to me) 09:39, 13 March 2012 (UTC).[reply]
          • I have to agree, that was beyond uncivil. Any technical changes necessary for FP status, if Bidgee is inclined to make them, can be done at his leisure; personal safety and well-being comes first. Bidgee, glad you're safe. Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:37, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
          • They were harsh comments, I agree. Not nice. But hardly "beyond uncivil" and considerably milder than the language they were responding to. Do you disagree that Laura and Bidgee were campaining for this FP on the basis of the effort put into it? Do you disagree that Bidgee hasn't handled criticism well (e.g., his response to the downsampling issue). As for pending technical changes? Focus. Subject looking at the camera. Choosing an appropriate lens/distance. Separation from the background. Making sure the background is tall enough. These things aren't "technical changes" that would make this an FP. Colin°Talk 11:20, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
              • You started out really well, until you closed with that patronising *******... Have you ever tried to arrange for an entire team to agree to let you photograph them, with the knowledge that those pictures would be free for everyone to use? Just the negotiations would be enough to wear me thin. Crisco 1492 (talk) 11:54, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
                • You are falling into the same trap. Bidgee and Laura's contributions to the encyclopeadia is one thing, and nominating pictures for FP is another. If you want to reward the first (which is far more important) then give them a barnstar. If you want to read comments that are "beyond uncivil" then just read Bidgee's postings today. Our review comments are "crap" and so much "bitching". We're all one big FP cabal. And we can go **** ourselves. Colin°Talk 12:52, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
                  • I can't say I blame him, although a wikibreak may be necessary. A little tact would be nice, especially when one knows the other person is under stress. Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:59, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
                    • Regardless of the stress the person is under, they have to understand that FPC is a process that tries to be as objective and sanitised as possible in order to get to the essence of what makes a useful photo. I occasionally get snappy when I think that voters have little understanding of what they're voting on, but I don't think that it's necessarily the case here. It is irrelevant how much effort went into the photo (within reason) if the quality is not up to FP standards. Colin's final comment, while inflammatory, did make a valid point that Bidgee failed to take on board. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 11:01, 14 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]


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OriginalMorphology of a male Caprella mutica
Reason
large image, good EV for the articles because of the diagram
Articles in which this image appears
Caprella mutica and Caprellidae. I have just now added it to Morphology (biology) which previously had no images.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Crustaceans
Creator
Obsidian Soul
  • It should be SVG for translatability
  • The focal depth is much too shallow
  • Background has been noticeably removed (possibly) through harsh changes to the levels
  • The resolution could be higher
I think the concept is excellent though and would love to see some of these issues fixed. - Zephyris Talk 13:51, 5 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
This is based on a photograph. The svg format would not be appropriate. J Milburn (talk) 22:36, 5 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
You could embed the raster image and have the labels part of the SVG. Having said that, I don't think we should demand it. I'll let you guys consider it. Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 18:35, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Embedding raster images results in extremely poor rendering of the raster by our svg rendering engine, last I checked. sonia22:48, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support as a matter of principle. EV is excellent, and the original image is available for relabelling in a different language, should someone want to do so. FWIW, the Commons annotations also did not have explicit multilingual support, last time I checked. Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 11:46, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 01:57, 14 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A panorama of Frankfurt seen from Maintower in August 2005.
Reason
Good EV, nice large panorama, previous nom was a close call
Articles in which this image appears
Frankfurt, Maintower
FP category
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban
Creator
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Schaengel
...(Very nice panorama, though!) --KFP (contact - edits) 04:42, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 01:57, 14 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]


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Original – An Aeroflot Airbus A330-200 as it climbs out of Sheremetyevo Airport.
  •  
    Edit Add some space
Reason
High quality photo of this aircraft in flight (previous nom)
Articles in which this image appears
Airbus A330, Aeroflot
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Air
Creator
Sergey Kustov

Promoted File:Aeroflot Airbus A330 Kustov edit.jpg --Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 15:20, 14 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Map showing the swelling of "the Bulge" as the German offensive progressed creating the nose-like salient during 16–25 December 1944.
  Front line, 16 December
  Front line, 20 December
  Front line, 25 December
  Allied movements
  German movements
Reason
FPCR#1: not totally applicable to this SVG, but colour-balance wise I think the project's recommended supporting colours are suitably clear. #2: SVG, reasonably clear, most important detail readable at thumbnailing size. #3: I hope really informative. Also fairly aesthetically pleasing since the colour scheme was changed. #4: yes. #5: Good encyclopedic value, I would hope, in supporting text in primarily those articles below (and a few others which are weaker). Replaced the previous file recently, but that had been in place for a sufficient time. #6: US military source for the vast majority of the map (only the inset map is not; I do not think it needs verification). #7: captions, well, used in a variety of ways in the articles, with flexible legend-boxes and the like. #8: N/A.
The previous FPC (here) revealed a variety of viewpoints. Ultimately in trying to take a number of things into account, we got a bit lost. However, I believe this file is the most suitable and I considered the issues rased there settled – I can provide further rationales if needed.
Articles in which this image appears
Articles in which this image appears:Battle of the Bulge, Wehrmacht forces for the Ardennes Offensive, Battle of Lanzerath Ridge and Siege of Bastogne
FP category for this image
Diagrams, drawings, and maps
Creator
Matthewedwards, Grandiose
  • Support as nominator --Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 12:08, 5 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Very well done; my only grouch is the arrows showing the Northern attacks get mushed together. Not enough of a grouch to ultimately change my mind though. Very well done, and I appreciate all the hard work you put into this to satisfy our whims. Clegs (talk) 13:02, 5 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support as co-author. I think this does a good job of satisfying all issues raised at the previous nom, and has been fact-checked numerous times against the sources. The opaque elevation levels allow for clear reading of the main substance of the map, the battlelines, but still allows the user to see the type of terrain it took place on. Matthewedwards :  Chat  16:10, 5 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Some of the arrows look like they were drawn by a wiggly hand and yet others are smooth. Saffron Blaze (talk) 00:44, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't think it added much, so I've removed the stroke from the labels. Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 23:26, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose The legend is off-ratio to the map, to such an extent that it had to be repeated in the caption; and even at full resolution (which is less than the 1000 px guideline), the legend's pt size is very small, somewhat blurred, and difficult to read. —Eustress talk 17:26, 8 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
It doesn't have to be. The size guidelines to not apply to SVGs because they are entirely (and losslessly) scaleable. The full resolution attached to the image is entire arbitrary, and I do not believe that the readability should be judged at that level. Having said that, I do not agree that it is difficult to read. I think the most important point is to consider the image's SVG format. Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 22:44, 8 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support My apologies, and thanks for explaining. (When I expanded the image earlier by clicking on the image in the file, it did not open very large, but this time I located the 2000px version and it is flawless.) I'm still not crazy about having a legend repeated in the caption, but I'll defer to others' judgment on that one. —Eustress talk 01:37, 9 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Wacht am Rhein map (Opaque).svg --Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 16:10, 14 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalDerek Jeter salutes the Yankee Stadium crowd after breaking Lou Gehrig's franchise hit record.
Reason
High quality image of proper size depicting Derek Jeter, regarded as a future Hall of Famer, during one of his most notable moments. He is saluting the Yankee Stadium crowd as they celebrate his 2,722nd career hit, with which he passed Lou Gehrig for the franchise record. He's got his typical stoic facial expression, which is pure Jeter. In addition to the articles, this image illustrates Wikipedia:WikiProject New York Yankees very well.
Articles in which this image appears
Derek Jeter, History of the New York Yankees, Wikipedia:WikiProject New York Yankees
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Sport
Creator
created by Chris Ptacek, Flickr user, uploaded by Kanesue
Not now, but in 70 years or so, yes. Wikipedia can wait. — raekyt 13:50, 8 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose To address Clegs' claim, we already have a higher quality, FP of Jeter. This is simply too grainy for a modern, active, highly photographed player. And while yes there is historical value given the timing, the photo itself does not really reflect that in a meaningful way as far as I am concerned (the event was famous, this photo/act really wasn't). Staxringold talkcontribs 18:43, 7 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    • I agree, a shot of his swing would have had much more EV. But this is a classic pose, acknowledging the applause just after he got to first base. For me, at least, it's good enough. Clegs (talk) 11:47, 8 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose The EV is in serious question for me on this one. It's really hard to connect the picture with what it is claimed to represent. You can't see the crowd cheering behind him... he could be stretching for all we know. —Eustress talk 17:19, 8 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 21:34, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Hjalmar J. Procopé, Finland's ambassador to the United States, in Washington D.C. at the end of the Finnish Winter War in 1940. Prior to his career as ambassador, Procopé served as minister on several occasions: Minister of Trade and Industry (1920-1921, 1924) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1924-1925, 1927-1931).
Reason
A very high quality portrait of a notable Finnish politician and diplomat.
Articles in which this image appears
Hjalmar Procopé
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/People/Political
Creator
Harris & Ewing Photographic Studio

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 00:16, 16 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Reason
Really fine photo of a Hollywood star
Articles in which this image appears
Maureen O'Hara
FP category for this image
People/Entertainment
Creator
Unknown (studio publicity still)
Three and three. Not promoted. Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:04, 16 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]


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OriginalPetrus Christus' Portrait of a Young Girl, c. 1470. The oil on oak portrait is traditionally believed to show a member of the Talbot family. It measures 29 cm x 22.5 cm.
Reason
High resolution, famous painting and good encyclopedic value
Articles in which this image appears
Portrait of a Young Girl (Christus, Berlin), Early Netherlandish painting, +2
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Petrus Christus, digitized by Google Art Project

Promoted File:Petrus Christus - Portrait of a Young Woman - Google Art Project.jpg --Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 18:13, 16 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalAmerican film actor Clark Gable, c. 1925
Reason
It's Clark Gable, and I think it meets the FP criteria
Articles in which this image appears
Clark Gable
FP category for this image
People/Entertainment
Creator
Unknown (studio publicity still)

Not Promoted --Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 18:16, 16 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The Kremlin Clock chimes in the New Year 2012
Reason
Very high definition video of the Kremlin Clock chiming; the EV for such a video on related articles is extremely high
Articles in which this image appears
Kremlin Clock, Striking clock
FP category for this image
link to category from WP:FP that best describes the image (check categories first)
Creator
Presidential Press and Information Office

Not Promoted --Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 18:17, 16 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – An Inuit woman circa 1907, taken in Nome, Alaska.
 
Edit 1 – Suggestion for recovering shadow detail.
 
Edit 2 – Building on PLW2's edit, curves adjusted and some extraneous scratches removed
Reason
I was drawn to restore this image by the subject's eyes, which I felt piercing into my soul. Luckily the original TIF wasn't too badly damaged (not like Virginia Rappe's portrait which I gave up on), so the results were in my opinion spectacular. High resolution, good lighting... all around I think this is a good image.
Articles in which this image appears
Inuit women, Inuit culture, Inuit, and 5 more
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Traditional
Creator
Created by Lomen Bros., restored by Crisco 1492
  • She is Nowadluk (Nora) Ootenna, a popular subject for Alaskan photographers around the time - [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]. I don't think there is anything to say that the subject was from Nome (this was just the location of the Lomen Brothers' studio) - Nora was related to James Keok and was married to George Ootenna who were natives of Prince of Wales Island and worked as reindeer herders (a business in which Lomen Bros was the main investor in Alaska), and the Glenbow archive places most of the photos of her there, so she would probably have been Haida, though I don't see a problem with "Eskimo woman" as that was the original caption. According to the Glenbow Museum [21] the brothers didn't invest in the studio until 1908, so a studio shot from 1907 is unlikely (but we can blame the LoC for that attribution). Nora was born in 1885 so would have been 22 in 1907, so that doesn't help much for a more accurate dating. Yomanganitalk 13:59, 8 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • That's a can of worms I wish I hadn't opened. No reliable source I've found says she's Haida - it's just that Prince of Wales Island is the homeland of the Kaigani Haida - and every other source that we might consider reliable says Inuit (or in the case of the LoC, Eskimo). Yomanganitalk 17:34, 8 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I'm still deciding if I want to throw my support into the ring, but all of those archive links from the University of Alaska saying Inuit/Inupiat/Inupiaq (Inupiat/Inupiaq are spelling variants, and they are a subgroup of Inuit people) I think are enough to indicate her ethnicity, especially given that most Native people around Nome are Inupiat. I think the chance that she is Haida is basically zero, given her clothing which is definitely not Haida (do a google image search for Haida clothing to see what I'm talking about). Those other linked photos were also not taken on Prince of Wales Island (Alaska) - they were taken in Cape Prince of Wales (far from where Haida people traditionally live). As of the 1910 Census she lived in Port Clarence (near Cape Prince of Wales)[22] where the reindeer herds referenced in those links are based (see article). The men referenced above were also from Cape Prince of Wales, not Prince of Wales Island.[23] Calliopejen1 (talk) 04:37, 9 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Calliopejen1 is right; I went off down a blind alley somewhere and substituted Prince of Wales Island for Cape Prince of Wales. There's not enough info on her for an article, though you might scrape one for her husband who was involved in introducing reindeer to Alaska, an artist and a community leader and has a community centre named after him. Yomanganitalk 10:47, 9 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 21:49, 16 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Possibly the earliest photograph of people drinking beer, this salt print shows James Ballantine, George Bell and David Octavius Hill sharing a brew. Dates from circa 1844.
Reason
Saw this at commons. Interesting historical photograph with high resolution.
Articles in which this image appears
History of beer, salt print
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Others or Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Culture and lifestyle
Creator
Hill & Adamson

Support per nom. Clegs (talk) 08:52, 9 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Edinburgh Ale by Hill & Adamson c1844.png --Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 09:34, 17 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]




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Original – Main concourse at Terminal A, Ministro Pistarini International Airport
Reason
Informative and impressive panorama
Articles in which this image appears
Ministro Pistarini International Airport, Airport check-in, Buenos Aires, Transport in Argentina
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Panorama
Creator
S23678

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 13:51, 17 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalDerek Jeter salutes the Yankee Stadium crowd after breaking Lou Gehrig's franchise hit record.
Reason
This addresses concerns from the previous nomination.
Copying from previous nom:
High quality image of proper size depicting Derek Jeter, regarded as a future Hall of Famer, during one of his most notable moments. He is saluting the Yankee Stadium crowd as they celebrate his 2,722nd career hit, with which he passed Lou Gehrig for the franchise record. He's got his typical stoic facial expression.
Articles in which this image appears
Derek Jeter, History of the New York Yankees
FP category for this image
Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Sport
Creator
Chris Ptacek



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Original – One of the most iconic images in American art, James McNeill Whistler's 1871 masterpiece Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1. It measures 56.81 by 63.94 inches (144.3 × 162.4 cm) and is housed at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.
Reason
High resolution, famous piece of art, good quality, featured on Commons
Articles in which this image appears
Whistler's Mother, James McNeill Whistler, +7
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
James McNeill Whistler

Promoted File:Whistlers Mother high res.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 13:58, 18 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalJames Abbott McNeill Whistler's Nocturne in Black and Gold – The Falling Rocket, a 60.3 cm × 46.6 cm (23.7 in × 18.3 in) painting depicting fireworks in London
Reason
Per beans I found on the ground
Articles in which this image appears
Nocturne in Black and Gold – The Falling Rocket +4
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Promoted File:Whistler-Nocturne in black and gold.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 14:02, 18 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Reason
A very valuable image of a historic event, which is used in many articles, with nice composition and dynamism that adds to the EV. Relatively high technical quality for a historic image.
Articles in which this image appears
Jesse Owens, African American, 1930s, Jesse Owens Award, List of Congressional Gold Medal recipients, Ohio State Buckeyes, Timeline of African-American Civil Rights Movement
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Sport
Creator
Unknown
  • Neutral on Original. Pretty iconic image, but agree that I'd like to see a re-edit. The hi-res TIFF isn't particularly great quality (due to print quality of original source), but it looks like more could be done with it. I'm not sure if this is available from another original source with better print quality. The blacks on this restoration have also been made too heavy. In fact I'd probably be more inclined to support a fairly simple edit of the TIFF with little more than a crop and straighten. --jjron (talk) 13:06, 5 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    • As you suggested, I've added an alt. Tomer T (talk) 13:27, 5 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
      • Weak Support Alt. Could probably do with a bit of a dust and scratch removal on the Alt still, and not sure there wouldn't be a better original print around to scan, but other values compensate. Please count as 'full support' if this comes down to a borderline decision. --jjron (talk) 13:15, 7 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Sorry, where's this TIFF you're talking about? Aaadddaaammm (talk) 17:47, 5 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Edit only. Good scan of a very historic photo.

Didn't the image pass? Tomer T (talk) 19:10, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    • I don't close noms usually, but if we're going by vote counting there's only 4.5 of the necessary 5 supports. Clegs (talk) 08:39, 16 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
      • Consider what Jjron said:

        Weak Support Alt. Could probably do with a bit of a dust and scratch removal on the Alt still, and not sure there wouldn't be a better original print around to scan, but other values compensate. Please count as 'full support' if this comes down to a borderline decision. --jjron (talk) 13:15, 7 March 2012 (UTC) (emphasis added)

I count five votes if jjron's comment is taken into consideration. Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:55, 16 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
In response to a request to comment on my talkpage by Crisco to clarify my vote, yes, count mine as full support (I can hardly retract now); I'll strike the weak to make it easier. I still maintain that it could be tweaked to improve it, or possibly a better copy could be found. However I did a quick web search and can't find anything noticeably better - anything that potentially looked to be higher quality in thumb was far too small. If a better version comes along, a D&R would be easily done. --jjron (talk) 14:37, 17 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Jesse Owens3.jpg --Julia\talk 17:18, 18 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A portrait of Pope Nicholas V, by Peter Paul Rubens. The oil on panel painting dates from the early 1600s.
Reason
High quality work of art which depicts the subject well
Articles in which this image appears
Pope Nicholas V
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Others (doesn't look like there's a religion section)
Creator
Peter Paul Rubens
  • Maybe image page info needs to be sourced from elsewhere then, in order to flesh out the details. I doubt we'd be saying 'good EV' if a contemporary image contained such limited info. Given these hi-res paintings seem to be becoming more regular, perhaps we need to be more scrupulous on their EV rather than just supporting them as a good scan/repro. --jjron (talk) 12:53, 11 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Do you mean background on the subject or on the painting? The EV is mainly for the subject (Pope Nicholas V). The individual painting itself has limited notability, and its provenance probably isn't recorded. Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:26, 11 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yeah, the subject. In cases where the painting itself has an article say, then that would provide the EV and we wouldn't need so much on the image page. But with something like this the painter (or the subject or his minions) has chosen this particular regalia for some reason, it's possibly significant, but we have none of that info. Presumably all this has been scrupulously researched at some stage. Wouldn't we expect that info in a historical photo say, if it wasn't immediately apparent? But maybe I'm just being picky because I don't particularly care for the painting. --jjron (talk) 13:13, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Paus Nicolaas V door Peter Paul Rubens.jpg --Julia\talk 17:42, 18 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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File:Brassica romanesco.jpg
OriginalRomanesco broccoli is a plant who's nodes grow in a self-similar structure of logarithmic spirals. The number of spirals on each head is a fibonacci number.
Reason
This picture is aesthetically pleasing and demonstrates a clear natural occurrence of several opaque mathematical topics
Articles in which this image appears
Logarithmic spiral,Romanesco broccoli
FP category for this image
Plants
Creator
Dino

Not Promoted --Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 21:19, 18 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  • File deleted at my request, was a user submitted photograph not covered by UCB's CC arrangement (only staff images). Also, even staff images are for noncommercial use only. Photograph was by "Kimberly", whose email was - correct me if I'm wrong - not given, so I'm doubtful of the possibility that permission can still be obtained. Links are [25] for the image and [26] for the copyright status. Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 21:19, 18 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]


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Original – Escalators at Amagerbro Metro Station in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Reason
High resolution/quality, good picture, high EV. Caption is not the greatest, as there isn't too much to describe (If you really think it needs improvement, let me know and I will try to improve it.)
Articles in which this image appears
Amagerbro Station, Copenhagen Metro, KHR Arkitekter.
FP category for this image
Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Machinery
Creator
Stig Nygaard (Flickr)
I thought of your concerns when I nominated the picture. I removed Escalator from the nomination, to try and focus the EV more on the other articles (E.G. Amegerbro Station, Copenhagen Metro). Dusty777 (talk) 00:45, 11 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
My concern is you can't tell that that is where the escalator is. It could be at my local shopping mall for all I can tell from the picture. Clegs (talk) 08:21, 11 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
So... your saying that there is no, distinguishing features that make this escalator different from any other? I can see your concern, but I don't see much reason to be concerned. I mean, the picture says its in Amegerbro Station, as part of the Copenhagen Metro, and the source says it was taken in Amegerbro Station, so it probably was. Does this address your concerns? Dusty777 (talk) 17:56, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Partially, which is why I'm not opposing. I think I'm going to remain neutral in this one, though. Clegs (talk) 13:51, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Blown highlights? Are you sure those aren't the lights on the escalator? Dusty777 (talk) 17:56, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 22:01, 18 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalCaridina multidentata
Reason
Nice picture with high quality and EV. Impressive composition.
Articles in which this image appears
Caridina multidentata
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Crustaceans
Creator
Richard Bartz
There are strange lines in the water that kind of follow the contours of the shrimp's back. Any idea what may cause something like that? I'm wondering if it's a similar effect as we can see on his front left foot which is obviously moving pretty fast and creates a similar effect. Also, below this yellow blurry foot bit, there's a strange artefact at the bottom of the frame. Aaadddaaammm (talk) 13:03, 10 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know what it is. Tomer T (talk) 14:47, 11 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment looks badly photoshopped. Is the image a montage? There's an error at the bottom of the image, limbs and other parts look cut off, and the stripes following the contours of the body do seem a bit odd. If it wasn't manipulated as such then the depth of field must be completely awkward. ZooFari (talk) 05:56, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think you may be looking at DOF effects - blurry foreground things concealing focal objects that are in motion. So you get two different blur effects right out of the box. As for the contour lines, the aquarium glass could cause some refraction, or possibly reflection off the lens. Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 12:40, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 22:02, 18 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalMOS KIM-1 computer. On display at the Musée Bolo, EPFL, Lausanne.
 
Edit
 
Edit 2
Reason
Valuable and informative well-done photo (I also added a possible crop)
Articles in which this image appears
KIM-1, Single-board microcontroller
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Electronics
Creator
Rama

Promoted File:MOS KIM-1 IMG 4211 cropped scale.jpg --Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 00:37, 19 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Film poster for the 1933 Greta Garbo vessel Queen Christina, a biopic of Christina, Queen of Sweden.
Reason
Very high quality film poster, and I like the colours.
Articles in which this image appears
Queen Christina (film), Christina, Queen of Sweden
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
Employee(s) of MGM, with some cleanup by Crisco 1492

Promoted File:Poster - Queen Christina 02 Crisco restoration.jpg --Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 16:53, 19 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Film poster for Quo Vadis, a 1951 Roman epic directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Reason
A beautiful, striking poster in high resolution and, best of all, free. A little busy to be sure, but striking at full size.
Articles in which this image appears
Quo Vadis (1951 film)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
Employee(s) of MGM

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 23:27, 19 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Film poster for Daughter of the Dragon, directed by Lloyd Corrigan. It was the last film in which Anna May Wong played a stereotyped Asian character.
Reason
I find the design quite impressive and evocative, with Anna May Wong's face hanging there in the shadows. As usual with scans from Dr. Macro, high quality.
Articles in which this image appears
Daughter of the Dragon
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
Employee(s) of Paramount Pictures

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 10:16, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco Bay at foggy sunset. The fog of San Francisco Bay is a specific type of fog. It is a sea fog identified as advection fog, which is characterized by the lateral transfer of temperature by wind blowing over cooler water.Coastal areas having Mediterranean climates, such as that of San Francisco, have especially frequent sea fog blowing off the ocean to just a few miles inland. This San Francisco fog was taken into account during construction of Golden Gate Bridge. At one point experts doubt the bridge could be built there at all. They said that ferocious winds and blinding fogs would prevent construction and operation. Fog also played a role in choosing the color of the bridge, and red color was chosen because red color enhances the bridge's visibility in fog. Midspan navigation lighting that is used by passing vessels contains eight vertical lights, four on each side. They are located at the center of the Bridge just below the deck. The top three lights are white, and the bottom light is green. The image also depicts San Francisco Bay, and the waterway entrance to San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean that is called the Golden Gate.
Reason
Encyclopedic, high quality, adds value to the articles, the only image that connects red color of the bridge to the fog.
Articles in which this image appears
San Francisco Bay;Golden Gate Bridge;List of megaprojects
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator
mbz1

Not Promoted --Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 20:32, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]


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Original – Andafiavaratra Palace, home of the Prime Minister of Madagascar.
Reason
This is a fine photo showing home of the Prime Minister of Madagascar, taken on a clear day in Antananarivo. About the only way to get a better angle of the building from this distance is to be hovering in a helicopter over the side of the step hill it is sitting on top of. I had access to the balcony of a college student's residence, which provided a direct shot of the building. There is no significant compression artifacts or image noise that I can see. The photo is of a historical site in Madagascar, and more featured articles are likely to display it as Lemurbaby continues pumping out FAs for Madagascar's cultural history.
Articles in which this image appears
Andafiavaratra Palace, Rainilaiarivony
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Maky (formerly Visionholder)
Short of cutting down the tree, I don't see how anyone could rectify that problem. As I said, this is the best angle you'll get short of sitting in a helicopter. You can stand at the base of it, but it would be hard to see anything more than just the front of it. Also, there are always people and vans on the street. The man could probably be edited out... but still, given that it's a tourist destination, this is pretty hard to beat. (The van was for shuttling tourists.) – Maky « talk » 03:00, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I agree, and not just because this is my nomination. There certainly seems to be cultural bias, no doubt the same type that has led to the denuding of terrain surrounding many Meso American ruins. I guess if it makes the photo-hungry Western tourists happy, then it's the right thing to do... – Maky « talk » 15:15, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Having been to this site, I can confirm Maky's point about there being no better vantage point other than renting a helicopter (and even then there will probably be trees in the way). The building is on a narrow ridge with steep slopes on either side, and a shot from above or below it would provide a strange angle. As far as whether this is an important subject for a featured photo, I can confirm that this is a very important historic building in Madagascar's capital city, being the palace of the former prime minister Rainilaiarivony, and also currently a museum that houses historic artifacts related to the 19th century Kingdom of Madagascar that were saved from the nearby Queen's palace compound when it burned in a fire/arson in 1995. It was recently in the news when Queen Ranavalona III's crown was stolen from here in January. In terms of the quality of the photo itself, it's really a beautiful shot of the building. The colors are strong, the lighting is good, and capturing the palace at this angle allows the viewer to really appreciate the size and architectural design of the building in a way that a straight-on shot would obscure. There are trees planted at the corners of the compound so they will naturally obscure some of the building but the landscapting is an element of the design of the compound. The image has sufficiently high resolution. Buildings in crowded city centers will inevitably have people or cars near them, but I don't find that these detract from the shot of the building itself (I don't find them a distraction). Lemurbaby (talk) 05:32, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Sorry to oppose as is a good picture and I understand great effort has been taken for getting a good vantage point. But this is a rather uncharacteristic view (college student's residence), having less EV than seen from the city, and not really illustrating the architecture that well either. From this vantage point much of the building facade is obscured, and the overlap between the corner tower and the dome is unfortunate (unlike here). I think this building is best illustrated by multiple images, one from the city and maybe a close-up of the whole facade. --ELEKHHT 00:34, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I don't see how my access to a college student's living space (the "uncharacteristic view") can be held against the photo. WTF? Seriously? For the record, the first photo you linked to was probably taken by a tourist either legally or illegally standing on someone's roof. (And, yes, tourists do that kind of stuff there. Gotta love Westerners...) Otherwise, the overlap with a corner tower and the dome is inevitable if you want to show that there are four towers and not just two. Anyway, most buildings are best illustrated with multiple images if you have any appreciation of architecture. But I guess given how FPC is defined as an elitist club of only a select few of the best photos, rather than recognizing high-quality photos of encyclopedic content, I guess it's fair to say to that a single photo is sufficient for structures we like to appreciate from only one angle, but any other structure couldn't be featured because there are too many angles needed to fully appreciate it. I can see how architecturally complex structures in compact third-world urban centers that still try to maintain some foliage shouldn't be included in FP.
And no, I'm not picking on you, Elekhh. I've followed voting at FPC for a while, and I have seen more blatantly biased and clique-based voting here than anywhere else. So I'm a little burnt out and put off. But don't worry, I won't be coming back to FPC. – Maky « talk » 15:15, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry this process upsets you that much. You shouldn't take criticism personally, and I think I argued my position. Adding to that, as somebody who appreciates architecture, I don't think the building has been designed to look good from this vantage point, but the other two I indicated. Regarding FPC contributors being a small group you are probably right to some extent, but please don't accuse me of following some kind of group interest, as I am not. I would like to encourage you to obtain further opinions on Commons, where you can nominate your image for Featured, Quality and/or Valued status. See what other people/forums think, my opinion is just one of many. --ELEKHHT 20:31, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 00:38, 21 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Main building of The Doon School, India
Reason
  1. A good quality, sharp image of a prominent school in India. Not many sharp/good-quality images emerge from India, much less of Indian schools.
  2. Its main subject is in focus.
  3. A photograph has appropriate lighting to maximize visible detail
  4. It significantly adds value to the article.
Articles in which this image appears
The Doon School, Dehradun
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Others
Creator
RickTyers
Question for Matthewedwards- Isn't limiting the size of the image to 1000px for featured eligibility limiting, in turn, the possibilities of so many wonderful, beautiful pictures out there? If it's really a good image why should 600px matter? Please forgive me if i'm wrong. Only expressing what i thought is a discrepancy in the nominating system. Because there are many good/sharp images which are not 1000px+! And do correct me if I'm wrong...thanks! DoscoinDoon (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 16:11, 20 March 2012 (UTC).[reply]
  • Comment Thank you all for your comments. I am sorry to learn Matt that this can't meet the resolution requirements but what's intriguing about the comments? Is my photo not good? RickTyers (talk) 16:27, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    • Comment. It's always suspicious when a technically inferior picture is supported by a lot of "unknown" users new to FPC. As the picture clearly doesn't meet the FPC criteria I suggest speedy closure. O.J. (talk) 17:26, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
      • Do I also fall into the category of "unknown" users as you put it... I only supported the image as I've been heavily editing the Doon School page these days. I don't mind for a speedy-closure if this doesn't meet the requirements. I didn't really understand what you meant by 'unknown' users...thanks! Merlaysamuel :  Chat  17:39, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
        • I meant nothing personal with my comment. As the creator is a Wikipedian it might be possible to obtain a full resolution version which then could be nominated. O.J. (talk) 21:21, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Speedy Close doesn't meet minimum size requirements, and as for the size requirements 1000 px is far to small imho, with digital cameras these days it should be far higher, but that is still currently the minimum from the last round of voting on rules.. *sigh* — raekyt 21:15, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Speedy Close Per above concerns. Also, why did three users (which are relatively "new" accounts) all make support comments within minutes of each other? Something weird is going on. Dusty777 (talk) 01:01, 21 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 01:52, 21 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Film poster for The Painted Veil, a 1934 film starring Greta Garbo, Herbert Marshall, and George Brent
Reason
High resolution and interesting poster, and of course we should see more of Greta Garbo on the main page
Articles in which this image appears
The Painted Veil (1934 film)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
William "Galbraith" Crawford, with restoration by User:Crisco 1492

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 01:57, 21 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The 3-adic integers (black points), with selected elements labeled by the corresponding character on the Pontryagin dual group (the Prüfer 3-group) (colored discs).
Reason
I think the real value of this diagram is aesthetic; it "illustrates the subject in a compelling way, making the viewer want to know more". Don't get me wrong: there's a lot of relevant information packed into the diagram, but it's hard to describe what it all means, and that compromises its EV. It wouldn't be an ideal image to illustrate an idea in the body of an article, but it serves well as a lead image for p-adic number.

(A similar diagram, 2-adic integers with dual colorings.svg, is used for Pontryagin duality, but it's not as pretty.)

Articles in which this image appears
p-adic number
FP category for this image
Sciences/Mathematics
Creator
Melchoir
  • Support as nominator --Melchoir (talk) 02:42, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Firstly, the image must be in the article for a week. At any rate, the image is pretty, and it does make me want to know more - but I don't think the EV is there at the moment. It isn't immediately clear what one is looking at. After a very quick skim over that paper I'm guessing that we are looking at an embedding of the (compact) group of 3-adic integers into   under the addition operation of the ring described in the wiki article. The details of this embedding are not immediately clear to me. I can't see how the group operation works, and I don't know if this embedding has any interesting properties, like if there is some sort of isometry between the p-adic absolute value and the euclidean metric, for example. I can't see anywhere describing how to interpret the colourful circle shapes presumably representing corresponding characters on the discrete Prüfer 3-group. I also don't know what the light grey circles represent - they don't appear in the cited paper. JJ Harrison (talk) 06:05, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    • Thanks for the feedback; I've expanded the caption to answer two of your questions concerning the meaning of the visual elements. For the other questions, I'm not sure how the diagram could be improved to better convey that information. There are theoretical challenges:
      1. There's no representation of the 3-adic integers that would make their group structure obvious by its inherent symmetry. It's possible for the Dihedral group article, for example. But to do it for the p-adic integers, we'd pretty much need a counterexample to the Hilbert–Smith conjecture. Part of the group operation could be acted out in an animation, but that would have to be a separate diagram.
      2. It would also be impossible to have an isometry between the p-adic metric and the Euclidean metric. (The chosen embedding is, however, Hölder continuous and measure-preserving, so there's that.) The metric structure is actually present in the diagram: the light grey circles are precisely the open balls in the 3-adic metric.
    • The image has been in the article for three weeks, so that shouldn't be a problem. Melchoir (talk) 10:18, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Chinese Water Deer (Hydropotes inermis inermis) at the Whipsnade Zoo, Dagnall, England
Reason
Good quality picture of a Chinese Water Deer; good encyclopedic value
Articles in which this image appears
Water deer
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
William Warby

Not Promoted --Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 11:24, 21 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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One of the Rote Nase cable cars on its way up the mountain from Hohtälli. The cable car system was built in 1986.
Reason
Gives a sense of the terrain around Rote Nase; decent EV for Cable Car. This section completed by Clegs since nominator left it blank.
Articles in which this image appears
Rote Nase; Cable Car
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles. This section completed by Clegs since nominator left it blank.
Creator
SteGrifo27
Discussion of stability and nom completion - RESOLVED
  • Neutral. Good quality, not much EV for Rote Nase, maybe some EV for cable car. Clegs (talk) 07:18, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. There's something that feels slightly 'off' about the image; I think there's a bit of subtle over-processing. I don't know whether it was something that happened in-camera or was applied afterward, and I may be being too picky—it's only really jarring if I go pixel peeping. There are some artifacts of over-sharpening on the 'feet' of the car, and along parts of the cable. It also looks like the chroma noise filtering might have been a touch too aggressive; a lot of the rocks – particularly the ones peeking through the snow – have a very 'flat' look to them.) Overall, the picture is quite visually striking. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 14:22, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    • Comment. Looks like aggressive luminance noise reduction, which is strange considering the low ISO. I'm not familiar with the camera used to take this picture, but I suspect the noise reduction was applied in-camera. The original unedited version can be found on the picture page. It's slightly darker and uncropped, but exhibits the very same noise reduction as the FPC. O.J. (talk) 18:52, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 16:55, 21 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]


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Original – View of central London from Primrose Hill
Reason
A nice and illustrative panorama by talented Diliff
Articles in which this image appears
Primrose Hill, London
FP category for this image
Featured pictures/Places/Panorama
Creator
Diliff
  • Support as nominator --Tomer T (talk) 07:31, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - My first thought on seeing this? Snapshot. Nice colours and whatnot, might have EV for a picnic or something, but doesn't really look like a hill and I don't see much EV for London Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:53, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support I think this illustrates the subject well. It is a popular public space so the people are essential to the picture and he's lucky that they are all acting normally rather than looking at the camera or taking pictures themselves. Plus this is certainly a stitched pic and I can't see any errors. Did he tell everyone to sit still for a minute? There's great detail in the view of London and the picture has everything sharp from near to far. The weather was good and the sky clear enough to avoid the skyscrapers being lost in a haze. One negative is the slight distortion at the extreme edges of the skyline, where the buildings are angled outwards very slightly. If this could be fixed, using the originals, that would be great, but is a minor point in the overall picture. Colin°Talk 08:59, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per Crisco. Nothing special here. Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 09:29, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Opppose. Snapshotty. Might have good EV, except for the copse of trees in the middle is blocking the view of most of the field. Try reshooting 50 feet further to the right. Clegs (talk) 12:26, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    • The whole point of taking the photo from the top of a hill is that it's the top. You can't move 50 feet to the right without being half way down the hill and no longer having a vantage point. It's easy to say "snapshotty" without having any knowledge of what thought processes went into it. The EV, for whatever it's worth, is that it's the view from the top. Too bad if there are some trees in the way of the view to the bottom. That's the way they designed the park. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 15:46, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support If you don't know the area it might be easy to say snapshotty, but if you do you'd know it captures the environment very well. It's a very clean and natural depiction of a very public place. Obviously taken at the top of the hill, which is the best vantage point for displaying it for what it's purpose is -- a viewpoint. Matthewedwards :  Chat  16:29, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    • But Wikipedia is for learning about things you don't already know, right? Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 23:54, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
      • Disingenuous. Wikipedia as an encyclopaedia is, but FPC is not. FPC is for judging images on the basis of what can be learned from them (EV), not judging them on what you think you know the subject/composition but are actually mistaken about. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 04:29, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
        • And it seems like quite a few of us are saying that nothing can be learned here. Learning implies novelty, and Matthew Edwards referred explicitly to "if you do know it", which is not learning, it's knowing already. Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 08:57, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
          • I don't understand your comment at all PLW2. I'm not sure that "learning" is a necessary requirement for FP. I've just had a pic of an everyday steam iron promoted. Who learned anything new there? But it is a good illustration IMO. Primrose hill is a viewpoint. For someone who hasn't been there, they will learn what the view from Primrose hill looks like. The photo has a nice composition where the folks are looking inwards rather than in random directions. This leads the eye towards the view. There's a real 3D depth to the photograph. I wish I took "snapshots" like this. Colin°Talk 09:16, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
            • I am baffled, frankly, that you apparently uploaded the steam iron image without thinking it would have some utility. Anyway, you're actually disagreeing with Diliff, who introduced the term "learning" as a criterion, above. Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 11:32, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
              • I don't think Colin disagreed with me so much as had a different idea of what learning meant in this context. He never said it had no utility, that was you putting words in his mouth. Anyway, you seem to be deliberately missing the point, which is that nobody is saying you need to have been there before to appreciate the EV, they're simply saying that having been there makes you a little more qualified to comment on how representative it is of the subject. Some of the people you refer to who haven't been there have seemingly misunderstood the EV of the image, thinking that since it apparently doesn't look like a hill, it loses EV or that it's a failed attempt to illustrate London. It exists in the London article but the primary EV is for the Primrose Hill article where it is the lead image. You're also utterly wrong in my opinion when you say that learning implies novelty. You could possibly argue that novelty is desired quality of a FP but certainly not that it's a necessary component of anything educational. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 12:27, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
                • I'm sorry, but for the sake of the English language, I will have to insist that one cannot learn something one knows already. If you want to redefine the meaning of words, please don't expect to be able to communicate with other people. Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 13:01, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
                  • Once again you fixate on one minor point (it wasn't even my own, I was just addressing it on behalf of Colin) which you have willingly misunderstood in order to discredit, while otherwise failing to address the body of the argument. So predictable. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 13:14, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalAmerican actor and filmmaker Jon Heder in July 2011
Reason
Nice candid pic of a celebrity
Articles in which this image appears
Jon Heder, Napoleon Dynamite (TV series) +1
FP category for this image
People/Entertainment
Creator
GageSkidmore

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Original – Two common toads during amplexus, a form of pseudocopulation in which a male amphibian grasps a female with his front legs as part of the mating process. From head to abdomen the female in the picture is about 95 mm long – the male only 65 mm.
Reason
High resolution and quality, interesting topic (frogs mating)
Articles in which this image appears
amplexus, common toad
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Amphibians
Creator
Bernie Kohl
  • From my point of view it is an absolute no-no to sharpen out of focus areas. A photograph is not a 3d-rendering and always has narrow depth of field. It would be technically feasible to recover all the blurred detail through deconvolution sharpening, but as soon as you run a standard sharpening filter over the image you end up destroying the photographer's initial work. When I created the image I carefully masked out the pixels within the field of focus and sharpened them using a high-pass filter. Now if you want more sharpness I can increase the strength of the filter, but please don't destroy the photograph just because some people are too technically minded. --Bernie Kohl (talk) 17:17, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Amplexus Bufo bufo 2010-03-29.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 10:21, 22 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Tiny Grass Blue
Reason
Best in scope
Articles in which this image appears
Zizula hylax
FP category for this image
Insects
Creator
Jkadavoor (talk)

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Original – A doorknob of the Salt Lake Temple, which bears an image of a beehive and carries the inscription, "Holiness to the Lord"
Reason
Beautiful pic of functional artwork crafted in the 19th century, rich in EV as an illustration of a significant landmark and of symbolism in religion
Articles in which this image appears
Salt Lake Temple, Temple (LDS Church), Beehive
FP category for this image
Places/Architecture or Other
Creator
SiLver sKY, from Flickr

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Saturn Devouring His Son is a name given to one of around 14 works by Francisco Goya which comprise his so called "Black Paintings" series. Each was created when Goya was in his latter years and seemingly preoccupied both by fears for his own mental stability and a general loss of faith in the direction of contemporary Spanish society.
Reason
High resolution and quality, high EV... and perfect for Halloween!
Articles in which this image appears
Saturn Devouring His Son, Black Paintings, Saturn (mythology) and more
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Francisco Goya
  • Support as nominator --Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:29, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Obviously FP material but I'm not keen on the caption. Its one of his many untitled works (this might give the impression that it his only untitled work), the exact measurements aren't really important as they probably aren't the original dimensions, and "towards his death" seems odd, especially as he later moved to France and continued painting; he lived for at least 5 years after completing the Black Paintings. Yomanganitalk 00:22, 16 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Crisco, I have tweaked the capt somebit, but its a messy one to get into so many words. Regardless, its an excellent reproduction, and an amazing image. Well done and txs for bring it here. Ceoil (talk) 02:59, 16 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Francisco de Goya, Saturno devorando a su hijo (1819-1823).jpg --Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 10:05, 24 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – An untitled painting by Francisco Goya, often called The Dog. Originally painted on plaster, it was transferred to canvas fifty years after Goya's death. It currently measures 131.5 cm × 79.3 cm (51¾ in × 31¼ in). The painting has been called the first symbolist, as well as the most beautiful, painting in the world.
Reason
Striking reproduction of a famous piece of art. Nice use of empty space, high resolution and EV.
Articles in which this image appears
The Dog (Goya), Black Paintings, +2
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Francisco Goya

Promoted File:Goya Dog.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 15:17, 25 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalJames Abbott McNeill Whistler's The Princess from the Land of Porcelain, as digitised by the Google Art Project. The painting, which measures 201.5 cm × 116.1 cm (79.3 in × 45.7 in), depicts model Christine Spartali in a Japanese-style kimono, reminiscent of 18th-century French chinoiserie stylings.
 
Suggestion for brighter disposition. NB not full res, not for voting.
 
Full size edit 1
Reason
Extremely high resolution, notable artwork.
Articles in which this image appears
The Princess from the Land of Porcelain, Google Art Project
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Promoted File:James McNeill Whistler - La Princesse du pays de la porcelaine - brighter.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 15:21, 25 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Gippsland Water Dragon, Physignathus lesueurii howittii, a subspecies of the Australian water dragon, Physignathus lesueurii. Specimen was approx. 50-60cm long.
 
Edit (levels adjusted, shadow decreased)
Reason
Good quality capture of this shy species in its natural environment. Shows the full beastie, including the full laterally-compressed tail used for swimming, the nuchal and vertebral crests along its length, and the extended toes and claws used for climbing, making it high-EV. Also unlike other images of it taken elsewhere, this one clearly shows how the colouration provides camouflage against the grey lichen covered rocks along the waterways where it lives. Reptiles seem to be becoming few and far between at FPC.
Articles in which this image appears
Australian water dragon
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Reptiles
Creator
jjron
  • Oppose Dull lighting and insufficient background contrast IMO. (This means, for example, that the under-chin coloured area has insufficient detail.) I prefer both File:Physignathus lesueurii howittii.jpg and (COI disclosure) File:Eastern_Water_Dragon_Clontarf.jpg, although yours is the best full-body shot. The camouflage issue is a tricky one, but I think it can be demonstrated without making the picture visually difficult, for example in File:Eastern_Water_Dragon_Clontarf.jpg the rock and skin colour are both clearly shown, but they do not blend into one another. --99of9 (talk) 04:55, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    • Well the natural habitat is shady waterways. I guess we could drag in some heavy duty external lighting in the hope of catching one with it unaware, or else just settle for cut-off images taken in suburbia or wildlife parks where it will be out in the open, and sans that pesky camouflage (possibly a pure white b/g would go well). And when you actually open the image up to bigger sizes the camouflage doesn't make it 'visually difficult' at all, but it does work well at smaller sizes, a reflection of how camouflage works in nature. --jjron (talk) 15:15, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Support My criticism is that quite a bit of the front, including the front is in partial shadow. JJ Harrison (talk) 08:38, 14 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Aust Gippsland Water Dragon, Physignathus lesueurii howittii, MRNP, jjron, 13.02.2012.jpg --Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 10:29, 26 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A worker cleaning the small lock during annual maintenance of the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks. Drying out the chambers allows inspection and repair. After cleaning, the walls are painted.
Reason
Dramatic illustration of the scale and dimensions of the small lock at the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks, showing details of maintenance operations. Good color, contrast, resolution, and reflections in water that are both interesting and informative.
Articles in which this image appears
Hiram M. Chittenden Locks
FP category for this image
Engineering and technology
Creator
Dennis Bratland
  • Support as nominator --Dennis Bratland (talk) 02:59, 17 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. Because it's not possible to see the top of the lock anywhere in the frame – except in a reflection – or the overall outline of the lock, it's difficult to identify the subject as a lock (as opposed to a generic image of a person power-washing the side of a concrete warehouse). A portrait oriented image with a slightly wider field of view might be more effective; compare, for example, with File:Locks-1.jpg, which shows one of the large locks in the same complex. (Also, this nomination technically shouldn't be considered for another week, as it was only uploaded a few hours ago.) TenOfAllTrades(talk) 03:39, 17 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • The Ballard Locks is a huge complex spread over a wide area, with different parts that perform several different functions. Most of it is underwater most of the time. You can show an aerial view giving the general layout, as the lead image does, but after that, you're limited to a series of closeups showing details of each of the parts, and schematic drawings that untangle the complexity, as in the fish ladder schematic. So the encyclopedic value is only as one of many necessary illustrations for this subject.

    The reason File:Locks-1.jpg gives a wider view is that the large lock is larger. The camera is on the west gate, 825 ft from the opposite gate. The small lock is less than 2/10ths as long and 3/8ths as wide. The distance from the vantage point on the small lock's gate to the opposite gate is only 150 ft, yet both locks are about equally deep. With the small lock, you can either look down into the lock and see the floor of the drained lock, or up at the surrounding area, but since you're so close, you can't see it all at once. If File:Ballard Locks cleaning 2012-03-16 06.jpg were panned up high enough to show morre the surface, you'd not see the bottom at all. That's with a 40mm lens. You'd be introducing distortion with a lens wide enough to get it all. It's a good point, but you can't compare photos of the large and small locks that way; they're two different subjects.

    If the opportunity arises, I'll take more photos when the drain the large lock, which is normally in November, for comparison. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 19:05, 18 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – The Rokeby Venus, a 17th century painting by Diego Velázquez. This oil on canvas work, which measures 122 cm × 177 cm (48 in × 69.7 in), depicts the Roman goddess of love Venus admiring herself in the mirror, held by her son Cupid.
 
True Original – Unedited
Reason
Beautiful, high resolution, notable painting. I've checked with this reference, and the colours seem accurate. (Bonus points: Featured article)
Articles in which this image appears
Rokeby Venus, Venus with a Mirror, and more
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Diego Velázquez, colours by Jan Arkesteijn

Promoted File:RokebyVenus.jpg --Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 10:42, 26 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A portrait of Spanish writer Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos by Francisco Goya. The painting, which measures 205 by 133 cm (81 × 52 in), is held at the Museo del Prado
Reason
High resolution and quality, good pose. Essentially an "action shot" despite being a painting.
Articles in which this image appears
Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, writer
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Francisco Goya

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Original – In humans, Posture can provide important nonverbal communication.
Reason
good quality and frame
Articles in which this image appears
Posture (psychology)
FP category for this image
psychology
Creator
User:Alborzagros

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Original – Garter snakes are Colubrid snakes common across North America, ranging from Alaska and Canada to Central America. This shows the Coast Garter Snake, Thamnophis elegans terrestris, a subspecies of the Western Terrestrial Garter Snake. Its subspecies designation, terrestris, means earthy.
Reason
We have a shortage of good snake images on Wikipedia. This is one of the really nice ones, taken in the wild.
Articles in which this image appears
Snake, Garter snake and two others
FP category for this image
Animals/Reptiles
Creator
Steve Jurvetson

Promoted File:Coast Garter Snake.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 21:14, 26 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The Eisbach in München is a man-made river that features a standing wave, a popular spot since 1972 for river surfing and playboating.
Reason
We're fortunate to have some good quality videos on Wikipedia; they're more difficult to pull off well, the file size and type restrictions are limiting, and yet they are best at illustrating certain topics. Here's a chance to recognise a good video from the world of sport. Perhaps one you're not all that familiar with: river surfing on man-made standing waves. A bit of comedy wipe out towards the end makes this one even more of a keeper, I think!
Articles in which this image appears
Eisbach
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Sport
Creator
Zxb

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 00:27, 27 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalTitian's Diana and Actaeon, depicting the goddess Diana meeting Actaeon. The oil on canvas painting, which measures 185 cm × 202 cm (73 in × 80 in), was completed between 1556 and 1559.
Reason
High resolution and detail, beautiful painting.
Articles in which this image appears
Diana and Actaeon (Titian) +5
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Titian

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OriginalSelf Portrait by Sofonisba Anguissola, a Renaissance artist who later became an art patron. The oil on canvas painting measures 66 × 57 cm (26 × 22.4 in) and is held in Łańcut.
Reason
High resolution, striking pose, interesting person (one of very few women artists during the Renaissance)
Articles in which this image appears
Sofonisba Anguissola +4
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Sofonisba Anguissola

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Alt by Mathias Gawlista aka Murdoch666 on German Wikipedia
Reason
Some great concert photography.
Articles in which this image appears
Emilie Autumn
FP category for this image
People/Entertainment
Creator
AreYouSuffering.de, edited by Papa Lima Whiskey 2

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OriginalCepea nemoralis is a species of land snail from Europe that has also been introduced to North America.
 
Edit 1 CA reduction.
Reason
A while ago I took a picture of a white-lipped snail, and as I was browsing Wikipedia today I noticed my old snail picture was being used on the banner. Cool! Anyway, that reminded me to upload this one, which I took last year. I think the picture might be a little oversharpened, but I have a pretty bad monitor right now, and when I was shooping to stack a few shots I wasn't sure if it was too much or too little....
Articles in which this image appears
Grove snail
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Molluscs
Creator
Mad Max
  • I don't think we'd want the background to be much sharper, and I don't think the composition is worth changing either. I'm also not aware that there are any diagnostic features on the top of the hind end of the foot. Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 10:14, 26 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – In ancient Rome, the domus was the type of house occupied by the upper classes and some wealthy freedmen during the Republican and Imperial eras.
Reason
Excellent illustration of an antique Roman house.
Articles in which this image appears
Domus
FP category for this image
Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Diagrams
Creator
Ohto Kokko (original png version), PureCore (vectorisation), Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (minor changes)

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OriginalVicente López y Portaña's portrait of fellow painter Francisco Goya. The oil-on-canvas work, which measures 95.5 × 80.5 cm (37.6 × 31.7 in), was completed in 1826.
Reason
High resolution portrait, infobox image in an important article
Articles in which this image appears
Francisco Goya, Vicente López y Portaña
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment (artists go here, right?)
Creator
Vicente López y Portaña

Promoted File:Vicente López Portaña - el pintor Francisco de Goya.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 03:00, 28 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Official photograph of 1899 Michigan Wolverines football team
Reason
Suprisingly high quality and very high EV for 1899 Michigan Wolverines football team
Articles in which this image appears
1899 Michigan Wolverines football team
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Sport
Creator
Fred Rentschler

Promoted File:1899 Michigan Wolverines football team.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 03:04, 28 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalFrancisco de Goya's The Third of May 1808, as scanned by Google Art
 
Edit 1 - Margin is not straight, so impossible to remove entirely without cropping into the rest of the painting (or using more invasive tools).
Reason
High resolution, very notable painting and important in the history of visual arts, notable artist
Articles in which this image appears
The Third of May 1808, Francisco de Goya, and about 15 more
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Francisco de Goya
Discussion of big image viewer status
And have not voted here. Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:17, 27 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:El Tres de Mayo, by Francisco de Goya, from Prado thin black margin.jpgJulia\talk 16:45, 28 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A tidepool in Porto Covo, west coast of Portugal.
Reason
Good illustration of what is a tidepool, high quality
Articles in which this image appears
Tidepool, Marine habitats
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Others
Creator
Alvesgaspar

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 10:53, 28 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The Veterans Memorial Parkway, an at-grade expressway in London, Ontario.
Reason
High quality air photo of an at-grade expressway.
Articles in which this image appears
Veterans Memorial Parkway, limited access road (expressway)
FP category for this image
Engineering and technology
Creator
Adam Colvin
  • Support as nominator --Haljackey (talk) 16:31, 19 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: Photo has been edited. The original can be found here: [28]. Haljackey (talk) 16:34, 19 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I'm not an expert in photography, but personally, I think you went a bit too far with the contrast and colours. Got any more information on what we're looking at? There's no geo-tagging or information in the file summary about where this is located. Also, it seems we're looking at about a mile-long stretch of road.. Is this a fair representation of the entire route? Matthewedwards :  Chat  04:37, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    • Reply If I went too far with the photo editing, the original is available ([29]) for a retouch. Yes this is a fair representation of the entire route. There is a ongoing discussion at Wikiproject: Highways about geo-taging and coordinate systems. Once a consensus is reached, it can be added to the photo and road's article. Haljackey (talk) 05:14, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Current. Blown sky and oversaturation. Would reconsider if a good edit is made. Clegs (talk) 08:06, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Agree with the comments that the edit is oversaturated. However even the original has a blown sky so that can't be fixed. The original upload is lacking in contrast. Ultimately, this is a 0.7 MP photo of a piece of road. The camera used is capable of 6MP images. If you have the full size original, you should really upload that rather than a small wallpaper sized reduction. However, even a larger version wouldn't probably have anyone going wow and we'd then start noticing the limitations of the small sensor on image quality. Colin°Talk 11:36, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - too distorted. MathewTownsend (talk) 02:03, 21 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 20:46, 28 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Two Common Lime butterflies mating. a caption for the image, providing adequate context for voters on WP:FPC
 
Alt - Improved framing
Reason
High resolution, sharp, interesting subject (mating butterflies)
Articles in which this image appears
Papilio demoleus, List of butterflies of Sri Lanka (Papilionidae)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Jkadavoor
  • I searched my archives and found another one [30] taken from a bit more distance; so more space around, but less (at least) subject details. Whether it can be added as an ALT? If then, please. -- Jkadavoor (talk) 08:15, 22 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Early supporters: are you okay with the alt? Makeemlighter (talk) 03:03, 28 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Papilio demoleus ALT by kadavoor.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 20:48, 28 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Firestorm of Star Birth in Galaxy Centaurus A.jpg
Reason
Also a featured images at Commons and a POTD.
Articles in which this image appears
Hubble Space Telescope
Astronomy
Creator
NASA

Not Promoted --Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 20:16, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The Clipper (Parthenos sylvia) is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in South and South-East Asia, mostly in forested areas.
Reason
Nice and illustrative
Articles in which this image appears
Parthenos sylvia
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Richard Bartz

Not Promoted --Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 20:16, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Alt - Cropped, some minor damage cloned out
Reason
Nice portrait photo, with extra EV in the form of a selection of works
Articles in which this image appears
Alex Steinweiss
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Gottlieb, William P.

Not Promoted --Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 20:17, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A Nintendo GameCube, a sixth generation video game console released by Nintendo and discontinued in 2007
 
Original – .Jpg
Reason
High resolution, nice pose and lighting
Articles in which this image appears
Nintendo GameCube +2
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Electronics
Creator
Evan-Amos
  1. I disagree that it looks "terrible".
  2. The PNG looks terrible anyway. So where's the win? You can make a JPEG that has the correct background colour if you want to. Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 13:37, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • The PNG looks poor if dropped on a darker background, because the game has only been crudely cut out rather than blended to transparent -- you get a white halo. This could be fixed by someone with good photoshop skills. It is good enough for the purpose on WP, though a PNG is bigger to download than a JPG. I see that PNG-transparent images have been created for many of the game articles. We haven't done this for any of the other many featured pictures set on a white background, many of which appear in info boxes. I don't think the way the image interacts with this month's colour scheme on the vector skin or some info box template should be our concern. I wouldn't want to encourage photographs as PNGs just because it blends nicely with a light grey info box. Colin°Talk 14:03, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:GameCube-Set.jpg --Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 20:20, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The Church of St John the Baptise in Harescombe, Gloucestershire, England was constructed in the 13th century and consecrated in 1315. It is a Grade II* listed building.
Reason
Something a little different; a small building. A beautiful picture of an interesting subject. Clear EV and charm.
Articles in which this image appears
Harescombe
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Saffron Blaze

Promoted File:Harescombe Church.jpg --Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 20:28, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Roma and Toulouse players fighting over a ball in the first pool tour of the Euroleague of wheelchair basketball.
Reason
High resolution, good framing, striking. Very encyclopedic, showing how one takes a shot
Articles in which this image appears
Wheelchair basketball, Euroleague Basketball
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Sport
Creator
PierreSelim
  • Can you explain me how can I shoot an indoor sport action with faster shutter speed (to have the ball in focus and not blurred)? I'm interested in improving but I was already at ISO 1600 and f/2.8. By the way thanks for the nomination and the kind comments. --PierreSelim (talk) 07:30, 23 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Just to clarify, by "poor focus in the image", I was refering to the compositional focus. What are we meant to look at in this shot? The 4 players are all looking in different directions. The 2 most important things are either blurred (ball) or not in the shot (hoop). A very messy background does not help things at all, either. Aaadddaaammm (talk) 10:00, 23 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: I've done quite a bit of indoor sports, and you really are limited by the lighting in the gym. If f/2.8 with 1600 ISO lets you shoot around 1/60 (I'm guessing that's about the shutter speed you used, as the players are sharp but the ball is just blurred), the only way you can improve your shutter speed is to use a flash. Clegs (talk) 08:18, 23 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    The exposure time is 1/320 sec, as you can see in the image metadatas. You can also see that the photograph was 8m away from the action, meaning an external flash would be required. Léna (talk) 09:03, 23 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    I suppose with a focal length of ~70mm, you could shoot with a Canon 85mm f/1.8 or 85mm f/1.2L wide open. You'd get a less motion-blurred ball but more out of focus players. I'm with the photographer on this one. Short of increasing the ISO and increasing noise, there was not much he could do here. A powerful external flash is also probably neither desirable or fair on the players. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 11:29, 23 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Good capture of a dramatic moment, makes the most of lousy light, high encyclopedie value. I would have liked a bit more space on the left part of the pic, but in sports photography it's easier said than done; as is the players make a nice pyramidal composition echoing the shape of the wheelchair's wheels. Jastrow (Λέγετε) 13:43, 23 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support The camera settings choice is correct in my view. The level of noise isn't objectionable. A fast prime might help a little, but would lose image stabilisation (which does help) and the flexibility in framing. JJ Harrison (talk) 22:36, 23 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Euroleague - LE Roma vs Toulouse IC-27.jpg --Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 21:02, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A panoramic view of the Cathedral Range ridge from Cathedral Peak, looking south towards the Jawbones and Sugarloaf Peak.
Reason
It's a high resolution and detailed view of the Cathedral Range ridge, showing the topography and flora of the area. Notably, it also shows both the remnants of the bushfire damage that the area sustained in the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires, and also the subsequent regeneration.
Articles in which this image appears
Cathedral Range (Victoria) and Cathedral Range State Park
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator
User:Diliff
  • Support as nominator --Ðiliff «» (Talk) 11:02, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support looks quite nice. Crisco 1492 (talk) 11:33, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Tomer T (talk) 17:35, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - don't like it. Too busy. Can't tell what the focus is. MathewTownsend (talk) 02:01, 21 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak oppose Would have been good with some better lighting conditions. Also it seems that the top RHS region (where the open paddocks are) is tilted - perhaps due to warping from stitching the panorama? --Fir0002 02:54, 21 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    • Would have been nice to have better lighting but I'm not walking it again in a hurry. Great walk, but the spiny bushes (the green bushes on the right in the foreground) along the ridge seem to have taken advantage after the bushfires - they are a killer for bare arms and legs. ;) As for the tilting, I'm not sure. I noticed it too but I couldn't determine if it was real or an illusion as there is a gradual slope down to the road. I'll have a look at whether it's correctable a bit later on. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 07:53, 21 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose The composition feels a bit odd, per MathewTownsend. And indeed, the lighting leaves something to be desired. Jujutacular (talk) 03:10, 22 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    • Could you explain a bit more about what you think is wrong with the composition? The subject and focus is obviously the ridge, it's in the centre of the frame. As per any wide panorama, it's fairly all-encompassing, and shows the overall structure of the ridge as well as the foreground and flora, so from my point of view, the focus seems obvious. As for the lighting, I don't think it detracts necessarily. Everything that you need to see is perfectly visible, we don't have to have perfect blue skies in every landscape photo... ;-) Ðiliff «» (Talk) 10:35, 22 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
      • The focus of the image is not so obvious to me. My eyes seem drawn first to the valley to the right, then to the foreground, then to the valley on the left. If anything, the ridge seems to cut the image in half, making the composition feeling a bit unsettled to me. However, maybe this is just a quirk of my perception! I definitely wouldn't oppose over the lighting alone. I'm retracting my opposition. Jujutacular (talk) 19:57, 23 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Even if we were to look past the exposure issues, much of the image is rather devoid of detail/contrast as a result of that and/or the haze, so this may, in fact, have to be retaken to succeed. Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 16:14, 28 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 21:43, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A ladder snake in Portugal
 
Edit 1 - brighter and cropped
Reason
Good full-body snake photo, interesting and good quality
Articles in which this image appears
Ladder snake
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Reptiles
Creator
Benny Trapp

Promoted File:Rhinechis scalaris cropped.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 21:45, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – "Madonna of the North" (Inuit woman with papoose on back, Arctic Alaska, 1912)
Reason
Good historical depiction of Inuit people and women in particular.
Articles in which this image appears
Inuit women
FP category for this image
People/Traditional
Creator
Henry G. Kaiser
  • Uploaded restored version over the top. I decided to leave the signature as it's most likely the original one and has historical value, providing some clues (otherwise the image would be deceptive). Brandmeistertalk 16:44, 21 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 00:44, 30 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Panoramic view of the Groton School, USA
Reason
High Resolution, Sharp, Clear, Beautiful
Articles in which this image appears
Groton School
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Panorama
Creator
Jplayforth

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 00:46, 30 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – English actor, comedian and singer Stanley Holloway photographed in 1974 by Allan Warren
Reason
This large, free image of actor Stanley Holloway is a clear, concise, sharp and well lit illustration which clearly identifies the subject and appears to be of a high quality.
Articles in which this image appears
Stanley Holloway, Stanley Holloway on stage, screen and record
FP category for this image
People/Entertainment
Creator
Allan Warren

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 01:31, 31 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Film poster for the 1925 film The Vanishing American. The film is a Western starring Richard Dix and Lois Wilson.
Reason
High resolution, interesting design.
Articles in which this image appears
The Vanishing American, might have some value in a "Native Americans in popular culture" article to discuss stereotypes
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
Employee(s) of Paramount Pictures or a subsidiary, restored by Crisco 1492

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 01:31, 31 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]



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Edit – Western façade of Khalsa Heritage Memorial Complex at Anandpur Sahib, India by architect Moshe Safdie. (high resolution)
 
ALT-1 - Reduced chromatic aberrations.
Reason
A good quality high resolution image of a newly constructed museum in India. The photopraph has been taken on a clear day with blue sky and clear reflection in water. Human presence adds to the scale of the structure and the image follows the rules of architectural photography.
Articles in which this image appears
Virasat-e-Khalsa, Moshe Safdie, Anandpur Sahib
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Sanyam Bahga

Promoted File:Khalsa Heritage Memorial 176 Edit.jpg --Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 19:01, 31 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]