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Josephine Baker poster

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 1 Nov 2024 at 13:48:19 (UTC)

Original – A 1931 poster by Jean Chassaing advertising Josephine Baker

Reason: Striking, extremely high resolution image of Josephine Baker in a style contemporary to her heyday. Featured picture on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears: Josephine Baker, kiss curl, laid edges, Donyale Luna
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others or
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator: Jean Chassaing

Support as nominator – Moonreach (talk) 13:48, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 11:28, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Cool graphics. – Sca (talk) 12:55, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Nice! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 22:13, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Janke | Talk 07:28, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Could use restoration, but that could just be a D&R later. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 21:01, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 10:20, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 12:22, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 09:16, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Joséphine Baker par Jean Chassaing.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:08, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

3DBenchy

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Reason: Has anyone ever tried a 3D model nomination here? I haven't seen one, and I figured 3DBenchy would be a worthy attempt. 3DBenchy is a calibration object designed to stress test 3D printers. It is open-source and (in certain circles) quite famous. If you prefer to grade it purely as an image, the largest 2D preview is well over the minimum pixel count and the underlying file is almost 11 MB.
Articles in which this image appears: 3DBenchy
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Other or
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Others
Creator: Daniel Norée & Paulo Kiefe (by Creative Tools Sweden AB)

Support as nominator – Moonreach (talk) 19:48, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – I think this is going to be a tough sell based on how poorly mediawiki renders previews of STL files, but if we were going to feature an STL file either this or File:Utah teapot (solid).stl would be good candidates. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 20:03, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
A thought crossed my mind that what we really need is a wiki project called Featured Multimedia, which could handle all the file types that aren't images (and perhaps videos, since Featured Pictures has a prior claim on those). I discovered there was Wikipedia:Featured sounds, but it's been dormant since 2011. That catalog would make a good starting point for Featured Multimedia. Moonreach (talk) 20:42, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - edges are a pixel mess! The teapot is clean, would support that. --Janke | Talk 07:29, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I worry about the licensing situation with the teapot. Our copy is tagged CC, but it's a recreation of someone else's 3D model, which is in turn a recreation of a commercial article. It's possible the pathway is still clear - I don't know what the college's license is, and I believe in the US functional items can't have their designs copyrighted, but that's still more hoops than I want to jump through. Moonreach (talk) 15:36, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – If we're going to start allowing 3D models into FP, then we may aswell rename it from Featured Pictures to Featured Media ―Howard • 🌽³³ 08:46, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
See my comment above - I wonder if there is enough interest (and enough such material) that a separate project might be worthwhile. I would estimate that all sounds, videos and 3D objects in Commons are still lesser in number than all the pictures, but they still represent a substantial amount of the media Wikimedia has to offer. Moonreach (talk) 15:59, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - As stated, I can count the pixels, especially at the edges of the shadows. Sir MemeGod  12:32, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You mean the polygons? ―Howard • 🌽³³ 08:27, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. This is a nice 3D model. As far as I can tell, the pixellation is entirely the fault of the Mediawiki viewer and not the file itself. Toadspike [Talk] 22:52, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:49, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Planet Stories cover, 1940

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Original – The cover of the Autumn 1940 issue of Planet Stories, a pulp magazine that ran from 1939 to 1955

Reason: No single cover can fully encapsulate pulp magazines, but this one has a lot of good stuff: A spaceman with a jetpack and a raygun carrying an improbably dressed woman, while in the background some kind of futuristic machine explodes. The scan quality is good, and captures the halftone printing dots, which are functionally the resolution limit of the source image. I did a light crop to remove a white line on the right side, but I don't want to get too crop-happy, since this is a time-worn physical object and has somewhat uneven edges because of it.
Articles in which this image appears: Pulp magazine, Ray Cummings, later added: Planet Stories
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Literary illustrations
Creator: Albert Drake, whose signature in the lower left corner unfortunately has the Fiction House roundel printed squarely over the top of it

Support as nominator – Moonreach (talk) 20:57, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – EV? – Sca (talk) 12:55, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Definitely agree that EV could be an issue. We have numerous FAs on pulp magazines, to use one that doesn't have an article to represent the genre would be problematic. Having an article on Planet Stories would ameliorate that concern. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:15, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Oops, we have an FA on Planet Stories. It would definitely do better here if were in that article. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 17:51, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Will support if it's in the Planet Stories article. Has higher resolution than other images in that article. Bammesk (talk) 20:09, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @Chris Woodrich, Bammesk - I've added it to Planet Stories. Moonreach (talk) 16:41, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  - Unfortunately not stable. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 17:38, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I saw. I'll leave a message with that editor and see if there's another place in the article it can go. Moonreach (talk) 18:57, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I talked it over with them and put it in a different spot on the page that they suggested. I don't know if the article will prove stable or not, but it's back in for now, and it is stable on the other pages. Moonreach (talk) 19:37, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Alright, I see that Mike Christie and yourself discussed it at his talk page. Always happy to see consensus building. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 21:29, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - I think that, with a consensus to keep the image in the article, the stability criterion should be fulfilled. Just as a note, my concern was not that an item should not represent its class; rather, I think that class representation would best be done by a work that is discussed in detail by an article on the class. In this case, Planet Stories was one of a list of publications from the peak of the genre's popularity, as opposed to (say) The Popular Magazine, which is discussed in detail. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 21:29, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Bammesk (talk) 00:32, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Quite OK, but the resolution is just good enough. I also see one scratch which should be corrected (see the note on Commons). Surprisingly, this version seems not to be indexed on Tineye. Yann (talk) 17:05, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Carlosmarkos2345 (talk) 16:52, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 12:01, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:34, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Planet stories 1940fal.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:59, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Added image to Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment instead. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:59, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Blue-throated barbet (Psilopogon asiaticus)

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 4 Nov 2024 at 08:59:34 (UTC)

Original – Blue-throated barbet on a fruiting tree, Meghalaya, India

Reason: Infobox image of Blue-throated barbet. Recent FP on Commons, unanimously promoted in 5 days.
Articles in which this image appears: Blue-throated barbet; Megalaimidae
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator: Tagooty

Support as nominator – Tagooty (talk) 08:59, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: @Tagooty: too much sky at the top perhaps? Nythar (💬-🍀) 19:29, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The headroom is aesthically pleasing to me. This FPC which is likely to get promoted has much more empty space. Tagooty (talk) 03:02, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
True, but the Eurasian chaffinch photo is almost square shaped, so the empty space at the top is less noticeable. That bird's tail is also higher up compared with the Blue-throated barbet. This bird on the other hand and the branch it's on appear oddly low in the image, an issue that becomes evident if you view the image on fullscreen (compounded by the fact that the image is vertical). The tail to head distance and the position of the bird just seem a bit off. Reducing the top by about 1/4 or 1/3 could solve this issue in my opinion. Regards, Nythar (💬-🍀) 04:16, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Done Fair enough. I've cropped it for more uniform space on all sides. Uploaded with a "crop" filename as the original is QI and FP on Commons. --Tagooty (talk) 09:14, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I think it could go slightly further. Using Photoshop's rulers, I'm seeing that the head has 175px more space than the tail. The left-right margins are also unabalanced, but in that case there are branches and whatnot that allow the eye to follow. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:13, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Having the head a little closer to the middle of the image than the tail is justified for 2 reasons: From the aesthetic PoV, an unbalanced layout is more appealing than geometric balance. From the EV PoV, the most interesting part of the bird is the multi-coloured head, neck and bill (see Description). Tagooty (talk) 03:32, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Tagooty. There don't seem to be any other issues to me, so I'll Support. Nythar (💬-🍀) 15:44, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 12:22, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 09:14, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
~~Support~~ --Navneetsharmaiit (talk) 10:19, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I struck this vote. Editor has less than 100 edits. See instructions on top of the WP:FPC page. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:28, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Dg432 (talk) 05:23, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Blue-throated Barbet Sasatgre West Garo crop Oct24 A7CR 03684.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 09:00, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

F5 tornado in Canada

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Original – The 2007 Elie tornado, an F5 tornado and the only F5 tornado in Canada's history.

Reason: High EV, a very rare image of an extremely violent weather event, one of the higest-quality images I've ever seen of a tornado overall. FP on Commons, Indonesian Wiki and Turkish Wiki. Used in 70 pages just on the English Wikipedia.
Articles in which this image appears: 2007 Elie tornado, Tornado, Atmospheric convection, Climate of Manitoba, Elie, Manitoba, From This Place, List of Canadian tornadoes and tornado outbreaks (since 2001), List of tornadoes by province (Canada), Outline of Manitoba, Severe weather, Thunderstorm +60 more
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Weather
Creator: Justin1569

Support as nominator – Sir MemeGod  13:36, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Moonreach (talk) 15:32, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – _ZZ^Z 'S 23:46, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Very high EV. --Tagooty (talk) 03:04, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 09:45, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 12:21, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 09:13, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 11:01, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:F5 tornado Elie Manitoba 2007.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:37, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keir Hardie

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Original – Keir Hardie, founder of the Labour Party, in 1909.

Reason: A fine image of the founder of the British Labour Party
Articles in which this image appears: Keir Hardie, et al.
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/People/Political
Creator: George Grantham Bain, restored by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 16:51, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Moonreach (talk) 16:59, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Nythar (💬-🍀) 19:36, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – ―Howard • 🌽³³ 23:44, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 09:44, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 12:21, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 09:12, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 10:59, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Excellent quality and good EV. --Tagooty (talk) 03:12, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Keir Hardie by George Grantham Bain.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:23, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Celeste cover art

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Original – Cover art of Celeste (2018)

Reason: A freely licensed high quality image of the official cover art of a famous video game.
Articles in which this image appears: Celeste (video game)
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator: Maddy Makes Games

Support as nominator – ―Howard • 🌽³³ 23:41, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 12:26, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Those damned strawberries... — Chris Woodrich (talk) 14:59, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Such releases are to be encouraged. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 00:31, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 09:11, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Moonreach (talk) 16:35, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I wasn't notified but support as uploader czar 16:33, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support (Guyinblack25 ^talk 21:37, 4 November 2024 (UTC))[reply]

Promoted File:Celeste box art full.png --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:42, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Caricature of Wang Lianying

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Original – A caricature of Wang Lianying, a courtesan who was murdered for her jewellery in 1920; this illustration, prepared by Jefferson Machamer, accompanied coverage of the trial in New York Tribune

Reason: High quality scan of a piece of newspaper art. The murder of Wang Lianying, a famed courtesan, captured imaginations in Shanghai, and the case was even reported in the international press. This image, which accompanied coverage of the trial in the New York Tribune, illustrates that international coverage; it also provides an early example of artwork by Jefferson Machamer, who developed a reputation for depicting glamourous women.
Articles in which this image appears: Murder of Wang Lianying, Jefferson Machamer
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others, perhaps?
Creator: Jefferson Machamer, restored (cleaned, text removed) by — Chris Woodrich (talk)

Support as nominator – — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:22, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – Too soon? The image was put in the article yesterday. I think it will be stable so, ~~conditional~~ Support, assuming it's stable at the end of this nomination. Bammesk (talk) 20:02, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Considering the murder article didn't exist until yesterday (was moved to main space, drafted starting two days ago), I don't think it violates the spirit of the stability criterion. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 20:04, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Agree. I don't see the image being removed. I struck the "conditional" part of my vote. Bammesk (talk) 20:28, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support – Moonreach (talk) 16:35, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 12:01, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:52, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Caricature of Wang Lianying by Thomas Machamer, New York Tribune, 1920-10-03, p5.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:41, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Junonia coenia

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Original – Common buckeye in Eagle Creek Park.

Reason: Unanimously featured on Commons. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears: Junonia coenia
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator: Rhododendrites

Support as nominator – MER-C 10:52, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Sir MemeGod  16:21, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Excellent detail, high EV. --Tagooty (talk) 00:54, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 19:31, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Carlosmarkos2345 (talk) 16:41, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 12:01, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:51, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Common buckeye (35663).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 10:54, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Grey plover

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Original – Black-Bellied Plover in non-breeding plumage in Scarborough Marsh.

Reason: Unanimously featured on Commons. Illustrates article well.
Articles in which this image appears: Grey plover, Scarborough Marsh
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator: Chuck Homler

Support as nominator – MER-C 11:07, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support This image should be in the infobox in the article, IMO. --Tagooty (talk) 03:11, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 19:32, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- thank you -Needsmoreritalin (talk) 02:54, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 12:01, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:50, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:BBPlover Scarborough Marsh.png --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 11:19, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Cerro Tololo Observatory

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Original – Cerro Tololo Observatory complex, with the open dome Blanco Telescope in center-right

Reason: Quality lead image in Cerro Tololo observatory article, with the open dome Blanco Telescope in center-right.
Articles in which this image appears: Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Understanding
Creator: CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/T. Matsopoulos

Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 16:29, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Tilted? Yann (talk) 14:05, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yann, no I don't think so. The beams on the telescope's housing are vertical. Bammesk (talk) 01:08, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, weird that the horizon is so sloping... Yann (talk) 11:15, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That's not really horizon. Just layers of mountains (horizon would be past the mountains). I understand if you don't like it. Bammesk (talk) 03:10, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Definitely titled. If the camera is pointing down the lines on a building will not be vertical ro|3ek (talk) 17:24, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Photographers often correct that type of perspective tilt, so the lines come out vertical. See this recent nomination for example where we fixed the tilt ourselves. Bammesk (talk) 03:10, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support – All the lines that should be vertical (the dome aperture, the silo-type things) are. I think the mountains really do just slope downward like that. Moonreach (talk) 16:33, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I double-checked, and the silos aren't truly vertical, although they're close. The exterior vertical elements on the observatory base are, though. It's possible that there really is a tilt here, but if there is, it's much more subtle that then horizon line suggests. Moonreach (talk) 19:41, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. That was wide-angle lens distortion. I thought it wasn't significant, but since you noticed it . . . now fixed. BTW the silos are water tanks. Bammesk (talk) 00:15, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

To illustrate the camera rotation in this photo as per discussion above, I don't have a lens correction profile for the drone used here, so the perspective lines won't quite match. ro|3ek (talk) 13:23, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I disagree. The camera is pointing northeast. Google Earth here and here and the elevation map here confirm that's the natural slope of the mountains. In the screenshots, the observatory is at the center of the red circles. Some mountainous skylines just aren't horizontal. Bammesk (talk) 01:14, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

OK, convincing, so Support – Yann (talk) 14:32, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support ro|3ek (talk) 16:20, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 11:59, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Blanco's Open Dome (Cerro-Tololo-Drone-Pic 15-CC) - edit1.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:54, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Chaos at the Capitol

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Original – The January 6 United States Capitol attack, where thousands of armed protesters rioted and broke into the United States Capitol. Six were killed, and the attack has since become a defining point in American history.

Reason: High EV, probably the best image that sums up the entire event. Lede image for the article itself.
Articles in which this image appears: January 6 United States Capitol attack, Donald Trump and fascism, History of the Republican Party (United States), History of the United States, List of controversial elections, List of protests in the 21st century, Political demonstration, Political ideologies in the United States, Right-wing terrorism, United States, 2020s, 2021
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/American
Creator: Tyler Merbler

Support as nominator – Sir MemeGod  16:18, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – Old news, reproduced countless times; political. – Sca (talk) 12:23, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Moonreach (talk) 16:31, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 19:31, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – stable lead image in its primary article for 3 years. Sir MemeGod|, the list of articles above should be "in order of where the image has highest encyclopedic value". I reordered the list slightly. Bammesk (talk) 00:29, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 13:00, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 11:59, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:48, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:2021 storming of the United States Capitol DSC09254-2 (50820534063) (retouched).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:49, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Circus

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Original – The Circus is a 1928 silent romantic comedy film written, produced, and directed by Charlie Chaplin. The film stars Chaplin, Al Ernest Garcia, Merna Kennedy, Harry Crocker, George Davis and Henry Bergman. The ringmaster of an impoverished circus hires Chaplin's Little Tramp as a clown, but discovers that he can only be funny unintentionally.

Reason: my first Featured picture nomination since, you know, that thing, however the reason I'm nominate this movie, it's becaused it is one of the most well know Charlie Chaplin movies and also, is the one of two chaplin movies to win an oscar
Articles in which this image appears: The Circus (1928 film)
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Film
Creator: Charlie Chaplin

Support as nominator – Carlosmarkos2345 (talk) 12:48, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 13:57, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 16:34, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Absolute classic! --Janke | Talk 20:27, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Moonreach (talk) 16:31, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 11:59, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:45, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:The Circus (1928) by Charlie Chaplin (restored version).webm --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:50, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

George Floyd protests

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Original – A man stands on top of a car during the George Floyd protests in 2020. The protests were the largest to ever take place in the United States, and spread worldwide.

Reason: A really good image of the events, it shows the chaos and has relatively high EV. Framing is also good. It definitely catches my eye whenever I read the article. May need slight perspective correction, but I believe the image is supposed to line up with the man, and not the other objects, which makes sense.
Articles in which this image appears: 2020 in Japan, George Floyd protests, George Floyd protests in Minneapolis–Saint Paul, United States racial unrest (2020–2023)
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/American
Creator: Lorie Shaull

Support as nominator – Sir MemeGod  13:17, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – ro|3ek (talk) 17:25, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 20:33, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Moonreach (talk) 16:30, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - The Dutch angle helps create a sense of unease, so I'd definitely keep it. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 19:30, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Interesting scene. Looks a bit lazy at 5 a.m. in the morning and seemingly sort of staged because of that. The person’s gaze is definitely uneasy. All in all, good composition and a nice piece of photojournalism. --Argenberg (talk) 10:51, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 11:59, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:44, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:A man stands on a burned out car on Thursday morning as fires burn behind him in the Lake St area of Minneapolis, Minnesota (49945886467).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:18, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Double-bladed solar diffraction spike in Hyde Park Chicago urban canyon

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Original – A golden hour double-bladed solar diffraction spike in a Chicago urban canyon near the time of the fall equinox when the sunrise and sunset is in the middle of east-west streets in Chicago.

Reason: Shooting the brightest light source is a challenge. Capturing a solar diffraction spike in the context of an urban canyon at the golden hour was a particular challenge for me. In order to execute this image, I undertook my first attempt at bracketing and compositing. On the day I shot, I executed about a half dozen different 7-picture autobracketing sequences with full-stop increments from -3 to +3 in under 10 minutes on this camera while the sun was visible in this urban canyon. I prefer this one because the sunburst/diffraction spike has an appealling shape (especially in article space thumbs). Furthermore, in this sequence the rare double-bladed spikes are uniform throughout the scene. I composited it using free Canon software that is limited to 3 source files. Since I metered to the main subject, I ended up relying on the overexposed sequence elements to composite. The best result here uses the +1- and +3-stop sequence elements. It is slightly better than +1/+2/+3 and +2/+3 versions that are also on commons. I apologize that I cropped out so many pixels, but at the time I only had one good tripod for a three camera setup and this camera was hanging off of another camera at a 15+ degree tilt. For a first attempt at bracketing/compositing with free software, this is a pretty solid result. I think this diffraction spike really pops in thumbnail size that you see in article space.
Articles in which this image appears: Diffraction spike, Urban canyon, Golden hour (photography), Hyde Park, Chicago
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured_pictures#Sciences
Creator: TonyTheTiger

Support as nominator – TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 18:16, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like you've put a lot of effort into planning of the shoot. It can get stressful when you're time constrained like in this case. The problem is that the photo is not a great illustration of an urban canyon. The buildings on the left are only 3 storey high. See Manhattanhenge for comparison. It also doesn't quite work as an illustration of the golden hour. All the buildings are backlit and therefore in the shadow so you're not showing what the red light does to the landscape.ro|3ek (talk) 22:55, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- User:Robek, this was actually a practice session two days before Chicagohenge, which turned out to have bad weather this year. You have educated me on the golden hour. Your point about the buildings being backlit is certainly true, but the red light is quite visible on the street surface. On the left between the Hotel Del Prado in the foreground and the Hyde Park–Kenwood National Bank Building off in the distance are 3 story buildings. However, if you read the urban canyon article this is defined as an Avenue canyon in the 3 story stretches and a regular or deep canyon in other stretches. On the 2nd of the two actual days of Chicagohenge 3 days later, I went downtown to photograph deep canyons. I was amid deeper canyons, but the diffraction spikes were less presentable. The diffraction spike is actually the focus of the image. I have reordered the article usage in this regard moving diff spike to first.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 03:56, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- P.S. the point of Xhenge photography is to show the beauty of the sunset or sunrise in the context of architecture. None of the sun photos in Manhattanhenge article show a particularly artistic sun. Most of them are just glowing masses. This nomination presents a splendid diffraction spike. Except for maybe one red presentation, I don't think Manhattanhenge has good sun presentations. The article does present the crowd gatherings in all their glory. However, I had better red rings with my longest lens on another camera, because I had concentric red rings around the sun rather than that. I do aspire to get more picturesque results in deeper canyons in future years.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:21, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 11:56, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:23, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination didn’t reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:23, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Monolith, the Face of Half Dome

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Original – Monolith, the Face of Half Dome

Alt 1 – Edited version

Reason: notable photograph, high quality and resolution
Articles in which this image appears: Monolith, the Face of Half Dome, Ansel Adams, Half Dome
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others
Creator: Ansel Adams

Finding the right version took a lot of time, that's why this second nomination. Thanks to Adam Cuerden.
Support as nominator – Yann (talk) 13:06, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Lots'a'spots, white and black... --Janke | Talk 13:51, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment — I know you're trying really hard to make this image work, but this copy has washed-out blacks at the bottom, which the others didn't. Moonreach (talk) 16:28, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't agree with calling it "washed-out blacks". Because this copy has more detail in the darker areas than the other versions (compare at same magnification). Ansel Adams had his own unconventional developing and printing techniques. So his highlights and blacks aren't always conventional. I am not an expert but that's what I've read about him. Bammesk (talk) 01:40, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 11:56, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@VulcanSphere: in case you don't monitor FP noms, this nom now has an Alt image. Bammesk (talk) 02:22, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Bammesk: Vulcan already added a vote, thanks for your reminder.–Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 03:39, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I edited the image and uploaded Alt 1, per Janke (restored spots) and per Moonreach (adjusted darker levels at the bottom). In the nom version (Original), the darker levels are noticeably brighter at the bottom. That's not the case in these versions: [1][2][3]. Looking at other images at the source link [4], these are prints, and in some scans light leaks around the edges throwing off the darker levels, examples [5][6]. I think that explains it and justifies adjusting the levels at the bottom of the nom image. On a different note: I think Library of Congress has a higher resolution scan, but does not allow downloads because of copyright, even though publication was 1927 and copyright has expired. We can do a "delist and replace" nom when the LOC copy becomes available. Support Alt 1. Bammesk (talk) 19:14, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Support Alt 1 – Yann (talk) 19:50, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support alt 1. MER-C 11:08, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Alt 1 — Moonreach (talk) 16:44, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Alt 1 –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 03:39, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Alt 1 – Hamid Hassani (talk) 06:00, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Ansel-adams-monolith-the-face-of-half-dome - edit1.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:07, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Sinking of the Lusitania

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Original – The Sinking of the Lusitania (1918) is an American silent animated short film by cartoonist Winsor McCay. It is a work of propaganda re-creating the never-photographed 1915 sinking of the British liner RMS Lusitania. At twelve minutes, it has been called the longest work of animation at the time of its release. The film is the earliest surviving animated documentary and serious, dramatic work of animation. The National Film Registry selected it for preservation in 2017.

Reason: a very impressive early animated film by Winsor McCay, and also, a featured article on English Wikipedia
Articles in which this image appears: The Sinking of the Lusitania, Sinking of the RMS Lusitania, Winsor McCay, Animated documentary
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Film
Creator: Winsor McCay

Support as nominator – Carlosmarkos2345 (talk) 13:36, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - This is scanned from a very bad and damaged print. There must be better copies available. --Janke | Talk 13:49, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – Low-rez print of an old propaganda flick. – Sca (talk) 14:45, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose; per Janke. – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:41, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:11, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tornadogenesis

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Original – A Doppler on Wheels radar observation of tornadogenesis in an EF2 tornado in Goshen County, Wyoming. Although the caption doesn't directly call it an EF2 tornado, this paired with this confirm it.

Reason: High EV, while it may be a little hard to understand what's happening at first, it is an invaluable asset of tornado research. Probably the best animated GIF showing the entire cycle of a tornado's life. An image of tornado itself can be found here. This Doppler image of the horrific 2011 Joplin tornado also is of high quality and EV, although this image fits better as it is a GIF.
Articles in which this image appears: Mobile radar observation of tornadoes, History of tornado research, Tornado, Eye (cyclone), Radius of maximum wind, VORTEX projects
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Weather
Creator: VORTEX2 Team (technically Joshua Wurman, since he developed the software)

Support as nominator – MemeGod _chat 18:03, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Agree about EV, it illustrates the concept well, and in a way the usual photographs of tornadoes don't. Moonreach (talk) 18:09, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 19:17, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Just a sidenote, the image captions in the articles have details that are missing in the image page description. The image page description can be improved? Bammesk (talk) 02:13, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 11:56, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:37, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 11:09, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:05june-rapiddow-wide.gif --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:15, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Mordançage print

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Original – A photo illustrating the mordançage technique of altering gelatin silver prints for artistic effect.

Reason: Excellent EV for its article, visually (and conceptually) unusual, high-quality image with both good detail resolution and contrast.
Articles in which this image appears: Mordançage
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Photographic techniques, terms, and equipment
Creator: Stacey Svendsen

Support as nominator – Moonreach (talk) 18:31, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Ooh, I like it! MemeGod _chat 18:39, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Trippy. Also interesting to see that gelatin is still being used today. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 19:17, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 11:56, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 14:35, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:36, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Self portrait (8618889472).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:32, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

National Library of Poland

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Original – National Library of Poland building in Warsaw

Reason: Good quality and EV
Articles in which this image appears: National Library of Poland, National library
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator: Emptywords

Support as nominator – EUPBR (talk) 10:08, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support, nice photo, great perspective for showing such a large subject. Toadspike [Talk] 22:54, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Massive edifice. High quality. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 18:26, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:00, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Carlosmarkos2345 (talk) 07:54, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Biblioteka Narodowa Warsaw 2022 aerial.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 10:30, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Verbena hastata

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Original – Seed formation of a Verbena hastata.

Reason: Unanimously featured on Commons. Well done focus stack.
Articles in which this image appears: Verbena hastata
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Others
Creator: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma

Support as nominator – MER-C 11:52, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 18:25, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 02:44, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Carlosmarkos2345 (talk) 07:48, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Thank you for nominating this photo.--Famberhorst (talk) 18:37, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support.–Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 00:34, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Zaadzetting van Verbena hastata, 17-08-2024. (d.j.b).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 11:54, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Axillary wrasse

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Original – Axillary wrasse (Symphodus mediterraneus), Arrábida National Park, Portugal.

Reason: Unanimously featured on Commons. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears: Axillary wrasse
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish
Creator: Diego Delso

Support as nominator – MER-C 11:55, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 18:23, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 02:43, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Carlosmarkos2345 (talk) 07:49, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – --Famberhorst (talk) 18:38, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Excellent image, good EV --Tagooty (talk) 05:34, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support.–Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 00:34, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Vagueta (Symphodus mediterraneus), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2022-07-19, DD 60.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 11:57, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Bombing of Focke-Wulf plant at Marienburg, October 1943

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Original – A precision bombing featured this attack by 100 B-17s on a Focke-Wulf plant at Marienburg on Oct. 9, 1943. This led to the damage of two assembly buildings (1) gutted; another (2) damaged; hangars (3) gutted; stores and buildings (4) and boiler house (5) destroyed; other buildings (6) damaged. Cost to AAF: 2 B-17s.

Reason: High quality photo of WW2, showing a plane, field and explosion in one picture which makes for a pretty good photo
Articles in which this image appears: World War II, Aerial bombing of cities
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War II
Creator: Unknown author

Support as nominator – Wcamp9 (talk) 23:22, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – Suggest change title of nom. to Bombing of a Focke-Wulf aircraft plant. – Sca (talk) 15:03, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 00:34, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Bumper 8 Launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida

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Original – The Bumper 8 V-2 Rocket Launch on 24 July 1950

Reason: High quality and historical image showing the first launch from Cape Canaveral in 1950 of a V-2 Rocket, which led to the beginning of the U.S. being interested in space travel and the Space Age. It was (as the description of the image on Wikipedia says) truly the start of a new chapter.
Articles in which this image appears: V-2 rocket, Operation Paperclip
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/American
Creator: NASA/U.S. Army

Support as nominator – Wcamp9 (talk) 23:31, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment could use some light restoration. I'm seeing a couple scratches, some dirt. Nothing crazy bad... probably 20 or 30 minutes, tops. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 18:27, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – Interesting historically that the U.S. was still using V-2s seven years after production began in nazi Germany – showing how advanced technically it was. Later in WWII many were built by slave labor. – Sca (talk) 15:08, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Conditional Support, if the restoration is done. Bammesk (talk) 03:42, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 00:34, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Mercury Seven

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Original – The Mercury Seven on 17 March 1960, Front row, left to right: Walter M. Schirra, Jr., Donald K. "Deke" Slayton, John H. Glenn, Jr., and M. Scott Carpenter; back row, Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, and L. Gordon Cooper, Jr.

Reason: High quality image of the first astronauts in the first American spacesuits
Articles in which this image appears: Mercury Seven, Mercury spacesuit
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering
Creator: NASA

Support as nominator – Wcamp9 (talk) 01:10, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Technically subpar but it's semi-historic and good EV in the two articles it's in. Bammesk (talk) 03:38, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – ―Howard • 🌽³³ 15:23, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Moonreach (talk) 15:56, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support.–Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 00:33, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:The Mercury 7 (15258556433).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 01:16, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The American Embassy after the German Invasion of Poland

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Original – : American Embassy in Warsaw during the siege of the capital of Poland in September 1939 by the German army. An American flag hangs outside the shattered window after the German air raid. One of the few Kodak Kodachrome genuine color photos made by Julien Bryan in Warsaw in 1939. Other color photos showing destroyed German bomber He-111 near the Bartoszewicza Street, Polish soldiers fighting during the Second World War, fleeing civilians and the Old Town. More color photographs, one Kodachrome roll survived in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington.

Reason: High quality for it's time and a rare color photo taken during WW2, showing the aftermath of a very historically important event: the German Invasion of Poland which started World War II
Articles in which this image appears: Invasion of Poland
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War II
Creator: Julien Bryan

Support as nominator – Wcamp9 (talk) 01:19, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Low quality and size. Yann (talk) 16:25, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. The photo doesn't really convey the moment; it took me a bit to even realize the glass was broken. Otherwise it's just a shot of a building and a flag. – Moonreach (talk) 19:03, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose; per above. – Hamid Hassani (talk) 05:59, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 01:54, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Impeach Nixon!" Protests

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Original – Demonstrators in Washington, DC, with sign "Impeach Nixon." on 22 October 1973

Reason: High quality, iconic, and shows the lack of trust in the government at the time of Watergate
Articles in which this image appears: Impeachment process against Richard Nixon, Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/American
Creator: Marion S. Trikosko or Thomas J. O'Halloran

Support as nominator – Wcamp9 (talk) 01:28, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Moonreach (talk) 15:55, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support.–Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 00:33, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Carlosmarkos2345 (talk) 07:53, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support, historic EV. Brandmeister^talk 18:37, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Impeach Nixon retouched.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 02:00, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sputnik 1 Newsreel

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Original – First report of Sputnik on October 7, 1957 by Universal Newsreel - animations of rocket used same animations as done for earlier report on the Vanguard story

Reason: Reports the launch of the first artificial satellite, historical
Articles in which this image appears: Space Race, Sputnik 1
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/Others
Creator: Universal Newsreel

Support as nominator – Wcamp9 (talk) 01:41, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Not entirely sure as to the quality of this digitization. It's jittery, and the title screen seems corrupted somehow. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 18:29, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, for several separate reasons. The first is that this has analog artifacting that suggests it was transferred to (and later from) a tape; the second is digital artifacting, such as excess compression and combing. The third is more nuanced: I'm worried about the accuracy of this, given that it's an American artist's conception of an event that was known exclusively through reports by the Soviet Union, an entity with both the motive and habit of lying. To present this as a featured picture would, I think, be tantamount to endorsing it as factual, something we can't verify. I think it's a neat piece of history, but I don't think it makes the grade for featured picture. Moonreach (talk) 15:31, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, as per Moonreach. Yann (talk) 20:18, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose; per Moonreach. – Hamid Hassani (talk) 05:57, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, per Moonreach.–Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 00:33, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 02:01, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Alexander Hamilton Full-length portrait by John Trumbull

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Original – A 1792 full-body painting of Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull, which is also one of the most iconic contemporary paintings of Hamilton

Reason: Super high-quality image of a full-body, contemporary portrait of Alexander Hamilton
Articles in which this image appears: Alexander Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton (Trumbull), John Trumbull
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator: John Trumbull

Support as nominator – Wcamp9 (talk) 01:51, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – Caption? – Sca (talk) 13:40, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Added caption Wcamp9 (talk) 20:28, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – ―Howard • 🌽³³ 15:22, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 05:56, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support.–Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 00:33, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Carlosmarkos2345 (talk) 15:33, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Google Arts Project - Alexander Hamilton (1792 portrait) by John Trumbull.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 02:07, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Added image to Artwork/Paintings, as there is an article about the painting. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 02:07, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sherlock Jr

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Original – Sherlock Jr. is a 1924 American silent comedy film starring and directed by Buster Keaton and written by Clyde Bruckman, Jean Havez, and Joseph A. Mitchell. It features Kathryn McGuire, Joe Keaton, and Ward Crane. In 1991, Sherlock Jr. was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In 2000, the American Film Institute, as part of its AFI 100 Years... series, ranked the film #62 in its AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs.

Reason: a high quality print of a iconic movie
Articles in which this image appears: Sherlock Jr.
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Film
Creator: Buster Keaton

Support as nominator – Carlosmarkos2345 (talk) 13:55, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - I'm seeing some compression artefacts, but overall I think the quality is good for a movie this old. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 18:31, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 16:22, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 05:55, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Moonreach (talk) 15:53, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support.–Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 00:33, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Sherlock Jr. (1924).webm --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:56, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

President Lyndon B. Johnson visiting Vietnam

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Original – President Lyndon B. Johnson awards the Distinguished Service Cross to First Lieutenant Marty A. Hammer, in Vietnam.

Reason: A high quality iconic photo which shows LBJ with Vietnam Troops. The photo is synonymous with LBJ's role in Vietnam sending Americans to fight in the war
Articles in which this image appears: Distinguished Service Cross (United States), Lyndon B. Johnson, October 1966
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/War
Creator: Yoichi Okamoto

Support as nominator – Wcamp9 (talk) 20:54, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Limited EV, as the medal is barely visible and the LBJ article doesn't mention his visit at all. Also, Wcamp9, you're making an awful lot of nominations—eight in the span of two days. Please consider slowing down so as not to flood the whole FPC page. --Paul_012 (talk) 23:23, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There was a discussion some time ago that a maximum of 4 noms by one user would be an appropriate number. When old noms drop from the list, new ones can be added. --Janke | Talk 09:42, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support — I agree the EV is borderline, but this is a good-quality copy of a well-composed photo, and the subject of a president conducting one of the duties of his office is worth something, I think. Moonreach (talk) 18:59, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support.–Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 00:33, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:00, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination didn’t reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:00, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Einstein, Steinmetz, Sarnoff at Marconi Radio Station

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Original – New Brunswick Marconi Station, 1921, from left to right: James Casey (New York Herald), W. A. Graham (RCA), William A. Winterbottom (RCA), David Sarnoff (RCA), Thomas J. Hayden (RCA), Ernst J. Berg (GE), S. Benedict (GE), Albert Einstein, John R. Carson (AT&T), Charles P. Steinmetz (GE), Alfred N. Goldsmith (RCA), A. Malsin (GE), Irving Langmuir (GE), Albert W. Hull (GE), Edward B. Pillsbury (RCA), Saul Dushman (GE), Richard H. Ranger (RCA), George A. Campbell (AT&T), Charles H. Taylor (RCA), William Wilson (Western Electric)

Reason: Early pioneers of radio science and technology in the United States including Charles Steinmetz, David Sarnoff, Irving Langmuir and Alfred Goldsmith in 1921, photographed next to the antenna feed wires of the New Brunswick Marconi Station, one of the first transatlantic radio links. Photo includes Albert Einstein as a visiting guest. The image has good EV in the History of radio article. I added it there yesterday. I rewrote this reason section (simpler and more to the point).
Articles in which this image appears: History of radio, Charles Steinmetz, David Sarnoff, New Brunswick Marconi Station, List of Marconi wireless stations, Marconi Company
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering
Creator: Radio Corporation of America (RCA), photographer: unknown, restored by Bammesk

Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 03:37, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – While I'm a fan of Einstein, must suggest that a group shot of 20 is too diffuse for readers to focus on any one person. Also, the event seems less than significant. – Sca (talk) 13:41, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Even though Steinmetz looks badass in the photo, I'm inclined to agree. Bremps... 17:39, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It isn't about the event or Einstein. It's about the 11 notable people who are in it (excluding Einstein), five of whom are pioneers in the development of radio in the U.S. The other six made major contributions. The location is a plus too, the photo was shot at the site of the most advanced transmitter in the U.S., one of the first transatlantic stations, the station had an important military role in WWI. And yes Einstein is in it, but it’s not an "Einstein photo". Bammesk (talk) 04:09, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Vertical perspective seems a bit distorted. -- Sca (talk) 14:20, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

He does look badass, it's great. Unfortunately I agree with you and the others about the shortcomings. Moonreach (talk) 20:15, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:56, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Stongdey village, Zanskar

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Original – Stongdey village (elev. 3,530 m (11,580 ft)) in the central Zanskar valley, backdrop Zanskar range (elev. 6,000 m (20,000 ft)), Ladakh in the Indian Himalayas.

Reason: Infobox image; was featured unanimously in 5 days on Commons
Articles in which this image appears: Stongdey
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator: Tagooty

Support as nominator – Tagooty (talk) 05:29, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - It's in India. – Sca (talk) 15:03, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - High quality, and gives an idea just how small the village is. I agree with Sca that the caption doesn't quite give enough context, and that indicating India would help voters. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 20:22, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Sca: I've added add'l info to the caption. --Tagooty (talk) 04:04, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 05:54, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 11:17, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 11:32, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support.–Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 00:33, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support — UnpetitproleX (talk) 04:58, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:NE View Stongdey Zanskar Jun24 A7CR 00966.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:14, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Added image to Places/Urban instead. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:14, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Pietro Parolin

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Original – Cardinal Pietro Parolin, incumbent Cardinal Secretary of State, in 2021.

Reason: Colorful and high quality image of an important cardinal dressed in episcopal vestments.
Articles in which this image appears: Pietro Parolin, Cardinal Secretary of State
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Religious figures
Creator: Claude Truong-Ngoc

Support as nominator – ―Howard • 🌽³³ 15:19, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Feels a smidge underexposed. That being said, this is high quality "action" for the subject, and the robes certainly catch the eye. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 20:21, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 05:53, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 11:30, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Moonreach (talk) 15:54, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support.–Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 00:33, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Cardinal Pietro Parolin par Claude Truong-Ngoc juillet 2021.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:12, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Theatrum Orbis Terrarum

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Original – Theatrum Orbis Terrarum is considered the "first modern atlas". This is the world map from said atlas.

Reason: Unanimously featured on Commons. Good reproduction of a historic map.
Articles in which this image appears: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum etc.
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Maps
Creator: Abraham Ortelius

Support as nominator – MER-C 11:24, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – Dates from 1570. – Sca (talk) 14:58, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – better than the other Commons FP here. Was thinking of nominating it myself. Bammesk (talk) 15:09, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 15:50, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Moonreach (talk) 15:54, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
~~Oppose~~ clearly wrong. ^[Joke] Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 20:31, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@OlifanofmrTennant: The issue is not whether the map is accurate, but whether it is a good representation for the article Theatrum Orbis Terrarum and others. Have you read this article? Yann (talk) 11:10, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I struck the vote because the editor marked it as a joke. Bammesk (talk) 17:48, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 19:11, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support.–Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 00:33, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 02:46, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support — UnpetitproleX (talk) 04:56, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Ratekreel (talk) 22:38, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, by Abraham Ortelius, World, 1572.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:08, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Black-capped chickadee

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Original – A black-capped chickadee eating seeds in Central Park.

Reason: Unanimously featured on Commons. Illustrates article well.
Articles in which this image appears: Black-capped chickadee
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator: Rhododendrites

Support as nominator – MER-C 11:32, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 19:12, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support.–Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 00:32, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 02:46, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Carlosmarkos2345 (talk) 22:25, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Black-capped chickadee (41417).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:12, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Pacman Nebula

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Original – NGC 281, photographed in 2017

Reason: Quality lead image of this nebula. Photographed by amateur astronomer, FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears: NGC 281
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
Creator: Chuck Ayoub

Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 15:28, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 15:49, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 05:42, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Moonreach (talk) 17:49, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 19:12, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support.–Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 00:32, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 17:29, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support — UnpetitproleX (talk) 04:56, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:PacMan Nebula.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:22, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Escher's Tower of Babel

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Original – M. C. Escher's 1928 depiction of the biblical Tower of Babel

Reason: High quality copy of one of a famous artist's lesser-known works
Articles in which this image appears: Tower of Babel (M. C. Escher)
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others
Creator: M. C. Escher

Support as nominator – Moonreach (talk) 15:51, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - The source given on the file page is not the same image, but a lower-res version, thus, there's no info about the true source of this candidate. --Janke | Talk 19:09, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
For a work in the public domain because of age, does it really matter? Moonreach (talk) 17:48, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Correct me if I am wrong but in reading FP criterion #6, we don't necessarily need the "true source". We need a "reliable source" to establish that there is no WP:OR (in contrast, color/tone, editing manipulations, etc.). Is "arthive.com" a reliable source? Bammesk (talk) 19:12, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:23, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]