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Current nominations

Pioneer plaque

Voting period ends on 7 Apr 2024 at 18:41:01 (UTC)

Original – The Pioneer plaques are a pair of gold-anodized aluminum plaques that were placed on board the 1972 Pioneer 10 and 1973 Pioneer 11 spacecraft, featuring a pictorial message, in case either Pioneer 10 or 11 is intercepted by intelligent extraterrestrial life. The plaques show the nude figures of a human male and female along with several symbols that are designed to provide information about the origin of the spacecraft.
Reason
High quality, high EV. I'm surprised it's not featured, the nomination from 2008 (!) was opposed.
Articles in which this image appears
Pioneer plaque, Pioneer program, Pioneer 10, Pioneer 11, Communication, Diagram, Interstellar probe, Linda Salzman Sagan
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Diagrams
Creator
Vectors by Oona Räisänen (User:Mysid); designed by Carl Sagan & Frank Drake; artwork by Linda Salzman Sagan
  • Support as nominatorArtem.G (talk) 18:41, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support as yeah it is an incredibly interesting, high quality image, also tasteful nudes. - LegalSmeagolian (talk) 23:30, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Europa Clipper commemorative plate

Voting period ends on 7 Apr 2024 at 18:30:05 (UTC)

Original – Europa Clipper commemorative plate features waveforms that are visual representations of the sound waves formed by the word “water” in 103 languages
Reason
High quality image
Articles in which this image appears
Europa Clipper
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Others
Creator
NASA/JPL Photolab Studio

Man

Voting period ends on 7 Apr 2024 at 16:43:06 (UTC)

Original – A man with a beard, outdoors, with his arms crossed
Reason
First and foremost, the EV. It's a high quality image, selcted as the lead image of Man after very rigorous discussion and consensus.
Articles in which this image appears
Man
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People
Creator
Goodfreephotos.com, uploaded by Levivich to Commons
  • Support as nominatorThe Herald (Benison) (talk) 16:43, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Has zero EV. Discussion was not rigorous, just a few self-appointed people who think they have the right to choose this image. Undemocratic nonsense. Charlesjsharp (talk) 20:37, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong Oppose As previously noted, has zero EV. Also not visually interesting, looks almost generated by AI. Under no circumstances should this be a "featured picture". - LegalSmeagolian (talk) 23:33, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

James VI and I

Voting period ends on 6 Apr 2024 at 15:51:02 (UTC)

Original – James VI and I, c. 1605
Reason
High quality and resolution. Good digitization
Articles in which this image appears
James VI and I etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Royalty and nobility
Creator
Portrait attributed to John de Critz

Leo von Klenze

Voting period ends on 6 Apr 2024 at 15:24:01 (UTC)

Original – Leo von Klenze in 1856
Reason
Good quality and resolution
Articles in which this image appears
Leo von Klenze etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
Creator
Franz Hanfstaengl
Not a very good scan, I fear. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 16:29, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Gustav III, Act III (redux)

Voting period ends on 5 Apr 2024 at 23:30:39 (UTC)

Original – Set design for Act III of Daniel Auber's Gustave III
Reason
Not sure why this failed to reach quorum last month. There's examples - I should prepare one - of the process from this sort of thing to a 3D maquette (and presumably to stage, but the actual stages were rarely photographed; you sometimes got newspaper impressions) and they're clearly stages of a design process, so it's pretty fair to call this a set design.
Articles in which this image appears
Gustave III (Auber), Pierre-Luc-Charles Cicéri
FP category for this image
WP:FP/THEATRE
Creator
Pierre-Luc-Charles Cicéri, restored by Adam Cuerden
  • Support as nominatorAdam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 23:30, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • SupportThe Herald (Benison) (talk) 01:22, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose I don't think you should renominate so soon, Adam. I gave a reasoned argument against the nomination so you shouldn't be unsure why it failed to reach quorum. Not quite the same as my juvenile wombat which just failed - 4 support votes and no negative comments. Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:24, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Okay. To make this a simple series of points instead of a rant:
    1. This is a very standard sort of image for FP status. We've regularly promoted similar artworks for opera - there's seventeen in Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre. Indeed, we promoted one earlier in February.
    2. I read your statement; I responded to your statement at the time, and you never commented again. You still haven't clarified your point.
    3. Nothing about your previous statement was framed as an objection. It was a comment about whether this counted as a set design, which I responded to both there, and in the introduction here.
    4. You did not vote oppose last nomination. There were zero opposes.
    5. You've never stated how this being an early stage in the set design - from which we know the final designs were made - ruins its EV.
    6. Even if we accept this isn't finished set design but a concept for one, no other parts of the process exist except this one for this opera. It's from 1833; before illustrated newspapers and before photography, and this opera neither has a maquette like File:Marcel Jambon - Giuseppe Verdi - Otello Act I set design model.jpg nor a post-production artwork like File:Luigi Verardi after Dominico Ferri - Gaetano Donizetti - Carrefour de St Jean et Paul. Dans l'Opéra Marino Faliero.jpg (Well, there's this image of a different scene but that has major issues of its own: Stages don't exist in portrait orientation, so its probably much, much more inaccurate and impressionistic than anything under consideration.) As such, this is the most reliable source for the opera.
    7. This the only image of his work in Cicéri's article, and I'd say an example of Ciceri's work is of high EV in the other article.
    8. I've reviewed every single example of Cicéri's work on Gallica (at least that comes up from a author search by him), and
      • Due, I presume, to when he worked, the vast, vast majority of his work isn't able to be assigned an opera or play.
      • There's not a lot of his more finished works that survive. This, and the unidentified [1] are probably his best surviving work, at least on Gallica. (Ones I'd consider somewhat close are: [2], [3] (unidentified ), [4], [5], [6], [7])
      • In one, and only one case, can I compare one of his works to a post-production lithograph. Now, I wouldn't necessarily trust a lithograph or other published illustratiosn of an opera to be perfectly accurate in pre-photography days, but this set design from Robert le Diable and this lithograph) are similar enough that I'd presume a lot of the differences are down to inaccuracies in the lithograph (after all, it's by necessity an impression of the stage design, probably not actually sketched from the same angle it's presented from) at least as much as any changes in the design later on.
    --Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 22:12, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • My oppose here is because I don't think we should be nominating again so soon. There isn't rule against it but that doesn't mean I have to agree with it. I saw your explantion on the first nomination but my comment still stands: 'This is the artist's signed watercolour which was presumably used for the set design. It is not the set design.' So the problem is not the EV of the image, it is the description which the rules say 'Properly identifies the main subject'. Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:24, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I mean, I don't see how it's any different than any other illustration of the set design. People know it's not a photograph of the stage. Do you disagree that Gallica labels it as a set design? Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 15:42, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Because he wanted to put a little spring, summer, autumn, and winter in someone's mind

Voting period ends on 4 Apr 2024 at 15:52:29 (UTC)

OriginalGiuseppe Arcimboldo created Four Seasons in One Head for his writer friend Gregorio Comanini circa 1590, this oil painting occupies the walls of National Gallery of Art, Washington, U.S. currently.
Reason
High quality image by Archimboldo, used as prominent works in the artist's page as well as an example of synesthesia in artworks.
Articles in which this image appears
Giuseppe Arcimboldo and Synesthesia in art
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Giuseppe Arcimboldo

Grey-breasted partridge

Voting period ends on 3 Apr 2024 at 11:44:13 (UTC)

Original – Gray-breasted Partridge (Arborophila orientalis). Kawah Ijen Merapi Unggup-unggup Nature Preserve, Banyuwangi Regency, East Java, Indonesia
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC last year, where it was featured unanimously. Illustrates article well (infobox image). Near threatened.
Articles in which this image appears
Grey-breasted partridge
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
JJ Harrison
  • Support as nominatorMER-C 11:44, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – Good environmental capture, but suggest a moderate crop from right. (Target is a rather stumpy 130 words, but that's probably enough for a copy block.) – Sca (talk) 13:28, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – The environments looks great, but I won't mind a crop either. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 15:31, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support agree about the crop but only the photographer should make the crop. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Charlesjsharp (talk • contribs)
Previous comment posted by MER-CSca (talk) 16:01, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That was Charlesjsharp, not me. MER-C 17:17, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, sorry. -- Sca (talk) 16:47, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Delist and replace: Vertumnus

Voting period ends on 3 Apr 2024 at 11:17:40 (UTC)

Vertumnus, a portrait depicting Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor painted as Vertumnus, the Roman God of the seasons, c. 1590-1, with anatomical details represented by vegetables and fruit.
Proposed replacement
Reason
Replaced with higher resolution image. (Nominator not notified as she is deceased.)
Articles this image appears in
Vertumnus (Arcimboldo) etc.
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Vertumnus
Nominator
MER-C
  • Replace – Rest in peace, Corinne. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 15:27, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Back in the day there was a large image viewing tool that I'm not seeing now. The pink warning message doesn't offer a way to view the image full-sized. Brandmeistertalk 14:23, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]



Laura Clay

Voting period ends on 3 Apr 2024 at 02:38:17 (UTC)

Original – Laura Clay, American suffragist, in 1916
Reason
High quality image used as lead. High resolution, high EV.
Articles in which this image appears
Laura Clay, Gerhard Sisters
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Others
Creator
Gerhard Sisters, restored by FatCat96
Support in that (per Adam) case. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 06:26, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Though I'd suggest using the brush tool set to hue in order to fix some colour deviations. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 18:28, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • SupportBammesk (talk) 00:24, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - serious damage/artifacts around the face, visible posterisation/JPEG artifacts towards the bottom. MER-C 19:23, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
User:MER-C, I fixed the area next to her face (next to her chin), and I restored the pixel level integrity of the nom version to that of the original scan from the source (University of Kentucky). Now the restored (nominated) image differs from the original only in the retouched areas. It's as good as it gets (given the original). User:FatCat96, I took the liberty of taking your restored version and uploading an updated version on top. I hope you don't mind. Thank you for your restorations and nominations. Bammesk (talk) 01:48, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'll remain in the oppose column. That removed the artifacts around the face but the face and neck has the same problem. MER-C 11:18, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Eid al-Fitr prayer at the Taj Mahal

Voting period ends on 1 Apr 2024 at 22:19:43 (UTC)

OriginalIndian Muslims praying during Eid al-Fitr at the Taj Mahal, Agra, India.
Reason
High quality. Good composition. Good EV. Also it can be featured in the upcoming POTD on the day of the feast.
Articles in which this image appears
Eid al-Fitr
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Religion and mythology
Creator
Iansourav
  • Support as nominator – ―Howard🌽33 22:19, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Way down in the article so not so much EV. Taj Mahal not at its best in this 'side' view with two towers obscured. Charlesjsharp (talk) 00:02, 23 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Oppose – Composition seems quite predictable. Little visual interest or EV – Cf. this pic of the bldg. – Sca (talk) 13:52, 23 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose – per Charles, but mostly per Sca. Also, the blown highlights near the minarets and the overexposed sky. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 16:47, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

East End of Rundle and Whitemans Pond

Voting period ends on 1 Apr 2024 at 17:30:57 (UTC)

Original – East End of Rundle and Whitemans Pond seen from the Ha Ling Trail, Bow Valley Wildland Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada.
Reason
Recently featured unanimously on Commons, used in the article's infobox.
Articles in which this image appears
East End of Rundle
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator
The Cosmonaut

Tornado outbreak of March 31 – April 1, 2023

Voting period ends on 31 Mar 2024 at 17:45:25 (UTC)

Original – Map of confirmed tornadoes and tornado warnings by the National Weather Service during the tornado outbreak of March 31 - April 1, 2023
Reason
High EV value. Showcases the historic and third largest tornado outbreak in history (147 tornadoes). Image also satisfies all criteria, including size being 3,507 × 2,480 pixels.
Articles in which this image appears
List
  1. Tornado outbreak of March 31 – April 1, 2023
  2. List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
  3. Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2023-04-26/Traffic report
FP category for this image
Maps
Creator
Wxtrackercody
@Charlesjsharp: Its not. All that data is publicly available. NOAA releases all the info about tornadoes (start and end locations with coords), path lengths, strength, and all that on the Storm Events Database or the Damage Assessment Toolkit, where a person and straight up see the exact path and even what structures were hit. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet has every tornado warning (and ever NWS warning for that fact) downloadable publicly. The Storm Prediction Center keeps a detailed record of every outlook issued. They also have a ton of detailed info (like coords for tornadoes reported) and everything like that (March 31 on the SPC). No OR at all. In short, all info is from the U.S. government or Iowa State University. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 22:32, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • SupportBammesk (talk) 15:54, 23 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose I don't think it is particularly visually pleasing to look at, it is a bit cluttered and unclear what I am looking at. I understand there will be a blurb with it but I feel like this is not the best of the best. LegalSmeagolian (talk) 22:47, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – It's informative and hence good EV. Sources are sorted out and looks good to me. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 16:48, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yinka Shonibare CBE at the unveiling of Hibiscus Rising

Voting period ends on 31 Mar 2024 at 15:13:18 (UTC)

Original – Yinka Shonibare CBE RA in front of the Hibiscus Rising sculpture, commemorating the death of David Oluwale.
Alt – crop suggestion (CSS image crop)


Reason
This is my first nomination. For full disclosure, uploading this and other images was made as part of a paid project, see WP:GLAM/LEEDS 2023. However, I think this image is a potential nomination for a Featured Pictures as it fulfills, to my mind, the criteria. 1) It is a high standard - Shonibare is centred in the image, with the sculpture behind, with the wider shot showing the urban setting of the work. 2) It is high resolution. 3) I think it is a compelling image, showing not just a Nigerian artist, but a Nigerian disabled artist, next to their work. The sculpture is the first permanent outdoor piece by Shonibare, which makes it significant. Other images of Shonibare are available, uploaded as part of the same project, however I think the composition here says much about his life and career. 4) It has a free license. 5) The image has EV - it is used (via Wikidata) in articles on ARZ, IG and SV Wikipedias, as well as EN. It enhances Wikipedia's content at the intersection of blackness and disability. 6) It is verifiable, see Hibiscus Rising. 7) I think the file description is good - if not I would appreciate feedback on what else to expand. 8) I am unsure what manipulation was made by the original photographer, but it does not seem to me to be manipulated much. Again I would appreciate experienced voices on this.
Articles in which this image appears
Yinka Shonibare, Igbo WP, EN WP, ARZ WP, SV WP
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
Creator
David Lindsay, uploaded by User:Lajmmoore
  • Support as nominatorLajmmoore (talk) 15:13, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Wikipedia is not a place for corporate/institutional promotion. Also, you are not supposed to upload other people's photos. What you doing is, I'm sure, well intentioned, but I'm very uneasy about people who are paid to upload images to Wikipedia (via Commons) to support Leeds. This is no FP composition, and needs lots of technical work (perspective/shadows), but that was not what I wanted to talk about. Charlesjsharp (talk) 16:46, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Hello @Charlesjsharp thank you for your comments on the image, I understand better now, and fully accept that the image composition is not quite right for this project. In relation to the other points:
    • On paid editing: I volunteer as an editor as well, so understand the unease. However I did look carefully in the FP guidelines to see if this kind of nomination from a paid project was precluded, and couldn't see that discussed. Could you point me to the guideline that I missed? Featured Pictures have already come from paid projects, for exmaple this Talismanic shirt & this view of Japan and this coin of Nader Shah. In comparison, I've made some DYK nominations both as part of paid projects and as an everyday volunteer, and the consensus there seems to be as long as you are open and honest about project you were paid as part of, nomination is OK.
    This tutorial is where I got my information from. It states no promotional photos. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:56, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • In terms of uploading other people's photos - this is an image that was shared under and open licence. Again, I checked the FP guidlines and couldn't see where nominating someone else's image was precluded from this project. I saw that there were many historic images included, as well as images of artworks and objects, where the original artist/photographer isn't (couldn't be due to time passed) involved. Criteria 4 just says an image must be under free licence, it doesn't say that the nominater must also be the original photographer - this mirrors the three nominations above, where people have nominated others' work.
    @Charlesjsharp: That page says: "you can’t upload someone else’s [...] promotional photos [unless] the author granted permission for anyone to use, copy, modify, and sell it – by releasing it under a free license", which (poor grammar notwithstanding) is exactly what happened here. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 19:14, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm very happy to retract this nomination or for it to be as closed due to the composition, thank to the instructive comments made Lajmmoore (talk) 07:31, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - Thanks a lot for uploading and nominating for FP. But as Charles mentioned, the composition of the image is not at par with a featured picture we are looking for. For reference, have a look at WP:FP, especially the people subsection to understand the composition and encyclopedic value we want in an image. It is used as a lead image in an infobox, but it does not represent the subject as it is supposed to. The subject(s) are not well defined and shadows are all over the place. Also, you may look at the other nominations to see how a nomination is framed and how the articles that use the image is mentioned. Thanks and happy editing :) The Herald (Benison) (talk) 17:40, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks very much @The Herald for these constructive comments. It's a lesson in interpretation for me: from this feedback it sounds like for the people section its more usual portrait kind of images that you're supportive of? Lajmmoore (talk) 07:05, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – I added a crop suggestion Alt. Also suggest a slight level adjust to pull up the darker areas. The sculpture is ~30 feet tall, so I don't mind the wide angle distortion, it's a part of the composition. I see no issues with copyright or promotion. Lajmmoore, usage in non-English Wiki articles isn't relevant. Bammesk (talk) 16:21, 23 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Conditional Support Alt, if the darker areas are lifted slightly. Bammesk (talk) 00:33, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Gi Gi the Sea Lion

Voting period ends on 30 Mar 2024 at 19:22:40 (UTC)

Original – From Commons: "GiGi, a trained sea lion, nuzzles Capt. Arne Willehag of the USNS Sioux, a Military Sealift Command ocean tugboat in 1983. Gigi and other seals at the time of this photo were being trained to recover underwater anti-submarine rockets as part of the Navy's Quick Find program."
Reason
On technical merits, I think this is a good digitization of a well-composed source image. It's been on the English Wikipedia's page for sea lion for years, and is also used on nine other Wikipedias. (I also think it's kind of charming, personally.) I should be candid in saying that it's 1300px on the short axis, which I know is below the target cutoff. The guidelines said there could by case-by-case exceptions for historical images. Nobody responded when I asked about it on the FPC talk page a month ago, so I guess we'll just have it out here.
Articles in which this image appears
Sea lion
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
Original photo taken by Bob Borden of Military Sealift Command in the 1980s. (The source caption says only "1983"; the file name says 1984.) Uploaded by Fishdecoy to Wikipedia in March 2008 and then by Mousse to Commons in July 2008.
  • Support as nominatorMoonreach (talk) 19:22, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose For EV this would have to be in some military article. Charlesjsharp (talk) 20:17, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose – The subpar resolution and unsharp features doesn't make a good FP impression. Passable EV but the lack of a proper source really bothers me. I couldn't find any original source of the image. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 04:43, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose – Snapshot-style pic. fails to illustrate gist of story re recovering rockets. – Sca (talk) 14:33, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I think it's something I woild feature if there was an article on it. Underwater photography was not much of a thing back then. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 19:32, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Company houses for miners in Benito, Kentucky

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 28 Mar 2024 at 01:55:15 (UTC)

Original – Coal miners' homes in Benito, Kentucky
Reason
Renominating this image after it failed to reach quorum back in February. This is a high quality image used as lead. High resolution, high EV.
Articles in which this image appears
Benito, Kentucky, Coal camp
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA History
Creator
Russell Lee, restored by FatCat96
  • Support as nominator🐱FatCat96🐱 Chat with Cat 01:55, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • SupportBammesk (talk) 03:14, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – First target article is a 100-word stump. – Sca (talk) 15:14, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Aye, but it's the lead of the second, so worse you can say is that the articles are listed in the wrong order. Support Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 15:59, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    (Just watch me:) Gray and smudgy. – Oppose -- Sca (talk) 14:38, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose This image should not be illustrating the coal town article. Very misleading. Charlesjsharp (talk) 22:06, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    And how is it misleading exactly? If you search “coal camp or “coal town” on google, about 80-90% of images that come up are similar to this one, so I don’t see how it’s misleading. 🐱FatCat96🐱 Chat with Cat 23:19, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    This is a coal camp and the article is coal town. You would need to create coal camp article, then the image would have EV. Coal towns had proper houses etc. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:21, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Isn't the article about coal camps too? 🐱FatCat96🐱 Chat with Cat 17:26, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Charlesjsharp: The article begins "A coal town, also known as a coal camp or patch..." so either the article is wrong or this is legitimate Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 20:36, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Wrong I believe, [8]. Charlesjsharp (talk) 20:44, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak support – since I agree with Adam and Charles as well. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 02:47, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:11, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Coal tipple in Kenvir, Kentucky

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Original – A coal tipple in Kenvir, Kentucky
Alt 1– Perspective fixed
Reason
I'm renominating this image after it failed to reach quorum back in February. This is a high resolution and good quality photograph of Kenvir, Kentucky, a small community in the hills of Harlan County, Kentucky. The community is a coal camp that was founded by the Black Mountain Coal Company in 1919. You can see the company houses in the background.
Articles in which this image appears
Kenvir, Kentucky
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA History
Creator
Russell Lee, restored by FatCat96
  • Support as nominator🐱FatCat96🐱 Chat with Cat 01:49, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • CommentI am leaning to oppose. There is too much perspective distortion and leaning of verticals. Usually I don't care about such things in historic images, but in this case, the distortion can be corrected (or improved) in an editing software. Bammesk (talk) 03:17, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Bammesk, I believe I've fixed the perspective. 🐱FatCat96🐱 Chat with Cat 04:08, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • The perspective is better, but the sharpness is now worse, see for example the vertical grooves on the face of the buildings. I gave it a try as well Here. Yours is sharper though. I am neutral for now. I struck that part of my comment above. Bammesk (talk) 01:39, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Bammesk, I had a go trying to improve the sharpness. Check this image out and tell me what you think. Regards. 🐱FatCat96🐱 Chat with Cat 02:42, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I think it's a bit excessive. Check out the third version from the bottom Here, it has your username in the Comment column. I took your file here, I masked out the darker areas, then I applied very light sharpening. I prefer it. For all practical purposes it's your file, so if you approve of it, take it and copy it as yours (no need to credit me). Support either, but prefer this version. Bammesk (talk) 04:02, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – At 132 words, target article is rather stumpy. – Sca (talk) 15:18, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • Honestly, better a short but fully cited article than a long one with no citations. There's plenty for an FPC blurb. Support either Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 16:02, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose – this image is not very visually appealing and does not evidence much skill on the part of the photographer or photo printer. It does an adequate job of illustrating the subject, but by that standard almost every photograph should be "featured". I think that would undermine the concept of FP. –jacobolus (t) 19:46, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – It represents the article, good EV therefore and size of the article is not a deal breaker IMO. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 02:46, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • @The Herald: an Alternate image was added to the nomination after you dropped your vote. Could you please update your vote to include or exclude the Alt? Bammesk (talk) 02:00, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm good with either. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 02:23, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Tipple of Mine ^31. Black Mountain Corporation, 30-31 Mines, Kenvir, Harlan County, Kentucky. - NARA - 541267 - cropped (2).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:08, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hindenburg disaster

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Original – The Hindenburg descending in flames, May 6, 1937
Reason
Iconic photograph. High resolution.
Articles in which this image appears
Hindenburg disaster, 1930s etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA History or Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/Others
Creator
Sam Shere
  • Support as nominatorVinícius O. (talk) 22:20, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – Not a great reproduction per Adam. I honestly like this image, I like it a lot, very high EV. 🐱FatCat96🐱 Chat with Cat 01:39, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Regretful oppose – Historical image but poor FPC reproduction The Herald (Benison) (talk) 02:44, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm afraid that's not a great reproduction: Damage should never be blurry Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 00:43, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Iconic image, but not FP. Too many flaws and annotation top right. Charlesjsharp (talk) 14:14, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose – Photo has been reproduced countless times since the event, becoming effectively a bromide (in journalism, a cliché). – Sca (talk)

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:04, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

John Cage

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Original – John Cage in 1988
Reason
Good quality. High resolution
Articles in which this image appears
John Cage etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Rob Bogaerts (Anefo)
  • It's a crop, but checking the original, that is a very justified crop, even if I'd prefer a little less cropping. Certainly unusable in the original form! Support though I'd like better documentation. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 00:58, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Actually, what is this from? It's similarly sized, but less grainy than the original from the source. Bags under eyes are a lot shinier. What's going on? Is it just a levels adjustment? I think so, but I can't get this with any basic adjustment. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 04:30, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:John Cage (1988).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:03, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

African buffalo with oxpecker (2)

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OriginalAfrican buffalo (Syncerus caffer) male with Red-billed oxpecker, (Buphagus erythrorhynchus), Phinda Private Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Reason
High quality large image. Illustrates both bird and mammal articles well with high EV. FP on Commons. Previous nomination (2020) had 3 support votes
Articles in which this image appears
Red-billed oxpecker, African buffalo
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) male with Oxpecker.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 05:59, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Female galah in flight

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OriginalGalah (Eolophus roseicapilla), female in flight in Mount Pleasant, South Australia
Reason
High quality image. FP on Commons. We have an existing FP of a male on the ground
Articles in which this image appears
Galah
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 05:55, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Common wombat juvenile

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OriginalCommon wombat (Vombatus ursinus tasmaniensis) juvenile on Maria Island, Tasmania, Australia
Reason
High quality large image. Illustrates article well with high EV. FP on Commons. Not in infobox as it is a juvenile
Articles in which this image appears
Common wombat
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 05:55, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Silver-breasted broadbill

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Original – A male silver-breasted Broadbill (Serilophus lunatus). Deo Nui San, South-Vietnam
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC last month, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Silver-breasted broadbill
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
JJ Harrison

Promoted File:Silver-breasted Broadbill 0A2A9641.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 05:54, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Forte Príncipe da Beira

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Original – Drone view of the Forte Príncipe da Beira, Brazil.
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons in 2022.
Articles in which this image appears
Forte Príncipe da Beira
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Israelvalejr
  • Yes, I agree about the excessive perspective distortion. Don't understand the Criterion 3 comment. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:23, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose – Perspective distortion, indistinct background. (See Criterion No. 3.) – Sca (talk) 13:53, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose – Unanimously featured in Commons is not exactly a reason for FPC in enwiki. Also, the very evident distortion and unsharp details towards the ends. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 03:02, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:36, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Garibaldi Lake

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 26 Mar 2024 at 23:37:51 (UTC)

Original – Garibaldi Lake and Sphinx Glacier seen from Panorama Ridge.
Reason
Recently featured unanimously on Commons, used in the articles' infoboxes.
Articles in which this image appears
Garibaldi Lake, Garibaldi Provincial Park
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator
The Cosmonaut
100% of the image is within the provincial park though. --The Cosmonaut (talk) 18:05, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • The sharpness is subpar at full size. It's EXIF says it was shot with a cell phone. Bammesk (talk) 02:36, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:21, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Soprano saxophone

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OriginalYamaha soprano saxophone, model YSS-875 EX
Reason
High quality
Articles in which this image appears
Soprano saxophone
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
Yamaha Corporation
  • Support as nominatorTheFreeWorld (talk) 18:15, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • SupportThe Herald (Benison) (talk) 08:49, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose I'm not a fan of artificial backgrounds - there are a few small errors where the cut-out has been missed. Charlesjsharp (talk) 13:42, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose – Per Charles. Looks sort of artificial. – Sca (talk) 13:57, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support🐱FatCat96🐱 Chat with Cat 01:36, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – This type of background makes sense for certain subjects [9] [10]. I see no missed cut-outs. Taking an exception to the 1500px criterion because of the unusual tall aspect ratio. Bammesk (talk) 03:29, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • I see it now. They are too small to change my vote. But if there is a consensus to remove them, I be happy to do it. Bammesk (talk) 01:30, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – For me, this is a near-perfect example of the kind of professionally made photos of everyday objects we need on the Wikimedia projects, and of which we have so few. --Gnom (talk) 22:41, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support as per Gnom. – Yann (talk) 12:31, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. MER-C 11:35, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Yamaha Saxophone YSS-875 EX.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:31, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Enrico Fermi

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OriginalEnrico Fermi in 1943.
Reason
Good capture.
Articles in which this image appears
Enrico Fermi, others
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering
Creator
United States Department of Energy, restored by Yann

Promoted File:Enrico Fermi 1943-49.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:26, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Alexander Gardner

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Original – Photographer Alexander Gardner
Reason
Another of my "photos of photographers", this was one of the major photographers of the American Civil War, and I think the photo - although the cardstock grain certainly could have been better - is a very good one. Cropped to the photo itself since there was nothing significant whatsoever about the mount (a plain bit of very dirty card with a badly centred double-line border (which doesn't quite fit the card, leading to it becoming single-lined for much of the sides), and no text or decoration). I've said my way of evaluating whether to crop the mount before, but I think it's amply clear why this one loses.
Articles in which this image appears
Alexander Gardner (photographer), Photographers of the American Civil War
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
Creator
James Gardner, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Alexander Gardner by James Gardner - 1863.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:12, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Slaty brushfinch

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OriginalSlaty brushfinch (Atlapetes schistaceus), Caldas Department, Colombia
Reason
High quality image. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Slaty brushfinch
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Slaty brushfinch (Atlapetes schistaceus schistaceus) Caldas.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:57, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Pacific gull

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OriginalPacific gull (Larus pacificus), Freycinet Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia
Reason
High quality image. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Pacific gull
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Pacific gull (Larus pacificus pacificus) Freycinet.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:56, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Cape Barren goose

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OriginalCape Barren goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae), Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Reason
High quality image. FP on Commons. We have an existing FP from over ten years ago. I think this image should replace it in the Infobox.
Articles in which this image appears
Cape Barren goose
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Cape Barren goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae) Kangaroo Island.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:53, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Willa Beatrice Player

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Original – Willa Beatrice Player, an American educator, college administrator, college president, civil rights activist, and federal appointee, at the start of her career in 1930.
Reason
It's a little undersized, but I think it has pretty much all the actual detail, and it's about like, 585dpi or so, which really isn't bad. A bit zoomed in, but that does help justify the size: Her face probably occupies more pixels than a lot of images we've promoted that technically have much larger dimensions. Undeniably the best available photo of her.
Articles in which this image appears
Willa Beatrice Player
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political if we're classifying her as a civil rights activist - which she was, but she did so as an educator, which might make it better to classify her as an educator, hence Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Others.
Creator
Unknown photographer, restored by Adam Cuerden
  • Support as nominatorAdam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 04:55, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – Xcllnt capture of an expressive face. High EV for her multiple career activities. – Sca (talk) 15:48, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • SupportThe Herald (Benison) (talk) 18:36, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. What a beautiful photograph. And yes, educator is a much better classification, since that's clearly what she considered herself to be and how she would have wanted to be remembered. It's a shame that educators are lumped into the miscellaneous "Others" category along with carpenters, haberdashers, and cod fishermen, rather than having a category of their own. Maybe there should be a general "Academic" category for teachers, scholars, educational reformers, etc.? Choliamb (talk) 19:22, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Aye. I think we split "Others" whenever we have enough. Think we do? Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 20:31, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Probably not. I suppose I should put my money where my mouth is and search for more academic images to nominate. But to do that I'd have to overcome my profound laziness, which doesn't seem likely to happen. Choliamb (talk) 22:14, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Some of them might be elsewhere, of course, as there is a tendency to classify someone anywhere that's better than "Others" Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 02:26, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Here are a few educators currently outside "others": in "artists and writers," Adrianne Wadewitz; in "politics," Mary Church Terrell, Angela Davis, and Booker T. Washington. Plus, yes, there are a few in "others" also. blameless 16:30, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Sca, The Herald, and Choliamb: Made a couple more fixes: There were a couple scratches I hesitated with, but, after reviewing other photos, they're clearly damage. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 07:03, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Looks better to me. Vote remains unchanged :) The Herald (Benison) (talk) 07:19, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Reaffirm support. Choliamb (talk) 11:43, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I too. -- Sca (talk) 14:17, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 23:32, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Too bad we don't have a picture this good from the height of her career (oy), but thems the breaks. blameless 16:30, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Aye. Luckily, we can always add photos if they come up. Don't think this is going to leave the article, just might move to second photo if we get a good one from a later period. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 16:45, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    And luckily, it's an utterly charming photo. -- Sca (talk) 16:08, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Willa Beatrice Player - From the archives of The Crisis.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:43, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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