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Wochenspruch der NSDAP, 7 September 1941

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 11 Jul 2020 at 05:13:22 (UTC)

Original – 7 September 1941 edition of Wochenspruch der NSDAP wall newspaper, which reprints Hitler's prophecy: "If international finance Jewry inside and outside Europe should succeed in plunging the nations once more into a world war, the result will be not the Bolshevization of the earth and thereby the victory of Jewry, but the annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe."
Reason
This image has a very high encyclopedic value in illustrating the best known quote from Hitler's speeches. I've restored it as best I can, starting with this.
Articles in which this image appears
Hitler's prophecy, Political views of Adolf Hitler
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Literary illustrations
Creator
Unknown Nazi propagandist, restored by Buidhe
  • Support as nominator – (t · c) buidhe 05:13, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. I don't know about others here, but I'm uncomfortable directly reproducing Nazi anti-Jew propaganda here and then calling it encyclopedic because it illustrates Nazi thought. In what meaningful way is that distinguishable from reproducing Nazi anti-Jew propaganda for the sake of promulgating Nazi anti-Jew propaganda? —David Eppstein (talk) 06:09, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    • There have been entire books written about Nazi propaganda, such as Jeffrey Herf's book The Jewish Enemy, which include reproductions to illustrate. Personally, I think that in order to learn from the post it should be exposed and studied. We already featured other Nazi propaganda images such as File:Bolschewismus ohne Maske2.jpg. (t · c) buidhe 06:22, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
      • I want to say straight out that I appreciate Buidhe's work, and don't think that they have any negative intent in doing this other than educating about World War II. I need to say that now, because I'm going to be talking about problems I have with this image, and I don't want them being applied to Buidhe.
We've had Nazi propoganda before, but those have been illustrations. Something like File:Bolschewismus_ohne_Maske2.jpg is visual. It serves a purpose that can't be simply portrayed in words. But the one currently being presented is text from Hitler, in an attractive font **with no illustrations other than a swastika**
I'm reminded less of the Nazi propoganda poster than the Kronheim Bible verse prints I did a few years ago, like File:Joseph Martin Kronheim - The Sunday at Home 1880 - Revelation 22-17.jpg (though even that one has more actual artwork than this image).
So, does this have encyclopedic value? Very little. It's hard to see how it adds much more than quoting the text itself would do.
In the featured article W. S. Gilbert, some key quotes are put off to one side using blue boxes. Presuming this is worth a pullquote, does the artistic portrayal of it, with good font choices and such add to its value, or is it more likely that spreading this via the main page would give anti-Semites something to hang on their walls, without adding to the discussion.
Again, I don't for a moment think this is Buidhe's intent, but we need to balance educational value, artistry, and possible harms. If our
FPs 06:38, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply
]
I certainly respect that point of view. I did write an entire article which puts it in appropriate context, and am trying to get it to FA. I think that the image does have a high encyclopedic value in showing how Hitler's words were valorized and venerated, exactly as if they were scripture! Today's politicians at least in my country do not do this at all. I thought it would be nice to have a featured picture to go with the article but if not, so be it. (t · c) buidhe 06:44, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Got hit by an edit conflict while expanding my point above, but... I definitely appreciate your work on that. And if it were a more notable publication, or a widely-distributed poster, or something like that, I think the encyclopedic value could push above any "making it more attractive in appearance" issues. A Neo-Nazi could print our other examples of Nazi propoganda, after all, but learning the techniques of such anti-Semitism is valuable. But I'm not seeing the EV here, so my doubts are increased. I'm just not sure that one page of one issue of a newspaper is enough when the image isn't even in the newspaper's page, and that they published it doesn't seem (at the moment) to be particularly significant. Is there more EV than I'm seeing?
FPs 07:02, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply
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The Wochenspruch der NSDAP article is not well developed, however different historians have written about its importance. This issue was sent to all of the Nazi Party's local branches[1] and displayed promiently in Berlin[2] and "in every town and village".[3] (t · c) buidhe 07:21, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ Kershaw 2008, pp. 105–106.
  2. ^ Koonz 2003, p. 267.
  3. ^ Jersak 2008, p. 359.
  •  Request withdrawn clearly there is not going to be consensus to promote. (t · c) buidhe 07:21, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:24, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]



Turkey vulture

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 1 Jul 2020 at 09:32:15 (UTC)

Original – Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) flying in Cuba
Reason
High quality large image. FP on Commons. Most valuable image even though not in infobox (don’t normally have flight images in infobox).
Articles in which this image appears
Turkey vulture
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp
  • Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:32, 21 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Conditional support - please reduce the CA/weird fringing. MER-C 19:09, 21 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) in flight.JPG --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:28, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]



Marabou stork head

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 1 Jul 2020 at 16:53:49 (UTC)

Original – Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) in Uganda
Reason
High quality large image. FP on Commons. Adds value to article as although not info box image being a portrait of its head, the head is the key feature of one of Africa’s ‘ugly five’
Articles in which this image appears
Marabou stork
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) head.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:17, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]



Camille Pissarro - Boulevard Montmartre, Spring

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 4 Jul 2020 at 09:34:39 (UTC)

Original – Le Boulevard de Montmartre, Matinée de Printemps
Reason
Good quality and EV, the best version available as it was sold to a private collection.
Articles in which this image appears
Le Boulevard de Montmartre, Matinée de Printemps
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Camille Pissarro
  • Support as nominator – Andrei (talk) 09:34, 24 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment There are 5 versions of this painting (plus one nighttime version) - which one is "worthiest" of FP? See [3]. --Janke | Talk 10:30, 24 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    Only the nominated version has its own article, which is very specific and has the provenance for this painting. I corrected the nomination to include the link. --Andrei (talk) 12:16, 24 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – but the file size went from 3.92 MB to 2.34 MB after a minor crop. Less lossy crops can be done, for example here. Bammesk (talk) 02:02, 25 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you! I do not use any tools and extract images directly from Google. They use some kind of algorithm to improve images with time. As a rule, they fix the color scheme to make it more natural but also reduce the size from time to time. Thank you Adam for restoring the original, I think 1px is not worth it. --Andrei (talk) 09:58, 26 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support
    FPs 21:25, 25 June 2020 (UTC)[reply
    ]
  • Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:16, 26 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. MER-C 16:58, 26 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Camille Pissarro - Boulevard Montmartre, Spring - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:59, 4 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]



Harriet Jacobs

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 4 Jul 2020 at 22:35:37 (UTC)

Original – Harriet Jacobs, famous for her autobiography, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Reason
Only documented formal photo of Harriet Jacobs, carefully restored. There are one or two others floating around on the internet, but there's a reliable source noting this as the only known formal portrait of her, and I don't see any sources for the others, so I'm inclined to doubt. (Source for this one: [4])
Articles in which this image appears
Harriet Jacobs, et al
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
Creator
C.M.Gilbert, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Gilbert Studios photograph of Harriet Jacobs.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:43, 4 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]



Panther chameleon male

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 7 Jul 2020 at 10:59:09 (UTC)

Original – Panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) male, Montagne d'Ambre National Park, Joffreville locale, Madagascar
Reason
High quality large image. FP on Commons. Illustrates article well.
Articles in which this image appears
Panther chameleon
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Reptiles
Creator
Charlesjsharp
  • Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:59, 27 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • We already have a FP of a male here, it was promoted last year. But the nom image is much sharper. I suggest putting the existing FP up for a delist vote first, or concurrently. Oppose as is, i.e. having two images of a male. Bammesk (talk) 19:53, 27 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • I would normally agree, but this is a very special case Bammesk There is doubt about the number of possible subspecies of Furcifer pardalis. There may even be as many as fourteen different species. The males are sometimes described as colour morphs or forms. At the moment, the safest definition is to define locale. Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:21, 27 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • These have the same color pattern, green with dark vertical stripes and one white horizontal stripe. The only difference is the brown spots on the face, nothing major, the article text doesn't go into facial details so I don't see EV for two FPs. Sorry but my suggestion stands. Bammesk (talk) 22:08, 27 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:55, 4 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]



Nile monitor

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Original – Nile monitor lizard (Varanus niloticus), Lake Baringo, Kenya
Reason
High quality large image. FP on Commons. Illustrates article well.
Articles in which this image appears
Nile monitor
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Reptiles
Creator
Charlesjsharp
  • Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:27, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose – sorry but a full body photo, like the one in the infobox, has more EV. Bammesk (talk) 01:40, 3 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    • I somewhat agree this is poorly used. There's a description of its facial anatomy later in the article. With a suitable caption (and possibly labels) EV would be drastically increased.Your photography is clearlg better than the lead image, but the angle of the head is similar to the lead image, which also has the rest of the body, so it's a little redundant where it is now, and there's no caption to explain it where it is now.
This isn't a simple case like male/female/juvenile or multiple morphs where the EV needs a mere word under it. A zoom in on one feature needs to be next to discussion of that feature. Since there are some discussions of head anatomy, if they're expanded slightly, grouped together, and this image is put next to them, suitably captioned, it's an easy FP, especially if labelled.
FPs 19:05, 3 July 2020 (UTC)[reply
]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:56, 4 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]



White-lined tanager (Tachyphonus rufus) female

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 12 Jul 2020 at 14:20:45 (UTC)

Original – White-lined tanager (Tachyphonus rufus) female, Trinidad
Reason
High quality large image. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
White-lined tanager, Tachyphonus
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp
  • Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 14:20, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – but how about a slight crop on top? see suggestion crop on right. I think the extra space takes the focus away from the bird. I know this is FP on Commons and you can do a CSS crop in the article, but still, I find the top distracting. Bammesk (talk) 01:34, 3 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • As you knw, I'm fond of rule of thirds, but have uploaded crop as you suggest Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:33, 3 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • It's a support vote regardless. Just for the record, I had suggested 10% crop from the top. Bammesk (talk) 10:42, 3 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:57, 4 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]



Old Royal Naval College

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 5 Jul 2020 at 01:12:53 (UTC)

Original – Old Royal Naval College, and the site of Greenwich Hospital, London in 1700s and 1800s.
Reason
High quality image of the subject.
Articles in which this image appears
Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich Hospital, Architecture of London
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Colin
One is reminded of the Soldier in White, who sees everything twice. – Sca (talk) 13:27, 26 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Old Royal Naval College 2017-08-06.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 01:19, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]



Battleship Row

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Original – Photograph of Battleship Row taken from a Japanese plane at the beginning of the attack, December 7, 1941.
Reason
High quality with an encyclopedic value
Articles in which this image appears
Battleship Row, Attack on Pearl Harbor, USS West Virginia (BB-48), 6+ others
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War II
Creator
Imperial Japanese Navy
  • Support as nominator – TheFreeWorld (talk) 14:53, 25 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose I checked the original - the TIFF, which should really have been uploaded to Commons as well - and the levels adjustment seems to have blown out the highlights - losing detail in the large explosion near the middle, and turning some subtle smoke and mist around the plane right of that into something that visually dominates, which isn't in the original - it also emphasised the graininess unnecessarily. It's not the best photo, but could still be valuable despite that, but I think we can ask for the best version of this photo.
    FPs 06:27, 26 June 2020 (UTC)[reply
    ]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:21, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]



Hexagon pool

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 6 Jul 2020 at 10:09:19 (UTC)

Original – Hexagon pool view
Reason
Photo of great quality, illustrates the article in a good way. The entire pool and its source are seen, as well as unusual columns.
Articles in which this image appears
Hexagon pool
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator
Ziko323

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:26, 6 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]



Komodo dragons fighting

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Original – Komodo dragons (Varanus komodoensis) two males fighting, Komodo National Park, Indonesia
Reason
High quality large image. FP on Commons. Illustrates article well. Infobox image is FP, but I think World’s largest reptile can support two FPs.
Articles in which this image appears
Komodo dragon
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Reptiles
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Komodo dragons (Varanus komodoensis) fighting.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:57, 7 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]



Nyström's jultomte

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jultomte by Jenny Nyström
Reason
A lovely illustration by Jenny Nyström, who popularised the use of these jultomte as a Christmas tradition. Because there's no point getting our Christmas FPs out too near Christmas if we want them to run on Christmas. The filename uses the Norwegian spelling of Nyström's name, since it comes from the National Library of Norway. Feel free to point out any missed damage. It's a big file, and, while I've been diligent, it's always possible some was missed.
Articles in which this image appears
Jenny Nyström, Nisse (folklore)
FP category for this image
Arguable, but I'd say Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Religion and mythology should win out over Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others.
Creator
Jenny Nyström, restored by Adam Cuerden
I make eight: yellow, brown, blue, cyan, red, peach, grey, black. The greens and oranges are combinations. That's actually not too far off modern standards in a way. Might be a second grey.
FPs 01:58, 28 June 2020 (UTC)[reply
]
Yes, some inkjets use 6 or more colors - but standard lithography is just CMYK these days. What fascinates me is that this example shows hand-made
half-toning screens. --Janke | Talk 08:43, 30 June 2020 (UTC)[reply
]

Promoted File:Julemotiv tegnet av Jenny Nystrøm (24207693358).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:09, 7 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]



Wochenspruch der NSDAP 11 January 1943

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 14 Jul 2020 at 10:49:13 (UTC)

Original – Wochenspruch der NSDAP was a Nazi wall newspaper which displayed quotations, mostly from Nazi leaders. It ran from 1937 to 1944, with around 450,000 copies printed each week to be posted in public places in Germany (source: [1], [2]). This edition prints a quote by Hermann Göring — translated: "We do not want to leave to our children and descendants what we can do ourselves." — along with an artistic rendition of him.
Reason
a striking image, high resolution and restored to remove aging damage, with high encyclopedic value in demonstrating the tactics of Nazi propaganda in glamorizing Nazi leaders
Articles in which this image appears
Nazi propaganda, Themes in Nazi propaganda
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War II
Creator
Werner von Axster-Heudtlass, restored and uploaded by Buidhe
  • Support as nominator – (t · c) buidhe 10:49, 4 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment If this passes, it should be listed at Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Unused given this is literal Nazi propaganda. It's an interesting example of this, given that it depicts the bloated, lazy and incompetent Goring as a fit man of action. Nick-D (talk) 11:15, 4 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    • I'll also note that I can't support this nomination on principle given that it's propaganda for one of the most loathsome regimes in history and an ideology which still commands a following among racists and bigots - this this was to become a FP it could lead to a perception that Wikipedia approves of this kind of ideology. I appreciate that the motivation for improving this image is to illustrate what the highly effective propaganda tactics used by the Nazis looked like, and this is a much less loathsome example of their work than anti-Semitic and similar posters so there is genuine EV. An option for a FP, and I'm not sure how it could be executed, would be an image combining this poster with a photo of what Goring actually looked like at the time to illustrate how ludicrous and manipulative the poster is. Nick-D (talk) 22:53, 4 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - Propaganda art is OK in an article about it, but not for FP. --Janke | Talk 12:05, 4 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    • In any case, this fails criterium #3 - this is not among Wikipedia's "best work"... --Janke | Talk 17:46, 4 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose – This pathetic preposterous piece of crap propaganda has zero minimal EV for Eng.-lang. readers, and does not belong on the Main Page. Wegwerfen. – Sca (talk) 13:14, 4 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    • Imagine if you spent hours restoring a historically valuable artwork, only to have it dismissed as a "pathetic piece of crap"? The image is used in three articles, so how does it have "zero EV"? (t · c) buidhe 13:47, 4 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I've softened my comments above, but as a lifelong student of the rise of Nazism and attendant topics I see scant EV in a blatantly hagiographic, and inept, depiction of one of modern history's most contemptible figures. – Sca (talk) 14:48, 4 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Unfortunately, it is also being promoted on the Commons right now, with much more votes in favor. --165.225.207.71 (talk) 08:59, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Did you note what I said: "Propaganda art is OK in an article about it"... As such, having this image on the front page would not entice viewers to read the article - it lacks the "wow" I expect from all FPs. --Janke | Talk 06:56, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Agree. – Sca (talk) 12:48, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. I am really uneasy about putting Nazi propaganda on Wikipedia's front page. It is certainly educational, but... well, I think we should discuss the text blurb that will accompany this. Is it already drafted? The current caption here will need some changes, for example, we don't list sources/external links like this on the Main Page, do we? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 07:29, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Agree. Dziękuję. – Sca (talk) 12:48, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • I never said I wanted it on the main page, actually I support Nick-D's suggestion that it should go on the list of featured images unsuitable for the main page. (t · c) buidhe 19:31, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • FPs are by definition eligible for the MP. If we want ban this prospective FP from the MP, why promote it as an FP at all? – Sca (talk) 14:53, 6 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – There is currently a debate [5] (or effort) in the U.S. on removing statues of confederate icons from public parks and squares and placing them in museums (or other suitable places). I think certain statues do belong in museums, not in public squares. I see somewhat of a similarity between that debate and this nom. Should images like this be confined to article space, or should they be given additional visibility outside of article space? My answer is: confined to article space. Bammesk (talk) 01:22, 6 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Agree. Posting images of Nazi bigwigs or other despicable historical characters on the Main Page could be misconstrued as WP support/endorsement of their deeds or blather. – Sca (talk) 13:00, 6 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Point of order: We do that all the time.
    FPs 15:44, 6 July 2020 (UTC)[reply
    ]
  • Oppose per Janke --Andrei (talk) 07:09, 7 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Red X I withdraw my nomination Fine, you got what you wanted—blocked a picture, not because it fails the featered picture criteria, but on purely ideological grounds. Maybe you should nominate all the currently featured Nazi propaganda to be delisted, at least for consistency's sake. (t · c) buidhe 07:53, 7 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    Allow me to repeat: Fails criterium #3 - this is not among Wikipedia's "best work"... --Janke | Talk 20:04, 7 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:16, 7 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]


Isaiah Scroll

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 8 Jul 2020 at 15:10:00 (UTC)

Original – High quality scan of the Isaiah Scroll
Reason
High quality scan of Isaiah Scroll, dating to 356 to 100 BC. It is the oldest complete copy of the Book of Isaiah.
Articles in which this image appears
Isaiah Scroll
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others
Creator
Israel Museum and Google
  • Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 15:10, 28 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. MER-C 17:50, 28 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:28, 30 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • oppose Isolated detached objects at the bottom of the scan bellow the second and third to last sheets and the 13th from the left.©Geni (talk) 23:27, 30 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Geni: I removed them. For the record: the three fine lines were on the white border, not on the scroll itself, and they looked like scanner edge stitch marks. Bammesk (talk) 02:08, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:The Great Isaiah Scroll MS A (1QIsa) - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:05, 8 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]



File:Elephant Trunk.png

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 8 Jul 2020 at 17:49:56 (UTC)

Original – False color (Ha/OIII/SII) image of the Elephant's Trunk Nebula
Reason
POTY finalist a couple of years' back. FP on Commons. Of note, this is an amateur pic.
Articles in which this image appears
Elephant's Trunk Nebula
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
Creator
Chuck Ayoub
  • Support as nominator – MER-C 17:49, 28 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – amateur! flash? :-) Bammesk (talk) 23:55, 28 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – Amazing quality from a $2,000 scope! Of course, the camera must also be pretty "special"... --Janke | Talk 14:57, 29 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support || DreamSparrow Chat 17:35, 29 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:28, 30 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support although the article its in is a classic case of needing to be padded out to fit all the images.©Geni (talk) 23:41, 30 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support high EV. (t · c) buidhe 05:15, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Elephant Trunk.png --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:33, 8 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]



Soyuz TMA-13

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Original – The Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft, carrying Expedition 18 Commander Michael Fincke, Flight Engineer Yury Lonchakov and American spaceflight participant Richard Garriott, launched Sunday, October 12, 2008, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Reason
An restored image. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Soyuz TMA-13
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Getting there
Creator
NASA/Bill Ingalls, restored by Lošmi

Promoted File:Soyuz TMA-13 Edit.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:11, 9 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]



A pressure ridge with lenticular clouds in the sky.

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Original – A pressure ridge in the Antarctic ice near Scott Base, with lenticular clouds in the sky
Reason
High quality
Articles in which this image appears
Pressure ridge (ice), Lenticular cloud, Earth, Scott Base
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Weather
Creator
NASA/Michael Studinger

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:28, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]



Lucy Arbell as Queen Amahelli in Massenet's Bacchus

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Original – Lucy Arbell as Queen Amahelli in Jules Massenet's Bacchus
Reason
Nice view of the costume, and the opera being one of the most obscure Massenet operas means that there aren't a huge amount of resources for it, so it's a lucky find. There's a couple other options - a closeup of Arbell's face, and one that I'm not quite convinced is from Bacchus, whereas this one has some very strong evidence. Beyond that, there's a few set designs, but that's more for when the article's more developed.
Articles in which this image appears
Bacchus (opera), Lucy Arbell
FP category for this image
WP:FP/THEATRE
Creator
Paul Nadar, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Lucy Arbell as Queen Amahelli in Massenet's Bacchus, wide view.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:56, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]



Julie d'Aubigny redux

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Original – Julie d'Aubigny (1670/1673–1707), a.k.a. Mademoiselle Maupin. In a dramatic life with many lovers, she created several rôles in notable operas - as well as having the contralto voice type in opera created for her (if our article on Tancrède is to be believed), and inspired a book by Théophile Gautier.
Reason
It's passed Commons, and, as far as I can tell, only didn't pass here a month ago because of a low point of participation around the time of its last nomination. More information at that nomination.
Articles in which this image appears
Julie d'Aubigny
FP category for this image
It's a judgement call, but probably Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment.
Creator
Unknown artist, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Mademoiselle Maupin de l'Opéra (Julie d'Aubigny).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:02, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]



Battle of Austerlitz

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Original – Painting of the Battle of Austerlitz, 1810 (five years after the event)
Reason
High encyclopedic value, visually appealing
Articles in which this image appears
Lead image in Battle of Austerlitz, War of the Third Coalition, and Napoleonic Wars. Used in several others.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/War
Creator
François Gérard
  • Support as nominator – (t · c) buidhe 07:30, 10 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - could use a slight level correction in the shadows - details get lost in the darkest parts. --Janke | Talk 13:21, 10 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – Who's who? – Sca (talk) 13:30, 10 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment The filename was confusing or incorrect because it seems this painter was not commonly known as Pascal; I've changed it accordingly. I also adjusted the shadows. (t · c) buidhe 22:48, 10 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – this was nominated previously: [6], [7], the scan comes out to 11 pixels per inch of canvas, not very detailed. Bammesk (talk) 03:35, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Request withdrawn I didn't realize that this was nominated before. Although I was unable to find any higher-resolution/better quality photographs online, hopefully one will be uploaded in the future. (t · c) buidhe 04:17, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:06, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]



La bohéme, Act III

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Original – Advertisement for the music score of La bohème
Reason
A fine poster, advertising the music score, contemporaneous with the first productions, with art by the same person as designed the costumes for the première (hence, I presume, the date: The opera premièred early 1896, but a lead time would get 1895 for the art easily.
Articles in which this image appears
La bohème
FP category for this image
WP:FP/THEATRE
Creator
Adolfo Hohenstein, restored by Adam Cuerden
  • Support as nominator –
    FPs 19:27, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply
    ]
  • Support – Bammesk (talk) 01:52, 3 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Does not add significantly to article. Need poster for First Performance in Italy/the one in the infobox. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:19, 3 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'd say a major, major opera can have one FP per Act. And many have (see Aida). The only requirement for an FP in the line of what you propose is that the article is robust enough to hold them, and that they aren't redundant to each other - each shows something differently valuable. Otherwise, we're in a situation where we're basically saying every image but the first in an article should never be improved.
If we go by your requirement, why should anyone **ever** improve anythng but the main image of an article? Why bother photographing juveniale birds? Why would I put 10 hours into restoring any image but the lead?
That requirement leads to terrible mediocrity.
FPs 14:37, 3 July 2020 (UTC)[reply
]
I get all this. Is this performance in France particularly significant? I would argue that an image of a juvenile bird could qualify as "Featured pictures are images that add significantly to article", but I would normally nominate the infobox image first. Many of my "second in article" nominations fail here e.g. the panther chameleon current nomination which I suggest adds hugely to the article, but voters here disagee. Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:01, 3 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
To paraphrase Bammesk's reasoned oppose vote below. An image of an early performance in Italy, has more EV than a later performance in France. Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:15, 3 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Allow me to clear up a misconception: This is from the first production worldwide, by the costume and prop designer for the first production, and predates the first production in France by three years (and the first production worldwide by a couple months). The Ricordi publishing company was basically Puccini's patron. I presume Italian versions of this same advertisement exist, but Italian libraries are pretty, er... locked down to us. It's by the same exact artist, and same timeframe as the poster at the start of the article.
FPs 15:56, 3 July 2020 (UTC)[reply
]
Thanks, Oppose struck. I normally support the image that adds most value to an article (I thought we all did) and I'd be interested how Bammesk sees this issue, comparing his oppose of my nom of the reptile. I think we should be consistent. Charlesjsharp (talk) 18:02, 3 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
How I see what issue?! Bammesk (talk) 15:08, 4 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I was referring to your comment 'the one in the infobox has more EV', which is what I'm arguing here (though not opposing). 17:52, 4 July 2020 (UTC)
About the reptile nom: my quote is "a full body photo, like the one in the infobox, has more EV." [8] It has more EV not because it is in the infobox, it has more EV because it is a full body photo. By saying "like the one in the infobox", I meant "such as" that photo, I meant to point you to it. I used commas, one on each side, to isolate it as an example photo. The comment's rationale was "a full body shot .... has more EV". And I inserted an example in the dotted lines. I elaborate more in the reptile nom. Bammesk (talk) 19:01, 4 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Look, I don't think we should be falling out over this. The community here is generally very mutually supportive. I'm going to take a short break and see you all later. Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:18, 4 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Advertisement for the music score of La Bohème, 1895.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:49, 13 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]



Crepidotus variabilis

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Original – Crepidotus variabilis, specimen is 9 mm (0.35 in) in diameter.
Reason
High quality lead image. Closeup of Crepidotus variabilis, a fungi species. This specimen is 9mm in diameter. The species doesn't have its own article, the image is used in the genus article Crepidotus.
Articles in which this image appears
Crepidotus
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Fungi
Creator
Famberhorst
  • Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 00:47, 3 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I think you'd be better off nominating one of his many FPs. This one is not one of the best. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:15, 3 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Charles, I suggest you do your homework first and check the file description page before making statements like that. This was voted 17 to nil on Commons [9]. This is just a cropped version, cropped for infobox (too much empty space for infobox). Also, don't cast aspersions, be specific when you comment, calling something "not the best" doesn’t mean anything, it's just an aspersion unless you say why, do you object the focus, the colors, or what? Lastly, Commons FP is not a requirement. I know you want it to be, but it is not. Bammesk (talk) 10:17, 3 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Steady on, my friend! I didn't object, I commented. I didn't spot it was FP because the file description page makes no mention of FP because you uploaded a crop of a Famberhorst FP. I can't be expected to notice that it is derived from an existing file - that's not "homework"! You should mention this in the nomination "Reason" to help voters. I didn't vote for the FP as it is too soft for my taste and has a weird halo, but I do not oppose Commons FPs here on technical grounds as the majority decision has been made. I am not obliged to support though. You are of course entitled to upload modified versions of other people's photos, but I hate it when people do it to mine. I think one should always ask the authors if they are still active. Also, you've made a mistake on the catgegories as you have duplicated the image in FP categories. Your crop is not FP at Commons, so this and the user categories need to be removed. Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:41, 3 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • The onus isn't on nominators to show you a Commons FP nom, Commons FP is not a requirement here at en-WP. When you comment, the onus is on you to do it right (regardless of vote). You suggested the image quality isn't up to Commons FP, wrong, it is, and wrong because Commons FP is not a requirement, and then you didn't say why, another wrong, and this last wrong is a big deal. "This is not one of the best" on its own is meaningless. It is an opinion, but it says nothing about the image. When you write a negative critique, say the specifics upfront, say it is the focus and the halo, and say it upfront, not after a back and forth. . . . . Uploading a crop as a separate file doesn't need an ask. . . . . The categories were automatically assigned by CropTool, not me. They were inherited from the original. You can drop a note at Commons:Administrators' noticeboard, there may be a reason for it. Bammesk (talk) 14:32, 4 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:52, 13 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]



Les Huguenots

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Original – Depiction of Act II in the original production of Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots.
Reason
A fine illustration of Act II in the original production. Adds significant value by showing a significant piece of the work.
Articles in which this image appears
Les Huguenots
FP category for this image
WP:FP/THEATRE
Creator
Célestin Deshayes; restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Meyerbeer - Les Huguenots - Décor Acte II.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:37, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]



American officer and French partisan crouch behind an auto during a street fight in a French city

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Original – A French partisan and an American soldier in a French city, 1944.
Reason
Highly historically valuable image. The quality could be better, however in my opinion the historical value and compelling human interest of the image outweighs its flaws.
Articles in which this image appears
French resistance (lead image), History of France, Sten, cover of a book
(different version)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War II
Creator
unknown US Army Signal Corps soldier, uploaded by National Archives bot, restored by User:Buidhe
  • Support as nominator – (t · c) buidhe 01:30, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. MER-C 09:41, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – Bammesk (talk) 16:22, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment There's a line on the cheek of the man who's standing up a bit more; I think it's an artefact as it looks misplaced for a scar. There's also a speck roghtly left and slightly down of the nose on the crouching figure. Minor specks elsewhere, including on the left... gendarme (?)'s face, but those seem the most important. Otherwise, looks pretty good, but I do like a little bit of extra attention to faces.
    FPs 16:55, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply
    ]
    • @Adam Cuerden:  Done all these things (hopefully) — this is the first photograph I've tried to restore to FP quality, so I really appreciate the feedback! (t · c) buidhe 19:25, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
It looks good. There's still a bright spot on the cheek of the left man in the kepi in the back, which I'd remove as well, but Support
FPs 19:40, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply
]
  • Support. TheFreeWorld (talk) 09:44, 6 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose This is an obviously posed photo with little EV - if this was really a "street fight", why would French gendarmes be standing together in the background making themselves obvious targets, and what's the soldier in the background doing just hanging around with his gun in its sling when the American soldier and resistance fighter are in combat? And why was the photographer standing in the street between the supposed fighters and whoever they were fighting to take this photo? A high proportion of "combat" photos from World War II were posed, but usually not as blatantly as this. Nick-D (talk) 11:28, 6 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    • If you look at the
      French resistance article, you can see that virtually no photographs show the French resistance in action, they are all either post-liberation or show prisoners in German captivity. So unless there are better images to be had, I think this one retains significant EV. (t · c) buidhe 11:54, 6 July 2020 (UTC)[reply
      ]
  • Oppose. Nick-D raised legitimate questions about this photo. It actually looks staged. --Gnosis (talk) 17:54, 6 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose for now. We have historically blocked FP for photos that, like this one, have subjects who appear to be identifiable but have not been identified. Knowing who they were could go some way towards clarifying the seemingly-staged nature of the photo. —David Eppstein (talk) 19:50, 6 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    • It's not unusual for the protagonists of a famous photograph to be unidentified. The Osprey book which has the photograph on its cover does not give their names or any additional information than is in the NARA caption, nor can I find it anywhere online. (t · c) buidhe 21:57, 6 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • I disagree that a staged photograph necessarily lacks EV. This painting does not accurately depict the Battle of Austerlitz, rather it is a staged composition, but it is used as the lead image because we have no better images to use. I submit that this case is much the same, as it is dangerous to take photographs when combat is actually occurring. Should we delist Adam Cuerden's opera posters because they are promotional, not particularly realistic, and don't perfectly represent the opera in progress? (t · c) buidhe 21:57, 6 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    • My concern here is that this is a badly staged photo. The photographer didn't even ask the guys hanging around in the background to get out of shot. Nick-D (talk) 08:16, 7 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak oppose - It's certainly staged, but the frightening lack of firearm safety by that lieutenant is astounding. He's about to shoot the Frenchman in the leg. Yikes. Not good in terms of realism or professionalism. -- Veggies (talk) 16:34, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    • Maybe the safety was on?? ;-) --Janke | Talk 19:17, 12 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:39, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]



Cardamine pratensis

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Original – Meadow cuckooflower in the Hain area in Bamberg
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC last month, where it was featured unanimously. Well executed focus stack.
Articles in which this image appears
Cardamine pratensis
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Flowers
Creator
Ermell
  • Support as nominator – MER-C 09:47, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Nice image, but I really think that a flower FP should show stamen & pistils to have enough EV. Easy to reshoot such an image. --Janke | Talk 10:20, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:28, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]



Kartik Naach (32461707477)

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Original – Two people performing Kartik Naach.
Cropped – Two people performing Kartik Naach.
Reason
It decpits Kartik Naach preety well.
Articles in which this image appears
Kartik Naach
FP category for this image
Culture and lifestyle
Creator
S Pakhrin
  • Support as nominator – ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk 11:14, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose – Unfortunately, bright light in background spoils this image. Fails Criterion 3. – Sca (talk) 12:55, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose quality is not good enough unfortunately, strange artifacts appear on the left side of the image. (t · c) buidhe 21:15, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • No, the artifacts are still there and I agree with MER-C's point about the composition. (t · c) buidhe 13:38, 6 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - poor composition: cut off on bottom. MER-C 13:35, 6 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per above --Andrei (talk) 07:11, 7 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:29, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]



Mucha's poster for Gismonda (the other one)

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Original – Alphonse Mucha's poster for Victorien Sardou's play Gismonda, starring Sarah Bernhardt
Reason
This was the poster that made Alphonse Mucha's career, as well as a lovely example of Art Nouveau. However, I must point out a downside: This is the reprint from Les Maîtres d'Affiche, a roughly contemporaneous reprint, but a reprint nonetheless.
Articles in which this image appears
Gismonda et al
FP category for this image
WP:FP/THEATRE
Creator
Alphonse Mucha, restored by Adam Cuerden
  • Support as nominator –
    FPs 19:06, 14 July 2020 (UTC)[reply
    ]
  • Support. —David Eppstein (talk) 21:03, 14 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – taking an exception to horizontal pixel count, it's historic and detailed enough. Bammesk (talk) 04:09, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support (t · c) buidhe 04:18, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Ah! I've just asked a question at Commons that you've answered here. The source image is poor quality compared to the original and should not be the one we feature. Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:36, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Withdraw
    FPs 18:06, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply
    ]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:46, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]



Romanian Athenaeum

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Original – Romanian Athenaeum, Bucharest, Romania
Reason
High quality
Articles in which this image appears
Romanian Athenaeum, George Enescu, George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Poco a poco
  • Support as nominator – TheFreeWorld (talk) 09:27, 6 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Nice image, but I'm not seeing what EV it adds that's not in the lead image of the article. (t · c) buidhe 09:47, 6 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    @Buidhe: I have replaced the infobox image with this one, it's better. MER-C 13:34, 6 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - harsh lighting. MER-C 13:34, 6 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:04, 16 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]



Saint Anne (wall painting)

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Original – Saint Anne (wall painting)
Reason
High EV, one of the most well known and described examples of Nubian art
Articles in which this image appears
Saint Anne (wall painting)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others
Creator
Unknown, scanned by
National Museum in Warsaw

Promoted File:Autor nieznany, św. Anna - fragment postaci. Malowidło ścienne.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:12, 16 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]



Kefermarkt altarpiece

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Original – Top right wing of Kefermarkt altarpiece, depicting the birth of Christ
Reason
As far as I understand the criteria, I believe this picture meets them. It has high EV and sculptures are somewhat underrepresented among the Featured Pictures. I would actually like to nominate the whole set of the four panels of the altarpiece, but can't find any instructions on how to do it, if it's at all possible.
Articles in which this image appears
Kefermarkt altarpiece
FP category for this image
Sculpture
Creator
Uoaei1
  • Support as nominator – Yakikaki (talk) 11:21, 7 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak oppose Currently, this image is part of a gallery. There isn't much commentary on each part of the panels, so I'm not seeing the contextual significance expected of featured pictures. However, this could easily be remedied by expanding the article with commentary about each part, removing the images from the gallery and putting them alongside the prose. (t · c) buidhe 11:28, 7 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Buidhe: Thanks for your comments and suggestions, I think they make a lot of sense. Unfortunately though, I've been going through the sources I have and don't think I have sufficient material for a proper expansion of the article, at least not at the moment. Is it possible to close this nomination and, if I eventually manage a meaningful expansion, re-nominate the set? Thanks for your help, I'm rarely in this part of Wikipedia. Yakikaki (talk) 12:53, 8 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Hold on, I think I've managed to find a really useful source among my books actually. Sorry for the mixed message, but I think I could be able to address these issues and get back soon with an improved article and use of the images. Yakikaki (talk) 13:07, 8 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Buidhe: Can the current setup convince you? I've expanded the article (and will probably keep adding a few things later since I've managed to find good sources) and re-arranged the pictures. I think this is the best I'll be able to do for the panels, and still keep them coherently together and in a place within the article that makes sense. Yakikaki (talk) 13:33, 9 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – soft top left corner, but EV and a nice article expansion. Bammesk (talk) 01:15, 10 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:22, 17 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]



Bombing of Concordia Vega oil refinery in Ploești by USAAF B-24s, 31 May 1944

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B-24s of the United States Fifteenth Air Force
on 31 May 1944
Reason
High encyclopedic value, looks cool
Articles in which this image appears
Strategic bombing in World War II, Bombing of Romania in World War II, United States Strategic Bombing Survey, Catherine Caradja
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War II
Creator
Richard R. Ganczak (USAAF bombardier), restored by Buidhe
  • Support as nominator – (t · c) buidhe 23:42, 7 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – there are two dark spots, in the middle near the bottom, they don't look they belong there, I think they can be cleaned up. Bammesk (talk) 01:43, 8 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - Genuine war picture, not staged... ;-) Those little black clouds are from
    flak fire - the photo might be added to that article, too. --Janke | Talk 10:26, 8 July 2020 (UTC)[reply
    ]
  • Support. MER-C 19:09, 8 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support : DreamSparrow Chat 15:37, 9 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Widely reproduced action shot showing what a World War II heavy bomber raid looked like Nick-D (talk) 00:03, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Bombing of Concordia Vega oil refinery in Ploești by USAAF B-24s, 31 May 1944 — restored.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:58, 17 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]



Marthasterias

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Original – Spiny starfish (Marthasterias glacialis), Madeira, Portugal
Alternate – CSS Image crop, better DOF
Alternate – CSS Image crop, better DOF
Reason
About to be featured on Commons. Blurriness mitigated by high resolution and degree of difficulty.
Articles in which this image appears
Marthasterias
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Others
Creator
Diego Delso
  • Support as nominator – MER-C 13:08, 12 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    Support the alt too. MER-C 16:29, 12 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support either, prefer Alt, I introduced an alternate by the same photographer. It is just as detailed at the same magnification of starfish, and it has better depth of field/focus. Bammesk (talk) 15:51, 12 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support either, slightly prefer alt due to focus although the original has more striking colors. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 07:22, 13 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Alt is ineligible. Not in article. Charlesjsharp (talk) 19:51, 13 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:47, 22 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]



Tatev Monastery

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Original – Tatev monastery and surroundings
Reason
Detailed view of Tatev monastery and its surroundings. Sidenote: first nom [10] showed more of the surroundings but it was less detailed and a slightly stretched photo.
Articles in which this image appears
Tatev Monastery
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Others
Creator
Diego Delso
  • Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 14:45, 12 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. MER-C 16:31, 12 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - DreamSparrow Chat 09:47, 13 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - good, representative, high-quality image of a notable subject. Shame about the scaffolding, temporary roof and other building site debris, but it's an accurate depiction of the site as it stood at the time, and much higher-quality than alternatives that don't have this. TSP (talk) 11:51, 13 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose The infobox image, though not of this quality, is more encyclopaedic. Charlesjsharp (talk) 19:47, 13 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Neutral I agree with Charles. The scaffolding and such is likely removed now, and temporary additions to an ancient structure, with no discussion of the work being done (at least, not next to the image - if this was moved to the renovations section...), just doesn't seem to work. A pity, as the quality is excellent, but the EV is wanting because of that.
    FPs 20:56, 14 July 2020 (UTC)[reply
    ]
  • Yes, it should be completed now, I think it's this: "The reconstruction of the Church of Surb Astvatsatsin to its original appearance was incorporated in the first stage of the Tatev monastic complex restoration. Work began in August 2016 and finished in October 2018." TSP (talk) 21:07, 14 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • WP:IDONTLIKEIT, examples [11], [12]. So often that I think it's disruptive. The instructions on top of this page call for "specific rationale". Just about all participants intuitively comment with some level of specificity. See Sca's comment here for example: "artsy composition", he is very clear.[reply
    ]
  • Ok, let's leave it where it is. I agree the scaffolding isn't ideal, but this is the sharpest clearest image we have, and the scaffolding isn't totally out of context given the renovation section of the article. Bammesk (talk) 01:49, 16 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. I agree with the criticism above. It may be the sharpest image, but sharpness isn't everything we need to consider. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:34, 16 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:48, 22 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]



Gismonda

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 22 Jul 2020 at 17:01:04 (UTC)

Original – Poster for the Paris première of Gismonda.
Reason
80+ Megapixel scan of a poster from a notable opera by a notable composer, based on a notable play by an even more notable playwright. Article on the opera could be longer, but it's also used in the play and playwright's articles, and FPs can help draw attention to articles.
Articles in which this image appears
Gismonda (Février), Gismonda, and Victorien Sardou
FP category for this image
WP:FP/THEATRE
Creator
Georges Rochegrosse, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Georges Rochegrosse - Henry Février - Henri Cain and Louis Payen after Victorien Sardou - Gismonda.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 05:56, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]



St. Mary's Basilica, Kraków

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 23 Jul 2020 at 11:15:14 (UTC)

Original – St. Mary's Basilica, Kraków
Reason
Good quality, EV, shows the church within the cultural and architectural landscape
Articles in which this image appears
St. Mary's Basilica, Kraków
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
User:Jar.ciurus
  • Support as nominator – Andrei (talk) 11:15, 13 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – Artsy composition doesn't show the building very well. – Sca (talk) 12:39, 13 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. I agree with Sca. It's a great picture, but much more "postcard" than "encyclopedia illustration". Josh Milburn (talk) 16:13, 18 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:30, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]



Thermoclines and jellyfish

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 27 Jul 2020 at 13:05:20 (UTC)

Moon jellyfish disturbing the top water layer of Gullmarn fjord at Sämstad, Lysekil Municipality, Sweden. The photo was taken on a calm, sunny morning after a rain, so it's likely that the layer is warmer water with some freshwater added. In this case that would make a thermocline coincide with a halocline and resulting in a very thin but visible pycnocline. This difference in density and the altered refractive index
is what makes the water look "oily". —image description on Commons
Reason
it is a high quality pic and one of the only ones that shows the subject as it appears in real life (rather than a diagram)
Articles in which this image appears
Thermocline, pycnocline, cline (hydrology)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Others
Creator
W.carter
  • Support as nominator – (t · c) buidhe 13:05, 17 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – a natural depiction of a density gradient phenomenon caused by salinity and temperature variations. Bammesk (talk) 03:46, 18 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Illustrates phenomenon well, but jellies are not in focus. Charlesjsharp (talk) 06:59, 18 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak support for the EV alone regarding a high difficulty subject. It's a blurry mess at full res. MER-C 16:01, 19 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:12, 27 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]



Lawrence Hogan

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 28 Jul 2020 at 14:11:08 (UTC)

Original – Lawrence Hogan
Reason
A handsome portrait of the man who may have brought down Richard Nixon.[13]
Articles in which this image appears
Lawrence Hogan
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives; restored by Coffeeandcrumbs
  • Coffeeandcrumbs, I annotated some spots on Commons. His left eye has two bright spots, the lower spot isn't real, it doesn't match his right eye. The image isn't sharp at full size, but the pixel count is high and it meets the pixel count requirement even after a scale down. I did a quick google search and there are very few photos of him from that era. This image is from the archives of the U.S. congress, so I am inclined to support for its EV, once the annotated spots are touched up. Bammesk (talk) 14:39, 19 July 2020 (UTC)[reply
    ]
Coffeeandcrumbs) 04:40, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply
]
Support Conditional per Adam, below – Bammesk (talk) 12:18, 25 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose I strongly prefer
    FPs 20:02, 25 July 2020 (UTC)[reply
    ]
  • I'm presuming this nomination is basically dead at this point, but would encourage a re-nom soon after it closes (with, perhaps, enough time for the uncropped image to settle in).
    FPs 00:36, 26 July 2020 (UTC)[reply
    ]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:21, 28 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]



Field goal

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 28 Jul 2020 at 16:03:46 (UTC)

Original – Kicker Connor Barth executing a field goal in Tampa Bay Buccaneers versus the New York Giants in 2015.
Reason
Good depiction of field goal execution in American and Canadian football.
Articles in which this image appears
Field goal, American football
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Sport
Creator
U.S. Air Force, photographer Ned T. Johnston

Promoted File:Connor Barth attempts field goal 8 November 2015 151108-F-ID984-017.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:01, 28 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]



Glanville fritillaries mating

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 29 Jul 2020 at 09:58:48 (UTC)

Original – Glanville fritillaries mating
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC this month, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Glanville fritillary
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Sven Damerow
  • Consistent actually, not "interesting" Armbrust (although I know you don't mean interesting). The first infobox image for marsh fritillary was rejected by Bammesk with reason "there are better images in the article". The second is an FP. And see comments below. Charlesjsharp (talk) 14:22, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Is it just me, or is there a LOT of dew on the butterflies? It looks pretty, but is arguably less encyclopedic.
    FPs 05:38, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply
    ]
  • Comment Yes, this photo was taken very early in the morning. Lovely photo, but not encyclopaedic (or often seen) adding little value to the article. Charlesjsharp (talk) 14:14, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:10, 29 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]



Gallotia galloti palmae

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 29 Jul 2020 at 10:08:59 (UTC)

Original – Close up of Gallotia galloti palmae, head, male
Reason
FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Gallotia galloti
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Reptiles
Creator
H. Zell
  • Support as nominator – MER-C 10:08, 19 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – DreamSparrow Chat 11:21, 21 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Infobox image is more useful. Charlesjsharp (talk) 19:59, 21 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • This is lovely photography, but it being cut off limits EV. It's way better quality than the lead, but I'm not sure the crop of half the lizard is justified.
    FPs 22:09, 25 July 2020 (UTC)[reply
    ]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:10, 29 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]



Nina Simone

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 29 Jul 2020 at 15:08:43 (UTC)

Original – Nina Simone in 1965
Reason
Portrait of Nina Simone at the peak of her career in 1965. The photo shows her in Amsterdam during her European tour. A tighter crop of this portrait has been the lead image since 2013. I recently restored the photo and widened the crop.
Articles in which this image appears
Nina Simone
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Photographer: Ron Kroon, source: National Archives of the Netherlands, restoration: Bammesk
  • Yeah. Crop makes sense here, methinks. Wouldn't mind more headroom, but that seems the original amount.
    FPs 02:41, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply
    ]
  • Source says CC0. Why do you ask? Is it unclear? Bammesk (talk) 00:28, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • I thought copyright rested with the creator Kroon, not an organisation that has a print/the original. And are you sure you can crop an artist's photo? But I'm no copyright expert. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:58, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • The National Archive of the Netherlands says it's licenced CC0 by the copyright holder (whoever that might be). I see no reason to disbelieve them. CC0 allows cropping and any other use you might like. It is not the case that any national copyright law disallows cropping of copyrighted works. What they might disallow is cropping without permission of the copyright holder. But here we have been told, authoritatively, that this permission has been granted. —David Eppstein (talk) 21:06, 25 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • WP:DISRUPT. Your questions in this nom are disruptive. Your copyright question relates to 400,000 files in This category, if you aren't clear and want to take issue with the copyright, then fine, do it at Commons help desk. Your crop question relates to all files on Commons, same thing with that, take it to Commons help desk. This nomination is not a help page for newbies, which by the way you are not. Bammesk (talk) 22:11, 25 July 2020 (UTC)[reply
    ]

Promoted File:Nina Simone 1965 - restoration1.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:56, 29 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]



Ariane

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 30 Jul 2020 at 03:36:19 (UTC)

Original – Poster for the première of Jules Massenet's Ariane
Reason
Some may have caught on I love Massenet. This is the poster for the première of his Ariane, lovingly restored.
Articles in which this image appears
Ariane (Massenet)
FP category for this image
WP:FP/THEATRE
Creator
Albert Maignan, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Albert Pierre-René Maignan - Jules Massenet - Ariane.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:29, 30 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]



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