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L'Enfant et les sortilèges redux

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 1 Jun 2019 at 07:46:02 (UTC)

Scene 1
Scene 2

Reason: They're two of very few - possibly the only - free images for this work, and are rather good ones. Focus more on the sets than the scenes, but hint at most of the objects that come to life, save the animals in the garden. This was nominated once before, but fell into one of those weeks no-one was around. It passed on Commons by Rule of the 5th day, though, and, if anything, I'd have thought Commons would judge this much more harshly.
Articles in which this image appears: L'enfant et les sortilèges
FP category for this image: WP:FP/THEATRE
Creator: Anonymous, restored by User:Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – FPs 07:46, 22 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Support as before. Unfortunately, the crickets are still chirping. MER-C 16:20, 22 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Geoffroi (talk) 02:27, 23 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support - DreamSparrow ^Chat 10:32, 24 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support – Yann (talk) 16:32, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Colette and Maurice Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges, 1st scene.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:38, 1 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Colette and Maurice Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges, 2nd scene.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:38, 1 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

RMS Titanic Lifeboat No. 1

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 12 Jun 2019 at 11:35:04 (UTC)

Original – Controversial #Boat 1, launched with only 12 on board, mostly men and crew members.

Reason

Good descriptive picture to a well-sourced article on the most controversial boat launched from the vessel with only 12 on board (out of them 10 were men, and out of them 8 crew members).

Articles in which this image appears

RMS Titanic Lifeboat No. 1

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Water

Creator

BayerNYC

Support as nominator – LLcentury (talk) 11:35, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment it's a little bit fuzzy up back, how can I fix that? Thanks a lot!!!!!! --LLcentury (talk) 11:45, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose - this is just a photo of a model, not the real boat. Also not up to technical standards. --Janke | Talk 12:00, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose – Ditto. Zero EV. Sca (talk) 12:50, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Change to Oppose - Sca Reading above I understand why it doesn't meet criteria. Close it if needed. Kind regards and looking for further good pictures! --LLcentury (talk) 12:54, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted (nomination withdrawn) MER-C 19:10, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Mauricio Macri, current President of Argentina

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 10 Jun 2019 at 00:06:34 (UTC)

Original – Official portrait of President of Argentina Mauricio Macri

Reason

It's the official picture of the President and I think it's of good resolution.

Articles in which this image appears

Mauricio Macri

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political

Creator

Casa Rosada photographers

Support as nominator – LLcentury (talk) 00:06, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - strange, unpleasant color balance due to mixed light. Oppose unless fixed. --Janke | Talk 12:26, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Change to oppose - Since I don't have a clue idea on how to fix a picture, I regret the nomination. Kind regards & Best wishes. --LLcentury (talk) 12:32, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose – Static, posed official photo of negligible visual interest. Sca (talk) 13:10, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted (nomination withdrawn) MER-C 19:13, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Jacinda Ardern after the Christchurch mosque shootings

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 10 Apr 2019 at 16:28:48 (UTC)

Original – Jacinda Ardern after the Christchurch mosque shootings

Reason

Huge encyclopedic value. The extent of the photo's significance to the events has even been written about in e.g. The Guardian and The Sydney Morning Herald. Seems like a good example of EV outweighing some elements on the technical side that would typically prevent an image from being promoted. See also the Signpost.

Articles in which this image appears

Christchurch mosque shootings, Jacinda Ardern

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political

Creator

Kirk Hargreaves, uploaded by Giantflightlessbirds

Support as nominator – — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 16:28, 31 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Conditional support provided that the OTRS permission is verified. Photo has become notable in its own right. MER-C 17:40, 31 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that we should wait until the OTRS is cleared. —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 20:11, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Very poor image of an important event. There are dozens of better ones around. Charlesjsharp (talk) 18:00, 31 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support. This is a case of the picture of itself being an item of interest - and this is partially because of the technical imperfections. The nominator's claim of high EV holds up. --LukeSurl^{t c} 08:06, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

~~Comment~~ Oppose – This depicts an emotionally charged recent event, and the image captures that. However, I wonder how much the original image was manipulated for effect – the hands for instance. Color? Saturation? In other words, is this a picture of how things really were? – Sca (talk) 15:11, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

PS: Keep in mind, Ms. Adern is a currently sitting politician. – Sca (talk) 15:13, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I certainly hear your concern, but I would argue (as others have) that the EV of the image outweighs those technical concerns. However, if you still have outstanding issues, what solution would you propose? Cwilson97 (talk) 16:14, 1 April 2019
From the Guardian and Sydney Morning Herald stories above we have a pretty detailed account of how the image was taken. "The photo, which first appeared on a city council Twitter feed, appeared as taken with barely any touch-ups or editing." —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 20:11, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

So you are opposing because of ... a feeling of wondering if something is manipulated? The hands in particular? What evidence do you have for this (and/or that the accounts in the publications are lying/misleading)? Are you saying the hands are copied in? Or just that the saturation was changed (as it has been for many or even most FPs, to some degree). Oppose because you think the technical specs are more important than the broad press coverage this has received reporting on the significance of the photo to the events, or because they're wrong, but not because of some hunch of bad faith on the part of the photographer or some allusion to [over-?]post-processing. There are plenty of valid reasons to oppose this one -- it's the quality is not typical of FPs, after all -- but this one I don't get. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 21:18, 2 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose, the picture does not really describe either of the main topics, but is tangentially related to both, so I do not see strong EV for this artistic photograph. Mattximus (talk) 20:36, 2 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure how the photo of Jacinda Ardern in one of her most important public appearances is only tangentially related to Jacinda Ardern. And the feeling here in NZ is that photo is absolutely an important part of the mosque shootings aftermath. —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 20:42, 3 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Through a window blurred with reflections? Mattximus (talk) 00:58, 4 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Yes. What does the technical quality have to do with whether it's an important photo or not? Have you read the linked articles about the photo? —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 01:25, 4 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support I don't get it, but the evidence convinces me this image is iconic of the event. I suspect, if it doesn't pass, coming back in a month with evidence of its enduring importance will make it pass. FPs 01:09, 4 April 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Support – there are sufficient sources on the photo itself that it would be notable even in the absence of the surrounding context, which I think suggests sufficient EV; it's great to have a notable news photo available to Wikipedia straight after the event. TSP (talk) 11:05, 4 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom --Tagishsimon (talk) 22:34, 4 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

What about the OTRS permission? Do you have the ticket number? Regards, Yann (talk) 21:04, 5 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Weak support, but could we perhaps hold off promoting until permission is confirmed with OTRS? I am definitely excited that we have an image that has been so widely commented upon, but I think the EV could be better grounded if one or both of the articles discussed the photograph, even if it's only a line or two - hence the "weak". Josh Milburn (talk) 13:46, 7 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I'd DEFINITELY support suspending this until OTRS clears, but only after the voting period is over. FPs 16:57, 7 April 2019 (UTC)[reply
]
Agree, Conditional support pending OTRS permission, I added some details to the image caption in her article. Bammesk (talk) 19:51, 7 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I'll suspend this nomination, for a maximum of two months, until OTRS permission is confirmed. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:08, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Giantflightlessbirds: Do you have any additional information about the OTRS status? If you were involved in the email to permissions, perhaps you've seen the ticket# that we can get someone to check on? — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 14:13, 19 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

For the record, OTRS seems really backlogged. If no problems have arisen in the two months, I'm happy to promote this, instead of junking the FP status. I think it has enough supports for that to happen? FPs 22:39, 14 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
]
There's no reason why we shouldn't wait the backlog out. That said, I posted an inquiry on the Commons OTRS noticeboard. MER-C 16:15, 15 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
"maximum of two months" FPs 02:35, 16 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Adam Cuerden I can leave this in the suspended section longer, but currently without the conditional supports this isn't succeeding. (5,5 support and 3 opposes = 64%). Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 09:53, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Why is this picture seriously considered for promotion when half of her face is covered by weird lens glare. This photo has meh EV at best, and is intended for "artistic" purpose. I have a hard time believing that an editor with enough interest could not get permission for something like this that is way more visual without appealing to "artistic" artifices. 71.197.186.255 (talk) 06:32, 23 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:NZ PM Jacinda Ardern - Kirk HargreavesCCC.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 07:33, 3 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

After the OTRS permission was verified the image has 7,5 supports and 3 opposed, which is enough for promotion.
Added image to Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/Others. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 07:33, 3 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Mae Jemison

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 3 Jun 2019 at 23:10:50 (UTC)

Original – Mae Jemison, an engineer and physician, who became the first black woman to travel in space when she served as an astronaut aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour.

Reason

EV: official portrait of the first black woman to go to space. As far as NASA portraits go, this is one of the nicest I have seen. Great detailed look at her suit and helmet. Her hair also looks really cool.

Articles in which this image appears

List of female spacefarers, Mae Jemison, and Texas Women's Hall of Fame

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering

Creator

NASA

Support as nominator – --- Coffeeandcrumbs 23:10, 24 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Eye-catching, high quality, good EV, widely used on en. —David Eppstein (talk) 01:18, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Excellent! FPs 02:37, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Support --Janke | Talk 07:40, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Geoffroi (talk) 09:18, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support - could benefit from a little noise reduction, but is otherwise fine. MER-C 10:07, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@MER-C: I would welcome any assistance. That is not my area of expertise. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 10:31, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
From wht I saw, the damage I'd want to fix is so minor it's probably not worth it. FPs 14:38, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:04, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support – Yann (talk) 16:29, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support --Wow (talk) 21:38, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support. As I have said at Commons, she looks an awful lot like Michael Burnham this way. Daniel Case (talk) 01:40, 1 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Mae Carol Jemison.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:27, 3 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Leptosia nina nina

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 4 Jun 2019 at 10:03:24 (UTC)

Original – Leptosia nina is a species of butterfly endemic to south-east Asia. L. n. nina is native to India.

Reason

Featured unanimously on Commons two years ago. Impressive detail and sharpness.

Articles in which this image appears

Leptosia nina, List of butterflies of Sri Lanka (Pieridae)

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects

Creator

Jeevan Jose

Support as nominator – MER-C 10:03, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support even though it's a damaged specimen. Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:04, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support per Charles. FPs 14:30, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Support – Yann (talk) 16:28, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Geoffroi (talk) 00:24, 26 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Leptosia nina-Kadavoor-2017-05-04-003.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 10:48, 4 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Red-billed streamertail female in flight

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 4 Jun 2019 at 11:08:15 (UTC)

Original – Red-billed streamertail hummingbird (Trochilus polytmus) female in flight, Strawberry Hill, Jamaica

Reason

High quality large image. FP on Commons.

Articles in which this image appears

Red-billed streamertail

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds

Creator

Charlesjsharp

Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:08, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support FPs 14:34, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Support – Yann (talk) 16:24, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Wow, excellent shot. Mattximus (talk) 17:33, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Geoffroi (talk) 09:06, 26 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support. MER-C 10:24, 27 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support : DreamSparrow ^Chat 13:42, 28 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Red-billed streamertail (Trochilus polytmus) female in flight 2.JPG --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 11:09, 4 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Parson's chameleon female

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 4 Jun 2019 at 11:14:28 (UTC)

Original – Parson's chameleon (Calumma parsonii cristifer) female Andasibe, Madagascar

Reason

High quality large image. FP on Commons. Illustrates article well.

Articles in which this image appears

Parson's chameleon

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Reptiles

Creator

Charlesjsharp

Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:14, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It kind of looks lik it's glowing a bit... both from the obvious mark visible in thumbnail, and other places, for example, under the arms. It's an excellent image, but I'm not sure I understand what's going on there. Charles? FPs 14:33, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

the 'obvious mark' is completely natural. Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:51, 26 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I know, I just wondered what makes it so bright. FPs 11:24, 26 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
]
The picture's taken with flash so the white patch will be slightly over-exposed. Charlesjsharp (talk) 13:56, 26 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Fair enough. Support I think, on the whole. FPs 05:28, 27 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Support – Yann (talk) 16:25, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Geoffroi (talk) 09:07, 26 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support. MER-C 10:19, 26 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support JJ Harrison (talk) 04:07, 28 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Parson's chameleon (Calumma parsonii cristifer) female Andasibe 2.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 11:15, 4 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

House in Provence

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 4 Jun 2019 at 16:21:50 (UTC)

Original – Maison devant la Sainte-Victoire près de Gardanne (House in Provence) , painting by Paul Cézanne

Reason

high quality image from the museum used as a lead

Articles in which this image appears

House in Provence, List of artworks at the Indianapolis Museum of Art

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings

Creator

Paul Cézanne / Indianapolis Museum of Art

Support as nominator – Yann (talk) 16:21, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support. High-quality and canonical scan of an image notable enough for its own article. —David Eppstein (talk) 16:58, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:55, 26 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Geoffroi (talk) 09:05, 26 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The source link to the museum website is broken. MER-C 10:19, 26 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@
FPs 02:46, 28 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
]
Yeah, that works for me. Support. MER-C 10:59, 28 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Cwilson97 (talk) 02:16, 29 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Maison devant la Sainte-Victoire près de Gardanne, par Paul Cézanne, Indianapolis Museum of Art.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:55, 4 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Christchurch Art Gallery

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 6 Jun 2019 at 10:23:06 (UTC)

Original – Exterior of the Christchurch Art Gallery

Reason

Back to nominating not animals. This well-done, high resolution composite was seen on Commons FPC last month, where it succeeded unanimously.

Articles in which this image appears

Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture

Creator

Michal Klajban

Support as nominator – MER-C 10:23, 27 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment – Bizarre. – Sca (talk) 12:52, 27 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Rather nice architecture IMO , the shape reminds me of the Walt Disney Concert Hall, but let's hope this one won't reflect and concentrate the sun's rays that melted cars parked in front of the Disney Hall... --Janke | Talk 17:19, 27 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Geoffroi (talk) 23:21, 27 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support FPs 02:28, 28 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:50, 28 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Excellent EV. Mattximus (talk) 22:19, 28 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support as I did at Commons. Daniel Case (talk) 01:38, 1 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 11:04, 6 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Alva Belmont

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 7 Jun 2019 at 02:03:00 (UTC)

Original – Alva Belmont in 1922

Reason

Notable sufragette, one of the founders of the Metropolitan Opera, playwright, divorcée in an era when that was shocking - Alva Belmont was a powerhouse of her time. And this is by far the best image I've found for her. Now, mind, it's from after she was a bit older, but given she never stopped being active (and was doing a LOT in 1922), that's not a huge deal. It does open us up to having a second FP, perhaps. I chose this one as it focused on her face more than some of the others.

A couple notes:
I didn't bother waiting a week for the image to stabilise because the article was last edited two months ago. The 100th anniversary of Women's Suffrage in the U.S. is next year, though, so getting the suffragette articles ready is a good idea.

There is a bright patch on the bridge of her nose. It also appears in File:Mrs_ohp_belmont_5-20-22.tif - which was taken around the same time, but which clearly has a different background and pose, so I believe the lighter bit to be genuine.

Articles in which this image appears

Alva Belmont

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political

Creator

Bain News Service restored by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – FPs 02:03, 28 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Support Geoffroi (talk) 02:05, 28 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support JJ Harrison (talk) 04:09, 28 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support. —David Eppstein (talk) 05:01, 28 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Josh Milburn (talk) 20:12, 28 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:38, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support. MER-C 14:53, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Mrs. O.H.P. (Alva) Belmont (Cropped).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 04:33, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Campbell albatross

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 7 Jun 2019 at 04:16:05 (UTC)

Original – Campbell albatross (Thalassarche impavida), East of the Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia

Reason

Ventral plumage has more EV than dorsal for this (and Black-browed) albatross. High quality image of bird in flight at sea.

Articles in which this image appears

Campbell albatross

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds

Creator

JJ Harrison

Support as nominator – JJ Harrison (talk) 04:16, 28 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Shame about the tilted horizon, but I see you've not cropped so cannot do anything. Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:29, 28 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support FPs 01:27, 29 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Support Geoffroi (talk) 00:36, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support. MER-C 14:53, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Per nom, at present this is the best EV image we have of this bird. Mattximus (talk) 21:38, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Thalassarche impavida 2 - SE Tasmania.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 04:43, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Apollo 11 launch with Saturn V rocket

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 7 Jun 2019 at 10:48:56 (UTC)

Original – The Apollo 11 Saturn V rocket lifting off at 13:32 UTC on 16 July 1969 from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A.

Reason

See previous discussion at WP:Featured picture candidates/Apollo 11 launch (Saturn V rocket).

Articles in which this image appears

Saturn V, Apollo 11, Apollo program, History of aviation, Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39, Technology in science fiction and Template:Saturn rockets

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Getting there

Creator

NASA; edit: PawełMM

Support as nominator – --- Coffeeandcrumbs 10:48, 28 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support FPs 15:03, 1 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Support - Great image, good contrast DannyS712 (talk) 23:15, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support. High historic value and eye-catching image. Per previous discussion this is the version I like better. —David Eppstein (talk) 17:11, 1 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Geoffroi (talk) 19:34, 1 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Apollo 11 Launch - GPN-2000-000630.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 10:49, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Séverine

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 8 Jun 2019 at 04:32:05 (UTC)

Séverine
(Caroline Rémy de Guebhard) in about 1895

Reason

A fine Nadar carte-de-visite of a very notable French journalist, anarchist, and feminist. I love the outfit especially.

Articles in which this image appears

Caroline Rémy de Guebhard +1

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/People/Artists_and_writers or Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/People/Political

Creator

Nadar, restored by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – FPs 04:32, 29 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Support Geoffroi (talk) 20:40, 29 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support. MER-C 16:53, 30 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This one is too 'toned' or whatever the right word is. Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:38, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
It's the photographic process in question. Given it's in use at
FPs 12:16, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
]
I agree, but I don't think therefore that it meets the FP hurdle. Charlesjsharp (talk) 13:30, 3 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support - This works for me, I don't mind keeping faithful to the original colours. Mattximus (talk) 21:41, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support because the pose is appropriate to the subject. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 03:15, 6 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Séverine, debout, un poing sur la hanche - Nadar.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:58, 8 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Pauline Adams

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 9 Jun 2019 at 03:12:17 (UTC)

Original – Pauline Adams in the prison garb she wore after being sentenced, largely to solitary confinement, for protesting the president.

Reason

The lead up to the USA's hundredth anniversary of women's suffrage continues with Pauline Adams. How about a suffragette who was arrested for protesting, got sentenced to 60 days - then appealed and won. And who, when suffrage passed, decided to qualify as a lawyer. And did? Image is quite nice for the time, and, if you compare the before with the after I'm pretty sure you'll be impressed. Think the shadow on the left is natural, so I've left it in, but reduced it a smidgen. Would have preferred if the cup wasn't cut off, but... not much I can do there without being certain of the cup's shape. Easy to think you know, then discover that you don't.

Articles in which this image appears

Pauline Adams

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political

Creator

Uncredited photographer, restored by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – FPs 03:12, 30 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
]
@Adam Cuerden: Prison/Jail cups are always made cheaply and simply. This photo is only missing the very top of the cup. No big deal. Geoffroi (talk) 23:47, 30 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support - EV outweighs composition here, I doubt that an equivalent image exists. MER-C 17:07, 30 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Geoffroi (talk) 23:42, 30 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Because of the cut-off cup it should struggle to be FP. Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:37, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Strong EV makes up for imperfections in the composition (it would not do, however, to illustrate an article about cups :) ). — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 03:37, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 09:30, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination didn’t reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 09:30, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Anote Tong, former President of Kiribati

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Original – President Anote Tong in September 2011

Reason

With my lack of experience here, I thought it complies with all or almost all requirements.

Articles in which this image appears

Anote Tong

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political

Creator

Sam Beebee (author), CropBot (bot which uploaded the picture.

Support as nominator – LLcentury (talk) 11:12, 30 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I wouldn't mind seeing some other possible crops as alternatives (seems a bit tight), but, on the whole, Support FPs 12:58, 30 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Comment, thanks for your participation, how would it be better cropped I have no idea on how doing that, Best wishes. --LLcentury (talk) 15:10, 30 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. The background is a bit busy and the lighting too contrasty for my taste. —David Eppstein (talk) 17:51, 30 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment User:David Eppstein Hi David!, and is that "fixable"? --LLcentury (talk) 18:00, 30 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
The contrast can be adjusted, to a point, but the background and the squint in his eyes from the lighting cannot. And we're not asking here for the best version of this specific picture that can be attained, but for a picture that meets the standards for being featured. —David Eppstein (talk) 00:44, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose for the same reasons as David Eppstein. Geoffroi (talk) 23:40, 30 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per above. MER-C 14:54, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose good quality image, but the sharp shadow across half his face is distracting. Mattximus (talk) 21:43, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 11:22, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Grapsus grapsus

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Original – The Sally Lightfoot crab or red rock crab, Grapsus grapsus, is found along the western coast of South America.

Reason

To replace existing FP File:Grapsus grapsus Galapagos Islands.jpg if successful. This image has displaced the existing FP in the article and has higher resolution and detail.

Articles in which this image appears

Grapsus grapsus

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Crustaceans

Creator

Diego Delso

Support as nominator – MER-C 17:14, 30 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Support, what a beautiful picture. Best wishes. --LLcentury (talk) 17:19, 30 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Geoffroi (talk) 23:37, 30 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support if the other one is delisted, this one is indeed a better picture. Mattximus (talk) 02:47, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
See Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Grapsus grapsus. MER-C 14:49, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support FPs 10:07, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:35, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Zayapa (Grapsus grapsus), Las Bachas, isla Santa Cruz, islas Galápagos, Ecuador, 2015-07-23, DD 30.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:57, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Le mage

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Le mage

Reason

A fine, high-quality image of a key scene in the opera (the finale)

Articles in which this image appears

Alfredo Edel

FP category for this image

WP:FP/THEATRE

Creator

Alfredo Edel, restored by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – FPs 04:13, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Support. —David Eppstein (talk) 04:26, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Geoffroi (talk) 09:16, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:35, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support. MER-C 14:55, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support. --Gnosis (talk) 22:34, 3 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Alfredo Edel - Jules Massenet - Le mage.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 09:19, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Cheetah cub

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KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
. Cheetah cubs are hidden in long grass when mother goes hunting

Reason

High quality large image. FP on Commons. Adds value to a long article.

Articles in which this image appears

Cheetah

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals

Creator

Charlesjsharp

Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 13:58, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Lovely. Some parts concealed, but it helps show the camouflage, and a natural environment is never perfect (with the exception of your chameleons). FPs 15:39, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Support Geoffroi (talk) 18:42, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support. "Cheetah cubs are hidden in long grass when mother goes hunting"... makes me think of Pokemon. MER-C 09:50, 1 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support --Wow (talk) 23:11, 1 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose I will go against the grain here and oppose on the grounds that this will be the 5th (!!!) featured picture of a cheetah and I don't know what this one adds. Even though it is an excellent photograph. Mattximus (talk) 21:45, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I can only find 3 FPs - one FP of an adult female and two portraits, one of an adult and one of a cub. Mattximus. This nominated cub is in the wild. Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:14, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

File:Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) female 2.jpg, File:Cheetah portrait Whipsnade Zoo.jpg, File:Cheetahs on the Edge (Director's Cut).ogv, File:Cheetah cub close-up edit2.jpg. I think we can afford to delist the fourth image. MER-C 10:09, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I wasn't counting the movie! Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:08, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) cub.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:55, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Greylag goose head

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 10 Jun 2019 at 14:07:35 (UTC)

Original – Greylag goose (Anser anser) on Farmoor Reservoir, Oxfordshire

Reason

High quality large image. FP on Commons. Adds value to article.

Articles in which this image appears

Greylag goose

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds

Creator

Charlesjsharp

Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 14:07, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure if the head is distinctive enough to be significant in its own right here. The image is in the description section, but the only description of the head is that there is a "large head and bill. It has [...] an orange or pink bill with a white or brown nail (hard horny material at tip of upper mandible)" This may be one of those images that is rightfully an FP on Commons, but which doesn't add enough here, but it is an excellent image, so. .. FPs 15:36, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
]
Thinking about it, I think the problem is A. the description doesn't describe other parts of the head, like the eyes, and B. the caption doesn't emphasise the points to note. I think this may be fixable. FPs 16:12, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Oppose agree with above, I don't see the EV of the head specifically, the current lead image is far more informative. Mattximus (talk) 21:43, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Question Should I oppose this because the background is very blurry and therefore over-processed? JJ Harrison (talk) 22:53, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
No. The background blur is the natural consequence of using a long lens on a DSLR, rather than anything that happened in postprocessing. With a 400mm lens, even f/10 won't make the background sharp. —David Eppstein (talk) 19:18, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:57, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Blue-legged chameleon male

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Blue-legged chameleon (‘’Calumma crypticum’’) male, in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar

Reason

High quality large image. FP on Commons. Illustrates article well.

Articles in which this image appears

Calumma crypticum

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Reptiles

Creator

Charlesjsharp

Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 14:14, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support What a stunning photo! FPs 15:30, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Support Geoffroi (talk) 18:43, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support - I don't like the red link in the caption; can it be created as a redirect? Regardless, its a great photo DannyS712 (talk) 23:20, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support. MER-C 09:48, 1 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Blue-legged chameleon (Calumma crypticum) male Ranomafana.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:59, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Frederick Fleet, Titanic crew and survivor

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Original – Titanic lookout and survivor on controversial Boat #6 Frederick Fleet

Reason

First off, I am new to this section, I am trying to contribute and I apologise If I fail criteria. Second, sorry for my English. Third, I think it's a good picture which links to a well-sourced article.

Articles in which this image appears

Frederick Fleet

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Others

Creator

Unknown

Support as nominator – LLcentury (talk) 20:45, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment, the picture was larger, I cropped to not be so much space behind him. Tell me if I need to crop it more or do what in case it's fit. --LLcentury (talk) 20:47, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I don't see the purpose for cropping off the top of his head. The original is better. Geoffroi (talk) 23:38, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment, Perfect friend, doing it again back, Best wishes and good luck. Done --LLcentury (talk) 23:55, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support, though we should remove the watermark. I'll get that later. FPs

Comment Adam Cuerden, Hi Adam!, If you do not wish to remove that, please explain me how to remove it. I barely noticed it LOL. Thanks. --LLcentury (talk) 13:36, 1 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I've got it, but basically, using GIMP, and the slightly fuzzy-edged circular brush at around 20 px, use the clone and healing brushes, matching colours and patterns as best you can. FPs 14:56, 1 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Support Geoffroi (talk) 19:30, 1 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Only a question, I put him under "Others", but he served for the UK in the two World Wars, should I put him in "military"? --LLcentury (talk) 19:45, 1 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Only if he's notable for his military service in some way. FPs 21:31, 1 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Support uncropped and un-watermarked version. —David Eppstein (talk) 21:54, 1 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support --Wow (talk) 23:11, 1 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:16, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support. MER-C 15:46, 4 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:FrederickFleet.April1912.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:51, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Don César de Bazan

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Original – Poster for the premiére of Jules Massenet's Don César de Bazan

Reason

A high-resolution scan of a poster from the opera's première always has a lot of encyclopedic value. The high artistry is a bonus.

Articles in which this image appears

Don César de Bazan +2

FP category for this image

WP:FP/THEATRE

Creator

Célestin Nanteuil, restored by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – FPs 19:33, 1 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Support Geoffroi (talk) 20:32, 1 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support, awesome picture. Thanks for your previous aid by the way. --LLcentury (talk) 20:45, 1 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support. I guess the visible characters are as played by Jacques Bouhy and Célestine Galli-Marié? The resemblence to Galli-Marié seems clear enough, at least. —David Eppstein (talk) 21:52, 1 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Generally speaking, that's true for most posters of this period. But I don't like to say so without a source. Gallica makes an attribution for
FPs 23:30, 1 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:14, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support. MER-C 15:44, 4 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Always support Massenet. (Do I support the opera? I don't know - never heard it.) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 17:25, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@
FPs 19:38, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]
@Adam Cuerden: Anything for Panurge, perchance? I've always been fond of the opening-night poster, given its peculiarities. And it's an odd little work, but not nearly as bad as its reputation leads one to expect. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 00:14, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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FPs 13:51, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
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Promoted File:Célestin Nanteuil - Jules Massenet - Don César de Bazan.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:42, 11 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Duomo Vecchio

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Original – The exterior of the Old Cathedral in Brescia

Reason

Seen on Commons FPC last week, where it succeeded unanimously. Insanely high (medium format!) detail.

Articles in which this image appears

Old Cathedral, Brescia

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture

Creator

Wolfgang Moroder

Support as nominator – MER-C 09:31, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:14, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support --LLcentury (talk) 11:35, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. Is it just me or has the perspective correction (or for all I know tilt-shift lens) been taken so far on this one as to make it look unnatural? —David Eppstein (talk) 19:05, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Geoffroi (talk) 08:56, 3 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom, excellent picture and EV. Mattximus (talk) 21:54, 3 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support niiiiiice. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 17:24, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Duomo vecchio facciata Brescia.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:04, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ned Parfett

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Original – Ned Parfett (1896-1918) died in World War I. Displayed the breaking news newspaper about the sinking of the Titanic

Reason

I have no idea of photography, but found this beautiful to be of 1912

Articles in which this image appears

Sinking of the RMS Titanic#Grief_and_outrage

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Others

Creator

Unknown

Support as nominator – LLcentury (talk) 18:11, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I hate to say this, but this is a modern colourisation: https://www.reddit.com/r/ColorizedHistory/comments/233ayl/titanic_sinks_on_april_15_1912_newspaper_boy_ned/ There's a non-colourised copy at https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/titanics-countdown-to-disasterafter-105-years-there-are-still-unanswered-questions-about-that-fateful-night/ that I'll grab. FPs 23:11, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Comment and Partially Done, changed picture friend, already done. Check it please. I removed marks and stains from the picture but there are still marks. Check it please. Thanks. --LLcentury (talk) 23:19, 2 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I think this needs a little cleanup to be a realistic chance of being FP. MER-C 17:20, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:11, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Basilica of San Francisco el Grance, Madrid

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Original – Cupola of the cathedral of San Francisco el Grande, in Madrid, with 19th paintings by José Marcelo Contreras

Reason

A gorgeous depiction of the cupola of San Francisco el Grande

Articles in which this image appears

Basilica of San Francisco el Grande, Madrid

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors

Creator

Alvesgaspar (talk) 12:12, 4 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support as nominator – Alvesgaspar (talk) 12:12, 4 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Geoffroi (talk) 19:44, 4 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. Reflected light has washed out a lot of the fresco at the top of this image, and the asymmetric framing is a little odd. More is visible at File:Real Basílica de San Francisco el Grande. Cúpula.jpg although this one may have more-true colors. —David Eppstein (talk) 21:26, 4 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support I'm not bothered by the framing. JJ Harrison (talk) 08:56, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support --Palauenc05 (talk) 10:41, 13 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:40, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination didn’t reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:40, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Obelisco (Obelisk), Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Original – Obelisk of Buenos Aires, Argentina from above at night

Reason

Obelisk from street level during daytime, nice picture I think.

Articles in which this image appears

Obelisco de Buenos Aires

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others

Creator

Deensel (Flickr)

Support as nominator – LLcentury (talk) 21:16, 4 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Interesting shot, buit does not add much value to the article. 21:50, 4 June 2019 (UTC)

Comment want me to add the main picture? Regards. --LLcentury (talk) 21:54, 4 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Opppose not a bad shot, but I think for encyclopedic value a shot taken at street level during the day would be better. Mattximus (talk) 22:00, 4 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Please check it now. I've added the main article picture. --LLcentury (talk) 22:02, 4 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose the new street-level replacement for the originally-nominated aerial photo. There is a huge amount of haloing around the obelisk from overprocessing, the clouds are weirdly varying colors, and it looks artificially oversaturated and undercontrasted. —David Eppstein (talk) 01:09, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per David Eppstein. Geoffroi (talk) 01:18, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose – Saturation? Perspective? Odd looking. – Sca (talk) 13:34, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Probably Speedy close at this point. At 22:00 last night, the nominator LLcentury replaced the image with a completely different one; so the first two votes and the last three relate to different pictures (of the same subject).
@LLcentury: please don't do this. If you want to nominate a different image, start a new nomination. (You can say on the original nomination that you're withdrawing it if you want to). Or, if it's a variant of the original image, you can add a second image labelled "Alt 1" or similar.

I think this nomination is now irretrievably messed up and it should just be closed; if anyone still wants to nominate either image they can start a new nomination. TSP (talk) 13:43, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

My apologies TSP, I didn't know that, please accept my profuse apologies.. Will not happen again, close it please. :) Very Kind Regards. --LLcentury (talk) 14:45, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:41, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sun

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 15 Jun 2019 at 00:42:12 (UTC)

Original – False-color photo of the Sun as seen in ultraviolet light (wavelength of 30.4 nm).

Reason

It is an image with great resolution, holds an outstanding EV.

Articles in which this image appears

Sun, Star, List of Solar System objects by size, etc.

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out

Creator

NASA/SDO (AIA), uploaded by Jaharwell

Support as nominator – The NMI User (talk) 00:42, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Geoffroi (talk) 01:15, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Previous nom from 2013. A previous FP appears to have been deleted due to copyright issues. --Paul_012 (talk) 20:50, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support.--
here 12:25, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 02:50, 15 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination didn’t reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 02:50, 15 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Soft-plumaged Petrel

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Original – The soft-plumaged petrel (Pterodroma mollis) is a species of seabird in the family Procellariidae.

Reason

High quality image of small bird in flight at sea from a boat in swell. Photographing pterodromas is never easy - I got one crack at this as it passed the boat.

Articles in which this image appears

Soft-plumaged petrel

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds

Creator

JJ Harrison

Support as nominator – JJ Harrison (talk) 03:30, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Geoffroi (talk) 05:04, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Over-processed sea. It appears that the sea has been blurred/aggressively noise-reduced. Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:25, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Nonsense. It's just not taken with a crop body and a large aperture. The depth of field is about half of what it is with a 7D, 400 at 5.6 if you do the math. JJ Harrison (talk) 22:51, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I apologise as I do not have experience with your camera set up. But grateful if you send me the out-of-camera image before any processing then I scan stop imagining things! Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:12, 6 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support - I don't see the blurred background to be a significant problem. Much of it was likely out of the depth of field at f/4 anyway. MER-C 14:58, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
No. The sea would be in focus. But it's been blurred. Charlesjsharp (talk) 22:26, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support - I also don't see the background blurred to be a problem, there is no EV for the background. Mattximus (talk) 21:36, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
It's not a matter of EV. It's clearly a matter of opinion how much one post-processes an image. With this amount of processing we are not judging a genuine wildlife photo. I'm not happy with that for encyclopaedic value. Charlesjsharp (talk) 22:26, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I guess what I should have said is that the EV here is for the bird, not the water. The bird is in focus, so that's why I said it has high EV. Mattximus (talk) 22:30, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You're making it very clear you have no experience with full frame cameras and big prime lenses. Much less noise and more subject isolation from the background is normal. JJ Harrison (talk) 22:51, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Fine capture. DoF looks normal for this sort of photo. I can see what looks like a little bit of pan-motion blur on the crest of the wave but I don't think it's problematic. —David Eppstein (talk) 00:44, 6 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support --Palauenc05 (talk) 10:40, 13 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support.--
here 12:23, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
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Promoted File:Pterodroma mollis light morph - SE Tasmania 2019.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:07, 15 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Rockwarbler

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Original – The rockwarbler or origma (Origma solitaria), is a bird in the family Acanthizidae.

Reason

High quality image of a New South Wales endemic.

Articles in which this image appears

Rockwarbler

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds

Creator

JJ Harrison

Support as nominator – JJ Harrison (talk) 03:34, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Geoffroi (talk) 05:01, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Over-processed background. I am not in favour of the aggressive blurring of backgrounds. Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:23, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
You're just making things up here. JJ Harrison (talk) 22:48, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I apologise as I do not have experience with your camera set up. But grateful if you send me the out-of-camera image before any processing then I scan stop imagining things!. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:13, 6 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@
FPs 01:03, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]
Thanks Adam. I have already made contact by e-mail, apologised, and asked to see unprocessed out-of-camerfa images so I can understand John's post-processing techniques. Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:02, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I think the blur is just shallow DOF, not post-processing (the author will know). But I see a problem in the dark patch in the BG, it is very distracting. --Janke | Talk 10:59, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support - I don't mind the blurred background, the subject is in focus (apart from a bit of the tail), and sometimes the background distracts. Great EV. Mattximus (talk) 21:34, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support as per Mattximus --E.3 (talk) 01:36, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support FPs 01:03, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Support Very fine! --Palauenc05 (talk) 10:37, 13 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support.--
here 12:23, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
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Promoted File:Origma solitaria 2 - Wattamolla.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:10, 15 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Nic Stone

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Original – Young Adult Fiction writer Nic Stone

Reason

A really nice image of a notable recently-launched author. One of the best from Rhododendrites's BookExpo photography of the last couple days. I was worried because of a couple distracting elements in the original photo, but they cropped right out with a really nice photo left behind.

Articles in which this image appears

Nic Stone

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers

Creator

Rhododendrites

Support as nominator – FPs 13:00, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Support - --LLcentury (talk) 18:00, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Geoffroi (talk) 18:02, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Weak oppose - Distracting text in the background DannyS712 (talk) 00:25, 6 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
One could relatively readily edit the top one out, but I worry that would be misleading. FPs 03:29, 6 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Support - Thanks for the nom, Adam. Still going through all the photos from this event! :) — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 01:54, 6 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose – sorry but I think there is a better picture of her in the article: This one, it doesn't meet the 1500px requirement but IMO is a better depiction of her. Somehow her expression in the nom image is a bit unusual (or perhaps uninteresting). I know it's a subjective thing but that's just my opinion. Bammesk (talk) 02:16, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

oppose as above - distracting text in the background. Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:00, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per above. MER-C 10:05, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Despite the distracting background in the image linked above by Bammesk, I think the author's expression in it is much better. She just looks bored here. —David Eppstein (talk) 17:51, 8 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per others.--
here 12:23, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:37, 15 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

California State Capitol

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 15 Jun 2019 at 14:42:08 (UTC)

Original – California State Capitol, home to the government of the U.S. state of California.

Reason

Good EV and composition, high quality

Articles in which this image appears

California State Capitol, California

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture

Creator

Andre m

Support as nominator – Tomer T (talk) 14:42, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment – It's an OK 2014 pic. of a building, but I don't see anything really first-class about it. Meh. Sca (talk) 17:40, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom, I'm not sure how this could be improved, it looks very high quality and great EV. Mattximus (talk) 21:31, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment looks over-exposed. Charlesjsharp (talk) 22:17, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support. I don't think it's overexposed — that would have blown out the sky and/or the details on the bride's dress. Good EV, high-quality capture, nice slice-of-life details. —David Eppstein (talk) 00:35, 6 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Geoffroi (talk) 01:49, 6 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support – Bammesk (talk) 02:03, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Support - Seems like a pretty good capture. I rather like the light for a straight-forward shot of this kind of subject. Nothing fancy, but we don't need fancy. Weak support because there's purple chromatic aberration in the trees that should be fixed. Weak support rather than neutral because it's not on the main subject and I feel like enwiki's FPC should be less pixel-peepery than Commons :) — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 04:18, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Weak support per Rhododendrites. MER-C 17:17, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support.--
here 12:21, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Promoted File:Sacramento,-California---State-Capitol.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:44, 15 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Salón Blanco (White Room), Casa Rosada, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 16 Jun 2019 at 11:15:27 (UTC)

Original – Salón Blanco, where the President of Argentina (sometimes) addresses the nation.

Reason

Though not as a main picture of the article, it's one of the most important places within the building.

Articles in which this image appears

Casa_Rosada#Interior

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors

Creator

Gustavo Facci

Support as nominator – LLcentury (talk) 11:15, 6 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Used only in a gallery. Should really be mentioned in prose for full EV, it's, as you said, one of the most important places in the building. Also I think we should expect a higher resolution image of this subject to be FP. MER-C 17:23, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 11:26, 16 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wilhelm Keitel signing unconditional surrender

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 16 Jun 2019 at 12:21:37 (UTC)

Original – Field Marshall Wilhelm Keitel signing the unconditional surrender of the German Wehrmacht on 8 May 1945.

Reason

This is the ~~only~~best available photo of this historic event. Previously nominated at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/V-E Day. There is simply no way to avoid the headless men.

Articles in which this image appears

End of World War II in Europe, Victory in Europe Day + 5

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War II

Creator

Lt. Moore (US Army), edited by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – --- Coffeeandcrumbs 12:21, 6 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support, what a pity the head of the other man is not seen!, However, a good shot and interesting event. --LLcentury (talk) 12:23, 6 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment – A justly famous photo that obviously has been around since the event 74 years ago. My question: Why would we promote this familiar, widely known image now? – Sca (talk) 12:52, 6 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

PS: Interesting that the Herr Generalfeldmarschall removed only one glove to sign the document. – Sca (talk) 12:52, 6 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
WP:FP?: The same reason we promote any FP because it [a]dds significant encyclopedic value to an article and helps readers to understand an article. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 13:18, 6 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Sure – but how does a photo that's been extant for 74 years, one that's been displayed in the target article End of World War II in Europe for at least eight years (probably longer), and one that was added to the sidebar article Victory in Europe Day (by me) three years ago, now suddenly add significant EV? – Sca (talk) 16:22, 6 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I don't understand where you got "newness" criterion? That is not based on any policy for how we choose FP. The photo has always added significant EV and should have always been featured. It is among
the best content on Wikipedia--- Coffeeandcrumbs 17:30, 6 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]
Adds is a present-tense verb, connoting current action. A photo with the history of WP use outlined above isn't "adding" anything to Wiki now. – Sca (talk) 13:49, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
You are misunderstanding the meaning of Adds. But well ok. The existence of such a criterion is news to me. If this project expects new photos or photos newly added to an article, it should or would be stated in
WP:FP?. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 16:13, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]
Sca's argument makes no sense and is definitely not Ok, it's like saying a hospital cannot benefit society today because the hospital was established 20 years ago. Bammesk (talk) 12:30, 8 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

No it's not like that. Suppose the hypothetical hospital still had exactly the same operating room and equipment as it had when it opened. Would it make sense to argue that said operating room suddenly adds great benefit to society? The Keitel photo's EV began when it was added to the articles. (And its weighty historical value aside, it's a poorly framed composition that can't be fixed.) – Sca (talk) 13:43, 8 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yes it is like that, because you wrote: "how does a photo (…) one that's been displayed in the target article (…) for at least eight years (…) now suddenly add significant EV? (…) A photo with the history of WP use outlined above isn't 'adding' anything to Wiki now." By the way, FP criteria doesn't say "suddenly adds". About "suppose": no there is no reason to suppose, the argument isn't about health care quality and operating rooms. If you want to elaborate, do it on your original argument. Bammesk (talk) 15:32, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose This is a very historically significant image, but it's just not a good photo. The top of Keitel's head is cut off, as is the bottom of his hat, and there's nothing which clearly puts the photo in context. If
WP:VPC was still going, this would be a good candidate for that status. Nick-D (talk) 23:21, 8 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Support.--
here 12:20, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
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Oppose The shadows just look wrong on it. I did some experiments, and discovered the only way to fix it is to pull the shadows way down. Which does, admittedly, look substantially better; the image is horribly faded. FPs 07:25, 15 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]
I've uploaded over a fix. I guess I can Support the fix. FPs 07:28, 15 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:55, 16 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Pacu jawi

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 16 Jun 2019 at 19:15:27 (UTC)

Original – Two bulls running while the jockey holds on to them in pacu jawi, 2015.

Reason

A little noisy, however the appeal is obvious.

Articles in which this image appears

Pacu jawi

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Sport

Creator

Rodney Ee

Support as nominator – MER-C 19:15, 6 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Geoffroi (talk) 19:39, 6 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support – the flickr license is now non-commercial, it must have changed since the 2015 upload to Commons. Bammesk (talk) 02:00, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Oppose - It's a striking image, to be sure. The problem is it's just such a severely compressed jpg. It's a 19 megapixel photo squeezed down into a 1.55 megabyte file, and it shows in the quality. If it were a one-of-a-kind shot the EV would push me the other way, but we actually have a category full of them. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 04:11, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support – DreamSparrow ^Chat 04:13, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support –
talk) 07:07, 8 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Support - I'm not catching any undue noise at full size. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 17:22, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Dramatic action shot which clearly illustrates the subject. Nick-D (talk) 01:15, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support --Palauenc05 (talk) 08:37, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support.--
here 12:19, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
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Promoted File:Mud Cow Racing - Pacu Jawi - West Sumatra, Indonesia.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:47, 16 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Jewel Changi Airport Vortex

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 16 Jun 2019 at 23:17:27 (UTC)

Original – HSBC Rain Vortex inside the "Jewel" area at Changi Airport, Singapore

Reason

The photograph has high technical quality and is dramatically lit. It illustrates a newly opened building well.

Articles in which this image appears

The Rain Vortex,Jewel Changi Airport

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Places/Interiors

Creator

Matteo Morando

Support as nominator – cmɢʟee⎆τaʟκ 23:17, 6 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment – good composition and EV, but when viewed at at full size there are too many unsharp leaves. Bammesk (talk) 02:48, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support For the size of the image, I can forgive the slight blurriness. FPs 22:25, 8 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

SupportDavid290 (talk) 06:10, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support --Palauenc05 (talk) 08:36, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Tomer T (talk) 10:45, 11 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support.--
here 12:18, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
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Promoted File:JewelSingaporeVortex1.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:19, 16 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Baptismal site of Jesus

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 17 Jun 2019 at 02:06:21 (UTC)

Original – 2017 Baptismal site of Jesus from the West Bank side with baptisms being performed. Jordanian baptismal site in the background.

Reason

High technical standard and composition (QI). Rare picture, compelling with Jordanian site in the background and active baptisms occurring. Landmines surround the area. Adds to Jesus article in the appropriate section (Historicity of events#Baptism)

Articles in which this image appears

Jesus, fr:Jésus-Christ

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Religion and mythology

Creator

E.3

Support as nominator – E.3 (talk) 02:06, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose, for two reasons: 1. Has not been in article the required time. 2. This is a modern construction, thus I don't see the EV in that article. --Janke | Talk 08:53, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose - poor composition (tree) and sharpness. MER-C 10:11, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per Mer-C and Janke. Geoffroi (talk) 16:48, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per others.--
here 12:18, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 04:05, 17 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Neil Patrick Harris

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 17 Jun 2019 at 03:33:14 (UTC)

Original – Entertainer Neil Patrick Harris laughing while meeting fans at BookCon in June 2019

Reason

Good image of a genuine laugh from this highly notable entertainer.

Articles in which this image appears

Neil Patrick Harris

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment

Creator

Rhododendrites

Support as nominator – — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 03:33, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

comment nice snapshot, but is it really encyclopaedic? Charlesjsharp (talk) 07:54, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose – A snapshot of an entertainer "meeting fans" at a commercial event called BookCon. Seems promotional, lacks EV regarding the subject's professional roles. Sca (talk) 13:37, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose - distracting text in background; objection by Bammesk in Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Nic Stone applies equally here as well. MER-C 11:05, 8 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Agree re distracting text. Sca (talk) 14:07, 8 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I rather like it - I think it has potential - but wonder about a slightly tighter crop, perhaps? Wouldn't remove the text issue entirely, but it might help the composition a bit. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 17:21, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose - text in background is distracting (comments in Nic Stone also apply), there is something jutting in from the bottom left corner DannyS712 (talk) 16:22, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose The background ruined the image.--
here 12:17, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 04:07, 17 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

R. J. Palacio

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 17 Jun 2019 at 03:27:12 (UTC)

Original – Author/illustrator R. J. Palacio signs/draws in a book for a fan at BookCon in June 2019

Reason

high-quality image of a notable author

Articles in which this image appears

R. J. Palacio

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/People/Artists_and_writers

Creator

Rhododendrites

Support as nominator – — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 03:27, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose – A snapshot of an author and graphic designer at a commercial event called BookCon. Lacks EV regarding the subject's career, and the target article about her is a stub. Seems promotional. Distracting text in background. – Sca (talk) 13:44, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

"Promotional"? I went to a convention as a volunteer specifically to take pictures for Wikipedia. Does that context ruin the value of the photo because it's a "commercial event"? She has an article and passes our notability criteria. There's no requirement that the article a picture is in be at a particular state. You can always
WP:SOFIXIT, of course. What sort of picture would add "EV regarding the subject's career"? This is an author and illustrator at an event for authors and illustrators, signing a book she authored and illustrated. Oppose if you don't think it's a good picture, sure, but the rest is irrelevant. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 14:27, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Regarding "promotional," it seems you are promoting the subjects of these photos, for whatever reasons you may have. IMO, neither photo fulfills Criterion No. 5. Others may differ. – Sca (talk) 17:36, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
From today's Main Page, here's an example of a photo that embodies at least some EV regarding the subject's career.
– Sca (talk) 12:57, 8 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Here's another. – Sca (talk) 13:18, 16 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Putting aside, for a moment, your bizarre accusation of bad faith... I didn't ask for what photo you think adds EV for a random subject. That's an athlete. There's an obvious context for an athlete: at an athletic event. What sort of picture would add EV for this subject? The equivalent of an athlete with a tennis racket smiling off to a fan at a sporting event -- if it is not an author with a book smiling off to a fan at an author event, what is it? Authors don't have a uniform or a prop other than a book or a pen. They don't make their living doing things in front of people; they make their living in a room at home, writing. They support that work through this kind of event. Sure, some authors become celebrities and make other kinds of public appearances, and some authors' work lends to some form of public performance, but for a typical fiction author, unless they're also teaching, this is the visible part of their career -- showing up and signing books. In other words, you have not clarified, but just further reinforced that you continue to operate according to your own inscrutable FP criteria. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 13:29, 8 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I did not accuse you of bad faith. – Sca (talk) 13:49, 8 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It seems you are promoting the point of view that going to an event known to involve famous authors, with the intent of improving our coverage of pictures of famous authors, is promotionalism. Where do you think open-access-licensed pictures come from? Would it be more appropriate and less promotional to wait until those authors tell their publicists to release a photo as open access, rather than using photos from a volunteer Wikipedian? Do your opinionated edits count as promotionalism for your opinion? Should your promotionalism of your opinion disqualify you from contributing to FPC? Because that may not make much sense, but neither does what you are saying. —David Eppstein (talk) 20:41, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

"promoting the subjects of these photos"? Otherwise known as taking photographs to illustrate Wikipedia articles? Strange interpretation of "promoting". And what relevance is stubbiness of target article? PamD 20:56, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
And lacking Encyclopedic Value? What can be more valuable to the encyclopedia than an image of the person who is the subject of the article. I don't understand that comment. PamD 21:09, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
The article illustrated remains a 75-word stub. The "stubbiness" of the target article is relevant because stubs provide little information and therefore have little EV. – Sca (talk) 13:02, 8 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support: good quality illustration of notable writer. PamD 20:56, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support for the reasons above. On a side note, I think it's great that Rhododendrites has had the gumption to go and take this photo of R. J. Palacio and the skills to make it a good quality photo to boot. -Yupik (talk) 21:04, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose - distracting text in background; objection by Bammesk in Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Nic Stone applies equally here as well. MER-C 11:05, 8 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
For the record, I am one of the most active admins against
covert advertisers and do not agree with the promotional comment. MER-C 13:02, 8 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Support Heaven knows where we're meant to get pictures from, if people object to promotional photos (even when they're not actually promotional), object to unposed ones, regularly reject posed ones as too forced in the past, and object to pretty much any background. FPs 12:21, 8 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Comment – I am neutral on voting. I would have supported if the glass frame wasn't covering her eyes so much (and I might be too strict on this). I agree with David Eppstein and others above. Bammesk (talk) 12:44, 8 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Weak support. I like the facial expression and it's a good action shot of a book author doing something relevant to her notability (signing one of her books), a better choice than just a straight headshot. And I think the background text is ok because it sets a context that is relevant for the photo. But the capture is a bit noisy and her signing hand and pen aren't quite in focus. —David Eppstein (talk) 17:43, 8 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Geoffroi (talk) 18:40, 8 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

oppose - Distracting text in the background Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:06, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support - text in background isn't that distracting, honestly. And I like the composition. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 17:17, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Good composition, nice capture of expression, background text is legible enough to add context but de-emphasized enough not to be clutter.
talk) 20:27, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Support Fine 4 me. --Palauenc05 (talk) 10:35, 13 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per Charlesjsharp.--
here 12:27, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Promoted File:RJ Palacio at BookCon (16102).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 04:19, 17 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

With 8,5 supports and 4 opposes this nomination is barelly passing (68%). Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 04:19, 17 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Werther

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 18 Jun 2019 at 12:18:24 (UTC)

Original – Poster for the first French production of Jules Massenet's Werther.

Reason

A poster for the original French production, in high resolution. A low-quality copy has been used for years.

Articles in which this image appears

Werther, Jules Massenet

FP category for this image

WP:FP/THEATRE

Creator

Eugène Grasset; restored by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – FPs 12:18, 8 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Support – nice restoration. Bammesk (talk) 13:17, 8 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support. MER-C 17:09, 8 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support. —David Eppstein (talk) 17:38, 8 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Geoffroi (talk) 18:37, 8 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 17:18, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support.--
here 12:14, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
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Promoted File:Eugène Grasset - Jules Massenet - Werther.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:19, 18 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Kim Jong-un

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 18 Jun 2019 at 15:44:03 (UTC)

Reason

Modern, good face shot, of North Korea Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un

Articles in which this image appears

Kim Jong-un

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political

Creator

Korea.net (official website of the Republic of Korea)

Support as nominator – LLcentury (talk) 15:44, 8 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Geoffroi (talk) 18:37, 8 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment So is this from the North Korean, or the South Korean government? Also, is North Korea part of international copyright laws? FPs 23:47, 8 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

It's from the Government of South Korea, please see Copyright law of North Korea for clarification< --LLcentury (talk) 02:38, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I'd prefer it if the copyright had been checked before deletion, but, since this seems unlikely, Support barring evidence that the copyright tag might be wrong. FPs 03:00, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]
I apologize If I failed in the copyright checking, I thought that since it is property of the Government of South Korea, they could do whatever they wanted with it. Cheers. --LLcentury (talk) 03:03, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, no, it's probably fine. Just, if you look, the tag says it wasn't checked before it was deleted from Flickr. FPs 13:32, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]
Right clothes, right date, and right location. Seems to check out. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 15:52, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support.--
here 12:14, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Support Remember when we use to only have a sketch of him. I miss the pre-Trump days. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 15:49, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support this glorious image of our Supreme Leader. MER-C 17:08, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:45, 18 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Northern Royal Albatross

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 19 Jun 2019 at 09:40:59 (UTC)

Original – The Northern Royal Albatross (Diomedea sanfordi) is typically about 115 cm (45 in),[4] weighs 6.2 to 8.2 kg (14–18 lb) and has a wingspan from 270 to 305 cm (106–120 in)

Reason

High EV photo of endangered species.

Articles in which this image appears

Northern royal albatross

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds

Creator

JJ Harrison

Support as nominator – JJ Harrison (talk) 09:40, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support. MER-C 13:43, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Geoffroi (talk) 19:40, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Wouldn't mind a little more resolution, but for an action shot like this, it's excellent. FPs 17:04, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Support Looks good to me. Mattximus (talk) 22:23, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Good shot. --Palauenc05 (talk) 10:33, 13 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Beautiful.--
here 12:13, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
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Promoted File:Diomedea sanfordi - SE Tasmania 2019.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:33, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Male proboscis monkey

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 19 Jun 2019 at 13:21:14 (UTC)

Original – A male proboscis monkey

Reason

EV. I literally had no idea such a species existed. Looking at this photo has changed my world view.

Articles in which this image appears

Proboscis monkey

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals

Creator

Charlesjsharp

Support as nominator – --- Coffeeandcrumbs 13:21, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Nice Jimmy Durante impersonation - the DOF is a bit shallow, eyes are not quite sharp, thus, Weak oppose. --Janke | Talk 17:06, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:38, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Trier 1572

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 19 Jun 2019 at 13:30:12 (UTC)

Original – Historical view of Trier in 1572, Germany, published in Civitates Orbis Terrarum by Frans Hogenberg and Georg Braun

Reason

Reproduction of a print from a private archive in good enough to pass Commons FPC unanimously last year without the need for restoration.

Articles in which this image appears

History of Trier, Georg Braun, Frans Hogenberg

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Maps

Creator

Frans Hogenberg and Georg Braun, reproduction by Palauenc05

Support as nominator – MER-C 13:30, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support – Bammesk (talk) 17:24, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:08, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Geoffroi (talk) 19:38, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support.--
here 12:12, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
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Support nice. Pops out beautifully. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 19:41, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Braun&Hogenberg Trier 1572.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:43, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ruddy Turnstone

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 19 Jun 2019 at 09:41:22 (UTC)

Original – Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) is a small wading bird, one of two species of turnstone in the genus Arenaria.

Alt 1 Cropped at bottom, a little bit at sides.

Reason

Meets criteria!

Articles in which this image appears

Ruddy Turnstone

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds

Creator

JJ Harrison

Support as nominator – JJ Harrison (talk) 09:41, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support both, prefer crop. MER-C 13:42, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support – Bammesk (talk) 17:32, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment – The foreground bokeh looks odd, its transition to the in focus area is abrupt, as if it is software generated, or the result of some sort of focus or aperture stacking. Bammesk (talk) 23:35, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

There appears to be a peak and trough in the rock where that occurs. MER-C 10:21, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Alt 1 Geoffroi (talk) 19:40, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I find the foreground a little too distracting, but would support a slight crop. FPs 17:01, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Comment I agree with Adam Cuerden, just a slight crop from the bottom would make the blurred foreground less distracting. Mattximus (talk) 22:25, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@
FPs 10:28, 11 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

I yield to JJ Harrison. Bammesk (talk) 01:55, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I don't feel strongly about this. :) JJ Harrison (talk) 03:50, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: You've cropped too much from the right. Never a good idea to crop a wildlife photographer's image. Just ask and see if he/she agrees. Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:36, 13 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Arenaria interpres 2 - Boat Harbour (cropped).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:53, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree with Armbrust's reading of consensus. JJ Harrison's comment above "I don't feel strongly about this" shows dissatisfaction and resistance, it doesn't show willingness and support. I see 3 supports for the Original and 3 for the Alternate, not enough to promote either version. I have moved the nom to this section, hoping we get clarity. Pinging participants in case some may choose to comment: @JJ Harrison, MER-C, Geoffroi, Adam Cuerden, Mattximus, Charlesjsharp, and Armbrust:. Bammesk (talk) 01:49, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I think JJ Harrison is the one who should say. I read it as "I'm fine either way." FPs 02:41, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

In "I don't feel strongly about this", I hear more resistance than acceptance. I agree that JJ Harrison can clarify. As is, I think we shouldn't close it as promote. Bammesk (talk) 03:35, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with Adam Cuerden. The smiley face looks like acceptance to me. Geoffroi (talk) 06:03, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with Adam. I would have closed this debate the same way. MER-C 14:55, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, if JJ Harrison doesn't reply in a few days, I am Ok with closing the nom as is. Bammesk (talk) 15:08, 22 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Take my comment to mean support of either. JJ Harrison (talk) 03:45, 17 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Alt 1. Neutral on original Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:41, 20 June 2019 (UTC)*[reply]

Charles, there is no Alt 2. I think you mean neutral on Original, and oppose Alt 1. Bammesk (talk) 15:08, 22 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

indeed. Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:18, 22 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Nebamun garden

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Original – One of the fresco of the Tomb of Nebamun, now on display at the British Museum, London. According to Wikipedia, the greatest paintings from ancient Egypt to have survived, and as one of the British Museum's greatest treasures.

Reason

high quality picture of a famous fresco, used as lead

Articles in which this image appears

Tomb of Nebamun, Nebamun, Gardens of ancient Egypt, Ancient Egyptian architecture, Art of ancient Egypt, History of gardening, Blue

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others

Creator

Yann

Support as nominator – Yann (talk) 14:39, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support – the bottom has slightly brighter background and it shows at thumbnail size. Bammesk (talk) 17:42, 9 June 2019 (UTC) . . . Can the bottom be improved?[reply]

Support. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:10, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Geoffroi (talk) 19:37, 9 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Weak support For something that's so iconic, and I presume on display, less than 100dpi seems a little low. But it's well above our minimums. FPs 19:24, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Support.--
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Support --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 19:42, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Le Jardin de Nébamoun.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:56, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Beijing New Airport

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Original – Aerial photograph of Beijing Daxing International Airport

Reason

high resolution, good composition, difficult to replicate (drones disallowed afterwards)

Articles in which this image appears

Beijing Daxing International Airport

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture

Creator

Taken and modified by 王之桐

Support as nominator – David290 (talk) 06:22, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose - From Commons FPC: "[this image] is processed by original author in order to give highlight to the subject (airport terminal building) itself. The photo was taken in real color, and then processed into grey-scale in most area except the terminal building". MER-C 10:19, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose strange post-processing, would have much higher EV if it was in the original colour. Mattximus (talk) 11:23, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose - confusing color, due to post processing DannyS712 (talk) 16:20, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per above votes. Geoffroi (talk) 21:00, 11 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:22, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Tensai Okamura

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Original – Tensai Okamura, Japanese anime director, animator, filmmaker and video game developer.

Reason

Good face front shot

Articles in which this image appears

Tensai Okamura

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers

Creator

Georges Seguin (Okki)

Support as nominator – LLcentury (talk) 17:22, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. Uninterestingly framed, with a background line growing out the top of his head. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:03, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment and just out of complete ignorance for which I apologize. Is that fixable? Very very kind regards. --LLcentury (talk) 18:22, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
The framing, yes, the line no. But fixability is not an FPC criterion. We have I don't know how many tens or hundreds of thousands of competently exposed and focused headshots on Wikipedia; we should be looking for images that go beyond that. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:37, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I could totally edit out the line if we want it gone. FPs 20:35, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Adam Cuerden Could you do that for me please? I am totally inutil (word in Spanish for incompetent) --LLcentury (talk) 22:33, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Adam! As always you with your aid! --LLcentury (talk) 11:20, 11 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support.--
here 12:10, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
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Support FPs 03:36, 15 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:08, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination didn’t reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:08, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Squaw Valley Ski Resort aerial tram

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Olympic Valley, California. The tram rises 2,000 ft (610 m) to High Camp at an elevation of 8,200 ft (2,500 m) above sea level
. At High Camp, tourists have access to the facilities of Squaw Valley, including a pool, roller skating, dining, shopping, and high-altitude disc golf.

Reason

Good EV and high quality

Articles in which this image appears

Squaw Valley Ski Resort

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Air

Creator

User:Frank Schulenburg

Support as nominator – Tomer T (talk) 21:10, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose it's very hard to find EV for a ski resort with no snow at all in the image... Mattximus (talk) 22:21, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per Mattximus. Geoffroi (talk) 23:20, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per others.--
here 12:28, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
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Comment. File:Squaw Valley Cable Car.jpg has an ugly blue cast, a weird obstacle in the top right corner, and is too low-res, but it has snow and it also shows how close everything is to Lake Tahoe. It gives a good idea of how much better a picture of this subject could be if it only combined the general image quality of this one with a better choice of date and vantage point. —David Eppstein (talk) 06:38, 15 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:57, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Common leopard gecko

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crepuscular, ground-dwelling lizard naturally found in the highlands of Asia and throughout Afghanistan, to parts of northern India. Unlike most geckos, all species in the genus possess movable eyelids
, and cannot climb up smooth surfaces, considering they do not have toe pads like most geckos.

Reason

Good quality and high EV

Articles in which this image appears

Common leopard gecko, Carrier's constraint

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Reptiles

Creator

George Chernilevsky

Support as nominator – Tomer T (talk) 09:08, 11 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support as author -- George Chernilevsky ^talk 10:20, 11 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support - --LLcentury (talk) 12:38, 11 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose - harsh lighting, average composition. MER-C 16:34, 11 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose the composition doesn't really give a good depiction of the head. Mattximus (talk) 22:35, 11 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Fine 4 me. --Palauenc05 (talk) 10:46, 13 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per MER-C.--
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Oppose per MER-C. Geoffroi (talk) 01:14, 15 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:38, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Byun Yo-han

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Original – South Korean actor Byun Yo-han in 2018.

Reason

High resolution picture of a not so known South Korean actor

Articles in which this image appears

Byun Yo-han

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment

Creator

Explicit

Support as nominator – LLcentury (talk) 12:52, 11 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support. The subject is notable and we have many photos of him but I think this one is the best. The image quality is high, composition ok, and facial expression good. The text is a little distracting, but on the other hand it sets the Korean context for those who might not know him but recognize the script. —David Eppstein (talk) 00:07, 17 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Although I'd prefer it less... tight. FPs 16:46, 18 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Support per David Eppstein. Geoffroi (talk) 20:39, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Thanks all for your feedback, it really doesn't work. Resubmitting again for quorum. Thanks. --LLcentury (talk) 11:55, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:40, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination didn’t reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:40, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Marino Faliero

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Original – Act II of Marino Faliero, original production

Reason

A high-resolution, beautiful, colour image of the première of a Donizetti opera, from 1835 (and, annoyingly, in WAY better condition than the Massenet posters, which are, like, half a century younger!). Colour is a little basic, but proper colour lithographs were still in development then, and this is great for the time. Plus, it uses what colour it does have very effectively despite the simplicity.

Articles in which this image appears

Marino Faliero (opera)

FP category for this image

WP:FP/THEATRE

Creator

Luigi Verardi after Dominico Ferri, restored by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – FPs 02:21, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Support - Very nice picture, I only regret the film grain if that's what it's called, but nonetheless I think it's normal on such images from my lack of knowledge. Nice job Adam. --LLcentury (talk) 11:10, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment It's a lithographic print. The "grain" is inherent in the printing technique, not a defect. Halftones need to be "grainy" or "screened" in litho printing. --Janke | Talk 16:22, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Well, Halftone isn't quite the word I'd choose, as that's usually used for a different technique. But, aye. The point of lithography is you put acid on rocks to make pits to hold ink. It's essentially random at a fine scale. FPs 22:38, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]
Ehrmmm... not quite. Lithography is
planographic, like offset printing. The image is drawn on the stone with fatty media that will hold ink, while the wet stone won't... Any pits only give a "tooth" to the surface, hence the drawing will be "grainy". --Janke | Talk 13:54, 13 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Support - forgot that in the above treatise... ;-) --Janke | Talk 07:42, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support. MER-C 20:15, 13 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support – Bammesk (talk) 02:54, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support.--
here 12:29, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
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Support. I fell compelled, also, to note that I have actually seen this piece live. I call it That Night the Soprano Lost Her Place and the Whole Thing Ground to a Halt. (Pity, because it was otherwise quite a good night, I thought.) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 19:40, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Geoffroi (talk) 01:12, 15 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Luigi Verardi after Dominico Ferri - Gaetano Donizetti - Carrefour de St Jean et Paul. Dans l'Opéra Marino Faliero.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:58, 22 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Inside room of Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Original – Inside room of Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Reason

High resolution image of the inside of Teatro Colón (Columbus Theatre)

Articles in which this image appears

Teatro Colón

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others

Creator

Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires - Buenos Aires City Government

Support as nominator – LLcentury (talk) 02:14, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Temporary oppose Hi LLcentury, thanks very much for nominating that image. I am inclined to support the image for FP, but the Wikipedia:Featured picture criteria include the statement "It is preferable to wait a reasonable period of time (at least 7 days) after the image is added to the article before nominating it, though this may be ignored in obvious cases, such as replacing a low-resolution version of an image with a higher resolution of the same image." I suggest that you withdraw this present nomination but return in seven days if the image remains in the article at that time. Thanks again for your nomination, and in the meantime you can look for other images that have been in articles for at least seven days and/or you can vote on existing nominations. Welcome to Featured picture candidates, and I hope that you will remain active here. --Pine (✉) 02:30, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

● Comment Perfect! I return in 7 days! Thanks for the info! Withdraw it freely! LLcentury (talk) 02:35, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Resubmitting or doing it all over again? Hope I am doing the correct thing. Thanks --LLcentury (talk) 15:13, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Updated expiry date, per the timestamp of this edit. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:04, 13 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose -
distortion and JPEG artifacting on the seats. Right idea, but execution falls short. MER-C 20:12, 13 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Comment. I like the composition and I think the distortion is a fair price to pay for getting this nice wide view of the theatre. But there is more unsharpness and chromatic aberration than I'm comfortable with. —David Eppstein (talk) 20:33, 13 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:17, 22 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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Original – Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan by Thomas Gainsborough, depicting Elizabeth Ann Linley

Reason

A high-quality artwork, with both an article on the artword and the fascinating subject.

Articles in which this image appears

Elizabeth Ann Linley, Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (painting)+4

FP category for this image

You could argue several, but given her singing career, perhaps Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/People/Entertainment?

Creator

Thomas Gainsborough

Support as nominator – FPs 16:43, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Support. Given that she is primarily notable for being a muse, and wrote a great deal herself, I'd drop her in artists and writers. In any case, great candidate! Josh Milburn (talk) 16:50, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It could also added to Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings, as a notable painting. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:54, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Aye. There's a lot of options here. We have occasionally multi-categorised an FP. Of course, none of this matters to voting. FPs 20:59, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Speedy close. This is already featured: Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Portrait of Mrs Richard Brinsley Sheridan. MER-C 20:13, 13 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Texhnically, it's been replaced with a higher definition copy since then. FPs 21:27, 13 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]
Perhaps we should turn this into a delist and replace? Josh Milburn (talk) 13:20, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Call it a confirmation of the new, better image. Can't really delist the old one, as it was replaced at the file level. FPs 14:01, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]
Support or whatever is necessary to keep this painting featured. MER-C 14:25, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support.--
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Support continued listing. —David Eppstein (talk) 16:12, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Geoffroi (talk) 01:10, 15 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Featured picture status reconfirmed --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 01:04, 23 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Set: N700 Series Shinkansen

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The Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 high speed train travelling at approximately 300 km/h through Himeji Station. This photo was captured with a line scan camera using strip photography.

Reason

Interesting and innovative documentation of this rolling stock. Featured on Commons. There are 16 images here, and they are nominated as a set.

Articles in which this image appears

N700 Series Shinkansen

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Land

Creator

Dllu

Support as nominator – MER-C 20:02, 13 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Geoffroi (talk) 22:51, 13 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support as creator. Thanks for nominating! dllu (t,c) 02:17, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support – Bammesk (talk) 02:54, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support.--
here 12:07, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
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Comment I certainly think this is quite an achievement, but should trhey be combined into one image? FPs 21:41, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]
Comment When I uploaded the picture there were apparently some problems with automatic thumbnail generation for the nearly 100,000 px wide image. Moreover many browsers and image viewers crash when viewing images more than 32,768 px wide. There are also some limitations with JPEG at 65,536 px wide. I've expressed those concerns at Commons:Commons:Village_pump/Archive/2018/03#Technical_considerations_for_very_large_images. However, it seems that the thumbnail generation works now, so I don't mind using File:Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017.png from now on. dllu (t,c) 07:21, 15 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support --Palauenc05 (talk) 22:02, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Innovative, high-quality, interesting, and encyclopedic. —David Eppstein (talk) 22:56, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support This is excellent, and illustrates what these trains look like very well - they're huge! Nick-D (talk) 23:20, 14 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support very encyclopedic, and when collated, an excellent display of the scale of the object. A real accomplishment. --LukeSurl^{t c} 19:09, 15 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support --Wow (talk) 23:46, 15 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support oooooooooooooooooooooh --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 00:53, 18 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support - DreamSparrow ^Chat 11:11, 18 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 14:43, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support So cool! I love how the person in the second-to-last window is look out at us. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 06:14, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Long, long, boy! Loved it! SNN95 (talk) 12:41, 23 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 01.png --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:41, 23 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 02.png --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:41, 23 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 03.png --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:41, 23 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 04.png --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:41, 23 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 05.png --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:41, 23 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 06.png --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:41, 23 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 07.png --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:41, 23 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 08.png --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:41, 23 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 09.png --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:41, 23 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 10.png --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:41, 23 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 11.png --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:41, 23 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 12.png --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:41, 23 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 13.png --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:41, 23 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 14.png --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:41, 23 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 15.png --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:41, 23 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 16.png --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:41, 23 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Alcázar of Seville - Embassador's room

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Original – The Room of the Ambassadors (celing) in the Alcázar of Seville

Reason

A high quality depiction of a gorgeous subject, probably the best available in Wikimedia: [1]

Articles in which this image appears

Alcázar of Seville, Alcázar

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors

Creator

Alvesgaspar (talk) 19:59, 16 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support as nominator – Alvesgaspar (talk) 19:59, 16 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Commons has 37 images of this subject but this one is clear best. It's a little soft around the edges but I think its other qualities make up for that. —David Eppstein (talk) 20:19, 16 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Geoffroi (talk) 21:54, 16 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support – agree, high resolution 6375x6375 pixels partly makes up for the softness. Bammesk (talk) 23:45, 16 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support per Bammesk. FPs 23:56, 16 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Weak support - nice composition, but held back by shallow DOF. MER-C 17:17, 17 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support gorgeous. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 00:52, 18 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support.--
here 08:57, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
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Promoted File:Alcázar Seville April 2019-11.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:38, 26 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Field Marshall Keitel signing the German Surrender after WWII

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Original – Field Marshall Keitel signing the German Surrender after WWII

Reason

I think it's an iconic image of WWII. I had some doubts over the inky shadows last time. It turns out there was an undocumented restoration with an accidental bad levels adjustment, so I repeated the whole restoration from scratch. Sorry I didn't spot that sooner, LLcentury!

Articles in which this image appears

End of World War II in Europe, Wilhelm Keitel +5

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War II

Creator

Lt. Moore (US Army), restored by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – FPs 23:55, 16 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Support The thing done right. Geoffroi (talk) 01:06, 17 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose – Per opposition to previous nom three weeks ago. It's still a poorly framed old snapshot that's been published extensively for three quarters of a century. – Sca (talk) 12:53, 26 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Sca: An "old snapshot"?! This is the signing of one of the most important documents of the 20th century. This is the surrender of the Nazis. Surely the enormous EV should go a long way? Geoffroi (talk) 17:51, 17 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@
FPs 18:42, 26 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
]

Sometimes great minds run in different channels. Anyhow, it's gonna be promoted this time. – Sca (talk) 21:37, 26 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
PS: Adam, if I'd been there with my trusty Graflex, I wudda framed it differently – even if I'd had to push Zhukov outta the way. – Sca (talk) 22:03, 26 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support – with thanks!!! The moment this photo captures is huge. It is like traveling in time. The viewer is given a glimpse into the past. A past that should be remember and rebuked. Look at the arrogance: the glove(s), the
WP:FP?, A picture's encyclopedic value (referred to as "EV") is given priority over its artistic value. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 02:59, 18 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
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Support though again, pity the head of the other man is missing. :( --LLcentury (talk) 16:57, 18 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose It might be a significant moment in history - it isn't, really - but it's still a shitty photo. Look at all the phone shots and selfies of the Mona Lisa; they aren't great photographs. It is poorly composed and cluttered. It's someone holding up their camera and pressing the button. There's nothing artistic about it. --Pete (talk) 22:44, 18 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
A better shot of the Mona Lisa is always and is still possible. Without a time machine, a better shot of this moment will never be possible again. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 02:44, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support for the EV. This is not Commons... ;-) --Janke | Talk 10:17, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support for the high-level EV. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 09:14, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support – image has EV (in the article as FP criteria says), historic images don't have to look good. And in this case: signing a paper takes seconds, this wasn't a photo op, this is a wartime photo, yes composition can be better, but composition isn't everything. Bammesk (talk) 15:26, 22 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Field Marshall Keitel signs German surrender terms in Berlin 8 May 1945 - Restoration.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 01:57, 27 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hideo Kojima

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Original – Kojima at the 2010 Japan Expo

Reason

High resolution picture of Japanese video game designer, writer, director and producer, known for being the creator of Metal Gear

Articles in which this image appears

Hideo Kojima

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment

Creator

Okki

Support as nominator – LLcentury (talk) 13:11, 17 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose - poor composition (top of head missing). MER-C 15:41, 17 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per MER-C. Geoffroi (talk) 17:58, 17 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose: One can only guess what the top of Mr. Kojima's head truly looks like. It may work as a quality image, but for a photograph of an important game designer, this guy certainly deserves something even better.
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Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:51, 27 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Pieris brassicae (caterpillar)

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Original – A large white caterpillar

Reason

Nice colors and composition. Currently on Commons FPC, where it will be featured near-unanimously (28-1).

Articles in which this image appears

Pieris brassicae

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects

Creator

Archaeodontosaurus

Support as nominator – MER-C 17:15, 17 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Geoffroi (talk) 17:57, 17 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Great image, I wish it were not buried in the article. I guess there is a bias to show them the species in butterfly form instead of caterpillar form. I wonder if it's worth including these forms in the infobox one day... Mattximus (talk) 00:02, 18 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support – Bammesk (talk) 01:00, 18 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

If the appearance of an imago is easy to determine this is not the case of the caterpillars, because there are several stages of development which are very different from the appearance of the terminal stage. The collections of specimens mounted for caterpillars exist but are long to prepare it is necessary to blow the caterpillar with a small straw to restore its volume ... it is almost a universe apart that does not interest much of 'entomology. It seems likely that we can use these images in the infobox, but it is useful to show them in the article. Thank you for this appointment. --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 05:15, 18 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support FPs 19:59, 18 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
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Promoted File:Pieris brassicae (caterpillar).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:16, 27 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Takumi Kitamura

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Original – Japanese actor Takumi Kitamura in 2017

Reason

I think with my lack of knowledge that it's a good picture of a Japanese actor.

Articles in which this image appears

Takumi Kitamura

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/People/Entertainment

Creator

Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan

Support as nominator – LLcentury (talk) 18:23, 17 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Part of subject cut off, picture is visually unbalanced. --Janke | Talk 18:47, 17 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Sure, his shoulders are not visible. I just keep nominating LOL. I have sometimes luck other times not. Nice place however.
@LLcentury: It's not the shoulders. The problem is that the left side of the photo is unbalanced and tightly cropped. There should be more room at left to balance the portrait. Geoffroi (talk) 20:21, 17 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per Janke. Geoffroi (talk) 20:21, 17 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:24, 27 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ice speedway

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Original – Ice speedway racer practicing to 2018 FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship Final 4 - Inzell, Germany.

Reason

Nice action shot with good quality and high EV

Articles in which this image appears

Ice speedway

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Sport

Creator

Isiwal

Support as nominator – Tomer T (talk) 20:06, 17 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support – noisy but it's a fast action shot, so some noise is inevitable. Bammesk (talk) 00:57, 18 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support - DreamSparrow ^Chat 11:09, 18 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support. MER-C 16:54, 18 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Honestly, with all the ice chips, the noise is barely noticeable. FPs 17:15, 18 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
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Support Geoffroi (talk) 23:12, 18 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support - love this. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 05:27, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Promoted File:2018 FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship - GP 7 Niedermaier-5563.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:14, 27 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hurdling

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Original – Leon Okafor of Austria runs a hurdle at a 2018 event in Linz

Reason

Good quality and high EV

Articles in which this image appears

Hurdling

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Sport

Creator

Isiwal

Support as nominator – Tomer T (talk) 20:19, 17 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support – Bammesk (talk) 00:51, 18 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support. MER-C 10:15, 18 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support – Nice DOF. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 10:37, 18 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support - DreamSparrow ^Chat 11:09, 18 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Geoffroi (talk) 23:10, 18 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 05:26, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Promoted File:Leichtathletik Gala Linz 2018 men´s 110m hurdles Okafor-6401.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:22, 27 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Alan Bean

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Original – Alan Bean was a naval aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, who walked on the Moon a few weeks after this photo was taken.

Reason

the 4th person to walk on the Moon. He is photographed here posing next to a mock-up of the Apollo Lunar Module on 22 September 1969, just two months before Apollo 12
landed on the moon.

Articles in which this image appears

List of people who have walked on the Moon, and List of Apollo astronauts

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering

Creator

NASA / Johnson Space Center

Support as nominator – --- Coffeeandcrumbs 02:44, 18 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Good for 1969. FPs 16:52, 18 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
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Support. MER-C 16:55, 18 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Geoffroi (talk) 23:11, 18 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support – Bammesk (talk) 02:32, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 05:26, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Promoted File:Alan Bean NASA portrait (S69-38859).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 02:45, 28 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Le juif polonais

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Le juif polonais by Camille Erlanger

Reason

I'm kind of fascinated by this opera; a sort of French Tell-Tale Heart, with a ghost onstage. Haven't found half so much about it as I'd like yet, though. Well, one day I'll get to see it. This also continues my quest to not have to go back to and finish bloody La Navarraise, a poster that has a nightmare-amount of fluff all over it.

Articles in which this image appears

Le Juif Polonais, Camille Erlanger
There are no secret messages in my posts

FP category for this image

WP:FP/THEATRE

Creator

Henri C. R. Presseq, restored by Adam Cuerden who probably works himself too hard. Seriously, do you see the size of these posters?

Support as nominator – FPs 05:12, 18 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
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Support Geoffroi (talk) 05:49, 18 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support - DreamSparrow ^Chat 11:08, 18 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support. MER-C 16:58, 18 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support - I feel like there might be another operatic version of this as well - can't for the life of me remember who wrote it. I'll have to check one of my sources when I'm back from away. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 05:25, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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@Adam Cuerden: That'll be the one, I think - David Ewen [pl] has an entry for it in his opera encyclopedia, which I have lying around here somewhere... --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 13:01, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment @Adam Cuerden:, @Ser Amantio di Nicolao: - Another nice detail here is that the opera is based on a collection of stories by Erckmann-Chatrian, two of the most popular French writers of the 19th century. Their series of historical novels of the French Revolution and Napoleon are still well-worth reading and available in English translation. Geoffroi (talk) 19:08, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Geoffroi:, @Adam Cuerden: - another opera based on their works is Mascagni's L'amico Fritz. Though now we're venturing rather far afield... --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 19:12, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Promoted File:Henri C. R. Presseq - Camille Erlanger - Le juif polonais.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:37, 28 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk

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Original – Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, used during the air campaign of the Gulf War

Reason

Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, used during the air campaign of the Gulf War

Articles in which this image appears

Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Air

Creator

Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon II

Support as nominator – LLcentury (talk) 20:12, 18 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose – there is too big a shadow on the front face, it's too dark. Bammesk (talk) 02:42, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support I don't agree with
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Support per Adam. Geoffroi (talk) 19:21, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support.--
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Support per Adam. --Janke | Talk 17:00, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:F-117 Nighthawk Front.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:39, 28 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The Lord's Prayer by Martha Ann Honeywell

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Original – Paper cutout featuring the Lord's Prayer by Martha Ann Honeywell. Owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Reason

Martha Ann Honeywell was an American artist born without hands or forearms, and with only three toes on one foot; nevertheless, she created cut-paper pieces such as this, as well as silhouettes, using her mouth and toes. She appeared as a sideshow act throughout much of the early 19th century. Cutouts with the Lord's Prayer at the center, such as this, were sold by her as souvenirs. The text at the center is the standard text of the prayer; underneath it's signed "Written without hands by Martha Honeywell".

Articles in which this image appears

Martha Ann Honeywell

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others

Creator

Martha Ann Honeywell

Support as nominator – Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 05:35, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support A lovely example of her work. FPs 06:11, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
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Weak support - this scan could do with a few more DPI to make the Lord's Prayer more legible. MER-C 10:07, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Geoffroi (talk) 19:19, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support --LLcentury (talk) 19:25, 19 June 2019 (UTC)'[reply]

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Promoted File:Paper cut-out with The Lord's Prayer MET DP372401.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:48, 29 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I puritani

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Original – Act I, Scene 3, in the original production of Ballini's I puritani

Reason

A high-quality image of the original production, in excellent preservation 185 years later. Impressive quality. Aquatint offered a range of greys that later printing techniques can't replicate as well, and this image uses it beautifully. Look at the right side of the image.

Articles in which this image appears

I puritani, may stick in Aquatint, but that article is way over-illustrated.

FP category for this image

WP:FP/THEATRE

Creator

Luigi Verardi after Dominico Ferri; restored by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – FPs 08:39, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
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Support. Excellent as always. MER-C 10:08, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support --LLcentury (talk) 17:20, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Bell(in)issima. _Sorry. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 17:57, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Geoffroi (talk) 19:17, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Promoted File:Luigi Verardi after Dominico Ferri - Vincenzo Bellini - Théatre Royal Italien. Salle d'armes dans l'Opéra I Puritani.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 09:15, 29 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Gilad Shalit

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Original – Israeli soldier released by Hamas after exchange of prisoners with Israel.

Reason

High resolution picture I think.

Articles in which this image appears

Gilad Shalit

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Military

Creator

Israel Defense Forces

Support as nominator – LLcentury (talk) 14:33, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Unbalanced composition, not among Wikipedia's "best". Is there any EV at all in this snapshot of a person on the phone? --Janke | Talk 20:25, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per Janke. Geoffroi (talk) 20:35, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose – Unremarkable photo related to a (POV?) article of questionable significance. – Sca (talk) 20:51, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment it was never my intention to promote any POV. Though it would be great to look at the talk page of the project to see a point I needed to express. --LLcentury (talk) 21:54, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose - The composition is quite poor. Mattximus (talk) 21:26, 25 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:55, 29 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sun (false color)

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Original – False-color photo of the Sun as seen in ultraviolet light (wavelength of 30.4 nm).

Reason

It is an image with great resolution, holds an outstanding EV.

Articles in which this image appears

Sun, Star, List of Solar System objects by size, etc.

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out

Creator

NASA/SDO (AIA), uploaded by Jaharwell

Support as nominator – The NMI User (talk) 07:44, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support - DannyS712 (talk) 16:44, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Geoffroi (talk) 18:50, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support - despite blown highlights... ;-) --Janke | Talk 19:27, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Though I'd have gone for golden hour. It'd keep it from having such harsh shadows around the sun. FPs 04:43, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
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Comment: I'd like it better if the image was perfectly square, as most of our images of solar system objects are. --Paul_012 (talk) 22:01, 28 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:The Sun by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly of NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory - 20100819.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 07:45, 30 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Papilio polymnestor

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Original – A male blue Mormon butterfly, native to south India and Sri Lanka.

Reason

Excellent detail, featured on Commons. The corresponding image of the female may be worth considering too.

Articles in which this image appears

Papilio polymnestor, Papilio, +3

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects

Creator

Jeevan Jose

Support as nominator – MER-C 15:01, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Geoffroi (talk) 18:49, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support FPs 05:00, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
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Support : DreamSparrow ^Chat 07:55, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support – Very good detail of a photogenic species. (Also known as the blue LDS butterfly? Ha.) – Sca (talk) 12:44, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Looks good to me. Mattximus (talk) 21:27, 25 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Support - DannyS712 (talk) 08:02, 30 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Papilio polymnestor-Kadavoor-2016-07-27-002.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:52, 30 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Russian battleship Dvenadsat Apostolov

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Original – Russian battleship Dvenadsat Apostolov, 1892 lithograph.

Reason

High-quality colour lithograph of a ssubject somewhat under-represented.

Articles in which this image appears

Russian battleship Dvenadsat Apostolov

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Water#Military

Creator

Chromolithography of Stadler and Pattinot, After Vasily Ignatius. Restored by Adam Cuerden.

Support as nominator – FPs 22:01, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
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Support - As always Adam :) --LLcentury (talk) 01:25, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Geoffroi (talk) 09:29, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support - are those blobs on the ropes above the bow damage or are they real? MER-C 16:22, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
...Let's pretend I didn't miss that. Should've rechecked after the levels, some damage likes to hide until the colours are tweaked. It's fixed now. FPs 19:47, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
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Support - DreamSparrow ^Chat 08:14, 22 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I always prefer real photographs to a painting, however given the date, I'm not sure that we can get high quality photographs. For example, is it even possible to get a high definition of this image or is the source too poor? Mattximus (talk) 21:30, 25 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Mattximus: My philosophy is that if a good photograph of a ship from this period exists, that's fantastic, but for specific ships, I'm not going to hold my breath. I think lithographs and paintings can be useful for showing colour, which is otherwise lost from this era, which is. however, most important for the camouflage painting of the First World War or thereabouts.

But which ships have photographs taken in the first place, in good enough condition to matter, and available high-definition is such a crap shoot that I'm not sure it's worth considering unless we have one to hand. Plus, this era of ships go through so much reworking in a desperate attempt to keep them relevant that, unless you happen on photos of them in the same state as in the lithograph, they're complementary anyway. FPs 02:25, 26 June 2019 (UTC)[reply
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I tend to view them as separate, but related, things with the illustration conveying a lot of different information related to the art. My favorite example is this beauty, an illustration of the sinking of a Russian battleship by a Japanese mine during the Russo-Japanese War: File:Sinking of the Petropavlovsk.jpg.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 23:33, 27 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Support as the editor of the article on the ship.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 23:33, 27 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Russian Fleet (1892) il. 12 Dvenadsat Apostolov - Restoration, cropped.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:09, 30 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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