Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/May-2019

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:04, 10 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Salvator Mundi

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Reason

This is the painting of all fantasm and superlatives. Salvator Mundi is attributed to Leonardo da Vinci by most experts, but this is still contested by others. This is the only painting of the famous master in a private collection. Badly damaged and attributed to Leonardo's pupil Giovanni Antonio, it was sold in 1958 for £45. It is now the most expensive painting in the world. It was sold US$ 450.3 million on 15 November 2017 by Christie's in New York. It was planned to be on exhibit in the Louvre Abu Dhabi, but its current location is unknown. And it is appropriate for the 500th anniversary of his death. See [1] for the complete story of the painting discovery and restoration.

Articles in which this image appears

Salvator Mundi (Leonardo), Leonardo da Vinci, List of most expensive paintings, Louvre Abu Dhabi, Salvator Mundi and others

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings

Creator

Leonardo da Vinci (Getty Images)

• Support as nominator – Yann (talk) 12:24, 1 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• The colours are significantly different to the framed picture, particularly around the sleeves. MER-C 17:33, 1 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• We must be satisfied with this, since it is privately owned, there won't be any new version any time soon. Regards, Yann (talk) 10:52, 2 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• I am willing to overlook minor color differences but grey vs. blue on the sleeves is very substantial. There are also the JPEG artifacts on the top, as pointed out on Commons. This painting clearly deserves an accurate reproduction and it is important that we get it right. MER-C 15:33, 2 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• @MER-C: As the current speculation, it may be displayed in the Saudi Royal's private appartments, so do not hold your breath. Regards, Yann (talk) 08:58, 3 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment All the details about the restoration are important for the commercial value of the painting, but for us, I don't think it matters that much. This is the best available image of the painting after restoration on the whole Internet, and it will remain so for the foreseeable future. That's the whole and only important point for us. I added a description. Regards, Yann (talk) 09:24, 8 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:52, 11 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Mycena epipterygia

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 12 May 2019 at 15:25:30 (UTC)

Reason

Good EV and high quality

Articles in which this image appears

Mycena epipterygia

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Fungi

Creator

Holleday

• Support as nominator – Tomer T (talk) 15:25, 2 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support wow, great quality and great EV. Mattximus (talk) 00:59, 3 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Geoffroi (talk) 01:52, 3 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Yann (talk) 10:21, 4 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. Josh Milburn (talk) 16:29, 4 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – DreamSparrow ^Chat 03:55, 5 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - Relevant and great contrast, nice photo DannyS712 (talk) 22:52, 5 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Dehnbare Helmling Mycena epipterygia.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:52, 12 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Saddle-billed stork

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Reason

Recent unanimous FP on Commons. Nice action shot.

Articles in which this image appears

Saddle-billed stork

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds

Creator

Diego Delso

• Support as nominator – MER-C 15:58, 2 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Another great shot by Poco a poco. This is why he has 500+ FPs (!!!) on Commons. Great talent. Geoffroi (talk) 01:50, 3 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Must be a German stork. – Sca (talk) 13:24, 3 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Support yes, excellent. Charlesjsharp (talk) 23:10, 3 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Yann (talk) 10:20, 4 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – DreamSparrow ^Chat 03:54, 5 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Jabirú africano (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis), delta del Okavango, Botsuana, 2018-07-31, DD 11.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:59, 12 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Javan slow loris

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Reason

Was seen on Commons FPC last week, where it succeeded unanimously. While the photo does have shortcomings, particularly around the background and the blown highlights on the head, they are relatively insubstantial considering the species is critically endangered.

Articles in which this image appears

Javan slow loris

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals

Creator

Aprisonsan

• Support as nominator – MER-C 16:42, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Geoffroi (talk) 21:38, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Nice image, high EV. Yann (talk) 13:30, 9 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – the bright background is a bit distracting, but the main subject is sharp, and EV. Bammesk (talk) 02:42, 10 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Pretty much per
  FPs 19:30, 10 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
  ]
• Support --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 14:02, 13 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Coucang.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:34, 16 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Einstein Cross

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 17 May 2019 at 09:16:35 (UTC)

Reason

Good EV

Articles in which this image appears

Einstein Cross + 5 others.

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Understanding or Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out

Creator

NASA, ESA, and STScI, uploaded by Tryphon

• Support as nominator – The NMI User (talk) 09:16, 7 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose - This one [[2]] is a lot more pleasing to the eye, and you can actually see the shape of the galaxy. --Janke | Talk 16:52, 7 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Important for what it is. I do agree the other is likely better, though.
  FPs 19:42, 11 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
  ]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 10:38, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Lolotte and Werther by Eunice Pinney

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 17 May 2019 at 04:10:24 (UTC)

Reason

Interesting work by an interesting woman. Eunice Pinney was one of the first American artists to work in the medium of watercolor. This is fairly typical of her work - a shade more elaborate, perhaps than some of her others, but not by much. It'd be nice to get some American folk art on the front page, also.

Articles in which this image appears

Eunice Pinney

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings

Creator

Eunice Pinney, digitized by the National Gallery of Art

• Support as nominator – Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 04:10, 7 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Since I encouraged you to nominate this, I don't think you'll be surprised I Support. Notable artist, in an under-represented genre. Being a bit more elabourate is arguably a plus, insofar as it gives more of the artist's techniques. Think there's room for it in
  FPs 04:17, 7 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
  ]

@Adam Cuerden: Possibly - I'd given it some thought. I may throw it in there tomorrow, although there are better options for it. Speaking of...I may have found her source...or something based on her source, at least. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 04:24, 7 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

That article I linked mentions her source: "Lolotte et Werther depicts a scenefrom Goethe's popular novel The Sorrows of Young Werther, for which Pinney apparently relied on an engraving (or some derivation thereof) by French artist F. Bonnefoy." That kind of thing was pretty common at the time, and probably more so in folk art.

FPs 04:29, 7 May 2019 (UTC)[reply

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Oh, absolutely. Still is with a lot of folk artists, only they've replaced engravings with movies and TV shows. Henry Darger, for example. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 04:39, 7 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I thought Darger used illustrations and cut them up into collages?

FPs 05:45, 7 May 2019 (UTC)[reply

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If memory serves (and it may not, it's been a while since I've read about him), he did, but he also traced images from advertising and used them as the basis for some of his figures. I think he may have developed an enlarger tool to aid himself in the process as well. Another example (I'd have cited him earlier, but I didn't believe there was an article): Justin McCarthy. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 07:53, 7 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Support. MER-C 18:25, 10 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Bammesk (talk) 16:09, 11 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. High-quality reproduction of work by a notable artist, used as the lead image for her article. Among the works we have by the artist, this is a good choice to feature, both because of the execution of the work itself (the falling skater in the picture-in-picture!) and because of the quality of the image as a reproduction (high resolution, very sharp, with no unnecessary matting). —David Eppstein (talk) 05:15, 12 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment: She has been referred to as a notable artist, but her page receives an average of 1 view per day. We may wish her to be notable, but apparently in the grand scheme, she isn't. - HappyWaldo (talk) 23:05, 12 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Honestly, page views are a bad way to judge notability. It gets way too much recentism into the mix. Especially as POTD is as much educational as celebratory.
    FPs 01:57, 13 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
    ]
    • I understand your points, but this artist is really beyond the margins in art historical terms, and still a virtual unknown in an age of intense revisionism in favour of women artists. - HappyWaldo (talk) 12:46, 13 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Geoffroi (talk) 04:24, 13 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Lolotte and Werther by Eunice Pinney.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 10:39, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Apollo 11 launch (Saturn V rocket)

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 18 May 2019 at 05:21:42 (UTC)

Reason

High EV. Shows full view of the Saturn V rocket during launch of Apollo 11. Note that we have a FP of another view: File:Apollo 11 Launch2.jpg. We also have non-FP from a "second" before at File:Apollo 11 Launch - GPN-2000-000630.jpg.

Articles in which this image appears

Apollo 11, Apollo program, History of aviation, Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39, + Template:Saturn rockets

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Getting there

Creator

Dodo and TheDJ

• Support as nominator – --- Coffeeandcrumbs 05:21, 8 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment What's the point to have 2 FPs taken seconds apart? Saturation is much increased compared to the other image, and may be a bit tilted, but it is quite cleaner. Regards, Yann (talk) 08:43, 8 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • No, no. I think you misunderstood. The one a second before is not FP at this time. I just included it in case people prefer it. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 08:48, 8 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Yann: There is no FP that shows a full view of this rocket launching. There is only this from a completely different angle.--- Coffeeandcrumbs 12:32, 10 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Yann (talk) 13:09, 10 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support
  FPs 19:27, 10 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
  ]
• Comment – leaning to oppose, too saturated (sky doesn't look good). This is a better photo: File:Apollo 11 Launch - GPN-2000-000630.jpg if restored. Bammesk (talk) 16:07, 11 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Bammesk, at Commons, PawełMM was kind enough to restore that image for us. I would be happy with either photo being promoted. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 10:15, 13 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • @
    FPs 05:13, 14 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
    ]

• I would support the restored image, it is better than the nom image. Bammesk (talk) 01:07, 16 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• I also like the restored image better, but it is currently unused on en. —David Eppstein (talk) 00:38, 18 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 11:13, 18 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Nomination didn’t reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 11:13, 18 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Germaine de Staël

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 28 May 2019 at 16:29:21 (UTC)

Reason

A high-quality painting of a highly notable woman

Articles in which this image appears

Germaine de Staël +1

FP category for this image

You could argue a few, but let's say Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers

Creator

Marie-Éléonore Godefroid, after François Gérard

• Support as nominator –
  FPs 16:29, 18 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
  ]
• Query. The colors (apparently taken from a copy of the image on a Russian auction site) are quite different from the official French government version — more saturated and pleasing to a modern web-viewing eye but maybe artificially so. Do we have a reason for believing that this more saturated version is more true to the original? (For a similar case see e.g. the ongoing Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Oedipus and the Sphinx) —David Eppstein (talk) 19:53, 18 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think you're right and the French government one is much more accurate. Withdraw
    FPs 21:05, 18 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
    ]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 09:45, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Withdrawn nomination. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 09:45, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Christina Nilsson

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 20 May 2019 at 17:01:23 (UTC)

Reason

Another of Jebulon's fine restorations, of a notable historic operatic soprano.

Articles in which this image appears

Christina Nilsson

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment

Creator

Nadar, restored by Jebulon

• Support as nominator –
  FPs 17:01, 10 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
  ]
• Support – Bammesk (talk) 15:56, 11 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak oppose - posterization of background not as prominent in the original. MER-C 14:35, 12 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Geoffroi (talk) 04:22, 13 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 13:59, 13 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - A little below min resolution, but really quite good EV! Mattximus (talk) 00:53, 14 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Christine Nilsson Nadar.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 02:49, 21 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Heteropoda venatoria

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Reason

Nice detail, high resolution. FP on Commons.

Articles in which this image appears

Heteropoda venatoria

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Arachnids

Creator

Jkadavoor

• Support either as nominator – MER-C 18:43, 10 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support either, with hesitations A lot of JPEG artefacting, mitigated by the size of the image. The leaves, in particular, have enough that it almost imitates a film grain. Still, it's very high resolution, and the problems are only visible near 100% zoom, so I'm happy to support.
  FPs 02:22, 11 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
  ]
• I'm a bit skeptical of the centered composition and small size of subject with respect to background. Is this eye-catching enough? —David Eppstein (talk) 17:54, 12 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • @
    FPs 21:20, 14 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
    ]
    • Support cropped version. —David Eppstein (talk) 02:12, 15 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment Isn't this at least a stop underexposed? JJ Harrison (talk) 06:50, 20 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 02:51, 21 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Nomination didn’t reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 02:51, 21 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Carlotta 2018-06-18 1725Z

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 29 May 2019 at 04:08:39 (UTC)

Reason

This satellite image shows the structure of the weakening Carlotta and its location better than any text could describe (without going into unnecessary detail). In my opinion, the image is of high enough quality to meet the criteria. The coastline may be removed upon request if that is necessary.

Articles in which this image appears

Tropical Storm Carlotta (2018)

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Weather

Creator

Satellite image from NASA's worldview; uploaded to commons by Hurricane Noah

• Support as nominator – Noah^Talk 04:08, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Question - You state yourself as the creator. Could you walk us through that?
  FPs 04:54, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
  ]

  @Adam Cuerden: I said it was from NASA's worldview and uploaded by myself. Noah^Talk 04:56, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

  Okay... I see the confusion. I meant it was uploaded to commons by myself. Noah^Talk 05:05, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

  Thank you! Sorry about that: Support

  FPs 05:07, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply

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• Oppose - sorry to do it, but the image barely seems to be of anything. Sure, it’s Carlotta weakening, but visually it isn’t impressive. Hurricanehink mobile (talk) 12:51, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Withdraw @Hurricanehink: I guess TD and TS images aren't really deserving of featured status as they aren't doing much to begin with. Although I nominated this on the line of it being more informative of its location and structure than it being visually impressive. Noah^Talk 13:05, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:03, 21 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Withdrawn nomination. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:03, 21 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Bill Hosokawa's home at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center

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Julena Steinheider

, then a mathematics teacher at the concentration camp, later a notable astronomer.

Reason

It says a lot about the situation. Note the poor construction, the attempt at domestic life, the notable victim...

Articles in which this image appears

Julena Steinheider, Heart Mountain Relocation Center

, in no particular order.

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War II

Creator

Department of the Interior. War Relocation Authority; restored by Adam Cuerden

• Support as co-nominator –
  FPs 01:04, 12 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
  ]
• Support as co-nominator —David Eppstein (talk) 01:19, 12 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• There's a couple of white spots on the wall - far right, near the center. Also, is it just me, the shoddy construction or is the image tilted? MER-C 14:39, 12 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• There is tilt but I think there is also a lot of lens distortion (not a high quality lens). This being a historic image or documentary, I am Ok with it as is, rather than modifying it for technical reasons (which would mean cropping the boundary). Support. Bammesk (talk) 17:18, 12 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Given the lamp, which presumably hangs mostly straight from the ceiling, I'm inclined to think there isn't as much tilt as you'd think. Certainly some lens distortion, though possibly exacerbated by a small room requiring a wide angle lens. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adam Cuerden (talk • contribs)

I am somewhat concerned that the tilt and lens distortion detracts from the EV - it can be confused with the floor not being level in reality. MER-C 16:33, 13 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not much that can be done, though, and the light fixture kind of hints to me that the image is less tilted than you'd think, as the wood beam next to it is tilted relative to it. The buildings were demolished after WWII.

FPs 16:13, 14 May 2019 (UTC)[reply

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• Support Geoffroi (talk) 04:20, 13 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support rectified version that I just uploaded. Revert if you don't like it - but note that very little of the edges were lost in the fix. --Janke | Talk 23:01, 14 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • I can live with that.
    FPs 23:18, 14 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
    ]
  • Also ok with me. If it were my own photo I would have done that as a matter of course, and I don't think the sloppiness of the original framing has much EV in itself. —David Eppstein (talk) 01:52, 15 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support now that my concerns have been addressed. MER-C 14:19, 15 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment – @Janke: the file size is reduced too much (now 570KB, it was 2.31MB), could you upload a larger file? Bammesk (talk) 01:47, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

To be fair, I save at 99/100 on the JPEG quality scale - above Photoshop's highest setting. I would prefer to have it done from the PNG version and uploaded as PNG as well, but my JPEGs are at the "ridiculous" level.

FPs 02:08, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply

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Promoted File:Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Heart Mountain, Wyoming. In his barracks home at Block 7 - 21 - NARA - 539206 - Restoration.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 02:45, 22 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Coldstream Guards, Crimean War

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 24 May 2019 at 01:14:57 (UTC)

Reason

Stumbled across this while checking out a new archive. I think it's a particularly nice bit of ephemera, good enough for Queen Victoria to get a personal negative of the image. This was briefly nominated before, but the discussion was kind of going way, way off topic, so I asked for it to be closed. It's since passed Commons (by rule of the 5th day, no less) albeit after a bit of a levels tweak which probably dealt with some issues that were derailing the last one.

Articles in which this image appears

Coldstream Guards, Facial hair in the military

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Military

Creator

Hughes & Mullins after Cundall & Howlett; restored by Adam Cuerden

• Support as nominator –
  FPs 01:14, 14 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
  ]
• Support Geoffroi (talk) 04:16, 14 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support this time around as a high-EV illustration of outlandish 19th C. militaria. (Wish we could say with certainty that the tunics were red, though.) – Sca (talk) 14:05, 14 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • They pretty much certainly were, but I don't think 19th century camera technology is perfect at that sort of fidelity. Chemical reactions are not the eye.
    FPs 16:09, 14 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
    ]
    • Besides, all photographic plates at that time were only blue-sensitive, i.e. "color blind", rendering red as black, likewise other colors at the longer wavelength end of the spectrum. (For instance, the Swedish flag became a "negative" in old photos; the yellow cross rendered dark, the blue background light! That made it look like Finland's flag... ;-) Support, BTW. --Janke | Talk 19:46, 14 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. MER-C 20:51, 14 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

In any case, it's an arresting pictorial artifact. Can you imagine engaging in combat wearing one of those crazy bearskin 'hats' – ?? Well, the whole Crimean War was pretty crazy anyway. Sca (talk) 21:36, 14 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Support, but the caption and image description should specify who's where, I think it's from left to right.Brandmeister^talk 17:46, 15 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Er, doesn't it?
    FPs 18:41, 15 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
    ]

Unless you're Chinese, or maybe Jewish? – Sca (talk) 20:35, 15 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

But... the names are on the image if there's any doubt.

FPs 01:28, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply

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Promoted File:Hughes & Mullins after Cundall & Howlett - Heroes of the Crimean War - Joseph Numa, John Potter, and James Deal of the Coldstream Guards.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:39, 24 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thomas Mann Baynes phenakistiscope disc

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 25 May 2019 at 14:58:54 (UTC)

Reason

High EV, interesting well-executed animation

Articles in which this image appears

Thomas Mann Baynes, Phenakistiscope

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others

Creator

Thomas Mann Baynes, animated by Basile Morin

• Support as nominator – Tomer T (talk) 14:58, 15 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment – Annoying and IMO pointless. Sca (talk) 20:33, 15 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support like this one but the whole disc here shows better the process. Historically important, 186 year-old work. Stone towards the invention of the cinematography -- Basile Morin (talk) 00:32, 16 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – EV. Bammesk (talk) 01:19, 16 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support As per Basile.
  FPs 01:41, 16 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
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• Support Geoffroi (talk) 01:45, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - DreamSparrow ^Chat 10:33, 24 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Animated phenakistiscope disc - Running rats Fantascope by Thomas Mann Baynes 1833.gif --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:55, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Eastern chanting goshawk

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 25 May 2019 at 16:03:41 (UTC)

Reason

Was seen on Commons FPC last month, where it passed 15-1.

Articles in which this image appears

Eastern chanting goshawk, Melierax

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds

Creator

Charlesjsharp

• Support as nominator – MER-C 16:03, 15 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Charlesjsharp does excellent work with birds. Geoffroi (talk) 00:33, 16 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Bammesk (talk) 01:15, 16 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support
  FPs 02:02, 16 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
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• Support -- Basile Morin (talk) 11:40, 16 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support per my !vote at Commons Daniel Case (talk) 15:59, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - DreamSparrow ^Chat 10:33, 24 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Eastern chanting goshawk (Melierax poliopterus).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:03, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Blue-tailed damselfies mating

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 4 Jun 2019 at 11:10:09 (UTC)

Reason

High quality large image. FP on Commons.

Articles in which this image appears

Blue-tailed damselfly

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects

Creator

Charlesjsharp

• Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:10, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Err, this isn't used in any articles. MER-C 12:16, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• It is used, but it's buried in the gallery. Nothing in the text refers to it, so there is no EV yet... Mattximus (talk) 17:34, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• I'm not seeing it. The file description page is not showing the use and I don't get anything if I search for the filename in the article. MER-C 17:44, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

•  Request withdrawn you're right, not there! Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:54, 26 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:32, 27 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Withdrawn nomination. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:32, 27 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Basilica of Saint Peter in Rome

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 27 May 2019 at 14:13:35 (UTC)

Reason

A very good quality and high resolution depiction of an iconic monument. Probably the best available image of the front facade of the building (see here)

Articles in which this image appears

St. Peter's Basilica, Baroque, Arch, Tourism in Italy, Western world

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture

Creator

Alvesgaspar

• Support as nominator – Alvesgaspar (talk) 14:13, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Daniel Case (talk) 15:57, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. Although there are many other images of this subject, I agree with the nominator that this is the best view of this facade on commons, and as the lead image for the Basilica it has high EV. —David Eppstein (talk) 16:03, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - nice detail. MER-C 16:09, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Geoffroi (talk) 20:31, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment Wondering if the white balance is just a little blue? JJ Harrison (talk) 06:55, 20 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• You may be right JJ Harrison, thank you. I concentrated in the near white building on the right, as a reference, and slightly adjusted the colour temperature. What do you suggest: to replace the picture or to propose a new version? -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 13:13, 20 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• I'd probably just replace it - I don't think there would be any objections. JJ Harrison (talk) 04:00, 21 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

•  Done Alvesgaspar (talk) 10:01, 21 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - DreamSparrow ^Chat 10:33, 24 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 16:58, 24 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Yann (talk) 16:44, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano September 2015-1a.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:33, 27 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Aletta Jacobs

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 28 May 2019 at 06:50:05 (UTC)

Reason

Notable suffragette, and first woman to attend a university in the Netherlands, and at least amongst the first female physicians. Image is high-quality, and, while round may not be ideal, it's not bad at all. She's likely more notable in the Netherlands than the main Anglosphere, but diversity is a good thing.

Articles in which this image appears

Aletta Jacobs

FP category for this image

Either Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/People/Political for the suffragette aspect, or Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/People/Science and engineering for the physician aspect

Creator

Max Büttinghausen (1847 - 1906); restored by Adam Cuerden. Researched by SusunW

• Support as nominator –
  FPs 06:50, 18 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
  ]
• Comment – what is the source? source link on file page shows some other image. Bammesk (talk) 11:15, 18 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Think I got the permalink, https://hdl.handle.net/21.12105/80a39829-8e76-9435-8bd6-0167aa717d3a - it was roughly right before, but one of those relative links to searches that can change as more is added.
    FPs 15:03, 18 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
    ]

• Support – file description puts birth control first, not sure putting it first is a good idea, her article lists many other contributions. Bammesk (talk) 16:21, 18 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Added in her firsts.
  FPs 21:09, 18 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
  ]

• Support – Since I asked Adam to work on a photo of her in the first place and it took me almost a year to find an image that would make a good candidate for restoration. In addition to her activism and medical practice in the Netherlands, Jacobs was an extremely important and influential international women's rights activist. Active in the leadership of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, as well as influential in the US contraception movement. Besides the archive of her records in the Netherlands, her library of personal books resides in the US. I am no expert of photography, but it appears to meet the FA criteria and is verifiable as being in the public domain. SusunW (talk) 22:05, 18 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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FPs 00:55, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply

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• Support. —David Eppstein (talk) 01:16, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Geoffroi (talk) 01:42, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. MER-C 09:45, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - DreamSparrow ^Chat 10:33, 24 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 17:00, 24 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Yann (talk) 16:40, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – — Maile (talk) 15:11, 26 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Aletta Jacobs, 1895-1905.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 07:01, 28 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Malagasy giant chameleon

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• A Malagasy giant chameleon feeding on a grasshopper.
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Reason

Impressive action sequence. This set was a 2018 Commons POTY finalist.

Articles in which this image appears

Malagasy giant chameleon

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Reptiles

Creator

Charlesjsharp

• Support as nominator – MER-C 13:55, 18 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Bammesk (talk) 16:22, 18 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support
  FPs 22:01, 18 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
  ]
• Support Geoffroi (talk) 01:41, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - DreamSparrow ^Chat 10:33, 24 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Thanks, MER-C. The set was the Commons POTY finalist. Charlesjsharp (talk) 17:01, 24 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Yann (talk) 16:38, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Oustalet's chameleon (Furcifer oustaleti) male feeding Anja Community Reserve 1e.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:56, 28 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Oustalet's chameleon (Furcifer oustaleti) male feeding Anja Community Reserve 2e.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:56, 28 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Oustalet's chameleon (Furcifer oustaleti) male feeding Anja Community Reserve 3e.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:56, 28 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Oustalet's chameleon (Furcifer oustaleti) male feeding Anja Community Reserve 4e.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:56, 28 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ray Strachey

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 29 May 2019 at 00:29:54 (UTC)

Reason

A fine image of one of those people who can be quite hard to get good images of. British archives tend to be locked down a bit, so we're lucky to have such a fine picture of Strachey. She's a prominent British suffragette and, while she didn't win a parliamentary election (though she came somewhat close), she headed two or three major organisations, was the British representative to the

Nancy Astor

(first woman to take a seat in parliament) isn't bad.

Articles in which this image appears

Ray Strachey +1

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political

Creator

Anonymous photographer; restored by Adam Cuerden

• Support as nominator –
  FPs 00:29, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
  ]
• Support Geoffroi (talk) 01:37, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. You can still see a lot of the texture of the paper on which this was printed (I think), above the normal film grain, but it's not an unpleasant effect and it would likely do too much damage to try to hide that. I wonder whether the negative is still accessible somewhere? —David Eppstein (talk) 03:01, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. MER-C 09:46, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - Kaldari (talk) 01:44, 20 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Very nice period pic (pre-WWI) – strong character shows in her expression (though her article is perhaps a bit thin). – Sca (talk) 13:25, 21 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - DreamSparrow ^Chat 10:32, 24 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 17:02, 24 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Yann (talk) 16:35, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Ray Strachey restored.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:17, 29 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Stargazer snake eel

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 31 May 2019 at 20:00:05 (UTC)

Reason

Currently doing well on Commons FPC, where support is unanimous.

Articles in which this image appears

Brachysomophis cirrocheilos

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish

Creator

Rickard Zerpe

• Support as nominator – MER-C 20:00, 21 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Geoffroi (talk) 21:05, 21 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Seems quite good for underwater photography.
  FPs 15:08, 22 May 2019 (UTC)[reply
  ]
• Support - DreamSparrow ^Chat 10:32, 24 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 17:03, 24 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Yann (talk) 16:33, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Stargazer snake eel (Brachysomophis cirrocheilos) (14419490013).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:11, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]