Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/October-2020

Promoted File:Maria Carrara Verdi, Barberina Strepponi, Giuseppe Verdi, Giuditta Ricordi, Teresa Stolz, Umberto Campanari, Giulio Ricordi, Leopoldo Metlicovitz (1900) - Archivio storico Ricordi FOTO003107 - Restoration.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:11, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Susan B Anthony

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 6 Nov 2020 at 12:07:15 (UTC)

Reason

Beautiful drawing of her, high quality.

Articles in which this image appears

Susan_B._Anthony

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/People/Political

Creator

Artist was J.E.Baker of Armstong & Co., Boston, MA.

• Support as nominator – ButterfliesAreAmazinglyBeautiful (talk) 12:07, 27 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose per featured picture criteria: still images should be a minimum of 1500 pixels in width and height. ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSA^talk 12:12, 27 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:38, 27 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Speedy close, way below the
  size requirements. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:38, 27 October 2020 (UTC)[reply
  ]

Wrocław Town Hall

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 27 Oct 2020 at 12:29:54 (UTC)

Reason

good quality and EV

Articles in which this image appears

Wrocław Town Hall, Wrocław, Gothic architecture in modern Poland

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture

Creator

Kolossos

• Support as nominator – Andrei (talk) 12:29, 17 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment – Nom. needs a descriptive caption. In the interest of historical transparency, the text should include the fact that, before 1945, the city was the German
  Breslau, and that this version of the town hall was built in 1860-1863 as the Breslauer Rathaus. – Sca (talk) 14:13, 17 October 2020 (UTC)[reply
  ]

If they ever used the FPC captions at POTD. Think they usual just grab from an article.

FPs 18:23, 17 October 2020 (UTC)[reply

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who are "they" Adam? Someone has to do it and FP noms should have a bit more than three words. Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:23, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@

FPs 23:42, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply

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POTD is a full, multi-paragraph blurb; no FPC nomination is lengthy enough for that. I'm pretty sure FPC captions are never looked at or used again once the nomination closes. The file description page matters; captions here really don't. Anyway, Support [Edit: Moving this somewhere it can be read more easily]

FPs 12:38, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply

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IMO, some summary info about the subject of the pic – no matter what or who – is necessary here for users to make reasonably informed judgments. That seems obvious to me. – Sca (talk) 14:01, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Well, yes, but how does the link to

FPs 15:30, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply

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Some summary info should be included here for the convenience of users. Quite odd, and unhelpful, to ID the pic with just the name of the file. However, the historical info above was intended also as a suggestion to the nominator. – Sca (talk) 15:51, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Sca: I don't know. I look down at my and other people's captions below, and, while I might have needed more words to describe historical images, I just don't feel they're really much more detailed. Using only my own work as... you know, I can grant myself permission to do that, I think I am definitely guilty of exactly the same thing you're criticising this nom for:

• "Composer Amilcare Ponchielli, circa 1870s"
• Set design for Act I I'd [sic] Niccola Spinelli's A basso porto

Those might have a few more words, but do they really provide much more context? And both are passing. Now, whether we should say more might be worth discussion, but it feels odd to only call out this image when, for example, my A basso porto nom had just about as much context, a major typo in the description (just fixed), and is passing without comment.

FPs 23:36, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply

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@Adam Cuerden and Sca: As someone who has been doing quite a bit of POTD blurb writing recently, I look at the nomination page and caption, which often provides information not immediately obvious to the observer. The caption is especially important if the linked article is stubby or the image does not have an informative description. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:33, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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FPs 20:18, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply

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• This house is original, while there is also a separate "New" building - https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neues_Rathaus_(Breslau). I copied a small caption from the main article as well. --Andrei (talk) 22:10, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Support. Good capture of a notable and interesting building, an appropriate choice of lead image for its article, and the human fork adds some flavor of the goings-on in the foreground plaza. —David Eppstein (talk) 19:07, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Fork? – Sca (talk) 21:39, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Zoom in on the bottom right. —David Eppstein (talk) 21:46, 18 October 2020 (UTC) [reply]

Ha! Politics? Selling something? – Sca (talk) 22:12, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Fork is amazing, and removing it would be removing a part of the city spirit :) --Andrei (talk) 22:10, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Support - Just moving my vote here so it's visible. Think it was buried in the conversation above.
  FPs 08:43, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply
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• Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:40, 20 October 2020‎ (UTC)[reply]

someone forgot to sign in above

That was me.

FPs 08:43, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply

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• Support -- DreamSparrow ^Chat 15:50, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:34, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Wroclaw-Rathaus.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:09, 27 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• BTW the image isn't used in Wrocław Town Hall anymore. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:09, 27 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Les Burgraves

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 27 Oct 2020 at 15:04:27 (UTC)

Reason

It's one of Cambon's prettier illustrations, and it's Victor Hugo's last play, so notable!

Articles in which this image appears

Les Burgraves +1

FP category for this image

WP:FP/THEATRE

Creator

Humanité René Philastre and Charles-Antoine Cambon, restored by Adam Cuerden

• Support as nominator –
  FPs 15:04, 17 October 2020 (UTC)[reply
  ]
• Question is this a substantive enough article? Interested to know where we draw the line as many wildlife articles are very short. Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:21, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It is a fair point. I know that an inufficient article rightly blocks POTD, though I think that there's also the argument that more eyes can be good for getting an article improved. Perhaps I should have nominated this as an example of Cambon's art, or get it into Hugo's article.

FPs 23:47, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply

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I expanded it a tiny bit--there's more in the same sources, particularly Affron. I also ran up against a problem: while English-language sources all seem to describe the play as a failure (as does our article), I saw several French-language sources that insist it wasn't (as does fr:Les Burgraves). I'm not sure how to resolve that--my French isn't good enough to evaluate the reliability of the contrary information. blameless 01:48, 21 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Support. MER-C 18:42, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Support -- DreamSparrow ^Chat 15:50, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Bammesk (talk) 00:03, 22 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:18, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Humanité René Philastre and Charles-Antoine Cambon - Set design for the second part of Victor Hugo's Les Burgraves, première production.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:40, 27 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Tomb of Mian Ghulam Kalhoro

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 27 Oct 2020 at 18:58:37 (UTC)

Reason

Was seen on Commons FPC last month, where it was featured without opposition. We don't see this part of the world often at FPC.

Articles in which this image appears

Tomb of Mian Ghulam Kalhoro, Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture

Creator

A.Savin

• Support as nominator – MER-C 18:58, 17 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. Image quality is good enough to make out much of the detail of the tiled patterns, something I think is important for this subject. —David Eppstein (talk) 19:10, 17 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Question is this a substantive enough article? Interested to know where we draw the line as many wildlife articles are very short. Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:21, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose – An interesting structure, but at 130 words the article is really too short for Main Page promotion. – Sca (talk) 13:52, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • I expanded the article a little, from stub-class to start-class. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:57, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  Support thanks. Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:35, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Support – Bammesk (talk) 14:55, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. --Gnosis (talk) 08:43, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Support
  FPs 09:36, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply
  ]
• Support --A.Savin (talk) 13:48, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Support -- DreamSparrow ^Chat 15:49, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:PK Hyderabad asv2020-02 img24 Tomb of Mian Ghulam Kalhoro.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:10, 27 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Frontonia

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 28 Oct 2020 at 16:36:09 (UTC)

Reason

Quality lead image and used in several articles. Photo also illustrates the mouth (cytostome, bottom right) and swallowed cyanobacteria.

Articles in which this image appears

Frontonia, Marine protists, Zooplankton, Marine microorganisms, Marine life

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Other lifeforms/Protists

Creator

Wiedehopf20

• Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 16:36, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Support High-quality microscopy. Only way to improve from there is some form of focus stacking.
  FPs 09:36, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply
  ]
• Support. MER-C 18:38, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Support very useful if the colours are real Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:42, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Support -- DreamSparrow ^Chat 15:49, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:17, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:The ciliate Frontonia sp.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:13, 28 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I vespri siciliani

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 29 Oct 2020 at 13:14:34 (UTC)

Reason

It's a high-quality image from the Ricordi archive. I do, however, need to give a couple notes: This image is undated, which, unfortunately, does reduce the EV, and, as an Act V set design, this appears well down the article. I think it's still valuable, but that does need noted to the voters.

Articles in which this image appears

I vespri siciliani

FP category for this image

WP:FP/THEATRE

Creator

Filippo Peroni, restored by Adam Cuerden

• Support as nominator –
  FPs 13:14, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply
  ]
• Comment Not the main image... Charlesjsharp (talk) 16:38, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Each act should get its own image. (t · c) buidhe 16:39, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Support -- DreamSparrow ^Chat 15:50, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:15, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Nomination didn't reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:15, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]