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Featured picture candidates

Featured picture candidates are images that the community will vote on, to determine whether or not they will be highlighted as some of the finest on Commons. This page lists the candidates to become featured pictures. The picture of the day images are selected from featured pictures.

Old candidates for Featured pictures are listed here. There are also chronological lists of featured pictures: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 2023 and current month.

For another overview of our finest pictures, take a look at our annual picture of the year election.

Formal things[edit]

Nominating[edit]

Guidelines for nominators[edit]

Please read the complete guidelines before nominating.

This is a summary of what to look for when submitting and reviewing FP candidates:

  • Licensing – Images licensed with solely "GFDL" or "GFDL and an NC-only license" are not acceptable due the restrictions placed on re-use by these licenses.
  • Resolution – Raster images of lower resolution than 2 million pixels (pixels, not bytes) are typically rejected unless there are strong mitigating reasons. This does not apply to vector graphics (SVGs).
    • Graphics on Commons are not only viewed on conventional computer screens. They may be used in high-resolution print versions, and the images may be cropped to focus on portions of the image. See Commons:Why we need high resolution media for more information.
  • Scans – While not official policy, Help:Scanning provides advice on the preparation of various types of images that may be useful.
  • General quality – pictures being nominated should be of high technical quality.
  • Digital manipulations must not deceive the viewer. Digital manipulation for the purpose of correcting flaws in an image is generally acceptable, provided it is limited, well-done, and not intended to deceive.
    • For photographs, typical acceptable manipulations include cropping, perspective correction, sharpening/blurring, and color/exposure correction. More extensive manipulations, such as removal of distracting background elements, should be clearly described in the image text, by means of the {{Retouched picture}} template. Undescribed or mis-described manipulations which cause the main subject to be misrepresented are never acceptable. For images made from more than one photo, you can use the {{Panorama}} or {{Focus stacked image}} templates.
    • For historic images, acceptable manipulations might include digitally fixing rips, removal of stains, cleanup of dirt, and, for mass-produced artworks such as engravings, removal of flaws inherent to the particular reproduction, such as over-inking. Careful color adjustments may be used to bring out the original work from the signs of ageing, though care should be taken to restore a natural appearance. The original artistic intent should be considered when deciding whether it is appropriate to make a change. Edits to historic material should be documented in detail within the file description, and an unedited version should be uploaded and cross linked for comparison.
  • Value – our main goal is to feature most valuable pictures from all others. Pictures should be in some way special, so please be aware that:
    • almost all sunsets are aesthetically pleasing, and most such pictures are not in essence different from others,
    • night-shots are pretty but normally more details can be shown on pictures taken at daytime,
    • beautiful does not always mean valuable.
Artworks, illustrations, and historical documents[edit]

There are many different types of non-photographic media, including engravings, watercolors, paintings, etchings, and various others. Hence, it is difficult to set hard-and-fast guidelines. However, generally speaking, works can be divided into three types: Those that can be scanned, those that must be photographed, and those specifically created to illustrate a subject.

Works that must be photographed include most paintings, sculptures, works too delicate or too unique to allow them to be put on a scanner, and so on. For these, the requirements for photography, below, may be mostly followed; however, it should be noted that photographs which cut off part of the original painting are generally not considered featurable.

Works that may be scanned include most works created by processes that allow for mass distribution − for instance, illustrations published with novels. For these, it is generally accepted that a certain amount of extra manipulation is permissible to remove flaws inherent to one copy of the work, since the particular copy – of which hundreds, or even thousands of copies also exist – is not so important as the work itself.

Works created to serve a purpose include diagrams, scientific illustrations, and demonstrations of contemporary artistic styles. For these, the main requirement is that they serve their purpose well.

Provided the reproduction is of high quality, an artwork generally only needs one of the following four things to be featurable:

  • Notable in its own right: Works by major artists, or works that are otherwise notable, such as the subjects of a controversy.
  • Of high artistic merit: Works which, while not particularly well known, are nonetheless wonderful examples of their particular type or school of art.
  • Of high historic merit: The historical method values very early illustrations of scenes and events over later ones. Hence, a work of poor quality depicting a contemporaneous historical event can be nonetheless important, even if the artistic merit is relatively low. Likewise, scans or photographs of important documents – which may not be at all artistic – nonetheless may be highly valuable if the documents are historically significant. The reason for the image's historical importance should be briefly stated in the nomination, for those reviewers unfamiliar with the subject.
  • Of high illustrative merit: Works that illustrate or help explain notable subjects, for instance, illustrations of books, scientific subjects, or technical processes. The amount of artistic merit required for these will vary by subject, but, for instance, an illustration that makes the working of a complicated piece of machinery very clear need not be notable as a piece of artwork as well, whereas an illustration for a book might well be expected to reach much higher artistic standards.

Digital restorations must also be well documented. An unedited version of the image should be uploaded locally, when possible, and cross-linked from the file description page. Edit notes should be specified in detail, such as "Rotated and cropped. Dirt, scratches, and stains removed. Histogram adjusted and colors balanced."

Photographs[edit]

On the technical side, we have focus, exposure, composition, movement control and depth of field.

  • Focus – every important object in the picture should normally be sharp.
  • Exposure refers to the shutter diaphragm combination that renders an image with a tonal curve that ideally is able to represent in acceptable detail shadows and highlights within the image. This is called latitude. Images can be on the low side of the tonal curve (low range), the middle (middle range) or high side (upper range). Lack of shadow detail is not necessarily a negative characteristic. In fact, it can be part of the desired effect. Burned highlights in large areas are a distracting element.
  • Composition refers to the arrangement of the elements within the image. The "Rule of thirds" is one useful guideline. Horizons should almost never be placed in the middle, where they "cut" the image in half. Often, a horizon creating a top or bottom third of the space works better. The main idea is to use space to create a dynamic image.
    • Foreground and background – foreground and background objects may be distracting. You should check that something in front of the subject doesn't hide important elements and that something in background doesn't spoil the composition (for example that the streetlight doesn't "stand" on someone's head).
  • Movement control refers to the manner in which motion is represented in the image. Motion can be frozen or blurred. Neither one is better than the other. It is the intention of representation. Movement is relative within the objects of the image. For example, photographing a race car that appears frozen in relation to the background does not give us a sense of speed or motion, so technique dictates to represent the car in a frozen manner but with a blurred background, thus creating the sense of motion, this is called "panning". On the other hand, representing a basketball player in a high jump frozen in relation to everything else, due to the "unnatural" nature of the pose would be a good photograph.
  • Depth of field (DOF) refers to the area in focus in front of and beyond main subject. Depth of field is chosen according to the specific needs of every picture. Large or small DOF can either way add or subtract to the quality of the image. Low depth of field can be used to bring attention to the main subject, separating it from the general environment. High depth of field can be used to emphasize space. Short focal length lenses (wide angles) yield large DOF, and vice versa, long focal lenses (telephotos) have shallow DOF. Small apertures yield large DOF and conversely, large apertures yield shallow DOF.

On the graphic elements we have shape, volume, color, texture, perspective, balance, proportion, noise, etc.

  • Shape refers to the contour of the main subjects.
  • Volume refers to the three dimensional quality of the object. This is accomplished using side light. Contrary to general belief, front lighting is not the best light. It tends to flatten subject. Best light of day is early morning or late afternoon.
  • Color is important. Oversaturated colors are not good.
  • Texture refers to the quality of the surface of the subject. It is enhanced by side lighting… it is the "feel" to the touch.
  • Perspective refers to the "angle" accompanied by lines that disappear into a vanishing point that may or may not be inside the image.
  • Balance refers to the arrangement of subjects within the image that can either give equal weight or appear to be heavier on one side.
  • Proportion refers to the relation of size of objects in picture. Generally, we tend to represent small objects small in relation to others, but a good technique is to represent small objects large contrary to natural size relationship. For example, a small flower is given preponderance over a large mountain…. This is called inversion of scales.
Not all elements must be present. Some photographs can be judged on individual characteristics, that is, an image can be about color or texture, or color AND texture, etc.
  • Noise refers to unwanted corruption of color brightness and quality and can be caused by underexposure. It is not a desirable quality and can be grounds for opposition.
  • Symbolic meaning or relevance … Opinion wars can begin here … A bad picture of a very difficult subject is better than a good picture of an ordinary subject. A good picture of a difficult subject is an extraordinary photograph.
Images can be culturally biased by the photographer and/or the observer. The meaning of the image should be judged according to the cultural context of the image, not by the cultural context of the observer. An image "speaks" to people, and it has the capacity to evoke emotion such as tenderness, rage, rejection, happiness, sadness, etc. Good photographs are not limited to evoking pleasant sensations …

You will maximise the chances of your nominations succeeding if you read the complete guidelines before nominating.

Video and audio[edit]

Please nominate videos, sounds, music, etc. at Commons:Featured media candidates.

Set nominations[edit]

If a group of images are thematically connected in a direct and obvious way, they can be nominated together as a set. A set should fall under one of the following types:

  • Faithful digital reproductions of works notable in their own right, which the original author clearly intended to be viewed as a set. Examples: pages in a pamphlet, crops (puzzle pieces) of a prohibitively large scan, a pair of pendant paintings. Not acceptable: Arbitrary selection of sample works by an artist.
  • A sequence of images showing the passage of time. They could depict frames of a moving/changing object or a static object during different times of day or different seasons. Examples: diagrams illustrating a process, steps of a dance, metamorphosis of an insect, maps/drawings/photos of the same subject over the years (frame of view should be more or less the same).
  • A group of images depicting the same subject from different viewpoints, preferably taken under the same lighting conditions when possible. Examples: Exterior and interior of a building, different facades of a building, different interior views, obverse and inverse of a banknote/coin. Not acceptable: A selection of different rooms in a skyscraper, the facade of a church plus an organ, any images of fundamentally different scopes.
  • A group of images which show all possible variations of a particular class of object. Examples: Male and female versions of an animal (preferably in the same setting), all known species of a genus. Not acceptable: A few breeds of cats (unless they share a defining characteristic and represent all possible examples of that).

Simple tutorial for new users[edit]

Tutorial: Nominate on COM:FPC
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NOTE: You don't need to worry if you are not sure, other users will try their best to help you.

Adding a new nomination[edit]

If you believe that you have found or created an image that could be considered valuable, with appropriate image description and licensing, then do the following.

Step 1: copy the image name into this box, after the text already present in the box, for example, Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Your image filename.jpg. Then click on the "create new nomination" button.

All single files:

For renominations, simply add /2 after the filename. For example, Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Foo.jpg/2

All set nomination pages should begin "Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/", e.g. "Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/My Nomination".


Step 2: follow the instructions on the page that you are taken to, and save that page.

Step 3: manually insert a link to the created page at the top of Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list: Click here, and add the following line to the TOP of the nominations list:

{{Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Your image filename.jpg}}

Strongly recommended: Please add a gallery page and section heading from the list at Commons FP galleries. Write the code as Page name#Section heading. For example: Commons:Featured pictures/Sports#Individual sports

Optional: if you are not the creator of the image, please notify them using {{subst:FPC-notice|Your image filename.jpg}} -- ~~~~.

Note: Do not add an 'Alternative' image when you create a nomination. Selecting the best image is part of the nomination process. Alternatives are for a different crop or post-processing of the original image, or a closely related image from the same photo session (limited to 1 per nomination), if they are suggested by voters.

Voting[edit]

Editors whose accounts have at least 10 days and 50 edits can vote. Everybody can vote for their own nominations. Anonymous (IP) votes are not allowed.

You may use the following templates:

  • {{Support}} ( Support),
  • {{Oppose}} ( Oppose),
  • {{Neutral}} ( Neutral),
  • {{Comment}} ( Comment),
  • {{Info}} ( Info),
  • {{Question}} ( Question),
  • {{Request}} ( Request).

You may indicate that the image has no chance of success with the template {{FPX|reason - ~~~~}}, where reason explains why the image is clearly unacceptable as a FP. The template can only be used when there are no support votes other than the one from the nominator.

A well-written review helps participants (photographers, nominators and reviewers) improve their skills by providing insight into the strengths and weaknesses of a picture. Explain your reasoning, especially when opposing a candidate (which has been carefully selected by the author/nominator). English is the most widely understood language on Commons, but any language may be used in your review. A helpful review will often reference one or more of the criteria listed above.

Unhelpful reasons for opposing include:

  • No reason
  • "I don't like it" and other empty assessments
  • "You can do better" and other criticisms of the author/nominator rather than the image

Remember also to put your signature (~~~~).

Featured picture delisting candidates[edit]

Over time, featured picture standards change. It may be decided that for some pictures which were formerly "good enough", this is no longer the case. This is for listing an image which you believe no longer deserves to be a featured picture. For these, vote:

Text to use Displays as Meaning
{{Keep}}  Keep It deserves to remain a featured picture
{{Delist}}  Delist It does not deserve to be a featured picture anymore.

This can also be used for cases in which a previous version of an image was promoted to FP, but a newer version of the image has been made and is believed to be superior to the old version, e.g. a newly edited version of a photo or a new scan of a historical image. In particular, it is not intended for replacing older photos of a particular subject with newer photos of the same subject, or in any other case where the current FP and the proposed replacement are essentially different images. For these nominations, vote:

Text to use Displays as Meaning
{{Keep}}  Keep Do not replace the old image with the new image as a FP.
{{Delistandreplace}}  Delist and replace Replace the current FP with the proposed replacement.

If you believe that some picture no longer meets the criteria for FP, you can nominate it for delisting, copying the image name into this box, after the text already present in the box:


In the new delisting nomination page just created you should include:

  • Information on the origin of the image (creator, uploader);
  • A link to the original FP nomination (it will appear under "Links" on the image description page);
  • Your reasons for nominating the image and your username.

After that, you have to manually insert a link to the created page at the top of Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list.

As a courtesy, leave an informative note on the talk page(s) of the original creator, uploader(s), and nominator with a link to the delisting candidate. {{subst:FPC-notice-removal}} can be used for this purpose.

Featured picture candidate policy[edit]

General rules[edit]

  1. The voting period is 9 complete days counted from the nomination. After the end of this period the result will be determined. Votes added on day 10 and after are not counted.
  2. Nominations by anonymous contributors are welcome
  3. Contributions to discussion by anonymous contributors are welcome
  4. Only registered contributors whose Commons accounts have at least 10 days and 50 edits can vote. Exception: registered users can always vote in their own nominations no matter the account age and number of edits.
  5. Nominations do not count as votes. Support must be explicitly stated.
  6. Nominators and authors can withdraw their nominated pictures at any time. This is done by adding the following template: {{Withdraw}} ~~~~. Also, remember that if more than one version is nominated, you should explicitly state which version you are withdrawing.
  7. Remember, the goal of the Wikimedia Commons project is to provide a central repository for free images to be used by all Wikimedia projects, including possible future projects. This is not simply a repository for Wikipedia images, so images should not be judged here on their suitability for that project.
  8. Rules of the 5th day based on vote counts on day number 5 (day of nomination + 5)
    1. Pictures are speedy declined if they have no support (apart from the nominator).
    2. Pictures are speedy promoted if they have 10 support votes or more and no oppose votes. (Note that if it takes more than five days to reach this threshold, the picture can be promoted as soon as it is reached.)
    3. Once either speedy criterion is reached, the voting period is considered closed, and no more votes may be added.
  9. Pictures tagged {{FPX}} may be removed from the list 24 hours after the tag was applied, provided there are no support votes other than that of the nominator.
  10. Pictures tagged {{FPD}} (FP-Denied) may be removed from the list 24 hours after the tag was applied.
  11. Only two active nominations by the same user (that is, nominations under review and not yet closed) are allowed. The main purpose of this measure is to contribute to a better average quality of nominations, by driving nominators/creators to choose carefully the pictures presented to the forum.

Featuring and delisting rules[edit]

A candidate will become a featured picture in compliance with following conditions:

  1. Appropriate license (of course)
  2. At least seven  Support votes (or 7  Delist votes for a delist) at the end of nine days
  3. Ratio of supporting/opposing votes at least 2/1 (a two-thirds majority); same for delist/keep votes
  4. Two different versions of the same picture cannot both be featured, but only the one with higher level of support, as determined by the closer. Whenever the closer is not sure which version has consensus to be featured, they should attempt to contact the voters to clarify their opinions if not clear from the nomination page.

The delisting rules are the same as those for FPs, with voting taking place over the same time period. The rule of the 5th day is applied to delisting candidates that have received no votes to delist, other than that of the proposer, by day 5. There is also a limit of two active delisting nominations per user, which is in addition to the limit of two active regular nominations.

The FPCBot handles the vote counting and closing in most cases, current exceptions are candidates containing multiple versions of the image as well as FPXed and withdrawn nominations. Any experienced user may close the requests not handled by the bot. For instructions on how to close nominations, see Commons:Featured picture candidates/What to do after voting is finished. Also note that there is a manual review stage between when the bot has counted the votes and before the nomination is finally closed by the bot; this manual review can be done by any user familiar with the voting rules.

Above all, be polite[edit]

Please don't forget that the image you are judging is somebody's work. Avoid using phrases like "it looks terrible" and "I hate it". If you must oppose, please do so with consideration. Also remember that your command of English might not be the same as someone else's. Choose your words with care.

Happy judging… and remember... all rules can be broken.

See also[edit]

Table of contents[edit]

List may contain works considered Not Safe for Work (nudity).

Nominators are requested, out of courtesy, to include the {{Nsfw}} template with such images. Users may select the gadget in user preferences "Deferred display of images tagged with {{Nsfw}} on COM:FPC" to enable the template's effect of hiding the image until selected.

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Featured picture candidates[edit]

File:Tornado view, June 2, 1929, Hardtner, Kansas.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 20 Aug 2023 at 05:51:06 (UTC)
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SHORT DESCRIPTION

File:Arenal moteado (Parapercis hexophtalma), mar Rojo, Egipto, 2023-04-17, DD 64.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 18 Aug 2023 at 22:15:53 (UTC)
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Speckled sandperch (Parapercis hexophtalma), Red Sea, Egypt

File:PARQUE ESTADUAL PAULO CÉSAR VINHA - VITOR B. BARBOSA - FOTO 01.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 18 Aug 2023 at 17:47:53 (UTC)
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SHORT DESCRIPTION
  • I'm sorry, I don't understand your reasoning at all. Why should the one of the two waters (lake/lagoon to the left and sea to the right) on either side of the sandy beach be up or down? As it is now, the photo is sort of oriented with the north part of the sandy beach at the top, the way most maps are. It's a very distinct part of the park, so it wasn'r hard to find on a satellite image. Location now added. --Cart (talk) 22:57, 9 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Maps are useful representations of reality with graphics and symbols on a flat surface, but photos that should be turned to be vertical are obvious to see. I doubt everyone else will find my reaction at all odd, and I'm surprised you do. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:17, 9 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Ikan Kekek: Depends on the viewpoint. Lolol! 😄 ArionEstar 😜 23:01, 9 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Disregarding the map angle, you write "90 degrees" is that cw or ccw?. Should the lake/lagoon or the sea be at the top of the photo. I think drone photos are mostly aligned in ways that are aesthetically pleasing (mostly from the author's point of view); in a way they free your mind from convectional thinking. Giving the two waters equal importance looks pleasing to me. The photo has an almost abstract color-blocking quality to it. --Cart (talk) 23:32, 9 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • I guess either way might work, though I thought of the sea being on the bottom. I'll live with it longer, but it struck me very strangely, like a movie that's 90 degrees flipped. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:28, 10 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Well, I'm not trying to convince you to support it, just having an impromptu POV composition discussion. ;-) It's a nice photo, but personally, I think it lacks the 'wow' factor and the processing of it could really be better. It is after all a seven y/o drone photo. A lot has happened since then. --Cart (talk) 12:13, 10 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • I appreciate it. Sometimes, it's important for a person's immediate reactions or assumptions to be challenged. That's how a mind can be broadened. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:11, 10 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Almost all my nominations has become no-voting forums. :'( 😄 ArionEstar 😜 19:25, 10 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Kiwifruit 'Gold' cross section.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 18 Aug 2023 at 14:07:09 (UTC)
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Yellow kiwi
  • Basile Morin: the aim of this compo is to show cross section of the fruit at maximum resolution (bigger details means more EV). -- Ivar (talk) 07:53, 10 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • More EV at pixel level, less at descriptive / illustrative level in my view --Basile Morin (talk) 08:00, 10 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Lionesses Scratching Tree Cubs Luangwa Jul23 A7C 06340.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 18 Aug 2023 at 13:44:43 (UTC)
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Lionesses and cubs scratching a tree, South Luangwa Nat'l Park, Zambia

File:CH.VS.Zermatt 2022-07-16 Air-Zermatt 5958 16x9-R 11K.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 17 Aug 2023 at 22:23:14 (UTC)
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Breithorn in Zermatt, Switzerland

File:Urocitellus richardsonii GNP 08.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 17 Aug 2023 at 21:43:12 (UTC)
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Richardson's ground squirrel in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan

File:Trillium erectum - Stephen's Gulch CA.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 17 Aug 2023 at 15:16:01 (UTC)
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Red trillium

File:Trillium undulatum.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 17 Aug 2023 at 15:13:40 (UTC)
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Painted trillium
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Plants#Family_:_Melanthiaceae
  •  Info: painted trillium. No existing FPs; all by -- The Cosmonaut (talk) 15:13, 8 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support -- The Cosmonaut (talk) 15:13, 8 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Weak support Ah, my favorite flower of the Catskills! A sign that spring is well underway when you see it and red trillium blooming in the woods off trail. Considered a rare species here in New York by the state (I think it even has "threatened" status) because it only flourishes in the northern-hardwoods forests at higher elevations. I suppose it's more common further north in Ontario.

    My support is "weak" because although this captures the essence of the flower, the light is a bit too golden to fully do it justice. In fact, I think (mainly because of my experience with seeing them in the shade of beeches and birches) that it looks better in diffuse light, with cooler tones. Maybe you could see about getting one like that next spring? Daniel Case (talk) 17:42, 8 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  •  Support -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:44, 9 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support --XRay 💬 06:32, 9 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support --Llez (talk) 07:13, 9 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support --Famberhorst (talk) 04:30, 10 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support --LexKurochkin (talk) 18:34, 10 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Вітряна Гнатася.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 17 Aug 2023 at 14:35:30 (UTC)
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SHORT DESCRIPTION
  • Noisy? Clouds too pink? Oh, yes, you will not see such a day!.. )) Only in the morning, only when the wind is strong, and only if you are lucky, ... a few times a year ... Swift11 -- Михайло Пецкович (talk) 18:50, 8 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Comment The sky is pink is fine, but why is the snow pink? :) JukoFF (talk) 17:47, 8 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Can you be more detailed? Do you doubt that such a state of Nature is possible? Then be jealous! :-) There are people who can see this; and feel high, despite the bitter cold!.. ;-)... Swift11 -- Михайло Пецкович (talk) 07:18, 9 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    I've seen nature like this in quite a few places, but the snow is definitely not pink and the colours look too orange/pink to be authentic. The keyword being "too". --SHB2000 (talk) 09:17, 9 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • I haven't seen pink snow so it's not real!!! Questionable competence!!... :-) Have you seen the yellow snow? No!? Try to shine the light reflected from the gold foil on the snow... ;-). Swift11 -- Михайло Пецкович (talk) 06:15, 10 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Comment It's a pity, because if you dial back some of the extra color to that of a vivid winter sunset, you get a really nice scene. No extra F/X needed, nature is good enough as it is. ;-) --Cart (talk) 10:39, 9 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Comment Everyone screams with foam at the mouth: There is no such thing as pink snow!

I walk into these people and see a picture with pink water - the sunset over the river/sea makes the water pink... gentlemen, can the water be pink?!! ))). Swift11 -- Михайло Пецкович (talk) 06:31, 10 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Cerianto.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 17 Aug 2023 at 14:21:33 (UTC)
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Marine tube-dwelling anemone

File:Abraham Lincoln O-77 matte collodion print.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 16 Aug 2023 at 22:45:41 (UTC)
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Scholars and enthusiasts alike believe this portrait of Abraham Lincoln, taken on November 8, 1863, eleven days before his famed Gettysburg Address, to be the best photograph of him ever taken. Lincoln’s character was notoriously difficult to capture in pictures, but Alexander Gardner’s close-up portrait, quite innovative in contrast to the typical full-length portrait style, comes closest to preserving the expressive contours of Lincoln’s face and his penetrating gaze.
  •  Comment His ears are blurred. – ABAL1412 (talk) 08:07, 8 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support Taking into consideration the fact that the photo was made in 1863, shallow DoF is not a critical problem. Actually, it is also illustrative, showing the quality of photo optics of the historical period. --LexKurochkin (talk) 11:11, 8 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    •  Neutral After the Basile's comment I have checked the category thoroughly and, yes, I am convinced. While DoF is not a critical problem for this photo, digital postprocessing is at least questionable. --LexKurochkin (talk) 18:48, 10 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support per LexKurochkin.  Neutral vote according to my comment below. -- Radomianin (talk) 12:58, 8 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support --Yann (talk) 15:51, 8 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Oppose The ears are blurred, it's not a perfect portrait. We evaluate the quality of work, discounting the time and technology of creation, in the here and now. JukoFF (talk) 17:49, 8 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Comment I don't think we do. I think most of us evaluate the quality of the work against what was possible in any given period. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:53, 9 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    You may be right. As far as I understand, this is not specified anywhere in the evaluation guidelines. It's up to each individual to decide. JukoFF (talk) 09:34, 9 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • @JukoFF: You can't require a quality impossible to get with the equipment available at that time. Or do you want AI-enhanced images? Yann (talk) 19:08, 9 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    Well we can't just randomly give out FPs to poor quality photos because they were taken in a time of poor technological decisions. It's not a question for you, it's more of a rhetorical question :). JukoFF (talk) 20:34, 9 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Oppose Overprocessed. Excessive clarity and contrast. There are twenty versions in the history, and all of them are retouched / modified from the original. I don't know where the last version comes from, because the main source is incorrect and the other sources numerous, but I don't trust this processing that makes the render artificial. As an historic photograph, the originality should be respected. At the most, just a decent and very subtle restoration could be accepted, but not such a strong post-treatment -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:36, 9 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Comment Thanks for Basile's detailed analysis, based on which I change my vote to Neutral. I hope a colleague has time and patience to take care of the retouching. I would like to give a try, but currently I have less time than usual. In any case, in the future we should give a well retouched version of this historically so important photograph the chance to become a FP. Best, -- Radomianin (talk) 09:25, 9 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Oppose Aside from the abovementioned processing, there appears to be plenty of dust on the image.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 19:19, 9 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:MarceloMoryan ConventoDaPenha VilaVelha ES (27018277718).jpg[edit]

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File:Lithobates catesbeianus PP.jpg[edit]

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  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Amphibians#Family : Ranidae (True Frogs)
  •  Info The American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus), often simply known as the bullfrog in Canada and the United States, is a large true frog native to eastern North America. It typically inhabits large permanent water bodies such as swamps, ponds, and lakes. Bullfrogs can also be found in manmade habitats such as pools, koi ponds, canals, ditches and culverts. The bullfrog gets its name from the sound the male makes during the breeding season, which sounds similar to a bull bellowing. The bullfrog is large and is commonly eaten throughout its range, especially in the southern United States where they are plentiful. Created and uploaded by Cephas - nominated by 20 upper -- 20 upper 04:47, 7 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support -- 20 upper 04:47, 7 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support --MZaplotnik(talk) 09:18, 8 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support --Uoaei1 (talk) 15:16, 8 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support --Llez (talk) 07:10, 9 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support Excellent portrait!  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 19:20, 9 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support 😄 ArionEstar 😜 19:42, 9 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Coral (Favia favus), mar Rojo, Egipto, 2023-04-18, DD 116.jpg[edit]

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Coral (Favia favus), Red Sea, Egypt.
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals#Class_:_Anthozoa
  •  Info Coral (Favia favus), Red Sea, Egypt. This species of stony corals is massive and forms thickly encrusting dome-shaped colonial corals. There is a great diversity of form even among the same species. The corallites, that have a diameter of 1 to 2 centimetres (0.39 to 0.79 in). project slightly above the surface of the coral and each has its own wall. The septa and costae linked to the corallite wall are well developed and covered by fine teeth. The polyps only extend and feed during the night. Each one has a small number of tapering tentacles which often have a darker coloured tip; these are called stinger tentacles, or sweeper tentacles. They use these to sweep the water to see if any other coral is in its area; if so, then they begin to sting the other coral. This is commonly known as coral war. Each coral is trying to make sure it has enough room around it so it can continue to grow and have more surface area for its offspring. Note: we have an FP of this species but substantially different. c/u/n by Poco a poco (talk) 21:37, 6 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support -- Poco a poco (talk) 21:37, 6 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support Fantastic biological patterns and decent quality for an underwater picture -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:05, 7 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support - ABAL1412 (talk) 16:24, 7 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support --MZaplotnik(talk) 20:39, 7 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 16:13, 8 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support --Lorax (talk) 04:34, 9 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support --Llez (talk) 07:09, 9 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 09:59, 9 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support Symmetry is eye-catching --Tagooty (talk) 13:48, 9 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Sarah Goodridge Beauty Revealed The Metropolitan Museum of Art.jpg[edit]

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  •  Support I agree, and it's an amazing gift from a girlfriend! I think the photo of the miniature in the box, though not as big as this one, is probably even more valuable. Either would be a strong FP, in my opinion. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 03:57, 8 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Reclining Nude 2007.jpg[edit]

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File:Gold coin of the Kushan empire, king Havishka - 1999.227 - Cleveland Museum of Art.jpg[edit]

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Gold coin of the Kushan empire, king Havishka - Cleveland Museum of Art

File:Joseph Siffrein Duplessis - Benjamin Franklin - Google Art Project.jpg[edit]

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Benjamin Franklin, by Joseph Siffrein Duplessis - Google Art Project

File:Teide Canadas.jpg[edit]

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Teide National Park

File:Кронштадт, Александровский док сверху зимой.jpg[edit]

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K-3 Leninsky Komsomol submarine being prepared for "Forts island" museum exhibition in Alexsndrovsky dry dock photographed from above at winter. Kronstadt shipyard, Kronstadt, Saint Petersburg, Russia.

File:Sydney (AU), Opera House -- 2019 -- 3054.jpg[edit]

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Sails of Sydney Opera House
  • You're right. It is minimalist thinking. --XRay 💬 16:19, 5 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
 Support Meiræ 21:37, 5 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
And this one? -- Basile Morin (talk) 00:30, 7 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Lol, that genuinely made me almost drop my laptop ;-). SHB2000 (talk) 08:09, 7 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Or that one? -- Basile Morin (talk) 02:35, 8 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Lol, but this time I actually dropped my charger :/. --SHB2000 (talk) 09:58, 8 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
See... Was expecting this from you 🔮 :-) Basile Morin (talk) 02:13, 9 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I have a tendency to drop a lot of things, tho ;-). Maybe I should stop being lazy and actually edit Commons from a table... --SHB2000 (talk) 09:20, 9 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
-- Basile Morin (talk) 01:28, 10 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Black kite impersonating an osprey.jpg[edit]

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  •  Support.--Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 04:06, 6 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Oppose A great moment, yes, but far too many technical flaws ... look at the space between the wings and tail and the drops just above the water; they are full of artifacts. The apparent sharpening halo around the bird also isn't consistent with FP for me. Daniel Case (talk) 17:32, 8 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Weak support The scene is epic. But there's a lot of noise. Anyway, thanks for the image. - ABAL1412 (talk) 18:43, 8 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support Ermell (talk) 19:55, 9 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Saimiri boliviensis Apenheul 2023.jpg[edit]

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Black-capped squirrel monkey in Apenheul Primate Park in Apeldorn (Netherlands)
  •  Comment Level of difficulty is taken into account at FPC, but note that I also criticized the depth of field. The photo doesn't have amazing quality from my point of view. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:56, 4 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Gloucestershire-SudeleyCastle-CatherineParr.jpg[edit]

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Head of female from tomb monument


Timetable (day 5 after nomination)[edit]

Sun 06 Aug → Fri 11 Aug
Mon 07 Aug → Sat 12 Aug
Tue 08 Aug → Sun 13 Aug
Wed 09 Aug → Mon 14 Aug
Thu 10 Aug → Tue 15 Aug
Fri 11 Aug → Wed 16 Aug

Timetable (day 9 after nomination, last day of voting)[edit]

Wed 02 Aug → Fri 11 Aug
Thu 03 Aug → Sat 12 Aug
Fri 04 Aug → Sun 13 Aug
Sat 05 Aug → Mon 14 Aug
Sun 06 Aug → Tue 15 Aug
Mon 07 Aug → Wed 16 Aug
Tue 08 Aug → Thu 17 Aug
Wed 09 Aug → Fri 18 Aug
Thu 10 Aug → Sat 19 Aug
Fri 11 Aug → Sun 20 Aug

Closing a featured picture promotion request[edit]

The bot[edit]

Note that the description below is for manual closure, this is mostly not needed anymore as there exists a bot (FPCBot) that counts the votes and handles the process below. However after the bot has counted the votes a manual review step is used to make sure the count is correct before the bot again picks up the work.

Manual procedure[edit]

Any experienced user may close requests.

  1. In Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the candidate image, then [edit].
    Add the result of the voting at the bottom (on a new line with a space first)
    {{FPC-results-reviewed|support=x|oppose=x|neutral=x|featured=("yes" or "no")|gallery=xxx (leave blank if "featured=no")|sig=~~~~}}
     (for example see Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:The Bridge (August 2013).jpg). See also {{FPC-results-reviewed}}.
  2. Also edit the title of the candidate image template and add after the image tag
    featured or not featured
    For example:
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] ===
    becomes
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], featured ===
  3. Save your edit.
  4. If it is featured:
    • Add the picture to the list of the four most recently featured pictures of an appropriate gallery of Commons:Featured pictures, list as the first one and delete the last one, so that the number is four again.
    • Also add the picture to an appropriate gallery and section of Commons:Featured pictures, list. Click on the most appropriate link beneath where you just added it as one of the four images.
    • Add the template {{Assessments|featured=1}} to the image description page.
      • If it was an alternative image, use the subpage/com-nom parameter: For example, if File:Foo.jpg was promoted at Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Bar.jpg, use {{Assessments|featured=1|com-nom=Bar.jpg}}
      • If the image is already featured on another wikipedia, just add featured=1 to the Assessments template. For instance {{Assessments|enwiki=1}} becomes {{Assessments|enwiki=1|featured=1}}
    • Add the picture to the chronological list of featured pictures. Put it in the gallery using this format: File:xxxxx.jpg|# - '''Headline'''<br>created by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]], uploaded by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]], nominated by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]]
      • The # should be replaced by 1 for the first image nominated that month, and counts up after that. Have a look at the other noms on that page for examples.
      • You may simplify this if multiple things were done by the same user. E.g.: File:xxxxx.jpg|# - '''Headline'''<br>created, uploaded, and nominated by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]]
    • Add == FP promotion ==
      {{FPpromotion|File:XXXXX.jpg}} to the Talk Page of the nominator.
  5. As the last step (whether the image is featured or not; including {{FPX}}ed, {{FPD}}ed and withdrawn nominations), open Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list, click on [edit], and find the transclusion of the nomination you've just finished closing. It will be of the form:
    {{Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:XXXXX.jpg}}
    Copy it to the bottom of Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/August 2023), save that page, and remove it from the candidate list.

Closing a delisting request[edit]

  1. In Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the candidate image, then [edit].
    Add the result of the voting at the bottom (on a new line with a space first)
    '''Result:''' x delist, x keep, x neutral => /not/ delisted. ~~~~
    (for example see Commons:Featured picture candidates/removal/Image:Astrolabe-Persian-18C.jpg)
  2. Also edit the title of the delisting candidate image template and add after the image tag
    delisted or not delisted
    For example:
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] === becomes === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], delisted ===
  3. Move the actual template from Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list to the bottom of the actual month page on Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/August 2023.
  4. If the outcome was not delisted, stop here. If it is delisted:
    1. Remove the picture from Commons:Featured pictures, list and any subpages.
    2. Edit the picture's description as follows:
      1. Replace the template {{Featured picture}} on the image description page by {{Delisted picture}}. If using the {{Assessments}} template, change featured=1 to featured=2 (do not change anything related to its status in other featured picture processes).
      2. Remove the image from all categories beginning with "Featured [pictures]" (example: Featured night shots, Featured pictures from Wiki Loves Monuments 2016, Featured pictures of Paris).
      3. Remove the "Commons quality assessment" claim (d:Property:P6731) "Wikimedia Commons featured picture" from the picture's Structured data.
    3. Add a delisting-comment to the original entry in chronological list of featured pictures in bold-face, e. g. delisted 2007-07-19 (1-6) with (1-6) meaning 1 keep and 6 delist votes (change as appropriate). The picture in the gallery is not removed.
  5. If this is a Delist and Replace, the delisting and promotion must both be done manually. To do the promotion, follow the steps in the above section. Note that the assessment tag on the file page and the promotion tag on the nominator's talk page won't pick up the /replace subpage that these nominations use.

Manual archiving of a withdrawn nomination[edit]

  1. In Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the candidate image, then [edit].
    In the occasion that the FPCbot will not mark withdrawn nominations with a "to be reviewed" template and put them in Category:Featured picture candidates awaiting closure review just like if they were on the usual list, put the following "no" template:
    {{FPC-results-reviewed|support=X|oppose=X|neutral=X|featured=no|gallery=|sig=--~~~~}}
  2. Also edit the title of the candidate image template and add after the image tag
    not featured
    For example:
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] ===
    becomes
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], not featured ===
  3. Save your edit.
  4. Open Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list, click on [edit], and find the transclusion of the nomination. It will be of the form:
    {{Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:XXXXX.jpg}}
    Copy it to the bottom of Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/August 2023), save that page, and remove it from the candidate list.
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