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This star, with one point broken, symbolizes the featured candidates on Wikipedia.

Featured pictures are images that add significantly to articles, either by illustrating article content particularly well, or being eye-catching to the point where users will want to read its accompanying article. Taking the adage that "a picture is worth a thousand words", the images featured on Wikipedia:Featured pictures should illustrate a Wikipedia article in such a way as to add significantly to that article, according to the featured picture criteria.

Promoting an image

If you believe an image should be featured, create a subpage (use the "For Nominations" field, below) and add the subpage to the current nominations section.

For promotion, if an image is listed here for ten days with five or more reviewers in support and the consensus is in its favor, it can be added to the Wikipedia:Featured pictures list. Consensus is generally regarded to be a two-thirds majority in support, including the nominator and/or creator of the image; however, anonymous votes are generally disregarded, as are opinions of sockpuppets.

All users may comment. However, only those who have been on Wikipedia for 25 days and with at least 100 edits will be included in the numerical count. If necessary, decisions about close candidacies will be made on a case-by-case basis. Nominations started in December are given three extra days, due to the holidays slowing down activity here.

The archive contains all opinions and comments collected for candidate nominations and their nomination results.

If you nominate an image here, please consider also uploading and nominating it at Commons to help ensure that the pictures can be used not just in the English Wikipedia but on all other Wikimedia projects as well.

Delisting an image

A featured picture can be nominated for delisting if you feel it no longer lives up to featured picture standards. You may also request a featured picture be replaced with a superior image. Create a subpage (use the "For Delists" field, below) and add the subpage to the current nominations section.

Please leave a note on the talk page of the original FPC nominator (and creator/uploader, if appropriate) to let them know the delisting is being debated. The user may be able to address the issues and avoid the delisting of the picture.

For delisting, if an image is listed here for ten days with five or more reviewers supporting a delist or replace, and the consensus is in its favor, it will be delisted from Wikipedia:Featured pictures. Consensus is generally regarded to be a two-thirds majority in support, including the nominator. Note that anonymous votes are generally disregarded, as are opinions of sockpuppets. However, images are sometimes delisted despite having fewer than five in support of their removal, and there is currently no consensus on how best to handle delist closures, except that:If the image to be delisted is not used in any articles by the time of closure, it must be delisted. If it is added to articles during the nomination, at least one week's stability is required for the nomination to be closed as "Kept". The nomination may be suspended if a week hasn't yet passed to give the rescue a chance.

Outside of the nominator, all voters are expected to have been on Wikipedia for 25 days and to have made a minimum of 100 edits. If necessary, decisions about close candidacies will be made on a case-by-case basis. As with regular nominations, delist nominations are given three extra days to run if started in December.

Note that delisting an image does not mean deleting it. Delisting from Featured pictures in no way affects the image's status in its article(s).

Shortcuts

Featured content:

Featured picture tools:

Step 1:
Evaluate

Evaluate the merit of a nomination against the featured picture criteria. Most users reference terms from this page when evaluating nominations.

Step 2:
Create a subpage

For Nominations

To create a subpage of Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates for your nomination, add a title for the image you want to nominate in the field below (e.g., Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Labrador Retriever) and click the "Create new nomination" button.

For Delists (or Delist & Replace)

To create a subpage for your delist, add a title for the image you want to delist/replace in the field below and click the "Create new delist nomination" button.

Step 3:
Transclude and link

Transclude the newly created subpage to the Featured picture candidate list (direct link).

How to comment for Candidate Images

Write Support, if you approve of the picture. A reason is optional.
Write Oppose, followed by your reasoning, if you disapprove of the picture. All objections should be accompanied by a specific rationale that, if addressed, would make you support the image. If your concern is one that can only be addressed by the creator, and if they haven't nominated or commented on the image, and if they are a Wikipedian, you should notify them directly.
You can weak support or weak oppose instead, so that your opinion will be weighed as half of a "full" opinion.
- To change your opinion, strike it out (with <s>...</s>) rather than removing it.
If you think a nominated image obviously fails the featured picture criteria, write Speedy close followed by your reasons. Nominations may be closed early if this is the case.

Recommendations added early in the process may be disregarded if they do not address concerns and/or improvements that arise later in the debate. Reviewers are advised to monitor the progress of a nomination and update their votes accordingly.

Prior to giving an opinion, the image should be assessed on its quality as displayed at full size (high-resolution) in an image editing program. Please note that the images are only displayed at thumbnail size on this page. The thumbnail links to the image description page which, in turn, links to the high-resolution version.

How to comment for Delist Images

Write Keep, followed by your reasons for keeping the picture.
Write Delist, followed by your reasons for delisting the picture.
Write Delist and Replace if you believe the image should be replaced by a better picture.
You can weak keep, weak delist or weak delist and replace instead, so that your opinion will be weighed as half of a "full" opinion.
- To change your opinion, strike it out (with <s>...</s>) rather than removing it.

Please remember to be civil, not to bite the newbies and to comment on the image, not the person.

You may find the glossary useful when you encounter acronyms or jargon in other voters' comments. You can also link to it by using {{FPCgloss}}.

Editing candidates

If you feel you could improve a candidate by image editing, please feel free to do so, but do not overwrite or remove the original. Instead, upload your edit with a different file name (e.g., add "edit" to the file name), and display it below the original nomination. Edits should be appropriately captioned in sequential order (e.g., Edit 1, Edit 2, etc), and describe the modifications that have been applied.

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Current nominations[edit]

T-7 Red Hawk[edit]

Voting period ends on 26 May 2024 at 01:44:52 (UTC)

Reason: Quality lead image in the T-7 Red Hawk article. This is a recently developed aircraft. It will serve as the U.S. Air Force's primary training jet. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears: Boeing–Saab T-7 Red Hawk
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Air
Creator: U.S. Air Force, photographer: Bryce Bennett

Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 01:44, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support —Bruce1ee ^talk 06:13, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – Stock govt. photo of a relatively obscure subsonic plane with no apparent explanatory context. Scant EV. – Sca (talk) 12:59, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - It has EV, it’s a quality photograph to show the plane on the article about the plane. I do agree that the plane is obscure but we are here to talk about the photograph and not the obscureness of the contents of the photograph. Cowboygilbert - (talk) ♥ 06:32, 17 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, but I find it slightly wacky to say that the subject in a photo doesn't matter. Pics are all about visual information. -- Sca (talk) 13:05, 17 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Dolomites[edit]

Voting period ends on 24 May 2024 at 23:44:54 (UTC)

Reason: High quality and resolution. Good picture, beautiful landscape.
Articles in which this image appears: Dolomites, Alps etc.
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator: Böhringer Friedrich

Support as nominator – Vinícius O. (talk) 23:44, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – Extensive foreground somewhat indistinct at full rez. – Sca (talk) 12:49, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Execution of Louis XVI[edit]

Voting period ends on 24 May 2024 at 23:26:56 (UTC)

Reason: High quality engraving.
Articles in which this image appears: Execution of Louis XVI, French Revolution, Guillotine, History of Paris, Louis XVI, Place de la Concorde etc.
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/Others
Creator: Isidore Stanislas Helman after Charles Monnet. Etching by Antoine-Jean Duclos

Support as nominator – Vinícius O. (talk) 23:26, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tarantula Nebula[edit]

Voting period ends on 24 May 2024 at 14:57:13 (UTC)

Reason: Beautiful shape, colors, and of high quality (also a FP on Commons, so I'm confident it is very good)
Articles in which this image appears: Tarantula Nebula, List of largest nebulae
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out#Nebulae, stars, supernovae and the Milky Way
Creator: JWST, uploaded by IamMM

~~Support as nominator~~ – WILD MOUSE what? 14:57, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Struck vote as user doesn’t has the required number of edits (only 51 instead of 100). Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 04:19, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support – ―Howard • 🌽³³ 16:50, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
comment Photo is by NIRCam which covers only the red end of the visual spectrum and a bunch of near infra-red. From an encyclopedic point of view an image in wavelengths humans can actually see is probably more useful at least as the lead image. Even that is not the same as what humans might actually be able to see which is probably more like this.©Geni (talk) 02:24, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – We do have a FP of this Here. Bammesk (talk) 02:27, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Man versus fish[edit]

Voting period ends on 22 May 2024 at 23:47:31 (UTC)

Reason: Featured on Arabic and Persian Wikipedias. Good quality. Appears on several english articles.
Articles in which this image appears: Yunus (surah), As-Saaffat, Jonah, Jami' al-tawarikh
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Religion and mythology
Creator: Unknown illustrator; scanned by Metropolitan Museum of Art

Support as nominator – ―Howard • 🌽³³ 23:47, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Book of Fixed Stars Ursa Minor[edit]

Voting period ends on 21 May 2024 at 21:11:38 (UTC)

Reason: High quality image of medieval muslim illustration of the Ursa minor constellation from the Book of Fixed Stars.
Articles in which this image appears: Ursa Minor, Polaris
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Understanding
Creator: Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi

Support as nominator – — ♠ Ixtal ^{( T / C )} ⁂ Sign up for the 2024 DCWC! — Non nobis solum ♠ 21:11, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I am not sure this image has sufficient EV in either article listed above. There is no textual reference to this image (i.e. this version, or medieval Islamic era) in the Ursa Minor article. In the Polaris article, there is a brief referring paragraph next to this image. I am not sure that's enough though. Bammesk (talk) 02:36, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Map of Brazil in the Miller Atlas[edit]

Voting period ends on 22 May 2024 at 09:49:13 (UTC)

Reason: Unanimously featured on Commons two weeks ago. Illustrates articles well.
Articles in which this image appears: Miller Atlas, Lopo Homem, Name of Brazil, Fernão de Loronha etc. (the image is used in a template)
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Maps
Creator: Pedro Reinel, Lopo Homem

Support as nominator – MER-C 09:49, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – ―Howard • 🌽³³ 11:05, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Bammesk (talk) 01:53, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Lead image for its article, deservedly; encyclopedic; high quality and featured on commons. —David Eppstein (talk) 06:43, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Vinícius O. (talk) 23:06, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nuba wrestling[edit]

Voting period ends on 22 May 2024 at 09:31:47 (UTC)

Reason: Featured unanimously on Commons two months ago. Illustrates article well.
Articles in which this image appears: Nuba wrestling
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Culture and lifestyle
Creator: Diego Delso

Support as nominator – MER-C 09:31, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – ―Howard • 🌽³³ 11:04, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 07:18, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Bammesk (talk) 01:41, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Should be the lead image, as it is much better than the current one. Yann (talk) 13:00, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

M&Ms[edit]

Voting period ends on 19 May 2024 at 11:21:42 (UTC)

Reason: High quality high EV image.
Articles in which this image appears: M&M's
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Food and drink
Creator: Evan-Amos

Support as nominator – The Herald (Benison) (talk) 11:21, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – ―Howard • 🌽³³ 11:30, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – Free advertising, otherwise unremarkable image. – Sca (talk) 12:45, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – This would be a support for me if it was sharper on the right side (perhaps a higher f-stop or a sharper lens, or focus stacking). Bammesk (talk) 01:40, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Vermeer's astronomer[edit]

Voting period ends on 18 May 2024 at 10:53:35 (UTC)

Reason: One of Vermeer's best known works in Louvre. It is a high quality Google Art Project scan with excellent EV.
Articles in which this image appears: The Astronomer (Vermeer) +10
FP category for this image: Paintings
Creator: Johannes Vermeer/Louvre Museum

Support as nominator – The Herald (Benison) (talk) 10:53, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - If there's a window on the left, it's a Vermeer... ;-) --Janke | Talk 15:10, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support, but wonder if the greenish tint is faithful to the original... Brandmeister^talk 19:51, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Probably a mixture of varnish, pigment discolouration, and intentional palette choice. But it's hard to tell for sure without a trip to the Louvre. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 16:40, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 07:20, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 09:38, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nominations — to be closed[edit]

Nominations in this category are older than ten days and are to be closed. New votes will no longer be accepted.

Older nominations requiring additional input from users[edit]

These nominations have been moved here because consensus is impossible to determine without additional input from those who participated in the discussion. Usually this is because there was more than one edit of the image available, and no clear preference for one of them was determined. If you voted on these images previously, please update your vote to specify which edit(s) you are supporting.

Closing procedure[edit]

A script is available that automates the majority of these tasks: User:Jujutacular/closeFPC

When NOT promoted, perform the following:

Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/subpage:
{{FPCresult|Not promoted| }} --~~~~
Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.
If the nominator is new to FPC, consider placing {{subst:NotpromotedFPC|Image name}} on their talk page. To avoid overuse, do not use the template when in doubt.

When promoted, perform the following:

Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/subpage:
{{FPCresult|Promoted|File:FILENAME.JPG}} --~~~~
Replace FILENAME.JPG with the name of the file that was promoted. It should show up as:

Promoted File:FILENAME.JPG

Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.
Add the image to:
- Template:Announcements/New featured content - newest on top, remove the oldest so that 15 are listed at all times.
- Wikipedia:Goings-on - newest on bottom.
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures thumbs - newest on top.
Add the image to the proper sub-page of Wikipedia:Featured pictures - newest on top.
The caption for a Wikipedian created image should read "Description at Article, by Creator". For a non-Wikipedian, it should be similar, but if the creator does not have an article, use an external link if appropriate. For images with substantial editing by one or more Wikipedians, but created by someone else, use "Description at Article, by Creator (edited by Editor)" (all editors involved should be clear from the nomination). Additionally, the description is optional - if it's essentially the same as the article title, then just use "Article, by Creator". Numerous examples can be found on the various Featured Pictures subpages.
Add the image to the appropriate section of Wikipedia:Featured pictures - newest on left and remove the oldest from the right so that there are always three in each section.
Add the Featured Picture tag and star to the image page using {{Featured picture|page_name}} (replace page_name with the nomination page name, i.e., the page_name from Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/page_name). To add this template you most likely will have to click the "create" button on the upper right if the "edit" button is not present, generally if the image originates from Commons.
If an edited or alternative version of the originally nominated image is promoted, make sure that all articles contain the Featured Picture version, as opposed to the original.
Notify the nominator or co-nominators by placing {{subst:PromotedFPC|File:file_name.xxx}} on each nominator's talk page. For example: {{subst:PromotedFPC|File:Blue morpho butterfly.jpg}}.
If the image was created by a Wikipedian, place {{subst:UploadedFP|File:file_name.xxx}} on the creator's talk page. For example: {{subst:UploadedFP|File:Blue morpho butterfly.jpg}}.

Then perform the following, regardless of the outcome:

Move the nomination entry to the top of the "Recently closed nominations" section. It will remain there for three days after closing so others can review the nomination. This is done by simply moving the line {{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Page name}} to the top of the section.
Add the nomination entry to the bottom of the May archive. This is done by simply adding the line {{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Page name}} from this page to the bottom of the archive.
If the nomination is listed at Template:FPC urgents, remove it.

Delist closing procedure[edit]

Note that delisting an image does not equal deleting it. Delisting from Featured pictures in no way affects the image's status in its article/s.

If consensus is to KEEP featured picture status, and the image is used in at least one article, perform the following:

Check that the image has been in the article for at least one week. Otherwise, suspend the nomination to give it time to stabilize before continuing.
Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/delist/subpage:
{{FPCresult|Kept|}} --~~~~
Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.
Optionally leave a note on the picture's talk page.

If consensus is to DELIST, or the image is unused (and consensus is not for a replacement that is used), perform the following:

Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/delist/subpage:
{{FPCresult|Delisted|}} --~~~~
Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.
Replace the {{Featured picture}} tag from the image with {{FormerFeaturedPicture|delist/''Image name''}}.
Remove the image from the appropriate sub-page of Wikipedia:Featured pictures and the appropriate section of Wikipedia:Featured pictures thumbs.

If consensus is to REPLACE (and at least one of the images is used in articles), perform the following:

Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/delist/subpage:
{{FPCresult|Replaced|}} with File:NEW_IMAGE_FILENAME.JPG --~~~~
Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.

Replace NEW_IMAGE_FILENAME.JPG with the name of the replacement file.
Replace the {{Featured picture}} tag from the delisted image with {{FormerFeaturedPicture|delist/''Image name''}}.
Update the replacement picture's tag, adding the tag {{Featured picture|delist/image_name}} (replace image_name with the nomination page name, i.e., the image_name from Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/delist/image_name). Remove any no longer applicable tags from the original, replacement and from any other alternatives. If the alternatives were on Commons and no longer have any tags, be sure to tag the description page with {{missing image}}.
Replace the delisted Featured Picture in all articles with the new replacement Featured Picture version. Do NOT replace the original in non-article space, such as Talk Pages, FPC nominations, archives, etc.
Ensure that the replacement image is included on the appropriate sub-page of Wikipedia:Featured pictures and the appropriate section of Wikipedia:Featured pictures thumbs. Do this by replacing the original image with the new replacement image; do not add the replacement as a new Featured Picture.

Then perform the following, regardless of the outcome:

Move the nomination entry to the top of the "Recently closed nominations" section. It will remain there for three days after closing so others can review the nomination. This is done by simply moving the line {{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Image name}} to the top of the section.
Add the nomination entry to the bottom of the archived delist nominations. This is done by simply adding the line {{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Image name}} to the bottom of the appropriate section of the archive.
If the nomination is listed at Template:FPC urgents, remove it.

Recently closed nominations[edit]

Nominations in this category have already been closed and are here for the purposes of closure review by FPC contributors. Please do not add any further comments or votes regarding the original nomination. If you wish to discuss any of these closures, please do so at Wikipedia talk:Featured picture candidates. Nominations will stay here for three full days following closure and subsequently be removed.

Continental I-1430 engine[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 16 May 2024 at 22:44:39 (UTC)

Reason: One of the better national Air and Space Museum engine images. All the parts are there and the supporting frame blocks very little of the engine
Articles in which this image appears: Continental XI-1430
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Machinery
Creator: Dane A. Penland

Support as nominator – ©Geni (talk) 22:44, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Bammesk (talk) 01:25, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – ―Howard • 🌽³³ 05:37, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – Article states, "Only twenty-three I-1430 series engines were delivered," and it never powered an airplane. Little or no EV. – Sca (talk) 12:16, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Moonreach (talk) 14:11, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Engine has an article; article passes GNG; image shows engine; image has EV. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 10:14, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – per Chris. I can see clear EV here. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 15:51, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Such as? -- Sca (talk) 12:46, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The FP criteria defines EV as "Adds significant encyclopedic value to an article" Its the lead and only image in the Continental XI-1430 article. It adds to that article by showing what the whole engine looks like. And thats a significant add since there is a lot of variation in how engines look.©Geni (talk) 16:06, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Is it of potential interest to a significant portion of Enwiki readers? -- Sca (talk) 13:08, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That iss not in the Featured picture criteria. EV is about how much it improves one or more Wikipedia articles. How widely read those articles are is not a factor. It also counts against cases where the photo is very pretty but doesn't add much to any Wikipedia articles. Think something a photo of a ship but most of it hidden because it it rounding a very pretty headland.©Geni (talk) 05:42, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It's about serving the readers. -- Sca (talk) 12:43, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 07:22, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 09:36, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Continental I-1430 NASM.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:17, 17 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Mezquita Shah, Isfahán, Irán[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 16 May 2024 at 15:23:20 (UTC)

Reason: Excellent photo that is FP on other languages and commons. Great EV to the article's it is linked in and shows a great view of the muqarnas.
Articles in which this image appears: Shah Mosque (Isfahan), Persian blue, Blue
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator: Diego Delso

Support as nominator – Cowboygilbert - (talk) ♥ 15:23, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Excellent coloring. Highly support. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 20:56, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – Good composition and nom, but it's rather a very peculiar angle for an FP. It doesn't illustrate the subject well and the details aren't clear. (See File:Portal, Pitam Niwas Chowk, City Palace, Jaipur, 20191218 1000 9059.jpg for reference). Any alternate view for the gate present? The Herald (Benison) (talk) 07:20, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: The picture is to show the bottom view of the iwan of the mosque and to show the muqarnas in full view instead of a partial view from a front view. While a front view could be better to show the iwan, it is a common type of photographs that I have seen to fully show the composition of the muqarnas. (Most of which is at an angle or at a bottom view) Cowboygilbert - (talk) ♥ 23:17, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support - I respectfully disagree with The Herald; I think the details are quite clear at full resolution, and I think the angle is justifiable in showing recessed aspects of the work not visible from the front. Moonreach (talk) 14:14, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support according to Moonreach's reasoning. -- Radomianin (talk) 19:57, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support but mostly for its value illustrating Persian blue. In the article on the mosque, it is used in a gallery; the muqarnas is not discussed beyond "here, look at the muqarnas". That being said, a crop of this (uploaded separately) could be used to replace File:Sally Port of Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque.JPG in articles where it is used. It's the same muqarnas, and Diego's capture is more evenly lit and comprehensive. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 10:19, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 07:25, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 09:36, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Mezquita Shah, Isfahán, Irán, 2016-09-20, DD 64.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:18, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Conocephalus fuscus[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 15 May 2024 at 20:50:57 (UTC)

Original – Slow-motion video of a singing male Conocephalus fuscus. This video has been slowed down by a factor of 4, in order to make the singing sound audible to humans.

Reason: Video of a singing male Conocephalus fuscus shows the cricket, the fluttering wings and singing sound. Many crickets sing in the ultrasonic spectrum inaudible to humans. This video has been slowed down by a factor of four, in order to make the singing sound audible.
Articles in which this image appears: Conocephalus fuscus
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator: Veljo Runnel

Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 20:50, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
comment Very right leaning sound balance. Would this be better going to mono?©Geni (talk) 20:36, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good point. It's right-sided when I use a headphone (there is nothing on the left side). But it's balanced (equal right and left) when I use my computer's internal speakers. I think it was recorded mono on the right channel. Bammesk (talk) 00:54, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:51, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Uptown Charlotte[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 15 May 2024 at 12:42:20 (UTC)

Reason: Good composition. FP candidate on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears: Uptown Charlotte, others
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban
Creator: Precisionviews

Support as nominator – TheFreeWorld (talk) 12:42, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – Meh. – Sca (talk) 12:02, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – good EV and composition. Not meh for me. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 08:34, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Feels oversharpened at full resolution, and the buildings are leaning (lens distortion). — Chris Woodrich (talk) 10:21, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:16, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Narbonne Cathedral interior[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 15 May 2024 at 10:40:35 (UTC)

Reason: Unanimously featured on Commons in February. Illustrates a different aspect of the subject compared to the existing FP.
Articles in which this image appears: Narbonne Cathedral
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors
Creator: Diego Delso

Support as nominator – MER-C 10:40, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Gorgeous, great detail. – Sca (talk) 12:24, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – The Herald (Benison) (talk) 19:13, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 08:19, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Love the architecture. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 20:57, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Moonreach (talk) 14:27, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support An obvious FP. -- Radomianin (talk) 20:00, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Catedral, Narbona, Francia, 2023-01-08, DD 135-137 HDR.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 10:42, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

American robin[edit]

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Reason: Was seen on Commons FPC last month, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears: American robin
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator: Rhododendrites

Support as nominator – MER-C 10:30, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – The Herald (Benison) (talk) 11:14, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Bruce1ee ^talk 13:35, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 08:01, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support – ―Howard • 🌽³³ 05:38, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:American robin (71307).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 10:34, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tornado outbreak sequence of April 25–28, 2024[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 14 May 2024 at 18:30:55 (UTC)

Reason: Meets all FP criteria and is a very clear map showing the Tornado outbreak sequence of April 25–28, 2024, which has received over 100,000 page views (including page views from previous article names such as “…April 25–27, 2024”). In short, high EV value for that specific page, which currently is for 135+ tornadoes affecting a large portion of the United States.
Articles in which this image appears: List:

FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Maps
Creator: Wxtrackercody

Support as nominator – The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 18:30, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This was added to the articles 2 days ago. Per FP criterion #5 we typically wait 7+ days before nominating. Otherwise, Support. Bammesk (talk) 17:42, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Doesn't mean this nomination is disqualified by default? ―Howard • 🌽³³ 06:46, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Doesn't that mean this nomination is disqualified by default?
―Howard • 🌽³³ 06:47, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No, not really, the criterion says "preferable", not "should" or "must". That makes it more a guidance, rather than a requirement. But if anyone thinks the image won't be stable, they can vote oppose and give a rationale. Bammesk (talk) 01:00, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The image would be better vectorized imo. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 05:40, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question - I'm seeing that QGIS is licensed under the Version 2 of the GNU General Public License. What about its output? I'm seeing that the QGIS website is shared under a CC-BY-SA 3.0 license, so the current CC-BY-SA 4.0 isn't beyond the realm of possibility, but I'd like to be sure before !voting. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 10:28, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Wxtrackercody: Hopefully you can answer this question. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 03:14, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:54, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination didn’t reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:54, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Vermeer struck the right chord with the lady[edit]

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Reason: High EV and excellent quality Google Art Project image. One of Vermeer's masterpieces with cultural significance.
Articles in which this image appears: The Music Lesson, Tim's Vermeer, Royal Collection +5
FP category for this image: Paintings
Creator: Johannes Vermeer

Support as nominator – The Herald (Benison) (talk) 04:47, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Bammesk (talk) 17:17, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Wow! J. S. Bach wasn't born at the time yet! – Hamid Hassani (talk) 08:04, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 16:13, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 10:31, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Johannes Vermeer - Lady at the Virginal with a Gentleman, 'The Music Lesson' - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 10:36, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The golden mess of sewn diplomacy[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 14 May 2024 at 04:34:04 (UTC)

Reason: High quality Google Art Project scan of this important historical painting with very good EV. Replaced with the high quality file in the lead article.
Articles in which this image appears: Field of the Cloth of Gold, Henry VIII, Yeomen of the Guard and Erasmus
FP category for this image: Paintings
Creator: Anonymous/Royal Collection

Support as nominator – The Herald (Benison) (talk) 04:34, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. ~~1px black border needs to be cropped out.~~ per Bammesk. MER-C 10:43, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@MER-C: Done. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 17:12, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose – It's a large painting 5.5 x 11.3 feet. At 37 pixels per inch, the scan resolution is low. Can be sharper at full size. Bammesk (talk) 17:36, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Added higher res alt. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 18:23, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Herald (Benison), is there a better source link for the Alt? I don't see this copy at the sourced link. Bammesk (talk) 19:04, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I'm worried about that too. I'll search around. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 19:07, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 10:34, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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