Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates

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).

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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 ().

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. Is my monitor adjusted correctly? In a discussion about the brightness of an image, it is necessary to know if the computer display is properly adjusted. Displays differ greatly in their ability to show shadow detail. There are four dark grey circles in the adjacent image. If you can discern three (or even four) of the circles, your monitor can display shadow detail correctly. If you see fewer than three circles, you may need to adjust the monitor and/or computer display settings. Some displays cannot be adjusted for ideal shadow detail. Please take this into account when voting. Displays also differ greatly in their ability to show highlight detail. There are light grey circles in the adjacent image. If you can discern three (or even four) of the circles, your monitor can display highlight detail correctly. If you see fewer than three circles, you may need to adjust the monitor and/or computer display settings (probably reduce the contrast setting). Some displays cannot be adjusted for ideal highlight detail. Please take this into account when voting. On a gamma-adjusted display, the four circles in the color image blend into the background when seen from a few feet (roughly 75–150 cm) away. If they do not, you could adjust the gamma setting (found in the computer's settings, not on the display), until they do. This may be very difficult to attain, and a slight error is not detrimental. Uncorrected PC displays usually show the circles darker than the background. Note that the image must be viewed in original size (263 × 68 pixels) - if enlarged or reduced, results are not accurate. Note that on most consumer LCD displays (laptop or flat screen), viewing angle strongly affects these images. Correct adjustment on one part of the screen might be incorrect on another part for a stationary head position. Click on the images for more technical information. If possible, calibration with a hardware monitor calibrator is recommended.

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Current nominations

Delist: Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 6 Apr 2020 at 13:13:01 (UTC)

current version

Reason

poor resolution when zoomed in as the area around the eyes of the person depicted are somewhat blurry

suggested replacement

Articles this image appears in

Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson

Previous nomination/s

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson

Nominator

TheHistoryBuff101 (talk)

• Delist — TheHistoryBuff101 (talk) 20:29, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
• Keep - No way. The replacement image may be larger, but it has a universal yellow tint to everything that's muddling the colors. Look at the white fringe on Nelson's ribbons and notice how they're yellowed in the replacement. The uniform has lost its hue as well. -- Veggies (talk) 13:38, 27 March 2020 (UTC)
• I think we don't promote TIFF files because of accessibility. I would support if the replacement was in JPEG. It has a reliable source. Bammesk (talk) 19:26, 29 March 2020 (UTC)
• Comment This nomination was added to the FPC page with this edit, so I fixed the expiry date based on its timestamp. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 02:34, 30 March 2020 (UTC)
• Comment The TIFF version has original colors because it was common to leave this yellow tint and additionally it is layer added that happens with the passage of time, a faithful representation of reality. However, I agree that a JPEG needs to be developed from the TIFF for its best representation in browsers preferably using RGB. --The_Photographer (talk) 19:43, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

Kept --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:16, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

• There is no consensus to delist this image, which is still used in articles. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:16, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

Delist and replace: Blue Marble

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 5 Apr 2020 at 03:25:20 (UTC)

Current featured picture

Replacement image, to scale

Reason

The current FP (24,000 × 12,000 px) is 3.24 times smaller than the suggested replacement image (43,200 × 21,600 pixels), which seems to be the original image resolution as published by NASA. It appears that the former image was shrunk to fit upload limits back in 2006.

Articles this image appears in

Equirectangular projection, Earth observation satellite

Previous nomination/s

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Whole world - land and oceans

Nominator

— RAVENPVFF · talk ·

• Delist and replace as nominator — RAVENPVFF · talk · 03:25, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
• Delist and replace This version seems to be strictly better than the prior. HighInBC ^{Need help? {{ping|HighInBC}}} 04:35, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
• D&R. —David Eppstein (talk) 16:44, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
• Replace. MER-C 14:06, 27 March 2020 (UTC)
• D&R. Josh Milburn (talk) 17:05, 27 March 2020 (UTC)
• D&R - not even sure this needs a vote; an otherwise-identical higher-resolution replacement could just have be uploaded over the top of the original file, I think? But yes, if it is needed, it should obviously pass TSP (talk) 23:07, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

Replaced with File:Blue Marble 2002.png --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 04:20, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

Yad Vashem View

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 4 Apr 2020 at 00:20:03 (UTC)

Original – Yad Vashem View

Reason

High quality lead image. It shows the entire complex of the memorial and has captions.

Articles in which this image appears

Yad Vashem

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture

Creator

User:Godot13

• Support as nominator – Andrei (talk) 00:20, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support – Bammesk (talk) 00:34, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose – A very important site, but I don't see how this aerial view conveys EV for what is a highly detailed, informative installation on the ground. – Sca (talk) 13:28, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
  • Sites on the ground have their own articles, including Hall of Names and Garden of the Righteous Among the Nations, while this is a general view of the topic for the infobox. --Andrei (talk) 14:21, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose per Sca. This photo doesn't add anything significant to the understanding of the article. Honestly, I find File:Hall of Names.jpg to be a much more powerful photo that immediately conveys the tone and purpose of Yad Vashem. The aerial shot makes it look like an art gallery or university campus. -- Veggies (talk) 23:42, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support. Great picture from a very important site. --Gnosis (talk) 21:18, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support. High quality, interesting composition for an aerial, and as an overview of a complex it makes an appropriate lead infobox image, giving it enough EV. Making this featured doesn't prevent having separate featured images for independently-notable sites within this complex, as appropriate. —David Eppstein (talk) 20:52, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose Per Sca. —kallerna 08:06, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:23, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

Delist and Replace: Ronald Reagan

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 1 Apr 2020 at 19:48:18 (UTC)

Current version

Reason

Not sure if this is an improvement from the current version but I'll nominate this anyways. Original image for the replacement is at File:Official Portrait of President Ronald Reagan.jpg.

Suggested replacement

Articles this image appears in

Ronald Reagan, see more

Previous nomination/s

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Ronald Reagan

Nominator

Wow (talk)

• Delist and replace — Wow (talk) 19:48, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
• Keep – his shirt is no longer white, and if you zoom in, the details on his skin are washed out in the replacement image. Bammesk (talk) 20:51, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

• Yikes. Good eye. Green meanie. -- Veggies (talk) 22:03, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose proposed change per the Green Shirt. —David Eppstein (talk) 19:24, 24 March 2020 (UTC)
• Comment – I uploaded a new version so that it's not as green overall, but the sharpness issue can't be fixed. --Wow (talk) 20:07, 24 March 2020 (UTC)
• Withdraw --Wow (talk) 05:59, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

Kept --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 02:36, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

Trimeresurus popeiorum

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 31 Mar 2020 at 19:58:28 (UTC)

Original – A pope's pit viper (Trimeresurus popeiorum). Doi Phu Kha National Park, Thailand.

Reason

Was seen on Commons FPC last month, where it was featured unanimously.

Articles in which this image appears

Trimeresurus popeorum

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Reptiles

Creator

Rushenb

• Support as nominator – MER-C 19:58, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support – Bammesk (talk) 22:22, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support – Great shot. Good color. I wish there was a slightly greater depth of focus, but where it should be in focus, it is. -- Veggies (talk) 00:40, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support Tomer T (talk) 17:12, 28 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:39, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

Promoted File:Trimeresurus popeiorum, Pope's pit viper - Doi Phu Kha National Park (46846412805).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:20, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

Loch Lomond landscape

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 31 Mar 2020 at 16:45:21 (UTC)

Original – Loch Lomond, looking south from Ben Lomond. (from file description)

Reason

High quality lead image. We have a FP from 2006 here with a different composition, but it has not been in the main article since mid-2006. The nom image shows more of the landscape and is a better lead image, with more pixels.

Articles in which this image appears

Loch Lomond, National scenic area (Scotland), National scenic area

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes

Creator

Colin

• Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 16:45, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
• Comment - It's really not too bad. My only issue with it is that it crops half the loch. If you look at the image I attached, you can see how the loch continues for a long way. I'd happily support a wide panorama encompasing what these two photos capture into one seamless photo. Difficult, but potentially exemplary. -- Veggies (talk) 07:41, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

The rest of the loch

• Veggies, the nom image shows the main section and 11 of about 20 miles. It's impossible to show the entire stream with the hills and turns. The other image shows 2 more miles (not "the rest" as your caption says). It is not a deal breaker IMO. Bammesk (talk) 16:57, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

• I'm just saying: seeing that the valley continues on for a long way in the other direction, I would prefer a full panorama. It would present the loch in the most appealing, encyclopedic fashion. -- Veggies (talk) 22:00, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:48, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

State Historical Museum

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 31 Mar 2020 at 16:43:45 (UTC)

Original – Building of the State Historical Museum view from the Red Square, Moscow. The host of the Russian history museum was built based on Sherwood's neo-Russian design between 1875 and 1881. (from file description)

Reason

High quality lead image.

Articles in which this image appears

State Historical Museum

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture

Creator

Diego Delso

• Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 16:43, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support. MER-C 19:57, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support high-quality lead image for its article. —David Eppstein (talk) 20:46, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support - Excellent photo. Good range of contrast, sharply focused, no tilt, well-composed, and no stitching issues (if it's a composite). -- Veggies (talk) 07:50, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support; excellent. My one reservation is that it has ony been in the article for a few weeks. I hope it remains stable; we will have to revisit if not. Josh Milburn (talk) 17:09, 27 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support - TheHistoryBuff101 (talk) 10:56, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

Promoted File:Museo Estatal de Historia, Moscú, Rusia, 2016-10-03, DD 49.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:53, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

The Night Revels of Han Xizai

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 30 Mar 2020 at 14:43:32 (UTC)

Original – The Night Revels of Han Xizai is a painted handscroll attributed to Chinese 10th-century artist Gu Hongzhong. It survived as a copy made during the Song dynasty. The painting depicts Han Xizai, a minister of the Southern Tang emperor Li Yu, along with realistic portrayals of more than forty persons.

Reason

Probably the most faithful digitization of this so far.

Articles in which this image appears

The Night Revels of Han Xizai, Han Xizai

FP category for this image

East Asian art

Creator

Han Xizai

• Support as nominator – Brandmeister^talk 14:43, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support. —David Eppstein (talk) 16:47, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
• Comment The painting part of the image appears OK, but the text parts appear way too heavily filtered/edited. Would like to see at least some of the actual background material, instead of the "synthetic" look. --Janke | Talk 12:19, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
• Comment – FWIW, the version uploaded on 13 March 2012 has slightly different colors, and more separation between the leftmost 3 persons. The nom image is a more complete reproduction though (includes text). Bammesk (talk) 22:59, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

• And on that, we se a sliver of the unaltered text field at right. Therefore, Oppose. --Janke | Talk 21:14, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

• Janke, I think the two uploads are scans from different prints, not the same print. The 13 March 2012 version has more detail. Bammesk (talk) 20:59, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:16, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

Viet Cong soldier

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 30 Mar 2020 at 13:11:22 (UTC)

Original – A Viet Cong soldier, holding his AK-47, stands under a waving Viet-Cong flag, 1973

Reason

high resolution and somewhat iconic photo

Articles in which this image appears

Vietnam War; AK-47; Viet Cong; Weapons of the Vietnam War

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/War

Creator

SSgt. Herman Kokojani

• Support as nominator – TheHistoryBuff101 (talk) 13:11, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose Way too high contrast, AK-47 cut off, flag not clearly seen, too rumpled. --Janke | Talk 18:51, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose Low quality propaganda photo with little EV. Nick-D (talk) 00:29, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:12, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

Flatten the curve

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 29 Mar 2020 at 20:42:31 (UTC)

Original – Animation explaining how "flattening the curve" works

Reason

Super useful and well made animation

Articles in which this image appears

Coronavirus disease 2019, Social distancing

FP category for this image

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

Creator

Siouxsie Wiles and Toby Morris

• Support as nominator – Note that animated images are not required to meet the 1500px resolution requirement. Kaldari (talk) 20:42, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
• No strong opinion from me. I like the idea of featuring material related to COVID-19, and even fast-tracking them for POTD, but I may be in the minority that finds the bottom part of the frame unhelpful and would prefer a different version of the chart itself, perhaps with more context. Mainly commenting because it looks like the credit has been removed from the image itself, which may be problematic per the Wikilegal guidance on removing watermarks. Unclear. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 01:09, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
• Comment – I really don't like "Whatever, it's just like a cold or flu". Cold or flu never immobilized countries (not in our times). And if it did, no one would say "whatever". Bammesk (talk) 01:18, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose – The EV of the animation just doesn't stand out to me. Maybe 'flattening the curve' isn't a concept that requires animation. What does the animation add over a still image that makes it more encyclopedic or "illustrates the subject in a compelling way"? Because, to be quite honest, this tells me more with less clutter about the same topic than this animation. -- Veggies (talk) 02:45, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose – for the reasons mentioned above. --Janke | Talk 10:15, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose Seen this "diagram" in the news, quite convenient that the "system capacity" line is situated just above the other curve. With this comic style even more ridiculous. —kallerna 10:17, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
  • @Kallerna: The line is situated just above the curve because that's the goal of flattening the curve—to get it under the maximum capacity. Wherever that line sits, you want to get just below it. I don't understand why that is problematic. Kaldari (talk) 04:25, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose – Annoying & childishly illustrated. – Sca (talk) 14:46, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 02:25, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

Crossing the Rhine

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 27 Mar 2020 at 21:08:16 (UTC)

Original – American infantrymen huddle together in a boat as they cross the Rhine River under enemy fire, March 1945

Reason

high quality photo

Articles in which this image appears

History of the United States Army; Western Front (World War II)

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War II

Creator

United States Office of War Information

• Support as nominator – TheHistoryBuff101 (talk) 21:08, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
• Comment What looks like dust or scratches in various places (shadow in the centre is most obvious).©Geni (talk) 02:13, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
• Comment The file size suggests possible compression, but otherwise quite strong for Operation Plunder. Brandmeister^talk 13:48, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:10, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

Battle of the Bulge

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 27 Mar 2020 at 21:05:40 (UTC)

Original – Soldiers of the U.S. 290th Infantry Regiment in the snow during the Battle of the Bulge, 1944

Reason

high quality photo

Articles in which this image appears

M1 carbine; Western Front (World War II)

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War II

Creator

Braun, USA

• Support as nominator – TheHistoryBuff101 (talk) 21:05, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose - unfortunately the film media has failed to adequately capture the dynamic range, with eye-searing results. MER-C 18:20, 19 March 2020 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:08, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

Canadian crew of a Sherman tank

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 27 Mar 2020 at 21:01:26 (UTC)

Original – Canadian crew of an M1 Sherman near Caen during the Battle of Normandy, June 1944

Reason

high quality color photo

Articles in which this image appears

Canada; History of Canada

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War II

Creator

Unknown author

• Support as nominator – TheHistoryBuff101 (talk) 21:01, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose Awkward crop of the tank aside there is a lot of dust and hair in the sky.©Geni (talk) 02:14, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose per Geni — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 00:50, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
• Comment – I would support if the dust in the sky area is cleaned up. I am Ok with the composition as a documentary photo. Bammesk (talk) 01:08, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose per Geni. Also, I'm rather skeptical that the image actually adds something significant that helps readers understand what Canada is and its history. -- Veggies (talk) 08:20, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:03, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

ATS spotter

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 27 Mar 2020 at 20:58:19 (UTC)

Original – An ATS spotter with binoculars at an anti-aircraft command post, 1942

Reason

high quality color photo

Articles in which this image appears

Battle of Britain

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War II

Creator

War Office

• Support as nominator – TheHistoryBuff101 (talk) 20:58, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support – the infobox image, if restored, is a good candidate too. Bammesk (talk) 01:05, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose Useful image, but the shadow of the other person on the spotter really spoils the photo. It's also not clear why this photo in the article on the 1940 Battle of Britain given that it was taken in 1942, so I've removed it. As this means that the image is now unused, this nomination should be closed. Nick-D (talk) 10:13, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose. I really like this photo, but Nick-D's concerns (and unchallenged removal from the article) mean that I cannot support it. If it was stable in another article and definitely adding value there, we could revisit. For now, no good. Josh Milburn (talk) 17:14, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:59, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

Sir Winston Churchill

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 27 Mar 2020 at 20:52:15 (UTC)

Original – Portrait of Sir Winston Churchill, by Yousuf Karsh

Reason

high resolution

Articles in which this image appears

Winston Churchill; Battle of Britain

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political

Creator

User:Denarivs
Yousuf Karsh

• Support as nominator – TheHistoryBuff101 (talk) 20:52, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support. A famous image, the lead for the article on its subject, with high EV, and a high-quality scan. —David Eppstein (talk) 21:01, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support - but @TheHistoryBuff101:, Denarivs is not the creator of this image. The creator is who would be attributed for its creation (not just the file). You can also note who the uploader is, though. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 00:48, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

   Fixed Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:48, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

• Support – Bammesk (talk) 00:59, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support – Janke | Talk 13:54, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support --Wow (talk) 19:20, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

Promoted File:Sir Winston Churchill - 19086236948.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:54, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

George Marshall

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 27 Mar 2020 at 20:41:28 (UTC)

Original – Portrait of George Marshall, author unknown

Reason

high resolution

Articles in which this image appears

George Marshall

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Military

Creator

Unknown author (edited by Materialscientist and Soerfm)

• Support as nominator – TheHistoryBuff101 (talk) 20:41, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose - lots of dust specks. Needs restoration. --Janke | Talk 21:16, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose. Not worthy of FP. --Gnosis (talk) 17:09, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:44, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

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Original – Portrait of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, by Thomas Lawrence

Reason

high resolution and excellent artwork

Articles in which this image appears

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Military career of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Military

Creator

Thomas Lawrence

• Support as nominator – TheHistoryBuff101 (talk) 20:22, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support – Bammesk (talk) 00:20, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support. Good quality scan, lead image for the article on its subject so sufficiently encyclopedic. A little restoration wouldn't hurt but I don't think there's enough of an issue with spotting to block being featured. —David Eppstein (talk) 21:17, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:33, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

• Nomination didn't reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:33, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

Charles X of France

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Original – Portrait of Charles X of France, by François Gérard

Reason

high resolution and excellent artwork

Articles in which this image appears

Charles X of France; Bourbon Restoration

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Royalty and nobility

Creator

François Gérard

• Support as nominator – TheHistoryBuff101 (talk) 18:06, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support. This the lead image of its article and I think the right choice for lead, so it has high enough EV. A little restoration wouldn't go amiss but I don't think the occasional light spots are bad enough to block its promotion. And the colors are as they are on the official Prado site [2] (and not as they are on another version on commons, File:Charles X of France by François Pascal Simon Gérard.jpg) so I think it's ok in that regard. —David Eppstein (talk) 01:39, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support – per David. Would be nice to have more pixels for the canvas size. Bammesk (talk) 00:24, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:32, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

• Nomination didn't reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:32, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

Joseph Bonaparte

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Original – Portrait of Joseph Bonaparte as King of Spain, by Joseph Flaugier

Reason

high resolution and excellent artwork

Articles in which this image appears

Line of succession to the French throne (Bonapartist)

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Royalty and nobility

Creator

Josée Flaugier

• Support as nominator – TheHistoryBuff101 (talk) 18:02, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose, not currently used in any article; ineligible. —David Eppstein (talk) 20:57, 19 March 2020 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:31, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

Michel Ney

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Original – Portrait of Michel Ney, Marshal of the Empire, by François Gérard

Reason

high resolution and excellent artwork

Articles in which this image appears

Michel Ney, Battle of Waterloo

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Military

Creator

François Gérard

• Support as nominator – TheHistoryBuff101 (talk) 17:57, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
• Comment. As the lead image of its article, I think this has enough EV. But I think the image could use some restoration first. —David Eppstein (talk) 21:01, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
• Comment – I don't think the bright dots on the canvas are in reality so bright, it looks like the image was overprocessed. Bammesk (talk) 01:31, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:31, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

Empress Joséphine

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Original – Empress Joséphine in her coronation robes

Reason

high resolution and excellent artwork

Articles in which this image appears

Empress Joséphine, Napoleon

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Royalty and nobility

Creator

François Gérard

• Support as nominator – TheHistoryBuff101 (talk) 17:52, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
• Comment. It's a fine image, although perhaps in need of some restoration. But I question the EV of its usage on the English Wikipedia. It's far down from being the lead image of Joséphine. And while her coronation as empress is itself a notable subtopic, I would think that the David painting opposite this one in the article is a clearer depiction of that event. Some paintings are themselves independently notable, with their own articles, but I don't see such an article for this one. —David Eppstein (talk) 01:32, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:30, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

Blue-legged chameleon female (2)

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Original – Blue-legged chameleon (Calumma crypticum) female in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar

Reason

High quality image that illustrates article well. FP on Commons. Got 4 postive votes last time

Articles in which this image appears

Blue-legged chameleon

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Reptiles

Creator

Charlesjsharp

• Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:35, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
• As I said last time - Support and make as part of a set with the existing FP File:Blue-legged chameleon (Calumma crypticum) male Ranomafana.jpg. MER-C 18:15, 19 March 2020 (UTC)

• happy to do that. Charlesjsharp (talk) 19:39, 19 March 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose - ISO 800 has made the shot quite grainy, but what I have the most issue with is the dead-on hard flash which has mercilessly flattened the chameleon. -- Veggies (talk) 08:28, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:29, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

Spur-winged lapwing

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Original – Spur-winged lapwing (Vanellus spinosus) in flight in the Gambia showing the spur on the wing.

Reason

High quality large image. FP on Commons. Adds value to article. Not in the top right box as it is bird in flight. The image shows the spur on the wing.

Articles in which this image appears

Spur-winged lapwing

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds

Creator

Charlesjsharp

• Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:20, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support - obvious EV, despite it being used in a gallery (this is an article problem: it needs more text). MER-C 18:18, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support – per MER-C. Bammesk (talk) 00:56, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:28, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

• Nomination didn't reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:28, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

Battle of Austerlitz

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Original – General Jean Rapp presenting captured enemy standards to Napoleon at the Battle of Austerlitz

Reason

panoramic painting with excellent artwork

Articles in which this image appears

Battle of Austerlitz; Napoleon

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/War

Creator

François Gérard

• Support as nominator – TheHistoryBuff101 (talk) 15:06, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
• Comment. The official French Ministry of Culture version is much less technicolor and, I think, more likely. What is the provenance of the color balance used in this version? —David Eppstein (talk) 01:27, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:27, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

Napoleon crossing the Alps

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Original – portrait depicting Napoleon Bonaparte crossing the Great St. Bernard Pass, by Jacques-Louis David

Reason

high resolution and stunning, symbolic artwork

Articles in which this image appears

Napoleon

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Military

Creator

Jacques-Louis David

• Support as nominator – TheHistoryBuff101 (talk) 15:00, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
• Comment. This is a famous painting, but our article on the painting leads with a different choice among its five versions and it's not clear to me why the nominated one should be selected as the one of those five to be featured. It's for the painting, not for its use in Napoleon, that this has EV. —David Eppstein (talk) 23:28, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

Anyhow, the original of this stylized and blatantly hagiographic painting was done at the request French ambassador to Spain for political reasons. The nominated copy seen here was done a year later. – Sca (talk) 15:18, 19 March 2020 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:25, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

Napoleon Bonaparte

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Original – portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte in his study at the Tuileries, by Jacques-Louis David

Reason

high resolution and excellent artwork

Articles in which this image appears

Napoleon

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Royalty and nobility

Creator

Jacques-Louis David

• Support as nominator – TheHistoryBuff101 (talk) 14:52, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
• Comment This picture of the same painting is already featured. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:41, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
• Comment. I don't see much in the 1px boundary difference between the two images to differentiate them. They are almost identical. —David Eppstein (talk) 20:28, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:22, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

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Voyageurs Rainy Lake

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 26 Mar 2020 at 17:27:10 (UTC)

Original – The islets and tall grasses shown in this image are characteristic of Rainy Lake in Voyageurs National Park, the only National Park in the US state of Minnesota.

Reason

High-quality image of a National Park and significant body of water. Already assessed and meets the Wikimedia Commons Quality Image guidelines.

Articles in which this image appears

Rainy Lake, Voyageurs National Park

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes

Creator

Steevven1

• Support as nominator – Steevven1 ^{(Talk) (Contribs) (Gallery)} 17:27, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose Sorry, not this one either. Please do compare your images with current landscape FPs. This is underexposed and the foreground reeds are distracting. A rainy-day image has to be a bit more dramatic than this; that's why photographers usually wait for the sun to come out! Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:25, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
  • I appreciate the input. I understood your concerns about the other image, but I respectfully disagree with you about this one. I don't think it's underexposed, but I will be curious to hear what others have to say. On a side note, it was not a rainy day or intended as an illustration of a rainy day. The lake just happens to be called "Rainy Lake." Steevven1 ^{(Talk) (Contribs) (Gallery)} 17:07, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
• Weak Oppose - This may be worth nominating for VI on Commons for Rainy Lake, but I don't think it works as a Featured landscape. It's a nice image, but it needs to excel in some way beyond just being a pretty good shot of the subject (lighting, sharpness/DoF, color, etc.). — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 01:24, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:24, 26 March 2020 (UTC)

Södersjukhuset hospital

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Original – Aerial view of Södersjukhuset hospital

Reason

This is a quality image of the largest hospital in Stockholm, Sweden. It is the lead image of its article and shows the hospital in its urban setting. It was nominated once before and there were concerns about it being a busy composition, but I think it qualifies as is. After all it is a city hospital in a big city, so no harm showing it like it is. Good lighting and meets technical requirements. All the bright buildings in the center of the frame are in the hospital campus. You can check it out on Google map, or I can annotate it on Commons.

Articles in which this image appears

Södersjukhuset, Health care in Sweden

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban

Creator

ArildV

• Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 02:17, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose – Per previous nom.: While it's not bad as an aerial view of a cityscape, the jumbled and cluttery nature of the subject and its context reduces EV, IMO. – Sca (talk) 14:51, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 02:55, 26 March 2020 (UTC)

Romanov family 2

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Original – Romanov family (left to right): Olga, Maria, Nicholas II, Alexandra Fyodorovna, Anastasia, Alexei, and Tatiana. Livadiya, Crimea, 1913.

Reason

Quality image of the Romanov family. A similar photo was nominated in 2017 here and had 4 supports. This version is a bit sharper and cleaner and shows more detail, albeit less pixels. It has been the lead image in this article since 2008.

Articles in which this image appears

Execution of the Romanov family, Nicholas II of Russia, Russia

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Royalty and nobility

Creator

portrait by Levitsky Studio, original at Hermitage Museum, restored by Wolcott and Yann

• Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 15:35, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support assuming our experts are happy with the restoration. Charlesjsharp (talk) 16:04, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support – Decent res. for this century-old pic. of the ill-fated fam. Dare I say iconic? Esp. like whimsical Anastasia with her arm around poor Alexei. – Sca (talk) 15:09, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support. —David Eppstein (talk) 20:46, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support. —TheHistoryBuff101 (talk) 08:57, 20 March 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.241.75.235 (talk)
• Support Brandmeister^talk 14:32, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

Promoted File:Russian Imperial Family 1913.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:06, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

Sunset at Big Bend National Park

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Original – Sunset at Big Bend National Park on the Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive, located in Texas, USA.

Reason

High-quality image of a high-profile National Park. Already assessed and meets the Quality Image guidelines.

Articles in which this image appears

Big Bend National Park

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes

Creator

Steevven1

• Support as nominator – Steevven1 ^{(Talk) (Contribs) (Gallery)} 17:58, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
• Hi Steevven1. I don't know if this is your first time here, but could you have a read of the criteria for FP. Many thanks. Charlesjsharp (talk) 22:31, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
  • Hi Charlesjsharp. Thanks for the comment. I've read the criteria. High quality, high res, among best images on WP, free license, encyclopedic value, no original research/facts, good description, not fake. Which one is problematic? Steevven1 ^{(Talk) (Contribs) (Gallery)} 22:51, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
    • The image is only used in a gallery. It's my guess that this is what Charles is talking about. Josh Milburn (talk) 08:28, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
      • And the quality problem. With ISO 2500 necessary for the time of day, the image is too grainy and has little clarity. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:57, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
        • Okay, thank you for the feedback! I guess I missed the gallery part. I'll try again with another image I believe may meet the criteria. Steevven1 ^{(Talk) (Contribs) (Gallery)} 17:20, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose – Per Charles. Nice comp., but looks hazy, perhaps due mainly to evening light conditions, and detail at full res. isn't great. – Sca (talk) 14:56, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:51, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

Bikini Atoll

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Original – Bikini Atoll, the site of 23 nuclear tests in 1940s and 50s.

Reason

Bikini Atoll lead image. The island was the site of 23 nuclear tests in 1940s and 50s. At lease fifteen tests were done in the depicted area, details here and here. A large crater, formed by four detonations, is visible at the top left corner of the island (Bravo, Romeo, Fir, Poplar). The native population was relocated prior to testing. A resettlement effort in 1970s failed due to radioactive contamination.

Articles in which this image appears

Bikini Atoll

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Others

Creator

NASA

• Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 19:55, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
• Comment – A blob on blue. Meh. – Sca (talk) 14:21, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
• Comment I think this might fail on FP Criteria Adds significant encyclopedic value to an article' — Preceding unsigned comment added by Charlesjsharp (talk • contribs)

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:06, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

Sheldonian Theatre

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Original – The interior of the Sheldonian Theatre, looking north, in Oxford, England

Reason

Was seen on Commons FPC last month, where it was featured unanimously.

Articles in which this image appears

Oxford Bach Choir, Christopher Wren, Sheldonian Theatre

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors

Creator

Diliff

• Support as nominator – MER-C 17:32, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support – I added the image to Sheldonian Theatre. Bammesk (talk) 18:30, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:44, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support — DreamSparrow ^Chat 08:22, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
• Comment At Commons FPC I asked for frieze reflections to be reduced. Nothing was done. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:11, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

• Charles, it won't be an improvement, it will look unnatural. There is a high resolution image of the ceiling in the article for anyone interested. Bammesk (talk) 00:23, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
• It would have had to done in RAW. The ceiling is well illustrated in the article, but not the frieze. This is not one of Diliff's masterpieces, but I'm not opposing. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:43, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

• Support — Warm, sharp and well-composed. Very nice. -- Veggies (talk) 04:21, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

Promoted File:Sheldonian Theatre Interior, Oxford, UK - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:56, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

Seed

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Original – Close-up of 42 plant seeds, each identified in the file description of the image. [1]

Reason

High quality lead image, shows a variety of plant seeds, good EV in the article. Some seeds are slightly cutoff (e.g. third row and the bottom-right corner), but I think the EV is significant enough to justify promotion. The file description identifies each seed, added to article caption.

Articles in which this image appears

Seed

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Others

Creator

Alexander Klepnev

• Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 15:33, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support Nice, even better if the seed names are visible in the article. Charlesjsharp (talk) 16:40, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

  They were at some stage, but that was removed. MER-C 16:50, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

I added it, but either way. Bammesk (talk) 17:04, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

• Support. MER-C 16:50, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support. —David Eppstein (talk) 17:16, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support. Love it. Josh Milburn (talk) 20:42, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support — DreamSparrow ^Chat 08:22, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
• Comment: It's probably obvious, but would still be good for the file description to clarify that the image does not show the actual relative size of each seed. --Paul_012 (talk) 01:18, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support. —TheHistoryBuff101 (talk) 09:00, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

Promoted File:Разнообразие семян.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:48, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

Rosy-faced lovebird

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 24 Mar 2020 at 15:03:31 (UTC)

Original – Rosy-faced lovebird, front and back side, Namibia, 2018

Reason

High quality lead image, a good encyclopedic set. Shows both the front details and the complete back side, which we usually don't get.

Articles in which this image appears

Rosy-faced lovebird

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds

Creator

Charlesjsharp

• Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 15:03, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support Thanks for the nom. Charlesjsharp (talk) 16:42, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support. MER-C 16:48, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support — DreamSparrow ^Chat 08:22, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:44, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

• Nomination didn't reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:44, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

Male jaguar

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 23 Mar 2020 at 10:12:56 (UTC)

Original – Male jaguar (Panthera onca palustris) at Three Brothers River in the Pantanal, Brazil

Reason

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

Articles in which this image appears

Jaguar, Panthera

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals

Creator

Charlesjsharp

• Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:12, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support --Cbrescia (talk) 13:38, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support — DreamSparrow ^Chat 08:22, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support. —David Eppstein (talk) 20:51, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support. MER-C 16:29, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

Promoted File:Jaguar (Panthera onca palustris) male Three Brothers River 2.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 11:51, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

Female Bengal tiger

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 23 Mar 2020 at 10:01:40 (UTC)

Original – Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) in Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India

Alt 1 - cropped

Reason

High quality large image. FP on Commons. Illustrates article well. Rare to be able to photograph so close in the wild.

Articles in which this image appears

Bengal tiger, Panthera

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals

Creator

Charlesjsharp

• Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:01, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support. MER-C 12:38, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

  Prefer crop. MER-C 20:18, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

• Support either prefer Alt 1 – Bammesk (talk) 14:40, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support either — DreamSparrow ^Chat 08:22, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support Alt 1 - I think it needs a crop. Kaldari (talk) 22:39, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
  • @Charlesjsharp, MER-C, Bammesk, and Mydreamsparrow: Pinging for opinions on crop. Kaldari (talk) 23:06, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
    • Happy with crop. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:58, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
    • Hi Kaldari, except reducing the size, what else would be the difference ? I seriously like the crop but I still prefer to see the tiger in a wide jungle background. Is makes more effective as far as the "Wildlife" is concerned in IMHO :- DreamSparrow ^Chat 12:29, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
      • @Mydreamsparrow: The main difference is being able to see the tiger itself better at thumbnail size (and also matching the photo of the male tiger at Bengal tiger). I don't think any important information about the surroundings is lost in the crop. Kaldari (talk) 16:13, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
        • @Kaldari: Am sorry, I did not say important surroundings lost but I liked the first combination. Surprisingly Charlesjsharp captured it in 62mm FL . DreamSparrow ^Chat 17:56, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
          • We were so lucky. She walked right past my jeep. I put down my 100-400mm and grabbed my 24-70mm - that's why I carry two bodies - no time to change lenses... Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:43, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
          • @Mydreamsparrow: Honestly, I like the composition of the original better as well, but I feel like a more straight-forward framing of the subject is typically the norm on Wikipedia, which makes sense given the small amount of screen space that we allocate for images. If I was going to pick one of these images to frame or use as a desktop, however, I would definitely choose the uncropped one. Kaldari (talk) 19:50, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
• See discussion I have started on the FP talk page Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:52, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

• This has been resolved with a fix that allows a cropped version to be displayed in the infobox. So voters here can ask a nominator to use the template and perhaps we should incorporate this in FP guidelines? Charlesjsharp (talk) 20:12, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

• Support either, prefer original now that the crop issue has been resolved. —David Eppstein (talk) 20:50, 19 March 2020 (UTC)

Promoted File:Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) female 3 crop.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 11:43, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

• The crop has more support, and more people prefer it too. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 11:43, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

Delist and Replace: Hipp hipp hurra!

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 22 Mar 2020 at 23:32:28 (UTC)

Current featured version

Suggested replacement

Reason

The newer version has been demisted and gives a clearer view of the brushwork. The article on the painting uses the suggested replacement rather than the current featured version (not that means much as anyone can edit it).

Articles this image appears in

Danish art, Gothenburg Museum of Art, Helga Ancher, Impressionism, List of paintings by Peder Severin Krøyer, Party, Peder Severin Krøyer, Skagen. Toast (honor), White wine

Previous nomination/s

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Hipp hipp hurra! Konstnärsfest på Skagen - Peder Severin Krøyer.jpg

Nominator

Yomangani^talk

• Delist and replace Certainly not just delist. Yomangani^talk 23:32, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
• Delist and replace – Bammesk (talk) 00:44, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
• D&R – New version better. – Sca (talk) 14:32, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
• Delist and replace. --Gnosis (talk) 15:19, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
• D&R. —David Eppstein (talk) 05:25, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
• Replace. MER-C 12:36, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

Replaced with File:'Hip, Hip, Hurrah! Artist Festival at Skagen', by Peder Severin Krøyer (1888) Demisted with DXO PhotoLab Clearview; cropped away black border edge.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 00:39, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

Lion's mane jellyfish

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 22 Mar 2020 at 03:58:05 (UTC)

Original – Cyanea capillata, expanding (top), contracting (bottom), Gullmarn fjord, Sweden

Alternate top image – color edited version

Reason

High quality images of lion's mane jellyfish, eye catching, in expanded and contracted posture. This set shows a smaller specimen grade which tend to be orange, tan or colorless.

Articles in which this image appears

Lion's mane jellyfish

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Cnidaria

Creator

W.carter

• Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 03:58, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support Geoffroi 05:20, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
• Comment In case you missed this W.carter. I think there should be a gap between the two images and ideally the colours should be tweaked to look the same. Though I prefer the bottom image on its own. Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:15, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• I'm not involved in how the nominator here prefer to to display the two images. If you want a more matched pair, there already exists a color-tweaked version: File:Lion's mane jellyfish in Gullmarn fjord at Sämstad 8 - edited.jpg. I am unfamiliar with the special requirements for FPs here on en-WP, so you are welcome to nominate my photos but I'll stay out of the voting process. --cart-Talk 11:57, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

• Done. I added a gap and changed the top image to its edited version per Charles and Cart. Bammesk (talk) 00:27, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

• Looking at this again and reading Cart's notes here, the original version of the top image has more natural looking colors compared to the edited version. So I changed it back. The edited version is now an alternate. Pinging participants, so they can reassess their vote if needed, @Geoffroi, David Eppstein, and MER-C:, sorry for the inconvenience. Bammesk (talk) 14:33, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

• Support. —David Eppstein (talk) 05:24, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
  • (Supporting either version.) —David Eppstein (talk) 16:59, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
• Support. MER-C 11:57, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

  I prefer the edit. MER-C 16:47, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

• Support with colour-edited top image Charlesjsharp (talk) 16:45, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

Promoted File:Lion's mane jellyfish in Gullmarn fjord at Sämstad 8 - edited.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:35, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
Promoted File:Lion's mane jellyfish in Gullmarn fjord at Sämstad 3.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:35, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

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