Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates

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

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Current nominations

Tyniec abbey

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 24 Apr 2024 at 10:27:52 (UTC)

Original – View of the Vistula River, Tyniec Abbey (on the right), and Camaldolese Monastery (on the left) on the western outskirts of Krakow.
Reason
Featured unanimously on Commons last year. Headline image on two articles.
Articles in which this image appears
Tyniec, Action of Tyniec Abbey, Kraków
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Jakub Hałun
  • Support as nominator – MER-C 10:27, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose – The abbey is barely 1/3rd of the image. I'd prefer a tighter crop, with less vegetations, which can boost EV too. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 10:36, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – Agree. Too much leafy foreground. Narrower framing would improve accessibility. Leaning toward oppose. – Sca (talk) 12:39, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:34, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

William Howard Taft

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 23 Apr 2024 at 23:37:53 (UTC)

Original – William Howard Taft
Reason
Quite a nice image, a nightmare to restore; It's not absolutely perfect, but after a month on it, methinks I've gotten anything obvious, so...
Articles in which this image appears
William Howard Taft (One that includes the cabinet card is in Pach Brothers.
FP category for this image
WP:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
Pach Brothers, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Cabinet card of William Howard Taft by Pach Brothers - Cropped to image.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 01:03, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Here kitty kitty

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 22 Apr 2024 at 09:05:44 (UTC)

Original – Domestic cat, a ten month old female.
Reason
High quality FP worthy picture with high EV, and a FP in various Wikis and Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Cat and Carnivora
FP category for this image
Mammals
Creator
Von.grzanka on Commons
One of the lead images in a GA infobox is not encyclopedic enought? We have promoted images with even lesser exposure. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 10:02, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose – Per Charles. Cute kitty, but nothing special. Przepraszam. – Sca (talk) 12:18, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose, per Charles. – Hamid Hassani (talk) 09:35, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – I am puzzled by Charles' "No EV" oppose rationale. Can Charles or others elaborate as to what characteristic(s) must a photo have to pass the EV criterion #5 in regard to the Cat article? Also, can you point to a photo in the domestic cat category (or elsewhere on the web) that meets the EV criterion (not on the technical or compositional basis, but just on the EV basis)? Thanks. Pinging @Charlesjsharp: since he does not participate here on a regular basis. Bammesk (talk) 16:08, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Fails on criterion #5. Does not add significant encyclopedic value to the article and does not help readers to understand the article. Unless you have never seen a cat before. Charlesjsharp (talk) 16:36, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Charlesjsharp, correct me if I am wrong, you are saying "cat" is a common subject, therefore no image of a cat can "add significant encyclopedic value to the (cat) article and help readers to understand the (cat) article"? Bammesk (talk) 17:30, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I've been pondering over the same question raised by Bammesk for the past 2 days. I don't understand the EV rationale by the oppose votes either. It says in the criterion that the image should add significant encyclopedic value to an article and helps readers to understand an article which this image fulfills clearly. The criterion also says picture's encyclopedic value (referred to as "EV") is given priority over its artistic value. The current candidate is used as an example of the member of species Cat in it's infobox. How can you add any more of encyclopedic value to a picture? When you imagine a cat, this is how it looks like. When you google a cat, this is what it shows. When you see an animal that looks like this, you can understand this is a cat. This is clear cut EV right there. I'd like to ping @Sca and Hamid Hassani: also to the discussion for their take on encyclopedic value of a cat image. Any take would be much appreciated and will help me chose a better image next time (Since per FPC guidelines, All objections should be accompanied by a specific rationale that, if addressed, would make you support the image.) Also, you may suggest any alternate image too. Additionally, I'd like to ask Charles how this candidate is any different than your black kite nomination that seemingly is in the similar context. Thanks. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 20:01, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
All black kites, as wild animals, look much the same. A high quality image can represent the species, either perched or flying, male or female (if you can tell the difference). Domesticated animals all look different and one image cannot represent them. Quite apart from that, this is a very ordinary image and there are hundreds of excellent cat images to choose from. Finally, we already have an FP. It is not as silly as the attempt to nominate a picture to represent 'MAN'. Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:09, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It's a cat. Period. -- Sca (talk) 00:33, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • True, but this is a ubiquitous wild animal, not one of 600 million cats. Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:11, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: Good, cute picture; but the cat is hunched over, and its body is not completely visible, esp. from the side. – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:28, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: I do understand the oppose votes. Personally, I think this fails criterion #3: "Is among Wikipedia's best work." --Janke | Talk 16:53, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
My inquiry (puzzlement) wasn't/isn't about the oppose "votes", my inquiry (call it critique) is about the oppose "rationale". Charles' rationale being "no EV" followed by ZERO elaboration. That's what was puzzling. As User:The Herald said above: "All objections should be accompanied by a specific rationale that, if addressed, would make you support the image" (per instructions on top of WP:FPC). The keyword is "specifics". User:Sca did offer some specifics when he wrote "nothing special", i.e. not an impressive image. But Charles' original oppose "rationale" offered ZERO specifics. Eventually, Charles finally offered some specifics in This diff by saying "very ordinary image". . . . . . On another note: not "among Wikipedia's best work" is a criterion, but by itself, with no elaboration whatsoever, it lacks "specifics". When you reject a nom, give the nominator "specifics", or at least give the nominator something, instead of nothing. Bammesk (talk) 03:05, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – I personally don't understand the reluctance to support this image. I thought it would be pretty obvious per the nominated reason. ―Howard • 🌽33 19:52, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – EV is fine for me. Yann (talk) 06:38, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – Vinícius O. (talk) 01:13, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – I personally think it’s a very nice image of a very cute kitty. I don’t understand all the oppose votes. It represents the article well. Also, as the Herald stated, I don’t see how this nomination is any different from many of Charles nominations.  Kentuckian |💬   05:06, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:20, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Hooded Man

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 21 Apr 2024 at 12:02:05 (UTC)

Original – A prisoner (Abdou Hussain Saad Faleh) at Abu Ghraib stands on a thin box, his head hooded and his fingers extended out and connected to wires.
ALT
Reason
While it does not fulfill the first criterion, it is undeniably a historical photo. This specific image is probably the most published version, and even appeared on the cover of The Economist. An alternate photo does exist, however this is the less widely distributed version and appears on no English wikipedia articles.
Articles in which this image appears
Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse, Abu Ghraib prison, Charles Graner, Seymour Hersh, Torture, Hooding, Criticism of the war on terror, Outline of the Iraq War, United States war crimes, List of photographs considered the most important
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/War
Creator
Ivan Frederick
  • Support as nominator – ―Howard • 🌽33 12:02, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - "appears on no English wikipedia articles" makes it ineligible. --Janke | Talk 16:11, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Absolutely we should not promote the worse copy. Replace the image and then nominate. Though, really, we want a bigger copy if one exists. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 17:36, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: Added a cropped version of the alternate. This one does not, however, meet the size requirement.
Waaay too tightly cropped. If it's cropped at all, it should be the same way as the original Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 16:26, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:18, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Vainakh tower architecture

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 21 Apr 2024 at 03:00:59 (UTC)

Original – An example of Vainakh tower architecture. This complex is a medieval military fortification in the Erzi Nature Reserve region of Ingushetia in Northern Caucasus.
Reason
Seems like a good example of Vainakh tower architecture, dating back to first century and medieval times in Chechnya and Ingushetia regions of Northern Caucasus. This photo is a military fortification in the medieval village of Erzi. According to the file description, these towers are around 95 feet (29 meters) high. I saw this on Commons FPC recently.
Articles in which this image appears
Erzi (village), Vainakh tower architecture, Ingush towers, Nakh peoples, +2
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Vyacheslav Argenberg
  • Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 03:00, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - Moonreach (talk) 16:37, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • I had a look at this, and saw this image can be used in many other articles. MER-C 19:02, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Caucasus, Ingushetia, Ингушские боевые и смотровые башни, горы Кавказа.jpg --The Herald (Benison) (talk) 04:21, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File:2024 Total Solar Eclipse (NHQ202404080201).jpg

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 19 Apr 2024 at 20:19:00 (UTC)

Original – Image of the April 8 2024 solar eclipse, the top half of the Washington Monument is at the bottom.
Reason
The framing of the image, is of high resolution, and the Washington Monument at the bottom half of the frame serves almost as a leading line pointing up to the eclipse. The foggy background adds to the dramatic effect.
Articles in which this image appears
Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Others
Creator
NASA/Bill Ingalls
Seems that's the top of the monument, rather than the top half. -- Sca (talk) 02:00, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Procedural oppose – Opposing all 2024 eclipse pictures for 10 days due to stability issues. Try renominating after a month or so, so that the image is stable in the articles The Herald (Benison) (talk) 02:23, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Agreed. This is a great photo (well-composed, everything in focus, good color and gamut), it's just too soon. Moonreach (talk) 15:00, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Aye. Little too soon. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 23:33, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Procedural oppose– As per above. X (talk) 19:09, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:11, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Clementine

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 17 Apr 2024 at 12:06:58 (UTC)

Original – Clementines - peeled and unpeeled. (It is the same clementine.)
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons. Clear EV.
Articles in which this image appears
Clementine
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Fruits
Creator
Rhododendrites
  • Support as nominator – MER-C 12:06, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose – I doubt the EV, primarily because the lead image already is a very descriptive one and two, the image is pretty down in the article. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 12:26, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - An excellent, simple photograph that illustrates the subject perfectly. While it's true this is the fourth photo down on the page, it's not an enormous article where the photo gets lost. Moonreach (talk) 14:58, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - Are these clementines from the Death Star cafeteria? What's with the black mirror background? It would be nicer if they were on a plate or wooden cutting board or something where they didn't look so out of place. Nosferattus (talk) 03:34, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Mainly responding to say "death star cafeteria" made me laugh. I feel like the reason people (like me in this case) use surfaces like this are to try to make an ordinary, everyday subject into something dramatic. It's like, if I'm going to take the time to set up a whole photo shoot for a piece of fruit, focus stack a whole lot of shots of that fruit, meticulously peel it, and do the whole thing over again then I might as well be consistent with treating it like a celebrity. That's a "why the photographer did this" explanation, though, and not a "what someone thinks would be most natural in an article" explanation. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 19:38, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Stupid question, maybe, but is only the highlighted area on the front of the left one in focus, or is that an illusion? Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 15:53, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    It should all be in focus (it's two focus-stacked pictures composited next to each other). It got by the pixel peeping on Commons, anyway. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 19:38, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Support then. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 03:30, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – Giles Laurent (talk) 10:56, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – Bammesk (talk) 01:22, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Clementines (01014)s.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:59, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Iberian lynx

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 17 Apr 2024 at 11:45:21 (UTC)

Original – Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus), Almuradiel, Ciudad Real, Spain.
Reason
Featured on Commons two months ago. Headline image. Endangered.
Articles in which this image appears
Iberian lynx
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
Diego Delso

Promoted File:Lince ibérico (Lynx pardinus), Almuradiel, Ciudad Real, España, 2021-12-19, DD 07.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:55, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fishermen at work

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 16 Apr 2024 at 07:43:12 (UTC)

Original – Fishermen at work from Muzhappilangad Drive-in Beach in Kerala
Reason
It has good composition
Articles in which this image appears
Muzhappilangad Beach
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator
Shagil Kannur (talk) 07:43, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 08:56, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Joh Bjelke-Petersen

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 17 Apr 2024 at 01:41:50 (UTC)

Original – Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, c. 1980
Reason
Good quality. High resolution
Articles in which this image appears
Joh Bjelke-Petersen etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
Premier's Department, State Public Relations Bureau, Photographic Unit (Queensland Government)

Not Promoted --The Herald (Benison) (talk) 02:11, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Amália Rodrigues

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 17 Apr 2024 at 01:41:48 (UTC)

Original – Rodrigues in 1969
Alt – proposed crop
Reason
High quality and resolution
Articles in which this image appears
Amália Rodrigues
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Anefo
  • Thank you. I replaced the CSS image crop with the actual image (for backlinks). Armbrust The Homunculus 04:51, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Amalia Rodrigues, Bestanddeelnr 922-1813 (cropped).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 04:55, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Edward Weston, Armco Steel, Ohio

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 16 Apr 2024 at 16:38:37 (UTC)

Original – Edward Weston, Armco Steel, Ohio, 1922
Sepia
Reason
good quality copy of an iconic picture
Articles in which this image appears
Edward Weston, List of photographs considered the most important, AK Steel
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Machinery
Creator
Edward Weston, restored and uploaded by Yann
  • Support as nominator – Yann (talk) 16:38, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – Question whether being a Weston photo makes this one interesting or informative. It's one of over a dozen pix in the Weston article. EV? – Sca (talk) 13:00, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. I added a bit more about it to the Weston article, though there was already a fair amount there. Weston isn't really known for industrial photographs but this is probably his most important picture in that genre. blameless 02:02, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • I've also added it to AK Steel, replacing two very poor photographs. blameless 02:10, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – The original is a print [1] at MoMA. I am not sure about removing its tone. Otherwise it would be a support for me. Bammesk (talk) 02:14, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • This was printed from a black & white negative. We don't even know if the print was in sepia. In the 19th century, prints were done in sepia, but in 1922? I also proposing a sepia version. Yann (talk) 10:10, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    1922? Very common. That said, why is the MOMA one subtle sepia and this one all-in on sepia? Adobe RGB to sRGB conversion error?Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 13:50, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think the original print's tone is a flaw, or damage needing modification (FP criterion #8). Bammesk (talk) 15:51, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:45, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Signing of Paris Peace Accords

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 16 Apr 2024 at 13:36:49 (UTC)

Original – US Secretary of State William Rogers Signing the Paris Peace Accords, 27 January 1973, at Hotel Majestic, Paris
Alt1 – Actually the original
Alt2 – New version from scratch
Reason
Signing of an international peace accord, high EV, good quality
Articles in which this image appears
Paris Peace Accords, The Peninsula Paris, Vietnam stab-in-the-back myth
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/War
Creator
Robert LeRoy Knudsen, uploaded and cleaned by Hohum
  • Support as nominator – Yann (talk) 13:36, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I feel like it's been taken a little too blue while trying to fix yhe yellowing Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 14:52, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
OK, I corrected that. I added the original as alternative. It was in Adobe, and I moved it RGB color profile, which may explain the color issue. Yann (talk) 17:22, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment The caption isn't correct: the Vietnam War ended several years later. Nick-D (talk) 01:35, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yes, two years later, but that was the objective of this diplomatic agreement. I edited the description to be more precise. Yann (talk) 11:16, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Alt 2 – Bammesk (talk) 15:09, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - visible grain and posterisation at file description page size, perhaps even in the thumbnail here. The TIFF has much less grain. MER-C 19:00, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I changed my vote to Alt 2. Bammesk (talk) 01:15, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Alt 2 is certainly better, enough to withdraw my oppose. MER-C 18:27, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Vietnam peace agreement signing, 27580141, new.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:38, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Delist and Replace: Shakespeare

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The current FP
Proposed replacement
Edited version
Reason
The current FP was promoted about 16 years ago, and still is a good one. But there is a better file with sharper and higher res scan of the original, that is already used in the main subject article as lead image, as well as multiple other important articles. The proposed replacement is also the one closer to the original colors of the painting.
Articles this image appears in
about 70 articles
Articles the proposed replacement appears
Act (drama), Life of William Shakespeare, Outline of William Shakespeare, Shakespeare bibliography and William Shakespeare
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/William Shakespeare
Nominator
The Herald (Benison) (talk)
  • Delist and/or replace any version — Once D&R done, I'll update the articles with the new FP. I have dropped a message on the original nominator, but they aren't active in three years.The Herald (Benison) (talk) 08:27, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Replace. Source is the gallery hosting the painting itself. Colours are probably better although I'm not sure what happened in the top left corner. MER-C 18:09, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Prefer edit. MER-C 10:53, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Based on the current FP, the proposal could get some cleaning. Yann (talk) 21:34, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Not exactly my area of expertise, but summoning Adam Cuerden for a review, please. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 05:08, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
For whatever reason, paintings are usually considered off-limits, even when the lighting is going to emphasise or de-emphasize the cracks and dust. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 12:30, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Agree. And BTW, the Beethoven pic was a case in point, IMO. -- Sca (talk) 14:00, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I don't mean the cracks, which are on the painting, but the white dots, which aren't. Yann (talk) 13:19, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I made a new version, cleaning some white spots. Yann (talk) 18:23, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Replaced with File:William Shakespeare by John Taylor, edited.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:11, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • PS: I plan to replace the images in articles after the cache catches up (image was used in 2 stub templates). Armbrust The Homunculus 11:32, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Mexican vine snake

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Original – Mexican vine snake in El Palmar ecological reserve (Yucatán, Mexico).
Reason
FP on Commons; used in the article's infobox
Articles in which this image appears
Oxybelis aeneus
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Reptiles
Creator
The Cosmonaut
Lmao, man. Good one. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 13:57, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Mexican vine snake.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:08, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Challenger 2 Tank Firing

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A Challenger 2 tank on Castlemartin Ranges in Pembrokeshire, Wales fires a 'Squash-Head' practice round.
Reason
Image is OGL licensed, high resolution, and with the round in motion, showing gaseous discharge. Captures a very cool dynamic moment.
Articles in which this image appears
Challenger 2
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Land
Creator
Cpl Si Longworth

Promoted File:Challenger 2 Tank Firing a Shell MOD 45157421.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:36, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Drip painting

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Original – An example of the drip painting technique
Reason
Since nothing by Jackson Pollock appears to be available with a free license, this is a good substitute, showing an (admittedly less-than-abstract) example of the technique. Large, colorful, eye-catching, with a free CC-BY-SA license. The article is short, but informative. (Oops, just noted it's been only 5 or 6 days in the article... does that matter?)
Articles in which this image appears
Drip painting
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Ole Hedeager
  • Support as nominator – Janke | Talk 19:49, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment As this is appears to be an original artwork by a living artist, I suspect that a VRT ticket confirming that they have released it under Wikipedia-friendly licences is needed. At present all we've got to go on is that an account with the same name as the claimed artist uploaded this, and that's a bit risky. Googling the name of the artist also doesn't return anything indicating their notability - all the returns seem to be websites or sales listings linked to them rather than works about the artist. Nick-D (talk) 21:25, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Well, the nomination is not about the artist, but the drip painting technique, of which we have no other example, AFAIK. His contact info is on https://www.olehedeager.com/, somebody more experienced could ask for a VRT (assuming there is some support for this FPC)... --Janke | Talk 07:12, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I emailed the artist myself, and asked him to send his permission to VRT. --Janke | Talk 13:15, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Conditional support if the author affirms a permissive license. Moonreach (talk) 14:55, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:50, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sebkha of Oran (Salt lake)

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Original – The Sebkha of Oran is a salt lake located within the territory of the municipality of Misserghin, in the province of Oran, Algeria.
Reason
I found the timing of the shot to be perfect for capturing a unique location in Oran, Algeria called Sebkha.
Articles in which this image appears
Sebkha of Oran
FP category for this image
Natural phenomena
Creator
Terki hassaine samir

Not Promoted --The Herald (Benison) (talk) 10:53, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse

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Original – The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, Baltimore, Maryland
Reason
Odd format, but incredible encyclopedic value.
Articles in which this image appears
Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse (lead image of which is a still)
FP category for this image
We have another bridge collapse at Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA History, so...
Creator
National Transportation Safety Board
  • Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 05:11, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Too long and not very interesting. The EV would be in the amazing live video of the collapse. Charlesjsharp (talk) 13:42, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Same. For what it's worth, I'd propose this image. There are a lot of very good images connected to this event, it's just a question of finding which ones are best. Moonreach (talk) 14:19, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose – Sorry, but vids of the event have flooded the net since March 26, along with countless news stories. All too familiar. – Sca (talk) 15:50, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – Seems to pass all criteria, high EV, good quality. 🐱FatCat96🐱 Chat with Cat 03:40, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak oppose – interesting and high EV but also unwieldy to have such a long video, will users even watch the whole thing? LegalSmeagolian (talk) 14:43, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – For the EV. Users interested in the subject will appreciate having the video in the article as they read the text. It shows a clear close-up view on the day of the collapse. Bammesk (talk) 00:49, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • oppose Still reviewing but the first 21 seconds isn't really needed and the drone propellers enter the shot at 5:15. Might be worth trying to cut something together as an edited highlight.©Geni (talk) 16:44, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 05:36, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fraunhofer lines

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Original – Fraunhofer lines, absorption dips in the sun's spectral radiation
Reason
Quality image shows the physical phenomenon Fraunhofer lines, which are the absorption dips in the optical spectrum of the sun. The dips are caused by the absorption of sun's radiated energy by atoms in the sun's atmosphere. This phenomenon was first observed in 1814. The nominated image is a recent quality measurement and dates to 2022. The image is not in the infobox, but it is properly placed next to a corresponding table which lists the dips, their wavelengths and the corresponding atoms.
Articles in which this image appears
Fraunhofer lines
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Understanding
Creator
Cyamahat

Promoted File:Solar spectral irradiance.svg --Armbrust The Homunculus 05:35, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Great Sphinx of Tanis

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Original – Great Sphinx of Tanis at the Louvre museum
Reason
High quality lead image in the Tanis Sphinx article. This sculpture potentially dates back to around 2000 BC or perhaps earlier. I placed the image in the infobox today. It replaced a very similar lower quality image, so I think we can take an exception to the 7-day waiting period. The resolution is high 9700x7900 pixels. It was shot with a medium format camera. The uploader and photographer User:Shonagon works at the Louvre museum according to their Wikidata page.
Articles in which this image appears
Great Sphinx of Tanis
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Sculpture
Creator
Unknown, Louvre Museum, photographer: Shonagon
  • Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 02:20, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Has to stay in article for longer for nomination. Charlesjsharp (talk) 13:44, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - Great picture. I think the argument that this replaces a longstanding lesser-quality image is just convincing enough to waive the wait period. At the same time, this isn't a 1:1 replacement of a lower-res image, it's a new photo of the same sculpture from a similar angle, and a week wouldn't have been that long to wait before making the nomination. Since this is the nomination in front of us, I'll support it, but waiting out the week would have been better. Moonreach (talk) 14:24, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – Quite good rez of a striking subject. (Crop could be tightened a bit at sides, tho.) – Sca (talk) 15:59, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose the lighting is not great, I understand the subject is in a museum where the photographer does not control the lighting but alas. LegalSmeagolian (talk) 20:39, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – Vinícius O. (talk) 23:52, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – The Herald (Benison) (talk) 10:39, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Grand sphinx de Tanis - Musée du Louvre Antiquités égyptiennes N 23 ; A 23 ; Salt 3837.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 05:31, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wood stork and Yacare caiman

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Original – Wood stork (Mycteria americana) and juvenile yacare caiman (Caiman yacare), the Pantanal, Brazil.
Reason
Featured on Commons two years ago. Not the lead image but illustrates predator and prey.
Articles in which this image appears
Wood stork, Yacare caiman
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Others
Creator
Charles J. Sharp
  • Support as nominator – MER-C 18:11, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – The Herald (Benison) (talk) 05:27, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Thanks for the nomination. When I snapped the bird I hadn't seen the caiman! Charlesjsharp (talk) 13:46, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - I think it's too hard to see the darker parts of the bird against the background. Moonreach (talk) 14:26, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Per Moonreach - the bird and caiman are indistinct against the background, which limits EV Nick-D (talk) 21:44, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, great photo! Artem.G (talk) 11:44, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • I can't notice any difference I'm afraid: the water reflections still make it hard to distinguish the caiman and stork. It's a good photo, but the reflections limit the EV. Nick-D (talk) 21:17, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    It's very distinct at full size, and, honestly, a certain amount of blending is probably unavoidable. Support Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 16:20, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support the better version that has been uploaded, I agree with previous editors that the first version was too indistinct, but it is my belief that this new one is an improvement and the subjects are more clear against the water. Nominator might be well served pinging the previous voters. LegalSmeagolian (talk) 16:11, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Wood stork (Mycteria americana) and Yacare caiman.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:27, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Victorious Youth

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Original – The Victorious Youth, Getty Bronze, also known as Atleta di Fano, or Lisippo di Fano, is a Greek bronze sculpture, made between 300 and 100 BC,[1] in the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Pacific Palisades, California.
Reason
Featured recently on Commons. Objections were due to the nomination being an incoherent set and not the images themselves. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears
Victorious Youth, Bronze sculpture
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Sculpture
Creator
Unknown, photograph: The J. Paul Getty Museum

Promoted File:Statue of a Victorious Youth, front - Getty Museum (77.AB.30).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:23, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The church with a magnetic personality

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Original – The aurora borealis or northern lights over the Víkurkirkja church at Vík í Mýrdal in Iceland on a clear night.
Reason
A really good image with beautiful composition, excellent EV (for both Aurora and the church) and previous nom could not reach necessary quorum with no opposes.
Articles in which this image appears
Aurora and Vík í Mýrdal
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Atmospheric optics
Creator
AstroAnthony in Commons

Promoted File:Church of light.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:07, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ford Strikers Riot

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Original – Members of the United Auto Workers beat a "strike breaker" during a picket-line protest at the Ford River Rouge plant in Dearborn, Michigan.
Reason
1942 Pulitzer Prize for Photography
Articles in which this image appears
Ford Strikers Riot, Pulitzer Prize for Photography, 1942 Pulitzer Prize, Milton Brooks, etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA History
Creator
Milton Brooks
  • Support as nominator I found a copy large enough for FPC. Quality is so-so, but this is a Pulitzer Prize winner. – Yann (talk) 23:34, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – The Herald (Benison) (talk) 04:31, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I cleaned more scratches and spots. Yann (talk) 14:23, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    It is a bit JPEG-artifacty. A lot of the blurriness is from that Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 17:14, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Conditional Support, once the original crop is restored – It's an action shot, with expected motion blur, and it's a historic photo. I suspect a higher quality scan wouldn't be much different, so it's a 'Support' for me. Good lead image in the riot article, and it's a Pulitzer winner. Bammesk (talk) 02:38, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Yann: your last upload on March 31 needs to be fixed. On the center of the image, on the back of the man being hit, there is a long horizontal 'cloned trace'. The previous uploads don't have that. Bammesk (talk) 01:38, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • OOPS. Fixed. Thanks for noticing. Yann (talk) 19:24, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Yann: I think the uncropped version is much better. The crop just made the composition more busy. Also, it's the uncropped version that won the Pulitzer, so we shouldn't change it. Bammesk (talk) 15:01, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • I changed my vote to conditional support. I am open to cropping historic photos, but I don't think we should change the composition (the crop) of an award winning photograph. Bammesk (talk) 00:40, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Bammesk: I think it is the opposite. I followed Toohool with this crop (3rd version), who said as upload summary: "re-cropped to the portion that was printed in 1941 - cropped portions could still be under copyright". And my crop is actually a few pixels larger, avoiding cutting the man at left. Yann (talk) 07:25, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – Tells the story fairly well, but question whether it meets Criterion No. 3, even tho it's 1942. Wartime strikes presumably were widely covered. (Perhaps Ford Strikers Riot should be the first target?) – Sca (talk) 14:20, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per Bammesk. (I do however see what looks to me like a fairly obvious scratch on the extended right arm of the young man at left. It's not too conspicuous, but as usual with these things, once you see it you can't unsee it.) Choliamb (talk) 13:40, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Ford Strikers Riot.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:01, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X

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Original – Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X meet before a press conference.
  • ALT 1: Original, TIFF
    ALT 1: Original, TIFF
  • ALT 2: Original, edited, JPEG
    ALT 2: Original, edited, JPEG
  • ALT 3: Crop 1, JPEG
    ALT 3: Crop 1, JPEG
  • ALT 4: Crop 2, JPEG
    ALT 4: Crop 2, JPEG
  • ALT 5: Crop 3, JPEG
    ALT 5: Crop 3, JPEG
  • ALT 6: Crop 4, edited, JPEG
    ALT 6: Crop 4, edited, JPEG
  • ALT 7: Crop 5, AI enhanced, JPEG
    ALT 7: Crop 5, AI enhanced, JPEG
Reason
While it is a rather blurry photo, it is the only we will ever have of the single encounter between these two historical figures.
Articles in which this image appears
Civil rights movement, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, ,Civil Rights Act of 1964, African-American history, Black suffrage, The Meeting (play)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA History
Creator
Marion S. Trikosko
Why the cropped one, though? Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 20:25, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The uncropped original isn't present anywhere in the English Wikipedia. ―Howard • 🌽33 21:15, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose I don't think this AI-enhancement brought anything useful. Beside this, File:MLK and Malcolm X USNWR cropped (Remini enhanced).jpg is sharper. Yann (talk) 13:05, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    if it's AI enhanced, straight Oppose. There's probably cases for AI usage in restoration - to generate a missing bit of paper texture, say - but the AI tools are not meant for "hit button and you're done" use on archival imagery, and the lack of documentation thereof is a problem Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 21:42, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I wasn't aware the nominated image was AI enhanced in any way. In that case, we could merely replace all instances of the image with the uncropped original. ―Howard • 🌽33 23:57, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Yann, Adam Cuerden, and Howardcorn33:, the nom image is not the AI enhanced version. The AI enhanced version is File:MLK and Malcolm X USNWR cropped (Remini enhanced).jpg and it is clearly distinct when viewed at full size. FYI, on 8 June 2022 an AI version was uploaded Here, but shortly after a few hours it was correctly reverted to the previous non-AI version. I have gone on and uploaded the original TIFF file from the Library of Congress Here, and I have updated the "other versions" fields in all of our now seven versions of this photo. Bammesk (talk) 02:07, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Personally I prefer This crop, or similar. It is the least distracting. I would vote support if it was created from the full resolution TIFF original (possibly with some adjustments to contrast, etc.). Bammesk (talk) 02:15, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Still oppose. I think File:MartinLutherKingMalcolmX.jpg is better. Why not feature the original version? I changed the gallery nom's category. Yann (talk) 11:32, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I am sure User:Yann meant, diff, the "nomination's category", not "gallery", so I fixed it. Bammesk (talk) 00:34, 3 April 2024 (UTC) [reply]
Yes. For me, a category is in the Category namespace. Yann (talk) 09:38, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Wikipedia should not feature cropped archive images. Charlesjsharp (talk) 13:50, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: I've taken it upon myself to include all variations of the photo and shown it in the gallery. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Howardcorn33 (talk • contribs)
  • Comment Personally, I prefer the uncropped image, although I take Howard's point that it can't be nominated if it isn't used in an article. Another problem, not yet mentioned, is that all the versions, including the edited and enhanced ones, still have quite a bit of dust, hair, and other blemishes that need to be cleaned up before they meet the standards expected of most historical FPCs. In my opinion all of the enhanced versions are unsuccessful, partly because they don't address this problem, and partly for other reasons. The Remini AI version, in particular, is a monstrosity from some kind of hell dimension, with its weird blue halos around the eyeglasses and its unnatural juxtaposition of noisy textured surfaces and waxy smooth surfaces. (My opinion, which I admit has no support in policy, is that this kind of vandalism of historical photos ought to be banned from the Commons as having no conceivable educational purpose.) I wonder if better results might be achieved by going back to the original tiff, cropping the black borders, increasing the contrast by a small amount, carefully removing all the dust and crud, and leaving the rest alone. Choliamb (talk) 13:22, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • I agree about the AI-enhanced version. Please nominate it for deletion. Yann (talk) 18:28, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:46, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Effects of cache partitioning

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Original – Effects of cache partitioning on cache timing attacks
Reason
This is my first time nominating a featured picture, I think this is a quality picture that is able to accurately depict the effects of one of the most successful defences against Cross-site leaks in the last decade. Cache partitioning is a feature in most modern browsers that prevent cache timing attacks (a type of Cross-site leak) from occuring. Before the introduction of Cache partitioning, an attacker could gain information about a different site (say Gmail) by checking how long a particular image took to load. If a image took a small amount of time to load, the attacker could infer that the image was previously used by the website (since the image would be stored in the Web cache). Similarly, if the image took too long to load, a attacker could infer that the image had not been previously loaded by the other website. With cache partitioning, both a cached image and an uncached image from a different site will take approximately the same amount of time to resolve blocking this kind of information leakage.
Articles in which this image appears
Cross-site leaks
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Diagrams,_drawings,_and_maps/Diagrams
Creator
Sohom Datta
  • Support as nominator – Sohom (talk) 18:36, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - too esoteric and difficult to understand for the average viewer. Visually, it's just a couple of diagrams. --Janke | Talk 19:41, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Janke The fact that this diagram illustrates a fairly esoteric concept itself should be a reason for a FP. To my knowledge, a graph demonstrating the effect of cache partitioning on cache timing attacks does not exist even on the wider internet as of yet. Also, even if we do find one, there is a very slim chance that it will be near the quality of this picture since those tend to be pixelated and embedded in research paper (which are mostly non-free).
    Additionally, this picture would also be a good addition to Timing attacks since it demonstrates the concept behind the attack. Sohom (talk) 20:56, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm open to open-sourcing the dataset and methodology if that helps my case :) Sohom (talk) 21:01, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose – Visual information not readily intelligible to general readers/viewers. Gobbledygook. No target article. – Sca (talk) 14:08, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'd like to withdraw my nom here. Based on the opposes, it's clear to me that FP is not the intended audience here. I assume the opposers have access to an abundance of high quality graphs that depict and demonstrate timing attacks in much better ways than mine and my contributions are indeed just gobbledygook and intelligible. Thank you for the feedback. Sohom (talk) 15:19, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:03, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Europa Clipper commemorative plate

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 7 Apr 2024 at 18:30:05 (UTC)

Original – Europa Clipper commemorative plate features waveforms that are visual representations of the sound waves formed by the word “water” in 103 languages
Reason
High quality image
Articles in which this image appears
Europa Clipper
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Others
Creator
NASA/JPL Photolab Studio
  • Support as nominator – Artem.G (talk) 18:30, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – Bammesk (talk) 03:22, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Oppose – Visual information not readily intelligible to general readers/viewers. – Sca (talk) 12:51, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    that's why there is a caption that describes what one can see there. Artem.G (talk) 15:59, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    The character of the image influences whether readers choose to read captions. -- Sca (talk) 16:03, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – Creative. High quality photo. ―Howard • 🌽33 19:31, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – The Herald (Benison) (talk) 04:31, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - Moonreach (talk) 14:27, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:00, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment lighting seems needlessly uneven.©Geni (talk) 16:47, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I agree. It's distracting. I suppose it's an artistic choice. It would've been better with uniform lighting. Bammesk (talk) 02:19, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Europa Clipper commemorative plate 1.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:43, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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