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-third 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-third 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).
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.
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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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.
Voting period ends on 1 Nov 2015 at 22:45:40 (UTC)
Original – The pale blue Earth serves as a backdrop for astronaut Michael Gernhardt, who is attached to the Shuttle Endeavour's robot arm during a spacewalk on the STS-69 mission in 1995.
Support as nominator – sst✈ 14:48, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
Comment – Is this version a recent addition to Airbus A320 family? – Sca (talk) 18:14, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
It has been used as the infobox image on that article since 2013. sst✈ 01:39, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
Support. Upon viewing the image at its image page, itself, I agree with SSTflyer that this Featured Picture on Commons iis both High Quality and High Encyclopedic Value. — Cirt (talk) 22:51, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
Support. First, this image is of great quality. Regarding EV - while it is only used on one page (I think it may be underused), this photo does an excellent job of capturing so many detailed aspects of this aircraft that can be difficult to capture - the lights, landing gear preparing to retract, window shades, external markings, etc. While there are a lot of photos on the Commons of aircraft taking off (great thanks to those dedicated to taking such photos), this is perhaps the best photo of a commercial aircraft in takeoff we have. Fredlyfish4 (talk) 03:31, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 31 Oct 2015 at 23:36:40 (UTC)
Original – The Two Lovers, a tempera and gold on paper painting by Reza Abbasi. Dating from 1629-30, this work reflects Persia's relaxed attitudes on sensuality of the time.
Voting period ends on 31 Oct 2015 at 22:23:59 (UTC)
Original – Siege of Tsingtao, 10 Japanese sen (1914). Early in World War I (November, 1914), Anglo-Japanese forces attacked the German-controlled Chinese port city of Tsingtao. The Japanese issued military currency for the siege and subsequent occupation.
Voting period ends on 31 Oct 2015 at 16:17:28 (UTC)
Reason
High quality, high EV, obscenely rare.
The Half-union is a $50 gold pattern coin minted in 1877. Two slightly different designs were produced with only one coin of each design struck. The denomination (which would have been the highest for a circulating U.S. coin) was rejected. The coin was designed by William Barber (obverse) and James B. Longacre (reverse).
Original –A pair of Half-union gold $50 pattern coins (1877). The design of the head (i.e., size, lower part of the hair) is different. Each gold coin is unique (not the only one known, the only one struck).
Voting period ends on 31 Oct 2015 at 11:21:40 (UTC)
Original – Special warfare combatant-craft crewmen use a Gatling Gun to lay down suppressing fire during a practice hot extraction of forces on the beach.
Reason
An interesting photograph of US Navy's Special Warfare Combat Craft crew laying down suppressive fire during a live fire exercise simulating a retrieval from from a beach whose landing site for the craft is under attack from enemy forces.
Support as nominator – TomStar81 (Talk) 11:21, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose Nothing in this picture tells me that this is suppressive fire. All we see is a soldier operating a Gatling. Really doesn't work for me - the framing is too tight, even the blast is cut off. It is also too small by the usual FP criteria. Samsara 11:46, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose – Too small, no special reasons to promote. Yann (talk) 12:24, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose per Yann. --Tremonist (talk) 12:32, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
Support as nominator – — Cirt (talk) 01:13, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
Question How about a set nomination of all the remaining eligible Llez shell images? There must be a bunch left that have articles and haven't been promoted. Samsara 03:18, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
Personally I'd nominate them individually. They should be judged as such, because sometimes there's missed focus or other issues. This one, for instance, strikes me as a bit noisy for studio work, but perfectly acceptable. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 05:55, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 30 Oct 2015 at 16:43:24 (UTC)
Reason
High quality, high EV (presented as a complete set).
The last series of Danzig (German) papiermark, issued from August to October of 1923 during hyperinflation. The last note in the series was issued with the date 11 October 1923. The first gulden was issued on 22 October 1923. This series immediately precedes the first issue of Danzig gulden.
Original – A complete set (6) of the last issue of German papiermark from the Free City of Danzig. Dated 8 August 1923 through 11 October 1923, the series was issued during the height of Danzig hyperinflation and denominations range from 1 million to 10 billion mark. (For comparison, the initial 1914 issue nine years earlier contained a 50 pfennig, and 1, 2, and 3 mark notes). Single-sided images means there was no printing on the back.
Voting period ends on 30 Oct 2015 at 03:51:47 (UTC)
Original – "This 2009 photograph captured a sneeze in progress, revealing the plume of salivary droplets as they are expelled in a large cone-shaped array from this man’s open mouth, thereby dramatically illustrating the reason one needs to cover his/her mouth when coughing, or sneezing, in order to protect others from germ exposure."
Reason
Exhibit A why we should cover our mouths. (EV) I think this effectively captures the sheer amount of germs that can be spread through sneezing.
Voting period ends on 30 Oct 2015 at 00:24:40 (UTC)
Original – Slosh dynamics example. In fluid dynamics, slosh refers to the movement of liquid inside another object (which is, typically, also undergoing motion).
Support as nominator – — Cirt (talk) 00:24, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose - Something like slosh dynamics would be better served by a video or GIF. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 10:42, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
Support Very extravagant photo! --Tremonist (talk) 13:24, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose. While the image is interesting in an artistic sense, the composition, with its deliberately juxtaposed elements, detracts from the scientific aspect of the sloshing itself. --Paul_012 (talk) 16:04, 20 October 2015 (UTC) PS The article also appears to deal with fluids within enclosed bodies, so this photo isn't illustrative of the discussed concepts. --Paul_012 (talk) 13:21, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
Agree with Opposes. This is a fake image, the "wine" in the bottle is gelatine! It was quite discombobulating before I checked the image info... --Janke | Talk 06:39, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 29 Oct 2015 at 19:34:44 (UTC)
Reason
High quality, high EV (presented as a complete set).
The Bank of Prince Edward Island in Charlottetown opened on 13 August 1856 and was the first bank on Prince Edward Island. Still a British colony at the time, negations with Great Britain to open the bank took almost two years. The pound was replaced by the Canadian dollar in 1872.
Original – A complete denomination set (5 notes) of the Prince Edward Island dollar as issued by the Bank of Prince Edward Island (plate dates of 1 January 1872 and 1877) in 1, 2, 5, 10, and 20 dollar denominations. Engraved and printed by the British American Banknote Company (Montreal & Ottowa).
Support as nominator – JJARichardson (talk) 17:02, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
Support – Yann (talk) 20:25, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
Support - Crop is a little tight, but EV is considerable and image is difficult to replace. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:22, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
Support, agree with Crisco 1492 about the high EV here. — Cirt (talk) 00:28, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose (for now) : This is secretly a crop, with no documentation of such. [3] - While it is appropriate to crop images sometimes, this is being presented as an unmodified origina. Further, the link to the image in the archive doesn't work. However, this is, of course, an important, high value image, and probably not a bad one for me to return to FPC on. (Father was visiting.) Adam Cuerden(talk) 12:14, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
Support, while I also agree with Adam. --Tremonist (talk) 13:29, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
Support – Jobas (talk) 13:42, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
Support as nominator – — Chris Woodrich (talk) 05:50, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
Support, agree with Crisco 1492, and incredibly high resolution at this size and focus. — Cirt (talk) 11:33, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
Weak support. Nice, it's just a pity the DOF is a little shallow (the back wing and feeler is out of focus). —Bruce1eetalk 12:07, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
Support – Jobas (talk) 13:40, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
Neutral I agree with Bruce1ee, plus it doesn't really stand out against the green background. Fredlyfish4 (talk) 02:23, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
Weak support --Tremonist (talk) 13:31, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
Support as nominator – — Cirt (talk) 00:49, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
Support – Cute capture, good detail. Sca (talk) 00:59, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose In this stance, as opposed to a side-on view, too much of the bird is concealed to allow identification. A good taxobox image should aid identification; however, anyone who's looked at Passeriformes will tell you there are many birds that look similar to the one presented here in all the visible detais except perhaps the tail (I'd have to double-check) - even then, the length of the tail is hard to guesstimate from the picture. Almost any other picture on the internet shows the upperside, with its distinctive, diagnostic markings. Of the reasonable-resolution images on Commons, this, this and this serve as better examples for identification. I've replaced the image in the article, which is currently too short to carry a second image - perhaps we can look into expanding it. Samsara 05:19, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
Reply: I've added a Gallery to the article Marsh wren and added the images suggested by Samsara to the article page. None are of as high quality photographs or resolution as this one, and this one is Commons Picture of the Year 2011, Finalist. Thank you for your consideration, — Cirt (talk) 05:27, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
Gallery images are generally thought not to qualify, which is why I suggested expanding the article. A translation from the much more comprehensive German article could be attempted, for instance. Samsara 05:37, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
Okay, no worries, thank you! I still feel it is quite a High Resolution and High Quality image, as determined by being a Commons Picture of the Year 2011, Finalist. — Cirt (talk) 05:42, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
Support – Jobas (talk) 13:38, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
Comment – Side-on views may be of greater technical EV, but for casual viewers of Main Page FPs some variation is desirable. Sca (talk) 16:38, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
The criteria require that it has to add value to an article, hence my suggestions above to expand the article first, which isn't hard to do. Samsara 20:43, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
Support Very funny! --Tremonist (talk) 13:32, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
Support --Hafspajen (talk) 15:25, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose. Unclear EV at this time. Josh Milburn (talk) 16:48, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 28 Oct 2015 at 17:48:15 (UTC)
Reason
High quality, historical EV (presented as a complete set).
Original – A complete set of four French Oceania (Polynesia) Bons de Caisse (cash voucher) World War II emergency-issue paper currency (1943). Denominated in French francs, the series was designed by G. Reboul-Salze, and printed by Jean C. Ferrand (in Papeete) for the Colonial Treasury of French Oceania and each note bears the facsimile signature of Jean-Henri Liauzun, paymaster of French Oceania. All four notes are the same size (111 x 71mm)
Support, agree with Godot13, quite historical and high EV. My thanks also to Godot13 for the recent quality improvement efforts at related article, French Polynesian franc. — Cirt (talk) 00:53, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
Support --Jobas (talk) 13:36, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
Support as nominator – — Cirt (talk) 00:20, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
Support. There isn't really much more to say here - does a great job of showing local habitat. Samsara 09:17, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
Support – Jobas (talk) 11:57, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
Support Excellent image, nice composition, good EV for this type of environment, I feel right at home (even though I'm across the bay... ;-). --Janke | Talk 15:34, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
Support – This was nominated as part of a set before, and it struck me then as a lovely & serene picture, very nicely composed. (Makes a good desktop BG for those in a contemplative mood.) Detail isn't tops, but it's sufficient. Sca (talk) 16:13, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
Support – Yann (talk) 20:46, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
Support - Very nice...--Godot13 (talk) 21:06, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
Support – tough jigsaw puzzle Vesuvius Dogg (talk) 14:27, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
Support --Tremonist (talk) 13:34, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
Renomination. Since last nom., the image has been improved, and the article specifically mentioned nesting on human-made structures, as suggested. Very difficult to take: this bird nests on cliffs or at the top of high buildings, far out of reach from humans. The species is highly endangered following use of deadly chemical by veterinary doctors.
Support as nominator – Yann (talk) 23:43, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
Support, nice encyclopedic value related to science. — Cirt (talk) 00:29, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
Support - It is a little bit soft at full size... But, it does look like a tricky image to re-take and it has more detail than the current lead image (in the first article).--Godot13 (talk) 03:14, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
Support – Jobas (talk) 11:58, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
Support - Excellent image. Colors are much better than before. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:08, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
Support - Per the nominator and Cirt. Fredlyfish4 (talk) 02:29, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
Support --Tremonist (talk) 13:34, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
John Vachon for the US government, restored by Yann
Support as nominator – Yann (talk) 23:17, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
Support, high quality, VERY high resolution, excellent restoration work by Yann. — Cirt (talk) 00:28, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
Question It says nearly exhausted, but the sulphur seems to stretch as far as the eye can see, if the colours are correct. So there seems to be a mismatch here - if the caption can state that it's nearly exhausted, this should be visible in the picture. Samsara 09:22, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
@Samsara: I thought it means "extracted" here, like exhaust. Can any expert explain? Regards, Yann (talk) 09:59, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
The caption mentions the vat as being nearly exhausted. Maybe it's referring to the container part of the machinery? --Paul_012 (talk) 16:14, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
Support – Jobas (talk) 12:01, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose – It's important to note that this photo was taken in 1943. While technically first-class for that period, it inevitably is shy on detail. Further, I can't see the EV unless it was being used to illustrate the history of sulfur (preferred spelling) extraction – but it doesn't appear in the article's sketchy history section. (That appears to be a steam shovel or steam-powered dragline in the distance – something that hasn't been used for 60 to 70 years.) Sca (talk) 16:32, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
@Sca: I don't really understand why you oppose, and more importantly, what you propose to improve its EV. Regards, Yann (talk) 20:42, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
Sorry Yann, but I have no ideas re improving its EV. My point was that the relevance of this 72-year-old photo would be mainly to the history of sulfur mining, which is not how it's used in the target article (in which I added the date to the caption). Sca (talk) 21:48, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
Support --Tremonist (talk) 13:35, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 27 Oct 2015 at 21:33:26 (UTC)
Original – The three human heads represent the "Three Ages of Man" (youth, maturity and old age). They depict the aged Titian, his son Orazio and a young cousin, Marco Vecellio. An inscription on the painting gives an indication of the subject and its title, reading (in Latin) "From the experience of the past, the present acts prudently, lest it spoil future actions".
Voting period ends on 27 Oct 2015 at 19:12:11 (UTC)
Reason
High quality, high EV (presented as a complete set).
Inflation in Danzig during parts of 1922 – 23 had reached 2,440% (per month) and the denominations printed in papiermark had spiraled out of control. In 1923, the Free City of Danzig abandoned the German papiermark in favor of the Danzig gulden. Initially introduced under the Central Finance Department on 22 October 1923, the issuance of the new gulden was overseen by the Bank of Danzig, established in early 1924.
Original – A complete denomination set of seven Bank of Danzig gulden banknotes (1924–38). Each note contains the city’s coat of arms (obverse, left) and an important local architectural structure (center).
100 Gulden (1931, specimen) Motława River dock scene
500 Gulden (1924)
Zeughaus (arsenal)
1,000 Gulden (1924)
Danzig City Hall
Support as nominator – Godot13 (talk) 19:12, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
Support Nice again. Brandmeistertalk 21:38, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
Strong support – High historical EV for the the Free City of Danzig (Freie Stadt Danzig), a so-called city-state created by the victorious Allies via the Treaty of Versailles (Articles 100-104) after World War I. The Baltic port of Danzig, 96 percent German in population, and an adjacent area of villages and farmland was detached from Germany and made independent under nominal supervision of the League of Nations. These beautifully designed, colorful banknotes depict structures from the old Hanseatic city – many of which have been restored or rebuilt in today's Polish city of Gdańsk. – Sca (talk)
PS: Nobel laureate Günter Grass, born in Danzig in 1927, would have been familiar with this currency. Sca (talk) 22:05, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
Support – Yann (talk) 22:46, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
Support, note that Godot13 also greatly improved in quality the article Danzig gulden recently, nice job !!! — Cirt (talk) 00:26, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
Support – Jobas (talk) 12:04, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
Support As usual, great work Godot. Fredlyfish4 (talk) 02:34, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
Support --Tremonist (talk) 13:36, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 27 Oct 2015 at 18:59:41 (UTC)
Original – St. John the Baptist (1604 or 1605), Caravaggio. The painting, purchased for just $67,000 in 1952 from the London showroom of Agnew's by an alert trustee of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art,[1][2] has inspired envy and regret among numerous other prominent American museums (including New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art) for their failure to acquire, at a bargain price, what is often regarded as the most significant Caravaggio on the open market in the post-World War II era.
Reason
At least seven of the 80 or so surviving paintings by Caravaggio (1571-1610) are of St. John the Baptist, and of that series, this brooding, "psychologically interiorized" portrait of the young adult saint, shown (except for the cross) without any of his usual symbolic attributes, is considered by scholars the most radical portrait of the series. Caravaggio's unusual practice of composing directly on the canvas without any underpainting, incising salient features with the blunt end of his brush handle (or perhaps with a knife, as dramatized by Derek Jarman in his 1986 film) is evident here particularly on John's left leg. The scoring is visible in the high resolution scan from Google Art.
A high resolution render of a portrait of a highly important 20th century artist by another prominent artist. (Very slightly below 1,500 pixels on one axis. Can this be forgiven?)
Oppose its (just now) re-placement on the Bacon page because it's a FAP (pun intended). Not an especially good portrait, and has not often been mentioned in the Bacon lit that I've been reading for the last 30 years. Ceoil (talk) 20:25, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
I added this to Bacon's article because it's a free use portrait of him by an artistic peer. Not just because I also chose to nominate it. JJARichardson (talk) 20:51, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
I find that hard to believe, but nonetheless. Ceoil (talk) 21:09, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
Support. Agree with analysis by Vesuvius Dogg, and explanations by JJARichardson, above. Good luck, — Cirt (talk) 00:25, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
Jesus christ. Look at the image; something a 14 year old would be ashamed by; one of the weakest COI attempts by this family in last few months. Over my dead body will this week association make it into the Bacon lead. Ceoil (talk) 02:49, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
You might personally dislike the painting but I fail to see how this being a life portrait of Bacon by one his contemporaries a weak association by any means. And unless I'm some sort of lobbyist for Gray's work then I fail to see how it's conflict of interest. JJARichardson (talk) 13:33, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
Support – Jobas (talk) 12:09, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
On what basis/criteria? Ceoil (talk) 13:55, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose. I am willing to defer to Ceoil's knowledge of this topic and her(?) judgement, though I am not sure I understand where COI comes into this. I will say that I think that there is a lot to be said for favouring a free-use portrait for the article's lead (NFCC#1, if nothing else) but that doesn't necessarily mean we should be promoting it to FP status. Josh Milburn (talk) 15:40, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
Support The EV here comes from this being composed by a contemporary of Francis Bacon. It's also a notable work, it's part of the National Portrait Gallery's (in London) primary collection. In fact they seem to hold it in high esteem - see their website here. I think it should be put in the Francis Bacon article, and can see that it has been, but has now been removed. I think that the resolution is just about high enough for a featured image. Chris TehGrauniad (talk) 19:17, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
You say the resolution is high enough to be FP; which worries me as you are backing into that judgement, based on the NPG owning it, which is really your rationale. Not good enough. Your reason for including the portrait on the Bacon page is weak, actually its not even stated, past being an opinion amounting to "because we can, we should". FP needs better evaluation criteria, or even some criteria, and what I'm seeing here is ILIKE it and inclusion creep. I remember the van Gogh lead image fiasco, and this is brewing here again. Pff. Ceoil (talk) 20:02, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
Hello, thank you for your comment. I'm sorry that you are feeling worried. For my taste I think the resolution of the reproduction is just about on the edge (are the highlights a little crushed?), but just on the right side of ok. I bring this up because it is a significant part of the Wikipedia:Featured picture criteria, which are well worth a read, especially if you are voting here. I see that you feel the painting is "something a 14 year old would be ashamed by". However, the notability is not in question. Whether we like it or not, the artist has notability, has painted other high profile Irish subjects and yes, as I say, is part of the National Portrait Gallery's primary collection. I currently feel that it adds to the Encyclopaedia because it gives a contemporary's insight into Francis Bacon. I hope this goes some way to alleviating your worries. Chris TehGrauniad (talk) 20:50, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
Support per others. --Tremonist (talk) 13:40, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
Comment: Since the image is not stable in (and has been removed from) the Francis Bacon (artist) article, its EV will have to be judged by its appearance in Reginald Gray (artist) alone. Some of the above editors might want to clarify their support !votes. --Paul_012 (talk) 16:17, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 27 Oct 2015 at 07:37:22 (UTC)
Original – A promotional pamphlet for the 1952 Indonesian romantic comedy Pahit-Pahit Manis
Reason
High quality scan of a promotional flyer from a 1952 production. Note that only the copyright status for the photographs used in this montage is a concern, because the text itself is PD-Simple. (As an aside, I've picked up about 15 or so pamphlets like this; this is the only one that is PD so far. The rest, like Serangan Fajar, are too recent)
Voting period ends on 26 Oct 2015 at 18:38:49 (UTC)
Reason
High quality, high EV (presented as a set).
Original – A three-coin set illustrating part of the development and design process in coin production. Two one-sided essai pattern trial strikes (obverse and reverse respectively) and the final two-sided pattern. This particular design was engraved by Pierre-Joseph Lorthior, for a 2 decime coin that was never adopted. Historical EV for the French franc and the stages in preparing a coin.
Voting period ends on 26 Oct 2015 at 14:20:36 (UTC)
Original – An idyllic scenery is developing in front of our eyes in the picture, full of details, painted with precision and care. In front of the house there is poultry, dogs, children, a washerwoman, a magpie in a cage and doves in a dovecote, a young woman, a hunter. A cow in the stall.
Reason
Good scan. An interesting genre painting depicting a hunter's home, by Henry Voordecker (1779-1861); Belgian artist. Genre paintings depict scenes or events from everyday life.
Voting period ends on 26 Oct 2015 at 13:17:30 (UTC)
Original – Painting by Alexander Roslin (1718–1793), though sometimes it was considered as a self-portrait too. But it is not quite made in her style, and documentation points towards Roslin. Vallayer-Coster was admitted to the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in 1770, a rare achievement for a woman painter. Most painters were male that time in the Academy.
Reason
Good scan, good artist. The portrait is of Anne Vallayer-Coster (1744 – 1818), 18th-century French painter; one of the rare and successful woman artists in the art-history, who according to our article: " achieved fame and recognition very early in her career". She was known for her still life paintings.
Voting period ends on 25 Oct 2015 at 22:44:35 (UTC)
Original – Shangrila Lake also known as Lower Kachura Lake is a part of the Shangrila Resort, a popular tourist destination, in Skardu, Pakistan.
Reason
High quality image of an important tourist place in Pakistan which is attractive and interesting. This photo won 7th position in Wiki Loves Earth Pakistan 2015 and first position in international Wiki Loves Earth 2015.
Support as nominator – Saqib (talk) 22:44, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose - Looks great at thumb, but there's a high level of barrel distortion and almost no details at full size. Looks to me like denoising was too aggressive. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:25, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
Support Nice image, high EV. Yann (talk) 23:50, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
Support, essentially agree with everything said by Yann, above. Cheers, — Cirt (talk) 03:23, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
Support Resolution makes up for problems with JPEG encoding. Samsara 06:17, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
Support – Jobas (talk) 12:03, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
Support --Tremonist (talk) 12:22, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose Frankly quite surprised by the amounts of support for this - very soft, especially around the edges of the picture... The trees look like they are painted on with a soft brush - no detail at all... No detail able to be seen of the huts (I pressume they are huts?) other than the roofs... Really no-where near the standard we normally pass here, and very small file size given the volume of available scenery in this picture... gazhiley 12:32, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose - Just add some of my very rare opposes. Looks great but ... the quality of the photo is not up to a featured pic standard... Hafspajen (talk) 13:11, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose- per opposes above (soft, lacking fine detail). Preview is very nice but doesn't hold up at full size...--Godot13 (talk) 19:58, 16 October 2015 (UTC) Hafs- very rare indeed!
I'm still amazed that we've never stopped penalising images for being uploaded at larger than necessary size. Samsara 06:56, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose A lovely photo, I like the way the edge of the lake is the mid point, which allows the reflection of the mountains in the water to be seen fully. I would love to go there! However, it lacks definition: even the full resolution image has blury woods. Chris TehGrauniad (talk) 13:27, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose could be a great image, but horrible CA and lack of sharpness ruin it. IMHO should be re-shot with more capable equipment. SkywalkerPL (talk) 17:21, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose Agree with all of the above opposes. Fredlyfish4 (talk) 02:42, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 25 Oct 2015 at 16:59:02 (UTC)
Reason
High quality, high EV (presented as a complete set). Does this seem like déjà vu? Similar, but different…
Formed on 28 October 1918, the Czechoslovak Republic was not prepared to issue banknotes until currency laws were passed. The first regular issue notes were dated 15 April 1919. In the intervening 5 ½ month period a provisional currency was used. The 1919 provisional issue of Czechoslovakian banknotes used 1902–15 Austro-Hungarian Bank issues. An important difference from the Hungarian issue (or all of the other provisional issues using the same base notes) – the Czech took over-stamp literally – affixing an adhesive stamp equal to 1/100 the value of the note (i.e., 1 koruna = 100 haleru) to the left front side, this served as validation of legal tender status in the Republic of Czechoslovakia. Following currency reform, the first regular issue banknotes were printed with a date of 15 April 1919. (NOTE: The 10 korun note is already featured individually and would simply become part of the set - it would not be featured a second time).
Original – A five-note complete set of the very short-lived issue of 1919 provisional Czechoslovak koruna using Austro-Hungarian krone as a base note with a validation stamp. One side is printed entirely in German, the other in Hungarian. The value of the note (on the German language side) appears additionally in Czech, Polish, Croatian, Slovene, Serbian, Italian, Ukrainian and Romanian.
Voting period ends on 25 Oct 2015 at 10:00:18 (UTC)
Original – A picture with a fascinating history. When Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington entered Madrid during the Peninsular War, the Spanish artist Francisco Goya started his portrait—it accounts for the slightly strained, haunted look in his eyes—and showed the sitter in red uniform wearing his Peninsular Medal. By the time the painting was displayed in 1814, Wellington had been awarded the Order of the Golden Fleece and Military Gold Cross with three clasps and Goya had altered the painting to add these, also showing Wellington in full dress uniform with gold braid. The painting was stolen from the National Gallery in August 1961, but returned in July 1965; in the interim a copy appeared in the 1962 James Bond film Dr. No.
Support, caption text is a bit long, perhaps shorten to two-sentences or less, to make it easier for other respondents to assess and respond, please? Thank you, — Cirt (talk) 03:21, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
Support – Jobas (talk) 11:46, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
Support –Hafspajen (talk) 13:25, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
Comment The image is plainly inauthentic. It comes from the National Gallery but the 2010 uploader saturated the image to his taste and also compressed it. It is actually quite unpleasant. Successive editors have done their bit improving it. I can not upload a new version (account too new?), so I made a new file. I can remember giving up a week's pocket money back in 1961 to help buy this painting for the nation. I would appreciate if we can feature the real thing. There's a Goya exhibition at the National Gallery right now incidentally. Hafsterix (talk) 00:24, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
Advisory – Have you all seen thisrecent video? Or this one? Sca (talk) 14:48, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
Support – Yann (talk) 21:57, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
Comment – great image, but if you zoom in (at 200%), you see lots of bright dots on the land and tree area, especially on left side, identical dots to the ones in the sky. Therefore many of the dots in the sky are not real ! Misleading image. But otherwise a great shot. Bammesk (talk) 03:55, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
Could it be some expected noise? (or related to the 25 second exposure?) --Godot13 (talk) 04:46, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
May be. But it is too noisy. The sky looks like it is filled with tiny stars, in reality it is filled with noise. Bammesk (talk) 05:09, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 24 Oct 2015 at 23:56:32 (UTC)
Original – Nueva Esparta (New Sparta) is one of the 23 states (estados) of Venezuela. It comprises Margarita Island (by far the largest and most important island), Coche, and uninhabited Cubagua.
Support, nice one by The Photographer, high EV. But can you please make the caption shorter and more concise and more succinct, like maybe two (2) sentences, tops, please? Thank you, — Cirt (talk) 02:36, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
Thanks. Let me know if it is done. --The_Photographer (talk) 13:38, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
Much better, thank you! — Cirt (talk) 03:21, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
Support --Tremonist (talk) 13:58, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
Support – Yann (talk) 21:58, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
Support – Jobas (talk) 11:39, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
Support as nominator – — Cirt (talk) 16:52, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
SupportComment: This image is used at Horse#Sleep_patterns on-wiki. It was photoshopped from the original, here. I like the image, but am not familiar enough with the FP criteria to know if the photoshopping was OK. If the photoshopping is OK, then I support. Montanabw(talk) 21:18, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
Thanks. Like I said, if the photoshopping is OK per FP criteria here on WP, then I'm OK with it. Montanabw(talk) 21:29, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
@Montanabw:I double-checked it for you: per WP:WIAFP criteria eight (8), points one and two, it meets the criteria. :) — Cirt (talk) 21:35, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘Changed vote to support. Upon review of original image, the image was cloned to remove a partial view of another horse standing in the background that basically made the standing animal look as if it had six legs. Sort of the equivalent of erasing a telephone pole growing out of someone's head. It was made a featured image at Commons about 7-8 years ago, surprised it wasn't brought here until now. Montanabw(talk) 22:05, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose - I'm sorry, the file size does not meet the 1500x1500 minimum requirement and lacks some degree of fine detail. Removing a partially obscured third horsecould be considered (by some) as digital manipulation.-Godot13 (talk) 21:56, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose per Godot. --Tremonist (talk) 13:59, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose IMO the editing is fine, but it is too small for FP here. Yann (talk) 22:01, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose Agree with Godot. I want to like and support this photo, but just can't. Fredlyfish4 (talk) 02:47, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 24 Oct 2015 at 15:24:09 (UTC)
Original – Correggio -The Head of Christ (Correggio) is a small devotional painting in oil on panel, by Correggio, who was also called Antonio Allegri dated 1521. Christ's head is given volume through alternate use of light and dark shadows. Correggio was noted for creating some of the most sumptuous religious paintings of the period.
Reason
Good scan, good artist. Head of Christ is painted by the Italian Renaissance painter Correggio, depicting the head of Christ, wearing the crown of thorns. In the background there is a white cloth showing that the image represents the Veil of Veronica. The painting is painting held by the J. Paul Getty Museum in Malibu, Los Angeles. The Getty Museum considers this artwork as one of the masterpieces held by the museum.
Support as nominator – Hafspajen (talk) 15:24, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
Support – Jobas (talk) 15:50, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
Support - Good EV with article. Hafs, do you mean to have the first link of the reason section to a different head of Christ painting?--Godot13 (talk) 17:13, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
Do I mean ... the first link of the reason ...what,Godot13? Gosh, sorry, wrong link. Hafspajen (talk) 12:59, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
Support, strongly agree with assessment by Hafspajen, thank you for nominating this. — Cirt (talk) 23:07, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
Support --Tremonist (talk) 14:04, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
Support as nominator – PetarM (talk) 12:08, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
Support – Jobas (talk) 15:51, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose - At thumbnail it is a very nice image but at full size it lacks detail in the mosaic work.--Godot13 (talk) 17:33, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
Support, good selection by PetarM, historic, high EV. — Cirt (talk) 23:06, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose - Not bad, but the resolution is below the minimum standards. This would look quite nice with higher resolution. Mattximus (talk) 23:23, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
Info @Mattximus,Godot13 and other before voting: Position of this mosaic is high in closed altar, so this is best one can get close (check here,[4]). So its not just its high, you aren't rectangle to it neither, far from it. I did it on zoom, but tripods aren't allowed so one more handicap, that's is why we nor some other site have something better and biger. And when you correct geometry you also loose some good portion of photo. This photo is 1,455 × 2,017 from my 16 MPx camera. So if that 45 pixles are problem I can add them, but I rather add chapter from rules for FP: Exceptions to this rule may be made where justified on a case-by-case basis, such as for historical, technically difficult or otherwise unique images. I am sure its not even small photo. Also check what did we have from Empress Teodora and Justinian up till now, due to harder conditions of taking pics there. --PetarM (talk) 09:10, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
Weak support, if it's really impossible to do this any better. --Tremonist (talk) 14:06, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
Info Picture size is now up to demands. --PetarM (talk) 16:01, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose – Size is just the minimum required, and not very sharp at that size. Yann (talk) 10:58, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
Support as nominator – Godot13 (talk) 07:02, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
Support, another fine contribution to Wikipedia from Godot13. Note the file size of 11.22 Megabytes -- incredibly high resolution image. — Cirt (talk) 11:36, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
Support – For 17th C. skyline (before the firestorms of WWII), interesting inscriptions, historical EV. Sca (talk) 14:40, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
Support --Jobas (talk) 15:52, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
Comment: Aren't the size requirements more flexible for animated images? That said, though, this probably should be a video. --Paul_012 (talk) 23:19, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
Strong Keep or delist almost an entire Featured animations category. Size requirements don't really apply to the animated GIFs. SkywalkerPL (talk) 17:26, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
Keep -- I cannot understand the motivation here. Unless we want to delist nearly the entire featured animations category as SkywalkerPL notes above. There's also good reason to have the animations smaller than still images. Large animations can be inaccessible to mobile users and slower internet connections. There's also no concern about animations being large enough to print, unlike still images. Also, there is no technical inaccuracy concerns here like the othertwo delist nominations. Jujutacular (talk) 20:56, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
Keep Invalid delist reason. Everything promoted prior to changing size guidelines is exempt. Also, as Juju points out, animated media are not judged to the 1.5k pix standard. If you can upload a superior substitute, I'm sure the FP status could be moved to that newer version. Until that time, keep. Samsara 23:15, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
Withdraw I wasn't aware of the featured animations category. With no size requirement, this nomination is mute.--Tom (LT) (talk) 19:11, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
Delist — Tom (LT) (talk) 21:59, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
Delist -per reason above (too bad we cant use this [5])--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 22:05, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
Delist, per explanation by LT910001, thank you — Cirt (talk) 22:58, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
Delist, I can point to a number of additional faults with both images, but I don't think we need to list more - this seems very clear to me. CFCF💌📧 17:44, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
Delist --Tremonist (talk) 14:14, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
Delist for Halloween —Vesuvius Dogg (talk) 16:45, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
Delist per my previous comments. Would prefer if corrections could be made though. --Paul_012 (talk) 23:20, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
Delist – Agree with the above. Fredlyfish4 (talk) 02:49, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
This image is an inaccurate depiction of a human skeleton. It is still of "high" quality but we should not be having a featured image that is not accurate. Previous deletion nom here but per this failed good image nomination, the winds may have changed with regard to the necessary standards of accuracy for images.
Original – Loue Fuller is a 1901 short black-and-white silent film. The film depicts a serpentine dance by Loie Fuller.
Reason
Saw this on Commons and have been meaning to nominate it here. Has high EV for the articles it is part of. Also looks pretty good given that its over a hundred years old.
Do Not Support. This is Loie Fuller's style of dancing, but I am 100% sure it is not Loie Fuller herself. I have written a major book on her and have seen thousands of pictures of her. This woman is much younger. By 1901 Loie was 39 years old and fatter than this dancer.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.7.188.209 (talk • contribs)
Support --Jobas (talk) 15:53, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
Support --Tremonist (talk) 14:15, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
Support as nominator – JJARichardson (talk) 19:24, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
Support, wow, VERY high resolution, nice find, JJARichardson, thank you! — Cirt (talk) 20:47, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose Incredibly noisey. Nice capture situation wise, but looks horrible at full size to me... gazhiley 12:29, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
Neutral Arguments both ways are right somehow. --Tremonist (talk) 14:17, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
Support --Jobas (talk) 11:29, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose - focus on hair instead of face. And a secondary nit-pick: It's a rather poor photograph for non-technical reasons. SkywalkerPL (talk) 17:29, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
Voting period ends on 23 Oct 2015 at 18:52:29 (UTC)
Reason
High quality, high EV (presented as a set).
Siege money is a term used for emergency issue currency (usually notes) that are produced during times of war, generally by the defenders during a prolonged siege. During times of siege and/or war, metallic currency is usually hoarded for the intrinsic value of the coin (e.g., gold, silver, bronze, copper), leaving a shortage of money, particularly small denominations. This has led to different types of siege notes (and in earlier times siege coins).
Original – Khedivate of Egypt, nearly complete set of Siege of Khartoum emergency currency issued by British Major-general Charles George Gordon in 1884. Denominated from 5 – 5,000 piastre, and 50 Egyptian pounds, half of the notes in the set are hand-signed by Gordon (the other bear a hectographic signature). Three of the notes appear to have been linen-backed. Design details can be found in the article.
Support as nominator – Godot13 (talk) 18:52, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
Support, high quality contribution from Godot13 — but please also look at the high quality article Siege of Khartoum (currency) which Godot13 wrote for Wikipedia, from scratch, which also helps to demonstrate the High Encyclopedic Value of this set of images. Excellent work. :) — Cirt (talk) 20:45, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
Support --Tremonist (talk) 14:17, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
Support – Yann (talk) 22:04, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
Support --Jobas (talk) 11:30, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
Support – per Cirt. Fredlyfish4 (talk) 02:51, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
amalavida.tv (Dirección de Información Turística del Ministerio de Turismo del Ecuador)
Support as nominator – — Cirt (talk) 18:04, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
To me, it looks like the turtle is just about to eat the butterfly for breakfast... A closeup showing the BF actually drinking would be better, but probably much harder to shoot... --Janke | Talk 08:38, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
Unfortunately, there's no evidence of drinking there, and the BF is also out-of-focus, and ponting it's rear end to the camera. So, Oppose, sorry. --Janke | Talk 16:06, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
Support truly a beautiful image satisfying FP criteria. --Tom (LT) (talk) 08:47, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
I'm not convinced this is near to FP quality. This image is arguably more interesting, but isn't FP either. Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:59, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
The image you gave as an example is not a FP because it's awful from technical side (zoom in to 1:1 - post processing is terrible). SkywalkerPL (talk) 17:34, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
Support - SchroCat (talk) 13:21, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
Neutral – First of all, I love this photo. I certainly wish more of the other turtles and butterflies were in focus, but that can't be changed. I think the primary EV comes from this being an endangered species interacting with another species in the wild. I do agree with Janke and Charlesjsharp. It may be our only photo of lachryphagy, but I'm not sure any of the associated articles gain that much value from this photo. Fredlyfish4 (talk) 03:06, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 23 Oct 2015 at 09:26:16 (UTC)
Original – This oil on canvas painting of Thomas Lister, 4th Baron Ribblesdale was undertaken in 1902 by John Singer Sargent, the leading portrait painter of the Edwardian era. It portrays the Baron in hunting gear—he was the Master of the Buckhounds for fifteen years. In 1916 Ribblesdale presented the painting to the National Gallery in London in memory of his wife and his sons, Captain the Hon. Thomas Lister and Lieutenant the Hon. Charles Lister; the latter two had died in the fighting on the Western Front.
Support as nominator – SchroCat (talk) 09:26, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
Support, quite high quality and most historic. — Cirt (talk) 10:14, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
Support --Tremonist (talk) 14:49, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
Strong support – But of course! After all, Mr. Lister was Master of the Buckhounds. – Sca (talk) 16:23, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
Support because it's a good Sargent, painted in the grand manner. But would EV be helped if we knew what he was holding? Does that implement have something to to do with hunting, or specifically with buckhounds? Sargent made the portrait a year after the Master of the Buckhounds position was abolished by the 1901 Civil List. Does this portrait look back to that appointment, or does it memorialize some other aspect of Ribblesdale's life? We're a little short on context. Vesuvius Dogg (talk) 18:37, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
He's holding a hunt whip—the whip consists of three parts: the crop, or stiff handle, which, when the lash is folded against it, can be used to open and close gates, and prod the horse on; the lash, which can be unfurled against imminent dangers such as cur dogs; and the popper, at the end of the lash, used to make a cracking sound if absolutely necessary. He was Master of the hunt from 1892 to 95. – SchroCat (talk) 19:07, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
Strong support@Belle:, this is good, right? Almost like Sherlock. :). Hafspajen (talk) 15:16, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
Shro, this could possibly go to category historic persons, no? Hafspajen (talk) 15:35, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
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Reason
High quality, high EV, scarce (only coin example in the sol and livre article).
Original
The winged genius design by Augustin Dupré (14th Engraver General of Currency) was used on the French sol, livre, écu, and franc, spanning nearly a century. It appears to be inspired by both ancient Assyrian and Roman imagry.
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SBKRI
SBKRI from 1973; obverse shows the card-holder, her finger print, and signature
SBKRI from 1973; reverse shows the card-holder's biodata as well as the card's legal basis and validity period
Reason
High quality scans of an early example of this (now discontinued) form of Indonesian identity card. The law was passed in 1971; this card dates to 1973. The Surat Bukti Kewarganegaraan Republik Indonesia (SBKRI) was ostensibly required for all Indonesians of foreign descent, but in practice only enforced for ethnic Chinese. Without such a card, Chinese Indonesians would have difficulty making passports, ID cards, registering births, or otherwise dealing with the government. A law invalidating its use was passed in 1996 and reaffirmed in 1999, but in 2008 Kompas was still reporting Indonesian citizens of Chinese descent being asked for it.
Ministry of Domestic Affairs of Indonesia; scanned and digitally de-gunked by — Chris Woodrich (talk)
Support as nominator – — Chris Woodrich (talk) 10:16, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
How about the "Personality rights"? Is the person still alive? There isn't a PR template on the image page... --Janke | Talk 11:36, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
Not sure Commons:Personality rights applies. It differentiates between "privacy" and "personality" rights. Our own article on personality rights explains "personality rights [are] the right of an individual to control the commercial use of his or her name, image, likeness, or other unequivocal aspects of one's identity". There is little, if any, commercial use for a 40-year-old, expired, discontinued document. Furthermore, Commons' personality rights page says "consent is not needed for use within Wikimedia if that use adheres to policies". I can add the tag if requested, but we haven't generally demanded it of our featured portraits (especially historical or incidental ones) — Chris Woodrich (talk) 14:31, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
Comment – Why? Sca (talk) 02:29, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
The same reason we've feature currency, historicaldocuments, and sheet music: although aesthetic elements may be lacking, they are "highly informative" and "help readers to understand an article". An illustration of an actual SBKRI, especially an early one, has high EV. Even those books I have that deal with the subject don't illustrate it; we've done better than them. That this document was preserved well is a bonus. For the nth time: "featured picture" =/= "pretty picture". — Chris Woodrich (talk) 04:14, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose If I gather correctly, the person was born in 1933, so there is a good chance of her being alive. For that reason I wouldn't feature this - would you want your old ID on the main page?--Janke | Talk 09:19, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
If it were expired and in good condition, I'd be fine with it. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:33, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose - I would consider the upload of any of my expired IDs to be an abhorrent invasion of privacy. - hahnchen
And where would you draw the line, exactly? If you'd been in the grave for 10 years, would it still be an "invasion of privacy"? What about 40 years? — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:33, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
Well, I see no photo of Wongso on that one... and besides, I never voted on that particular FPC! ;-) --Janke | Talk 07:06, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
I trust that the National Archive of the Netherlands have done their due diligence. I don't think you have. - hahnchen 09:09, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose. Strongly agree with Janke and Hahnchen, above. There are significant WP:BLP issues to consider here. — Cirt (talk) 08:31, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose per all the others. --Tremonist (talk) 14:53, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose – I'm gonna join the chorus – but mainly cuz I don't see the visual interest – or EV, for that matter. (As an aside, it was an old saying in the news biz that "you can't libel the dead." It would seem that you can't invade their privacy either.) Sca (talk) 16:31, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
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Original – This is an 1895 poster for Absinthe Robette by Henri Privat-Livemont, one of the great poster painters of the Belle Époque. The poster, in the Art Nouveau style, was printed by Des Presses de J.L. Goffart, Brussels.
Support as nominator – SchroCat (talk) 13:56, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
Comment – Aesthetically intriguing, but its use at Absinthe is incidental and it's not mentioned in the text. (I wonder whether the poster's slightly risqué character provoked any controversy in 1895 France.) Henri Privat-Livemont is a stub; French Wiki has a 300-word article that could be translated. Sca (talk) 16:01, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
Support Was thinking about it myself some time ago. EV for Les Maîtres de l'Affiche in particular is there. Also a nice example of old school absinthe advertisements. Brandmeistertalk 19:31, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
Support – Yann (talk) 20:28, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
Support Nice to feature someone other than Mucha. Samsara 20:47, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
Comment – A retouched version of this photo would be a good FP candidate. JJARichardson (talk) 23:02, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
Support - great poster, good image, good EV.--Godot13 (talk) 06:06, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose Colours have been posterised a bit, and much of the bright, saturated skintones of the belle epoque have been turned to pale pastels. Adam Cuerden(talk) 11:50, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
Just to get an idea of what you mean, is there a better example among the many uploaded versions of this, or on the web? Samsara 13:12, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
@Samsara: While it's probably gone a little too dark, and could be , [6]. The original source for this version is at File:Privat-Livemont_-_Absinthe_Robette_-_1896_-_Original.tif and, while it may not be perfect, it at least looks like a printed poster, instead of unnaturally bright hair and excessively pale skin. Adam Cuerden(talk) 15:19, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
It seems obvious to me that the pink of the paper was assumed to be fade and needed to be corrected for. Based on that assessment, the procedure was correct. Samsara 03:16, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
Support --Tremonist (talk) 13:30, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
Can we PLEASE declare trialsanderrors a bad source for FPs? They're a fantastic restorationist, but absolutely abyssmal at colour balance. Very, very few of his works do not absolutely mangle the colours in the images, oftentimes in superficially pleasing ways, but almost never in ways that meet the basic standards of FP, such as accuracy. This should not pass, and if it passes, I will immediately nominate it for delisting. Sometimes, FPC shouldn't just be a vote. This is one of those cases. It violates a core rule of FPC: Criterion 8, fourth bullet point: "Any manipulation which causes the main subject to be misrepresented is unacceptable." This wasn't drawn in bright red lines, and, although it was a poster, it wasn't posterized. I hate these big rants, but I was away for a few days, and come back to a hugely supported image that really should not pass, too late to really raise issues any other way. Adam Cuerden(talk) 15:28, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
Having compared this with the original tiff, I have to admit that colors indeed were pushed too far thus stripping the image off its vintage look. Also the borders were significantly clipped during restoration. I'd be happy if someone restores this better, so temporarily withdrawing my support. Brandmeistertalk 17:32, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
Adam, I don't really understand why so much rant against this file. I don't claim it is perfect, it is not so bad either. I will try to make an alternative. Are the colors of File:Absinthe Robette, Privat-Livemont 1896.jpg OK? (restoration still to be done) Regards, Yann (talk) 00:12, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose The contrast has been increased to the point that there is lost info in the lightest part of the body, other examples clearly show a pink hue, but here, it's totally white. --Janke | Talk 06:44, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
~sigh~ Armbrust could you withdraw this please. As Adam has changed the image on the three pages listed above, the EV has diminished. If this is only going to go through for him to make attempts to have it delisted there seems little point in continuing. Thanks. – SchroCat (talk) 07:50, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
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Reason
High quality, high EV (presented as a complete denomination set).
In 1869, the National Bank Note Company of New York (NBNC), and later the American Bank Note Company (ABNC), began issuing banknotes for the Captaincy General of Cuba in denominations ranging from 5 pesos to 1,000 pesos. Beginning in 1872, fractional peso banknotes were issued in 5, 10, 20, 25, and 50 centavos and printed in strips of ten.
Original
A complete denomination set of five Cuban peso fractional banknotes, issued in centavos, including both titles of the main issuing bank. Engraved and printed by the National and American Bank Note Company. Notes from the 1870s and 1880s were printed with a counterfoil (vertical pattern can be seen on the reverse edge). The notes slowly graduate in size from the 5 centavos (~75x35mm) to the 50 centavos (~88x42mm).
Support as nominator – Godot13 (talk) 05:37, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
Comment - For the 20s, I'd just run a single note. Otherwise the "set" doesn't really work for me. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 10:16, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
Chris - Since there was no movement yet, I created a single for the 20 centavos and switched out the sheet...--Godot13 (talk) 17:37, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
Promoted File:CUB-29c-El Banco Espanol de la Habana-5 Centavos (1876).jpg --ArmbrustThe Homunculus 07:13, 21 October 2015 (UTC) Promoted File:CUB-30d-El Banco Espanol de la Habana-10 Centavos (1883).jpg --ArmbrustThe Homunculus 07:13, 21 October 2015 (UTC) Promoted File:CUB-53a-El Banco Espanol de la Isla de Cuba-20 Centavos (1897)-single crop.jpg --ArmbrustThe Homunculus 07:13, 21 October 2015 (UTC) Promoted File:CUB-31a-El Banco Espanol de la Habana-25 Centavos (1872).jpg --ArmbrustThe Homunculus 07:13, 21 October 2015 (UTC) Promoted File:CUB-46a-El Banco Espanol de la Isla de Cuba-50 Centavos (1896).jpg --ArmbrustThe Homunculus 07:13, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
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Original – This is an oil on lime painting of the Nuremberg goldsmith Albrecht Dürer the Elder, possibly painted by his son, also called Albrecht Dürer. The painting is held by the National Gallery, who consider the painting to be a copy after Dürer's lost original. This painting was presented to the Charles I by the city of Nuremberg. (For what it's worth, to me he looks a little like Simon Schama)
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Reason
High quality, high EV, very good condition.
Original
A complete set of three 1917 World War I emergency issue fractional banknotes (10, 25, and 50 bani), also known as "paper coins", depicting Ferdinand I of Romania (obv) and the Coat of arms of Romania (rev).
Support as nominator – — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:16, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
Support Some of the highlights are a bit bright and there is light grain. However these issues are minor and it depicts the subject in a pleasing and encyclopedic fashion. HighInBC 23:23, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
Support - Good EV and very nice shot!--Godot13 (talk) 01:35, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
Support Quite interesting shape too. Brandmeistertalk 10:56, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
Support, quite well taught, young grasshopper... — Cirt (talk) 10:57, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
Support --Tremonist (talk) 13:48, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
Support - nice shot. Kaldari (talk) 23:55, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
Support: Awesome -- DreamSparrowChat 12:41, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
Support --Jobas (talk) 17:52, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
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Reason
High quality, high EV (presented as a complete set).
Original
An eight-note complete set of a short-lived issue of 1920 provisional Hungarian korona using Austro-Hungarian krone as a base note with a circular validation hand-stamp. Immediately following the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, provisional banknotes for the separate countries consisted of the remaining currency of the Empire, made country-specific through an over-stamping/validation process. One side is printed entirely in German, the other in Hungarian. The value of the note (on the German language side) appears additionally in Czech, Polish, Croatian, Slovene, Serbian, Italian, Ukrainian and Romanian. (The 25 and 200 Korona notes are only printed on one side).
Support as nominator – Godot13 (talk) 18:44, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
Support Nice colors as well. Do the 25 Korona and 200 Korona notes have the back side? --Brandmeistertalk 20:49, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
Brandmeister- I mentioned at the end of the description, the 25 and 200 (because the base notes were part of a later series) were only printed on one side. Thanks.--Godot13 (talk) 22:54, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
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Original – Painted by Antonello da Messina in oil on poplar between circa 1475 and 1476, this is an unknown man, probably from the middle-upper class. It was acquired by the National Gallery in London in 1883. The image appeared on the Italian 5,000 lire note issued from 1979 to 1983.
The American News Company, digitized by the University of Pittsburgh
Support as nominator – Seattle (talk) 18:48, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
Support Good digitalization also. Dirt spots (?) most probably are on the original sheet of paper, even the structure of which is visible due to high resolution. --Tremonist (talk) 13:16, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose. I'm afraid I'm not really feeling this- the layout is extremely simple, the font is nothing to write home about, there's no illustration... The words are surely the important part, and that seems to be beyond the scope of FPC. We aren't here to feature famous/significance texts, we're here to feature valuable images. Josh Milburn (talk) 20:13, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose – This little (150 words) pro forma statement is the merest footnote to the saga of Lincoln, who towers over U.S. history like no other. It isn't even mentioned in the text of Abraham Lincoln (which comprises 15,000 words!). The target article text, appropriately, is just 119 words (not counting the statement itself). Negligible EV, minimal visual interest. Sca (talk) 15:16, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
Support, as I agree with Seattle regarding the high resolution and historic value, and I agree with Tremonist that it is a good digitalization. :) — Cirt (talk) 08:35, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose - I do not see any value of having this in picture form versus just writing it out in written form. What does having an image as opposed to text add to the encyclopaedic value? Mattximus (talk) 15:34, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
Support-high resolution and historically credible.--m,sharaf (talk) 16:30, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
How does the high resolution of this scan make it historically valuable, credible – or even interesting? There are millions of 19th-century newspaper clippings extant, some thousands of which would detail much more important aspects of Lincoln's career. Sca (talk) 16:56, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose - I agree that the image is a good digitization, and that it contains text that has some EV. But it is a newspaper clipping, as such it (either the clipping itself or the subject matter) would need to have more historical significance. If it were an image of a typed draft signed by Lincoln, there would be a much higher EV (better still, the manuscript draft).--Godot13 (talk) 20:35, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
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Reason
High quality, historical EV (presented as a complete set).
Original
A complete set of three Siege of KolbergKommissions-Kupon Issue (1807), named for the authorizing coinage commission. Handwritten on cardboard, and denominated in Groschen, these siege notes were emergency wartime issue circulated by Kolberg, in the Kingdom of Prussia. Each handwritten note generally had multiple (4–6) authorizing signatures.
Original – Feb 2011 storm moves across the U.S. - Animation made with images from the NOAA-NASA GOES 13 satellite showing a giant storm developing and moving across the U.S. The animation shows clouds building over New Mexico and Texas early in the day. As the system develops and moves north-east, the storm grows and becomes more organized. By the end of February 1, 2011, the storm was a sprawling comma that extended from the Midwest to New England.
Support as nominator – TomStar81 (Talk) 22:13, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
Support As good as NASA can do. --Tremonist (talk) 13:02, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
Support – Jobas (talk) 15:42, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
Support, quite high encyclopedic value for science. — Cirt (talk) 10:53, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
If anyone would like to contribute that last !vote needed to get this FA-status I'd be very appreciative... TomStar81 (Talk) 20:27, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
Alternative Even higher resolution, much sharper, less noisy, daytime photo with more EV. A little bit saturated sky on the right
Reason
Proposed replacement is more recent (2015 vs 2007) and contains a new skyscraper (the Tower at PNC Plaza which just opened a few days ago); higher resolution (3840px tall vs 1200px); more dynamic range; better exposure (no significant overexposure in the sky).
I prefer the Alternative for its higher resolution but I would support both. dllu(t,c) 00:24, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
I thought the replacement also should depict dawn, what the "alternative" doesn't, even though it might be the better photo. Still I could support both. --Tremonist (talk) 13:06, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
Weak support D&R with "Alternative" though there are some issues with the sky being overexposed on the right) Oppose D&R "Proposed replacement" - too noisy and signs are blurred at full size.--Godot13 (talk) 19:42, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
Delist and replace -- I like Proposed Replacement one (1) the best. It's beautiful. :) — Cirt (talk) 08:34, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
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Original – Rembrandt painted a scene from the Bible for this work: the moment at King Belshazzar's feast when God wrote that the regal hand had erred when using sacred vessels to blasphemously serve wine. The inscription reads "God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end; you have been weighed in the balances and found wanting; your kingdom is given to the Medes and Persians", even though Rembrandt messed up the Hebrew, writing in columns, rather than right to left.
Support as nominator – Mhhossein (talk) 05:21, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose Great angle. However, the picture in its entirety is out of focus. It's noisy, the lights are blurred a bit. (Forgot to check picture info, but probably due to low shutter speed.) Article is a bit congested, lots of pictures (given, this is the only nighttime photo.) Just not quite up to giving a Support. Dusty777 16:22, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
Support - High quality, good condition, and nice shot.Saff V. (talk) 05:40, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
Support, agree with assessment by Mhhossein and Saff V. regarding high quality. — Cirt (talk) 08:33, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
Support-this picture besides the nominator's reason which I agree with them, is in terms of perspective interesting.--m,sharaf (talk) 16:37, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose - Sorry, but IMO the black sky takes up too much of the image while the people in the foreground are abruptly cut off. The main bright lights on several domes and minarets, at full size, are very noisy, and there is some kind of reflection in the sky.--Godot13 (talk) 02:51, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
Support as nominator – — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:59, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
Support, quite lovely blast to the past, but would be nice to have another example in the article with an actual game displayed on the screen. — Cirt (talk) 02:08, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
Sadly, the inclusion of such games would lead to copyright issues. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 03:57, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
True, but perhaps just one in the article itself, as fair use? — Cirt (talk) 09:20, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
Which would be replaceable by a free image like this. For screenshots, there's another format. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 12:25, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
Okay good points all. :) — Cirt (talk) 23:55, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
Support – Jobas (talk) 19:56, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
Support --Tremonist (talk) 13:04, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
Vectorization by Alex Covarrubias, Based on the arms by Juan Gabino.
Support as nominator – — Cirt (talk) 20:07, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
Comment AFAIK here we don't promote modern national coats of arms. Btw, I think we should increase SVG sizes from current maximum of 1,129×1,024 px to meet FP requirements. Brandmeistertalk 13:39, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
That's ok and I like this particular coat of arms. But there are over 200 other coats of arms of sovereign nations with the same encyclopedic value, so from an encyclopedic point of view there's no compelling reason to outline this one. Brandmeistertalk 16:32, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
Support. I'm impressed by the quality of this SVG, and it's a noteworthy image of encyclopedic value. It's been years since commons featured it, so I don't think featuring it on Wikipedia is overexposing it. ~ Röbin Liönheart (talk) 16:55, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for this wise input, and thank you for the Support. — Cirt (talk) 16:57, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
Support. – Jobas (talk) 19:58, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
Thanks very much for your Support, Jobas, most appreciated. :) — Cirt (talk) 20:04, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
Support --Tremonist (talk) 13:05, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
Support Very high EV. Most people do not notice the subtle details and important symbols of the Mexican coat of arms. I suggest that when this goes up to the main page someday, the symbols found in the coat of arms be explained in detail. Étienne Dolet (talk) 23:33, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
Neutral for this, sorry.....I think I should second Brandmeister for "there are over 200 other coats of arms of sovereign nations with the same encyclopedic value". DreamSparrowChat 14:31, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
Comment - I get the feeling that a sliver could be cropped off from the bottom for better balance. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:18, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
Chris- Agree on balance, it was a bit tight too. Borders re-done, slightly adding to the remaining three sides so it is better balanced.--Godot13 (talk) 00:22, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
Support, quite a problem if one still has this currency from disappeared country, where to deposit my monies? — Cirt (talk) 02:07, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
Support – Jobas (talk) 20:23, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
Support --Tremonist (talk) 13:06, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
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Original – Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, 3 Pence (1900), Boer War currency issued by authority of Lt. Col. Hugh Marshall Hole. The series was produced as a stop-gap measure to address the lack of small change typically hoarded during times of war (for the intrinsic value of the metal).
Reason
High quality image, high historical EV, very good condition
Support as nominator – — Cirt (talk) 16:27, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
OpposeComment – IMO this diagram seems too arcane to be comprehensible to most readers/viewers of English WP, and the target article seems too abstruse to me. Sca (talk) 16:48, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
@Sca:, this is one of the first things every single student learns in basic biology class. It is not arcane. It is comprehensible. It is extremely useful to our readers and viewers of English WP, and the target article is already WP:GA quality. — Cirt (talk) 16:51, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
Comment This is not arcane - this is middle-school biology in the USA (and we don't tend to lead the world); however, what is the "yolk" in the center of the nucleus (is it meant to be a nucleolus?), and why is the plasma membrane many times thicker than all other membranes in the figure? Also, the mitochondrion is a key part of the endomembrane system, but is unfortunately omitted. soupvector (talk) 17:06, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
@Soupvector:, thank you, Soupvector, for your participation, here. This is an illustration and as such it is not going to look like an image from an electron microscope, but more like an animation from a textbook. As you acknowledge, this is middle-school biology in the USA and this is quite similar to textbook images. You can see examples online at [7] and [8] and [9]. Thank you, — Cirt (talk) 17:10, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
OK, I'm betraying my ignorance – I don't remember anything like this from H.S. biology, in which I dissected a frog. Sca (talk) 17:11, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
WITHDRAWN: Per comments by Soupvector, above. — Cirt (talk) 17:28, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
Not Promoted -- Godot13 (talk) 21:19, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
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Original – The gastrointestinal tract, also called the digestive tract, alimentary canal, or gut, is the system of organs within multicellular animals that takes in food, digests it to extract energy and nutrients, and expels the remaining waste.
Support as nominator – — Cirt (talk) 19:07, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
Support adds positively (as an image/diagram)--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 19:53, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for your comments and your Support, Ozzie10aaaa, much appreciated. — Cirt (talk) 20:11, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
Note: Threaded discussion and back-and-forth moved to talk page.
I changed the rule to make this case easier to evaluate. Support based on meeting the criteria for resolution and for being a useful image. Blue Rasberry(talk) 20:46, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
Note: This file has annotations. Move the mouse pointer over the image to see them. Please also see higher resolution here and 2000px here. Thank you, — Cirt (talk) 20:19, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
Again, just to reiterate, per the featured picture criteria, vector graphics in SVG can be infinitely scaled without loss of quality. Note the word INFINITELY. Surely INFINITE size with zero loss of quality is a high enough picture size. Thank you. — Cirt (talk) 20:52, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
I've increased the preview image during this FPC nomination to make it easier for others to see. Hopefully this makes the SVG Vector Graphic quality easier to understand. Please see DIFF. Thank you, — Cirt (talk) 21:27, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
Support SVG can be scaled infinitely, so per the FPC this meets or exceeds minimum resolution requirements. RO(talk) 21:06, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
YES, thank you for clearly explaining this !!! — Cirt (talk) 21:09, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
Support - SchroCat (talk) 21:13, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
Comment Beautiful picture, but some of the spatial relationships are incorrect. In lateral projection with the head rotated like this, the parotid gland would overlap rather than lie posterior to (i.e. to the right in this cartoon) the posterior orpharynx. Also, the esophagus enters the abdomen and connects to the cardia and fundus of the stomach posterior to the left lobe of the liver. soupvector (talk) 21:44, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
Thank you, Soupvector, for the comment. I still feel it's quite high quality and the entrance is likely being shown as such for illustrative purposes. — Cirt (talk) 21:47, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
Further, for the basic purpose of illustrating names of key structures in the digestive system, this image is both of High Quality (as demonstrated by Picture of the Day on Commons), and High Encyclopedic Value (as demonstrated by its use already on wiki articles as noted, above.) Thank you, — Cirt (talk) 22:39, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose until inaccuracies are addressed. One of our criteria is accuracy and verifiability. Misrepresenting the subject is an issue. Also, aren't there higher quality illustrations from books like Sobotta's Atlas and Text-book of Human Anatomy? Something like this would work much better than the fairly simple SVG we see here. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:30, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
Note: Please note author's explanations at successful Commons promotion to Featured Picture discussion. The graphic was created to emphasize the digestive system and the key labeled organs -- note that there are annotations. Move the mouse pointer over the image to see them. — Cirt (talk) 23:44, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose this is a very high-quality image used on many articles that adds significantly to understanding, and I'm very grateful to the creator for making it. However I'm very uncomfortable promoting it to a "featured picture" because it's factually incorrect, something I feel should be a determining characteristic of featured pictures. Some examples:
Nasal cavity bottom should be flat
Uvula or soft palate?
Epiglottis not labelled
Abdominal contents quite high, as discussed
Esophagus should be behind liver, as discussed
Shape of stomach does not show pylorus
Small intestine appears to be behind ascending colon
Atypical labelling of common bile duct, this usually points to the duct above and the ampulla of Vater is usually where the label currently lies
Ascending colon arrow points to the Taenia coli but descending to a haustra.
We may not have many anatomical featured images and so be it, I think the factual standards for accuracy should apply here just as they do in GA and FA. So without trying to diminish the high quality of this work, I appose this nomination for its accuracy. This oppose stands regardless of what commons users thought in 2007. --Tom (LT) (talk) 10:57, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
(E/C) Oppose due to inaccuracies and thus diminished EV, per soupvector and Chris Woodrich. Here are some further concerns:
The style is inconsistent. The intestines are shown as exteriors, while the stomach is shown as a hollow cross-section. Furthermore, the stomach's walls are shown in the same colour and confusingly appear continuous with the entire oesophagus and the nasal cavity and phraynx, which are empty spaces. Also, the highlighted colour of the oral cavity loses the fact that it is continuous with the pharynx.
It isn't clear what the shading in the liver is supposed to show. At any rate, it doesn't help convey that the gallbladder and bile ducts attach to the "underside" of the liver which is to the back. As with the liver/stomach positions, the entire image needs a better way of representing front and behind, not just simply changing the anatomy, which is misleading.
If the anatomical distortions are deliberate, in order to show each structure unobscured, this needs to be properly conveyed.
in regard to your second point it does seem as if the intention is to show the anatomical underlyings...--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 15:02, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose Sorry for that, because it looks so well, but the criticism concerning the content seems to have a broad base. --Tremonist (talk) 14:51, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
WITHDRAW PLEASE. This does not have a chance of passing and it's not worth proceeding. Thank you for your comments, above. — Cirt (talk) 15:08, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
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Original – At first Ingres refused to paint Marie-Clotilde-Inès Moitessier as he thought portrait painting was not as worthy as history painting. After he met her, however, he was so struck by how beautiful she was, that he agreed. This oil on canvas painting was acquired by the National Gallery in 1936.
Support, quite fascinating caption description, as well. — Cirt (talk) 20:26, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
Comment – I guess The Turkish Bath is Ingres' most widely known work, and justly so. Somehow I find this one underwhelming in comparison. Sca (talk) 21:01, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
Support Great quality. --Pokéfan95 (talk) 00:05, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
Support as nominator – — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:41, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
Support, quite captivating and thoughtful expression. — Cirt (talk) 20:25, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
Support – From the article, this one is evidently a female, which should be noted. (Females look different from males, which have even larger noses.) An interesting species and a nifty photo. (I don't buy the notion that they resemble Dutchmen, however. Where are the wooden shoes?) Sca (talk) 21:13, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
Support as nominator – Godot13 (talk) 18:07, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
Support, quite wish they could be a bit more shiny. — Cirt (talk) 20:45, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
Support, but I do think the silver ecu appears a bit oversharpened. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:39, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
Chris- Interesting... I've never sharpened any coin image in processing so I wonder if it happened during shooting (or if someone else was in the raw file before me)?--Godot13 (talk) 01:06, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
Why does the gold have spots of red? And I don't recall silver forming iridescent oxide layers. Any particular reasons why this one has it? Nergaal (talk) 04:28, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
It is fairly common for silver and gold coins to develop toning over time (unless they have been kept in an air-tight environment or they have been cleaned). Both coins are well over 200 and 300 years old respectively and are in extremely good condition for their age.--Godot13 (talk) 05:27, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
I knew some metals get the rainbow iridescence but never realized silver does it to. However, I really don't understand how does gold get "toned". You need reaaaaly special conditions to get it to oxidize. I am not doubting the coin quality, I am just worried about staining by some external layer/substance. Also of curiosity, what sort of grading would these get based on how old they are? Nergaal (talk) 06:36, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
Silver écu – technically AU (Almost Uncirculated) but given the eye appeal it could be graded as mint state. Gold écu – fully struck AU (and its existence for 374 years might partially qualify as a "special condition").--Godot13 (talk) 18:34, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
Support as nominator – Nergaal (talk) 17:10, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
Support Good quality; high EV. RO(talk) 18:10, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
Support, quite right, I agree with Nergaal on Nergaal's assessment of the Encyclopedic Value of this media file that Nergaal has chosen to put forth as a Featured Picture candidate. I've also gone ahead and used the same media file on Wikisource, at s:Statement by the President on the Shootings at Umpqua Community College, Roseburg, Oregon. My thanks, to Nergaal, for his choice of nominating this High Encyclopedic Value media file for Featured Picture consideration. Most appreciated, — Cirt (talk) 20:34, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose – Although I view this as one of Obama's best public statements during his tenure as president – and I drew attention to it Oct. 1 at WP:ITNC – I don't believe it's appropriate as an FP, for a couple of reasons: a) It deals with an event that, alas, probably will recede from public discussion fairly soon, and b) it may be construed by some as a political statement endorsement. I suggest that instead a link to the video be added to Umpqua Community College shooting. (Note FP criteron No. 5.) Sca (talk) 22:13, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
It IS in the article you mentioned and I believe the video passes FP? #5 by covering the reactions segment of the shooting article well. Ah, and I added it to the gun politics article too since it actually summarizes the debate in that article really well too. Nergaal (talk) 22:27, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
Sorry – I stand corrected about the article. (Thought it was just a photo.) Sca (talk) 00:34, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
Support This is relevant regardless of how current or not. --Janke | Talk 08:18, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
Relevant to what? Sca (talk) 14:49, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
Relevant to gun violence, whenever and wherever it happens. --Janke | Talk 17:25, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
Sure, but does that mean that, if or when there's another crazy-mass-shooting in the U.S., we hurry up & run this as a kind of editorial FP? Sca (talk) 20:55, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose without prejudice Its too soon for me to be in a position to judge whether this is worth enough of an FP star, especially since this is neither the first nor the worst such shooting stateside. It'd be better, I think, to wait on this kind of nom until the media Tarzans find their next vine to swing to so we can judge the worthiness of speeches like this without the momentum of the current event itself to influence our perspective of it. TomStar81 (Talk) 23:09, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
Comment – Those concerned about this unfortunately perennial topic may find this interesting. (See also.) – Sca (talk) 13:33, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose. I think TomStar raises an important point, but I also note that we seem to get a lot of Obama noms; I'm concerned about filling up our galleries with photos of the same person, especially when he's a person so popular with our editors. Josh Milburn (talk) 08:13, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
PS: – This user has long opposed official photos of serving politicians of whatever stripe, and the same principle applies here. Note also that the P tweeted this video on TWTR Oct. 1. Sca (talk) 14:37, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
Which user? I don't think I have... Josh Milburn (talk) 19:47, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
Crisco, get the broom. Sca's speaking of himself in the third person again. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:38, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
(L'utilisateur, c'est moi!) Sca (talk) 14:22, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose per others. --Tremonist (talk) 13:09, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
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Original – Diagram showing a side view and underside of a conventional 18-wheeler semi-trailer truck with an enclosed cargo space. The underside view shows the arrangement of the 18 tires (wheels). Shown in blue in the underside view are the axles, drive shaft, and differentials. A table for the number listed can be found on the image page.
Reason
Respectable diagram of the major points on a standard tractor trailer truck (or articulated lorry, if you happen to be from the other end of the pond). Admittedly not a particularly exciting image, however it does label and show and the standard points of a tractor trailer truck quite well, and that I judge is worth a shot here. Note that this is an SVG image, and therefore while not at the minimum pixel size required to be listed it can resized as needed at no loss, so it shouldn't be an issue.
Support as nominator – TomStar81 (Talk) 06:34, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
Comment The cabin pipe and what looks like two horns under the cabin on the bottom view aren't labelled. Brandmeistertalk 09:15, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
Can't speak to the pipe, but those "horns" are probably the exhaust stacks (or smoke stacks) for the burned fuel. TomStar81 (Talk) 11:37, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
Support – Jobas (talk) 12:56, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
Support It could be a little larger though. --Tremonist (talk) 13:16, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
It's a SVG image that can be resized. —Bruce1eetalk 15:11, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
Ok. Thank you! --Tremonist (talk) 16:10, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
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Original – German States, Fugger, a 10 gold ducat (1621) struck for the County of Kirchberg and Weissenhorn by the Fuggers, a powerful merchant and banking family in Europe for over two centuries.
Support as nominator – Godot13 (talk) 16:45, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
Support – Historical EV. This coin was struck during the first part of the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648), which ultimately reduced the population of Central Europe by half, rendered the superannuated Holy Roman Empire politically weak – and incidentally led to the demise of famed Fugger banking family. Sca (talk) 17:45, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
Support, quite nice contribution to representation of science on Wikipedia. — Cirt (talk) 22:27, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose High resolution image, but not featured quality composition IMO. As a predominantly grazing species, the background is neither specific nor visually appealing. Also, for educational purposes would be good to have more information about what is depicted (age, gender, location). --ELEKHHT 00:11, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
Location is on the file's description page. Not able to venture a guess for the other two. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 14:10, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose – Lack of contrast with monochrome background reduces visual accessibility. Sca (talk) 13:53, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose per Elekhh, Sca. Samsara 19:01, 10 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose The picture is fine, is suitable copyright and obviously adds to the article. However, in terms of it being a featured picture it looks like it's taken an elevated angle: are we looking down on it? The angle also makes it look like a tripod. Chris TehGrauniad (talk) 09:59, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
Promoted File:Hans Holbein, the Younger, Around 1497-1543 - Portrait of Henry VIII of England - Google Art Project.jpg --ArmbrustThe Homunculus 12:43, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
Support as nominator – PetarM (talk) 10:52, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
Support – Jobas (talk) 11:16, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
Support --Tremonist (talk) 12:07, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose Looks unnatural; overly saturated, red channel appears severely blown. --Janke | Talk 13:45, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
Oppose - On EV grounds, it looks like there is no article for this species, no mention of this species in the Nymphaea article at all. It seems like it's relegated into a gallery at the bottom of the page, with unclear species/variety identification. Mattximus (talk) 13:49, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
Info I knew it, you will fail on WB issue. How about if I tell you its pretty much real ? Mattximus, Janke, Scacheck for colors and taxonomy and don't miss there statement Water Lily blossoms vary greatly in color ...then revise your statement and vote. Its some hybrid sorte, and there ary many of them, so colors go as they go. And this is one is like depicted. WB is very good on this camera, don't worry (Dpreview: Reliable metering and white balance). Saturation wasn't lifted. Taxonomy was named by the profesional botanic which planted them. If any more doubt let me know. --PetarM (talk) 15:49, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
Info New version uploaded, just stacked with focus on flower. Same colors, same composition, different lighting (clouds). --PetarM (talk) 16:37, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
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Reason
High quality, high EV (presented as a complete set). Beginning with South Carolina (December 20, 1860) and ending with Tennessee (June 8, 1861), 11 states seceded from the Union to form the Confederate States of America. The Act of March 9, 1861 passed by the Congress of the Confederate States authorized the issue of $1,000,000 in Confederate banknotes, followed by an additional $1,000,000 in August, 1861. Seven series of banknotes were authorized for $678,000,000, but just over $1.5 billion was actually issued.
The text underneath the images below includes: denomination, type number ("T" numbers refer to the categorization system widely used in Confederate banknotes and denote major design changes), portraits, vignettes, and/or allegories depicted on the note (from left to right), the engraver and/or publisher of the note, and the number of notes issued. Notes illustrated without a reverse were only printed on one side. The First Series (T1–T6) is already a Featured Picture set and is only included to be part of the complete set. Condition – The usual supplies and equipment necessary to manufacture currency (i.e., paper, presses) were generally unavailable as a result of the Union blockade. The National Bank Note Company in New York and the Southern Bank Note Company in New Orleans (both subsidiaries of the American Bank Note Company), were forbidden by Federal authorities from further work with the southern states after the First Series of notes were issued. Using lithographers and very low quality ultra-thin paper, the issues produced in the middle series often look crude and hastily prepared. All notes are in at least average (or significantly better) condition for their specific type (i.e., factoring in rarity and issue size). Some types have never been seen in anything close to uncirculated condition.
Original
A complete typeset of 72 banknotes of the Confederate States of America (1861–1864). The first six notes are already Featured Pictures leaving 66 (the second series on) for your consideration. All images are 800dpi.
Multiple (National Bank Note Company, Southern Bank Note Company, Hoyer & Ludwig (Richmond, VA), Jules Manouvrier (New Orleans, LA), Leggett, Keatinge & Ball (Richmond, VA), Keatinge & Ball (Columbia, S.C. and Richmond, VA), Blanton Duncan (Columbia, S.C. and Richmond, VA), J.T. Patterson (Columbia, S.C.), Archer & Daly (Richmond, VA), and Archer & Halpin (Richmond, VA) for the Confederate States Department of the Treasury
From the National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History
Images by Godot13
Confederate States dollar
First Series
Act of March 9, 1861
$0.50 (T72)
Jefferson Davis
Archer & Halpin (Richmond, VA)
(~1,100,000 issued)
Support as nominator – Godot13 (talk) 18:42, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
Support – Historical EV. Ugly suckers, weren't they? Sca (talk) 21:25, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
Support, quite historic. Can I please have all da money. — Cirt (talk) 22:53, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
Interesting that a couple of them say, "Two years after the ratification of a treaty of peace between the Confederate States of America and the United States of America." (Rotsa ruck, Johnny.) Sca (talk) 23:58, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
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