Wikipedia talk:Featured picture candidates

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FPCs needing feedback


Picture of the day volunteers needed[edit]

Please see Wikipedia talk:Featured pictures#Picture of the day volunteers needed. Thanks, Swarm 07:08, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

limit[edit]

Not sure if there's a limit on nominations, but given there's some attention on FPC amid figuring out short-term and long-term POTD coordination, it seems like a good time to have more than two nominations going on. (i.e. maybe more eyeballs and also perhaps a need for more FPs in general for the sake of POTD). So I've just added 4. If there are objections, just remove the most recent one or two and I'll restore them when the others expire. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 00:57, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

I think the best way to solve this problem is to consistently nominate two images a week, and vote in most nominations. MER-C 18:08, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

Warning: here be socks[edit]

Checkuser (on Commons) has confirmed that Livioandronico2013 has been vote stacking FPC noms on Commons and was socking as of today. While this user has participated in FPC here, he hasn't used his socks to vote on noms. Please keep a look out. I'm happy to block any double voting socks. MER-C 20:32, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

Question[edit]

Hi, I recently nominated an image for featured status at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Lady at the Tea Table. However, I'm seeing other editors making their nominations on this article. Will someone with more experience move my nomination page to Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates?--SamHolt6 (talk) 22:40, 16 October 2018 (UTC)

@SamHolt6: Done. For future reference, you need to transclude it at WP:FPC#Current nominations. MER-C 20:35, 20 October 2018 (UTC)
@MER-C: thanks of the help MER-C, I will make a mental note.--SamHolt6 (talk) 22:10, 20 October 2018 (UTC)

Featured pictures not used in any articles[edit]

I ran a computer program to check whether all our featured pictures are used in articles, and found that the following 167 images weren't:

  • Now used. GMGtalk 17:14, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
  • I'm confused. There's the image titled above, but there's also File:Inveraray Castle - south-west facade.jpg currently used on the article, although it looks like the latter was previously the same as the former but was overwritten with a totally new image. I'm having a hard time imagining how that was done in compliance with COM:OVERWRITE. GMGtalk 16:43, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
  • Eww. Manila is a mess of image over-saturation, with tons of sandwiching and wonky formatting. Recommend a sharp hatchet. GMGtalk 13:43, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

I suspect many of these have been superceded in articles or bumped by newbies so need to be dealt with on a case by case basis. MER-C 12:14, 10 November 2018 (UTC)

Some of them may have been swapped out over the years by people trying to promote their own images or for various other reasons, and on inspection might turn out to still be much better than whatever's there now. Probably best to go through them with a fine-tooth comb and consider going through the FP replacement process for those that have a clearly better image used now...  — Amakuru (talk) 12:16, 10 November 2018 (UTC)
Agreed. I just booted two low resolution pictures from about 40 different articles in exchange for File:Pont du Gard BLS.jpg. If only replace nominations weren't as risky... MER-C 12:52, 10 November 2018 (UTC)