Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates

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

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

Promoting an image

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

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

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

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

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

Delisting an image

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

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

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

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

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

Featured content:

Featured picture tools:

Step 1:
Evaluate

Evaluate the merit of a nomination against the featured picture criteria. Most users reference terms from this page when evaluating nominations.
Step 2:
Create a subpage
For Nominations

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


For Delists (or Delist & Replace)

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


Step 3:
Transclude and link

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

How to comment for Candidate Images

  • Write Support, if you approve of the picture. A reason is optional.
  • Write Oppose, followed by your reasoning, if you disapprove of the picture. All objections should be accompanied by a specific rationale that, if addressed, would make you support the image. If your concern is one that can only be addressed by the creator, and if they haven't nominated or commented on the image, and if they are a Wikipedian, you should notify them directly.
  • You can weak support or weak oppose instead, so that your opinion will be weighed as half of a "full" opinion.
    • To change your opinion, strike it out (with <s>...</s>) rather than removing it.
  • If you think a nominated image obviously fails the featured picture criteria, write Speedy close followed by your reasons. Nominations may be closed early if this is the case.
Recommendations added early in the process may be disregarded if they do not address concerns and/or improvements that arise later in the debate. Reviewers are advised to monitor the progress of a nomination and update their votes accordingly.
Prior to giving an opinion, the image should be assessed on its quality as displayed at full size (high-resolution) in an image editing program. Please note that the images are only displayed at thumbnail size on this page. The thumbnail links to the image description page which, in turn, links to the high-resolution version.

How to comment for Delist Images

  • Write Keep, followed by your reasons for keeping the picture.
  • Write Delist, followed by your reasons for delisting the picture.
  • Write Delist and Replace if you believe the image should be replaced by a better picture.
  • You can weak keep, weak delist or weak delist and replace instead, so that your opinion will be weighed as half of a "full" opinion.
    • To change your opinion, strike it out (with <s>...</s>) rather than removing it.
Please remember to be civil, not to bite the newbies and to comment on the image, not the person.

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

Editing candidates

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

Is my monitor adjusted correctly?

In a discussion about the brightness of an image, it is necessary to know if the computer display is properly adjusted. Displays differ greatly in their ability to show shadow detail. There are four dark grey circles in the adjacent image. If you can discern three (or even four) of the circles, your monitor can display shadow detail correctly. If you see fewer than three circles, you may need to adjust the monitor and/or computer display settings. Some displays cannot be adjusted for ideal shadow detail. Please take this into account when voting.

Displays also differ greatly in their ability to show highlight detail. There are light grey circles in the adjacent image. If you can discern three (or even four) of the circles, your monitor can display highlight detail correctly. If you see fewer than three circles, you may need to adjust the monitor and/or computer display settings (probably reduce the contrast setting). Some displays cannot be adjusted for ideal highlight detail. Please take this into account when voting.

On a gamma-adjusted display, the four circles in the color image blend into the background when seen from a few feet (roughly 75–150 cm) away. If they do not, you could adjust the gamma setting (found in the computer's settings, not on the display), until they do. This may be very difficult to attain, and a slight error is not detrimental. Uncorrected PC displays usually show the circles darker than the background. Note that the image must be viewed in original size (263 × 68 pixels) - if enlarged or reduced, results are not accurate.

Note that on most consumer LCD displays (laptop or flat screen), viewing angle strongly affects these images. Correct adjustment on one part of the screen might be incorrect on another part for a stationary head position. Click on the images for more technical information. If possible, calibration with a hardware monitor calibrator is recommended.
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Current nominations[edit]

The first space selfie evaaa[edit]

Voting period ends on 8 Oct 2023 at 03:46:20 (UTC)

Original – Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, pilot of the Gemini 12 spacecraft, is seen in a self-photograph during extra-vehicular activity (EVA) in 1966.
Reason
Historical and notable as the first EVA space self potrait ever taken, as well as high EV and good resolution.
Articles in which this image appears
Space selfie and selfie
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Photographic techniques, terms, and equipment/Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Getting there/Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering
Creator
NASA/Buzz Aldrin
Updated. Nonetheless, historical and notable. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 12:04, 28 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Comment – Murky, mysterious. – Sca (talk) 12:53, 28 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Oppose - Shadow detail totally lost, compare with the signed photo on file page. --Janke | Talk 13:12, 28 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hyochangwon as Korea's first golf course[edit]

Voting period ends on 5 Oct 2023 at 12:41:29 (UTC)

Original – In 1921, the Empire of Japan turned a Korean royal cemetery into the first golf course on the peninsula. The fenced-off tombs (center of image) remained in the line of play.
Restoration (by Adam Cuerden)
Reason
Paired with a caption I think it's pretty shocking; my jaw dropped when I first learned of it. Succinctly captures why the period of Korea under Japanese rule has continued to cause controversy. For sources for the claims in the caption, please see the Hyochang Park article.
Articles in which this image appears
Hyochang Park
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/Others
Creator
『朝鮮』(朝鮮總督府, 1925), Seoul History Archives

Hooded mountain tanager[edit]

Voting period ends on 5 Oct 2023 at 08:14:15 (UTC)

Original – Hooded mountain tanager (Buthraupis montana cucullata), Caldas Department in Colombia
Reason
High quality image. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Hooded mountain tanager
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Buff-tailed coronet[edit]

Voting period ends on 5 Oct 2023 at 08:17:15 (UTC)

Original – Buff-tailed coronet (Boissonneaua flavescens flavescens), Caldas Department in Colombia
Reason
High quality image. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Buff-tailed coronet
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Red-tailed squirrel[edit]

Voting period ends on 5 Oct 2023 at 08:21:10 (UTC)

Original – Red-tailed squirrel (Sciurus granatensis chrysuros) male, Caldas Department, Colombia
Reason
High quality large image. Illustrates article well. FP on Commons
Articles in which this image appears
Red-tailed squirrel
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Parazoanthus axinellae[edit]

Voting period ends on 4 Oct 2023 at 10:50:52 (UTC)

Original – Yellow cluster anemone (Parazoanthus axinellae), Arrábida National Park, Portugal. (As the article notes, this is not an anemone.)
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons this year.
Articles in which this image appears
Parazoanthus axinellae
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Cnidaria
Creator
Diego Delso


Leptura quadrifasciata[edit]

Voting period ends on 4 Oct 2023 at 10:36:59 (UTC)

Original – Female four-banded longhorn beetle (body length ca 20 mm) on the inflorescence of wild carrot.
Reason
Featured unanimously on Commons this year.
Articles in which this image appears
Leptura quadrifasciata
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Ivar Leidus

Tony Lovato[edit]

Voting period ends on 3 Oct 2023 at 13:38:41 (UTC)

Original – Tony Lovato, the lead vocalist for the pop punk band Mest
Reason
Excellent pose, taken during a performance. I'm normally very iffy about my concert photographs because I've been limited to a cell, but this one I think crosses the threshhold.
Articles in which this image appears
Tony Lovato
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
 — Chris Woodrich (talk)
  • I'm forgetting the timelines because it's been a busy week, but IIRC this was during a slower portion of one of their songs, while he was leaning into the crowd. File:Mest performing at Saint Andrew's Hall, Detroit, 2023-09-14 08.jpg is the closest chronologically (only a couple minutes prior), though given that this was only a hour's set, it doesn't help narrow things down much. No fan videos of their performance either. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 10:02, 25 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Falka[edit]

Voting period ends on 2 Oct 2023 at 12:50:14 (UTC)

Original – Poster for Falka, Henry Brougham Farnie's English-language adaptation of Le droit d'aînesse.
Reason
Quite a nice poster. Touring production of the run, which I think goes some way to show the popularity. The English-language adaptation has a large presence in the article, which I think justifies it not being the original French.
Articles in which this image appears
Le droit d'aînesse, Henry Brougham Farnie
FP category for this image
WP:FP/THEATRE
Creator
David Allen & Sons, restored by Adam Cuerden

Plac Konstytucji[edit]

Voting period ends on 1 Oct 2023 at 15:41:36 (UTC)

Original – Panorama of the Constitution Square in Warsaw
Reason
Good quality and EV
Articles in which this image appears
Plac Konstytucji, Śródmieście, Warsaw
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban
Creator
User:Emptywords
I struck the above vote per instructions on top of the WP:FPC page. Editor has less than 100 edits on the English Wikipedia. Bammesk (talk) 17:21, 24 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
That is true and fair, thank you for pointing out! EUPBR (talk) 20:59, 24 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]


Delist:File:Balistapus undulatus (Nausicaä).jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 1 Oct 2023 at 00:33:19 (UTC)

Orange-lined triggerfish
Reason
It was replaced with a higher resolution FP here: File:Pez ballesta ondulado (Balistapus undulatus), mar Rojo, Egipto, 2023-04-15, DD 45.jpg.
Articles this image appears in
None
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Balistapus undulatus (Nausicaä).jpg
Nominator
Bammesk (talk)


Nominations — to be closed[edit]

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

Older nominations requiring additional input from users[edit]

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

Closing procedure[edit]

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

When NOT promoted, perform the following:

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

When promoted, perform the following:

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

Then perform the following, regardless of the outcome:

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

Delist closing procedure[edit]

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

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

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

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

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

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

  1. Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/delist/subpage:
    {{FPCresult|Replaced|}} with File:NEW_IMAGE_FILENAME.JPG --~~~~
    • Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.
    • Replace NEW_IMAGE_FILENAME.JPG with the name of the replacement file.
  2. Replace the {{Featured picture}} tag from the delisted image with {{FormerFeaturedPicture|delist/''Image name''}}.
  3. Update the replacement picture's tag, adding the tag {{Featured picture|delist/image_name}} (replace image_name with the nomination page name, i.e., the image_name from Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/delist/image_name). Remove any no longer applicable tags from the original, replacement and from any other alternatives. If the alternatives were on Commons and no longer have any tags, be sure to tag the description page with {{missing image}}.
  4. Replace the delisted Featured Picture in all articles with the new replacement Featured Picture version. Do NOT replace the original in non-article space, such as Talk Pages, FPC nominations, archives, etc.
  5. Ensure that the replacement image is included on the appropriate sub-page of Wikipedia:Featured pictures and the appropriate section of Wikipedia:Featured pictures thumbs. Do this by replacing the original image with the new replacement image; do not add the replacement as a new Featured Picture.

Then perform the following, regardless of the outcome:

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

Recently closed nominations[edit]

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

Black-tailed prairie dog[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 27 Sep 2023 at 10:45:51 (UTC)

Original – Black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus), Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC last month, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Black-tailed prairie dog
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
Cephas

Promoted File:Cynomys ludovicianus GNP 21.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:50, 28 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Rhinecanthus assasi[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 27 Sep 2023 at 10:41:05 (UTC)

Original – Assasi triggerfish (Rhinecanthus assasi), Red Sea, Egypt.
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC two months ago, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Rhinecanthus assasi
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish
Creator
Diego Delso
  • Support as nominator – MER-C 10:41, 17 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Unfortunate melding with background, looks like an additional fin... --Janke | Talk 09:20, 18 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:38, 28 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Juncus compressus[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 27 Sep 2023 at 10:34:07 (UTC)

Original – Flowering round-fruited rush (flower Ø 3–4 mm)
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC two months ago, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Juncus compressus
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Flowers
Creator
Ivar Leidus

Promoted File:Juncus compressus - Niitvälja.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:36, 28 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Crucifix shadow[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 26 Sep 2023 at 21:54:14 (UTC)

Original – Fifteenth century painted wooden crucifix and shadow. Abbey of Saint Peter (Assisi) - Italy.
Reason
Featured picture and quality and valued image on Commons, nice perspective captivating subject and shadow, respecting the rule of thirds. This image enriched the relative Wikipedia page.
Articles in which this image appears
Abbey of Saint Peter (Assisi)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Places/Interiors
Creator
Terragio67

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:22, 26 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Suspended nominations[edit]

This section is for Featured Picture (or delisting) candidacies whose closure is postponed for additional editing, rendering, or copyright clarification.

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