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

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

Promoting an image

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

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

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

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

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

Delisting an image

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

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

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

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

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

Featured content:

Featured picture tools:

Step 1:
Evaluate

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

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


For Delists (or Delist & Replace)

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


Step 3:
Transclude and link

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

How to comment for Candidate Images

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

How to comment for Delist Images

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

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

Editing candidates

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

Is my monitor adjusted correctly?

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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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Planet Stories cover, 1940


Current nominations

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National Library of Poland

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Voting period ends on 11 Nov 2024 at 10:08:37 (UTC)

Original – National Library of Poland building in Warsaw
Reason
Good quality and EV
Articles in which this image appears
National Library of Poland, National library
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Emptywords

Mordançage print

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Voting period ends on 10 Nov 2024 at 18:31:34 (UTC)

Original – A photo illustrating the mordançage technique of altering gelatin silver prints for artistic effect.
Reason
Excellent EV for its article, visually (and conceptually) unusual, high-quality image with both good detail resolution and contrast.
Articles in which this image appears
Mordançage
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Photographic techniques, terms, and equipment
Creator
Stacey Svendsen

Tornadogenesis

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Voting period ends on 10 Nov 2024 at 18:03:57 (UTC)

Original – A Doppler on Wheels radar observation of tornadogenesis in an EF2 tornado in Goshen County, Wyoming. Although the caption doesn't directly call it an EF2 tornado, this paired with this confirm it.
Reason
High EV, while it may be a little hard to understand what's happening at first, it is an invaluable asset of tornado research. Probably the best animated GIF showing the entire cycle of a tornado's life. An image of tornado itself can be found here. This Doppler image of the horrific 2011 Joplin tornado also is of high quality and EV, although this image fits better as it is a GIF.
Articles in which this image appears
Mobile radar observation of tornadoes, History of tornado research, Tornado, Eye (cyclone), Radius of maximum wind, VORTEX projects
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Weather
Creator
VORTEX2 Team (technically Joshua Wurman, since he developed the software)


Delist:Kumar Anish

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Voting period ends on 10 Nov 2024 at 14:34:15 (UTC)

A man in a blue coat.
Reason
Not used in any articles, probably would fail today's standards as a FP anyways. Article on subject was deleted via an AfD about a month ago for not meeting WP:BIO.
Articles this image appears in
None
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Kumar Anish.jpg
Nominator
MemeGod chat


The Sinking of the Lusitania

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Voting period ends on 10 Nov 2024 at 13:36:47 (UTC)

Original – The Sinking of the Lusitania (1918) is an American silent animated short film by cartoonist Winsor McCay. It is a work of propaganda re-creating the never-photographed 1915 sinking of the British liner RMS Lusitania. At twelve minutes, it has been called the longest work of animation at the time of its release. The film is the earliest surviving animated documentary and serious, dramatic work of animation. The National Film Registry selected it for preservation in 2017.
Reason
a very impressive early animated film by Winsor McCay, and also, a featured article on English Wikipedia
Articles in which this image appears
The Sinking of the Lusitania, Sinking of the RMS Lusitania, Winsor McCay, Animated documentary
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Film
Creator
Winsor McCay

Monolith, the Face of Half Dome

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Voting period ends on 10 Nov 2024 at 13:06:46 (UTC)

Original – Monolith, the Face of Half Dome
Reason
notable photograph, high quality and resolution
Articles in which this image appears
Monolith, the Face of Half Dome, Ansel Adams, Half Dome
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others
Creator
Ansel Adams
  • I don't agree with calling it "washed-out blacks". Because this copy has more detail in the darker areas than the other versions (compare at same magnification). Ansel Adams had his own unconventional developing and printing techniques. So his highlights and blacks aren't always conventional. I am not an expert but that's what I've read about him. Bammesk (talk) 01:40, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Double-bladed solar diffraction spike in Hyde Park Chicago urban canyon

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Voting period ends on 8 Nov 2024 at 18:16:15 (UTC)

Original – A golden hour double-bladed solar diffraction spike in a Chicago urban canyon near the time of the fall equinox when the sunrise and sunset is in the middle of east-west streets in Chicago.
Reason
Shooting the brightest light source is a challenge. Capturing a solar diffraction spike in the context of an urban canyon at the golden hour was a particular challenge for me. In order to execute this image, I undertook my first attempt at bracketing and compositing. On the day I shot, I executed about a half dozen different 7-picture autobracketing sequences with full-stop increments from -3 to +3 in under 10 minutes on this camera while the sun was visible in this urban canyon. I prefer this one because the sunburst/diffraction spike has an appealling shape (especially in article space thumbs). Furthermore, in this sequence the rare double-bladed spikes are uniform throughout the scene. I composited it using free Canon software that is limited to 3 source files. Since I metered to the main subject, I ended up relying on the overexposed sequence elements to composite. The best result here uses the +1- and +3-stop sequence elements. It is slightly better than +1/+2/+3 and +2/+3 versions that are also on commons. I apologize that I cropped out so many pixels, but at the time I only had one good tripod for a three camera setup and this camera was hanging off of another camera at a 15+ degree tilt. For a first attempt at bracketing/compositing with free software, this is a pretty solid result. I think this diffraction spike really pops in thumbnail size that you see in article space.
Articles in which this image appears
Diffraction spike, Urban canyon, Golden hour (photography), Hyde Park, Chicago
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures#Sciences
Creator
TonyTheTiger
  • Support as nominator – TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 18:16, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Looks like you've put a lot of effort into planning of the shoot. It can get stressful when you're time constrained like in this case. The problem is that the photo is not a great illustration of an urban canyon. The buildings on the left are only 3 storey high. See Manhattanhenge for comparison. It also doesn't quite work as an illustration of the golden hour. All the buildings are backlit and therefore in the shadow so you're not showing what the red light does to the landscape.ro|3ek (talk) 22:55, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • User:Robek, this was actually a practice session two days before Chicagohenge, which turned out to have bad weather this year. You have educated me on the golden hour. Your point about the buildings being backlit is certainly true, but the red light is quite visible on the street surface. On the left between the Hotel Del Prado in the foreground and the Hyde Park–Kenwood National Bank Building off in the distance are 3 story buildings. However, if you read the urban canyon article this is defined as an Avenue canyon in the 3 story stretches and a regular or deep canyon in other stretches. On the 2nd of the two actual days of Chicagohenge 3 days later, I went downtown to photograph deep canyons. I was amid deeper canyons, but the diffraction spikes were less presentable. The diffraction spike is actually the focus of the image. I have reordered the article usage in this regard moving diff spike to first.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 03:56, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • P.S. the point of Xhenge photography is to show the beauty of the sunset or sunrise in the context of architecture. None of the sun photos in Manhattanhenge article show a particularly artistic sun. Most of them are just glowing masses. This nomination presents a splendid diffraction spike. Except for maybe one red presentation, I don't think Manhattanhenge has good sun presentations. The article does present the crowd gatherings in all their glory. However, I had better red rings with my longest lens on another camera, because I had concentric red rings around the sun rather than that. I do aspire to get more picturesque results in deeper canyons in future years.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:21, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 11:56, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

George Floyd protests

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Voting period ends on 8 Nov 2024 at 13:17:30 (UTC)

Original – A man stands on top of a car during the George Floyd protests in 2020. The protests were the largest to ever take place in the United States, and spread worldwide.
Reason
A really good image of the events, it shows the chaos and has relatively high EV. Framing is also good. It definitely catches my eye whenever I read the article. May need slight perspective correction, but I believe the image is supposed to line up with the man, and not the other objects, which makes sense.
Articles in which this image appears
2020 in Japan, George Floyd protests, George Floyd protests in Minneapolis–Saint Paul, United States racial unrest (2020–2023)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/American
Creator
Lorie Shaull

The Circus

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Voting period ends on 8 Nov 2024 at 12:48:47 (UTC)

Original – The Circus is a 1928 silent romantic comedy film written, produced, and directed by Charlie Chaplin. The film stars Chaplin, Al Ernest Garcia, Merna Kennedy, Harry Crocker, George Davis and Henry Bergman. The ringmaster of an impoverished circus hires Chaplin's Little Tramp as a clown, but discovers that he can only be funny unintentionally.
Reason
my first Featured picture nomination since, you know, that thing, however the reason I'm nominate this movie, it's becaused it is one of the most well know Charlie Chaplin movies and also, is the one of two chaplin movies to win an oscar
Articles in which this image appears
The Circus (1928 film)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Film
Creator
Charlie Chaplin


Delist and replace: Apollo 11 bootprint

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Voting period ends on 7 Nov 2024 at 19:04:39 (UTC)

Buzz Aldrin's bootprint
high resolution copy of the same picture
Reason
high resolution copy of the same picture
Articles this image appears in
will be replaced if D&R succeeds
Previous nomination
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Apollo 11 bootprint.jpg
Nominator
Yann (talk)


Chaos at the Capitol

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Voting period ends on 7 Nov 2024 at 16:18:39 (UTC)

Original – The January 6 United States Capitol attack, where thousands of armed protesters rioted and broke into the United States Capitol. Six were killed, and the attack has since become a defining point in American history.
Reason
High EV, probably the best image that sums up the entire event. Lede image for the article itself.
Articles in which this image appears
January 6 United States Capitol attack, Donald Trump and fascism, History of the Republican Party (United States), History of the United States, List of controversial elections, List of protests in the 21st century, Political demonstration, Political ideologies in the United States, Right-wing terrorism, United States, 2020s, 2021
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/American
Creator
Tyler Merbler

Cerro Tololo Observatory

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Voting period ends on 6 Nov 2024 at 16:29:51 (UTC)

Original – Cerro Tololo Observatory complex, with the open dome Blanco Telescope in center-right
Reason
Quality lead image in Cerro Tololo observatory article, with the open dome Blanco Telescope in center-right.
Articles in which this image appears
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Understanding
Creator
CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/T. Matsopoulos
  • Support – All the lines that should be vertical (the dome aperture, the silo-type things) are. I think the mountains really do just slope downward like that. Moonreach (talk) 16:33, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I double-checked, and the silos aren't truly vertical, although they're close. The exterior vertical elements on the observatory base are, though. It's possible that there really is a tilt here, but if there is, it's much more subtle that then horizon line suggests. Moonreach (talk) 19:41, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • To illustrate the camera rotation in this photo as per discussion above, I don't have a lens correction profile for the drone used here, so the perspective lines won't quite match. ro|3ek (talk) 13:23, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Sorry, I disagree. The camera is pointing northeast. Google Earth here and here and the elevation map here confirm that's the natural slope of the mountains. In the screenshots, the observatory is at the center of the red circles. Some mountainous skylines just aren't horizontal. Bammesk (talk) 01:14, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Grey plover

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Voting period ends on 6 Nov 2024 at 11:07:37 (UTC)

Original – Black-Bellied Plover in non-breeding plumage in Scarborough Marsh.
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons. Illustrates article well.
Articles in which this image appears
Grey plover, Scarborough Marsh
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Chuck Homler

Junonia coenia

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Voting period ends on 6 Nov 2024 at 10:52:56 (UTC)

Original – Common buckeye in Eagle Creek Park.
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears
Junonia coenia
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Rhododendrites

Caricature of Wang Lianying

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Voting period ends on 5 Nov 2024 at 15:22:17 (UTC)

Original – A caricature of Wang Lianying, a courtesan who was murdered for her jewellery in 1920; this illustration, prepared by Jefferson Machamer, accompanied coverage of the trial in New York Tribune
Reason
High quality scan of a piece of newspaper art. The murder of Wang Lianying, a famed courtesan, captured imaginations in Shanghai, and the case was even reported in the international press. This image, which accompanied coverage of the trial in the New York Tribune, illustrates that international coverage; it also provides an early example of artwork by Jefferson Machamer, who developed a reputation for depicting glamourous women.
Articles in which this image appears
Murder of Wang Lianying, Jefferson Machamer
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others, perhaps?
Creator
Jefferson Machamer, restored (cleaned, text removed) by  — Chris Woodrich (talk)

Celeste cover art

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Voting period ends on 4 Nov 2024 at 23:41:57 (UTC)

Original – Cover art of Celeste (2018)
Reason
A freely licensed high quality image of the official cover art of a famous video game.
Articles in which this image appears
Celeste (video game)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
Maddy Makes Games

Keir Hardie

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Voting period ends on 4 Nov 2024 at 16:51:54 (UTC)

Original – Keir Hardie, founder of the Labour Party, in 1909.
Reason
A fine image of the founder of the British Labour Party
Articles in which this image appears
Keir Hardie, et al.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/People/Political
Creator
George Grantham Bain, restored by Adam Cuerden

F5 tornado in Canada

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Voting period ends on 4 Nov 2024 at 13:36:20 (UTC)

Original – The 2007 Elie tornado, an F5 tornado and the only F5 tornado in Canada's history.
Reason
High EV, a very rare image of an extremely violent weather event, one of the higest-quality images I've ever seen of a tornado overall. FP on Commons, Indonesian Wiki and Turkish Wiki. Used in 70 pages just on the English Wikipedia.
Articles in which this image appears
2007 Elie tornado, Tornado, Atmospheric convection, Climate of Manitoba, Elie, Manitoba, From This Place, List of Canadian tornadoes and tornado outbreaks (since 2001), List of tornadoes by province (Canada), Outline of Manitoba, Severe weather, Thunderstorm +60 more
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Weather
Creator
Justin1569

Blue-throated barbet (Psilopogon asiaticus)

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Voting period ends on 4 Nov 2024 at 08:59:34 (UTC)

Original – Blue-throated barbet on a fruiting tree, Meghalaya, India
Reason
Infobox image of Blue-throated barbet. Recent FP on Commons, unanimously promoted in 5 days.
Articles in which this image appears
Blue-throated barbet; Megalaimidae
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Tagooty

Planet Stories cover, 1940

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Voting period ends on 3 Nov 2024 at 20:57:30 (UTC)

Original – The cover of the Autumn 1940 issue of Planet Stories, a pulp magazine that ran from 1939 to 1955
Reason
No single cover can fully encapsulate pulp magazines, but this one has a lot of good stuff: A spaceman with a jetpack and a raygun carrying an improbably dressed woman, while in the background some kind of futuristic machine explodes. The scan quality is good, and captures the halftone printing dots, which are functionally the resolution limit of the source image. I did a light crop to remove a white line on the right side, but I don't want to get too crop-happy, since this is a time-worn physical object and has somewhat uneven edges because of it.
Articles in which this image appears
Pulp magazine, Ray Cummings, later added: Planet Stories
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Literary illustrations
Creator
Albert Drake, whose signature in the lower left corner unfortunately has the Fiction House roundel printed squarely over the top of it

3DBenchy

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Voting period ends on 3 Nov 2024 at 19:48:50 (UTC)

Original – 3DBenchy is a 3D test model of a boat, designed to stress test the capabilities of 3D printers.
Reason
Has anyone ever tried a 3D model nomination here? I haven't seen one, and I figured 3DBenchy would be a worthy attempt. 3DBenchy is a calibration object designed to stress test 3D printers. It is open-source and (in certain circles) quite famous. If you prefer to grade it purely as an image, the largest 2D preview is well over the minimum pixel count and the underlying file is almost 11 MB.
Articles in which this image appears
3DBenchy
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Other or
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Others
Creator
Daniel Norée & Paulo Kiefe (by Creative Tools Sweden AB)
  • Support as nominator – Moonreach (talk) 19:48, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – I think this is going to be a tough sell based on how poorly mediawiki renders previews of STL files, but if we were going to feature an STL file either this or File:Utah teapot (solid).stl would be good candidates. --Ahecht (TALK
    PAGE    )     20:03, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    A thought crossed my mind that what we really need is a wiki project called Featured Multimedia, which could handle all the file types that aren't images (and perhaps videos, since Featured Pictures has a prior claim on those). I discovered there was Wikipedia:Featured sounds, but it's been dormant since 2011. That catalog would make a good starting point for Featured Multimedia. Moonreach (talk) 20:42, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - edges are a pixel mess! The teapot is clean, would support that. --Janke | Talk 07:29, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I worry about the licensing situation with the teapot. Our copy is tagged CC, but it's a recreation of someone else's 3D model, which is in turn a recreation of a commercial article. It's possible the pathway is still clear - I don't know what the college's license is, and I believe in the US functional items can't have their designs copyrighted, but that's still more hoops than I want to jump through. Moonreach (talk) 15:36, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – If we're going to start allowing 3D models into FP, then we may aswell rename it from Featured Pictures to Featured Media ―Howard • 🌽33 08:46, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    See my comment above - I wonder if there is enough interest (and enough such material) that a separate project might be worthwhile. I would estimate that all sounds, videos and 3D objects in Commons are still lesser in number than all the pictures, but they still represent a substantial amount of the media Wikimedia has to offer. Moonreach (talk) 15:59, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nominations — to be closed

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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

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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

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    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 November 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

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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

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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.

Josephine Baker poster

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 1 Nov 2024 at 13:48:19 (UTC)

Original – A 1931 poster by Jean Chassaing advertising Josephine Baker
Reason
Striking, extremely high resolution image of Josephine Baker in a style contemporary to her heyday. Featured picture on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Josephine Baker, kiss curl, laid edges, Donyale Luna
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others or
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
Jean Chassaing

Promoted File:Joséphine Baker par Jean Chassaing.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:08, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hurricane Milton

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 30 Oct 2024 at 23:34:49 (UTC)

Original – Hurricane Milton at its peak intensity category (Category 5) seen from the International Space Station, October 2024
Reason
Quality image of Hurricane Milton at its peak intensity category (Category 5) over the Gulf of Mexico in October 2024. We have very few hurricane FPs that show the curvature of Earth. This shows it and I think that's a plus. This was shot from the International Space Station. The control arm on top helps establish the viewing angle/location. The image is noisy, but I think the high pixel count more or less makes up for it.
Articles in which this image appears
Hurricane Milton
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Weather
Creator
NASA/Michael Barratt

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:50, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Monolith, the Face of Half Dome

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 30 Oct 2024 at 20:20:05 (UTC)

Original – Monolith, the Face of Half Dome
Reason
notable photograph, high quality and resolution
Articles in which this image appears
Monolith, the Face of Half Dome, Ansel Adams, Half Dome
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others
Creator
Ansel Adams
  • Adam is right. Updated. Thanks for finding this copy. Yann (talk) 08:54, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    There is an argument for uploading images from different sources as seperate files: If there's damage, it can help make repairing it easier, and it avoids the situation we have here, where there's two sources given, one of which is irrelevant to the one in question. I'd probably tease the variants out; I do think this is eminently featurable, but the nomination closes in two days, and it may be best to let this close and immediately renomnate, citing that it took a while to find the best version. Conditional Support on fixing up the source documentation on the file page if it helps, though. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 18:14, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I think that having a dozen inferior versions of the same work of art doesn't help reusers. It would only confuse them. I mention the source for each version, in case someone wants to look into the details. I edited the sources mentioned. Yann (talk) 18:42, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Those links won't last forever. That's what Commons:Template:superseded is for. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 17:17, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:33, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Cytoplasmic streaming

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 30 Oct 2024 at 18:53:25 (UTC)

Original – Cytoplasmic streaming in onion epidermal cell
Reason
Good depiction of cytoplasmic streaming, in this case streaming in onion epidermal cells. Onion cells are typically 200 x 40 microns in size.
Articles in which this image appears
Cytoplasmic streaming
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Biology
Creator
Heiti Paves

Promoted File:Cytoplasmic streaming.webm --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:54, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Eurasian chaffinch

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 30 Oct 2024 at 11:08:14 (UTC)

Original – Male chaffinch, Scotland
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons two weeks ago. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears
Eurasian chaffinch
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Caroline Legg

Promoted File:Male Chaffinch - Fringilla coelebs.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:26, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ganges Delta

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 30 Oct 2024 at 10:44:42 (UTC)

Original – Ganges Delta, 2020 satellite photograph.
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons two weeks ago. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears
Ganges Delta, Ganges
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking back
Creator
European Space Agency

Promoted File:Ganges Delta ESA22274217.jpeg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:24, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nude Descending a Staircase

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Voting period ends on 7 Nov 2024 at 14:11:00 (UTC)

Original – Nude Descending a Staircase, by Marcel Duchamp
Reason
notable painting with its own article
Articles in which this image appears
Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2, and many others
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Marcel Duchamp, image by Philadelphia Museum of Art

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 01:36, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Suspended nominations

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

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