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Reason

Was seen on Commons FPC a few days ago, where it was featured unanimously.

Articles in which this image appears

Ptychochromis insolitus

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish

Creator

H. Zell

• Support as nominator – MER-C 11:25, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Not the sexiest fish to look at, but very high EV given that the species is now extinct in the wild. Will be a good pic of the day to drive readers to the article. Choliamb (talk) 19:41, 21 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – per Choliamb. Bammesk (talk) 03:37, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.2% of all FPs. Currently celebrating his 600^th FP!} 21:32, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - What a dfish!  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:39, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Ptychochromis insolitus - Wilhelma 01.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 11:26, 1 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

Was seen on Commons FPC last year, where it was featured unanimously.

Articles in which this image appears

La Laguna Cathedral

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Sculpture

Creator

Diego Delso

• Support as nominator – MER-C 11:42, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Vinícius O. (talk) 14:09, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support --Palauenc05 (talk) 21:21, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – DreamSparrow ^Chat 14:15, 20 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Choliamb (talk) 20:21, 21 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment – I wonder if this image might be a good addition to the article Virgin of Los Remedios as well. At the moment that article is illustrated by two photos of figures of the Virgin herself, which are iconographically almost identical. The second one is small and low-quality (335 x 502 px) and it provides little information that isn't already provided by the first one; perhaps it could be replaced by the nominated photo of this altarpiece, which serves as a fantastically elaborate frame for a similar figure? Choliamb (talk) 20:21, 21 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Support – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 23:40, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Catedral de San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, España, 2022-01-07, DD, DD 85-87 HDR.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 11:44, 1 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Added image to Places/Interiors instead. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 11:44, 1 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

High quality and resolution. Previous nomination ended on 4-0.

Articles in which this image appears

The Wine Glass, Jan Hope, Hope Collection of Pictures

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings

Creator

Johannes Vermeer

• Support as nominator – Vinícius O. (talk) 14:21, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Good timing to coincide with the blockbuster Vermeer exhibition in Amsterdam right now. (Although as my wife points out, it's a little scary that 28 of the 37 known Vermeers are now gathered together in one place. If there were a fire or some other disaster, it would wipe out three-quarters of his surviving works in a single blow.) – Choliamb (talk) 14:36, 24 February 2023‎ (UTC)[reply]
• Support. MER-C 17:16, 25 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Feels a little weird at full resolution, but that's probably paintings... Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.2% of all FPs. Currently celebrating his 600^th FP!} 21:31, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support per previous nom and my wish for a glass of chianti — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:37, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Jan Vermeer van Delft - The Glass of Wine - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:45, 1 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

High resolution. Is seen as a FP candidate on Commons.

Articles in which this image appears

Kitt Peak National Observatory

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Understanding

Creator

KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/T. Slovinský

• Support as nominator – TheFreeWorld (talk) 17:30, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – I placed the nom image in the infobox. It has much higher resolution than the previous image. Bammesk (talk) 03:36, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support --Janke | Talk 11:17, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Choliamb (talk) 14:28, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. MER-C 17:17, 25 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Lion-hearted85 (talk) 22:58, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 00:13, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Kitt Peak National Observatory in the Quinlan Mountains, 2023.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:59, 1 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

High quality picture

Articles in which this image appears

Brazilian imperial family, Imperial Museum of Brazil

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture

Creator

Oscar liberal

• Support as nominator – Vinícius O. (talk) 00:57, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose oddly angled, off-center, and the bush at the very left is throwing me off. A head-on view would be best for these palaces, I believe. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 00:24, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment – Nice photo but weak EV, there is no text regarding this palace in the article. Bammesk (talk) 16:10, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  For more info, see Imperial Museum of Brazil – Vinícius O. (talk) 17:06, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  When you create a nom using Template:FPCnom, the article line says: "links to the article(s) that use this image, in order of where the image has highest encyclopedic value". The museum article wasn't listed initially, and it should be listed as the first article. In the museum article, this image has EV, but I wouldn't call it strong EV. It is placed at the end of the article, and it's competing (EV-wise) with a nice (though technically subpar) image in the infobox. Bammesk (talk) 17:28, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  I didn't listed the article initially because the image was added to it just days before the nomination. My apologies.

  English is not my first language, so excuse any mistake. Thank you. Vinícius O. (talk) 19:06, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 01:34, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

good quality; more types, good for Infobox

Articles in which this image appears

Qurabiya

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Food and drink

Creator

Petar Milošević

• Support as nominator – Petar Milošević (talk) 12:01, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Bammesk (talk) 02:20, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. MER-C 13:27, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Question Why are some sugared and others not? Does that demonstrate various types? Otherwise it's somewhat jarring IMO. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 00:12, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose This is just one type of Qurabiya from a specific country, there are 6 other, completely different types pictured in the article. Several different toppings cause the uncertainty seen in above comment. Janke | Talk 19:48, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• John M Wolfson, Janke, base is same, just adding on top is different, from sugar, honig, hazelnut to none of it. --Petar Milošević (talk) 11:40, 1 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:19, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

High resolution, well contrasted and in focus. Individual of cultural notability.

Articles in which this image appears

Rhina Aguirre

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political

Creator

Staff photographer for the Chamber of Senators of Bolivia

• Support as nominator – Krisgabwoosh (talk) 19:40, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: Re-nominating cropped version used in the actual article per comments from the previous nom. Krisgabwoosh (talk) 19:41, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Bammesk (talk) 02:18, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Choliamb (talk) 14:39, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. MER-C 17:44, 25 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 12:55, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Rhina Aguirre Amézaga. 11 November 2014, Chamber of Senators, La Paz. (52421482576) Cropped I.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:44, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

good quality

Articles in which this image appears

White Tower of Thessaloniki

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture

Creator

kishjar

• Support as nominator – EmiliaITČA (talk) 07:38, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment – Looks somewhat blurry at full res. – Sca (talk) 13:46, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose because of the perspective distortion caused by the use of a wide angle lens so close to subject. There's plenty of open space around the White Tower (compare, e.g., this photo, or the photo currently in the infobox for the article), so there's no need to get this close. The distortion is unnecessary and reduces the EV. I also find the ugly concrete platform and the figures in the foreground a little distracting. This is a perfectly fine holiday photo, but I don't think it rises to the level of FP. – Choliamb (talk) 15:12, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment – Weak EV, FP criterion #5, it can't "help readers understand an article" when in the article it is so small and indistinct in a gallery. It's hardly noticeable. Bammesk (talk) 15:18, 25 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose – I actually like this scene showing some context around the tower, including people, but the photo is not technically perfect. Sharpness could be better and there is some chromatic aberration (most noticeable on the top). The top crop is too tight to my taste. Also colour saturation seems a bit too much. Lion-hearted85 (talk) 18:45, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:47, 6 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

A well-composed image, with sharp focus across the dessert (it's called both a cake and a pie, which I suspect may be translation issues). Already a featured image on commons. If the nomination goes through, I'd like to run this image as picture of the day on the US Pi Day (March 14th).

Articles in which this image appears

Apple pie, Apple cake

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Food and drink

Creator

W.carter

• Support as nominator – --Ahecht (TALK
  PAGE) 21:18, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Bammesk (talk) 15:12, 25 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak oppose - The shadows are a bit too deep for my liking, especially for a food image. This is admittedly a high quality image - but I don't think it's up to the standards we've set with previous candidates. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 12:55, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose Lighting not as delicious as it ought to be for a food photo. Janke | Talk 19:40, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:40, 6 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

Quality image of this mineral.

Articles in which this image appears

Pyromorphite

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Geology

Creator

Ivar Leidus

• Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 15:09, 25 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support --Janke | Talk 17:40, 25 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. MER-C 17:44, 25 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Choliamb (talk) 21:32, 25 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 12:51, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – MA Javadi (talk) 15:06, 1 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Pyromorphite - Santa Eufemia, Cordoba, Spain.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:35, 7 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

Quality image of the original Xbox 360, first released in May 2005. Its lifespan was 2005 to 2016. According to its article, the Xbox 360 (in its many versions) is the 9th highest selling home video game.

Articles in which this image appears

Xbox 360, History of video game consoles, plus 6

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Electronics

Creator

Evan-Amos

• Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 15:42, 25 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - Evan did/does some great work. I'm a little leery of the close crop, but in the end it does seem to be best suited for the use in the infobox on the console.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 12:50, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. MER-C 13:26, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment – Meh. – Sca (talk) 13:54, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – I agree with Chris. Evan's work is meticulous, incredibly consistent, and of great value in illustrating Wikipedia. Hundreds of articles wouldn't be the same without his contributions. Lion-hearted85 (talk) 22:57, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Evan's work is still incredible and continues to be the definitive photographs of these consoles. DecafPotato (talk) 01:45, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support --Wow (talk) 02:06, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Xbox-360-Pro-wController.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:44, 7 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

Important and high resolution. Previous nominations: March 2006, September 2006, October 2006, September 2010

Articles in which this image appears

Washington Crossing the Delaware (1851 paintings), George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River, George Washington, etc.

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings

Creator

Emanuel Leutze

• Support as nominator – Wow (talk) 13:21, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment – the image at the Metropolitan museum's website here shows there is more to it on the left side. Bammesk (talk) 00:34, 6 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment - The version that was featured is not the current revision. Per Commons:Overwriting existing files, I've reverted to the featured version.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 22:55, 6 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• The image is too soft for a giant 21 x 12 feet painting. At 4313 × 2473 pixels, the scan rate is 17 pixels per inch, it's too low. Bammesk (talk) 03:19, 7 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Withdraw – Wow (talk) 05:51, 7 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:02, 7 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Withdrawn nomination. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:02, 7 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

Currently unopposed at Commons FPC. Not technically perfect but valuable enough to look the other way.

Articles in which this image appears

Thomas Neuwirth

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment

Creator

Albin Olsson

• Support as nominator – MER-C 13:22, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose – Flashy stage environment lessens EV for this performer. – Sca (talk) 13:51, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - Flashy stage environment makes an action shot for any performer, really. This is particularly important in cases like this where the stage persona (Conchita Wurst) is explicitly distinguished from the performer (Thomas Neuwirth). Excellent presentation, noise is understandable due to technical constraints (wish I could bring my camera into performances! Some images could have been FP worthy), and great dynamicity.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 10:49, 28 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose per Sca. --Petar Milošević (talk) 11:42, 1 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – I would also support a tighter crop. Bammesk (talk) 15:35, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:08, 8 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

Was seen on Commons FPC last year, where it was featured unanimously.

Articles in which this image appears

Gilpinia hercyniae

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects

Creator

Ivar Leidus

• Support as nominator – MER-C 13:40, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose because of composition, not entire larva visible, can't see all of its posterior... Janke | Talk 19:33, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – there isn't much else to see [1]. The tail wrapping the twig is natural and common [2][3]. Bammesk (talk) 15:35, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support per Bammesk.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:11, 6 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:39, 8 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

Chicago first received rapid transit when the South Side Elevated Railroad opened on June 6, 1892. Ten stations opened that day, eight of which looked like this 1904 image of the station on 18th Street. The railroad subsequently expanded southward, but the station houses on the extension looked quite different from those on the original portion as depicted here.

Unfortunately, the city didn't like these street-level station houses that blocked under-track alley access. When the railroad wished to construct a third center track for express operations in 1907, they were only allowed to do so in exchange for demolishing these station houses and replacing them with mezzanines. Therefore, despite the historic significance of these station houses, pictures of them are rare; none were known to exist in 1995, and even today I know of only two other pictures of these houses, neither of which are of as good quality composition-wise as this.

While the rarity of these images should dovetail nicely with this particular image's EV, I am aware that it is rather small. It was originally even smaller, although it was the largest size available on the internet. I actually enlarged it and quadrupled its size (doubling each dimension) in the course of my restoration, but I fear that anything further will start stretching out any artifacts or other blurriness. I've e-mailed the Library of Congress for help in obtaining access any other possible copy of this negative that would yield a larger size if need be.

Articles in which this image appears

18th station (CTA South Side Elevated), List of former Chicago "L" stations

FP category for this image

USA History

Creator

A Chicago Daily News photographer, uploaded by Lost on Belmont, and restored and enlarged by myself.

• Support as nominator – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 22:45, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment as of the time of this comment, the unrestored, uncropped version pops up whenever you click the image, but the thumbnail is the correct cropped version and appears on Commons. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 23:41, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose Way too small per FPC criteria, visibly upsampled, too... PS: To see the "correct" file, purge your browser's cache. Janke | Talk 19:38, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Little lesson in the LoC: Anything taken from the "American Memory" section of the site exists elsewhere, usually at much higher resolution. As such, the source for this indicates we likely can do better. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.2% of all FPs. Currently celebrating his 600^th FP!} 03:10, 28 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:31, 8 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

An interesting 16th century map, the Bünting Clover Leaf Map, a type of T and O map by pastor theologian cartographer Heinrich Bünting. FP on Commons.

Articles in which this image appears

Bünting Clover Leaf Map, Heinrich Bünting, History of the center of the Universe, plus one

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Maps

Creator

Heinrich Bünting

• Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 01:37, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support --Palauenc05 (talk) 09:19, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. MER-C 11:45, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support but with the reservation that there is a hair on the right margin (someone didn't clean their scanner) — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:10, 6 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support TheFreeWorld (talk) 15:56, 8 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:1581 Bunting clover leaf map.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:52, 9 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

High quality, good resolution

Articles in which this image appears

Michel Temer, History of Brazil (1985–present)

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political

Creator

Beto Barata

• Support as nominator – Vinícius O. (talk) 15:56, 1 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment – Official photo of politician in suit & tie. Meh. – Sca (talk) 14:04, 2 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • And the tie isn't even knitted... ;-) --Janke | Talk 14:34, 2 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

    That's getting down to the knitty-gritty. -- Sca (talk) 13:34, 3 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Support Getting official photos of contemporary politicians in an acceptable license at high resolution is still a rarity. This one is also quite competent. It doesn't have the "wow" for Commons, but its use in something like 12 pages shows there is good EV here. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 10:48, 9 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 00:34, 12 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Nomination didn’t reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 00:34, 12 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

Important and high quality

Articles in which this image appears

Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant, Grant administration scandals, Ulysses S. Grant, etc.

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political

Creator

Mathew Brady

• Support as nominator – Wow (talk) 02:19, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment – We do have a FP of him: here. I am not sure we need another one. Bammesk (talk) 15:17, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think we can because there are two FPs of Teddy Roosevelt portraits, here and here. --Wow (talk) 05:04, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose - The Roosevelt portraits are twenty years apart, from different periods in his life (i.e. in the military and after his presidency). These are images of Grant in a suit from roughly the same period (and, stylistically, I think File:Ulysses S. Grant 1870-1880.jpg is the better portrait). — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:08, 6 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:36, 14 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

Important and high quality

Articles in which this image appears

Business career of Donald Trump and Riverside South, Manhattan

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Business

Creator

Bernard Gotfryd

• Support as nominator – Wow (talk) 01:52, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose – This rather obscure pic. of a famous person lacks EV. Also, building models in foreground seem oversaturated. – Sca (talk) 14:10, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose - Dust spots on image need cleaning. Crop of the model is too tight, such that parts of the model removed. Also, as Sca has noted the model is overlit vis-a-vis the subject, resulting in an unbalanced image.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:02, 6 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 04:19, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

Was seen on Commons FPC last year, where it was featured unanimously.

Articles in which this image appears

KV9

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others

Creator

Diego Delso

• Support as nominator – MER-C 12:04, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Bammesk (talk) 00:38, 6 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment - Image is buried in a gallery; does it have sufficient EV to be lede image? — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:00, 6 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know the answer, but it is the primary image in its section, hence my support. Bammesk (talk) 13:32, 12 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:04, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Nomination didn’t reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:04, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

Well executed focus stack. Illustrates article well.

Articles in which this image appears

Kiwifruit

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Fruits

Creator

Ivar Leidus

• Support as nominator – MER-C 12:10, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Vinícius O. (talk) 16:12, 6 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:11, 6 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose - Something like File:Kiwifruit - Golden (Soreli).jpg would have more EV IMO. Also, don't think a focus stack was necessarily required for a cross section --Muhammad(talk) 11:29, 7 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – MA Javadi (talk) 13:39, 7 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Lion-hearted85 (talk) 21:26, 10 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Kiwifruit cross section.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:07, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

Image is of high quality

Articles in which this image appears

Our Lady of the Rocks

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture

Creator

Luca Sartoni

• Support as nominator – EmiliaITČA (talk) 17:44, 6 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose - It's on a small, low island, not apparent in this photo, thus low EV. --Janke | Talk 16:25, 9 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – MA Javadi (talk) 09:45, 12 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose. The infobox image in the article both provides a much clearer idea to the viewer of how this place is arranged, and a much less boring composition. —David Eppstein (talk) 01:52, 14 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:06, 16 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

This photoportrait is one of the most widely used photos of Stravinsky across Wikimedia projects and is essential to Wikimedia Commons' collection. It's a high quality image for FP.

Articles in which this image appears

Igor Stravinsky, 20th-century classical music, Neoclassicism (music), The Rake's Progress, Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition.

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers

Creator

Bain News Service

• Support as nominator – MyCatIsAChonk (talk) 17:16, 7 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Vinícius O. (talk) 16:10, 8 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Needs a bit of restoration (white specks & scratches). Janke | Talk 08:03, 8 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Agree with Janke. If this is restored, I'll probably support, but without restoration oppose for now.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 10:45, 9 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Crisco 1492:@Vinícius94: Thanks for your comments, I've done a bit of restoration work by removing the white dots and the scratch. I uploaded the new version, but I realize I uploaded it to the original file instead of under a new filename- sorry about that. I hope it's good now. MyCatIsAChonk (talk) 14:08, 9 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Janke: Forgot to ping Janke. MyCatIsAChonk (talk) 22:09, 9 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• His eye has started bulging and turned... brown. I was referring more to something like this (before, after): still true to the original, but with the ravages of time turned back.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:07, 10 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Seriously botched restoration. Please re-instate previous version. Janke | Talk 09:24, 10 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Strong oppose the last (9 March 2023) version. Please compare the original (Sep 2020) version with the last (9 March 2023) version. Everything in the image has become pixelated and the whole face changed (I suppose this is an AI regeneration), and curiously the eyes gained colour. Please note that the face in the original photo is out of focus (the focus is on his elbow and vaguely on the score) and this can't be restored. I would rather support the original version, even if technically not perfect. Also, per Commons overwriting rules the crop should be loaded on a separate file. --Lion-hearted85 (talk) 11:46, 10 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks to everyone for the comments- I hadn't noticed the coloring change after exporting it, I don't know what happened; my knowledge in photo restoration is limited. I'm suspending this nomination for now and will renominate it once I've fixed the problems. MyCatIsAChonk (talk) 17:07, 10 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Lion-hearted85, Crisco 1492, Janke, and Vinícius94: Thank you again for your initial comments and reviews. I've since uploaded a new restoration attempt and I'm removing it from suspension. My main changes were removing the two major scratches and removing some white specs. Thoughts on the new version? MyCatIsAChonk (talk) 01:45, 11 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Still not a perfect restoration, some white, and also black dust spots (e.g. on partiture). Janke | Talk 11:19, 11 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Janke: Thanks for taking another look. I've improved it further. MyCatIsAChonk (talk) 17:36, 12 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    • Support now. --Janke | Talk 20:00, 14 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – @MyCatIsAChonk: Thanks for your dedication in restoring the photo. It seems satisfactory to me now. I saw also that you saved the last version with less JPEG compression. I have struck through my previous vote. Indeed, this is an essential, high quality photo with high EV. --Lion-hearted85 (talk) 11:33, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Bammesk (talk) 01:44, 16 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Igor Stravinsky LOC 32392u.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:20, 17 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

High quality, high EV. This image is considered a Quality image on Wikimedia Commons.

Articles in which this image appears

Brazilian imperial family, Petrópolis

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture

Creator

Wilfredor

• Support as nominator – Vinícius O. (talk) 16:05, 8 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose Crop is too tight at top, significant distortion at both sides (neither of the outside walls are straight).  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 10:44, 9 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose per Chris. The top crop is a bit annoying, sharpness could be generally better, and focus falls off significantly on the left side. --Lion-hearted85 (talk) 11:27, 10 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 00:37, 19 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

High quality, high EV.

Articles in which this image appears

Fernando de Noronha

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes

Creator

CCINTRA

• Support as nominator – Vinícius O. (talk) 03:09, 10 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment - one of several photos in a gallery. EV? --Janke | Talk 11:13, 11 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 08:05, 20 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

High resolution, in-depth, image. Very encyclopedic and has a keen focus on the subject. Personally kind of hooked me into the article.

Articles in which this image appears

Pencil sharpener

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Others

Creator

AlexanderKlink

• Support as nominator – Crusader1096 (message) 17:54, 10 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak support Used in many language version Wikis. However, a photo of this type could be improved by focus stacking. --Janke | Talk 11:14, 11 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment - Very weak EV. There are dozens of types of pencil sharpeners. – Sca (talk) 14:19, 11 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak support per Janke.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 12:54, 12 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak support – nice composition, but I agree with the focus critique. Bammesk (talk) 13:38, 12 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak support per Janke.--Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 15:26, 12 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – I have performed a quick search on Commons of "pencil sharpener" and this, honestly, is the best one in terms of presentation, composition and quality. Even if there are dozens of different types of this tool, this deliberately illustrates one of them (instead of showing many), and I think it's quite a typical and common one to generically illustrate the pencil sharpener. I also think it's useful to show it in use. Overall, I find this image having good EV indeed. --Lion-hearted85 (talk) 11:55, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose Techincaly, some kid would suppose it made sharpening from bith sides. Not so well done. --Petar Milošević (talk) 09:53, 14 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose easy subject, could be much better. —kallerna 12:52, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:03, 20 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

Quality image of this lighthouse and its setting on the Beachy Head chalk cliff. (currently on Commons FPC)

Articles in which this image appears

Belle Tout Lighthouse, Beachy Head, +4

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Others

Creator

Kallerna

• Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 13:07, 12 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support thanks for the nomination. —kallerna 17:54, 12 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Good comp., xcllnt detail. – Sca (talk) 13:20, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. MER-C 19:16, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 22:31, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Vinícius O. (talk) 14:56, 14 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – MA Javadi (talk) 21:38, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - dramatic, I love it! phrogge 'sup? edits 14:10, 17 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Seven Sisters 3.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:40, 22 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

Quality image of this stand-up comedian-actress. FP on Commons.

Articles in which this image appears

Sasheer Zamata

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment

Creator

Rhododendrites

• Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 13:27, 12 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment – As has been said on Commons FPC, this is a very good portrait which is able to create interest and connect with the viewer, but the photo has been processed and denoised quite aggressively. I wished it had more sharpness. --Lion-hearted85 (talk) 12:30, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment – On the right side of the composition, it's unfortunate that the backdrop for this shot tends to lessen contrast with the subject. – Sca (talk) 13:14, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - When you're shooting at ISO 1000, somewhat aggressive denoising is par for the course.... I'm amazed Rhododentrites was able to get f 5.6 and 1/200 in an indoor event. But, technical stuff aside... excellent pose, framing. Background is sufficiently contrasted from the shirt, especially at full size  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 22:28, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:47, 22 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Nomination didn’t reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:47, 22 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

Was seen on Commons FPC last week, where it was featured unanimously.

Articles in which this image appears

BASF, Ludwigshafen

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Panorama

Creator

Norbert Nagel

• Support as nominator – MER-C 19:23, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 22:31, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. So much sharp detail! —David Eppstein (talk) 01:48, 14 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - took my browser five minutes to load this image. Crusader1096 (message) 02:37, 14 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment Oppose – An industrial waterfront. Meh. – Sca (talk) 12:27, 14 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Compelling. --Lion-hearted85 (talk) 21:25, 14 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  What does it compel you to think or do? -- Sca (talk) 13:32, 17 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

With that I meant that this photo manages to represent well (for better or for worse) the "feel" of this site. If some of us have developed a personal feeling about this view despite never (I suppose) having been there, like me, I would say this is a strength of this photograph. This is just a personal opinion, though, I may be wrong. On the technical side (choice of the time of the day, execution, post-production) it seems a solid photo to me. I agree that the wide ratio and the large file size makes it quite impractical to use, but this choice gives an opportunity to see the production site in its whole extension. --Lion-hearted85 (talk) 14:02, 18 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Oppose wide ratio reduces EV, ”ugly” subject. Wouldn’t call it a positive thing if loading of img takes 5 mins. —kallerna 13:05, 16 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Bammesk (talk) 15:38, 18 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - CROIX (talk) 00:20, 23 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:BASF Ludwigshafen panorama 2023-1.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:04, 23 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

Good quality

Articles in which this image appears

Crying, Grief, Tears

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Royalty and nobility

Creator

Maurício José do Carmo Sendim

• Support as nominator – Vinícius O. (talk) 14:53, 14 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose - Needs quite a bit of restoration; dirt spots, tear at right. --Janke | Talk 20:02, 14 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:13, 24 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

High quality image after restoration with great EV to articles about him and his works

Articles in which this image appears

Darius Milhaud, List of Romantic composers, L'abandon d'Ariane, Le pauvre matelot, La mère coupable.

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers

Creator

Originally uploaded by Mu, restored by me.

• Support as nominator – MyCatIsAChonk (talk) 02:01, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose due to very strange artifacts - even the huge original looks like a rasterized (halftone) image. --Janke | Talk 16:44, 17 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose very blurry and bland. - CROIX (talk) 00:20, 23 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 07:26, 25 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

High quality and resolution

Articles in which this image appears

Angra do Heroísmo, Azores, Brazilian art, Brazilian painting, Head of the Imperial House of Brazil, House of Braganza, Imperial Museum of Brazil, Libertadores, Order of the Southern Cross, Pedro I of Brazil, and more

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Royalty and nobility

Creator

Simplício Rodrigues de Sá

• Support as nominator – Vinícius O. (talk) 00:44, 18 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Bammesk (talk) 01:03, 22 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose I am almost always against the nomination of portraits as featured pictures. - CROIX (talk) 00:19, 23 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose - Looks to be significant sharpening artifacts. Great portrait... but it could definitely use a better digitization.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 22:17, 23 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 02:42, 28 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

Was seen on Commons FPC last year, where it was featured without opposition.

Articles in which this image appears

Yıldız Hamidiye Mosque, Religion in Turkey

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors

Creator

A.Savin

• Support as nominator – MER-C 11:05, 19 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Vinícius O. (talk) 16:24, 19 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Thanks --A.Savin (talk) 23:22, 19 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Lion-hearted85 (talk) 00:00, 20 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment – Vertical perspective distorted? – Sca (talk) 12:24, 20 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – I can observe, with my humble experience, that since this shot is taken looking bottom-up (tilting the camera probably halfway between 0 and 90 degrees vertically), the vertical perspective distortion is intrinsically pronounced (can't be straightened). The horizontal lines of the front wall have probably been straightened. --Lion-hearted85 (talk) 16:10, 20 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak support - Wanted to come in here to give a fifth, but the cut-off chandelier is a deal breaker for me. It is still an excellent representation of the roof and upper walls, and a break from the average perpendicular view of architecture.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:08, 22 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Bammesk (talk) 01:04, 22 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - CROIX (talk) 00:18, 23 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Istanbul asv2021-10 img11 Yıldız Hamidiye Mosque.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:51, 29 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

Was seen on Commons FPC last year, when it was featured unanimously.

Articles in which this image appears

Silene flos-cuculi

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Flowers

Creator

Ivar Leidus

• Support as nominator – MER-C 11:09, 19 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment Dew drops lessen EV. Janke | Talk 16:23, 19 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Vinícius O. (talk) 16:25, 19 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 09:29, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Bammesk (talk) 01:05, 22 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose Photo appears to be slightly blurry, otherwise, I like it. CROIX (talk) 00:17, 23 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – it looks razor-sharp on my screen. --Ivar (talk) 07:02, 26 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Silene flos-cuculi flower - Niitvälja.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:03, 29 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]