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Featured picture candidates

Featured picture candidates are images that the community will vote on, to determine whether or not they will be highlighted as some of the finest on Commons. This page lists the candidates to become featured pictures. The picture of the day images are selected from featured pictures.

Old candidates for Featured pictures are listed here. There are also chronological lists of featured pictures: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and current month.

For another overview of our finest pictures, take a look at our annual picture of the year election.

Formal things[edit]

Nominating[edit]

Guidelines for nominators[edit]

Please read the complete guidelines before nominating.

This is a summary of what to look for when submitting and reviewing FP candidates:

  • Licensing – Images licensed with solely "GFDL" or "GFDL and an NC-only license" are not acceptable due the restrictions placed on re-use by these licenses.
  • Resolution – Raster images of lower resolution than 2 million pixels (pixels, not bytes) are typically rejected unless there are strong mitigating reasons. This does not apply to vector graphics (SVGs).
    • Graphics on Commons are not only viewed on conventional computer screens. They may be used in high-resolution print versions, and the images may be cropped to focus on portions of the image. See Commons:Why we need high resolution media for more information.
  • Scans – While not official policy, Help:Scanning provides advice on the preparation of various types of images that may be useful.
  • General quality – pictures being nominated should be of high technical quality.
  • Digital manipulations must not deceive the viewer. Digital manipulation for the purpose of correcting flaws in an image is generally acceptable, provided it is limited, well-done, and not intended to deceive.
    • For photographs, typical acceptable manipulations include cropping, perspective correction, sharpening/blurring, and color/exposure correction. More extensive manipulations, such as removal of distracting background elements, should be clearly described in the image text, by means of the {{Retouched picture}} template. Undescribed or mis-described manipulations which cause the main subject to be misrepresented are never acceptable. For images made from more than one photo, you can use the {{Panorama}} or {{Focus stacked image}} templates.
    • For historic images, acceptable manipulations might include digitally fixing rips, removal of stains, cleanup of dirt, and, for mass-produced artworks such as engravings, removal of flaws inherent to the particular reproduction, such as over-inking. Careful color adjustments may be used to bring out the original work from the signs of ageing, though care should be taken to restore a natural appearance. The original artistic intent should be considered when deciding whether it is appropriate to make a change. Edits to historic material should be documented in detail within the file description, and an unedited version should be uploaded and cross linked for comparison.
  • Value – our main goal is to feature most valuable pictures from all others. Pictures should be in some way special, so please be aware that:
    • almost all sunsets are aesthetically pleasing, and most such pictures are not in essence different from others,
    • night-shots are pretty but normally more details can be shown on pictures taken at daytime,
    • beautiful does not always mean valuable.
Artworks, illustrations, and historical documents[edit]

There are many different types of non-photographic media, including engravings, watercolors, paintings, etchings, and various others. Hence, it is difficult to set hard-and-fast guidelines. However, generally speaking, works can be divided into three types: Those that can be scanned, those that must be photographed, and those specifically created to illustrate a subject.

Works that must be photographed include most paintings, sculptures, works too delicate or too unique to allow them to be put on a scanner, and so on. For these, the requirements for photography, below, may be mostly followed; however, it should be noted that photographs which cut off part of the original painting are generally not considered featurable.

Works that may be scanned include most works created by processes that allow for mass distribution − for instance, illustrations published with novels. For these, it is generally accepted that a certain amount of extra manipulation is permissible to remove flaws inherent to one copy of the work, since the particular copy – of which hundreds, or even thousands of copies also exist – is not so important as the work itself.

Works created to serve a purpose include diagrams, scientific illustrations, and demonstrations of contemporary artistic styles. For these, the main requirement is that they serve their purpose well.

Provided the reproduction is of high quality, an artwork generally only needs one of the following four things to be featurable:

  • Notable in its own right: Works by major artists, or works that are otherwise notable, such as the subjects of a controversy.
  • Of high artistic merit: Works which, while not particularly well known, are nonetheless wonderful examples of their particular type or school of art.
  • Of high historic merit: The historical method values very early illustrations of scenes and events over later ones. Hence, a work of poor quality depicting a contemporaneous historical event can be nonetheless important, even if the artistic merit is relatively low. Likewise, scans or photographs of important documents – which may not be at all artistic – nonetheless may be highly valuable if the documents are historically significant. The reason for the image's historical importance should be briefly stated in the nomination, for those reviewers unfamiliar with the subject.
  • Of high illustrative merit: Works that illustrate or help explain notable subjects, for instance, illustrations of books, scientific subjects, or technical processes. The amount of artistic merit required for these will vary by subject, but, for instance, an illustration that makes the working of a complicated piece of machinery very clear need not be notable as a piece of artwork as well, whereas an illustration for a book might well be expected to reach much higher artistic standards.

Digital restorations must also be well documented. An unedited version of the image should be uploaded locally, when possible, and cross-linked from the file description page. Edit notes should be specified in detail, such as "Rotated and cropped. Dirt, scratches, and stains removed. Histogram adjusted and colors balanced."

Photographs[edit]

On the technical side, we have focus, exposure, composition, movement control and depth of field.

  • Focus – every important object in the picture should normally be sharp.
  • Exposure refers to the shutter diaphragm combination that renders an image with a tonal curve that ideally is able to represent in acceptable detail shadows and highlights within the image. This is called latitude. Images can be on the low side of the tonal curve (low range), the middle (middle range) or high side (upper range). Lack of shadow detail is not necessarily a negative characteristic. In fact, it can be part of the desired effect. Burned highlights in large areas are a distracting element.
  • Composition refers to the arrangement of the elements within the image. The "Rule of thirds" is one useful guideline. Horizons should almost never be placed in the middle, where they "cut" the image in half. Often, a horizon creating a top or bottom third of the space works better. The main idea is to use space to create a dynamic image.
    • Foreground and background – foreground and background objects may be distracting. You should check that something in front of the subject doesn't hide important elements and that something in background doesn't spoil the composition (for example that the streetlight doesn't "stand" on someone's head).
  • Movement control refers to the manner in which motion is represented in the image. Motion can be frozen or blurred. Neither one is better than the other. It is the intention of representation. Movement is relative within the objects of the image. For example, photographing a race car that appears frozen in relation to the background does not give us a sense of speed or motion, so technique dictates to represent the car in a frozen manner but with a blurred background, thus creating the sense of motion, this is called "panning". On the other hand, representing a basketball player in a high jump frozen in relation to everything else, due to the "unnatural" nature of the pose would be a good photograph.
  • Depth of field (DOF) refers to the area in focus in front of and beyond main subject. Depth of field is chosen according to the specific needs of every picture. Large or small DOF can either way add or subtract to the quality of the image. Low depth of field can be used to bring attention to the main subject, separating it from the general environment. High depth of field can be used to emphasize space. Short focal length lenses (wide angles) yield large DOF, and vice versa, long focal lenses (telephotos) have shallow DOF. Small apertures yield large DOF and conversely, large apertures yield shallow DOF.

On the graphic elements we have shape, volume, color, texture, perspective, balance, proportion, noise, etc.

  • Shape refers to the contour of the main subjects.
  • Volume refers to the three dimensional quality of the object. This is accomplished using side light. Contrary to general belief, front lighting is not the best light. It tends to flatten subject. Best light of day is early morning or late afternoon.
  • Color is important. Oversaturated colors are not good.
  • Texture refers to the quality of the surface of the subject. It is enhanced by side lighting… it is the "feel" to the touch.
  • Perspective refers to the "angle" accompanied by lines that disappear into a vanishing point that may or may not be inside the image.
  • Balance refers to the arrangement of subjects within the image that can either give equal weight or appear to be heavier on one side.
  • Proportion refers to the relation of size of objects in picture. Generally, we tend to represent small objects small in relation to others, but a good technique is to represent small objects large contrary to natural size relationship. For example, a small flower is given preponderance over a large mountain…. This is called inversion of scales.
Not all elements must be present. Some photographs can be judged on individual characteristics, that is, an image can be about color or texture, or color AND texture, etc.
  • Noise refers to unwanted corruption of color brightness and quality and can be caused by underexposure. It is not a desirable quality and can be grounds for opposition.
  • Symbolic meaning or relevance … Opinion wars can begin here … A bad picture of a very difficult subject is better than a good picture of an ordinary subject. A good picture of a difficult subject is an extraordinary photograph.
Images can be culturally biased by the photographer and/or the observer. The meaning of the image should be judged according to the cultural context of the image, not by the cultural context of the observer. An image "speaks" to people, and it has the capacity to evoke emotion such as tenderness, rage, rejection, happiness, sadness, etc. Good photographs are not limited to evoking pleasant sensations …

You will maximise the chances of your nominations succeeding if you read the complete guidelines before nominating.

Video and audio[edit]

Please nominate videos, sounds, music, etc. at Commons:Featured media candidates.

Set nominations[edit]

If a group of images are thematically connected in a direct and obvious way, they can be nominated together as a set. A set should fall under one of the following types:

  • Faithful digital reproductions of works notable in their own right, which the original author clearly intended to be viewed as a set. Examples: pages in a pamphlet, crops (puzzle pieces) of a prohibitively large scan, a pair of pendant paintings. Not acceptable: Arbitrary selection of sample works by an artist.
  • A sequence of images showing the passage of time. They could depict frames of a moving/changing object or a static object during different times of day or different seasons. Examples: diagrams illustrating a process, steps of a dance, metamorphosis of an insect, maps/drawings/photos of the same subject over the years (frame of view should be more or less the same).
  • A group of images depicting the same subject from different viewpoints, preferably taken under the same lighting conditions when possible. Examples: Exterior and interior of a building, different facades of a building, different interior views, obverse and inverse of a banknote/coin. Not acceptable: A selection of different rooms in a skyscraper, the facade of a church plus an organ, any images of fundamentally different scopes.
  • A group of images which show all possible variations of a particular class of object. Examples: Male and female versions of an animal (preferably in the same setting), all known species of a genus. Not acceptable: A few breeds of cats (unless they share a defining characteristic and represent all possible examples of that).

Simple tutorial for new users[edit]

Tutorial: Nominate on COM:FPC
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NOTE: You don't need to worry if you are not sure, other users will try their best to help you.

Adding a new nomination[edit]

If you believe that you have found or created an image that could be considered valuable, with appropriate image description and licensing, then do the following.

Step 1: copy the image name into this box, after the text already present in the box, for example, Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Your image filename.jpg. Then click on the "create new nomination" button.

All single files:

For renominations, simply add /2 after the filename. For example, Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Foo.jpg/2

All set nomination pages should begin "Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/", e.g. "Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/My Nomination".


Step 2: follow the instructions on the page that you are taken to, and save that page.

Step 3: manually insert a link to the created page at the top of Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list: Click here, and add the following line to the TOP of the nominations list:

{{Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Your image filename.jpg}}

Strongly recommended: Please add a gallery page and section heading from the list at Commons FP galleries. Write the code as Page name#Section heading. For example: Commons:Featured pictures/Sports#Individual sports

Optional: if you are not the creator of the image, please notify them using {{subst:FPC-notice|Your image filename.jpg}} -- ~~~~.

Note: Do not add an 'Alternative' image when you create a nomination. Selecting the best image is part of the nomination process. Alternatives are for a different crop or post-processing of the original image, or a closely related image from the same photo session (limited to 1 per nomination), if they are suggested by voters.

Voting[edit]

Editors whose accounts have at least 10 days and 50 edits can vote. Everybody can vote for their own nominations. Anonymous (IP) votes are not allowed.

You may use the following templates:

  • {{Support}} ( Support),
  • {{Oppose}} ( Oppose),
  • {{Neutral}} ( Neutral),
  • {{Comment}} ( Comment),
  • {{Info}} (
     Info
    ),
  • {{Question}} ( Question),
  • {{Request}} ( Request).

You may indicate that the image has no chance of success with the template {{FPX|reason - ~~~~}}, where reason explains why the image is clearly unacceptable as a FP. The template can only be used when there are no support votes other than the one from the nominator.

A well-written review helps participants (photographers, nominators and reviewers) improve their skills by providing insight into the strengths and weaknesses of a picture. Explain your reasoning, especially when opposing a candidate (which has been carefully selected by the author/nominator). English is the most widely understood language on Commons, but any language may be used in your review. A helpful review will often reference one or more of the criteria listed above.

Unhelpful reasons for opposing include:

  • No reason
  • "I don't like it" and other empty assessments
  • "You can do better" and other criticisms of the author/nominator rather than the image

Remember also to put your signature (~~~~).

Featured picture delisting candidates[edit]

Over time, featured picture standards change. It may be decided that for some pictures which were formerly "good enough", this is no longer the case. This is for listing an image which you believe no longer deserves to be a featured picture. For these, vote:

Text to use Displays as Meaning
{{Keep}}  Keep It deserves to remain a featured picture
{{Delist}}  Delist It does not deserve to be a featured picture anymore.

This can also be used for cases in which a previous version of an image was promoted to FP, but a newer version of the image has been made and is believed to be superior to the old version, e.g. a newly edited version of a photo or a new scan of a historical image. In particular, it is not intended for replacing older photos of a particular subject with newer photos of the same subject, or in any other case where the current FP and the proposed replacement are essentially different images. For these nominations, vote:

Text to use Displays as Meaning
{{Keep}}  Keep Do not replace the old image with the new image as a FP.
{{Delistandreplace}}  Delist and replace Replace the current FP with the proposed replacement.

If you believe that some picture no longer meets the criteria for FP, you can nominate it for delisting, copying the image name into this box, after the text already present in the box:


In the new delisting nomination page just created you should include:

  • Information on the origin of the image (creator, uploader);
  • A link to the original FP nomination (it will appear under "Links" on the image description page);
  • Your reasons for nominating the image and your username.

After that, you have to manually insert a link to the created page at the top of Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list.

As a courtesy, leave an informative note on the talk page(s) of the original creator, uploader(s), and nominator with a link to the delisting candidate. {{subst:FPC-notice-removal}} can be used for this purpose.

Featured picture candidate policy[edit]

General rules[edit]

  1. The voting period is 9 complete days counted from the nomination. After the end of this period the result will be determined. Votes added on day 10 and after are not counted.
  2. Nominations by anonymous contributors are welcome
  3. Contributions to discussion by anonymous contributors are welcome
  4. Only registered contributors whose Commons accounts have at least 10 days and 50 edits can vote. Exception: registered users can always vote in their own nominations no matter the account age and number of edits.
  5. Nominations do not count as votes. Support must be explicitly stated.
  6. Nominators and authors can withdraw their nominated pictures at any time. This is done by adding the following template: {{Withdraw}} ~~~~. Also, remember that if more than one version is nominated, you should explicitly state which version you are withdrawing.
  7. Remember, the goal of the Wikimedia Commons project is to provide a central repository for free images to be used by all Wikimedia projects, including possible future projects. This is not simply a repository for Wikipedia images, so images should not be judged here on their suitability for that project.
  8. Rules of the 5th day based on vote counts on day number 5 (day of nomination + 5)
    1. Pictures are speedy declined if they have no support (apart from the nominator).
    2. Pictures are speedy promoted if they have 10 support votes or more and no oppose votes. (Note that if it takes more than five days to reach this threshold, the picture can be promoted as soon as it is reached.)
    3. Once either speedy criterion is reached, the voting period is considered closed, and no more votes may be added.
  9. Pictures tagged {{FPX}} may be removed from the list 24 hours after the tag was applied, provided there are no support votes other than that of the nominator.
  10. Pictures tagged {{FPD}} (FP-Denied) may be removed from the list 24 hours after the tag was applied.
  11. Only two active nominations by the same user (that is, nominations under review and not yet closed) are allowed. The main purpose of this measure is to contribute to a better average quality of nominations, by driving nominators/creators to choose carefully the pictures presented to the forum.

Featuring and delisting rules[edit]

A candidate will become a featured picture in compliance with following conditions:

  1. Appropriate license (of course)
  2. At least seven  Support votes (or 7  Delist votes for a delist) at the end of nine days
  3. Ratio of supporting/opposing votes at least 2/1 (a two-thirds majority); same for delist/keep votes
  4. Two different versions of the same picture cannot both be featured, but only the one with higher level of support, as determined by the closer. Whenever the closer is not sure which version has consensus to be featured, they should attempt to contact the voters to clarify their opinions if not clear from the nomination page.

The delisting rules are the same as those for FPs, with voting taking place over the same time period. The rule of the 5th day is applied to delisting candidates that have received no votes to delist, other than that of the proposer, by day 5. There is also a limit of two active delisting nominations per user, which is in addition to the limit of two active regular nominations.

The FPCBot handles the vote counting and closing in most cases, current exceptions are candidates containing multiple versions of the image as well as FPXed and withdrawn nominations. Any experienced user may close the requests not handled by the bot. For instructions on how to close nominations, see Commons:Featured picture candidates/What to do after voting is finished. Also note that there is a manual review stage between when the bot has counted the votes and before the nomination is finally closed by the bot; this manual review can be done by any user familiar with the voting rules.

Above all, be polite[edit]

Please don't forget that the image you are judging is somebody's work. Avoid using phrases like "it looks terrible" and "I hate it". If you must oppose, please do so with consideration. Also remember that your command of English might not be the same as someone else's. Choose your words with care.

Happy judging… and remember... all rules can be broken.

See also[edit]

Table of contents[edit]

List may contain works considered Not Safe for Work (nudity).

Nominators are requested, out of courtesy, to include the {{Nsfw}} template with such images. Users may select the gadget in user preferences "Deferred display of images tagged with {{Nsfw}} on COM:FPC" to enable the template's effect of hiding the image until selected.

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Featured picture candidates[edit]

File:A crocodail and a lamb - panoramio.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 26 Jul 2023 at 19:21:55 (UTC)
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Two clouds shaped like a crocodile and a lamb off the coast of Latvia

 CommentIn my opinion it is a bit dark and opaque. The subject is fascinating and even more so the rain coming down from the cloud.(⧼Anna Massini alias PROPOLI87⧽) (talk) 07:50, 18 July 2023 (UTC)Anna.Massini(⧼Anna Massini alias PROPOLI87⧽) (talk) 07:50, 18 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Shown here May 22, 2013, is an aerial view of homes destroyed by a tornado in Moore, Okla 130522-F-IE715-379.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 26 Jul 2023 at 18:52:27 (UTC)
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SHORT DESCRIPTION

File:C2020 F3 NEOWISE from Berlin-Haselhorst 2020-07-13 07.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 26 Jul 2023 at 18:43:33 (UTC)
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Comet NEOWISE over Berlin, Germany

Male whitehead's trogon[edit]

Voting period ends on 26 Jul 2023 at 14:39:23 (UTC)
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  • Front view

    Front view

  • Dorsal view

    Dorsal view

File:Evening pray (edited).jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 26 Jul 2023 at 08:54:48 (UTC)
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Praying women in Nepal
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/People#Sitting People
  •  Info
    created and uploaded by Anton Gutmann - retouched by Radomianin - nominated by Kritzolina -- Kritzolina (talk) 08:54, 17 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support Another image from WLF that really impressed me. It is not as colourful or showy as some others, but the quiet dignity of the two women doing a common ritual is captured in a way that makes me look again and agin. -- Kritzolina (talk) 08:54, 17 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support --SHB2000 (talk) 08:57, 17 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support May be a bit dark, but still great. Yann (talk) 09:25, 17 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Comment Technical quality is poor. Prayer wheel, but not evening prayer if EXIF is accurate. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:47, 17 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    In this case I definitely trust the word of the photographer who named the image "Evening Pray" over the Exif data. Not everyone sets the time of their camera correctly. If I look at other images of the same photographer, we also have discrepancies (e.g. sunset or sunrise images showing EXIF data for around midnight) Kritzolina (talk) 10:19, 17 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support -- Radomianin (talk) 15:58, 17 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) Oppdal.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 25 Jul 2023 at 21:18:35 (UTC)
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Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) Oppdal, Norway

File:Common ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula) Oppdal.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 25 Jul 2023 at 21:07:33 (UTC)
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Common ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula) near Oppdal, Norway

File:Брокенський привид на Шпицях.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 25 Jul 2023 at 12:10:18 (UTC)
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SHORT DESCRIPTION
  • English description added. Sorry, but poetic descriptions (even pretty ones) do not work here, we need specifics for the encyclopedias. --Cart (talk) 19:19, 16 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    Cart, while I don't dispute it is a fogbow, is it not also a Brocken spectre / Glory ? -- Colin (talk) 11:17, 17 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Colin, yes, it looks like it. There are several more examples of that in the fogbow category. I just wasn't aware that there were additional categories and articles about these phenomena. --Cart (talk) 11:35, 17 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    I've fixed the category/description. Based on the Wikipedia articles, I think glory is the better term for the coloured rings, as a fogbow would be a larger circle and less likely to be colourful multiple rings. Still caused by mountain fog with the sun behind. -- Colin (talk) 12:46, 17 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support I second to Colin. Categorically, a fogbow would be slightly misleading description, as it's still possible that these phenomena could occur independently and all of these phenomena have their own names. Fogbow is the larger circle in diameter, like a rainbow, which is a different thing than the smaller glory around the Brocken spectre. This is a nice demonstrative image, which is a little bit lower side in quality, but has enough wow for me. --Ximonic (talk) 13:07, 17 July 2023 (UTC).Reply[reply]
  • Thanks. I've tweaked the galley based on these new diggings into what was going on in the photo. --Cart
  • The next time you nominate something at FPC, please write a full description of the photo, preferably in both Ukrainian and English, and add the categories to go with it. It will save the voters here a lot of time and confusion. --Cart (talk) 17:47, 17 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Epibulus insidiator[edit]

Voting period ends on 25 Jul 2023 at 11:11:18 (UTC)
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  • Male sling-jaw wrasse

    Male sling-jaw wrasse

  • Female sling-jaw wrasse

    Female sling-jaw wrasse

  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish#Family_:_Labridae_(Wrasses)
  •  Info
    Male and female sling-jaw wrasse (Epibulus insidiator), Red Sea, Egypt. The most notable feature of the sling-jaw wrasse is that the mouth of this species is armed with highly protrusible jaws which unfold into a tube which is easily half its head length. The males of this species are greyish-brown with orange on the back, a yellowish transverse bar on the flank and a pale grey head which is marked with a thin black stripe running through the eye. The females can be either bright yellow or dark brown. The slingjaw wrasse is found in a wide area of the Indo-Pacific region from the eastern coast of Africa, Madagascar and the Red Sea through the Indian Ocean coasts and islands into the Pacific. Note: we have no FPs of the genus Epibulus. c/u/n by Poco a poco (talk) 11:11, 16 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support -- Poco a poco (talk) 11:11, 16 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 12:43, 16 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Comment Set rule: A group of images which show all possible variations of a particular class of object. Examples: Male and female versions of an animal. Detail of the mouth doesn't fall in this line. -- Ivar (talk) 12:52, 16 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Ok, no problem, I removed that one from the set and will probably propose it later on individually Poco a poco (talk) 13:02, 16 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Question are there any details on the dark part of the male on the raw file? Imo it should look more like this or this. Probable cause of losing details on the dark area is postprocessing: Contrast +38 and ParametricDarks +41. -- Ivar (talk) 16:03, 16 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Comment They must be to scale - is the female larger, please. Charlesjsharp (talk) 19:59, 16 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support --Yann (talk) 09:27, 17 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Tempesta in arrivo al Porticciolo - Vada.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 25 Jul 2023 at 07:48:38 (UTC)
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Storm arriving at the Porticciolo – Vada
Please understand my comment as "too much water = boring". I mean the content is rather empty and thus unexceptional -- Basile Morin (talk) 12:42, 17 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
okay. I understood that it seemed boring because the sea was not rough but calm. I still enjoyed having your consideration and comment for this photo. Thank you (⧼Anna Massini alias PROPOLI87⧽) (talk) 12:46, 17 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -08.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 25 Jul 2023 at 05:36:30 (UTC)
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Rio de Janeiro

File:Vrucht van een beuk (Fagus sylvatica) 20-06-2023 (d.j.b.).jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 25 Jul 2023 at 04:38:31 (UTC)
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  •  Weak oppose I don't usually vote/comment on these focus-stacked images as I've never done one and don't really know the process. But this one has blurred parts all over the main fruit body (visible at well below full size), and the highlights seem a bit too bright to me. Only weakly opposing because the bits that are in focus have some really impressive detail. BigDom (talk) 06:01, 17 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Weak oppose Sorry, but in this case I have to agree with Charles (and BigDom). The stacking errors are in this case very evident, causing blurred areas around some of the protruding parts in the centre which contrast strongly with the very sharp structures around them. I have marked the most problematic area with an image note. While I have argued that we should take small stacking errors benevolently, this time they are too evident, espec. because there is no soft transition from sharp to unsharp, but an abrupt border. I hope that the stacking can be fixed (after all, this seems an error by the stacking software). --Aristeas (talk) 09:18, 18 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Comment Many thanks to the reviewers for bringing this to attention. I have temporarily changed my vote to Neutral until the technical problem is solved. The issue seems to exceed the tolerance limit. Best, -- Radomianin (talk) 09:42, 18 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Paris view from the Sena.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 24 Jul 2023 at 20:41:30 (UTC)
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    All by -- Tomascastelazo (talk) 20:41, 15 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support -- Tomascastelazo (talk) 20:41, 15 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Comment I like the old-look feeling, but the vignetting is a bit heavy for my taste. Please complete the description with better categories (i.e. File:Seine Pont Royal Louvre Paris.jpg). Yann (talk) 21:05, 15 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Oppose Heavy and overly-obvious vignetting. --SHB2000 (talk) 12:15, 16 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Oppose per above. BigDom (talk) 06:09, 17 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Weak oppose A nice b/w, and I confess to like a certain vignetting from time to time, and have understood that lens vignetting is a natural optical phenomenon. But sorry, no decent lens will cause vignetting that strong at a middle focal length and at ƒ/11, so it sees a bit too artifical in this case. Vignetting is like salt in the soup: if we keep a little vignetting, it can lead the eyes to the main subject, but when we overdo it, the soup tastes too salty ;–). --Aristeas (talk) 09:25, 18 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Map of the Countries Between England & India, 3902002.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 24 Jul 2023 at 15:26:56 (UTC)
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Map of the Countries Between England & India, 1855

File:Runder Hut - Wernersberg 01.jpg[edit]

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The rock "Runder Hut" (Round Hat), Wernersberg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

File:Rhinanthus angustifolius inflorescence - Kulna.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 24 Jul 2023 at 09:17:06 (UTC)
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Rhinanthus angustifolius

File:Lighthouse Aniva.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 23 Jul 2023 at 22:32:15 (UTC)
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File:Сердце Югры.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 23 Jul 2023 at 22:18:44 (UTC)
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File:Self traditional folk face painting (2).jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 23 Jul 2023 at 20:06:25 (UTC)
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A young woman from India paints her face with traditional patterns
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/People#Events
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    A young woman from India paints her face with traditional patterns. Created and uploaded by TAPAS KUMAR HALDER, nominated by --Aristeas (talk) 20:06, 14 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support Another one of my favourite photos from Wiki Loves Folklore 2023. I like the colours, her both self-sunken and concentraded facial expression and the composition (the light bulb is a nice juxtaposition to the head). First I thought there was a bit too much sharpening on the face, but looking closer I think that just the strong make-up makes the face appear that way. --Aristeas (talk) 20:06, 14 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • The light bulb is distracting, and should be cropped out. Yann (talk) 20:21, 14 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • The light bulb adds context and authenticity, since it is a well-known part of a theatre make-up mirror. Without it or the text, it's anybody's guess why she is painting her face. --Cart (talk) 20:47, 14 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • It's called Khôl Kajal, a common make-up in many countries. These days, it's sold as pens but made from other non-toxic chemicals (next to the mascara) in any beauty shop. I sometimes use it myself. ;-) --Cart (talk) 14:28, 15 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Sydney (AU), Darling Harbour -- 2019 -- 3193-5.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 23 Jul 2023 at 13:47:55 (UTC)
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Darling Harbour at night
  • ✓ Done Thank you. Not easy to find ... ;-) CAs fixed (and sharpness improved). --XRay 💬 06:06, 15 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support If you feel like you've fixed it all, I trust you, especially as some of what look like CAs are in the reflections, too, so presumably, the lights really are like that. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:27, 15 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Copper bleach.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 23 Jul 2023 at 10:02:07 (UTC)
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A worker bleaching a copper object
  •  Comment Thanks a lot for your sharp eye, Basile. Personally, I thought the vignetting is just barely acceptable. I may edit the photo tonight, create a derivative, redirect the nomination to it and so try to rescue this nomination. If the nominator agrees, I'll do it that way. Best, -- Radomianin (talk) 11:47, 14 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Thanks for your message, Basile. You are right, the original is always the very best for perfect optimization. In a JPG you have a lot more work to do to get at least some improvement, as in this case. Best, -- Radomianin (talk) 13:10, 14 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • I will try to contact the original uploader and ask if she would agree to reduce the vignetting herself. Kritzolina (talk) 13:15, 14 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • I've never heard of a copper bleaching process. And he must be mad if he is using bleach with bare hands. I hope someone can explain. Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:51, 15 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Bleaching is a word that is used about other processes when brightening or removing stains is involved (Wiktionary), not just when you use the chemical commonly known as "bleach". Example: "The sun had bleached the wallpaper, leaving distinct rectangles where the pictures on the wall had been." Some chemical processes when you remove oxidation prior to polishing, are also known as bleaching. This might sound confusing since most people only know about household copper polish, which contains both a "bleaching"/reduction/"de-oxidation" and a polishing agent. If you want to just remove the oxide from copper, vinegar or lemon juice in water will do just fine. The process works much faster if the metal is hot. You can see the water steaming from the copper in the photo. (In Swedish we goldsmiths call the process vitkokning which literary translates to "white-boiling") I guess he might go about polishing the tub with fine sand after he is done with the bleaching, making the copper shiny again (there is a tub with what looks like sand behind him). --Cart (talk) 11:57, 15 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Thanks. Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:57, 16 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Sari Temple, 2014-04-10, from 52 images.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 23 Jul 2023 at 08:04:15 (UTC)
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Sari temple
  • I've added the template, but due to the age of the image I no longer have the original constituent files. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 18:23, 14 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Coral (Sarcophyton glaucum), mar Rojo, Egipto, 2023-04-17, DD 73.jpg[edit]

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Rough leather coral (Sarcophyton glaucum), Red Sea, Egypt.

File:Misumena vatia mit Beute auf Lilie-20230704-RM-102430.jpg[edit]

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File:Afrikanischer Elefant, Duisburg - 0005.jpg[edit]

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Portrait of an african elephant (Loxodonta africana).

File:Oriental Darter with fish, Nepal.jpg[edit]

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File:GreatCormorant.jpg[edit]

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File:Covid-19 SP - UTI V. Nova Cachoeirinha.jpg[edit]

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A team of doctors, nurses and physiotherapists take care of critical patients with COVID-19 in the ICU of the Vila Nova Cachoeirinha hospital, north of São Paulo

File:Road ER 109 at Trapiche and Laranjal in Santo António, Funchal, Madeira, 2023 May.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 20 Jul 2023 at 05:20:28 (UTC)
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ER 109 at Trapiche and Laranjal in Santo António
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    created and uploaded by Ximonic - nominated by SHB2000 --SHB2000 (talk) 05:20, 11 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support --SHB2000 (talk) 05:20, 11 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support Interesting, well-working composition and nice lighting mood. -- Radomianin (talk) 09:03, 12 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support Love the S-bend. The backlighting adds a warm atmosphere to the composition. --Aristeas (talk) 09:08, 12 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Oppose I do not see here any reason for FP nomination. Image has relative low qualiy, some places are not sharp enough and there is also nothing special as thema. Some road with billboards... -- Karelj (talk) 11:48, 12 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    Well, you've obviously set the bar for your wow factor very high, so TBF, not surprised by your oppose vote. SHB2000 (talk) 12:28, 12 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
     Comment The wow is always a very subjective factor, but IMHO this photo is very sharp – that’s obvious for the foreground, and for the background we must consider that backlighting strongly emphasizes any haze/dust in the atmosphere and reduces the contrast, hence makes the buildings in the background appear a bit soft just because of that haze/dust and loss of contrast. --Aristeas (talk) 18:50, 12 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
     Comment On this particular image, Karelj's oppose vote is quite reasonable. Charlesjsharp (talk) 20:14, 16 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support per others. Special to me. I like the barriers with reflections on them, too. (As a tangent, there are signs on the road, but I don't see any billboards, which to me are large, rectangular advertisements.) -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:41, 13 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    There are considerably fewer billboards in PT compared to car-centric hellholes, FWIW. SHB2000 (talk) 12:45, 13 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Comment The main subject is the road showing a little bit of Funchal around. To me the interesting parts of the scenery are plenty: especially infrastructure and town architecture achieved in difficult terrain, much different than what i'm used to. Pretty much everything to a nordic person like me is exotic which may be ordinary to others. And here also the interesting backlight reflecting from different materials which in photography may sometimes be a hit or miss if it looks good. I can't really tell if this is of FP interest or not, but I trust the other points of view on this... As far as I've researched, the settings should be at their optimum or very close to it, so it seems strange to me why is the quality concidered poor here. I do make mistakes, but I don't think I did one here. Thanks for nomination though! --Ximonic (talk) 18:01, 13 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support per Radomianin and Aristeas --LexKurochkin (talk) 11:51, 14 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support Atmospheric. I can feel the morning! JukoFF (talk) 22:12, 14 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support TheBigBookOfNaturalScience (talk) 03:06, 15 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support--Fabian Roudra Baroi (talk) 03:49, 15 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support --Llez (talk) 12:13, 15 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 12:41, 16 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support --XRay 💬 19:30, 16 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Oppose Nice mood and light, but the street is not really a wowing motif. --Milseburg (talk) 18:32, 17 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support I'm partial to roadscapes, so I like this one. Daniel Case (talk) 20:12, 17 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:EF4 Keota, Iowa tornado 2023 (2).jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 19 Jul 2023 at 19:54:49 (UTC)
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 Comment Actually it had touched down. The bottom is surrounded by dirt and debris at that moment. WeatherWriter (talk) 18:44, 15 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]


Timetable (day 5 after nomination)[edit]

Thu 13 Jul → Tue 18 Jul
Fri 14 Jul → Wed 19 Jul
Sat 15 Jul → Thu 20 Jul
Sun 16 Jul → Fri 21 Jul
Mon 17 Jul → Sat 22 Jul
Tue 18 Jul → Sun 23 Jul

Timetable (day 9 after nomination, last day of voting)[edit]

Sun 09 Jul → Tue 18 Jul
Mon 10 Jul → Wed 19 Jul
Tue 11 Jul → Thu 20 Jul
Wed 12 Jul → Fri 21 Jul
Thu 13 Jul → Sat 22 Jul
Fri 14 Jul → Sun 23 Jul
Sat 15 Jul → Mon 24 Jul
Sun 16 Jul → Tue 25 Jul
Mon 17 Jul → Wed 26 Jul
Tue 18 Jul → Thu 27 Jul

Closing a featured picture promotion request[edit]

The bot[edit]

Note that the description below is for manual closure, this is mostly not needed anymore as there exists a bot (FPCBot) that counts the votes and handles the process below. However after the bot has counted the votes a manual review step is used to make sure the count is correct before the bot again picks up the work.

Manual procedure[edit]

Any experienced user may close requests.

  1. In Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the candidate image, then [edit].
    Add the result of the voting at the bottom (on a new line with a space first)
    {{FPC-results-reviewed|support=x|oppose=x|neutral=x|featured=("yes" or "no")|gallery=xxx (leave blank if "featured=no")|sig=~~~~}}
     (for example see Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:The Bridge (August 2013).jpg). See also {{FPC-results-reviewed}}.
  2. Also edit the title of the candidate image template and add after the image tag
    featured or not featured
    For example:
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] ===
    becomes
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], featured ===
  3. Save your edit.
  4. If it is featured:
    • Add the picture to the list of the four most recently featured pictures of an appropriate gallery of Commons:Featured pictures, list as the first one and delete the last one, so that the number is four again.
    • Also add the picture to an appropriate gallery and section of Commons:Featured pictures, list. Click on the most appropriate link beneath where you just added it as one of the four images.
    • Add the template {{Assessments|featured=1}} to the image description page.
      • If it was an alternative image, use the subpage/com-nom parameter: For example, if File:Foo.jpg was promoted at Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Bar.jpg, use {{Assessments|featured=1|com-nom=Bar.jpg}}
      • If the image is already featured on another wikipedia, just add featured=1 to the Assessments template. For instance {{Assessments|enwiki=1}} becomes {{Assessments|enwiki=1|featured=1}}
    • Add the picture to the chronological list of featured pictures. Put it in the gallery using this format: File:xxxxx.jpg|# - '''Headline'''<br>created by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]], uploaded by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]], nominated by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]]
      • The # should be replaced by 1 for the first image nominated that month, and counts up after that. Have a look at the other noms on that page for examples.
      • You may simplify this if multiple things were done by the same user. E.g.: File:xxxxx.jpg|# - '''Headline'''<br>created, uploaded, and nominated by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]]
    • Add == FP promotion ==
      {{FPpromotion|File:XXXXX.jpg}} to the Talk Page of the nominator.
  5. As the last step (whether the image is featured or not; including {{FPX}}ed, {{FPD}}ed and withdrawn nominations), open Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list, click on [edit], and find the transclusion of the nomination you've just finished closing. It will be of the form:
    {{Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:XXXXX.jpg}}
    Copy it to the bottom of Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/July 2023), save that page, and remove it from the candidate list.

Closing a delisting request[edit]

  1. In Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the candidate image, then [edit].
    Add the result of the voting at the bottom (on a new line with a space first)
    '''Result:''' x delist, x keep, x neutral => /not/ delisted. ~~~~
    (for example see Commons:Featured picture candidates/removal/Image:Astrolabe-Persian-18C.jpg)
  2. Also edit the title of the delisting candidate image template and add after the image tag
    delisted or not delisted
    For example:
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] === becomes === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], delisted ===
  3. Move the actual template from Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list to the bottom of the actual month page on Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/July 2023.
  4. If the outcome was not delisted, stop here. If it is delisted:
    1. Remove the picture from Commons:Featured pictures, list and any subpages.
    2. Edit the picture's description as follows:
      1. Replace the template {{Featured picture}} on the image description page by {{Delisted picture}}. If using the {{Assessments}} template, change featured=1 to featured=2 (do not change anything related to its status in other featured picture processes).
      2. Remove the image from all categories beginning with "Featured [pictures]" (example: Featured night shots, Featured pictures from Wiki Loves Monuments 2016, Featured pictures of Paris).
      3. Remove the "Commons quality assessment" claim (d:Property:P6731) "Wikimedia Commons featured picture" from the picture's Structured data.
    3. Add a delisting-comment to the original entry in chronological list of featured pictures in bold-face, e. g. delisted 2007-07-19 (1-6) with (1-6) meaning 1 keep and 6 delist votes (change as appropriate). The picture in the gallery is not removed.
  5. If this is a Delist and Replace, the delisting and promotion must both be done manually. To do the promotion, follow the steps in the above section. Note that the assessment tag on the file page and the promotion tag on the nominator's talk page won't pick up the /replace subpage that these nominations use.

Manual archiving of a withdrawn nomination[edit]

  1. In Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the candidate image, then [edit].
    In the occasion that the FPCbot will not mark withdrawn nominations with a "to be reviewed" template and put them in Category:Featured picture candidates awaiting closure review just like if they were on the usual list, put the following "no" template:
    {{FPC-results-reviewed|support=X|oppose=X|neutral=X|featured=no|gallery=|sig=--~~~~}}
  2. Also edit the title of the candidate image template and add after the image tag
    not featured
    For example:
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] ===
    becomes
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], not featured ===
  3. Save your edit.
  4. Open Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list, click on [edit], and find the transclusion of the nomination. It will be of the form:
    {{Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:XXXXX.jpg}}
    Copy it to the bottom of Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/July 2023), save that page, and remove it from the candidate list.
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