Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates

This star, with one point broken, symbolizes the featured candidates on Wikipedia. Featured pictures are images that add significantly to articles, either by illustrating article content particularly well, or being eye-catching to the point where users will want to read its accompanying article. Taking the adage that "a picture is worth a thousand words", the images featured on Wikipedia:Featured pictures should illustrate a Wikipedia article in such a way as to add significantly to that article, according to the featured picture criteria. Promoting an image If you believe an image should be featured, create a subpage (use the "For Nominations" field, below) and add the subpage to the current nominations section. For promotion, if an image is listed here for ten days with five or more reviewers in support and the consensus is in its favor, it can be added to the Wikipedia:Featured pictures list. Consensus is generally regarded to be a two-thirds majority in support, including the nominator and/or creator of the image; however, anonymous votes are generally disregarded, as are opinions of sockpuppets. All users may comment. However, only those who have been on Wikipedia for 25 days and with at least 100 edits will be included in the numerical count. If necessary, decisions about close candidacies will be made on a case-by-case basis. Nominations started in December are given three extra days, due to the holidays slowing down activity here. The archive contains all opinions and comments collected for candidate nominations and their nomination results. If you nominate an image here, please consider also uploading and nominating it at Commons to help ensure that the pictures can be used not just in the English Wikipedia but on all other Wikimedia projects as well. Delisting an image A featured picture can be nominated for delisting if you feel it no longer lives up to featured picture standards. You may also request a featured picture be replaced with a superior image. Create a subpage (use the "For Delists" field, below) and add the subpage to the current nominations section. Please leave a note on the talk page of the original FPC nominator (and creator/uploader, if appropriate) to let them know the delisting is being debated. The user may be able to address the issues and avoid the delisting of the picture. For delisting, if an image is listed here for ten days with five or more reviewers supporting a delist or replace, and the consensus is in its favor, it will be delisted from Wikipedia:Featured pictures. Consensus is generally regarded to be a two-thirds majority in support, including the nominator. Note that anonymous votes are generally disregarded, as are opinions of sockpuppets. However, images are sometimes delisted despite having fewer than five in support of their removal, and there is currently no consensus on how best to handle delist closures, except that:If the image to be delisted is not used in any articles by the time of closure, it must be delisted. If it is added to articles during the nomination, at least one week's stability is required for the nomination to be closed as "Kept". The nomination may be suspended if a week hasn't yet passed to give the rescue a chance. Outside of the nominator, all voters are expected to have been on Wikipedia for 25 days and to have made a minimum of 100 edits. If necessary, decisions about close candidacies will be made on a case-by-case basis. As with regular nominations, delist nominations are given three extra days to run if started in December. Note that delisting an image does not mean deleting it. Delisting from Featured pictures in no way affects the image's status in its article(s).

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Step 1: Evaluate Evaluate the merit of a nomination against the featured picture criteria. Most users reference terms from this page when evaluating nominations.

Step 2: Create a subpage For Nominations To create a subpage of Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates for your nomination, add a title for the image you want to nominate in the field below (e.g., Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Labrador Retriever) and click the "Create new nomination" button. For Delists (or Delist & Replace) To create a subpage for your delist, add a title for the image you want to delist/replace in the field below and click the "Create new delist nomination" button.

Step 3: Transclude and link Transclude the newly created subpage to the Featured picture candidate list ().

How to comment for Candidate Images Write Support, if you approve of the picture. A reason is optional. Write Oppose, followed by your reasoning, if you disapprove of the picture. All objections should be accompanied by a specific rationale that, if addressed, would make you support the image. If your concern is one that can only be addressed by the creator, and if they haven't nominated or commented on the image, and if they are a Wikipedian, you should notify them directly. You can weak support or weak oppose instead, so that your opinion will be weighed as half of a "full" opinion. To change your opinion, strike it out (with <s>...</s>) rather than removing it. If you think a nominated image obviously fails the featured picture criteria, write Speedy close followed by your reasons. Nominations may be closed early if this is the case. Recommendations added early in the process may be disregarded if they do not address concerns and/or improvements that arise later in the debate. Reviewers are advised to monitor the progress of a nomination and update their votes accordingly. Prior to giving an opinion, the image should be assessed on its quality as displayed at full size (high-resolution) in an image editing program. Please note that the images are only displayed at thumbnail size on this page. The thumbnail links to the image description page which, in turn, links to the high-resolution version. How to comment for Delist Images Write Keep, followed by your reasons for keeping the picture. Write Delist, followed by your reasons for delisting the picture. Write Delist and Replace if you believe the image should be replaced by a better picture. You can weak keep, weak delist or weak delist and replace instead, so that your opinion will be weighed as half of a "full" opinion. To change your opinion, strike it out (with <s>...</s>) rather than removing it. Please remember to be civil, not to bite the newbies and to comment on the image, not the person. You may find the glossary useful when you encounter acronyms or jargon in other voters' comments. You can also link to it by using {{FPCgloss}}. Editing candidates If you feel you could improve a candidate by image editing, please feel free to do so, but do not overwrite or remove the original. Instead, upload your edit with a different file name (e.g., add "edit" to the file name), and display it below the original nomination. Edits should be appropriately captioned in sequential order (e.g., Edit 1, Edit 2, etc), and describe the modifications that have been applied. Is my monitor adjusted correctly? In a discussion about the brightness of an image, it is necessary to know if the computer display is properly adjusted. Displays differ greatly in their ability to show shadow detail. There are four dark grey circles in the adjacent image. If you can discern three (or even four) of the circles, your monitor can display shadow detail correctly. If you see fewer than three circles, you may need to adjust the monitor and/or computer display settings. Some displays cannot be adjusted for ideal shadow detail. Please take this into account when voting. Displays also differ greatly in their ability to show highlight detail. There are light grey circles in the adjacent image. If you can discern three (or even four) of the circles, your monitor can display highlight detail correctly. If you see fewer than three circles, you may need to adjust the monitor and/or computer display settings (probably reduce the contrast setting). Some displays cannot be adjusted for ideal highlight detail. Please take this into account when voting. On a gamma-adjusted display, the four circles in the color image blend into the background when seen from a few feet (roughly 75–150 cm) away. If they do not, you could adjust the gamma setting (found in the computer's settings, not on the display), until they do. This may be very difficult to attain, and a slight error is not detrimental. Uncorrected PC displays usually show the circles darker than the background. Note that the image must be viewed in original size (263 × 68 pixels) - if enlarged or reduced, results are not accurate. Note that on most consumer LCD displays (laptop or flat screen), viewing angle strongly affects these images. Correct adjustment on one part of the screen might be incorrect on another part for a stationary head position. Click on the images for more technical information. If possible, calibration with a hardware monitor calibrator is recommended.

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BMW S1000RR

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 11 Oct 2016 at 21:15:11 (UTC)

Original – The BMW S1000RR sport bike produced by BMW Motorrad. It was specifically designed to compete in the 2009 Superbike World Championship.

Reason

Very high quality studio shot that show of minute details of the bike. Very high EV.

Articles in which this image appears

BMW S1000RR

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Land

Creator

Stefan Krause, Germany

• Support as nominator – FakeShemp (talk) 21:15, 1 October 2016 (UTC)
• Support INeverCry 01:12, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
• Support  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 09:09, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
• Comment – Looks suspiciously promotional, especially with that spurious backdrop, but apparently it was taken by a private photog. Sca (talk) 14:57, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
• Support – looks like [1] he is combining several photos, background shadows are a little goofy in a couple places (above fuel tank, to the left of front tire), but the bike is too good to nag! (not that there is anything wrong with nagging!) Bammesk (talk) 21:52, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
  • Several lights, but this is almost certainly a single photograph. The file linked is more of a "making of" to show what setup he was using. Much better equipment than I've ever used ;)  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 03:56, 3 October 2016 (UTC)
• Support --Alchemist-hp (talk) 00:05, 3 October 2016 (UTC)
• Support --LivioAndronico ^(talk) 17:24, 3 October 2016 (UTC)
• Support Daniel Case (talk) 21:20, 3 October 2016 (UTC)
• Support – Jobas (talk) 16:26, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

Promoted File:BMW S1000 RR Studio.JPG --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:53, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

San Stanislao dei Polacchi (Rome) - Ceiling.jpg

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 11 Oct 2016 at 16:44:58 (UTC)

Original – San Stanislao dei Polacchi (Rome) - Ceiling

Reason

Beautiful ceiling

Articles in which this image appears

San Stanislao alle Botteghe Oscure

FP category for this image

Places/Interiors

Creator

Livioandronico2013

• Support as nominator – LivioAndronico ^(talk) 16:44, 1 October 2016 (UTC)
• Support INeverCry 01:28, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
• Support --Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 05:46, 3 October 2016 (UTC)
• Support --Alchemist-hp (talk) 10:04, 3 October 2016 (UTC)
• Support Daniel Case (talk) 21:19, 3 October 2016 (UTC)
• Support – Jobas (talk) 16:21, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

Promoted File:San Stanislao dei Polacchi (Rome) - Ceiling.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:51, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

Winter Palace & Palace Square

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 11 Oct 2016 at 05:34:53 (UTC)

Original – An aerial view of the Winter Palace (part of the Hermitage Museum) and Palace Square, in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Reason

High quality, high EV (complete/dimensional view of the Winter Palace and adjacent Palace Square).
The combination of intermittent overcast skies, restricted to flying over the river, and no hovering, contribute to some technical flaws in this image. I hope it has the EV to compensate.

Articles in which this image appears

Winter Palace, Palace Square

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture

Creator

Godot13

Alt version (crop)

• Support either as nominator – Godot13 (talk) 05:34, 1 October 2016 (UTC)
• Support ALT – Jobas (talk) 08:14, 1 October 2016 (UTC)
• Unfortunate Oppose because of cut-off building at left - even if it doesn't belong to the Palace, the composition is badly limping because of it... --Janke | Talk 09:03, 1 October 2016 (UTC)
• Oppose per Janke, but on a larger note, I have noticed many of these aerial views being nominated and promoted and I would say that in general I am against them. They show architecture from angles they were never meant to be seen, nor ever recognised by a person on the ground. They are "cool" but the encyclopedic value, I think, is reduced when it's impossible for a person to ever see it like that in real life. Mattximus (talk) 14:45, 1 October 2016 (UTC)
  • Mattximus- I understand your opposition in so far as you cite Janke. However your reasoning in being against aerial photographs and their reduced EV makes no sense to me at all. I agree, for Wikipedia FP, "cool" is not enough, but it is a bonus. To be able to illustrate an object, building, or place in a way that provides a different, rare, or unique scope or perspective is (to me at least) the goal of an encyclopedic image. Using the present image as an example (and I'm not trying to change your opposition to this particular image)- if a reader only had the first two images of the Winter Palace article to rely on (1 and 2), they may be left believing that the the building is basically rectangular in shape. Seeing the building from an aerial perspective (from angles they were never meant to be seen??) illustrates that the palace is actually square with a main courtyard and four smaller courtyards. Is a photo of Earth from the moon less encyclopedic because it is impossible (or highly unlikely) that a person will ever see it like that in real life?--Godot13 (talk) 17:14, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

I can put it another way. If I saw this picture, then went walking around St. Petersburg, I would not be able to identify the winter palace. Architects do not design buildings (with some exceptions...[2]) to be seen from impossible angles such as from an airplane. Encyclopedic value would thus be much diminished, since the primary purpose for encyclopedic images is to be useful. Mattximus (talk) 18:29, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

• Comment - @Janke, Jobas, and Mattximus: Alternate version offered. Cropped with best effort at a fair (but far from perfect) perspective correction. Mattximus - The impossible angle argument feels a bit circular, so I'll agree to disagree.-Godot13 (talk) 22:46, 1 October 2016 (UTC)
• Support Alt - People fly over cities and see buildings from the air every day, or they see smaller buildings from the top of skyscrapers like the Empire State Building. INeverCry 01:26, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
• Support Alt – Tighter focus aids visual accessibility. In the original, the Alexander Column is distracting. Sca (talk) 15:06, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
• Support Alt - per Sca. Spongie555 (talk) 00:53, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

Promoted File:RUS-2016-Aerial-SPB-Winter Palace (crop).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:59, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

Langley Covered Bridge

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 8 Oct 2016 at 04:21:27 (UTC)

Original – A historic covered bridge in Michigan. This is a drone photo taken of a new prospective of the bridge. This is the longest covered bridge in Michigan now. That is listed on the Michigan Historic Place List

Reason

The image is of high technical standards, the image is of high resolution, I hope others think of it is the best images. Looking at the images of some bridges it seems to standout. It has a free licenses. It adds significant encyclopedic value to the article.

Articles in which this image appears

Langley Covered Bridge

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture, Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/American history

Creator

jsgoodrich

• Support as nominator – Jsgoodrich (talk) 04:21, 28 September 2016 (UTC)
• Oppose – Colors look over-saturated. Sky is really noisy. Focus at the back of the bridge is soft. White bridge supports are over-exposed. Might've been a better idea to try QI at Commons first. INeverCry 10:17, 28 September 2016 (UTC)
• Oppose – Due to over-saturation. Everything looks dayglo-ish. Sca (talk) 14:16, 28 September 2016 (UTC)
• Oppose - A drone is not going to take photos as good as a conventional camera any time soon, and this isn't an unusual enough perspective to make up for the problems (over-exposed, and it doesn't quite seem straight, maybe because the drone's lens is quite fisheye). An image like this one might be a better choice. It's an unusual view, and it shows the full bridge including the dyke. Smurrayinchester 14:22, 28 September 2016 (UTC)

• I would disagree with your statement, this nomination is a better angle for sure. However the picture quality is not very good so I will also oppose, but I don't think the problem is with the framing. Mattximus (talk) 14:46, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

• Oppose Per others – Jobas (talk) 06:48, 29 September 2016 (UTC)
• Oppose per others. Daniel Case (talk) 01:51, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

• @Daniel Case: 1st time I've looked at your bio. 10 March 1968? You're a full 5 days older than me you old goat! My mom tried to hold on for St. Patty's Day... INeverCry 00:44, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

• Which means we share a birthday, INC. Just... several years difference. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 13:19, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

• Several years are nothing. I was a big strong lad just yesterday it seems; I'm sure Daniel was too... INeverCry (talk) 22:04, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

• Oppose - Saturation and contrast are too extreme, resulting in noise and loss of detail. Margalob (talk) 14:24, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 04:42, 8 October 2016 (UTC)

Liberty atop the Freedom Monument, Riga

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 7 Oct 2016 at 20:22:35 (UTC)

Original – The copper statue of Liberty atop the Freedom Monument in Riga, which commemorates the fallen in the Latvian War of Independence. She holds three gilded stars representing the three cultural regions that united to form Latvia in 1918.

Reason

A good image of the most famous national symbol of Latvia. The statue is high up a column, meaning that she is difficult to photograph front-on without a very long zoom. We already have one featured picture of the monument, but that one shows the entire column with the statue only a minor detail. The two different images both have high EV.

Articles in which this image appears

Freedom Monument, Kārlis Zāle

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Sculpture

Creator

Smurrayinchester

• Support as nominator – Smurrayinchester 20:22, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support – INeverCry 10:18, 28 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support – Due in part to the monument's interesting history – surprisingly, it survived the Soviet occupation of Latvia. Sca (talk) 14:19, 28 September 2016 (UTC)
• Comment - Great image at thumbnail size, okay at full screen, some focus/artifact issues at full size that become distracting from the waist down... Given the pixel count, final file size seems a bit small.--Godot13 (talk) 20:54, 28 September 2016 (UTC)

• I agree about the file size, the original is a lot larger. Bammesk (talk) 03:42, 29 September 2016 (UTC)
• I saved it at 95% quality JPEG, and I don't see any JPEG artifact issues. I still have the TIFF, so I could resave it as a 100% JPEG easily enough. Smurrayinchester 07:33, 29 September 2016 (UTC)

Uploaded the 100% version. Must admit, the sky looks a lot better. Smurrayinchester 20:32, 29 September 2016 (UTC)

• Looking at it closer, the de-noise is excessive, it shows in the feet area and the stars. Also I don't see a benefit in reducing (scaling) the image size, it results in loss of details. Aside from the technical issues, I am undecided about significance of EV given we have a FP of the monument. Image complements existing FP, as a set. I like the composition, excellent background. I have to Weak oppose because of technical issues, sorry. Bammesk (talk) 00:56, 30 September 2016 (UTC) ...sidenote: I ran the original image through GIMP despeckle tool, set at 2 pixel radius, and thought it was an improvement, just one user's opinion. Bammesk (talk) 01:45, 30 September 2016 (UTC)

• Support – Jobas (talk) 06:44, 29 September 2016 (UTC)
• Regretful oppose per Bammesk. Daniel Case (talk) 21:14, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:48, 7 October 2016 (UTC)

Santa Maria in Vallicella (Rome) - Intern

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 5 Oct 2016 at 07:45:22 (UTC)

Original – Interior of the church of Santa Maria in Vallicella, Rome

Reason

One of the most beautiful churches of Rome

Articles in which this image appears

Santa Maria in Vallicella

FP category for this image

Places/Interiors

Creator

Livioandronico2013

• Support as nominator – LivioAndronico ^(talk) 07:45, 25 September 2016 (UTC)
• Comment – A pretty picture of a pretty place, but to my eye the glare of the lights is rather distracting. Sca (talk) 20:40, 25 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support – INeverCry 03:01, 26 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support another nice image. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 22:05, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support – Jobas (talk) 04:09, 28 September 2016 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 11:34, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

• Nomination didn't reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 11:34, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

National Library of Greece

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 4 Oct 2016 at 08:24:33 (UTC)

Original – The main building of the National Library of Greece. It was designed by the Danish architect Theophil Freiherr von Hansen.

Reason

high quality photograph of a notable building and therefore high EV

Articles in which this image appears

National Library of Greece

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture

Creator

Der Wolf im Wald

• Support as nominator – Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 08:24, 24 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support Étienne Dolet (talk) 17:47, 24 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support --LivioAndronico ^(talk) 07:46, 25 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support – Jobas (talk) 09:11, 25 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support per nom... excellent photo. Mattximus (talk) 12:52, 25 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support Brandmeister^talk 13:04, 25 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support – INeverCry 03:03, 26 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support Excellent photo with great EV Nick-D (talk) 09:02, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support Perfect flag position is the icing on the cake. Smurrayinchester 21:26, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support wow --Alchemist-hp (talk) 22:05, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support beautifully framed,crisp and clear.Nicely shot Lemon martini (talk) 10:47, 29 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support Nice. Daniel Case (talk) 01:43, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

Promoted File:Griechische Nationalbibliothek (Zuschnitt).jpg --Godot13 (talk) 20:49, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

Aida, Act 1, Scene 2

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 4 Oct 2016 at 01:50:49 (UTC)

Original – Philippe Chaperon's set design for Act 1, Scene 2 of Giuseppe Verdi's Aida, from the original 1871 Cairo performance.

Reason

Historical records of the first production are very valuable by their nature. The crop was done to allow me to carefully fix the edges; the paper was not cut that evenly for mounting, and I wanted to get as much of the detailed work near the top as possible. Lots of dust on this one.

Articles in which this image appears

Aida

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre

Creator

Philippe Chaperon, restored by Adam Cuerden

• Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 01:50, 24 September 2016 (UTC)
• I rarely respond to FP canidates, but I love watching this page, and I fell I am uniquely qualified to discuss this one as I am a set designer for theater myself. One big question I have is with the crop of the image. Around the edge of this candidate is a curtain but it is unclear if that curtain is part of the set or if it is actually the House curtain. Because we do not have any reference point of where the proscenium is in relationship to this curtain I am uncertain if this crop is actually the whole set. More simply put if this curtain is the House Curtain then everything is great, but if it is part of the scenery than the image may be cropped too close.--Found5dollar (talk) 14:28, 25 September 2016 (UTC)
  • @Found5dollar: This is literally the entirety of the image as it exists - I very carefully made sure not to crop out any of it; indeed, I filled about a 6-10 pixels high strip in a few places in order to make sure no information was lost because of the unevenness of the paper. Compare File:Set_design_by_Philippe_Chaperon_for_Act1_sc2_of_Aida_by_Verdi_1871_Cairo_-_Gallica.jpg. I did cut that tiny tag of paper in the lower right hand corner, the rest, at most, lost a pixel or two. The blue backing paper doesn't appear to be original, so I didn't want to keep it.

While it's theoretically possible more of the image existed at some point, it certainly does not now; the BnF has the Paris opera artchives - note the "Bibl. de L'Opera" stamp on the original; this is the only copy. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 16:04, 25 September 2016 (UTC)

@Found5dollar: Also, if you look at [3] you'll see that he fairly regularly includes curtains to frame his designs, but they tend not to show any more detail than here. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 19:01, 25 September 2016 (UTC)

I'm convinced. I'm still unsure if in his rendering style these curtains he includes are part of the theater or part of the design, but in-terms of the needs here we have as much info as we can possibly have.--Found5dollar (talk) 15:01, 26 September 2016 (UTC)

• Support - Another quality restoration. Based on the original used in this case, it seems that any actual cropping of the design was minuscule.--Godot13 (talk) 19:15, 25 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:21, 25 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support – INeverCry 03:04, 26 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support – Jobas (talk) 04:05, 28 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support I like that the construction lines weren't lost in the restoration. It's good to see what a real stage design sketch looks like. Smurrayinchester 07:48, 28 September 2016 (UTC)
  • Wanted to include everything but the dust and chipping, (and the rather obviously late-addition blue paper frame it was glued to). Cutting out the draft lines would lessen its value. Thinking finishing Rigoletto next. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 08:25, 28 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support per my !vote at Commons. Daniel Case (talk) 01:49, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

Promoted File:Set design by Philippe Chaperon for Act1 sc2 of Aida by Verdi 1871 Cairo - Gallica - Restored.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 04:04, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

Teresia Sampsonia

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 4 Oct 2016 at 01:37:57 (UTC)

Original – Lady Teresia Sampsonia Shirley, as painted by Anthony van Dyck in Rome, 1622.

Reason

Quality is good, has a free license, and has a high EV (painting was made during her own life by one of the most famous painters of that time).

Articles in which this image appears

Teresia Sampsonia

FP category for this image

Paintings

Creator

Anthony van Dyck

• Support as nominator – LouisAragon (talk) 01:37, 24 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support – Aṭlas (talk) 02:46, 24 September 2016 (UTC)

• Strike !vote as account is not old enough (was created just 14 days ago instead of the required 25). Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 07:31, 24 September 2016 (UTC)

• Oppose. It's very, very small and has gone through some potentially questionable "colour correction". Josh Milburn (talk) 13:43, 24 September 2016 (UTC)
• Oppose Agree. Way under minimum size without a good reason, and it's readily accessible, so it'd be very hard to come up with a good reason. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 19:00, 24 September 2016 (UTC)
• Oppose Per others – Jobas (talk) 09:06, 25 September 2016 (UTC)
• Oppose - Well below minimum resolution of 1500x1500. Mattximus (talk) 12:49, 25 September 2016 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:57, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

Perast

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 3 Oct 2016 at 17:12:53 (UTC)

Original – Perast

Reason

Quality is good. EV is high. I assume not too many people know where Perast is, let alone know the significance of it for the Montenegrin people.

Articles in which this image appears

Perast

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban

Creator

Halavar

• Support as nominator – Étienne Dolet (talk) 17:12, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support MITB --- MITB_talk 18:46, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support INeverCry 23:30, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support – Jobas (talk) 11:13, 24 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support – Good EV per nominator, good detail. (Unfortunate that woman on rocks is partly obscured, but oh well.) Sca (talk) 12:13, 24 September 2016 (UTC)

Promoted File:Widok na Perast z zachodu 01.JPG --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:15, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

Armbrust, czy mówisz po angielsku? Sca (talk) 21:39, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

Kilmainham Gaol

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 3 Oct 2016 at 09:19:55 (UTC)

Original – Kilmainham Gaol main hall, Victorian wing.

Reason

High quality image showing hall, walkways, and cells, and the airy nature of the hall due to the large bright skylight. 2016 marks the centenary of the Easter Rising. Many Irish revolutionaries, including the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising, were imprisoned and executed in this prison by the British.

Articles in which this image appears

Kilmainham Gaol

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors

Creator

Colin

• Support as nominator – Colin°^Talk 09:19, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support INeverCry 23:31, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:53, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support - Godot13 (talk) 00:07, 24 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support – Jobas (talk) 11:07, 24 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support per my !vote at Commons. Daniel Case (talk) 01:44, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

Promoted File:Kilmainham Gaol Main Hall 2016-06-03.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 09:20, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

Lenin (nuclear-powered icebreaker)

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Original – The Lenin, a Soviet era nuclear-powered icebreaker, was commissioned in 1957 as the world’s first nuclear-powered civilian vessel and surface ship. Decommissioned in 1989, the Lenin is permanently moored in Murmansk as a floating museum.

Reason

High quality, high EV

Articles in which this image appears

Lenin (1957 icebreaker)

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Water

Creator

Godot13

• Support as nominator – Godot13 (talk) 06:35, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support Brandmeister^talk 08:01, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support – Jobas (talk) 22:19, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
• Weak Support - Quality is great but dull lighting spoils the mood for me. Nikhil (talk) 02:08, 24 September 2016‎ (UTC)
• Support. I like it. The lighting is surely pretty much inevitable (or even desirable); the ship's in Murmansk, famous for being cold and bleak. Josh Milburn (talk) 13:47, 24 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support – INeverCry 03:05, 26 September 2016 (UTC)
• Oppose Light notwithstanding, I find the crops too tight. Daniel Case (talk) 01:48, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

Promoted File:RUS-2016-Murmansk-Icebreaker Lenin 01.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:40, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

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Roger Chaffee in Mission Control

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 1 Oct 2016 at 06:03:43 (UTC)

Original – Astronaut Roger Chaffee working as capsule communicator (CAPCOM) during the Gemini 3 mission.

Reason

Especially considering when this photo was taken, this is a high resolution photo with the subject set nicely in focus. This photo shows an astronaut in a somewhat unnatural state; they are working as CAPCOM instead of working in space. It is verifiable through NASA sources. There is an accurate description in English.

Articles in which this image appears

Gemini 3, Roger B. Chaffee

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering

Creator

NASA

• Support as nominator – Kees08 (talk) 06:03, 21 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support – Jobas (talk) 17:47, 21 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support – INeverCry 00:47, 22 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support -- --Janke | Talk 06:54, 24 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support A few minor specks, but nothing worth worrying about given the grain. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 11:51, 26 September 2016 (UTC)

Promoted File:Roger B. Chaffee at a console in the Mission Control Center, Houston, during the Gemini-Titan 3 flight.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 07:23, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

Dome of Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore (Florence)

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Original – Dome of Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore (Florence)

Reason

This is an image of Vasari's masterpiece

Articles in which this image appears

Florence Cathedral

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings

Creator

Livioandronico

• Support as nominator – LivioAndronico ^(talk) 18:02, 20 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support – INeverCry 22:38, 20 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support – Jobas (talk) 04:42, 21 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support --Alchemist-hp (talk) 21:29, 21 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support but is this interlaced? Thought they weren't meant to be interlaced. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 14:10, 26 September 2016 (UTC)

• Thanks Adam Cuerden,what you mean for "interlaced"? thanks --LivioAndronico ^(talk) 19:20, 28 September 2016 (UTC)

• @Livioandronico2013: I think Adam means this. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:07, 29 September 2016 (UTC)

Promoted File:Dome of Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore (Florence).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:09, 30 September 2016 (UTC)

• Added image to Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors instead. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:09, 30 September 2016 (UTC)

Ruth Muskrat Bronson

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 30 Sep 2016 at 16:48:38 (UTC)

Original – Ruth Muskrat Bronson

Reason

I'm not quite sure about my crop (those wanting to try their own hand can find the pre-crop restoration at [4] - I restored everything, including parts I was pretty sure I'd crop out.) but the image is highly encyclopædic, and minority women, particularly Native Americans, tend to be under-photographed relative to their importance. It's a very good photo of her at a key point in her political activities (just around the time of her meeting with President Calvin Cooleridge)

Articles in which this image appears

Ruth Muskrat Bronson

FP category for this image

Some subcategory of Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People probably Artists and writers, Political, or Other: she worked and was successful in a LOT of fields.

Creator

National Photo Company, restored by Adam Cuerden

• Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 16:48, 20 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support Interesting, didn't know her before. Crop looks tolerable to me, given some unfortunate extraneous stuff on the left in the original photo. Brandmeister^talk 19:41, 20 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support – INeverCry 22:43, 20 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support – Jobas (talk) 06:42, 29 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support as the author of the biography. Truly difficult to find images of minority women and this one is quite striking and relevant. SusunW (talk) 21:55, 22 September 2016 (UTC)

Promoted File:Ruth Muskrat.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:54, 30 September 2016 (UTC)

• Added image to Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Traditional dress. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:54, 30 September 2016 (UTC)
  • @Armbrust: Is that the best one? I always saw that as more for people whose EV was primarily in their clothing, so I'm a little hesitant to put someone who's notable in her own right in there. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 15:32, 1 October 2016 (UTC)
    • I didn't though about that. Moved image to Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 09:35, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

Saint Michael's Castle (Saint Petersburg)

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Original – An aerial view of Saint Michael's Castle in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Reason

High quality, high EV

Articles in which this image appears

Saint Michael's Castle

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture

Creator

Godot13

• Support as nominator – Godot13 (talk) 18:55, 19 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support --Alchemist-hp (talk) 21:27, 19 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support – INeverCry 00:03, 20 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support – Jobas (talk) 00:50, 20 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 02:18, 20 September 2016 (UTC)
• Support --LivioAndronico ^(talk) 07:47, 25 September 2016 (UTC)

Promoted File:RUS-2016-Aerial-SPB-St Michael's Castle 02.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:35, 29 September 2016 (UTC)

Abul Bajandar diagnosed with Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis

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Original – Abul Bajandar from Bangladesh, is the fourth person in the world diagnosed with Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis

Reason

The only free image of the rarest disease Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis available in Commons. Also a valued image on commons.

Articles in which this image appears

Epidermodysplasia verruciformis

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Biology

Creator

Monirul Alam

• Support as nominator – Mar11 (talk) 03:03, 18 September 2016 (UTC)
• Oppose - Use of shadow may be artistically interesting, but does not work to document the disease clearly. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 08:21, 18 September 2016 (UTC)
• Oppose Per Chris Woodrich – Jobas (talk) 17:40, 18 September 2016 (UTC)
• Oppose Per Chris. INeverCry 20:20, 18 September 2016 (UTC)
• Comment The main problem is rather black-and-whiteness, the shadows could always be adjusted. Brandmeister^talk 13:28, 20 September 2016 (UTC)

  Not without losing a lot of detail, especially on his right hand and the right side of his face. INeverCry 00:50, 22 September 2016 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:04, 28 September 2016 (UTC)

Suspended nominations

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