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Original – Antiopella cristata
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons two weeks ago. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears
Antiopella cristata
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Molluscs
Creator
Roberto Strafella

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:40, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Bust of Ibn Khaldoun in the entrance of the Kasbah of Bejaia, Algeria.
Reason
Featured without opposition on Commons last month. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears
Ibn Khaldun etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Others
Creator
Reda Kerbouche

Promoted File:Bust of Ibn Khaldun (Casbah of Bejaia, Algeria).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:50, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Bacterial phagocytosis by neutrophil in human blood, invitro. The video is accelerated by a factor of 8.
Reason
Good visualization of a neutrophil (a type of white blood cell) neutralizing (phagocytosis, or eating) a bacteria in human blood, invitro. Good addition to two articles.
Articles in which this image appears
Phagocytosis, Neutrophil
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Biology
Creator
Andrei Savitsky

Promoted File:Нейтрофил крови человека фагоцитирует бактерию.webm --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:49, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – A 1895 painting Peder Severin Krøyer depicting a large group of influential businessmen inside of the Great Hall of Børsen.
Reason
Featured picture on commons. Quality photograph of the painting, provides EV to its pages where its linked to.
Articles in which this image appears
From Copenhagen Stock Exchange, Børsen, Peder Severin Krøyer, Grosserer-Societetet, Sabinus Seidelin
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Photographer: User:Villy Fink Isaksen, Painter: Peder Severin Krøyer

Promoted File:Fra Københavns Børs.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:49, 2 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – A German External Loan issued by the United States to the German Reich in 1924.
Reason
High quality reproduction of a document. Provides a lot of EV in the only article which it appears in, in that it is a direct relic of the Dawes Plan itself. Good POTD for October 15 2024 (100th anniversary of this document).
Articles in which this image appears
Dawes Plan
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War I
Creator
Unknown authors and graphic artists; Scan from Ersten Deutschen Historic-Actien-Clubs e.V.
  • Lots of these notes were issues over many years. It makes sense that not all had identical color tones, fine details, etc. The uploader seems legit. They have 2000+ uploads of similar (historic) documents. Translating some of their talk page posts Here shows the uploader is part of a group or informal organization (also see their file 'source' descriptions). I doubt the uploads are manipulated in any significant way. But I don't know much about old prints though. Perhaps Adam can judge the integrity of the uploader's work by looking at some of their other uploads. Bammesk (talk) 02:36, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment As someone who has scanned aging documents extensively, the colours look reasonable to me. The marks along the top edge are in the same range, indicating that whatever has caused the lightening of the paper happened before the damage that resulted in the brown spots. The greens at the top are slightly lighter, while the blacks seem to have held their tone better; if this were artificial, I'd expect the blacks to likewise be lighter. I do feel that the cutout could have been a bit better, however - the bottom still has some unnatural straight lines.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 16:04, 27 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    You don't find the purple-to-yellow-to-purple gradient off for the background paper? Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.9% of all FPs. 22:28, 27 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    It definitely feels more like some sort of uneven fading due to sub-optimal storage than a technical flaw with the scanner. I no longer have the documents, due to changes in my situation, but this certificate and this poster (also on the other side) both had uneven fading. Admittedly, those were on a much browner paper (and indeed the fading is skewed yellow, rather than the green tone of the nomination). I personally don't think the image is FP quality, due to the blemish, but I don't feel like it's beyond the realm of possibility for this scan to be reflective of the document. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:50, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Looking at the available images of these documents online, it does seem to be a common issue. This one is clearly not a reproduction of our digital copy (has the full emblem, as well as the tickets) and has similar fading issues.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:03, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Searching for "Dawes Anleihe 1924" on Goggle images returns many similar examples. This being a banknote, could the background paper gradient been in part intentional (a security feature)? Bammesk (talk) 13:12, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Potentially? I'm also seeing images like this, which notably has a black instead of a red emblem, and this, which was overstamped. There could have been different printings, with some variants to show series, but I'm not sure.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 16:42, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • The note itself says $110 million was issued, and the denomination is $1000, with 1924 technology. It's plausible that several batched were printed over time, and that the color tone and other fine details weren't exactly identical. For instance among the examples linked to above I see at least two similar, but different, hand written signatures on the lower left corner. Bammesk (talk) 17:10, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Summing up, the exact legitimacy of the bill is still disputed and none of us are sure how close this is to the original. I'm okay with the fine details and prints, but it's the legitimacy of the color that is bothering. Is there any way, like some noticeboard in German Wikipedia or Teahouse or helpdesk who can dig up more about this? The Herald (Benison) (talk) 17:45, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:03, 2 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Blooming in Algonquin Provincial Park (Ontario, Canada).
Reason
Recently featured unanimously on Commons, used in the article's infobox.
Articles in which this image appears
Trillium undulatum, Algonquin Provincial Park
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Flowers
Creator
The Cosmonaut

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:27, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalDouble Portrait of both Artists by Jean Baptiste de Champaigne and Nicolas de Plattemontagne
Reason
An excellent quality scan (a part of Google Art Project), with good EV.
Articles in which this image appears
Jean Baptiste de Champaigne and Nicolas de Plattemontagne (latter added recently)
FP category for this image
Paintings
Creator
Jean Baptiste de Champaigne and Nicolas de Plattemontagne
I don't understand. You want to crop the file or make an alt/derived file? The Herald (Benison) (talk) 03:10, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I mean that the double portrait should be cropped in the Jean Baptiste de Champaigne article so that only de Champaigne's portrait can be seen. ―Howard🌽33 20:37, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Such an extensive crop will drop the EV of the painting significantly and criterion #8 will come into play then, IMO. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 02:59, 2 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It doesn't really educate people if there are two people in a portrait and the subject can't be immediately noticed without a caption. ―Howard🌽33 20:04, 2 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support: I updated the article so both a crop and the nominated pic appear. ―Howard🌽33 10:18, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Jean Baptiste de Champaigne and Nicolas de Plattemontagne - Double Portrait of both Artists - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:00, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Close up view of Litli-Hrútur eruption in Iceland in 2023
Reason
Close up view of the Litli-Hrútur eruption in Iceland in 2023. The wow factor does it for me. It’s a good addition to three articles listed below. It can also be added to the Fagradalsfjall article if there is consensus for it.
Articles in which this image appears
Effusive eruption, Lava, Volcano
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Geology
Creator
Giles Laurent

Promoted File:007 Volcano eruption of Litli-Hrútur in Iceland in 2023 Video by Giles Laurent.webm --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:14, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – From left to right are: Commander, James A. Lovell Jr., Command Module pilot, John L. Swigert Jr., and Lunar Module pilot, Fred W. Haise Jr. The original Command Module pilot for this mission was Thomas "Ken" Mattingly Jr., but due to exposure to German measles he was replaced by his backup, Command Module pilot, John L. "Jack" Swigert Jr.
Reason
The official NASA crew photo, 29 April 1970. All three men of the Apollo 13 crew in the highest quality of studio photographs.
Articles in which this image appears
Apollo 13
FP category for this image
Space, People
Creator
NASA (NASA Image and Video Library Image number S70-36485)
(See: https://images.nasa.gov/details-S70-36485)
(Non-cropped version of image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Actual_Apollo_13_Prime_Crew_-_GPN-2000-001167.jpg)
  • Support as nominatorIndefatigable2 talk 18:51, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose – Govt. promotional photo that tells nothing about highly perilous Apollo 13 mission. Faces of subjects constitute relatively small proportion of image. – Sca (talk) 12:14, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per Sca. These men weren't known for wearing suits, so the EV is modest here. Commons has several photos of the Apollo 13 crew wearing spacesuits (including one posing while doing so with their rocket) that have stronger EV, though the resolution looks lowish - presumably higher res versions are available. Nick-D (talk) 23:34, 27 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --The Herald (Benison) (talk) 19:13, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Tibetan representation of Buddha Vairocana, featuring several of his defining characteristics, including his white color, the teaching gesture (dharmacakramudra), and sitting on an elaborate lion throne.
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons last month. Illustrates articles well.
Articles in which this image appears
Vairocanābhisaṃbodhi Sūtra, Thangka
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/East Asian art
Creator
Unknown

Promoted File:Buddha Vairocana - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:50, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Close-up of female Dorcus parallelipipedus
Reason
2018 POTY finalist. Interesting and highly detailed.
Articles in which this image appears
Dorcus parallelipipedus
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Sebastián J.L

Promoted File:Dorcus parallelipipedus female.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:56, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Van Gogh's Starry Night Over the Rhône, 1888, oil on canvas
Alt 1 (for reference) the version used widely in enwiki, but not a good scan and colors are off. Replaced with original nomination in the lead article.
Reason
High quality scan (by Google Art Project), high EV and an FP is various Wikipedias and commons as well as 2015 POTY finalist.
Articles in which this image appears
Starry Night Over the Rhône, Vincent van Gogh and Van Gogh and Britain.
FP category for this image
Paintings
Creator
Vincent van Gogh

Promoted File:Vincent van Gogh - Starry Night - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:00, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Close up view of Comatricha nigra, a species of Slime mold
Reason
Close up view of Comatricha nigra, a species of Slime mold in class Myxogastria. This class is slimy to the touch during part of its life, therefore giving the larger group its name 'slime' mold. The species article is weak (it describes the size, millimeter range, and appearance), but the image is also used in the group article. On a sidenote: in the photo I think there is some visible slime at the base of the stalks (visible at full size).
Articles in which this image appears
Slime mold, Comatricha nigra
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Fungi
Creator
Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas

Promoted File:Comatricha nigra 176600092.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:05, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Habsburg in 2019
Reason
High quality and resolution
Articles in which this image appears
Ferdinand Habsburg (racing driver)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Sport
Creator
Drew Gibson

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 01:40, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – The Feldherrnhalle on the Odeonsplatz, Munich, Germany
Reason
High quality image. It is marked as both Quality and Valued image on Wikimedia Commons. FP on the German language Wikipedia.
Articles in which this image appears
Feldherrnhalle
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Thomas Wolf

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 01:41, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]