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

Promoting an image

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

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

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

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

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

Delisting an image

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

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

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

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

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

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Featured picture tools:

Step 1:
Evaluate

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

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


For Delists (or Delist & Replace)

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


Step 3:
Transclude and link

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

How to comment for Candidate Images

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

How to comment for Delist Images

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

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

Editing candidates

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

Is my monitor adjusted correctly?

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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Current nominations

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Princess Ida

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Voting period ends on 11 Jan 2025 at 23:33:44 (UTC)

Original – Cover to a souvenier programme for the original production of Princess Ida
Reason
From the première run, by a notable artist. May gain a set later.
Articles in which this image appears
Princess Ida, Alice Havers
FP category for this image
WP:FP/THEATRE
Creator
Alice Havers, restored by Adam Cuerden

2023 Canadian wildfires

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Voting period ends on 11 Jan 2025 at 22:50:15 (UTC)

Original – The old Port of Quebec, Quebec City, under the smoke of the 2023 Canadian wildfires, photographed 25 June 2023
Reason
Good example of the impact of the 2023 Canadian wildfires. This was a common scene in large parts of Canada and US. Good addition to the article. This is a drone shot and this was a one-time event, so I think the lens distortion and the noise is forgivable.
Articles in which this image appears
2023 Canadian wildfires
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Others, or Places/Other
Creator
Gabriel Picard

Jimmy Carter rabbit incident

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Voting period ends on 11 Jan 2025 at 22:18:12 (UTC)

Original – The only photographic documentation of Jimmy Carter's encounter with a swimming rabbit, an incident that led to significant press debate in 1979.
Reason
Picture it: Plains, Georgia, 1979. You're president, and you want to take a bit of time to relax. Suddenly, out of nowhere, you're beset upon by a rabbit. You shoo it away with a paddle, but your photographer got a shot. You decide to tell it as a funny story, and word gets out, and all of a sudden you're being presented as off your rocker. You decide not to publicize the only picture of the incident, but your successor decides to have fun with it. That is the Jimmy Carter rabbit incident, and now to talk about the criteria: high resolution digital quality of an image that never was officially released. It shows its age, to be sure; some highlights are blown, with the camera unable to handle the darkness of the forest and the bright light on carter. But it is a unique historical document, which I believe excuses the technical shortcomings.
Articles in which this image appears
Jimmy Carter rabbit incident +1
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/American
Creator
Uncredited White House photographer

Saab Safari

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Voting period ends on 11 Jan 2025 at 18:22:37 (UTC)

Original – Royal Norwegian Air Force Saab Safari supporter-trainer aircraft, photographed in 2024.
Reason
Quality lead image of this aircraft. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Saab Safari
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Air
Creator
Julian Herzog

Cape Stolbchaty basalt

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Voting period ends on 11 Jan 2025 at 13:05:18 (UTC)

Original – Columnar basalt after sunset at Cape Stolbchaty, Kunashir Island, Kurils Nature Reserve, Russia
Reason
2018 POTY finalist. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears
Cape Stolbchaty, Basalt, Kunashir
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator
Екатерина Васягина

Lexias dirtea

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Voting period ends on 11 Jan 2025 at 12:57:57 (UTC)

Original – Female Archduke butterfly puddling on rotten fruit
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears
Lexias dirtea
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Anitava Roy

Protoreaster lincki

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Voting period ends on 11 Jan 2025 at 12:54:33 (UTC)

Original – Red knob sea star (Protoreaster linckii), Zanzibar, Tanzania
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears
Protoreaster lincki etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Echinoderms
Creator
Diego Delso

Saviour Square

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Voting period ends on 11 Jan 2025 at 12:16:04 (UTC)

Original – Saviour Square in Warsaw
Reason
good quality and EV
Articles in which this image appears
Saviour Square, South Downtown, Warsaw
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban
Creator
Emptywords

White tern

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Voting period ends on 11 Jan 2025 at 11:28:08 (UTC)

Original – White tern (Gygis alba candida) in flight over Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Reason
High quality image. Adds value to article. FP on Commons
Articles in which this image appears
White tern
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Egyptian goose and goslings

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Voting period ends on 11 Jan 2025 at 11:24:03 (UTC)

Original – Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca) and goslings in the Bürgerpark, Bremen, Germany
Reason
High quality image. Adds value to article. FP on Commons
Articles in which this image appears
Egyptian goose
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Brown teal

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Voting period ends on 11 Jan 2025 at 10:55:02 (UTC)

Original – Brown teal (Anas chlorotis), Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand
Reason
High quality image. Adds value to article on Near Threatened bird,
Articles in which this image appears
Brown teal
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

2024 Hualien earthquake

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Voting period ends on 10 Jan 2025 at 20:14:49 (UTC)

Original – Rescue workers near the semi-collapsed ten-story Uranus Building on Xuanyuan Road after the 2024 Hualien earthquake
Reason
High quality and high EV
Articles in which this image appears
2024 Hualien earthquake and List of earthquakes in 2024
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Others
Creator
總統府 (uploaded by 鐵路1)

The Mysterious Case of the Disappearing Dust

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Voting period ends on 10 Jan 2025 at 19:58:04 (UTC)

Original – Artist's conception of a protoplanetary disk
Reason
Excellent work and high EV
Articles in which this image appears
Earth, Planet, Chondrite, Earth's rotation, Formation and evolution of the Solar System, Geological history of Earth and Geology of solar terrestrial planets
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out#Solar System
Creator
NASA/JPL-Caltech (uploaded by Stas1995)

The Tailor (Moroni)

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Voting period ends on 9 Jan 2025 at 19:41:25 (UTC)

Original – The Tailor, a painting completed by Giovanni Battista Moroni. It is conventionally understood to depict a tailor from the Marinoni family.
Reason
Solid smolder... I mean, high quality digitization of a notable painting.
Articles in which this image appears
The Tailor (Moroni), Doublet (clothing), +4
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Giovanni Battista Moroni

James Pinson Labulo Davies and Sara Forbes Bonetta

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Voting period ends on 9 Jan 2025 at 18:07:38 (UTC)

Original – James Pinson Labulo Davies, a naval lieutenant and merchant, and his wife, Sara Forbes Bonetta, a member of the Egbado kidnapped as a child during a war with the Kingdom of Dahomey, who eventually fond her way to London, where Queen Victoria made her her goddaughter.
Reason
A fine image - that crinoline dress was a nightmare to clean the dust from, but worth it, I think - taken reasonably close to the time of their 1862 wedding to each other. 1862 is relatively early photography, so I'd say this is pretty good for the era.
Articles in which this image appears
James Pinson Labulo Davies and Sara Forbes Bonetta
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People, but I'm not sure which - she's nobility, he's military and a business...
Creator
Camille Silvy restored by Adam Cuerden

Van Halen

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Voting period ends on 9 Jan 2025 at 15:31:36 (UTC)

Original – Promotional image of rock band Van Halen taken in 1984. From (l-r); Alex Van Halen, David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen, and Michael Anthony
Reason
Good composition.
Articles in which this image appears
Van Halen, Van Halen discography
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Warner Records

The Lion of the Moguls

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Voting period ends on 6 Jan 2025 at 12:37:07 (UTC)

Original – The Lion of the Moguls (1924) by Jean Epstein
Reason
high quality copy of a notable film
Articles in which this image appears
The Lion of the Moguls
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Film
Creator
Jean Epstein

Shapur II

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Voting period ends on 6 Jan 2025 at 04:05:34 (UTC)

Original – Bust of Shapur II (Shapur the Great) (r. 309–379), the tenth Sasanian King of Kings (Shahanshah) of Greater Iran, from c. 4th century, made of silver, mercury gilding, held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Reason
It's a picture with enough high quality. The article has its importance, as Shapur II was a great, prominent shah of the Sasanid era.
Articles in which this image appears
Shapur II, Sasanian Empire, Sasanian art
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
Metropolitan Museum of Art (main source: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/325717)

Margaret Hamilton

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Voting period ends on 6 Jan 2025 at 00:54:12 (UTC)

Original – Promotional photograph of Margaret Hamilton as Miss Eddels in Sigmund and the Sea Monsters
Reason
It's quite a nice image of her in a character role without heavy makeup (She's most famous as the Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz). While not the first image in the article, it probably could be, and, while I don't think this Sid-and-Marty-Krofft production is that famous nowadays, it was a pretty major role. I haven't waited seven days; I don't think it's a controversial addition, and the article was hardly over-illustrated, nor is it incredibly active (averages about an edit a week over the last year, though that's inflated by the cases where one editor makes 3-5 small edits over a few minutes)
Articles in which this image appears
Margaret Hamilton (actress), Sigmund and the Sea Monsters
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
NBC television network, restored by Adam Cuerden

Pipa

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Voting period ends on 5 Jan 2025 at 14:42:02 (UTC)

Original – A late 16th/early 17th-century pipa made of wood, ivory, bone, and silk. This traditional Chinese musical instrument has a pear-shaped wooden body with a varying number of frets. It is played by plucking the strings.
Reason
High quality image that shows the important features of the musical instrument. Professionally shot.
Articles in which this image appears
Pipa
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Culture and lifestyle
Creator
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Chicago and North Western locomotive shops

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Voting period ends on 5 Jan 2025 at 02:52:41 (UTC)

Original – Chicago and North Western Railway locomotive shops, Chicago, Illinois, 1942
Reason
Quality lead image, represents the subject of the article well. Has been a stable lead image for 5 years. By notable photographer Jack Delano. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Industrial society
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Others or Vehicles/Land
Creator
Jack Delano, edited by Yann

Photo 51

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Voting period ends on 4 Jan 2025 at 18:25:04 (UTC)

Original – Photo 51 is an X-ray based fiber diffraction image of a paracrystalline gel composed of DNA fiber taken by Raymond Gosling
Reason
One of the most famous and important images in science. Because of that, I think it is an exception when it comes to quality
Articles in which this image appears
Photo 51, DNA
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Biology
Creator
Raymond Gosling
  • Support as nominator – Wcamp9 (talk) 18:25, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • I need to talk this one through: On the one hand, this was originally a photographic plate, so the limit of detail is somewhere a little smaller than the film grain size (since the film grains don't form a grid, so the conversion to grid is going to eat detail if it's too close to film grain size).
It's not sharp, but I'm not sure if that's JPEG artefacting, resolution, or just that X-ray diffraction isn't a photograph of a straight line.
It's relatively small dimensions (858 × 858) which might be reasonable if this is a tiny spot on a photographic plate, or might be horrible. I don't know. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 21:31, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Uncle Sam - I Want You Poster

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Voting period ends on 4 Jan 2025 at 18:03:05 (UTC)

Original – A World War I United States Army recruitment poster featuring a half-length portrait of Uncle Sam pointing at the viewer, with the legend "I want you for U.S. Army".
Reason
Previously nominated here, the picture went through some issues that were unsorted, such as replacing the photo nominated with this one. Nonetheless, this image is still very historically important and high quality, and is one of the most
Articles in which this image appears
Uncle Sam, Propaganda
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War I
Creator
James Montgomery Flagg

Dias Gomes

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Voting period ends on 4 Jan 2025 at 14:58:40 (UTC)

Original – Dias Gomes
Reason
While the width is only just over 1,000 px, I think that's more to do with the aspect ratio. It's still 2 megapixels, and, having got it as part of a collaboration with the museum, I don't think it's likely to get better anytime soon
Articles in which this image appears
Dias Gomes
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
Creator
Unknown photographer, restored by Adam Cuerden
  • Chris, the copyright tag covers US, no? Says "is in the public domain both in Brazil and in the United States". I am fine with the composition, and pixel count (per historic exception), if the copyright is PD. Bammesk (talk) 17:33, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I'd say the tag covers the URAA situation better than any new tag could. I presume, given the Brazilian National Archive has declared it public domain, that it's considered a non-artistic photographic portrait - and the composition with his crossed leg at the bottom, a background that looks like auditorium seating, and so on, kind of leans into that explanation. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 17:52, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • About the aspect ratio, I am pretty sure the negative covered more area, and the print crops the sides (perhaps other people were seated there or etc.). It's an unusual crop, but sometimes that's interesting though. The crop kind of matches his expression, I think. Bammesk (talk) 18:33, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Masked lapwing ssp novaehollandiae

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Voting period ends on 4 Jan 2025 at 12:16:09 (UTC)

Original – Masked lapwing (Vanellus miles novaehollandiae), Waitākere, New Zealand
Reason
High quality image. Adds value to article. FP on Commons. Image of nominate subspecies is already an FP.
Articles in which this image appears
Masked lapwing
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Collared lory

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Voting period ends on 4 Jan 2025 at 12:19:27 (UTC)

Original – Collared lory (Vini solitaria) on octopus tree (Heptapleurum actinophyllum) Colo-I-Suva, Viti Levu, Fiji
Reason
High quality image. Adds value to article. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Collared lory
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Pyrops candelaria

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Voting period ends on 4 Jan 2025 at 12:25:45 (UTC)

Original – Lantern bug (Pyrops candelaria), Double Haven, New Territories, Hong Kong
Reason
High quality image. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Pyrops candelaria
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Lion

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Voting period ends on 4 Jan 2025 at 11:14:31 (UTC)

Original – Wild lion (Panthera leo), laying on a lava rock in the Serengeti National Park.
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons. Headline image. Functional replacement for File:Lion waiting in Namibia.jpg, which is up for delisting.
Articles in which this image appears
Lion etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
Giles Laurent
  • Support as nominator – MER-C 11:14, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose It's a good Commons FP, but don't actually think this image should be the lead image in an encyclopaedia. It portrays a very old lion. I prefer something more like The Lion King. When it was substituted as lead image, the photographer stated 'by Community consensus'. There wasn't any consensus. Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:57, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Sorry but this is very untrue. The lion was only between 7 and 9 years old when the picture was taken (2020) which is not a "very old lion" as you pretend.
    Also, in my opinion the picture you linked is of much lower encyclopedic value then the actual one because : 1) the photo you linked is of much lower resolution ; 2) the lion in the photo you linked is facing away (second eye almost not visible, half the face missing).
    Finally, only support votes without any oppose is consensus whether you like it or not. Also let me remind you that you're actually the one replacing images in the Lion article to put your own images without any community consensus. Examples : 1, 2, 3, 4 -- Giles Laurent (talk) 17:08, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Your own vote plus one other on a talk page that few visit is not a consensus. Wikipedia does not require a consensus to replace an image in an article. Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:12, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I pinged the user who told me to bring that subject to the talk page and he didn't oppose once he saw all arguments in favor. Another user also supported. The edit was performed after over 3 weeks after the discussion was started to let any eventual oppose speak. There were only supports and no oppose in that deadline. Like it or not, that is a consensus. If wikipedia doesn't require consensus to edit featured articles then I don't see why you tried to make a story out of it with your first message. -- Giles Laurent (talk) 16:42, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Not so. He was born in 2010 so was age 9 or 10 and well past his prime. Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:57, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    He was between 10 and 13 according to the Washington Post when he died so he was between 7 and 10 when photographed. You're now referring to lion prime and mane. According to your own article this lion was on his prime since his mane is extremely impressive (much more then the picture you linked in my opinion : color, length, thickness and overall mane appearance) and this would also mean that the age would be between 6 and 8 according to your article -- Giles Laurent (talk) 22:42, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Charlesjsharp and Giles Laurent: If I might put in my opinion - and you can agree or disagree as you see fit:
    First of all, let's look at the before and after images:
    • The replaced image was File:Lion_waiting_in_Namibia.jpg. This image has a good thumbnail, arguably slightly better æsthetics than Giles' image, but objectively, is blurry - even though it's somewhat low resolution - and is nowhere near FP quality.
    • Giles' image, on technical grounds, is excellent. Sharp, well-lit, good composition, high resolution. It does seem to be a slightly shaggy-maned, older lion.
    Now, let's ask some questions about what the lead image should do:
    • It should draw people into the article. This can be by identifying the subject, looking good, or a lot of other ways. For most articles, it should be an initial introduction to the subject, but few subjects are narrow enough to have one image fully cover them, and some - certain mathematical subjects with unclear discoverers, say - may not be able to have a particularly compelling or relevant illustration at all.
    • It's good to start with a high-quality image, so people looking for images of a subject will be encouraged to check out the other images in the article. This is a lesser criteria.
    And what it doesn't need to do:
    • The first image doesn't have to be the most iconic one. We don't start Margaret Hamilton (actress) with her dressed as the Wicked Witch of the West; the heavy makeup distorts too much, and she did a lot of other things. It can be helpful to slightly challenge an over-simplistic view of a subject early. There's a lot of latitude here.
    • It doesn't have to do everything. There's a reason we don't limit images to one or two per article.
    And, while not relevant here, I don't think that the lead image is the only one that can be featured. That just discourages improving the images not in the lead.
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    I'd say that, taken in totality with all the images in the article, the older lion is... a type of lion worth seeing in the article. We want to see a variety of images in the article, otherwise, some are redundant. For example, a lead image for Cat doesn't need to include ginger, tabbies, calico, black, white, long haired, short haired, sphinx, and every other sort of cat out there, but the article as a whole should try to show the variety. Here, we'd reasonably want a few angles, both genders, and a few ages, and a bunch of behaviours. I'd say the article has a decent variety as it stands.
    Hence, I'm voting Support. But I think you're having a dispute over what's the ideal lead image - which there is some reason to do: we don't want the image to disappear from the article in the months before it mainpages, and a poorly-positioned image is more likely to do that. I don't think an older lion is necessarily bad, but that's a judgement call, and I'm not sure that's going to be something that you two are going to agree on, because it's a very subjective point. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 06:21, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Very helpful contribution. Charlesjsharp (talk) 17:32, 26 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support thank you for the nomination! -- Giles Laurent (talk) 17:00, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support as per Adam. High quality image used as lead. Yann (talk) 12:31, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - I much prefer this lion. The other one looked almost mangy.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 13:36, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 05:20, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:07, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Jupiter clouds

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Voting period ends on 4 Jan 2025 at 11:09:43 (UTC)

Original – Jupiter clouds in false color (Juno; October 2017)
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Atmosphere of Jupiter
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
Creator
Juno (spacecraft) (NASA/JPL)

African desert warbler

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Voting period ends on 4 Jan 2025 at 11:03:26 (UTC)

Original – An African desert warbler, Jebil National Park, Tunisia
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears
African desert warbler
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
El Golli Mohamed

Hurricane Florence from the ISS

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Voting period ends on 3 Jan 2025 at 23:25:36 (UTC)

Original – Hurricane Florence from the International Space Station
Reason
Image was unanimously featured on Commons (please read the rationale there as it is too long to put here and ignore the first sentence)
Articles in which this image appears
Tropical cyclone, Hurricane Florence, Meteorological history of Hurricane Florence
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Weather
Creator
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

The Anger of Achilles

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Voting period ends on 3 Jan 2025 at 21:43:50 (UTC)

Original – The Anger of Achilles (1819)
Reason
High quality and resolution. Good digitization
Articles in which this image appears
The Anger of Achilles, Agamemnon, Iphigenia in Aulis, Iphigénie, Jacques-Louis David, Nous, List of paintings by Jacques-Louis David.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Jacques-Louis David

Vaduz Castle

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Voting period ends on 3 Jan 2025 at 21:29:38 (UTC)

Reason
High quality, very high resolution. Featured pictures on Wikimedia Commons (14 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral)
  • Facade to the mountains
    Facade to the mountains
  • Facade to Vaduz
    Facade to Vaduz
Articles in which this image appears
Vaduz Castle, Vaduz, List of royal palaces etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
A.Savin

Jewel (singer)

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Voting period ends on 2 Jan 2025 at 19:26:37 (UTC)

Original – Singer-songwriter Jewel performing in Concord, California in 2022.
Reason
I know concert photos are hit-or-miss, but I've listened to a fair amount of Jewel and I think this is an excellent depiction of the overall attitude she brings to music. It's a shame her left hand is out of frame, but I think the expressiveness still comes through strongly.
Articles in which this image appears
Jewel (singer)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Davidwbaker

Self-Portrait (Ellen Thesleff)

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Voting period ends on 2 Jan 2025 at 14:05:24 (UTC)

Original – Self-Portrait, a pencil and sepia ink drawing on paper by the Finnish artist Ellen Thesleff. It is believed to have been influenced by spiritualism and Symbolism, an art movement popular in France at the fin de siècle.
Reason
High quality digitization of a notable drawing. Interesting in its sketch-like quality.
Articles in which this image appears
Self-Portrait (Ellen Thesleff)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others
Creator
Ellen Thesleff

The Wasp Woman

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Voting period ends on 1 Jan 2025 at 18:33:04 (UTC)

Original – The Wasp Woman (1959) by Roger Corman
Reason
whole movie, high quality copy
Articles in which this image appears
The Wasp Woman
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Film
Creator
Roger Corman

The Belle of Broadway

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Voting period ends on 1 Jan 2025 at 18:28:10 (UTC)

Original – The Belle of Broadway (1926) by Harry O. Hoyt
Reason
full movie, high quality copy
Articles in which this image appears
The Belle of Broadway
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Film
Creator
Harry O. Hoyt
  • I'm aware of the practice. The article doesn't discuss why tinting was used in this particular instance, and the purple seems quite vibrant (especially contrasted with the B&W) — Chris Woodrich (talk) 14:45, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    It's a language of early film we don't have anymore. It's probably meant to emphasise the femininity of her dressing room or something. It's cruder, but not much weirder than those extreme orange/blue palettes that were huge 10 years ago and will look odd in twenty years. Support as it's a very high resolution copy, very sharp, very good, and it's in an article about itself. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 06:27, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Delist: Flying mallard duck - female

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Voting period ends on 1 Jan 2025 at 04:44:15 (UTC)

Female mallard in flight
Reason
Quite small, subject in shadow, and does not actually show flight feathers as well as some other photos like this one, so it doesn't have much identification value. We have another FP of the same species, though that one does not show the bird in flight (but does show both sexes in one image). We actually have another FP of a male in flight, which is better than this one but not that great either. And there is a fourth mallard FP as well, a female with ducklings.
Articles this image appears in
Flying and gliding animals (where it illustrates "birds," so it is highly replaceable with many better FPs of birds in flight), List of birds of Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, List of birds of Colorado, List of birds of Kansas.
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Flying mallard duck - female.jpg
Nominator
blameless


Nominations — to be closed

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Nominations in this category are older than ten days and are to be closed. New votes will no longer be accepted.

Older nominations requiring additional input from users

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These nominations have been moved here because consensus is impossible to determine without additional input from those who participated in the discussion. Usually this is because there was more than one edit of the image available, and no clear preference for one of them was determined. If you voted on these images previously, please update your vote to specify which edit(s) you are supporting.

Lower Manhattan, August 2001

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 16 Dec 2024 at 18:58:39 (UTC)

Original – Lower Manhattan seen in an aerial shot in August July 2001, a two months before the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
Alt 1 – Restored and fixed perspective distortion
Alt 2 – Blue tint corrected
Reason
Gorgeous image of Lower Manhattan, a two months before it no longer looked like this. Image is large as well, and I only noted small distortion on a few buildings at the edges of the picture, all the rest are straight from what I've seen. High EV as it depicts a building complex with it's surroundings, just a two months before they left us. Amazing image overall, especially for 2001. May need slight clean-up, I did notice dust at the top.
Articles in which this image appears
Architecture of New York City, World Trade Center (1973–2001), (will add to more articles shortly, surprised it isn't used in more)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban
Creator
Carol M. Highsmith
  • It would probably in her WTC book (ISBN 9780517220924), if someone has access. blameless 02:06, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I think there is a color issue. Please see this comment on Commons. Yann (talk) 11:54, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
So I made blue tint corrected version. Support Alt2 --Yann (talk) 17:52, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
To be clear, I oppose Alt 1. Yann (talk) 17:40, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Striked that after new corrections. Yann (talk) 10:05, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No comment, so @EF5, Janke, Bammesk, Blameless, Moonreach, VulcanSphere, Crisco 1492, PetarM, and Hamid Hassani: Yann (talk) 16:31, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • @EF5:, try it again. I just fixed a thumbnail color profile error. See it at This link, because smaller thumbnails might still display exaggerated colors/brightness (because it takes some time for servers to react). You can also click on the image several times to see it at full screen or full size. Bammesk (talk) 18:14, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Closing procedure

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Recently closed nominations

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Nominations in this category have already been closed and are here for the purposes of closure review by FPC contributors. Please do not add any further comments or votes regarding the original nomination. If you wish to discuss any of these closures, please do so at Wikipedia talk:Featured picture candidates. Nominations will stay here for three full days following closure and subsequently be removed.

Yoram Taharlev

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 29 Dec 2024 at 22:16:30 (UTC)

Original – Yoram Taharlev in 2016
Reason
good quality and EV
Articles in which this image appears
Yoram Taharlev
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
Creator
DanielTahar

Promoted File:Yoram Taharlev Portrait.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:18, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Clavelina lepadiformis

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 29 Dec 2024 at 13:46:58 (UTC)

Original – Light-bulb sea squirt, Mar Piccolo, Taranto, Italy
Alt 1 – Proposed crop (CSS image crop)
Replaced CSS image crop with actual crop (for backlinks). Armbrust The Homunculus 19:13, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Alt 2 – Proposed crop (CSS image crop)
Reason
Featured on Commons without opposition. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears
Clavelina lepadiformis
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Others
Creator
Roberto Strafella

Promoted File:Clavelina lepadiformis - Mar Piccolo (cropped).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:15, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thomson's gazelle

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 29 Dec 2024 at 14:05:06 (UTC)

Original – Thomson's gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii), Amboseli National Park, Kenya.
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears
Thomson's gazelle etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
Diego Delso

Promoted File:Gacela de Thomson (Eudorcas thomsonii), parque nacional de Amboseli, Kenia, 2024-05-23, DD 11.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:47, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Return of the Prodigal Son (Rembrandt)

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 29 Dec 2024 at 13:52:19 (UTC)

Original – The Return of the Prodigal Son
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons (see c:Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn - Return of the Prodigal Son - Google Art Project.jpg/2). Painting with its own article. Previous nomination ended at 3-0.
Articles in which this image appears
The Return of the Prodigal Son (Rembrandt) etc
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Rembrandt

Promoted File:Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn - Return of the Prodigal Son - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:45, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Suspended nominations

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