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This star, with one point broken, symbolizes the featured candidates on Wikipedia.
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).

Featured content:

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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Voting period ends on 19 Nov 2024 at 15:19:54 (UTC)

Original – Cardinal Pietro Parolin, incumbent Cardinal Secretary of State, in 2021.
Reason
Colorful and high quality image of an important cardinal dressed in episcopal vestments.
Articles in which this image appears
Pietro Parolin, Cardinal Secretary of State
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Religious figures
Creator
Claude Truong-Ngoc

Voting period ends on 19 Nov 2024 at 05:29:51 (UTC)

Original – Stongdey village (elev. 3,530 m (11,580 ft)), backdrop Zanskar range (elev. 6,000 m (20,000 ft))
Reason
Infobox image; was featured unanimously in 5 days on Commons
Articles in which this image appears
Stongdey
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator
Tagooty

Voting period ends on 18 Nov 2024 at 03:37:14 (UTC)

Original – New Brunswick Marconi Station, 1921, from left to right: James Casey (New York Herald), W. A. Graham (RCA), William A. Winterbottom (RCA), David Sarnoff (RCA), Thomas J. Hayden (RCA), Ernst J. Berg (GE), S. Benedict (GE), Albert Einstein, John R. Carson (AT&T), Charles P. Steinmetz (GE), Alfred N. Goldsmith (RCA), A. Malsin (GE), Irving Langmuir (GE), Albert W. Hull (GE), Edward B. Pillsbury (RCA), Saul Dushman (GE), Richard H. Ranger (RCA), George A. Campbell (AT&T), Charles H. Taylor (RCA), William Wilson (Western Electric)
Reason
Group photo of 18 engineer-scientists, includes 11 heavyweights, i.e. pioneers, in the development of radio in the United States. Einstein is there as an invited guest. I say the most notable are Charles Steinmetz (center, light suit), Irving Langmuir, David Sarnoff, Alfred Goldsmith and Einstein of course. The photo was shot in 1921 at the Marconi Radio Station in New Brunswick, New Jersey. This station was one of the first transatlantic radio links and had an important role during WWI . You can see the station's antenna-feed wires on top. See the image caption for biographies of the notable people. The image page has notes on the others. (I rewrote the reason section)
Articles in which this image appears
Charles Steinmetz, David Sarnoff, New Brunswick Marconi Station, List of Marconi wireless stations, Marconi Company
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering
Creator
Radio Corporation of America (RCA), photographer: unknown, restored by Bammesk

Voting period ends on 14 Nov 2024 at 20:54:37 (UTC)

Original – President Lyndon B. Johnson awards the Distinguished Service Cross to First Lieutenant Marty A. Hammer, in Vietnam.
Reason
A high quality iconic photo which shows LBJ with Vietnam Troops. The photo is synonymous with LBJ's role in Vietnam sending Americans to fight in the war
Articles in which this image appears
Distinguished Service Cross (United States), Lyndon B. Johnson, October 1966
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/War
Creator
Yoichi Okamoto
  • There was a discussion some time ago that a maximum of 4 noms by one user would be an appropriate number. When old noms drop from the list, new ones can be added. --Janke | Talk 09:42, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support — I agree the EV is borderline, but this is a good-quality copy of a well-composed photo, and the subject of a president conducting one of the duties of his office is worth something, I think. Moonreach (talk) 18:59, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period ends on 14 Nov 2024 at 13:55:22 (UTC)

Original – Sherlock Jr. is a 1924 American silent comedy film starring and directed by Buster Keaton and written by Clyde Bruckman, Jean Havez, and Joseph A. Mitchell. It features Kathryn McGuire, Joe Keaton, and Ward Crane. In 1991, Sherlock Jr. was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In 2000, the American Film Institute, as part of its AFI 100 Years... series, ranked the film #62 in its AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs.
Reason
a high quality print of a iconic movie
Articles in which this image appears
Sherlock Jr.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Film
Creator
Buster Keaton

Voting period ends on 14 Nov 2024 at 01:51:11 (UTC)

OriginalA 1792 full-body painting of Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull, which is also one of the most iconic contemporary paintings of Hamilton
Reason
Super high-quality image of a full-body, contemporary portrait of Alexander Hamilton
Articles in which this image appears
Alexander Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton (Trumbull), John Trumbull
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
John Trumbull

Voting period ends on 14 Nov 2024 at 01:41:58 (UTC)

Original – First report of Sputnik on October 7, 1957 by Universal Newsreel - animations of rocket used same animations as done for earlier report on the Vanguard story
Reason
Reports the launch of the first artificial satellite, historical
Articles in which this image appears
Space Race, Sputnik 1
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/Others
Creator
Universal Newsreel
  • Support as nominatorWcamp9 (talk) 01:41, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Not entirely sure as to the quality of this digitization. It's jittery, and the title screen seems corrupted somehow.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 18:29, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose, for several separate reasons. The first is that this has analog artifacting that suggests it was transferred to (and later from) a tape; the second is digital artifacting, such as excess compression and combing. The third is more nuanced: I'm worried about the accuracy of this, given that it's an American artist's conception of an event that was known exclusively through reports by the Soviet Union, an entity with both the motive and habit of lying. To present this as a featured picture would, I think, be tantamount to endorsing it as factual, something we can't verify. I think it's a neat piece of history, but I don't think it makes the grade for featured picture. Moonreach (talk) 15:31, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose, as per Moonreach. Yann (talk) 20:18, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period ends on 14 Nov 2024 at 01:28:22 (UTC)

Original – Demonstrators in Washington, DC, with sign "Impeach Nixon." on 22 October 1973
Reason
High quality, iconic, and shows the lack of trust in the government at the time of Watergate
Articles in which this image appears
Impeachment process against Richard Nixon, Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/American
Creator
Marion S. Trikosko or Thomas J. O'Halloran

Voting period ends on 14 Nov 2024 at 01:19:10 (UTC)

Original – : American Embassy in Warsaw during the siege of the capital of Poland in September 1939 by the German army. An American flag hangs outside the shattered window after the German air raid. One of the few Kodak Kodachrome genuine color photos made by Julien Bryan in Warsaw in 1939. Other color photos showing destroyed German bomber He-111 near the Bartoszewicza Street, Polish soldiers fighting during the Second World War, fleeing civilians and the Old Town. More color photographs, one Kodachrome roll survived in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington.
Reason
High quality for it's time and a rare color photo taken during WW2, showing the aftermath of a very historically important event: the German Invasion of Poland which started World War II
Articles in which this image appears
Invasion of Poland
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War II
Creator
Julien Bryan

Voting period ends on 14 Nov 2024 at 01:10:12 (UTC)

Original – The Mercury Seven on 17 March 1960, Front row, left to right: Walter M. Schirra, Jr., Donald K. "Deke" Slayton, John H. Glenn, Jr., and M. Scott Carpenter; back row, Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, and L. Gordon Cooper, Jr.
Reason
High quality image of the first astronauts in the first American spacesuits
Articles in which this image appears
Mercury Seven, Mercury spacesuit
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering
Creator
NASA


Voting period ends on 13 Nov 2024 at 23:52:05 (UTC)

Original - The scars of a whipped slave in Mississippi, taken April 2, 1863
Replacement - Retouched and higher quality restored version of the picture
Reason
The image that is an FP has very messed up lighting and needed a restoration. This restoration is far better
Articles this image appears in
Racism against African Americans, Slavery, List of photographs considered the most important
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Image:Cicatrices de flagellation sur un esclave.jpg
Nominator
Wcamp9 (talk)

Voting period ends on 13 Nov 2024 at 23:31:50 (UTC)

Original – The Bumper 8 V-2 Rocket Launch on 24 July 1950
Reason
High quality and historical image showing the first launch from Cape Canaveral in 1950 of a V-2 Rocket, which led to the beginning of the U.S. being interested in space travel and the Space Age. It was (as the description of the image on Wikipedia says) truly the start of a new chapter.
Articles in which this image appears
V-2 rocket, Operation Paperclip
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/American
Creator
NASA/U.S. Army

Voting period ends on 13 Nov 2024 at 23:22:17 (UTC)

Original – A precision bombing featured this attack by 100 B-17s on a Focke-Wulf plant at Marienburg on Oct. 9, 1943. This led to the damage of two assembly buildings (1) gutted; another (2) damaged; hangars (3) gutted; stores and buildings (4) and boiler house (5) destroyed; other buildings (6) damaged. Cost to AAF: 2 B-17s.
Reason
High quality photo of WW2, showing a plane, field and explosion in one picture which makes for a pretty good photo
Articles in which this image appears
World War II, Aerial bombing of cities
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War II
Creator
Unknown author

Voting period ends on 13 Nov 2024 at 11:55:56 (UTC)

Original – Axillary wrasse (Symphodus mediterraneus), Arrábida National Park, Portugal.
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears
Axillary wrasse
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish
Creator
Diego Delso

Voting period ends on 13 Nov 2024 at 11:52:37 (UTC)

Original – Seed formation of a Verbena hastata.
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons. Well done focus stack.
Articles in which this image appears
Verbena hastata
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Others
Creator
Dominicus Johannes Bergsma

Voting period ends on 11 Nov 2024 at 10:08:37 (UTC)

OriginalNational Library of Poland building in Warsaw
Reason
Good quality and EV
Articles in which this image appears
National Library of Poland, National library
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Emptywords

Voting period ends on 10 Nov 2024 at 18:31:34 (UTC)

Original – A photo illustrating the mordançage technique of altering gelatin silver prints for artistic effect.
Reason
Excellent EV for its article, visually (and conceptually) unusual, high-quality image with both good detail resolution and contrast.
Articles in which this image appears
Mordançage
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Photographic techniques, terms, and equipment
Creator
Stacey Svendsen

Voting period ends on 10 Nov 2024 at 18:03:57 (UTC)

Original – A Doppler on Wheels radar observation of tornadogenesis in an EF2 tornado in Goshen County, Wyoming. Although the caption doesn't directly call it an EF2 tornado, this paired with this confirm it.
Reason
High EV, while it may be a little hard to understand what's happening at first, it is an invaluable asset of tornado research. Probably the best animated GIF showing the entire cycle of a tornado's life. An image of tornado itself can be found here. This Doppler image of the horrific 2011 Joplin tornado also is of high quality and EV, although this image fits better as it is a GIF.
Articles in which this image appears
Mobile radar observation of tornadoes, History of tornado research, Tornado, Eye (cyclone), Radius of maximum wind, VORTEX projects
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Weather
Creator
VORTEX2 Team (technically Joshua Wurman, since he developed the software)


Voting period ends on 10 Nov 2024 at 14:34:15 (UTC)

A man in a blue coat.
Reason
Not used in any articles, probably would fail today's standards as a FP anyways. Article on subject was deleted via an AfD about a month ago for not meeting WP:BIO.
Articles this image appears in
None
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Kumar Anish.jpg
Nominator
MemeGod chat


Voting period ends on 10 Nov 2024 at 13:36:47 (UTC)

Original – The Sinking of the Lusitania (1918) is an American silent animated short film by cartoonist Winsor McCay. It is a work of propaganda re-creating the never-photographed 1915 sinking of the British liner RMS Lusitania. At twelve minutes, it has been called the longest work of animation at the time of its release. The film is the earliest surviving animated documentary and serious, dramatic work of animation. The National Film Registry selected it for preservation in 2017.
Reason
a very impressive early animated film by Winsor McCay, and also, a featured article on English Wikipedia
Articles in which this image appears
The Sinking of the Lusitania, Sinking of the RMS Lusitania, Winsor McCay, Animated documentary
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Film
Creator
Winsor McCay

Voting period ends on 10 Nov 2024 at 13:06:46 (UTC)

Original – Monolith, the Face of Half Dome
Alt 1 – Edited version
Reason
notable photograph, high quality and resolution
Articles in which this image appears
Monolith, the Face of Half Dome, Ansel Adams, Half Dome
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others
Creator
Ansel Adams
  • I don't agree with calling it "washed-out blacks". Because this copy has more detail in the darker areas than the other versions (compare at same magnification). Ansel Adams had his own unconventional developing and printing techniques. So his highlights and blacks aren't always conventional. I am not an expert but that's what I've read about him. Bammesk (talk) 01:40, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@VulcanSphere: in case you don't monitor FP noms, this nom now has an Alt image. Bammesk (talk) 02:22, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Bammesk: Vulcan already added a vote, thanks for your reminder.–Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 03:39, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • I edited the image and uploaded Alt 1, per Janke (restored spots) and per Moonreach (adjusted darker levels at the bottom). In the nom version (Original), the darker levels are noticeably brighter at the bottom. That's not the case in these versions: [2][3][4]. Looking at other images at the source link [5], these are prints, and in some scans light leaks around the edges throwing off the darker levels, examples [6][7]. I think that explains it and justifies adjusting the levels at the bottom of the nom image. On a different note: I think Library of Congress has a higher resolution scan, but does not allow downloads because of copyright, even though publication was 1927 and copyright has expired. We can do a "delist and replace" nom when the LOC copy becomes available. Support Alt 1. Bammesk (talk) 19:14, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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.

Closing procedure

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A script is available that automates the majority of these tasks: User:Armbrust/closeFPC.js

When NOT promoted, perform the following:

  1. Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/subpage:
    {{FPCresult|Not promoted| }} --~~~~
    • Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.
  2. If the nominator is new to FPC, consider placing {{subst:NotpromotedFPC|Image name}} on their talk page. To avoid overuse, do not use the template when in doubt.

When promoted, perform the following:

  1. Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/subpage:
    {{FPCresult|Promoted|File:FILENAME.JPG}} --~~~~
    • Replace FILENAME.JPG with the name of the file that was promoted. It should show up as:
    Promoted File:FILENAME.JPG
    • Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.
  2. Add the image to:
  3. Add the image to the proper sub-page of Wikipedia:Featured pictures - newest on top.
    The caption for a Wikipedian created image should read "Description at Article, by Creator". For a non-Wikipedian, it should be similar, but if the creator does not have an article, use an external link if appropriate. For images with substantial editing by one or more Wikipedians, but created by someone else, use "Description at Article, by Creator (edited by Editor)" (all editors involved should be clear from the nomination). Additionally, the description is optional - if it's essentially the same as the article title, then just use "Article, by Creator". Numerous examples can be found on the various Featured Pictures subpages.
  4. Add the image to the appropriate section of Wikipedia:Featured pictures - newest on left and remove the oldest from the right so that there are always three in each section.
  5. Add the Featured Picture tag and star to the image page using {{Featured picture|page_name}} (replace page_name with the nomination page name, i.e., the page_name from Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/page_name). To add this template you most likely will have to click the "create" button on the upper right if the "edit" button is not present, generally if the image originates from Commons.
  6. If an edited or alternative version of the originally nominated image is promoted, make sure that all articles contain the Featured Picture version, as opposed to the original.
  7. Notify the nominator or co-nominators by placing {{subst:PromotedFPC|File:file_name.xxx}} on each nominator's talk page. For example: {{subst:PromotedFPC|File:Blue morpho butterfly.jpg}}.
  8. If the image was created by a Wikipedian, place {{subst:UploadedFP|File:file_name.xxx}} on the creator's talk page. For example: {{subst:UploadedFP|File:Blue morpho butterfly.jpg}}.

Then perform the following, regardless of the outcome:

  1. Move the nomination entry to the top of the "Recently closed nominations" section. It will remain there for three days after closing so others can review the nomination. This is done by simply moving the line {{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Page name}} to the top of the section.
  2. Add the nomination entry to the bottom of the November archive. This is done by simply adding the line {{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Page name}} from this page to the bottom of the archive.
  3. If the nomination is listed at Template:FPC urgents, remove it.

Delist closing procedure

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Note that delisting an image does not equal deleting it. Delisting from Featured pictures in no way affects the image's status in its article/s.

If consensus is to KEEP featured picture status, and the image is used in at least one article, perform the following:

  1. Check that the image has been in the article for at least one week. Otherwise, suspend the nomination to give it time to stabilize before continuing.
  2. Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/delist/subpage:
    {{FPCresult|Kept|}} --~~~~
    • Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.
  3. Optionally leave a note on the picture's talk page.

If consensus is to DELIST, or the image is unused (and consensus is not for a replacement that is used), perform the following:

  1. Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/delist/subpage:
    {{FPCresult|Delisted|}} --~~~~
    • Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.
  2. Replace the {{Featured picture}} tag from the image with {{FormerFeaturedPicture|delist/''Image name''}}.
  3. Remove the image from the appropriate sub-page of Wikipedia:Featured pictures and the appropriate section of Wikipedia:Featured pictures thumbs.

If consensus is to REPLACE (and at least one of the images is used in articles), perform the following:

  1. Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/delist/subpage:
    {{FPCresult|Replaced|}} with File:NEW_IMAGE_FILENAME.JPG --~~~~
    • Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.
    • Replace NEW_IMAGE_FILENAME.JPG with the name of the replacement file.
  2. Replace the {{Featured picture}} tag from the delisted image with {{FormerFeaturedPicture|delist/''Image name''}}.
  3. Update the replacement picture's tag, adding the tag {{Featured picture|delist/image_name}} (replace image_name with the nomination page name, i.e., the image_name from Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/delist/image_name). Remove any no longer applicable tags from the original, replacement and from any other alternatives. If the alternatives were on Commons and no longer have any tags, be sure to tag the description page with {{missing image}}.
  4. Replace the delisted Featured Picture in all articles with the new replacement Featured Picture version. Do NOT replace the original in non-article space, such as Talk Pages, FPC nominations, archives, etc.
  5. Ensure that the replacement image is included on the appropriate sub-page of Wikipedia:Featured pictures and the appropriate section of Wikipedia:Featured pictures thumbs. Do this by replacing the original image with the new replacement image; do not add the replacement as a new Featured Picture.

Then perform the following, regardless of the outcome:

  1. Move the nomination entry to the top of the "Recently closed nominations" section. It will remain there for three days after closing so others can review the nomination. This is done by simply moving the line {{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Image name}} to the top of the section.
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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 8 Nov 2024 at 18:16:15 (UTC)

Original – A golden hour double-bladed solar diffraction spike in a Chicago urban canyon near the time of the fall equinox when the sunrise and sunset is in the middle of east-west streets in Chicago.
Reason
Shooting the brightest light source is a challenge. Capturing a solar diffraction spike in the context of an urban canyon at the golden hour was a particular challenge for me. In order to execute this image, I undertook my first attempt at bracketing and compositing. On the day I shot, I executed about a half dozen different 7-picture autobracketing sequences with full-stop increments from -3 to +3 in under 10 minutes on this camera while the sun was visible in this urban canyon. I prefer this one because the sunburst/diffraction spike has an appealling shape (especially in article space thumbs). Furthermore, in this sequence the rare double-bladed spikes are uniform throughout the scene. I composited it using free Canon software that is limited to 3 source files. Since I metered to the main subject, I ended up relying on the overexposed sequence elements to composite. The best result here uses the +1- and +3-stop sequence elements. It is slightly better than +1/+2/+3 and +2/+3 versions that are also on commons. I apologize that I cropped out so many pixels, but at the time I only had one good tripod for a three camera setup and this camera was hanging off of another camera at a 15+ degree tilt. For a first attempt at bracketing/compositing with free software, this is a pretty solid result. I think this diffraction spike really pops in thumbnail size that you see in article space.
Articles in which this image appears
Diffraction spike, Urban canyon, Golden hour (photography), Hyde Park, Chicago
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures#Sciences
Creator
TonyTheTiger
  • Support as nominatorTonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 18:16, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Looks like you've put a lot of effort into planning of the shoot. It can get stressful when you're time constrained like in this case. The problem is that the photo is not a great illustration of an urban canyon. The buildings on the left are only 3 storey high. See Manhattanhenge for comparison. It also doesn't quite work as an illustration of the golden hour. All the buildings are backlit and therefore in the shadow so you're not showing what the red light does to the landscape.ro|3ek (talk) 22:55, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • User:Robek, this was actually a practice session two days before Chicagohenge, which turned out to have bad weather this year. You have educated me on the golden hour. Your point about the buildings being backlit is certainly true, but the red light is quite visible on the street surface. On the left between the Hotel Del Prado in the foreground and the Hyde Park–Kenwood National Bank Building off in the distance are 3 story buildings. However, if you read the urban canyon article this is defined as an Avenue canyon in the 3 story stretches and a regular or deep canyon in other stretches. On the 2nd of the two actual days of Chicagohenge 3 days later, I went downtown to photograph deep canyons. I was amid deeper canyons, but the diffraction spikes were less presentable. The diffraction spike is actually the focus of the image. I have reordered the article usage in this regard moving diff spike to first.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 03:56, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • P.S. the point of Xhenge photography is to show the beauty of the sunset or sunrise in the context of architecture. None of the sun photos in Manhattanhenge article show a particularly artistic sun. Most of them are just glowing masses. This nomination presents a splendid diffraction spike. Except for maybe one red presentation, I don't think Manhattanhenge has good sun presentations. The article does present the crowd gatherings in all their glory. However, I had better red rings with my longest lens on another camera, because I had concentric red rings around the sun rather than that. I do aspire to get more picturesque results in deeper canyons in future years.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:21, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • SupportVulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 11:56, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:23, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – A man stands on top of a car during the George Floyd protests in 2020. The protests were the largest to ever take place in the United States, and spread worldwide.
Reason
A really good image of the events, it shows the chaos and has relatively high EV. Framing is also good. It definitely catches my eye whenever I read the article. May need slight perspective correction, but I believe the image is supposed to line up with the man, and not the other objects, which makes sense.
Articles in which this image appears
2020 in Japan, George Floyd protests, George Floyd protests in Minneapolis–Saint Paul, United States racial unrest (2020–2023)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/American
Creator
Lorie Shaull

Promoted File:A man stands on a burned out car on Thursday morning as fires burn behind him in the Lake St area of Minneapolis, Minnesota (49945886467).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:18, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – The Circus is a 1928 silent romantic comedy film written, produced, and directed by Charlie Chaplin. The film stars Chaplin, Al Ernest Garcia, Merna Kennedy, Harry Crocker, George Davis and Henry Bergman. The ringmaster of an impoverished circus hires Chaplin's Little Tramp as a clown, but discovers that he can only be funny unintentionally.
Reason
my first Featured picture nomination since, you know, that thing, however the reason I'm nominate this movie, it's becaused it is one of the most well know Charlie Chaplin movies and also, is the one of two chaplin movies to win an oscar
Articles in which this image appears
The Circus (1928 film)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Film
Creator
Charlie Chaplin

Promoted File:The Circus (1928) by Charlie Chaplin (restored version).webm --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:50, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]


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Buzz Aldrin's bootprint
high resolution copy of the same picture
Reason
high resolution copy of the same picture
Articles this image appears in
will be replaced if D&R succeeds
Previous nomination
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Apollo 11 bootprint.jpg
Nominator
Yann (talk)

Replaced with File:Buzz Aldrin's bootprint on the Moon, AS11-40-5877 (21472308758).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:20, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]


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Original – The January 6 United States Capitol attack, where thousands of armed protesters rioted and broke into the United States Capitol. Six were killed, and the attack has since become a defining point in American history.
Reason
High EV, probably the best image that sums up the entire event. Lede image for the article itself.
Articles in which this image appears
January 6 United States Capitol attack, Donald Trump and fascism, History of the Republican Party (United States), History of the United States, List of controversial elections, List of protests in the 21st century, Political demonstration, Political ideologies in the United States, Right-wing terrorism, United States, 2020s, 2021
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/American
Creator
Tyler Merbler

Promoted File:2021 storming of the United States Capitol DSC09254-2 (50820534063) (retouched).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:49, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalCerro Tololo Observatory complex, with the open dome Blanco Telescope in center-right
Reason
Quality lead image in Cerro Tololo observatory article, with the open dome Blanco Telescope in center-right.
Articles in which this image appears
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Understanding
Creator
CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/T. Matsopoulos
  • Support – All the lines that should be vertical (the dome aperture, the silo-type things) are. I think the mountains really do just slope downward like that. Moonreach (talk) 16:33, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I double-checked, and the silos aren't truly vertical, although they're close. The exterior vertical elements on the observatory base are, though. It's possible that there really is a tilt here, but if there is, it's much more subtle that then horizon line suggests. Moonreach (talk) 19:41, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • To illustrate the camera rotation in this photo as per discussion above, I don't have a lens correction profile for the drone used here, so the perspective lines won't quite match. ro|3ek (talk) 13:23, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Sorry, I disagree. The camera is pointing northeast. Google Earth here and here and the elevation map here confirm that's the natural slope of the mountains. In the screenshots, the observatory is at the center of the red circles. Some mountainous skylines just aren't horizontal. Bammesk (talk) 01:14, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Blanco's Open Dome (Cerro-Tololo-Drone-Pic 15-CC) - edit1.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:54, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Black-Bellied Plover in non-breeding plumage in Scarborough Marsh.
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons. Illustrates article well.
Articles in which this image appears
Grey plover, Scarborough Marsh
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Chuck Homler

Promoted File:BBPlover Scarborough Marsh.png --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:19, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Common buckeye in Eagle Creek Park.
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears
Junonia coenia
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Rhododendrites

Promoted File:Common buckeye (35663).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:54, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – A caricature of Wang Lianying, a courtesan who was murdered for her jewellery in 1920; this illustration, prepared by Jefferson Machamer, accompanied coverage of the trial in New York Tribune
Reason
High quality scan of a piece of newspaper art. The murder of Wang Lianying, a famed courtesan, captured imaginations in Shanghai, and the case was even reported in the international press. This image, which accompanied coverage of the trial in the New York Tribune, illustrates that international coverage; it also provides an early example of artwork by Jefferson Machamer, who developed a reputation for depicting glamourous women.
Articles in which this image appears
Murder of Wang Lianying, Jefferson Machamer
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others, perhaps?
Creator
Jefferson Machamer, restored (cleaned, text removed) by  — Chris Woodrich (talk)

Promoted File:Caricature of Wang Lianying by Thomas Machamer, New York Tribune, 1920-10-03, p5.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:41, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Cover art of Celeste (2018)
Reason
A freely licensed high quality image of the official cover art of a famous video game.
Articles in which this image appears
Celeste (video game)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
Maddy Makes Games

Promoted File:Celeste box art full.png --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:42, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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