Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Chaos at the Capitol

Chaos at the Capitol

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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

• Support as nominator – SirMemeGod  16:18, 28 October 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose – Old news, reproduced countless times; political. – Sca (talk) 12:23, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
• Support – Moonreach (talk) 16:31, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
• Support  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 19:31, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
• Support – stable lead image in its primary article for 3 years. Sir MemeGod|, the list of articles above should be "in order of where the image has highest encyclopedic value". I reordered the list slightly. Bammesk (talk) 00:29, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
• Support – Yann (talk) 13:00, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
• Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 11:59, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
• Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:48, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

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