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Original – Giant grouper at Ripley's Aquarium of Canada
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons earlier this year.
Articles in which this image appears
Giant grouper
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish
Creator
The Cosmonaut

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:25, 1 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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Original – The Abhayagiri Dagoba is a stupa in the ancient Abhayagiri vihāra monastery, which is part of the Atamasthana World Heritage Site.
Reason
Good quality photo of this notable landmark in a World Heritage Site.
Articles in which this image appears
Abhayagiri vihāra, Atamasthana, etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture (or religion given its importance to Buddhism)
Creator
A.Savin

Promoted File:SL Anuradhapura asv2020-01 img31 Abhayagiriya Stupa.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:28, 1 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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Original – Coastal city of Benidorm, Spain, a major tourist destination.
Reason
Good view of the city of Benidorm. A major tourist destination in Spain. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Benidorm
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban
Creator
Diego Delso
  • Charles does have a point. That massive photo montage at the top makes it odd to nominate something later in the article. And makes the "Balcón del Mediterráneo" look, by far, like the most important thing about the city. I'd say the image used in the article is a bit too bizarre and overstuffed to be considered stable. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.7% of all FPs 20:54, 22 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Why is the Balcón del Mediterráneo still the most prominent image when it's not mentioned once in the article? Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.7% of all FPs 04:46, 23 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:27, 2 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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OriginalPolistes gallicus paper wasp on petals
Reason
Great quality, high EV
Articles in which this image appears
Polistes gallicus
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Ermell

Promoted File:Wespe auf Blütenblättern-20200905-RM-081907.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:38, 3 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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Original – Astronomer Margaret Harwood, first director of the Maria Mitchell Observatory in Nantucket, Massachusetts. She also discovered 886 Washingtonia, but:

An astronomer lass from Nantucket
Found an asteroid, but Harvard said "Chuck it!
No astronomer dame
Such credit may claim!"
(But I say that Harvard can suck it.)

Reason
While slightly undersize, the film grain is larger, so no detail is lost. Quite a good photo otherwise. I've tweaked the crop a bit - extended the right and cropped the left - to try and centre the image a bit better.
Articles in which this image appears
Margaret Harwood, Maria Mitchell Observatory (the latter just added)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering
Creator
Unknown photographer, restored by Adam Cuerden
Slow day at the resto shop? – Sca (talk) 19:28, 24 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Just something about people from Nantucket.... Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.7% of all FPs 19:45, 24 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Margaret Harwood.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:53, 4 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason
good quality and ev. complete set for 1922, but not nominating the entire collection as there are too many banknotes and some of them are missing. followed by Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Danzig Papiermark, last mark issue (1923).
Articles in which this image appears
German Papiermark
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Currency/European currency
Creator
Free City of Danzig/Image by Godot13

Promoted File:DAN-13-Danzig-100 Mark (1922).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:04, 4 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:DAN-14-Danzig-500 Mark (1922).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:04, 4 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:DAN-15-Danzig-1000 Mark (1922).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:04, 4 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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OriginalDavid Ben-Gurion proclaiming the Israeli Declaration of Independence, 14 May 1948.
Reason
High quality and an encyclopedic image
Articles in which this image appears
1940s, History of Israel, Israel, Israeli Declaration of Independence, World War II and other 5 articles
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/Others
Creator
Rudi Weissenstein
Working on the second. If a better image gets pointed out, we can switch to that. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.7% of all FPs 20:43, 27 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Janke, probably no better photo from this specific moment. The event only had only one photographer present, Rudi Weissenstein. You can read here some background info: "On the day of Jaffa's surrender, Weissenstein received an official invitation to attend the State of Israel Declaration of Independence signing ceremony the next day... Weissenstein was asked to keep the contents of the invitation and the time of the session a secret... He was the only still photographer invited to document the ceremony... and the historical photographs he took were published the world over."
Apparently not the only photographer - "Rudi was among the few photographers allowed to enter the hall and document the historic event" - my italics, see [[2]]. --Janke | Talk 16:30, 5 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Having one of the pictures in high resolution is great. There are other angles like this, but I prefer this version, which is the more iconic angle. If we get the picture presented here in high-res, it should also be good. Tomer T (talk) 12:18, 3 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
!@Buidhe: U.S. Copyright Decree KT 365 established mutual copyright recognition between the US and Israel in 1953that went back retrospectively to 1948.There were no copyrights to restore, as they were already recognised. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.7% of all FPs 23:20, 4 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
!Adam Cuerden Well, I can't find info on this decree online, so I'll have to take your word for it. Does that mean that all Israeli photographs whose copyright expired in Israel are free in the US, or is there some cutoff date? (t · c) buidhe 08:06, 5 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:48, 6 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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OriginalTaung Child, the first Australopithecus found.
File page description [1]: "Cast in three parts: endocranium, face and mandible, of a 2.1 million year old Australopithecus africanus specimen so-called Taung child, discovered in South Africa."
Reason
Taung Child is the fossilised skull of the first Australopithecus africanus discovered in 1924. The discovery established a link in the understanding of human evolution. The image is used in several articles, it shows the endocast of the skull at the University of the Witwatersrand (Evolutionary Studies Institute), South Africa.
Articles in which this image appears
Taung Child, Australopithecus africanus, Australopithecus, Endocast, Archaeology
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Biology
Creator
Archaeodontosaurus
  • It's a bit hairy! You can read the discoverer Raymond Dart's description at this link. The original finding (or discovery) has two parts: 1- a naturally formed endocast of the brain (endocranium, in human anatomy, the outer layer of the brain), and 2- a rock fused to the facial and jawbone (mandible), the fused rock was then removed and the facial and jawbone revealed. The originals are at the University of the Witwatersrand, and that's where this photograph was captured. Whether the photographed piece is the original 2 million year old find, or a copy of it cast for display purposes, I do not know. If I was to assume, I would assume it's a replica, given the photographer describes it as "cast in three parts", and given the original is 2M years old. In either case, given that the photographed item (original or replica) is displayed by the institution that houses the original finding, it should be sufficient for EV purposes. Bammesk (talk) 01:29, 30 November 2020 (UTC) . . . Looking through this source and enlarging some of the photographs, I am pretty confident the nom image is of a replica, not the original fossil. Bammesk (talk) 04:09, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • That's what I thought by looking closely at the photo; the teeth seem to be the same "part" as the skull, which is darkened by painting or other method. Let's see what people think, first - if overwhelmingly positive, I'll concur... --Janke | Talk 16:30, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I'm inclined to support, but it'd be nice to have it properly documented. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.7% of all FPs 00:17, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Adam, properly documented where? on the article page, or on the file page? Also documented in what respect? do you mean documenting the details of the discovered fossil, or details of the item photographed (i.e. it being a replica). Anyway, it would need a renomination. Bammesk (talk) 02:20, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
On the Taung child page. But, aye. PRobably best to renominate in a week or so. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.7% of all FPs 02:47, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:05, 9 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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OriginalMohawkite specimen, about 50 × 40 × 28 mm, from Keweenaw County, Michigan
Reason
Encyclopedic image of mohawkite. Detailed file description, from six stacked photos, FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Mohawkite, Mohawk Mining Company, plus three
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Geology
Creator
Alchemist-hp

Promoted File:Mohawkite.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:29, 14 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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Original – A hawksbill sea turtle perusing a coral reef in the Apo Island Marine Sanctuary
Reason
Recently featured on Commons. Critically endangered.
Articles in which this image appears
Hawksbill sea turtle
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Reptiles
Creator
Anna Varona

Promoted File:Sea Turtle in Apo Island.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:17, 14 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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Original – Fruit of the cape gooseberry
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC last week, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Physalis peruviana, Physalis
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Fruits
Creator
Ivar Leidus

Promoted File:Physalis peruviana fruits close-up.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:20, 14 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalSimone Veil in 1984
Reason
I think the opening of the article says all you need know about her importance, which is a whole lot:

As for the image, well, it has a strong expression, is pretty good quality for a 1984 news photo. It's an award ceremony for the Four Freedoms Award, though I'm not sure how much that adds to the image's notablility given the articles don't actually mention it's from that. Still, it's high-resolution, and only as grainy as one would expect for the time.

Articles in which this image appears
Simone Veil +5
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
Rob Croes / Anefo; restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Simone Veil bij uitreiking Four Freedoms Awards in Middelburg, Bestanddeelnr 933-0124 - Restoration.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:29, 14 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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Original – The metal sculpture found in the Utah desert in November 2020.
Alt 1 – Cropped and color adjusted by User:Chainwit., now used in article
Reason
This is a great picture of the Utah monolith - high resolution, good colors, and contributes well to the article - you really need to see it to understand it.
Articles in which this image appears
Utah monolith
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Artwork/Sculpture
Creator
Patrickamackie2
@Sca: I don't see how that makes it unworthy of an article/FP, though. If we want to be the sun of all knowledge, some subjects may be a little silly, but we should still encourage good images.Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.7% of all FPs 19:48, 5 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support either, prefer alt - it's a little grainy, but it's well above the resolution requirement, attractive, impressively swift photo-gathering and now irreplaceable. TSP (talk) 19:12, 2 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
There's a new one now in California. Figgers. Yawn.Sca (talk) 15:30, 3 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
It's gone now, too. Double yawn. – Sca (talk) 15:06, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Not sure it matters to notability, though. As long as this isn't a paid editing thing. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.7% of all FPs 19:18, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Utah Desert Monolith.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 05:37, 15 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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OriginalJacques Isnardon
Reason
Stumbled across this while looking for other things. A fine example of an actor in costume, and full of character
Articles in which this image appears
Jacques Isnardon
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Atelier Nadar, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Atelier Nadar - Jacques Isnardon, Vaudeville.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:34, 15 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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Original – Cliffs and coastline in Jasmund National Park, a nature reserve on the Jasmund peninsula, in the northeast of Rügen island in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Reason
Great composition, high quality, high EV
Articles in which this image appears
Jasmund National Park, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator
Moahim

Promoted File:2019 - Nationalpark Jasmund - 03.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:13, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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Original – Illustration of the relative sizes of the one-man Mercury spacecraft, the two-man Gemini spacecraft, and the three-man Apollo spacecraft. Also shows line drawing of launch vehicles (Saturn V, Titan II and Atlas-D) to show their relative size to each other and the position of the spacecraft at launch (highlighted at top).
Reason
High resolution and quality. Great illustratio of the NASA spacecrafts.
Articles in which this image appears
NASA, Project Mercury, Spacecraft
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Getting there
Creator
NASA/Davis Paul Meltzer

Promoted File:NASA spacecraft comparison.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:30, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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Original – The Apollo 4 unmanned mission lifts off from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. This would be the first flight for the enormous Saturn V rocket that would eventually take humans to the Moon.
Reason
High resolution and quality.
Articles in which this image appears
Apollo 4, November 1967
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Getting there
Creator
NASA

Promoted File:Apollo 4 liftoff - GPN-2006-000038.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:32, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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Minimum and maximum glaciation
Minimum (interglacial, black) and maximum (glacial, grey) glaciation of the northern hemisphere, as of 2008
Minimum (interglacial, black) and maximum (glacial, grey) glaciation of the southern hemisphere, as of 2008
Reason
Minimum and maximum glaciation of the northern and southern hemispheres, as of 2008. Well done depictions, good EV.
Articles in which this image appears
Ice age
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Others
Creator
Hannes Grobe, Alfred Wegener Institute
  • The nom images show glaciation (glaciers), not all forms of ice. Glaciers can only form on a solid base or land. Another image lower in the article [3] shows the extent of all ice including sea ice. The nom images were created in 2008, so it is "as of 2008" (not just 2008). Bammesk (talk) 02:48, 5 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Janke, for all practical purposes Yes. Hudson Bay, Barents Sea, Kara Sea, North Sea aren't deep (100, 230, 130, 95m average) and global sea levels were 120m lower. My understanding is that they were part of their corresponding Continental glaciers. The image creator is active on Commons and can be pinged for details. His credentials are here. Bammesk (talk) 19:26, 5 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 04:56, 17 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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OriginalKaiulani was the only child of Princess Miriam Likelike, and the last heir apparent to the throne of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
Reason
Quality image.
Articles in which this image appears
Kaʻiulani
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Royalty and nobility
Creator
Unknown author; restoration by Mark Miller

Promoted File:Kaiulani in 1897, wearing pearl necklace (PPWD-15-3.016, restored).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:20, 17 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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Original – Entrance hall of the Eureka Inn, at 7th and F Streets in Eureka, California, a four-story, 104-room Elizabethan Tudor Revival architectural style hotel, opened in 1922.
Reason
High quality, high EV, nice composition, recently featured on Commons
Articles in which this image appears
Eureka Inn
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors
Creator
Frank Schulenburg

Promoted File:Eureka Inn, Entrance Hall.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:55, 18 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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OriginalThe Interior of the Palm House on the Pfaueninsel Near Potsdam by Carl Blechen. Oil on canvas. 1834. The painting was commissioned by King Frederick William III of Prussia and depicts the interior of Frederick Williams's greenhouse at the royal retreat of Pfaueninsel. The subject of the painting and the Orientalist odalisques are unusual for Blechen, who was and is primarily known for his Romantic landscape paintings.
Reason
High-quality scan. Notable Orientalist indoor painting by an artist generally known for his Romantic landscape paintings.
Articles in which this image appears
The Interior of the Palm House on the Pfaueninsel Near Potsdam, Pfaueninsel, Carl Blechen
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Carl Blechen
I'm thinking of questions that would naturally arise in readers' minds. – Sca (talk) 14:22, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Carl Blechen - The Interior of the Palm House on the Pfaueninsel Near Potsdam - 1996.388 - Art Institute of Chicago.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:27, 19 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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Original – A Rockwell B-1 Lancer, owned by the United States Air Force, flies around Edwards Air Force Base, California.
Reason
Good photographed a B-1 Lancer. It depicts the plane beautifully.
Articles in which this image appears
Rockwell B-1 Lancer
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Air
Creator
Ethan Wagner
  • It has been 7 days since the image was added to the article, so I moved the nom back to the "current" section. ToprakM, the image is no longer used in the article or any other article. I checked the FP category here and we have a FP of this bomber [4], although the one you nominated has a lot more pixels and could qualify if it's in an article and is stable. Bammesk (talk) 02:57, 17 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:32, 19 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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Original – A spinyhead blenny emerging from coral off Playa Bonita, Cuba
Reason
Boo! Was seen on Commons FPC last month, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Acanthemblemaria spinosa
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish
Creator
q-phia
  • Give ScienceFan66 my support vote instead... My first reaction was: "cute, but what is it" - so it fulfills criterion #3 perfectly: making the viewer want to know more. --Janke | Talk 09:20, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:2017, cuba, jardines aggressor, playa bonita, spineyhead blennie (23700572188).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:53, 19 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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Original – Coarse Himalayan salt from Pakistan
Reason
Currently on Commons FPC, where it is likely it will be promoted.
Articles in which this image appears
Himalayan salt
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Geology
Creator
Ivar Leidus

Promoted File:Himalayan salt (coarse).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:55, 19 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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Original – To quote the CDC: "This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona surrounding the virion, when viewed electron microscopically. A novel coronavirus, named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China in 2019. The illness caused by this virus has been named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)."
Reason
Rather relevant right now, and the details are (presumably) accurate - it's by the CDC after all, visually appealing, and educational.
Articles in which this image appears
too many to count, but Coronavirus, List of epidemics, and Coronavirus disease 2019 will do for a start.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Other seems to have at least one virus. We might want to spin it out.
Creator
Center for Disease Control: Alissa Eckert, MSMI; Dan Higgins, MAMS

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:53, 20 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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Original – Collapse of Arecibo telescope captured from control tower camera.
Reason
Footage taken by a security camera at the Arecibo Radio Telescope on the day of the collapse. Completed in November 1963, the Arecibo Telescope was the world's largest single-aperture telescope for 53 years, and was a feature in numerous scientific explorations such as the SETI program and the monitoring of near Earth objects. Its most famous transmission may be the Arecibo message, which is itself a featured picture. In addition to the scientific use, the facility was featured in several pop culture shows and movies, notably in the 007 film Goldeneye and the television series The X-Files. It was been listed on the US National Register of Historic Places since 2008 and was named an IEEE Milestone in 2001. The collapse of the observatory was major news in many parts of the world, and for all these reasons I'm nominating the footage here for Featured Picture consideration. (PS: I'm about 4 hours short of 7 days of waiting, but this is a big deal and I wanted to put it out there before I go to bed, hence the slightly early nomination.) TomStar81 (Talk) 20:00, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Articles in which this image appears
Arecibo Telescope
FP category for this image
Most likely Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Understanding
Creator
U.S. National Science Foundation
  • Support as nominatorTomStar81 (Talk) 20:00, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - Not the best lighting or video quality, but hey - there's probably no other footage of this... --Janke | Talk 20:12, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – Although it certainly does illustrate the collapse, its EV for the telescope itself – which was being decommissioned due to storm damage – seems doubtful given the video quality. Note that the target article is the telescope itself. (The story of the collapse was somewhat hyped, IMO.)Sca (talk) 14:59, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support It serves its purpose in illustrating a notable (if overhyped) event in the history of the telescope, which would still be a notable part of its story - the end part - whether overhyped or not. That said, it's not really emphasised much in the article compared to other images and footage of the collapse therein, so... arguably could be underused? P'r'aps we need an article on the collapse itself. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.7% of all FPs 11:49, 10 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – This video doesn't show the 300 meter reflector that the telescope is known for. It only shows the collapse, and the collapse of the top piece, the beam-steering mechanism. I much rather see a nom of the whole standing telescope (in one image or a set of images). Bammesk (talk) 04:54, 11 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • TomStar81, I meant before the collapse, it would be nice to have a FP of it pre-collapse. Regarding the collapse: I thought it was part of a controlled decommissioning, apparently not, I didn't know it was an uncontrolled premature collapse. I am neutral on voting, but I see the significance of the video and may support. Bammesk (talk) 03:11, 12 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Collapse of Arecibo Radio Telescope 01.webm --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:02, 20 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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OriginalSt. Louis prosecutor Wesley Bell during the Ferguson unrest in 2014
Alternate – edited background
Reason
This portrait is of a very high quality. The image is striking. It has good contrast, is in focus, is of a high resolution, and adds very high value to the Wesley Bell article and may add value to other articles within a similar scope, such as those related to St. Louis or the Ferguson unrest. The photo has not been digitally altered, other than to crop from the original (which can be found in the extract data on the file page). I truly feel that among portraits, this image is among Wikipedia's best work.
Articles in which this image appears
Wesley Bell
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
Jamelle Bouie

Promoted File:Wesley Bell 2014 - edit2.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:47, 20 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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Original – Frankfurt on the Main: Center of the Altstadt (Old Town) with the Cathedral, western part of the Fischerfeldviertel (Fisher Field Quarter) and the major part of Sachsenhausen with heavy damage and devastations of the allied bombings of World War II as seen from the air from about the Braubachstrasse (Braubach Street) to the south
Reason
Great image and high quality
Articles in which this image appears
Frankfurt, Bombing of Frankfurt am Main in World War II, Strategic bombing during World War II, Battle of Frankfurt, Alte Brücke (Frankfurt), Altstadt (Frankfurt am Main)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War II
Creator
unknown

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:59, 21 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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OriginalCharles De Gaulle during World War II, 1942
Reason
A high-quality image.
Articles in which this image appears
1890, 1970, Allied leaders of World War II, Charles de Gaulle, France, Free France and other 26 articles
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
United States Office of War Information

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:56, 21 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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Original – Poster for Alice Neilsen's company's production of Victor Herbert's The Fortune Teller from 1905
Reason
A high-quality poster. A lower-quality version of it has been stable for a decade in the article. Restoration took freaking ages, but I think it was worth it.
Articles in which this image appears
The Fortune Teller (operetta), Alice Neilsen, Victor Herbert
FP category for this image
WP:FP/THEATRE
Creator
U.S. Lithograph Co., restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Alice Neilsen's production of Victor Herbert's The Fortune Teller.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:02, 21 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalAn electron micrograph of volcanic sublimates (minerals) in natural colors. Black acicular crystals are mineral tazieffite Pb20Cd2(As,Bi)22S50Cl10 (named after the famous French volcanologist Haroun Tazieff). The substrate is composed of aluminum fluoride, tinted pink by thallium iodide. Image size is 700 microns along the long side.
Reason
I'd like to see if this image can satisfy WP:FPC criteria as it illustrates - in high quality - one common mode by which fumarole minerals appear; as various crusts that form through the deposition on surfaces and hairy structures that form through a more self-seeding accumulation method.
Articles in which this image appears
Fumarole mineral
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Materials science
Creator
Ppm61
  • Support as nominatorJo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 22:19, 9 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • About "if this image can satisfy WP:FPC criteria": The pixel count meets the criteria, and is on the low side (1500px min). I translated and read the Russian description of the photographic technique (on the file page), the technique seems novel and unique. That's a plus IMO. Criterion 5 says "Adds significant encyclopedic value (EV) to an article and helps readers to understand an article." Currently this image is at the bottom, among several similar examples. So the significance of its EV is watered down. Usually FPs are positioned more prominently in articles. Are other images photographically superior and have more EV? If no, can this image be placed more prominently in the article (i.e. placed in article's body or in the infobox)? Can its caption be improved, in your opinion? Bammesk (talk) 04:01, 10 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    @Bammesk: Being higher resolution than the current lead image and showing the same aspects, I'd say they could easily be swapped around. My only hesitation would be that the article is also nominated for Did you know and I use the current lead image there. Regarding the caption, I think mainly removing the chemical formula and the etymology information could be improvements. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 17:49, 10 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • I meant the image caption in the article (to increase its EV). I added some details to it, feel free to change it. On a sidenote: I would also support the infobox image [5], it is only 33 pixels short of 1500px, I think it qualifies for an exception, it has almost twice the pixels "per unit length" compared to the nom image. Bammesk (talk) 03:31, 11 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ah, that. Seems OK to me. Regarding the latter image, I dunno, would the extra EV (close-in detail of how such mineralizations look vs. showing the somewhat rougher appearance of such deposits) justify nominating that one as well. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 14:01, 11 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Tazieffite - Mutnovsky volcano, Kamchatka, Russia (Color SEM).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:11, 23 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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Original – A screenshot of the multi-language portal for Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia, taken in 2018
Reason
I understand this is somewhat of an unorthodox (and meta) submission, but after going through WP:WIAFP, I think it fits. This is a high-res screenshot of the multi-language portal at wikipedia.org taken in 2018. The image is centered, well-constructed, and gives a pretty good summary of what Wikipedia's about. It immediately establishes Wikipedia as "the free encyclopedia," provides the viewer with information on what languages are available and which language Wikipedias have more articles, and at the bottom of the image gives information on other Wikimedia Foundation projects. I think the webpage is laid out pretty well aesthetically, but regardless, this image certainly satisfies the "highly informative" part of criteria three. Obviously, the license is free, and it adds EV to articles related to Wikipedia. Additionally, this is one of the best licensable examples of a webserver directory index.
Articles in which this image appears
Wikipedia, List of Wikipedias, Webserver directory index
FP category for this image
probably Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Electronics
Creator
Wikipedia Portal Authors (more information in file description)

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:17, 23 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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Original – Bicycle crankset Shimano 105 R7000 (chainring 50-34, length 172.5mm, 11 speed)
Reason
best in scope
Articles in which this image appears
Crankset
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Land
Creator
Petar Milošević
  • I agree, having the brand name in the image caption is not necessary, it doesn't add much, and can be removed. The manufacturer name is on the file page and that's good enough for the curious reader. On a sidenote: Drawing a line for advertisement is hard. For example the movie poster nominated by Adam above is pure advertisement. And the image even appears in the article about the movie. One could argue that the article about the movie itself is an advertisement. Yes it's an old movie, but even old movies generate profit, some are still very profitable. Regarding cranksets, it's hard to find a crankset that doesn't have a logo. That's a common place for a logo. Bammesk (talk) 14:53, 13 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Janke,Sca: This is Wikipedia, encyclopedia. Puting idle photo without perfect description would be nonsense. To me as a cycler there is all what a cycler want to know in file description. Like putting BMW car without logo and not naming model. Whom for will that be suitable, maybe for 5 yrs old kid, who cant read yet. --Petar Milošević (talk) 17:21, 13 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • It's also not like the caption is directly what's used on the main page. If there's advertising concerns, register them here, and maybe ping @Cwmhiraeth:. But there's going to be substantially more text on the main page than would ever be practical to include in a summary here. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.7% of all FPs 02:22, 14 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Bicycle crankset Shimano 105 R7000 (chainring 50-34, length 172.5mm, 11 speed).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:20, 23 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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Original – Poster for the 1933 film State Fair
Reason
A nice copy of a film poster, resolution seems proportionate to the lithography grain, and the poster is quite nicely designed. And, y'know, notable film.
Articles in which this image appears
State Fair (1933 film)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
Copyright Twentieth-Century Fox, unknown poster designer; restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:State Fair (1933 film poster) - Restoration.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:59, 24 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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OriginalSvans are an ethnic group mainly found in the Svaneti region of Georgia. This is a Svan peasant photographed in Mestia, Svanetia in the late 19th century.
Reason
There's a little paper texture, but mainly in the bokeh (especially after I got to work). Otherwise, it's a strong image. We don't do a lot with the Traditional Dress category nowadays - it looks like it's been a year since the last one - but it's a viable category of featured pictures, and a historical picture of an ethnic group in the traditional dress (before it passed from everyday use) is pretty valuable. Working through some of my half-finished backlog as we reach the end of the year, so you might see an uptick in my speed for a bit as I finish up half-done restorations.
Articles in which this image appears
Svans, Georgians, Burka (Caucasus), Dali (goddess)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Traditional dress
Creator
Uncredited photographer, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Old peasant with dagger and long smoking pipe, Mestia, Svanetia, Georgia (Republic).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:38, 25 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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OriginalPoznań Town Hall used to serve as the seat of local government until 1939, and now houses a museum. The town hall was rebuilt in mannerist style, with an ornate loggia, by Giovanni Battista di Quadro in 1550–1560.
Reason
Good quality and EV
Articles in which this image appears
Poznań Town Hall, Poznań, Poland, Museum of the History of Poznań
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
User:Poco a poco

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 05:41, 26 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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Original – A male mistletoebird, Round Hill Nature Reserve, New South Wales, Australia
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC this month, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Mistletoebird
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
JJ Harrison

Promoted File:Mistletoebird - Round Hill Nature Reserve.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:36, 26 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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Original – A Nassau grouper off Los Indios, Cuba
Reason
About to be featured on Commons. Critically endangered.
Articles in which this image appears
Nassau grouper
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish
Creator
q phia

Promoted File:2017, cuba, jardines aggressor, los indios, nassau grouper maw (36883128693).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:39, 26 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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File:Alphonso David crop.jpg
OriginalHuman Rights Campaign president Alphonso David in 2019
Reason
High-quality, in-focus image with high EV to Alphonso David. I can definitely see how this image would make people more likely to read the article.
Articles in which this image appears
Alphonso David
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
User:Dude0926
  • Oof, I just looked through the EXIF data and the original uploader's talk page, and I'm worried you may be right. The only other message is a previous upload of a different headshot of David, which was deleted as a copyvio. I did run the original image through Google reverse image-search both before cropping and before posting here, but didn't see anything that was labeled as other than an PR photo (which are frequently released into CC by the uploader and put on political BLPs here, and which the tag seemed to indicate) or alternatively a reference to the WP credit itself. Still, if we have reason to believe it's copyrighted by AP and not CC via HRC, then it's worth deleting. (Feeling an insane emotion swing right now to go from posting an FPC to proposing deleting the whole thing.) AllegedlyHuman (talk) 07:07, 25 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 08:18, 27 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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Original – Dr. Valerie Thomas in 1979 standing with a stack of early Landsat Computer Compatible Tapes (CCTs). Thomas was responsible for the development of early Landsat digital media formatting.
Reason
High quality. A restored image.
Articles in which this image appears
Valerie Thomas
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering
Creator
NASA, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Valerie L. Thomas standing with a stack of early Landsat Computer Compatible Tapes.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:08, 27 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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OriginalThe Who, original line up, performing in Chicago, 1975. Left to right: Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, Keith Moon, Pete Townshend.
Reason
Good image.
Articles in which this image appears
The Who, List of The Who tours and performances, Hard rock, List of Fab 40 number-one singles, List of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Jim Summaria

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:10, 27 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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OriginalThe Man with the Golden Arm is a 1955 American film by Otto Preminger featuring Frank Sinatra and Kim Novak
ALT
Reason
This has been added to the 2020 National Film Registry class and I think, a movie that focused on the subject of drug addiction in 1955, would have enough encyclopedic value to its article and be a good choice for Featured Picture.
Articles in which this image appears
The Man with the Golden Arm
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
Otto Preminger

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:15, 27 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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Original – Poster for the original production of F. C. Burnand and Arthur Sullivan's The Contrabandista (1867)
Reason
Always rather liked this poster. Captures the fun of the opera quite well.
Articles in which this image appears
The Contrabandista
FP category for this image
WP:FP/THEATRE
Creator
Robert Jacob Hamerton, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Robert Jacob Hamerton - Poster for F. C. Burnand and Arthur Sullivan's The Contrabandista.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:56, 30 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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OriginalAdolfo Hohenstein's design for Act II of La bohème for the original 1896 production.
Reason
I don't think that Adolfo Hohenstein's designs for the première of a notable opera could really fail to be notable. This one is quite pretty, and, other than a lot of dust spots - a LOT of dust spots - and some minor damage, it held up pretty well for a century-old work.
Articles in which this image appears
La bohème, Adolfo Hohenstein
FP category for this image
WP:FP/THEATRE
Creator
Adolfo Hohenstein, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Al quartiere latino, bozzetto di Adolf Hohenstein per La Bohème (1896) - Archivio Storico Ricordi ICON000086 - Restoration.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 04:09, 31 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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OriginalSan Francisco cable car number 1 with San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz Island, and Hyde Street Pier in the background.
Reason
Compelling depiction of the San Francisco cable car system. Nominated in the Urban category (not in the vehicle category). It shows a historic car on a hilly street, Hyde Street, with passengers riding on either side and a background of San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz Island, and the Hyde Street Pier (part of the city's historic parks).
Articles in which this image appears
San Francisco cable car system, San Francisco
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban
Creator
Thomas Wolf

Promoted File:Cable Car No. 1 and Alcatraz Island.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 04:16, 31 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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OriginalAmerican football player Terry McLaurin with the Washington Redskins in 2019
Reason
High-res, in-focus image of American football wide receiver Terry McLaurin.
Articles in which this image appears
Terry McLaurin
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Sport
Creator
All-Pro Reels

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:07, 31 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]