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Yellow-faced Honeyeater

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 1 Jan 2019 at 04:06:58 (UTC)

 
Original – Yellow-faced Honeyeater (Caligavis chrysops), Lake Parramatta Reserve, New South Wales, Australia
Reason
High quality, well lit, encyclopedic pose.
Articles in which this image appears
Yellow-faced Honeyeater
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
JJ Harrison

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 04:08, 1 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

  • Hi Armbrust, looking at the above I see 5 users who favor "replace", 4 users in bold letters and 1 user (the nominator) in their answer "Fine with me" to Adam's question: "Are the two of you alright with Replace?". So I see consensus to replace. I don't understand the no promote? Bammesk (talk) 01:54, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    • See "How to comment for Candidate Images" in the lead of WP:FPC. "Replace" isn't an option. Armbrust The Homunculus 02:44, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
      • Ok. "Replace" implied "delist" (replacement can only happen after a delist), so the intent of the participants was "delist and replace", but the participants didn't express their intent in the proper format. I suggest moving the nom to the section: "Older nominations requiring additional input from users" and then pinging the participants asking them to express their intent in the proper format. Not promoting, at this point, effectively ignores the intent of the participants. Bammesk (talk) 03:23, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
      • But replace requires the nominated picture should be featured, no? I may renominate these as D&R when participation next picks up. MER-C 07:22, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
        • Bammesk The problem is that in a "candidate nomination" delist & replace isn't a valid option either. You either support or oppose the image being promoted (including their weak variants).
          MER-C The D&R process isn't, IMO, really there to replace images with a completely different one. This was discussed in December 2013, but nothing came of it. Armbrust The Homunculus 16:08, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
          • I think it's reasonably clear that the voting participants were of the view that the image should be promoted. I think whether the other image should be delisted ought to be separate issue and a corresponding delist nomination. Similar story with the oystercatcher image. JJ Harrison (talk) 09:26, 4 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
            • I've gone ahead and renominated both images. If the result is promote, then I'll replace the other usages and nominate the older images for delisting. MER-C 03:31, 5 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Australian Raven

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 1 Jan 2019 at 04:10:15 (UTC)

 
Original – Australian Raven (Corvus coronoides), Doughboy Head, New South Wales, Australia
Reason
High quality image
Articles in which this image appears
Australian Raven
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
JJ Harrison

Promoted File:Corvus coronoides - Doughboy Head.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 04:11, 1 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Sooty Oystercatcher

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 1 Jan 2019 at 04:14:51 (UTC)

 
Original – Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus), Doughboy Head, New South Wales, Australia
Reason
It's of high quality and encyclopedic value
Articles in which this image appears
Sooty Oystercatcher
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
JJ Harrison
As a general rule, I'd oppose that statement - different views can convey different information. In this case, I'm more neutral. If replacement is the consensus other than my vote, treat my vote as replace. I do think this whole replace thing feels like it could unintentionally derail the nomination, though, so we should probably be careful about that. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs 14:41, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 04:15, 1 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

  • Hi Armbrust, looking at the above I see 5 users who favor "replace", 3 users in bold letters and 2 users in plain text. So I don't understand the close? Bammesk (talk) 01:48, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    • See "How to comment for Candidate Images" in the lead of WP:FPC. "Replace" isn't an option. Armbrust The Homunculus 02:45, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
      • Ok. "Replace" implied "delist" (replacement can only happen after a delist), so the intent of the participants was "delist and replace", but the participants didn't express their intent in the proper format. I suggest moving the nom to the section: "Older nominations requiring additional input from users" and then pinging the participants asking them to express their intent in the proper format. Not promoting, at this point, effectively ignores the intent of the participants. Bammesk (talk) 03:23, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Leila Usher

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 6 Jan 2019 at 02:21:14 (UTC)

 
Original – Leila Usher next to her bas-relief of Susan B. Anthony
Reason
As far as I can tell, the most iconic image of her, insofar as it was widely published (see documentation on the file description page, which includes the press release.) Rather deeply in shadow, but that's an artistic decision. I've adjusted exposure to bring her out of the shadow a bit.
Articles in which this image appears
Leila Usher, Susan B. Anthony
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
Creator
Underwood & Underwood, restored by Adam Cuerden

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:18, 6 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 6 Sep 2018 at 18:47:32 (UTC)

 
Original – Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, by Joe Rosenthal
 
Retouched by Alexis Jazz, third version – Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, by Joe Rosenthal
 
Retouched 2 by Bammesk, second version – Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, by Joe Rosenthal
Reason
iconic photograph. After a long debate, it finally appears that the copyright was not renewed.
Articles in which this image appears
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War II
Creator
Joe Rosenthal

Retouch discussion

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@GreenMeansGo: the sky was blurred. Alexis Jazz (talk) 14:38, 5 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • I uploaded another retouch, Retouched 2, made from the higher quality original that Alexis Jazz gave us here. Both retouched noms are worthy of support. My upload has less artifacts and is a bit sharper along soldier/background boundaries, smoother left valley, smoother background between soldier's arms/legs, and I touched up the lower left edge. Also touched up a couple of spots based on the negative image here: [9], [10](no longer so, see below). I Support both retouches but prefer Retouch 2 (revised vote below). Bammesk (talk) 04:06, 5 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Well I'll say that I prefer some retouched version to the original, but my retouching expertise is mediocre at best, and so I don't pretend to have an authoritative opinion on which version is better. GMGtalk 14:44, 5 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@MER-C: can you say why? Perhaps I can improve my version. Alexis Jazz (talk) 00:25, 6 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Retouch 1 has sufficiently improved over #2 in the time since I wrote that comment. I now prefer #1 as the specs that were there are there no longer. MER-C 15:34, 6 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Revisiting this after the dust has settled, I prefer #2 due to the white streak on the side. MER-C 11:40, 31 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • I suppose I prefer #2, but two comments: (1) why is the [rivet?] on the helmet of the soldier on the right noticeably brighter in just that version? (2) in both retouches there's a space between the leftmost and second leftmost soldiers, around waist level, that looks to be actually a gap between them rather than a blemish on the photo itself, but it's smoothed out... (in case that isn't clear I've added an annotation to that image on Commons here. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 20:00, 5 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
That's not a gap but actually light that is reflected off of the handle of a holstered knife, more easily seen in File:Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, by Joe Rosenthal.jpg. I've corrected my version accordingly. Alexis Jazz (talk) 00:25, 6 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Rhododendrites, I don't understand your first question? About question 2: as I said above, I used the negative image here: [11], [12] as a guide. The gap is smaller in the negative, that's what I went by. However looking at the negative more carefully, it has bleeding (or diffusion) because it is old, which would make the gaps smaller. So I did a recheck of all gaps, and compared the print gaps to the negative gaps, and it turns out all print gaps are a few pixels wider than the negative gaps. So going strictly by the negative is not a good idea (because of the bleeding). I redid the gap and did an upload (also redid another tiny gap/spot at shoulder level, plus helmet of left soldier, the things I had relied on the negative for). Thanks for the question! Bammesk (talk) 00:34, 6 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Rhododendrites: Can you say what you mean in your first question? Nothing “on the helmet of the soldier on the right” is “noticeably brighter” in any version! Bammesk (talk) 12:14, 8 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@GreenMeansGo: I agree. I'm not sure if we are done retouching (unless someone points out flaws in my version, I am) but if we are it still leaves us with three images to pick from. Since I created one of them, I support all three. There are arguments for sticking to the original and between the retouched versions it'll largely be matter of taste. Bammesk filled in the gaps one way, I did it another way. Alexis Jazz (talk) 10:51, 7 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@GreenMeansGo: As I said, I support all three. But I will say this: when I added to/updated Wikipedias, I used the original. Leaving it to the Wikipedias to switch to a retouched version. No Wikipedia (zero, not Norsk Wikipedia) (zero, the number, not Wikipedia Zero) made the switch. - Alexis Jazz 18:46, 31 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I think I very slightly prefer Retouched 2, because of the area to the right of and below the leftmost soldier's right foot looks a lot better in this one. I think that tilts the balance to let this be closed. @Armbrust:? Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs 17:09, 2 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Looking at this some more, I withdraw my support for "both" and now support retouched 2 only. A) The original and retouched 1 have a white strip on the lower-left edge of the image. This is fixed in retouched 2. B) In retouched 1, the noise reduction (blurring) of the sky area is uneven, some areas are heavily blurred, other areas not at all. For example, in retouched 1 the sky area near the lower-right edge of the image, and sky areas adjacent to soldier's bodies have no blurring and are identical to the original image. In retouched 2 the sky noise is blurred uniformly everywhere. C) Looking at the original image, the background field (the far hill behind the foreground rubble) has similar noise/grain as the sky. That area is slightly denoised in retouched 2, not in retouched 1. D) The original has a scanning artifact along the edge of the flagpole (bottom portion of flagpole), visible when enlarged, say at 200%. The artifact appears as a white line along the pole's left edge. There are similar artifacts elsewhere along the edge of soldiers' clothing. These artifacts are removed in retouched 2, not in retouched 1. Bammesk (talk) 02:01, 13 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima by Joe Rosenthal retouched 2.jpg --feminist (talk) 09:04, 7 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]


War pigeons

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 14 Jan 2019 at 18:03:04 (UTC)

 
Original – Swiss Armed Forces preparing a war pigeon to deliver its message.
Reason
This is one I've been eyeing a long time... and is my second restoration of the image, because there was a higher-quality negative I could restore from. Of course... *slightly insane laugh* But no matter. It's done.
Articles in which this image appears
War pigeon, Swiss Armed Forces
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/WWI
Creator
Anonymous/Swiss Federal Archives; restored by Adam Cuerden

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:31, 7 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Masih Alinejad

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 8 Jan 2019 at 08:34:14 (UTC)

 
Original – Masoumeh "Masih" Alinejad-Ghomi is an Iranian American journalist and author.
Reason
Getting things started during/after the holidays with this well executed casual photo of a notable person.
Articles in which this image appears
Masih Alinejad
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
Creator
Kambiz Foroohar

Promoted File:Masih Alinejad.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 08:35, 8 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Corvus splendens eating

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 8 Jan 2019 at 09:34:39 (UTC)

 
Original – Headshot of a House crow (Corvus splendens) eating, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Reason
High quality, of good encyclopedic value, Featured and Valued on Commons
Articles in which this image appears
House crow
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
GerifalteDelSabana

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:39, 8 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Dataran Lang

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 9 Jan 2019 at 02:25:12 (UTC)

 
Original – Dataran Lang or ‘Eagle Square’, is the location of large sculpture in the shape of a sea-eagle perched on rocks in a pre-flight pose in Kuah, Langkawi, Malaysia. This 12-meter high statue greets visitors who come to Kuah by ferry as they ride to the jetty. The eagle is the emblem of Langkawi Island as its name "Lang" is thought by some to have been derived from the Malay word for eagle that is "helang". The square is a landscaped area with ponds, terraces and bridges, where visitors may stroll and view the sea.
Reason
Is of a high technical standard, high resolution and has a free license.
Articles in which this image appears
Kuah#Dataran Lang
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Sculpture
Creator
SNN95

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:58, 9 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Justice K. T. Thomas

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 9 Jan 2019 at 04:52:50 (UTC)

 
Original – Portrait of Justice K. T. Thomas, a former Supreme Court Judge, in robes.
Reason
Portrait of one of the important justices to sit on the Supreme Court of India in robes, there lies the EV. Justice Thomas was awarded Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India in 2007. Good quality and well composed.
Articles in which this image appears
Justice K. T. Thomas, List of Marthoma Syrian Christians, St. Albert's College
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Others
Creator
Mydreamsparrow
Bammesk, True, it was shot in 2018 : DreamSparrow Chat 03:38, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Justice K. T. Thomas.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 07:06, 9 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Hou Yifan

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 9 Jan 2019 at 14:24:54 (UTC)

 
Original – Hou Yifan, chess prodigy.
Reason
The size is massive, so the fact that it's somewhat grainy at full resolution isn't much of an issue: A slight downscale, [13], say, would show it still has loads of quality to it. I like the action pose. It's an excellent photo of the highest-ranking female chess player in the world.
Articles in which this image appears
Hou Yifan
FP category for this image
Either Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Sport or Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Others
Creator
Andreas Kontokanis
  • That should make it easier to perform a selective darkening. I don't care if it is removed completely, it just needs to be darkened enough to not be distracting. MER-C 05:43, 30 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Hou Yifan (29762728494) (cropped).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:48, 9 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Round ribbontail ray

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 11 Jan 2019 at 08:10:04 (UTC)

 
Original – A camouflaged round ribbontail ray
 
Edit 1 - much closer to original contrast, shake reduction filter instead of unsharp mask
Reason
High EV underwater photo (which makes up for the technical shortcomings) that is featured on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Round ribbontail ray
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish
Creator
Rucha Karkarey

Promoted File:Porcupine ray from Lakshadweep JJH edit.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 08:38, 11 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Enceladus (mosaic)

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 12 Jan 2019 at 07:53:56 (UTC)

 
Original – South polar vantage of Enceladus's anti-Saturn hemisphere, using a false color scheme in which fractured areas show up as blue
Reason
High EV, high resolution
Articles in which this image appears
Enceladus, etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
Creator
NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:42, 12 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Soldiers on tank

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 13 Jan 2019 at 15:59:25 (UTC)

 
Original – A M48A3 tank of 1st Battalion, 69th Armor, 25th Infantry Division with soldiers on its back moves through a destroyed Viet Cong camp south of Pleiku during Operation Lincoln in the Vietnam War
Reason
High EV, high res. Representative of American tank operations during this period of the Vietnam War.
Articles in which this image appears
Operation Lincoln (Vietnam), 69th Armor Regiment, M48 Patton
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/War
Creator
United States Army Signal Corps photographer

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:02, 13 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Golden-headed Cisticola

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 15 Jan 2019 at 02:59:36 (UTC)

 
Original – Golden-headed Cisticola (Cisticola exilis), Cornwallis Rd, New South Wales, Australia
Reason
Encyclopaedic image
Articles in which this image appears
Golden-headed Cisticola
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
JJ Harrison

Promoted File:Cisticola exilis - Cornwallis Rd.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:00, 15 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Scarlet Myzomela

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 15 Jan 2019 at 02:59:25 (UTC)

 
Original – Scarlet Myzomela (Myzomela sanguinolenta) male, Windsor Downs Nature Reserve, New South Wales, Australia
Reason
Good quality image to compliment a featured article
Articles in which this image appears
Scarlet myzomela
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
JJ Harrison

Promoted File:Myzomela sanguinolenta 1 - Windsor Downs Nature Reserve.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:00, 15 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Noisy Pitta

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 15 Jan 2019 at 02:59:28 (UTC)

 
Original – Noisy Pitta (Pitta versicolor), Kembla Heights, New South Wales, Australia
Reason
High quality photo of what the article fairly describes as a 'shy bird'
Articles in which this image appears
Noisy pitta, Pitta (genus)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
JJ Harrison

Promoted File:Pitta versicolor - Kembla Heights.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:00, 15 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Sooty Oystercatcher (2)

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 15 Jan 2019 at 03:24:24 (UTC)

 
Original – Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus), Doughboy Head, New South Wales, Australia
Reason
I owe this image a renomination. The original nomination reason was "It's of high quality and encyclopedic value". On reflection, it's a little premature to consider delisting of File:Haematopus fuliginosus Bruny.jpg. I still think the FP star should be moved, so if/when the nominated image is featured, I'll do a substitution and separate delisting nomination then.
Articles in which this image appears
Sooty Oystercatcher (and potentially others)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
JJ Harrison
  • Support as nominator – MER-C 03:24, 5 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support : As far as there is no proposal for "delist and replace", I support this. DreamSparrow Chat 12:38, 5 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Aye, I did me best to sort those ones out, but.... it gets confusing when you change the scope of a nom. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs 16:49, 5 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support JJ Harrison (talk) 02:33, 6 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I don't mind delisting and replacing, but I do not think we should have 2 pictures of the exact same bird featured at once. Why not delist and replce? Mattximus (talk) 21:18, 6 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Mattximus: The last one failed to be promoted, or the old delisted because it was turned into a delist and replace after starting, and that's not permitted. And nothing will ever get delisted pre-emptively. I, for one, would instantly vote "oppose" if anyone tried that. Arguing procedure isn't helpful here; what you want is a policy change that allows that kind of change to delist and replace. Also, realise that there's problems with that in and of itself - look at the crow one, where one of the usages of the alternative was very high value for an entirely different class of articles. In that case, a delist and replace would fail, and it couldn't be turned into a promote.
We either need to separate them, or make rules for adding replacements to a nomination that's ongoing. Anything else is just going to be hugely problematic. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs 04:22, 10 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Can someone design a delist and replace? There's a facility in VI to do it. I'd be happy to support if the FP nominator (not the author) promises to delist once the new image is promoted. Can we agree to that and add to nomination guidelines? See talk page --Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:07, 10 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Charlesjsharp: It's a little more complicated than that. The problem is there's no way to move between a nomination and a delist and replace, and there are some subjects - and I'd argue birds can be one - where there's a little ambiguity as to whether an image should be delisted if a new one is added.
Let's move this to WT:FPC, though. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs 07:07, 11 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Haematopus fuliginosus - Doughboy Head.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:26, 15 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Yellow-faced Honeyeater (2)

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 15 Jan 2019 at 03:29:24 (UTC)

 
Original – Yellow-faced Honeyeater (Caligavis chrysops), Lake Parramatta Reserve, New South Wales, Australia
Reason
I owe this image a renomination. The original nomination reason was "High quality, well lit, encyclopedic pose." On reflection, it's a little premature to consider delisting of File:Yellow-faced Honeyeater nov07.jpg. I still think the FP star should be moved, so if/when the nominated image is featured, I'll do a substitution and separate delisting nomination then.
Articles in which this image appears
Yellow-faced Honeyeater (and potentially others)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
JJ Harrison

Promoted File:Caligavis chrysops - Lake Parramatta Reserve.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:30, 15 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Veiled Christ

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 26 Jan 2019 at 15:22:12 (UTC)

Reason
Just look at it. Carved from one block of marble. Click it two or three times to enlarge detail - that's where the fun is. Self-explanatory. "How'd he do that?"
Articles in which this image appears
Veiled Christ, Statue, the location site and the sculptor's page
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Sculpture
Creator
Liberonapoli
  • Yes, remove this amazing image of one of the most acclaimed statues in the world from Wikipedia. Who is "we"? And why isn't it feature quality? No explanation given, and the premises for deleting it are all guesswork with three "probably" reasons involved. Randy Kryn (talk) 18:06, 16 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Paul012 has uploaded another enlargeable image of the statue (which could do with some horizontal cropping). Nice work. Randy Kryn (talk) 19:01, 16 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • This one expands to 1588 by 834. Why wouldn't that size qualify, and why limit the featured picture candidates to such a high bar? Having a discussion on Paul012's talk page, and am surprised to learn that only one marble statue image has ever made it to featured picture. Can this lack of marble statue images be remedied by a change in the wording? Thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 19:40, 16 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • How did that become the minimum? This one is 1588 by 834, seems large enough, and a 1500 by 1500 requirement is one that instantly excludes many good images. Maybe a revisit of this guideline is in order. Randy Kryn (talk) 20:37, 16 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:53, 17 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Amber mountain rock thrush male

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 19 Jan 2019 at 11:05:03 (UTC)

 
Original – Amber Mountain rock thrush (Monticola sharpei erythronotus) male, in Montagne d'Ambre National Park, Madagascar
Reason
High quality image of endangered bird; considered a separate species (Monticola erythronotus) by some authorities.
Articles in which this image appears
Amber Mountain rock thrush, Montagne d'Ambre National Park
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Amber mountain rock thrush (Monticola sharpei erythronotus) male 2.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:23, 19 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Short-horned chameleon female

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Original – Short-horned chameleon (Calumma brevicorne) female near Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Madagascar
Reason
High quality image. FP on Commons
Articles in which this image appears
Short-horned chameleon
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Reptiles
Creator
Charlesjsharp
  • They cannot be found easily during the day, but at night they sleep on small braches near the ground so that predators can't get them without disturbing the branch. I used a low-level on-camera flash and hand-held off-camera slave unit for the main lighting. There was a lot of ill-informed dabte on Commons FP about the ethics of flash use. Chameleons have (compared to us) tunnel vision so they will hardly notice a flash from, say 20 degreees off line. Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:59, 10 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Short-horned chameleon (Calumma brevicorne) female Andasibe.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:28, 19 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Rigoletto

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Original – Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto, Act IV.
Reason
A beautiful set design illustration that, in a slightly less finished state, has been stable in Rigoletto's lead for around three years.
Articles in which this image appears
Rigoletto
FP category for this image
WP:FP/THEATRE
Creator
Philippe Chaperon, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Philippe Chaperon - Rigoletto.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:52, 20 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Electronic match

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Original – An electric match, (left to right) before, during and after ignition.
Reason
Saw this at Commons FPC. The high EV composition would be a better match for FPC here than on Commons. (Also the run of animals needs interrupting.)
Articles in which this image appears
Electric match
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Electronics
Creator
Lucasbosch

Promoted File:Exploding E match collage.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:53, 20 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



The Steerage

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Original – The Steerage
 
Alt 2 – Alternative print (Alt 1 removed - see discussion)
 
Alt 3 – Sepia
Reason
High resolution copy of an iconic photograph
Articles in which this image appears
The Steerage, Photography, Alfred Stieglitz, Fine-art photography, Steerage, Princeton University Art Museum
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA History
Creator
Alfred Stieglitz
  • Support as nominator It has been hailed as one of the greatest photographs of all time because it captures in a single image both a formative document of its time and one of the first works of artistic modernism. cf. Wikipedia. – Yann (talk) 14:15, 10 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment There is another version of this, also from Google Art Project, that I've added as Alt 1. It's smaller and less clean, but also has detail the other version is missing; I'd suspect it's from a different original print. (It also doesn't have the skew, which I think is an improvement unless it's an intentional artistic part of the work.) I'm not sure if it's more desirable, but it seems to introduce some questions that are worthy of consideration. TSP (talk) 14:33, 10 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • The overall sepia tint? That can easily be edited (if we understand it wasn't the photographer's intent); just as the skew can be fixed on the other one. The bigger question is making sure whatever we feature is as high quality a version as possible; which generally means basing it on the highest quality possible source. In this case I'm not sure there is a clear winner. TSP (talk) 12:47, 11 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yes, the Met version may be better than either. Raw pixel count isn't everything if it just represents more grain rather than any more detail - I think the Met version may actually be the best despite being the smallest. The people along the rail all have visible expressions in the Met version, but many are blurs of grain in both the others. It would need cleaning up and probably a contrast adjustment. (Google Art has nine different versions of this photo, all with different merits.) TSP (talk) 14:18, 11 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Alt 2 This isn't an image captured in greyscale, this was a sepia image. Two different copies are both sepia, and we're going to arbitrarily change that?! No. We shouldn't make such changes without darn good reasons, especially in the undocumented way this one was, where there's no strong indication the image was modified like that except the filename - which doesn't say "It was changed" just "It's in greyscale", and doesn't link the original.
Seriously. We're nominating this in part as a formative work of art, then are changing the colours? Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs 10:52, 12 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know how much we know about the photographer's original intent in terms of colouration; Google Art Project has ten different versions of this from different prints, which show a fair range of different shades; and I don't know how much that would have changed with the age of each print?
In any case, we also have the original scan from the MET which has the same detail level without recolouration, so that could be considered another alt; though it is a lot yellower than most of the other prints. Ultimately there are dozens of possible versions of this that could be nominated. TSP (talk) 00:39, 14 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed, but literally none of the versions are greyscale. I'm inclined to go with the Met version, just because I trust their colour fidelity a bit more. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs 03:48, 14 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Adam Cuerden: Do you have any reference showing that the autthor intended to make it sepia? So far, it is only the effect of time on old prints. And none of our copies are really sepia, but rather different shades of pink. Regards, Yann (talk) 16:11, 15 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Yann: Things don't just become sepia over time, it's down to how the print is made. See Photographic print toning Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs 17:19, 15 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Also, I checked a few spots on the Metropolitan Museum image, and all are Hue 30 or higher, which is pretty solidly in orange, so I'm not sure how you're getting pink. Are you sure your monitor's calibrated? Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs 17:24, 15 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Adam Cuerden: I uploaded a real sepia version. You can see the the differences. Regards, Yann (talk) 06:48, 16 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:24, 20 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



NGC 772

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Original – RGB image of the galaxy NGC 772 and dwarf galaxy NGC 770 (top center) interacting. Data from the Liverpool Telescope, a 2 m RC telescope on La Palma, processed by Göran Nilsson. 86 x 100s exposures totaling 2.4 hours
Reason
Great EV and good quality astro picture.
Articles in which this image appears
NGC 772
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
Creator
Goranen, restored and retouched by Benison P Baby

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:13, 20 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



The Pond—Moonlight

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Original – The Pond—Moonlight, by Edward Steichen
Reason
high resolution copy of an iconic photograph
Articles in which this image appears
The Pond—Moonlight, List of most expensive photographs
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA History
Creator
Edward Steichen / Google Art Project
  • Support as nominator One of the most expensive photograph ever, sold for US $2.9 million in 2006. Only 3 original versions exist, and each is unique. – Yann (talk) 14:27, 11 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment "The Pond—Moonlight is an early photograph created by manually applying light-sensitive gums, giving the final print more than one color" - given that, is it correct to present it in black and white? Admittedly the original scan doesn't show much colour either; all the other language Wikipedias with an article on it (and our article on Steichen) use this version (I'm guessing from a different print), which is lower-resolution but seems to do a much better job showcasing the unique aspects of this particular photo. TSP (talk) 15:39, 11 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:56, 21 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



NGC 2170 widefield

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Original – NGC 2170 widefield view
Reason
Amazing shot of NGC 2170 with a very good EV and exposure
Articles in which this image appears
NGC 2170
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
Creator
Rogelio Bernal Andreo
I am not sure why the EV is low. EV of this image is that its the lead image of the article, even though its a stub. EV is usually calculated in terms of the image's EV in the article, not on the size of the article. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 20:32, 12 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
One reason for FPs on the main page is to entice viewers to read the article. In this case, it would be a great disappointment. Thus, IMHO, low EV. --Janke | Talk 21:16, 12 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - loses EV due to the wide field of view. Yes, the stub article concern matters here - I can't easily tell where the nebula ends. Does it include the two regions to the left of the main nebula? There are also (brown) dust clouds throughout the image. MER-C 08:29, 13 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:12, 22 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Carrie Chapman Catt

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Original – Carrie Chapman Catt
Reason
This was nominated during the quietness of the Christmas period, when things were failing to reach quorum left and right. It was only one vote short - with @The Herald: stating afterwards that they were sorry they missed it, and that I should ping them when I renominated it, so it basically had five votes. So, we've picked back up, the new year has started; let's bring some suffragettes into it with us. (Previous nom: Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Carrie Chapman Catt)
Articles in which this image appears
Carrie Chapman Catt, League of Women Voters, National American Woman Suffrage Association
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
Joint Suffrage Procession Committee(?), restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Carrie Chapman Catt - National Woman's Party Records.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:15, 22 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Assassination of Lincoln

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Original – The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Reason
Far better and more accurate than most depictions, beautifully coloured.
Articles in which this image appears
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln + 20 or so
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/American Civil War
Creator
After T. M. McAllister; restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Lincoln assassination slide c1900 - Restoration.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 01:37, 23 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Set: Turgot map of Paris (2)

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Original – The Turgot map of Paris (full map) WARNING: 850 MB!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Reason
Highly detailed reproduction of this historic map. Last nomination (Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Turgot map of Paris) ended up inconclusive (4-1) however I feel this set still merits the star. This is a set nomination. The full image and all 20 individual plates above (20 images altogether) are all nominated.
Articles in which this image appears
Turgot map of Paris
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Maps
Creator
Michel-Étienne Turgot

Promoted File:Turgot map of Paris - Norman B. Leventhal Map Center.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:49, 23 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Turgot map of Paris, sheet 1 - Norman B. Leventhal Map Center.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:49, 23 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Turgot map of Paris, sheet 2 - Norman B. Leventhal Map Center.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:49, 23 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Turgot map of Paris, sheet 3 - Norman B. Leventhal Map Center.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:49, 23 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Turgot map of Paris, sheet 4 - Norman B. Leventhal Map Center.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:49, 23 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Turgot map of Paris, sheet 5 - Norman B. Leventhal Map Center.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:49, 23 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Turgot map of Paris, sheet 6 - Norman B. Leventhal Map Center.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:49, 23 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Turgot map of Paris, sheet 7 - Norman B. Leventhal Map Center.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:49, 23 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Turgot map of Paris, sheet 8 - Norman B. Leventhal Map Center.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:49, 23 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Turgot map of Paris, sheet 9 - Norman B. Leventhal Map Center.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:49, 23 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Turgot map of Paris, sheet 10 - Norman B. Leventhal Map Center.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:49, 23 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Turgot map of Paris, sheet 11 - Norman B. Leventhal Map Center.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:49, 23 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Turgot map of Paris, sheet 12 - Norman B. Leventhal Map Center.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:49, 23 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Turgot map of Paris, sheet 13 - Norman B. Leventhal Map Center.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:49, 23 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Turgot map of Paris, sheet 14 - Norman B. Leventhal Map Center.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:49, 23 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Turgot map of Paris, sheet 15 - Norman B. Leventhal Map Center.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:49, 23 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Turgot map of Paris, sheet 16 - Norman B. Leventhal Map Center.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:49, 23 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Turgot map of Paris, sheet 17 - Norman B. Leventhal Map Center.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:49, 23 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Turgot map of Paris, sheet 18-19 - Norman B. Leventhal Map Center.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:49, 23 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Turgot map of Paris, sheet 20 - Norman B. Leventhal Map Center.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:49, 23 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Rufous-headed ground-roller (Atelornis crossleyi).jpg

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Original – Rufous-headed ground-roller (Atelornis crossleyi), a secretive and near-threatened Madagascar endemic in Ranomafana National Park
Reason
High quality image of secretive and near-threatened Madagascar endemic
Articles in which this image appears
Rufous-headed ground-roller Ground roller
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp
just over three weeks. Hard work with Madagascar's dreadful roads and everything being done on foot. Nearly every shot requires flash as the few remaining wildlife locations are deep forest. Outside of the National Parks every living thing has been destroyed, so you never see birds perching by the roadside or in fields or grasslands. There aren't any left. Only saved by enthusiastic and helpful guides who are brilliant at finding reptiles and amphibians and carrying camera gear up and down slippery tracks. --Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:50, 14 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
That's incredibly sad. Wow. What happened to the country? I mean, it's about the size of Britain, isn't it? Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs 12:03, 14 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Widespread poverty and corruption. MER-C 12:14, 15 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • As your exhibits show, this is an extraordinarily difficult bird to photograph. This is the best shot I could get from three sightings in the forest undergrowth. I retouched the eye. The plumage colours look comparable to images that show up on a Google search. I'm actually pretty pleased with it! Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:43, 14 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Rufous-headed ground-roller (Atelornis crossleyi).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:50, 23 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Variegated golden frog

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Original – Variegated golden frog (Mantella baroni) in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar
Reason
A high quality focus-stacked image of one of the most beautiful frogs in the world. Essential to article
Articles in which this image appears
Mantella baroni, Frog, Mantella
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Amphibians
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Variegated golden frog (Mantella baroni) Ranomafana.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:51, 23 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



First Lady Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt

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Original – First Lady of the United States Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, wife of Theodore Roosevelt
Reason
I love what Frances Benjamin Johnston did with sepia for this. She must have felt so clever, contrasting the white lace with the sepia colours on the dress. Plus, Edith herself was arguably a Civil Rights advocate - at least a fan of Booker T. Washington - and an interesting person. It's slightly cropped in her article with {{CSS image crop}}, which saves on inappropriate crops to the original while fitting it slightly better to a thumbnail.
Lots of scratches and dust; nothing too hard to handle, just a time-consuming careful restoration. I tweaked the levels a bit to bring out the detail.
Articles in which this image appears
Edith Roosevelt; also in a gallery at Frances Benjamin Johnston
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
Frances Benjamin Johnston, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt by Frances Benjamin Johnston.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:04, 24 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Haydée, ou Le Secret

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Original – Haydée, ou Le secret, Act II set design by Philippe Chaperon
Reason
I love the work of Philippe Chaperon, and Gallica has loads and loads of his set designs for operas. I love that he incorporates characters into his plans, showing how they'd fit into the stage, and work with it. It's really lovely work that's shamefully neglected.
Articles in which this image appears
Haydée
FP category for this image
WP:FP/THEATRE
Creator
Philippe Chaperon, restored by User:Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Haydée, ou Le secret Act II - Philippe Chaperon.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:01, 26 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Apollo and Daphne (Bernini)

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Original – Apollo and Daphne is a baroque marble sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, executed between 1622 and 1625.
Reason
In a follow-up discussion to the below nom I noticed how few FPs of sculptures there currently are. This photo of Bernini's Apollo and Daphne, a prime example of baroque sculpture and the master sculptor's work, presents the subject well with great technical quality. (Looking at various pictures of the setting, the back-lit window appears to be pretty much unavoidable.) Note that I just replaced the original image in the article with a slightly cropped version.
Articles in which this image appears
Apollo and Daphne (Bernini), Uncropped image is also in Apollo and Daphne, Baroque sculpture, Borghese Collection, Gian Lorenzo Bernini and many others.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Sculpture
Creator
Architas (Note: I just realised the user is blocked as a sockpuppet. I don't think this counts against the image's FP-worthiness, though?)

Promoted File:Apollo and Daphne (Bernini) (cropped).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:01, 26 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Jade vine

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Original – Jade vine (Strongylodon macrobotrys)
Reason
EV/quality -- a strange-looking, candy-colored plant I'd never seen before
Articles in which this image appears
Strongylodon macrobotrys, Strongylodon
FP category for this image
Plants/Flowers
Creator
Rhododendrites

Promoted File:Jade vine (70200).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:46, 26 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Segment of the Surrogate's Courthouse mosaic by William de Leftwich Dodge

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 27 Jan 2019 at 00:43:39 (UTC)

 
Original – Segment of the Surrogate's Courthouse (New York City) ceiling mosaic by William de Leftwich Dodge c. 1905
Reason
EV, quality, pretty good shot of an interesting ceiling mosaic in a setting not terribly conducive to photography
Articles in which this image appears
Surrogate's Courthouse, William de Leftwich Dodge
FP category for this image
Artwork/Others
Creator
Rhododendrites
  • @Adam Cuerden: I'll try to piece it together from other pictures, since I'm having trouble finding any picture of the whole thing. Here you can see one end. The zodiac symbol on the right is what appears in the nominated picture. Then this one (not mine) shows the rest of the way down, starting with the other zodiac symbol depicted in the nominated image (on the left). Taking straight-on shots of the whole area would not be possible, as much of the room is occupied by a security screening station (sitting below much of what's shown in that second picture). All in all I'd say that this is about maybe 1/10th of the total surface area of the mosaic? — Rhododendrites talk \\ 15:05, 17 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Hm. Would've liked to see some of the details of the top in it, but at the same time, curved walls? It would be awkward to even try. Support on the whole. It certainly shows a key repeating pattern, and gives a flavour of it. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs 15:44, 17 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Ceiling mosaic in the Surrogate's Courthouse (32325)a.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:01, 27 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Pomegranate Juice

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Original – Pomegranate with Juice
Reason
Good quality, very good EV and composition.
Articles in which this image appears
Pomegranate, Pomegranate juice, Iranian cuisine, Juice, Juicing
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Fruits
Creator
Augustus Binu

Promoted File:Pomegranate Juice (2019).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:36, 27 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



War elephant

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Original – Hannibal traverse le Rhône, Henri Motte, 1878
Reason
high quality reproduction of work of art
Articles in which this image appears
War elephant, Howdah, Henri-Paul Motte, Hannibal's crossing of the Alps, Portal:Elephants
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/War
Creator
Henri-Paul Motte

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 08:34, 27 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Intaglio

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Original – Banknote portrait pattern made with intaglio printing. Denomination: 1000 Hungarian forint. Depicted area: 18.1 x 13.5 mm.
Reason
Did someone ask for more banknotes? This is a more interesting look at the technology behind some of our favorite subjects here at FPC. One can literally see the incisions in the banknote. Was nominated previously (Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Banknote portrait pattern (Intaglio print, tactile effect).jpg (file)) where it ended up at 4-0 so putting this up for reconsideration.
Articles in which this image appears
Intaglio (printmaking)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Others
Creator
PetarM

Promoted File:Banknote portrait pattern (Intaglio print, tactile effect).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:44, 27 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Santa Maria della Vittoria

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Original – Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome
Reason
Saw this mentioned in another disussion. User may be problematic, but he is a good photographer, and we're awfully light on architecture at the moment.
Articles in which this image appears
Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors
Creator
LivioAndronico

Promoted File:Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome - Interior.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:34, 29 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Pyrosoma atlanticum

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Original – Pyrosoma atlanticum, a tunicate, or colony of zooids, in a tide pool in California
Reason
When I came across this in a tide pool near Monterey, California, I had no idea what it was. In fact, it is a pyrosome, a colony of little creatures that floats around the ocean, connected by a gelatinous "tunic". Strange things. I think EV is the main thing here -- we have very few pictures of these, and this one depicts its unusual form/texture better than the others, I think. When I nominated this last year, it was closed with 3 supports and 0 opposes. Sending it in one more time to get a clearer result.
Articles in which this image appears
Pyrosoma atlanticum, Pyrosome
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Others
Creator
Rhododendrites
  • Support as nominator – — Rhododendrites talk \\ 15:39, 19 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, with some slight reservations. It's slightly grainy, and I'd prefer a little more resolution, and it's unfortunate there's no real scale, either in the image or description. But they are rare on here, the photo can hardly be considered bad, and underwater photography is considered one of the most difficult kinds. I can't speak as to accuracy of colours, but it looks about right. So, I think that's a clear support. Nice work. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs 17:35, 19 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Adam Cuerden and MER-C: FYI I've uploaded another version. Not a substantial change. I did a selective denoise of the background (most of it) and a separate, lesser selective denoise of the subject (about 33% of it). Obviously there's not a vote I'm asking you to change, but would appreciate your thoughts about whether you think it's an improvement. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 21:13, 19 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Pyrosoma atlanticum (12256).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:19, 29 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Craigdarroch Castle

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Original – Craigdarroch Castle, Victoria, Canada
Reason
Thought I might troll some FPs from Commons, get a bit of variety injected in here. We're low on architecture at the moment, so how about a gorgeous shot of a Canadian landmark?
Articles in which this image appears
Craigdarroch Castle
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Michal Klajban
Indeed, an incorrect correction would be too much, even for FPC. – Sca (talk) 14:35, 21 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Craigdarroch Castle just after sunset - view from the west, Victoria, Canada.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:53, 29 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Martha Erika Alonso

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Reason
The next entry in my text file of potential FPs is this portrait recently featured on Commons. Originally a self-promo upload, but that is unfortunately not an issue any more.
Articles in which this image appears
Martha Érika Alonso
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
Martha Erika Alonso de Moreno Valle (likely a work for hire, Commons FPC didn't find this to be a problem)

Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:03, 29 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Google bus at Sunnyvale campus

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Original – A private bus for Google employees at the company's Sunnyvale campus.
Reason
Clear, beautiful picture of one of the shuttle buses which were the central issue in the protests.
Articles in which this image appears
Google bus protests, Googleplex
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Land
Creator
Grendelkhan
  • Support as nominator – grendel|khan 18:46, 19 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think the biggest question is whether the 2018 bus is substantially the same as the ones the protests were over, given the article describes a process of regulation and requirements for them that happened in response to the protests. My vote would depend on that. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs 19:05, 19 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    • As I understand it, the bus fleets themselves didn't change significantly, only the rules they followed in arranging their stops in the city. The image, to me, reflects Rebecca Solnit's description: The luxury coach passengers ride for free and many take out their laptops and begin their work day on board; there is of course wifi. Most of them are gleaming white, with dark-tinted windows, like limousines, and some days I think of them as the spaceships on which our alien overlords have landed to rule over us. grendel|khan 20:17, 19 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose I don't think a picture of a bus is the best picture of a protest, even if the protest is about buses. Mattximus (talk) 03:48, 20 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - lacks context. Like Mattximus, I'm not seeing how this bus is connected with Google or a protest. Do you know what make of bus this is? This image would illustrate that quite effectively. MER-C 11:51, 20 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Mattximus and MER-C: What do you think of its use in Googleplex? I think I'll at least Weak support on the basis of that usage. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs 12:48, 20 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:49, 29 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Glardon Vallorbe needle file set

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Original – Glardon Vallorbe 6-piece needle file set with transparent background
 
Alt - Not sure I did the transparency right, but shows the sharpness given by JPEG
 
Original – Thumbnail size
 
JPEG - Thumbnail size
Reason
Very high resolution capture of the most common needle file shapes of a major brand; in use in several articles. The black background version is FP at Commons, this transparent background version makes it the most versatile to use.
Articles in which this image appears
File (tool), Hand tool, de:Feile, pl:Pilnik
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Others
Creator
Lucas
  • Updated after ping. There are indeed advantages to JPG that are specific to its display on this project. On Commons I would want the highest resolution regardless of the thumbnail or how MediaWiki renders it. Ultimately, however, if we wanted the highest possibly quality I would figure on something like a TIFF file rather than PNG. The transparency makes it versatile, but I can't think of when we would need it for an image like this on enwiki. To be clear, I'm not not opposing the PNG, but I do oppose promoting both (as opposed to one or the other) — Rhododendrites talk \\ 05:11, 26 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • It's a tough question. After consideration I came to the conclusion that, because image quality is only so important on enwiki FPC. It's important, but we aren't looking at images in a vacuum, assessing strictly by image quality (the argument about promoting a higher quality file for the sake of reuse is more relevant to Commons FPC, I think). Here we're looking at images in the context of use in Wikipedia articles. That is why, for better or worse, we cannot promote an image we find to be higher quality if consensus at the article is that it shouldn't be used. The most important thing is value to one or more articles, not quality/usability in its own right. That's the impression I've gotten from FPC anyway. That's why I think it's sensible to factor in MediaWiki constraints that affect the way people actually see the images. Because in-article context is an essential consideration on enwiki FPC. As I said, on Commons I would likely lean the other way, because the only thing that matters is the quality. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 05:23, 29 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Due to PNG thumbnails coming out blurry, should this be a JPEG? Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs 10:25, 21 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Adam Cuerden, blurry thumbnails are not my fault, and the png format has the advantage of a transparent background, which was part of my processing of this image. – Lucas 19:48, 21 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    • The details are too minute in this case, I don't see much difference between the Alt and the Original at 700 pixels wide above. I am inclined to go with the Original as nominated by image creator. Bammesk (talk) 00:47, 22 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
      • @Bammesk: You can't tell on the handles? It's glaringly different to me. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs 08:04, 22 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
        • Yes it is sharper, and I agree with your general point. In this composition, with six somewhat monotonic monochromatic files, the extra sharpness doesn't have much of a punch or overall effect. It would be different if the subject was a landscape or a portrait. But I am not too attached and would support Alt if consensus goes in that direction. (struck, commented below) Bammesk (talk) 01:31, 23 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Third file from top looks uncut (not serrated)! Is this the back side of a "safe edge" file? Needs explanation in caption, after that I can support. --Janke | Talk 15:59, 21 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support both. MER-C 10:50, 22 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose PNG, Support JPEG I just don't think Wikipedia's software handles PNGs well enough to make them viable, and years of me attempting to get it fixed have failed. Compare how the company name is clearly visible on the JPEG, and not at all on the PNG, for instance, and likewise the texture of the file itself, particularly on the second and fourth. It's just a lower-quality thumbnail that isn't appropriate for FP unless someone actually fixes it. Which no-one is willing to do. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs 11:31, 22 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Adam Cuerden what gets featured is the image file itself, which doesn't have any problems. Also the PNG version has much more value because of the cut out background and lossless compression. So in your opinion no more PNG files can get featured, no matter what, just because of display issues in thumbnail generation which the creators are not to blame for? Please reconsider. I understand thumbnails are important but anyone remotely interested in the image will examine the file itself anyway and not stop altogether at a slightly blurry thumbnail. – Lucas 17:46, 22 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
      • Especially since thumbnails in articles usually are only 200 or 300 px wide. If you want to see detail, you have to click to the image page. In full size, I see no discernible difference except for the shade of the background. --Janke | Talk 19:22, 22 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
        • @Lucasbosch and Janke: I see two problems with this: Firstly, sure, we may turn Media Viewer off, but it's a default, and the image won't look the same until you get to the full resolution version, which requires going through Media Viewer to the File description page, THEN downloading the full-size version. Secondly, having put thumbnail versions side by side (see above) I'd say the JPEG was noticably a little better, particularly the second, third and fourth, which show a little more shape and detail, and a lot more of the original's variations in tone. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs 02:01, 23 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Lucasbosch, Bammesk, Rhododendrites, Janke, and MER-C: It would be nice if everyone would clarify whether they support the png or jpeg version (or both). Armbrust The Homunculus 14:38, 25 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – about the process: It makes no sense to have an Alt voted on if the nominator who created the nom opposes the Alt, and more specifically when the nominator rejects the idea of the Alt before it is even introduced, as is the case here [20]. After all, a nom is a nominator's nomination, it is not everyone's nomination. I think the JPEG should go through a separate nom process, the PNG should be the only image voted on, and the votes for and against the JPEG should be discounted. Sidenote: I have been a participant in the FPC project for a while and have never seen this, and even if it has happened in the past, that doesn't justify it. Bammesk (talk) 17:34, 27 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • I thought about this more and struck my comment above. Reason: the choice is between two different versions of the same image, they can't both be FP, it's an either/or situation. The simplest, practical, fair way to prevent voting confusion, such as preventing the possibility of both images becoming FP, would be to evaluate and vote on both images at the same time, in the same nom. Bammesk (talk) 04:47, 29 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
It think there are severe functional issues with PNGs on Wikipedia, and they're not going to be fixed by ignoring them. I would like it, very much, if we could get the bug fixed. I've been told it's quite doable, but the coders for some reason think that having PNGs blurry is a feature to be actively maintained. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs 20:58, 28 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Adam, about PNGs, if you want to prevent PNGs becoming FPs, propose amending the FP criteria here or here, because currently PNGs are as eligible as JPEGs, TIFFs and SVGs. By the way SVGs don't render well in all platforms, and JPEGs are lossy and cannot handle transparencies, so there is no one format fits all. The transparency feature is a plus for inanimate objects, diagrams, etc., such as this nom. Bammesk (talk) 04:47, 29 January 2019 (UTC) ....Sidenote: I touched up some obvious typos in your reply above.[reply]

@Bammesk:

Basically, our terrible rendering of PNG thumbnails comes down to a ten-year-old choice meant to help with edge-case diagrams that might look a bit bad sharpened, instead of, say, just generating a thumbnail manually for a tiny edge case. Until we decide to support all files, instead of an edge case, it's only suitable for the edge case that it was arbitrarily assigned to. I think this is a ridiculous situation, but I've been trying to change it for years. What have you done? Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs 11:56, 29 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

  • I don't have to do anything about MediaWiki code. Contributions are voluntary, not obligations. With the criteria as is, there will be disagreement about when and where PNG or JPEG is best. You can propose amending the criteria though, to limit PNG noms (to say software-generated images), if you think that's worthwhile. By the way, I don't equate (or correlate) Media Viewer with thumbnail and in-article use. I correlate Media Viewer with viewing the image in its file page (with less text). Bammesk (talk) 03:35, 30 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:46, 30 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Le comte Ory

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Original – Gioachino Rossini's Le comte Ory (1828)
Reason
For 1828, this is quite good; it's not quite at the level that this sort of mass art would reach 50 years later, but it also documents the original production.
Articles in which this image appears
Le comte Ory, Gioachino Rossini
FP category for this image
WP:FP/THEATRE
Creator
Dubois & chez Martinet, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Le comte Ory - Dubois & chez Martinet - Final scene.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 07:10, 31 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Trefoil Knot

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Original – A three-dimensional depiction of a thickened trefoil knot, the simplest non-trivial knot
Reason
Clear visualization of a certain mathematical knot. Some may prefer a version with a transparent background but I find the black on white visually appealing.
Articles in which this image appears
Topology, Low-dimensional topology, Geometry, Mechanically interlocked molecular architectures
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Mathematics
Creator
Ylebru

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:24, 31 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]



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