Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates

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

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

Promoting an image

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

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

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

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

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

Delisting an image

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

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

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

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

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

Shortcuts

Featured content:

Featured picture tools:

Step 1:
Evaluate

Evaluate the merit of a nomination against the featured picture criteria. Most users reference terms from this page when evaluating nominations.

Step 2:
Create a subpage

For Nominations

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

For Delists (or Delist & Replace)

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

Step 3:
Transclude and link

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

How to comment for Candidate Images

Write Support, if you approve of the picture. A reason is optional.
Write Oppose, followed by your reasoning, if you disapprove of the picture. All objections should be accompanied by a specific rationale that, if addressed, would make you support the image. If your concern is one that can only be addressed by the creator, and if they haven't nominated or commented on the image, and if they are a Wikipedian, you should notify them directly.
You can weak support or weak oppose instead, so that your opinion will be weighed as half of a "full" opinion.
- To change your opinion, strike it out (with <s>...</s>) rather than removing it.
If you think a nominated image obviously fails the featured picture criteria, write Speedy close followed by your reasons. Nominations may be closed early if this is the case.

Recommendations added early in the process may be disregarded if they do not address concerns and/or improvements that arise later in the debate. Reviewers are advised to monitor the progress of a nomination and update their votes accordingly.

Prior to giving an opinion, the image should be assessed on its quality as displayed at full size (high-resolution) in an image editing program. Please note that the images are only displayed at thumbnail size on this page. The thumbnail links to the image description page which, in turn, links to the high-resolution version.

How to comment for Delist Images

Write Keep, followed by your reasons for keeping the picture.
Write Delist, followed by your reasons for delisting the picture.
Write Delist and Replace if you believe the image should be replaced by a better picture.
You can weak keep, weak delist or weak delist and replace instead, so that your opinion will be weighed as half of a "full" opinion.
- To change your opinion, strike it out (with <s>...</s>) rather than removing it.

Please remember to be civil, not to bite the newbies and to comment on the image, not the person.

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

Editing candidates

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

Is my monitor adjusted correctly?

In a discussion about the brightness of an image, it is necessary to know if the computer display is properly adjusted. Displays differ greatly in their ability to show shadow detail. There are four dark grey circles in the adjacent image. If you can discern three (or even four) of the circles, your monitor can display shadow detail correctly. If you see fewer than three circles, you may need to adjust the monitor and/or computer display settings. Some displays cannot be adjusted for ideal shadow detail. Please take this into account when voting.

Displays also differ greatly in their ability to show highlight detail. There are light grey circles in the adjacent image. If you can discern three (or even four) of the circles, your monitor can display highlight detail correctly. If you see fewer than three circles, you may need to adjust the monitor and/or computer display settings (probably reduce the contrast setting). Some displays cannot be adjusted for ideal highlight detail. Please take this into account when voting.

On a gamma-adjusted display, the four circles in the color image blend into the background when seen from a few feet (roughly 75–150 cm) away. If they do not, you could adjust the gamma setting (found in the computer's settings, not on the display), until they do. This may be very difficult to attain, and a slight error is not detrimental. Uncorrected PC displays usually show the circles darker than the background. Note that the image must be viewed in original size (263 × 68 pixels) - if enlarged or reduced, results are not accurate.

Note that on most consumer LCD displays (laptop or flat screen), viewing angle strongly affects these images. Correct adjustment on one part of the screen might be incorrect on another part for a stationary head position. Click on the images for more technical information. If possible, calibration with a hardware monitor calibrator is recommended.

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FPCs needing feedback

Current nominations

Black Eagle Silver Certificate

Voting period ends on 2 Oct 2024 at 01:55:06 (UTC)

Reason: Excellent and high quality scan of currency; high EV
Articles in which this image appears: Black Eagle Silver Certificate
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Currency/USA banknotes
Creator: Bureau of Engraving and Printing; digitized by User:Godot13

Support as nominator – — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:55, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delist and Replace: His Girl Friday

Voting period ends on 30 Sep 2024 at 18:33:04 (UTC)

His Girl Friday is a 1940 American screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks.

Proposed replacement

Reason: Opening this based on the discussion in the previous nomination. The currently listed file is impacted by phab:T362831, which produces an improperly converted video (note the limited contrast, with light sources showing up as grey instead of nearly white) unless readers know about the issue and select "Source" playback. The replacement version has been tonemapped so it more closely resembles the original.
Articles this image appears in: His Girl Friday
Previous nomination/s: Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/His Girl Friday (2)
Nominator: hinnk (talk)

Delist and replace — hinnk (talk) 18:33, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delist and replace – Bammesk (talk) 15:46, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delist and replace - Don't you love when software issues force you to kitbash a solution? — Chris Woodrich (talk) 20:48, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delist and replace – Hamid Hassani (talk) 06:59, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Roar of the Night

Voting period ends on 28 Sep 2024 at 21:22:06 (UTC)

Reason: Excellent example of the artist's style, highlighting the high levels of realism and the lighting techniques that he developed after studying Western and Japanese art.
Articles in which this image appears: Gao Qifeng, Lingnan School
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/East Asian art
Creator: Gao Qifeng

Support as nominator – — Chris Woodrich (talk) 21:22, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment IMO this could replace the current lead image on Lingnan School, which is only 500 × 880 pixels. Yann (talk) 19:50, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Might be worth doing a side-by-side. Gao Jianfu seems to have been more prominent. I'd need to see if Chen's works are PD too. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:21, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, made a triptych to better display examples of works by the school's founders. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 03:21, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support – Yann (talk) 06:22, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Bammesk (talk) 15:52, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 07:00, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Pan-Pacific Auditorium

Voting period ends on 28 Sep 2024 at 20:53:04 (UTC)

Reason: Good photo of the entrance to the Pan-Pacific Auditorium, since destroyed by fire, taken either shortly before or after it closed in the 1970s. I believe this is the best photo we have of it; an earlier photo from the 1950s shows it during its heyday, but I think the angle is too steep to do justice to the facade.
Articles in which this image appears: Pan-Pacific Auditorium, Art Deco in the United States, several others
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator: Source photo by the National Park Service, cropped by Calliopejen1, leveled by me, restoration by Yann.

Support as nominator – Moonreach (talk) 20:53, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - I see hairs, dust. Could use some light restoration. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 21:13, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I don't trust my editing skills well enough to attempt a restoration myself, but if someone else is willing, I'd be grateful. Moonreach (talk) 15:07, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I did it. Yann (talk) 20:53, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! Moonreach (talk) 14:16, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 20:53, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – but the right edge has a very narrow dark streak. It can be removed (improved). Moonreach, FYI in the Creator section of nominations, we don't credit uploaders and editors who do crops, level adjustments, minor edits and such. We do credit photographers, which in this case is Marvin Rand, and restorers, in this case User:Yann, and editors who performed major (nontrivial) edits, and associated institution if any and if relevant (like museum, gov. agency, research org., etc.). Bammesk (talk) 16:14, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Agree with Bamm - that looks like a curling of the page. Yann, do you have an uncompressed file? Otherwise I can do a quick fix. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 20:49, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 07:01, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Capitoline Wolf

Voting period ends on 28 Sep 2024 at 19:44:44 (UTC)

Reason: high quality image with high EV used in many articles
Articles in which this image appears: Capitoline Wolf, Romulus and Remus, etc.
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Sculpture
Creator: Wilfredor

Support as nominator – Yann (talk) 19:44, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Moonreach (talk) 20:20, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 21:12, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 07:59, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Bammesk (talk) 16:16, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Woman smoking, man leaning

Voting period ends on 28 Sep 2024 at 15:51:40 (UTC)

**Original** – A satirical cartoon in which an unfeminine, smoking New Woman courts a shy, effeminate man. This challenge to gender roles was exploited by the Torches of Freedom ad campaign, in which smoking was framed as a liberating and equalizing act by women.

Reason: Satirical cartoon with a lot of character, depicting "women's emancipation" by way of smoking. Portrayed here as an inversion of gender roles, this challenge to social norms was framed as liberating by the Torches of Freedom marketing campaign, the article for which is a very entertaining read. The file appears to be 1-bit color, which is to say that every pixel appears either white or black (although it's not quite; I checked the levels). I consider this acceptable is because the source image is a black-and-white engraving, a process that can't produce grays, and therefore true to how it would have appeared on the page. This is also a static GIF, so it doesn't show the compression a JPEG of the same file size would. I tracked down the exact page of the book this came from - that took ages - and, while I don't think this specific scan is where this copy originated, it does confirm the image's provenance. Lastly, the picture is a bit under 1500px on the short axis, something I hope will be forgiven given its age.
Articles in which this image appears: Torches of Freedom, History of public relations, The Jewel of Seven Stars
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Culture and lifestyle
Creator: The signature on the source page is unreadable to me (and doesn't seem to match the name "A. Guillaume" at the bottom); the book itself is by C.E. Jensen. Image uploaded to Commons by Haabet.

Support as nominator – Moonreach (talk) 15:51, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - this scan looks way over-filtered - I'm pretty sure the faces on the original printed page don't look as blobby as they do here. A woodcut or engraving should be scanned at a much higher res if it is intended to be just 1-bit. (BTW: Access to the page you tracked down is not allowed...) --Janke | Talk 17:08, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Interestingly, "publication right" for this very image is also sold for 20€ on a stock image site... (In Denmark, copyright is life +70 years.) --Janke | Talk 17:18, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I wouldn't read too much into the fact that it's for sale as a stock photo; that's not uncommon for material in the public domain. The fact that I was able to trace it to a document outside of copyright should be proof enough. I'm not sure why you can't see the page I linked, though; I got it to load just fine on multiple browsers, one of which (Safari) has no add-ons. The only thing I can think is that it's blocked in whatever area you are. I'm in the United States. Moonreach (talk) 17:27, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, I missed the bit about copyright being life +70 years. That may be a problem, since I genuinely cannot read the signature of the artist on the page this came from. Given that this is from 1905 at the latest, and that 70 years ago was 1954, I think it's likely the author (who could be reasonably assumed to be at least 20 in 1905) was dead by then, but not certain. I'm not going to withdraw this immediately, though; perhaps someone else will have an insight that gives us a definite answer one way or the other. Moonreach (talk) 17:32, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That can be solved with a local upload; EN-Wiki only requires a work to be free in the United States. I've done it before for File:H J Lovink sketch, 1926.jpg, for example. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 21:15, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, don't get me wrong, I'm not disputing that it is Public Domain! I'm just surprised that anyone actually would pay anything for PD material, since a reverse image search (which I used) will give you many free alternatives... I'm opposing because of the low quality of the 1-bit image. --Janke | Talk 15:51, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It shouldn't be an issue at all. The licensing tag should probably be {{Template:PD-old-assumed-expired}} if the image was made in the 1890s and C.E. Jensen wasn't the original author. And then if the author is identified and it turns out to still be under copyright in the EU, then we transfer it to enwiki like Chris Woodrich said. hinnk (talk) 18:47, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delist:Female blackbird

Voting period ends on 26 Sep 2024 at 02:44:22 (UTC)

Reason: Currently unused. We have an FP of a male; none of a female, though File:Common Blackbird (Turdus merula mauritanicus) female.jpg is featured at Commons.
Articles this image appears in: none
Previous nomination/s: Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Turdus Merula female
Nominator: blameless

Delist — blameless 02:44, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delist – Bammesk (talk) 01:14, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delist — Chris Woodrich (talk) 21:13, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delist per nom and per the grass obscuring part of the bird Nick-D (talk) 10:03, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delist. File:Common Blackbird (Turdus merula mauritanicus) female.jpg is also featured here. MER-C 18:57, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delist – Hamid Hassani (talk) 07:03, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delist:Canada goose drinking

Voting period ends on 26 Sep 2024 at 02:38:23 (UTC)

Reason: Currently unused. We have many images of this very common species.
Articles this image appears in: none
Previous nomination/s: Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Canada goose reflection 03.jpg
Nominator: blameless

Delist — blameless 02:38, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delist – Bammesk (talk) 01:14, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delist — Chris Woodrich (talk) 21:13, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delist – Hamid Hassani (talk) 07:04, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024

Voting period ends on 25 Sep 2024 at 15:09:02 (UTC)

Original – Video of total eclipse in Saint-Georges, Quebec, on 8 April 2024

Reason: Total solar eclipse of April 8, 2024 recorded in Saint-Georges, Quebec, Canada. The traffic flow shows the short time scale, i.e. minutes, not hours. The brightness of the sky at horizon shows the unnatural nature of the event. There is slight camera movement, but not too distracting IMO.
Articles in which this image appears: Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Others
Creator: Gabriel Picard

Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 15:09, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - the swaying motion is very disturbing. Was this shot from a drone or a swaying mast, and later stabilized? It is impossible to remove the swaying due to perspective change. Besides, it does not show the eclipse, just the darkening. (I once shot a similar timelapse on 16mm film, evening-night-morning, and it looked almost the same... Admittedly, the motion of the vehicles was totally different.) --Janke | Talk 10:02, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yeh you live close to the north pole! For the rest of us the night's horizon is never that bright (if any). Bammesk (talk) 16:22, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose, per above. Moonreach (talk) 14:04, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

European spruce bark beetle

Voting period ends on 25 Sep 2024 at 10:53:29 (UTC)

Reason: Unanimously featured on Commons. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears: European spruce bark beetle
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator: Gilles San Martin

Support as nominator – MER-C 10:53, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 21:12, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 07:05, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Arc-eye hawkfish

Voting period ends on 25 Sep 2024 at 10:44:34 (UTC)

Reason: Unanimously featured on Commons. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears: Arc-eye hawkfish
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish
Creator: Diego Delso

Support as nominator – MER-C 10:44, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Bammesk (talk) 01:17, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 21:16, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 07:05, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Machu Picchu in 1912

Voting period ends on 25 Sep 2024 at 01:55:07 (UTC)

Reason: This is one of the first images taken at Machu Picchu during the Yale Peruvian Expedition of 1912, following the clearing work. It may be the first published photo of the classic view of Machu Picchu.
Articles in which this image appears: Machu Picchu
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/Others
Creator: Hiram Bingham III

Support as nominator – JustEMV (talk) 01:55, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 10:36, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 21:16, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 07:06, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nominations — to be closed

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

Older nominations requiring additional input from users

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

Closing procedure

A script is available that automates the majority of these tasks: User:Jujutacular/closeFPC

When NOT promoted, perform the following:

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

When promoted, perform the following:

Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/subpage:
{{FPCresult|Promoted|File:FILENAME.JPG}} --~~~~
Replace FILENAME.JPG with the name of the file that was promoted. It should show up as:

Promoted File:FILENAME.JPG

Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.
Add the image to:
- Template:Announcements/New featured content - newest on top, remove the oldest so that 15 are listed at all times.
- Wikipedia:Goings-on - newest on bottom.
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures thumbs - newest on top.
Add the image to the proper sub-page of Wikipedia:Featured pictures - newest on top.
The caption for a Wikipedian created image should read "Description at Article, by Creator". For a non-Wikipedian, it should be similar, but if the creator does not have an article, use an external link if appropriate. For images with substantial editing by one or more Wikipedians, but created by someone else, use "Description at Article, by Creator (edited by Editor)" (all editors involved should be clear from the nomination). Additionally, the description is optional - if it's essentially the same as the article title, then just use "Article, by Creator". Numerous examples can be found on the various Featured Pictures subpages.
Add the image to the appropriate section of Wikipedia:Featured pictures - newest on left and remove the oldest from the right so that there are always three in each section.
Add the Featured Picture tag and star to the image page using {{Featured picture|page_name}} (replace page_name with the nomination page name, i.e., the page_name from Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/page_name). To add this template you most likely will have to click the "create" button on the upper right if the "edit" button is not present, generally if the image originates from Commons.
If an edited or alternative version of the originally nominated image is promoted, make sure that all articles contain the Featured Picture version, as opposed to the original.
Notify the nominator or co-nominators by placing {{subst:PromotedFPC|File:file_name.xxx}} on each nominator's talk page. For example: {{subst:PromotedFPC|File:Blue morpho butterfly.jpg}}.
If the image was created by a Wikipedian, place {{subst:UploadedFP|File:file_name.xxx}} on the creator's talk page. For example: {{subst:UploadedFP|File:Blue morpho butterfly.jpg}}.

Then perform the following, regardless of the outcome:

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

Delist closing procedure

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

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

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

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

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

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

Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/delist/subpage:
{{FPCresult|Replaced|}} with File:NEW_IMAGE_FILENAME.JPG --~~~~
Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.

Replace NEW_IMAGE_FILENAME.JPG with the name of the replacement file.
Replace the {{Featured picture}} tag from the delisted image with {{FormerFeaturedPicture|delist/''Image name''}}.
Update the replacement picture's tag, adding the tag {{Featured picture|delist/image_name}} (replace image_name with the nomination page name, i.e., the image_name from Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/delist/image_name). Remove any no longer applicable tags from the original, replacement and from any other alternatives. If the alternatives were on Commons and no longer have any tags, be sure to tag the description page with {{missing image}}.
Replace the delisted Featured Picture in all articles with the new replacement Featured Picture version. Do NOT replace the original in non-article space, such as Talk Pages, FPC nominations, archives, etc.
Ensure that the replacement image is included on the appropriate sub-page of Wikipedia:Featured pictures and the appropriate section of Wikipedia:Featured pictures thumbs. Do this by replacing the original image with the new replacement image; do not add the replacement as a new Featured Picture.

Then perform the following, regardless of the outcome:

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

Recently closed nominations

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

Portland Vase fragments

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 20 Sep 2024 at 18:34:08 (UTC)

Reason: Unusual media reflecting an unusual problem: A 19th century technical watercolor of a smashed vase prior to reconstruction. The original image includes a test pattern for calibration (as does the first Wikimedia upload, since cropped), so I believe these colors are faithful and the uniform browning is simply an aspect of the paper's age (contrast it against this photo of the image when it was new). I know some people here have well-developed opinions about what image margins should look like; these look okay to me, but I'd also support alternate versions if they're a sticking point.
Articles in which this image appears: Conservation and restoration of glass objects, Portland Vase, Vandalism of art, John Doubleday (restorer) (FA)
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Diagrams
Creator: Thomas H. Shepherd, uploaded and cropped by Usernameunique

Support as nominator – Moonreach (talk) 18:34, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - JPG artifacting is pretty bad, as expected at 300 kb for a file this size. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 21:16, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I confess I didn't notice anything until you mentioned it. To me, the colored areas look pretty good, but I missed how it was portraying the areas around lines. I did a reverse image search just now to see if I could find a larger file copy to propose as an alt, but sadly had no luck. Moonreach (talk) 13:46, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Same, and the British Museum is now saying that they don't have a digital copy of the image. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 17:17, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:20, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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