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Paço Imperial

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 1 Feb 2023 at 01:45:20 (UTC)

Original – Paço Imperial, the official workplace of the monarchs of Brazil during the royal and imperial eras
Reason
High quality, high EV
Articles in which this image appears
Brazilian imperial family
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Donatas Dabravolskas

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:39, 1 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Grey shrikethrush

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 1 Feb 2023 at 15:03:58 (UTC)

Original – Colluricincla harmonica harmonica
Reason
High resolution, illustrates article well.
Articles in which this image appears
Grey shrikethrush
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
John Harrison

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:05, 1 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Banz Abbey

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 1 Feb 2023 at 15:09:21 (UTC)

Original – Drone image of Banz Abbey
Reason
Recently featured on Commons. Note discussion of the one oppose vote - the abbey is surrounded by "no drone" areas.
Articles in which this image appears
Banz Abbey
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Ermell

Promoted File:Kloster Banz Luftbild-20220921-RM-122046.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:26, 1 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Human karyotype

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 1 Feb 2023 at 17:10:00 (UTC)

OriginalKaryogram of human genome
Reason
Quality image of human karyogram, it gives an overview of the human genome. The image is used in numerous articles (50+). There is a SVG version, but the SVG is not used in any articles (it has rendering issues). If and when the SVG replaces this file, then we can do a delist and replace nom. I had an easier time enlarging this file with ZoomViewer [2], which is linked to on the file page. Currently at Commons FPC as well.
Articles in which this image appears
Human genome, Karyotype, + many more
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Biology
Creator
Mikael Häggström
Criterion. – Sca (talk) 14:00, 30 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Human karyotype with bands and sub-bands.png --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:22, 1 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Messier 83

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 5 Feb 2023 at 16:22:36 (UTC)

OriginalMessier 83, by Hubble Space Telescope
Reason
High resolution.
Articles in which this image appears
Messier 83
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
Creator
NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:04, 5 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Georgia Guidestones

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 6 Feb 2023 at 15:19:50 (UTC)

Original – The Georgia Guidestones, an "American Stonehenge"
Reason
One of the big eccentricities of America was bombed last year. Given we now can't get more pictures of them, I think the images we have are now extremely valuable
Articles in which this image appears
Georgia Guidestones
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Others
Creator
Bubba73

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:15, 6 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Roosilawaty

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 7 Feb 2023 at 02:53:07 (UTC)

Original – Indonesian film actress Roosilawaty in a promotional silver-print image
Reason
Excellent, high quality image of an Indonesian film star. This image admittedly has a checkered past, what with having been promoted as Chitra Dewi, then delisted when we realized she'd been misidentified. Now that Roosilawaty has her own article, however, things should be golden; we also have an image of her with her autograph scrawled across it, as well as numerous other images identified with text beside them, supporting the ID.
Articles in which this image appears
Roosilawaty
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Tati Photo Studio, Jakarta; restored by Chris Woodrich

Promoted File:Roosilawati, Tati Photo Studios, c. 1960.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:49, 7 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sunset Park, Brooklyn

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 7 Feb 2023 at 20:04:20 (UTC)

Original – Waterfront view of Sunset Park, Brooklyn, New York, shows the old Bush Terminal warehouse complex between 39th and 44th Streets.
Reason
Quality waterfront view of the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. It shows a section of the former Bush Terminal warehouse complex between 39th and 44th Streets, including the remains of the terminal's seven major piers. The image relates to the section of the articles it is in. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Sunset Park, Brooklyn, Industry City
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Panorama or Urban
Creator
Rhododendrites
Yes, it can be added to Industry City. All buildings (5 in foreground and 2 in background) are also in the 1958 lead image in Industry City (background buildings can be ID-ed with the help of this, exterior colors have changed). The depicted area (in nom image) is part of the warehouse and storage section of Industry City, next to the 7 covered piers (only traces of the piers remain now). See Industry City article section "Description" paragraph 2 and section "Piers and storage" paragraphs 1 and 2. Bammesk (talk) 13:04, 29 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I added the image to the Industry City article: [5] Bammesk (talk) 18:06, 29 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:05, 7 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Green iguana

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 8 Feb 2023 at 14:16:23 (UTC)

Original – A green iguana in Palm Beach, Florida
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC two weeks ago, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Green iguana
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Reptiles
Creator
Rhododendrites
Also a comment: Might be worth crediting PetarM, as his edit of this image is the one that Rhododendrites uploaded and had featured.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 02:17, 30 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Panorama of a green iguana (06643p).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:34, 8 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Palm cockatoo

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 8 Feb 2023 at 16:43:54 (UTC)

Original – A palm cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus). Lockhart, Queensland, Australia
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC last year, where it was featured unanimously. Previous nomination ended up at 3-0.
Articles in which this image appears
Palm cockatoo
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
JJ Harrison

Promoted File:Palm Cockatoo 0A2A7769.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:37, 8 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sunrise and Sugarloaf Mountain

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 11 Feb 2023 at 15:54:28 (UTC)

Original – Sunrise in Rio de Janeiro with Sugarloaf Mountain, seen from Tijuca Park.
Reason
High resolution, high EV. This file was a finalist in Picture of the Year 2016. Featured picture on Wikimedia Commons, and a featured picture on the Persian language Wikipedia.
Articles in which this image appears
Sugarloaf Mountain
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator
Donatas Dabravolskas

Promoted File:Sugarloaf Sunrise 2.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:02, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Uniform compound of four tetrahedra (UC23)

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 13 Feb 2023 at 06:11:59 (UTC)

Original – Uniform compound of four digonal antiprisms, or tetrahedra UC23
Reason
This uniform compound of four tetrahedra (UC23; p=2, q=1 and n=4) is beautiful, and surprisingly not very well known. It has a distinctively striking appearance, that to me is both very symmetric and tangible. The infinite families of uniform compound polyhedra UC20 through UC25 tend to be overlooked, so this image being featured could bring some attention to these, through this one example of a uniform antiprismatic compound.
Articles in which this image appears
Compound of four tetrahedra
FP category for this image
Featured pictures/Sciences/Mathematics
Creator
JeffUK
Also, Weisstein was never actually voted a non-reliable source, and made policy, was it? It's more your sentiment against it, since you're referring to all sources in the article, and as I have meant yet not gotten to yet, I'll get that page number for the Norman Johnson article (I imagine you mean there especially? Since Robert Webb is obviously the important expository source that makes the article valuable). It's not unreliable, at least not for this article and for most articles that I have read for (98%). And gee, do I really have to say that we need to also be responsibly creative with Wikipedia, because where we can fit notability even though not as strongly, and allow an article to come to fruition, then we should, since it expands knowledge that is important. I bet you this compound beauty will have vast significance beyond what we have found thus, which is though small, still important, since it's another compound with octahedral symmetry that is uniform, aside from the known polyhedra and compounds. Yes, third of its class uniformity is sufficient notability, for which we have at least two sources listed (and will be adding Coxeter and others that did mention these compounds too for completion). I hope I'm being clear, I'm not trying to create 50 articles of Compounds of Tetrahedra, obviously, the first four through five compounds, yes, because it makes sense, aside from the larger uniform ones (10, 12, and 20 tetrahedra). They share tetrahedral and octahedral symmetries (rotational or full), and icosahedral, as immediate subgroups (for the compound of 4 tetrah, it's like a merging of octahedral and octagonal prismatic symmetry, 24 or 48, and 32). I guess I just explained it here, rather than in the talk page. Radlrb (talk) 05:58, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
And to be honest, I was kind of looking for your comment, but not wishing it would be an attempt to just minimize, you know? Like I'm hoping we can make amends here. Radlrb (talk) 06:06, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
WHAT was all that about??? Janke | Talk 08:14, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
OLD drama, and some clarification. All g... Radlrb (talk) 08:29, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:05, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Filipendula vulgaris

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 14 Feb 2023 at 17:12:39 (UTC)

Original – Dropwort inflorescence
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC two months ago, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Filipendula vulgaris
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Flowers
Creator
Ivar Leidus

Promoted File:Filipendula vulgaris - inflorescence - Kulna.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:44, 14 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hohenschwangau Castle

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 14 Feb 2023 at 17:18:05 (UTC)

Original – Hohenschwangau Castle at Schwangau, Bavaria, Germany.
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC in June where it was featured unanimously. Very high resolution (100 MP). Previous nomination ended on 4-0.
Articles in which this image appears
Hohenschwangau Castle
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Thomas Wolf

Promoted File:Schloss Hohenschwangau 2021.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:47, 14 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

C/2022 E3 (ZTF)

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 15 Feb 2023 at 17:33:24 (UTC)

OriginalC/2022 E3 (ZTF) on 27 January 2023
Reason
Quality photo of this recently discovered comet, discovered in March 2022. This photo was captured in January 2023 when the comet was close to Earth and had an anti-tail. The photo is published by INAF, the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics. The photo is captured by an independent (I think) photographer who is affiliated with INAF. Was seen on en-WP main-page.
Articles in which this image appears
C/2022 E3 (ZTF), +1
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
Creator
Edu INAF, photographer: Alessandro Bianconi

Promoted File:C2022 E3 (ZTF)- Alessandro Bianconi.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:43, 15 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thyroid hormone synthesis

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 15 Feb 2023 at 20:40:41 (UTC)

Original – Synthesis of thyroid hormones
Reason
This illustration of thyroid hormone synthesis is used in many articles. It has a detailed caption in the first two articles listed below. The file description is detailed and lists the sources. There is a SVG version but it is only used in one article [7], apparently the article editors prefer the nominated version (used in 7 articles).
Articles in which this image appears
Thyroid hormones, Thyroid, Thyroid follicular cell, Triiodothyronine, Thyroid peroxidase, +2
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Biology
Creator
Mikael Häggström

Promoted File:Thyroid hormone synthesis.png --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:05, 15 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Katabatic wind

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 18 Feb 2023 at 04:49:21 (UTC)

OriginalKatabatic wind, this photo depicts a wind drop from a cooler highland into a warmer lowland. As the air drops, its warming results in the evaporation of the moisture content of the air – in this case the moisture content of the highland fog.
Reason
Quality photo of an interesting wind phenomenon. For a brief summary, see the image caption in the article or in the nom. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Katabatic wind
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Weather
Creator
ZeevStein

Promoted File:מכתש רמון - גלישת עננים (cropped).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:55, 18 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Cathedral of Saint Peter of Alcantara

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 18 Feb 2023 at 16:23:25 (UTC)

Original – Bird's-eye view of the St. Peter of Alcantara Cathedral, the final resting place of the last Emperor of Brazil, Pedro II
Alt - Less saturation, less noise in sky
Reason
High quality picture. This image was awarded with the 9th prize in the national contest of Brazil in Wiki Loves Monuments 2022
Articles in which this image appears
Cathedral of Petrópolis, Petrópolis
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Filipo tardim
I've uploaded an alt with some minor changes. As the original was a finalist in a competition, I do not feel as though it should be overwritten. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 11:06, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Still too "postcardy"... Janke | Talk 08:07, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed, hence why I didn't support it. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 10:12, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:04, 18 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Lasiocampa quercus caterpillar

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 22 Feb 2023 at 11:19:47 (UTC)

Original – Lasiocampa quercus caterpillar (fourth instar)
Reason
Currently unopposed at Commons FPC.
Articles in which this image appears
Lasiocampa quercus
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Ivar Leidus

Promoted File:Lasiocampa quercus 4th instar caterpillar Keila (side view).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:23, 22 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Campanula cervicaria

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 22 Feb 2023 at 11:22:27 (UTC)

Original – A bristly bellflower.
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC two weeks ago, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Campanula cervicaria
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Flowers
Creator
Ivar Leidus

Promoted File:Campanula cervicaria - Keila.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:26, 22 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Malfunction (parachuting)

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 22 Feb 2023 at 20:01:59 (UTC)

OriginalParachute malfunction, time-lapse photo of an erroneous reserve canopy deployment. In this photo the two canopies bump together and come to biplane stability.
Reason
Time-lapse photo of a reserve canopy malfunction. This is not a recent or a high pixel count photo, but it does a good job of showing a rare and dangerous malfunction when a reserve canopy opens while the main canopy is still working. For details see the article's image caption as well as the section "Two canopies out".
Articles in which this image appears
Malfunction (parachuting)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Sport
Creator
Dmitry A. Mottl

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 04:22, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Palácio do Planalto

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 25 Feb 2023 at 17:03:18 (UTC)

Original – Palácio do Planalto, the Brazilian presidential palace, and its reflecting pool at dusk
Reason
Good quality picture of an unusual palace. This image won the seventh prize in the international finale of Wiki Loves Monuments 2016
Articles in which this image appears
Palácio do Planalto, President of Brazil, List of palaces
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Gastão guedes

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:31, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wild strawberry

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 27 Feb 2023 at 02:05:19 (UTC)

OriginalFragaria vesca (Wild strawberry)
Reason
Quality photo of wild strawberry. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Wild strawberry
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Fruits
Creator
Reinhold Möller

Promoted File:Walderdbeere Frucht-20210617-RM-124006.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 08:58, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Rhina Aguirre

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 27 Feb 2023 at 20:04:30 (UTC)

Original – Rhina Aguirre, a blind senator representing Tarija
Reason
High resolution, well contrasted and in focus. Individual of cultural notability.
Articles in which this image appears
Rhina Aguirre (Cropped version)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
Staff photographer for the Chamber of Senators of Bolivia

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:32, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Alicudi

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 27 Feb 2023 at 19:15:09 (UTC)

Original – Aerial image of Alicudi (view from the south)
Reason
high quality image with high EV
Articles in which this image appears
Alicudi
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator
Carsten Steger

Promoted File:Aerial image of Alicudi (view from the south).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:33, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Don Lemon at the 2018 Pulitzer Prizes

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 27 Feb 2023 at 21:58:53 (UTC)

Original – Don Lemon at the Pulitzer Prizes, 2018
Reason
High quality, encyclopedic image. Illustrates the subject in a jarring yet fascinating way and is somewhat of an article hook. No technical issues from what I can tell.
Articles in which this image appears
Don Lemon, Don Lemon Tonight, New Yorkers in journalism, Lists of African Americans, Brooklyn College
FP category for this image
WP:Featured pictures/People/Others
Creator
Fuzheado

Promoted File:Don Lemon at the 2018 Pulitzer Prizes.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:38, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]