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c. 1895 The Mikado vocal score cover

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 1 Jun 2013 at 14:30:14 (UTC)

Reason

An illustration for the Mikado, from the authors' lifetimes, which, while simple, is also highly appealing. Probably one of the best examples of an embossed book cover on Wikipedia, and if I could find an article that actually talked about embossed book covers...

Articles in which this image appears

The Mikado

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre

Creator

Anonymous.

• Support as nominator --Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 14:30, 23 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment If this is a book cover, wouldn't it be nicer to see the whole book (i.e. not have the edges so tightly cropped)? 86.160.83.253 (talk) 17:45, 23 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • That is literally impossible. The book just fits my scanner, and, unfortunately, photography has a maximum resolution way, way under scanning. Particularly with the only cameras I have. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 19:08, 23 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • You couldn't do it in two halves and stitch it together? 86.160.83.253 (talk) 20:04, 23 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • No, it's a very hard cover - probably wood boards - and, in stupid-but-almost-ubiquitous design elements, scanners tend to have ridges around the outside. If something doesn't lay reasonably flat, the scan tends to suffer blurriness rather badly, and at 600dpi, it wouldn't take much to look blurry. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 03:16, 24 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support although it looks a little dark to me. Cripes Adam, good thing they're increasing maximum file size on Commons. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:28, 23 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Conditional Support, assuming the copyright is cleared up. --Wingtipvorte^X PTT ∅ 20:44, 24 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Should be 100% unambiguous now. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 22:49, 24 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • Yes, I see no copyright issue with the local version. Chick Bowen 23:40, 24 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • Vote updated. Thanks fellas. --Wingtipvorte^X PTT ∅ 00:03, 25 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. Chick Bowen 23:40, 24 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Was waiting for © to be resolved. Nice work, gorgeous cover. I can't decide if I agree with Crisco 1492; I thought it was a wee bit dark yesterday but now it's fine. Ambient lighting in the room. Anyway, I'm good. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 03:24, 25 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose While this is an excellent reproduction of the cover of this early copy of a vocal score, I don't think the cover of this early vocal score has strong EV for the article. Is the illustration notable? Is it discussed in the article? Is it artistically wonderful? Does it tell us a lot (or much at all) about the opera? Colin°^Talk 08:59, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:The Mikado Chappell Vocal Score cover (c.1895).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:31, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Dik-dik

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Reason

High Ev, See Commons [1]

Articles in which this image appears

Dik-dik

FP category for this image

Animals/Mammals

Creator

Yathin sk

• Support as nominator --'''SAMƏK''' (talk) 16:35, 23 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Looks good. --Wingtipvorte^X PTT ∅ 20:40, 24 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. Very nice, high EV. —Bruce1ee^talk 15:47, 27 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support a straightforward and encyclopedic picture. dllu (t,c) 19:18, 27 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - as well as straightforward there is a positive je ne sais quoi about it. Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 17:50, 28 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support--BNK(talk) 02:25, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. Excellent capture. Rather strange looking head, straight-on. :-) Ðiliff «» (Talk) 08:16, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support -- Colin°^Talk 11:24, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Madoqua kirkii - female (Namutoni).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:40, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 2 Jun 2013 at 00:02:07 (UTC)

Reason

High resolution and quality; has EV in improving the reader's understanding of the subject

Articles in which this image appears

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels

FP category for this image

places

Creator

DavidLeighEllis

• Support as nominator --DavidLeighEllis (talk) 00:02, 24 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Never seen such church interior before. The window looks blown though. Brandmeister^talk 09:58, 25 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Tomer T (talk) 06:17, 28 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. Excellent interior architectural shot. Possibly too much floor an not enough ceiling but good enough for me. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 08:08, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose It is a good picture but I think it's EV isn't as high as it needs to be for FP. It is really hard to get an idea of scale from the low viewpoint (which does indeed include a lot of floor). Looking online at other pictures, there are three pews and two aisles (one narrower than the other). I think a different position would give a more useful impression. A picture during a service with a full congregation would also have more EV imo. Colin°^Talk 11:49, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 00:28, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Long-tailed Broadbill

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Reason

High quality image with good EV. The only other image on commons was rather obviously taken in captivity with low quality.

Articles in which this image appears

Long-tailed Broadbill, Broadbill

FP category for this image

Psarisomus dalhousiae

Creator

JJ Harrison

• Support as nominator --JJ Harrison (talk) 04:03, 24 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Stunning! – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 05:22, 24 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Bird FPs are taken to a new level. Brandmeister^talk 09:23, 24 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Arctic Kangaroo (✉ • ✎) 14:26, 24 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support --Wingtipvorte^X PTT ∅ 20:39, 24 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support--BNK(talk) 02:23, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support -- Colin°^Talk 09:00, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Psarisomus dalhousiae - Kaeng Krachan.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:31, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Red-bearded Bee-eater

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 2 Jun 2013 at 04:07:11 (UTC)

Reason

why you think it meets the FPC criteria and should be featured (check criteria first)

Articles in which this image appears

Red-bearded Bee-eater

FP category for this image

link to category from WP:FP that best describes the image (check categories first)

Creator

JJ Harrison

• Support as nominator --JJ Harrison (talk) 04:07, 24 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support There's a sort of self-portrait taking place in the pupil. (well, all you can see is the flash) – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 05:20, 24 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support This is a superb image with huge EV given that it shows the bird in its natural environment, and with part of its diet. Nick-D (talk) 10:05, 24 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Arctic Kangaroo (✉ • ✎) 14:26, 24 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Excellent EV! --Wingtipvorte^X PTT ∅ 20:38, 24 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Tomer T (talk) 06:18, 28 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Laitche (talk) 08:32, 28 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support--BNK(talk) 02:23, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support -- Colin°^Talk 09:01, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Daniel Mietchen - WiR/OS (talk) 23:38, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Nyctyornis amictus - Kaeng Krachan.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:32, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Mrs. Warren Fiske and Daughter Rachel

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 2 Jun 2013 at 19:02:23 (UTC)

Reason

High resolution 1903 portrait painting of mother and daughter by artist John Singer Sargent. I replaced older versions of this painting with the GAP version on the two Warren articles. Finally, I've seen this painting in real life and I think the colors here are just a bit more pale. Nothing here that strikes me as poorly reproduced, though.

Articles in which this image appears

Gretchen Osgood Warren
Fiske Warren
List of works by John Singer Sargent

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings

Creator

John Singer Sargent

• Support as nominator --– Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 19:02, 24 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support --Wingtipvorte^X PTT ∅ 20:37, 24 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support -- Colin°^Talk 09:03, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak support EV seems a little weak right now. --Pine^✉ 18:09, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Busy weekend, but I just picked up a book yesterday to up the EV on this. The nom might run out before I get to it, but dat's coo'. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 18:18, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:19, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yerevan

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 9 Jun 2013 at 22:50:11 (UTC)

Reason

A nice birds eye view of Yerevan with a backdrop of Ararat. This is a daily scene of those who live in the city.

Articles in which this image appears

Yerevan, Armenia, Largest cities in Europe, Anti-Armenianism in Azerbaijan

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban

Creator

Serouj

• Support as nominator --Proudbolsahye (talk) 22:50, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose An interesting photograph. The foreground is clear but the background has problems. There's a lot of colour noise which makes me suspect it has been lightened. Also, within the article, this image is just one of many. Colin°^Talk 16:11, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose. Super sorry and appreciate the upload. I just want a less smoggy day picture (even if that is how it looked, we can't see...shoot after a rainfall so details of the landscape show.)TCO (talk) 19:28, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Scrap the nomination please. Proudbolsahye (talk) 19:35, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:31, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Nomination withdrawn. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:31, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Mount St. Helens eruption

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 3 Jun 2013 at 10:25:22 (UTC)

Reason

EV, the corresponding article is featured.

Articles in which this image appears

1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens

FP category for this image

Natural phenomena/Others

Creator

USGS

• Support as nominator --Brandmeister^talk 10:25, 25 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - I was eying this some time ago and wanted to nominate it, but I forget why I didn't. Solid, unique historical image, high resolution. I don't mind the digital manipulation used here (seems to have been a bit of levels and some brown/sepia toning). A little grainy but considering the subject I think that's understandable. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 16:17, 25 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose: Honestly, I'm not entirely happy with this, given the existence of colour photos such as File:MSH80_st_helens_eruption_plume_07-22-80.jpg, as well as at least one more dramatic black and white on the USGS gallery linked, I'm not sure why this image gets the lead spot. There's a whole set of possible images we could use; this one doesn't seem as good as at least a few other options. This also has a few other problems: It has a tight crop, which lowers EV by removing any sense of scale, sepia toned is rather historically inappropriate for a 1980 photo, and perhaps most worrying, the credit line is "Austin Post, scanned photograph by USGS, cleaned by and adjusted by carol" - are we even sure we can use this? Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 15:30, 26 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think this is Austin Post, who worked for the USGS. Chick Bowen 18:44, 26 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • Added alt which is also in the article (among the worthiest in USGS series in my view). Brandmeister^talk 21:34, 26 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment Both images seem really soft. Is this a product of scanning or something? I almost prefer the alt, but even then, I think whoever edited the "atmospheric overlay" really darkened that foreground. It should be possible to remove haze (light cyan) without killing all the detail. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 02:49, 27 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose. Sorry. Crop too tight.TCO (talk) 20:16, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:16, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yerevan

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 4 Jun 2013 at 02:28:17 (UTC)

Reason

I honestly think it's a great shot. The statue is of David of Sasun, an Armenian epic hero. It was made in 1959 by Yervand Kochar. This statue is widely admired by Armenians. It has been pictured the logo [2] of Armenfilm, Armenia's main studio, even during the Soviet period [3], which is kind of unusual, because the Soviet regime didn't quite encourage nationalism among the minorities. The building on the background is the Yerevan train station.

Articles in which this image appears

David of Sasun

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture

Creator

Nina Stössinger

• Support as nominator --Երևանցի ^talk 02:28, 26 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak oppose - It's nice, but for the EV I'd prefer something that focuses on the statue itself. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:34, 26 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose image is not used in stated article. It also poorly illustrates the subject, seeing as it is out of focus. --Wingtipvorte^X PTT ∅ 18:54, 28 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak oppose. Per Crisco. Appreciate your work to upload the photo.TCO (talk) 20:07, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 08:24, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hotel Astoria (Saint Petersburg)

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 5 Jun 2013 at 07:51:56 (UTC)

Reason

High EV and good quality

Articles in which this image appears

Hotel Astoria (Saint Petersburg)

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture

Creator

Florstein

• Support as nominator --Tomer T (talk) 07:51, 27 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. Very nice image. BNK(talk) 02:01, 28 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support looks good. --Wingtipvorte^X PTT ∅ 18:48, 28 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support --Pine^✉ 18:10, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak support. Great shot, but not well displayed in article. Infobox confines it...prefer a centered panorama.TCO (talk) 20:06, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support looks solid. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:46, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Astoria Hotel SPB.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 07:55, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Greenwich foot tunnel

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Reason

High EV, good lighting, good qaulity

Articles in which this image appears

Greenwich foot tunnel

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture

Creator

Heuschrecke

• Support as nominator --Tomer T (talk) 07:57, 27 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak Support the composition is quite good and provides context for the photo (with the river behind it). It depicts clearly the structure in typical British weather. However, the blurry seagull in mid flight is quite annoying. dllu (t,c) 19:12, 27 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak Oppose due to the blurry seagull and blurry people in the entrance. The dome is nice and sharp, but there are other areas of the image that are a tad bit too soft. --Wingtipvorte^X PTT ∅ 18:47, 28 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak support because this could be done better; it's a very photogenic building (inside and out) and I'd encourage our London photographers to head down there and see what they can do. Chick Bowen 01:13, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Challenge accepted... Not sure what you'd like to have improved over this version though; the composition isn't bad and detail is reasonably good... Even the clouds are dramatic, albeit overcast. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 13:20, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • Meh, a little unsharp, a little dark/low-contrast and brighter in background than foreground, weird-looking person in lavender coat right in front of the entrance who looks like she has something covering or in front of her head, motion-blurred seagull: a lot of small things that add up to, could be better. But I look forward to seeing what you can do with it! Chick Bowen 01:13, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • Well, I had a go today. I couldn't really replicate the shot as the foreground of the original was fenced off with temporary barriers for no particular reason, so I had to get closer and more to the left to avoid it being in the foreground, as a result, Canary Wharf is much smaller (but this is possibly a good thing if you want to minimise the impact of it). I also didn't get the best lighting as it was a bit late in the afternoon so the doorway was in shadow. Still, it was a nice sunny day, so there's that. :) Ðiliff «» (Talk) 17:03, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Gentle oppose of original, neutral on new one. based on use as an illustration of the subject. It's a pretty photo and appreciate your work to snap it. But it seems mostly like a skyline and not at all clearly a tunnel. Looking at the article, I much prefer the images within the tunnel (a diagram would also be nice). Even as a photo of the entrance, I prefer the other photo in article, that is more tightly cropped on just the same southern entrance beehive.TCO (talk) 20:03, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I like the composition of the new one better (good job, man) although the tight one in article is nice too. Article is missing a pic of the north dome (we have three pics of the south one, now).TCO (talk) 17:34, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 08:08, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Jade Barbosa

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 6 Jun 2013 at 03:43:02 (UTC)

Reason

High resolution with good EV for both Brazilian artistic gymnast Jade Barbosa and a turn (maneuver) during a floor routine. Visually simple photograph, but eye-catching and interesting angle (relative to most gymnastics photos with crowds behind them). I replaced previous versions of the photograph where she's a bit darker.

Articles in which this image appears

Jade Barbosa
Floor (gymnastics)
Turn (dance and gymnastics)
Glossary of gymnastics terms
Events at the 2007 Pan American Games (newly added)

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Sport

Creator

Wilson Dias (photographer); Keraunoscopia (derivative)

• Support as nominator --– Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 03:43, 28 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak Oppose Seems to me the EV is too spread out, if you will. It is OK at portraying Jade Barbosa, but not as well as the current lead image in her article. OK at showing a gymnastics floor, but not great since you do not see the whole thing. Not really good at showing the turn, since it is at the beginning and she is not actually turning. --Wingtipvorte^X PTT ∅ 18:45, 28 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

An excellent analysis. I was thinking about this photograph for some time. Figured I'd throw it out here anyway. Much appreciated for honest feedback! – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 19:12, 28 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You are very welcome --Wingtipvorte^X PTT ∅ 00:18, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Very weak oppose. I really want more gymnast photos (they are female friendly) and this is a world notable athlete (not some para athlete or the like). It's even better than another one we promoted a year or two ago. That said, doesn't quite meet top rank in terms of composition. The crop, the downward angle. Not quite an action short. On that article, the beam lead looks better. I can pull up galleries from photogs at meets that have many more good looking ones. It's a good thing to have and really advances us...just not quite there yet. I still think we could put a Wiki photog at a major meet like Pac Rim or the like and get a bunch of FPs that way.TCO (talk) 20:13, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

In the 30 or so FP sports images, only three of them are female. I grew up in a gymnastics family, so I naturally lean this way. One photographer I work with is one of the better gymnastics photographers, but he refuses point-blank (and I respect his decision 100%) to release images large enough for FP status, but I'd rather have his images on gymnast articles than not at all, so I'm not complaining. I keep my eyes open though. And a female skiier who recently died had an important and excellent photograph of her (visible face, ski gear) but the photographer couldn't appropriate permission from the event people. I won't upload the image under "fair use" because I don't burn bridges :P Anyway, yes, I've been working on trying to get more female FP images, but I'm relatively new here and have only begun on my quest. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 23:27, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, you won't get the SI photogs to release anything. And I quite get their point. But gym, especially has a lot of Internet following (blogs and such with official press passes). It would not be hard to get training or even competition shots from a minor meet (of world class athletes). We can just use one of our volunteers and get a press pass. Seriously...it is very doable.TCO (talk) 23:33, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not really a size snob (or a license or technical details snob). I see our mission as illustrating THIS project's articles. What I care about is composition and EV. See this gallery for some nice snaps: [4]. Do WE have a gallery like that?  :-( TCO (talk) 23:44, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep in mind that our images are free, which probably limits our selection greatly. One photographer just wrote me yesterday on a whim, wondering why Wikipedia can't use non-commercial images. I wish. He wishes, too. But we should be grateful for what we can get. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 00:10, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It is totally insane and (pardon the expression) Freetard that we don't allow NC images here. There are a huge number of images out there that are NC and we desperately need better illustration. It is a major quality gap. Who cares if Wikia or some other dotcom can't make money off the NC images. And anyhow, any decent book publisher checks images before reprint and we allow limited fair use. But it is so, so, so conservative and ingrained here that no one will listen. It would make their heads explode to even consider it. But what I care about is the reader, reader, reader. And the bird in the hand versus the one in the bush. so making good ARTICLES is way more important to me than trying to have some bank of Free stuff and put Getty out of business. P.s. I assume, you are cool with the chitchat...I don't want to screw over your nomination and will cut or stop any of this if you don't want it.TCO (talk) 00:51, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:55, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Cliff Dwellers

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 6 Jun 2013 at 05:53:36 (UTC)

Reason

Important painting and high quality scan

Articles in which this image appears

Cliff Dwellers (painting), George Bellows

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings

Creator

George Bellows

• Support as nominator --Tomer T (talk) 05:53, 28 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support --Wingtipvorte^X PTT ∅ 18:41, 28 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Looks good photo-wise and great painting. Could be even stronger if the stub went into detail of the different parts of the painting (which is very busy with figures) to explain it more.TCO (talk) 20:21, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Question good scan but the article lacks refs. How notable is this work? --Pine^✉ 07:04, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • GIYF (kidding). Pageviews is 383, not great but individual artworks have this...that said, this is not the Mona Lisa. Bellows was one of 5 painters notable for being part of the Ash Can School (a modern art trend). His page views is 9145 (well above my thumb rule of 3000 equating to half-likelihood of heard of it). This is one of his most famous paintings (perhaps Jack Dempsey getting knocked out is more famous). Barrons prep for AP US History, lists this painting getting done as one of the notable events of 1913. Google Search came up with sources for article; will add some. One of the arty people could tell you more.TCO (talk) 12:24, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Support then. --Pine^✉ 19:27, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Here is the iconic Dempsey painting.TCO (talk) 01:14, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:57, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Not enough support for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:57, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Nallur Kandaswamy temple

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 6 Jun 2013 at 06:06:23 (UTC)

Reason

Good clarity and high EV. Good composition.

Articles in which this image appears

Nallur Kandaswamy temple, Arumuka Navalar, Jaffna, Jaffna kingdom, Murugan

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture

Creator

Gane Kumaraswamy on Flickr

• Support as nominator --BNK(talk) 06:06, 28 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak Oppose image does a good job of showing the entrance, but does not portray the entire building, reducing its EV in the current uses. --Wingtipvorte^X PTT ∅ 18:40, 28 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• You are true to some extent, but what I found interesting was the unusual color of the gopura (which are white or yellowish white in color in most South Indian temples) and design patterns and colors on the pillars, which I think add significantly to the article.--BNK(talk) 08:50, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Support. OK. TCO (talk) 20:22, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - there's plenty of room for two images, one of which focusses on a particular part of the building, to both have enough EV. I think it's very useful as it stands. Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 10:54, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak oppose good EV but this lacks sharpness on the right side, and it would be nice if there wasn't a person in the frame. I don't think this is quite good enough for FP. --Pine^✉ 06:57, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 07:00, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Rosa Kardinal

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 6 Jun 2013 at 07:58:35 (UTC)

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Laitche (talk • contribs) 10:01, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Reason

High quality image.

Articles in which this image appears

Hybrid tea rose

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Flowers

Creator

Laitche

• Support as nominator --Laitche (talk) 07:58, 28 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support has good EV. No obvious flaws. --Wingtipvorte^X PTT ∅ 18:38, 28 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Alt 1, much better! --Wingtipvorte^X PTT ∅ 00:15, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment I added an alt, reducing the blown out reds. Roses are a great reason to dive into Photoshop's Lab color mode. It's clear the rose is oversaturated in the original photograph, but when you re-visit the photograph in Photoshop, you will also see how nearly blown out the 'a' channel is. Using the 'a' channel as a mask, you can reduce the red in both the flower and surrounding "atmosphere". Anyway, there we go, a rose with visible detail. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 19:06, 28 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks ✿ --Laitche (talk) 02:13, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Support Alt 1 Rreagan007 (talk) 23:56, 28 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• The color in edit 1 seems far more unnatural than the original, whose deep color seems to me to be more a result of the ambient lighting than overcorrection in post. Actually, I'm not a fan of the image in general. The composition leaves much to be desired (arbitrarily placed semi-in-focus leaf at the top-right, awkward central position of the subject, lack of lead room, inorganic-looking things on the ground). I won't get in the way and oppose, but those are my thoughts. Juliancolton (talk) 20:03, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A fair point. I did leave a message on Laitche's talk page regarding redoing his image from the source file. In addition, he knows what the flower actually looks like (color-wise), while all I did was to bring down saturation. Further color correction may even be required. I've abstained from voting myself as I'm not sure what constitutes featured status for flowers. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 21:12, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

May be that depends on a monitor, in my monitor the original looks better. Thanks Juliancolton ✿ --Laitche (talk) 03:28, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

That inorganic thing is for Irrigation sprinkler :) --Laitche (talk) 04:18, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment I suggest those seeing the original picture as oversaturated are perhaps using a wide-gamut monitor and viewing the picture on their browser (which typically doesn't try converting the sRGB jpg to your monitor's wider-gamut colourspace) or have Photoshop or their OS set up incorrectly. The first picture looks fine (though I'm not really going wow enough to support). The second picture is more orangy/brown and the foliage more green/yellow like the change from overcast to when the sun comes out. Some browsers can be set to be colourspace-aware but in my experience this just causes colour-banding as they aren't as clever as Photoshop/Lightroom (they just do nearest-colour rather than dither). I find it best to leave the browser ignorant of colourspace and change my monitor setting to sRGB when viewing photos on the web. For image editing, I set the monitor to AdobeRGB (which is the profile my OS is set to know about) and use Photoshop/Lightroom. Also I strongly discourage playing about with colours with someone's JPG. JPGs are like baked cookies and it is too late to change the recipie! You need to go back to the raw file or a 16-bit TIFF in order to manipulate colours properly. I don't think the original rose has blown colours at all, and you wouldn't be able to rescue them from a JPG if it did. Colin°^Talk 12:57, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I already have tried from the RAW again but I missed something (^^; Here. If I have time to retry I will. Thanks Colin ✿ --Laitche (talk) 15:58, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Incidentally I don't have a monitor that can display AdobeRGB so my camera's RAW setting is sRGB. --Laitche (talk) 16:24, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Well I don't think there's much wrong with the colours. You can play with the brightness to taste really. Btw, your camera's raw has no colourspace. It needs interpreted into a colourspace by the raw converter. The AdobeRGB/sRGB setting on your camera is for the JPGs it produces (which may actually be embedded in your raw file as a preview image). You only need to choose a colourspace when exporting as a JPG or TIFF, and sRGB is perfect for the web. In some ways, be grateful you don't have a wide gamut monitor. They can be a hassle. Colin°^Talk 16:40, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

My camera (Canon EOS-1D Mark III) can set AdobeRGB RAW mode but I can't see AdobeRGB in my monitor so now setting sRGB RAW mode. When I buy a wide gamut monitor, will camera set AdobeRGB RAW mode. I may be hassled :) --Laitche (talk) 17:06, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

AFAIK, raw files have no colourspace. I've been unable to find anything that suggests Canon is different, though plenty to suggest camera menus can be misleadingly labelled. The colour profile setting will influence the preview JPG that can be embedded in a raw file and any JPG you save alongside the raw file (if that option is chosen) and may be a hint to Canon's raw converter software on your PC. But there's nothing in the raw file that limits or fixes the colourspace. A raw file contains more colours than either sRGB or AdobeRGB and needs a fair bit of work done to it before one can really talk about "colours" anyway. Colin°^Talk 19:17, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I had misunderstood about my camera, they have sRGB mode and AdobeRGB mode but that is not about RAW, I think. I got my camera two or three weeks ago (used one), so don't understand about that particularly, heheh :) --Laitche (talk) 08:48, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know why I didn't realize, Yes RAW have no colourspace as you are saying. --Laitche (talk) 08:56, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Confused. What color is it really? The first pic looks most natural (and attractive). It's OK, I guess. Probably would have supported if not for the confusion.TCO (talk) 20:26, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The original has most really natural color, I think ✿ --Laitche (talk) 21:13, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment Maybe I'm wrong about the oversaturation in the first picture? I've photographed very red roses before and I always thought that color just came off really strong. It's not oversaturated in the sense that I can't see any details anymore. My alt is definitely leaning toward orange, and I wasn't trying to make a point regarding color (in fact, I say that only Laitche would know the true color of the rose). I tried some color management tests online with two browsers, FireFox and Safari, and I seem to pass the tests, but honestly, if my calibration is slightly off, I wouldn't even know about it. My dad owns a ColorMonkey thingy, maybe I should try that someday. Anyway, back on topic, the new alt 2 seems to be an even deeper red. Hopefully I'm seeing that correctly. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 20:59, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 08:26, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 7 Jun 2013 at 18:55:22 (UTC)

Reason

Important chromolithograph with high EV. the unrestored image in the article was replaced with this one.

Articles in which this image appears

Battle of Franklin

FP category for this image

Artworks

Creator

Kurz and Allison, edited by Mmxx

• Support as nominator -- ■ MMXX ^talk 18:55, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment It appears the work was done from the TIFF file, which, after cropping, unfortunately doesn't meet the size requirements. You also replaced a previous version of the same image (you should mention this in your reason above). – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 19:23, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Because the old image is replaced with better restoration of the same file (compare), I didn't think it's necessary to mention it here or wait for 7 days before nominating, anyway, this comment should be enough to inform other users. I've also overwrote this file with a high resolution version.  ■ MMXX ^talk 19:05, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I should've been clearer. I meant that you should've mentioned (in the original reason) that you replaced a previously stable version with a better quality version; this way people know the image is technically already stable. It's mentioned in the criteria. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 19:17, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Done.  ■ MMXX ^talk 16:00, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Support. Image looks good and well illustrates that the Confederates were charging up at the Yankees.TCO (talk) 20:29, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Opppose, sorry: The colours are over-saturated, and the crop should not have removed the text which is an inherent part of these sort of lithographs. While I can understand why you made those decisions - and Kurz and Allison are particularly difficult lithographers to do well, due to the limited colour palettes - it's just too far from the original artistic intent. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 13:41, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the feedback. actually this version didn't need much restoration, I only adjusted the levels by sampling the whites and blacks. the image is not saturated, but I'm not sure if colors are correct or not, you can also compare it with this version. about the crop, I noticed that you didn't remove the border in this FP, but IMO the text doesn't adds much to its EV and image looks better without the border in the article.  ■ MMXX ^talk 15:34, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

As an article writer, I often prefer writing or captions or the like from originals cropped out. It becomes crufty if we have our own caption along with one in image. And remember the writer is using the image to illustrate his topic, not really planning on users clicking and making the image bigger and all that. (This is different if the article is actually about the artwork though.)TCO (talk) 17:08, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

But it, by definition, ceases being one of the best images on Wikipedia once you change it too much. This is a lithograph, not a painting, and lithographs have a different aesthetic that should not be turned into a painting aesthetic. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 17:53, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:04, 7 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Charles Baudelaire

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 7 Jun 2013 at 23:23:24 (UTC)

Reason

High quality, solid resolution, featured at Commons. Earlier nomination used a different version which was scanned from a book, but this one seems to be directly from a photograph or negative.

Articles in which this image appears

Charles Baudelaire, +2

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Others

Creator

Étienne Carjat

• Support as nominator -- — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:23, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. Perfect candidate. Possibly our first FP of a western philosopher? J Milburn (talk) 11:42, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Wow, agreed with J Milburn. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 18:39, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. I thought about nominating this before--I think I just forgot. Well done, conservative edit. To Milburn: in the philosopher-to-poet ratio, I think Schiller has the edge on Baudelaire; I'd also consider Douglass a philosopher (though I prefer this picture to our current FP). Chick Bowen 01:21, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Plutonium27 (talk) 15:35, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Surprised it hasn't been nominated before. Proudbolsahye (talk) 22:47, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support although it suffers slightly from placement in the infobox.TCO (talk) 20:32, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support --Paris 16 (talk) 09:22, 7 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Étienne Carjat, Portrait of Charles Baudelaire, circa 1862.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 04:55, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Julie Delpy

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 8 Jun 2013 at 11:32:02 (UTC)

Reason

Good quality, high resolution image of an actress for whom it has obvious EV. It reminds me of the portrait of Mark Harmon we currently have featured.

Articles in which this image appears

Julie Delpy

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment

Creator

Fabrice Lévêque

• Support as nominator --Cowtowner (talk) 11:32, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support, although it deserves a color shot. Brandmeister^talk 13:02, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Three years stable. A bit soft and grainy, but very eye-catching. I'm not sure what more EV can be added: she has red lips and is fair skinned. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 18:35, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose. Too stylized for an encyclopedia article, IMO. A color photo with less dramatic lighting would be preferable. Kaldari (talk) 07:11, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Nice pic and to me it has enough EV. Godhulii 1985 (talk) 13:02, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support a little soft but ok given the year of the photo. --Pine^✉ 18:12, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose. Basically per Kaldari. It's a little too bedroom and too posed glamor shot for how it is placed as the lead image of her biography.TCO (talk) 20:36, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This pose is not unusual for studio photography of an actress or singer. I see your point that it's posed and a glamor shot but in this case I think that's acceptable, although I might not use it as the lead image for the article. --Pine^✉ 23:08, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Support --Paris 16 (talk) 09:22, 7 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Julie Delpy 1991 -a.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 11:34, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• There is a 75% support for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 11:34, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Terry-Thomas headshot

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 8 Jun 2013 at 12:21:51 (UTC)

Reason

This is a high quality scan of a notable subject

Articles in which this image appears

Terry-Thomas, Terry-Thomas on screen, radio, stage and record

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment

Creator

Employees of the ABC television network; scanned and cleaned up by SchroCat

• Support as nominator --SchroCat (talk) 12:21, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment - The shadows are quite harsh. Are they the same in the original? Otherwise this looks very good, although it has somewhat lower EV than the recently closed nomination as he's not holding his long pipe or showing the gap in his teeth. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:09, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Pretty much. The original image shows the big shadows cast - it looks like it was done with fairly heavy lighting, which is unsurprising. Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 13:21, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Okay... weak support as I'm still not quite thrilled with the lighting. Otherwise looks quite good. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:24, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Support -- despite the closed mouth which is a bit of a shame. However, it is a good clear picture with plenty of EV. -- Cassianto^Talk 22:46, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. Pose fits subject well. Iconic.TCO (talk) 19:55, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:29, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Not enough support for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:29, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

File:Corvus corax (Common Raven), Yosemite NP, CA, US - Diliff.jpg

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 9 Jun 2013 at 08:16:47 (UTC)

Reason

It's a high resolution, well composed and exposed photo of a Common Raven. The Raven is very dark bird and detail is visible in all the important areas.

Articles in which this image appears

Common Raven

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds

Creator

User:Diliff

• Support as nominator --Ðiliff «» (Talk) 08:16, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Strong support Arctic Kangaroo (✉ • ✎) 10:36, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. Excellent image. Kaldari (talk) 07:06, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support -- Colin°^Talk 16:01, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support --Pine^✉ 18:13, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak support. Yes, it has great features, but you can't see ANY of them at the size displayed in article. Advise to widen that image. (And I think how it is used, where posted, how many articles, etc. is relevant...Wiki FP different than Commons.) Also, we don't seem to be complying with Dave Ilif's requirement that we attribute him prominently near the photo. ;-) TCO (talk) 19:52, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • The thing is, an infobox is the ideal location for a 'lead image' like this, and it's not really possible to increase the width of the image without affecting the infobox width. I guess I could crop the left side of the frame slightly which would have the knock-on effect of 'zooming in' on the raven. In any case, I agree that image width in articles is an issue, but if you're really interested in seeing detail, you'll probably click the image. What I'd really like to see is some sort of code that when clicking a thumbnail, instead of opening the image page, would display the the image full screen as a 'pop-up' in front of the article, with a link below the image pointing to the image page. I suspect there'd be opposition to that due to interoperability (mobile browsers, etc). But hey, I can dream. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 09:42, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • The width of thumbnails is an accessibility/cross-platform issue, and I'm not sure this complaint is particular to this bird photo vs every other bird photo we have. Where you do stop in terms of how big to make it? With maps and diagrams, it has to be big enough to read the legends and annotations, but photographs there's no hard line. The point of not hard-coding 200px or whatever is that the standard for thumbnail size will evolve and be different for different users or platforms. Colin°^Talk 10:12, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • There is discussion (on wikitech-l) of making images open in modal viewers when you click them instead of taking you directly to the image page (similar to what was recently done for videos), so that might make the thumbnail resolution issue moot in the future (as well as the issue of lacking attribution within the article). Kaldari (talk) 03:41, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • • Ahh, glad to hear of progress on that. Given the sometimes slow response, particularly where images are concerned, from Wikimedia's web servers though, I don't know how quickly the images would appear. It obviously wouldn't be practical to pre-load all images, but waiting 10+ seconds for the image to begin loading in the modal window would be frustrating. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 07:11, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Corvus corax (Common Raven), Yosemite NP, CA, US - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 08:17, 9 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

File:Marmota flaviventris (Yellow Bellied Marmot), Yosemite NP - Diliff.jpg

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 9 Jun 2013 at 08:26:04 (UTC)

Reason

There is an existing FP of this marmot, and while it probably wins on cuteness, I don't think it's the most encyclopaedic image as the pose is rather unconventional, and the detail is not particularly good. So there is a case for a 'delist-and-replace' here, but given the discussion on the talk page, I'll nominate this one on its own for now.

Articles in which this image appears

Marmot, Yellow-bellied marmot Yosemite National Park

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals

Creator

User:Diliff

• Support as nominator --Ðiliff «» (Talk) 08:26, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Arctic Kangaroo (✉ • ✎) 10:36, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Laitche (talk) 12:24, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 06:49, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support -- Colin°^Talk 16:02, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak support (because of the other picture).TCO (talk) 22:40, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Marmota flaviventris (Yellow Bellied Marmot), Yosemite NP - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 08:29, 9 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

File:Half Dome from Glacier Point, Yosemite NP - Diliff.jpg

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 9 Jun 2013 at 09:02:31 (UTC)

Reason

Ticks many of the boxes... dramatic landscape, pleasing aesthetics, and high resolution. Shows Half Dome in both an interesting and encyclopaedically valuable way. The clouds in the background are Lenticular clouds, common to the Sierra Nevada.

Articles in which this image appears

Half Dome and Yosemite National Park

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes

Creator

User:Diliff

• Support as nominator --Ðiliff «» (Talk) 09:02, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Laitche (talk) 12:22, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support per nom. Plutonium27 (talk) 15:19, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support dllu (t,c) 23:19, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 06:49, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support -- Colin°^Talk 16:03, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. OK. TCO (talk) 19:31, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Like the dynamic between the lenticular clouds and the craggy rocks. Daniel Case (talk) 18:18, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Half Dome from Glacier Point, Yosemite NP - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 09:03, 9 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Black-backed jackal

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 9 Jun 2013 at 16:47:26 (UTC)

Reason

Very nice picture with good EV and of high quality

Articles in which this image appears

Black-backed jackal

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals

Creator

Yathin sk

• Support as nominator --Tomer T (talk) 16:47, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Stunning, nice find. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 06:49, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support -- Colin°^Talk 16:04, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. Love the pose.TCO (talk) 19:30, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Excellent. Cowtowner (talk) 21:22, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Excellent pose indeed. --ELEKHH^T 09:28, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:2012-bb-jackal-1.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:47, 9 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Boeing YAL-1

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 9 Jun 2013 at 22:56:59 (UTC)

Reason

High resolution, high quality image of a unique plane in-flight. It is also irreplaceable as the plane is currently sitting in the Boneyard.

Articles in which this image appears

Boeing YAL-1, +6

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Air

Creator

Missile Defence Agency

• Support as nominator --Cowtowner (talk) 22:57, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• What are the specks of white stuff in the bottom half of the picture? Other than that, I'm inclined to support since it is sharp and well-composed and depicts a fascinating aircraft. dllu (t,c) 23:14, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• I can't say for sure, but I'd be inclined to go with whitecaps on the water. My reasoning for this being that they don't show up in the sky or seem to affect the aircraft like dust or noise might. Cowtowner (talk) 04:17, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Sounds plausible. Support dllu (t,c) 23:58, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Support -- Colin°^Talk 16:13, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support --Pine^✉ 18:40, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose (Support) for EV. The article is about the weapons system, mostly about the laser not the plane. I would prefer a photo or diagram that shows more the detail of the laser. In this photo, you mostly just see the aircraft in flight, rather than the details of the laser that actually shoots down the missiles. Nothing against the uploader and really appreciate your work.TCO (talk) 19:22, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

That's a good reason to have a separate FPC of such a diagram for the laser, but I think that this photo of the laser integrated into the plane is ok also. --Pine^✉ 19:39, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It's cool. We can agree to disagree. I read the attached article and thought about the content and how to best transmit extra info graphically to the readers.TCO (talk) 19:43, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

There is an image that shows the turret assembly up close in the article. The plane is an integral part of the weapons system (it is, after all, an airborne laser). It was never meant to be operated independently from the aircraft or from the ground. It doesn't make a lot of sense to oppose it because it shows the whole assembly doing what is was designed to do. Cowtowner (talk) 21:21, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I read the article, the vast majority of the text is about the laser. Showing a plane in flight at that scale is not so helpful for illustrating the topic. Yeah sure it's an integrated system, but would a picture of an F-14 in flight be the best image for Phoenix missile system if it had some special radar or the like on the plane? It's a judgment call, but an honest take coming from the reader perspective, not photographer. The plane in the sky just overwhelms the object of real interest which is tiny within that shot.TCO (talk) 22:16, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A missile can be easily detached from an aircraft, but this laser is deeply integrated into this aircraft. I don't think you can find a photo of a cutaway view of this aircraft with the parts of the laser inside easily visible although you might find a computer rendering of one, but that could be a separate FP. None of this has a negative effect on the EV of this photo. --Pine^✉ 22:39, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The most unique thing about this laser is that it is airborne. The delivery mechanism of any weapon is just as important as the weapon itself. To say that this photo lacks EV is like saying that a picture of a complete Self-propelled artillery lacks EV because it doesn't focus on the gun itself, but rather the entire vehicle. Even the title of the article, Boeing YAL-1, refers to the entire aircraft and not just the laser. That said, I agree with Pine that, should we come across a high quality photo of the laser turret itself, it would be good to have a second FP of that. dllu (t,c) 04:23, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It's a matter of degree. I think I know plenty about weapons systems and platforms and not just from Wiki (movies, yeah...movies). I read about that weapons system and I consumed the article as a READER. The heart of it is the laser, not the plane (which could be different anyway). Similarly to how the Aegis system is mostly about the Spy-1 phased array that you see all flat and all and not the entire Ticonderoga cruiser. Let the vote stand, peeps. You're just repeating yourselves now.TCO (talk) 05:33, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

We're repeating ourselves because this has become inane. This is not a matter degree, but of fact. You are simply wrong in your assessment. The most basic evidence of this is the fact that the aircraft and laser are referenced as a unit throughout the whole of the article as the ABL. Apply the criteria correctly. Cowtowner (talk) 06:14, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I re-read it and you are right about the emphasis of the article.TCO (talk) 07:30, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Prefer alt 1 a Commons editor just created this alt and I like the crop better. Note, this isn't a new support vote since I voted above and would also support the original but I prefer the alt. --Pine^✉ 06:00, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• I prefer the original; I like having a bit of breathing space around the aircraft. I think losing the clouds at the top in particular makes it feel somewhat cramped and takes away from the in-the-air quality of picture. Cowtowner (talk) 13:39, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Prefer crop: for my old objection to another FP of a plane flying around in the air. This is a weapon system article.TCO (talk) 17:17, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• I'm not reopening this, but the plane is the weapons system. I don't see how the crop changes anything they're both images of a plane in the air... (I'm not trying to disagree with you here, I just don't see the point you're making.) Cowtowner (talk) 17:51, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:YAL-1A Airborne Laser unstowed crop.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:03, 10 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Female Springbok

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 10 Jun 2013 at 06:00:04 (UTC)

Reason

good quality and high EV for Springbok

Articles in which this image appears

Springbok

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals

Creator

Yathin sk

• Support as nominator --BNK(talk) 06:00, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Conditional support. As long as there are no other FPs of sprinkboks.TCO (talk) 19:17, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • (update: support set, not individual pic) The usage in article is as a set. I think it would be counterproductive to have them as separate FPs in terms of searching and be a case of two near-identical FPs on same topic given the sex differences are so small in picture (just a little wiener that you don't even notice at first.)TCO (talk) 20:33, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • As far as I know, there is no FP of adult springboks. Besides, many images are of size less than 1000 pixels in the article.--BNK(talk) 07:03, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Though I think this would have been a good case for a set with the image of the male which is comparable in every regard. I suppose it could be nominated on its own should this pass. Also, a brief look through the gallery seems to turn up no other springboks, just a whole lot of impalas. Cowtowner (talk) 21:11, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Reminds me of that song about in the back of my Impala. ;-) (I think a set nom would be great, will add it here.)TCO (talk) 22:01, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• I thought of nominating the male as well, but decided against it and instead nominated the female picture. I am not sure I can nominate the male and female pics as a set now.--BNK(talk) 07:03, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• In my experience, it's probably best to just wait and have another nomination later. If other editors feel differently and develop a consensus towards promoting them both, however, you could but me down as a support. Cowtowner (talk) 12:13, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Support male The female photo seems to have a diagonal bright/dark appearance about it that bothers me ever so slightly. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 06:25, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support set good technical quality, and the symmetry between the male and female is nice. Notice that the male image appears to be the template of the three SVG images that differentiate three kinds of colour schemes, which, in my opinion, serves to increase the value of the male image since we can see how the colouration in the diagrams maps to real-life colours. dllu (t,c) 03:25, 10 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:14, 10 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Not enough support for promotion. In best case the female has 2 supports, the male 3 and the set 4. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:14, 10 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Imperial Academy of Arts

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 10 Jun 2013 at 07:58:36 (UTC)

Reason

good quality and high EV

Articles in which this image appears

Imperial Academy of Arts

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture

Creator

Florstein

• Support as nominator --Florstein (talk) 07:58, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. Really cool how it has that waterfront. Looks good to me.TCO (talk) 19:14, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Reluctant Oppose. Though the image is very good, it has sharpness issues when zoomed. Sorry--BNK(talk) 06:54, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak support minor softness and very slight perspective issues (on the outside). Otherwise strong. Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 21:10, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 07:58, 10 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Super Cyclonic Storm Gonu

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Reason

Intense Tropical Storms like Gonu are rare in the Arabian Sea, and this image shows a perfect symmetry of the storm with an eye showing the underlying ocean mass, a few aspects you would never expect in a storm formed over the North Indian Ocean basin. Plus, the most important image in the featured article Cyclone Gonu.

Articles in which this image appears

Cyclone Gonu, Tropical cyclones in the Arabian sea

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Weather

Creator

Good kitty

• Support as nominator --Rishabh Tatiraju (talk) 08:03, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. Great centering, the eye of the storm is remarkably detailed and has been extremely well focused, clearly PD, image description is helpful, used in the FA's infobox (can't imagine a more useful place) and definitely has high EV there, massive size (6000x7800 pixels) that's far past our size minimum, and I don't see any additional problems (e.g. dust) with the image itself. Nyttend (talk) 00:28, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak oppose. I just honestly think we have a lot of too-similar space-shot of hurricane images. And not so sure that the illustration of individual storm articles (as opposed to overall hurricane article) is so important. It is a nice image and an important storm though (maybe not Katrina/Andrew notable though). Think we would add more with diagrams (storm tracks), action shots, damage shots, etc. Also, unlike a species picture, it is pretty hard to tell one storm pic from a different storm pic (if in same region). Sorry...I am just explaining the contrarian view..TCO (talk) 21:35, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• I don't want this to seem pointed (like I think you said on another nom, I appreciate your work and the fact that these discussions happen) but the same argument could be made for species (has been made) or cars, camera lenses or people. While images of storms may look similar they are in no way interchangeable--each storm is a unique and discreet phenomenon. There's really no better way to illustrate what the storm looked like and where it was at the time. Picking and choosing certain storms (Katrina and Andrew, without getting into the Western-centric nature of that) isn't part of the criteria. The fact that we have an article for the storm (and a featured one at that) by default gives it sufficient EV. Similarly, no one would make the case that we should stop writing articles about the storms because "there's a lot of them". If it's a question of an overwhelming amount of hurricanes (or birds, politicians, mushrooms, what have you) appearing on the frontpage then that's an issue to be dealt with at Today's FP. A possible solution would be a point system like the one used at FA, but again that's a discussion for another place, though one certainly worth having. The solution isn't trying to curate the gallery at this phase by excluding images for reasons outside of the criteria. As a final, rather minor point, featuring a satellite image of the storm doesn't preclude us from showing other images of it at ground level or the destruction it caused. Diagrams such as storm tracks aren't generally considered featureable because they amount to stock images with minor alterations (for similar reasons we don't feature flags or the base map images that we often see in infoboxes) Cowtowner (talk) 22:13, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• I completely agree that a monoculture of storm images on the front page would be boring and hugely undesirable; that's why there's a separate project to curate what goes on there (normally howcheng is in charge of that aspect of it. But we operate on our own criteria here, and what your evaluation is based on isn't in them. I'll reiterate my point briefly using the birds as a comparison: the storms are actually different (we can't change one for the other) and while they make look indistinguishable to the layman to the trained eye they are different. To make a parallel case, these albatross [[5]] [[6]] look basically the same to me but are in fact different species. Whether we want both of them to appear on the MP is one thing, but they are different species and have independent EV of one another. We can't say that because we have featured one albatross we have feature them all. We should be judging images in relation to the criteria, not the existing content of the gallery. I agree with the basics of the point you're making, but that's not how the project is or should be run. Cowtowner (talk) 22:41, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• And, at this point, I suppose it only makes sense for me to support this. Cowtowner (talk) 22:14, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 08:04, 10 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Church of the Holy Mother of God of the Mens Monastery

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 11 Jun 2013 at 05:22:24 (UTC)

Reason

A rare photograph. Great quality. Shows the Church in dramatic detail snuggled in the middle of the city of Tbilisi and beside the Kura River.

Articles in which this image appears

Armenian Cathedral of Tbilisi

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture

Creator

Hovik95

• Support as nominator --Proudbolsahye (talk) 05:22, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose. I'm sympathetic to historical images, but this one just seems not a very good picture. Maybe there is a painting that better illustrates the old church?TCO (talk) 19:10, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:37, 11 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Armenian woman (circa 1910)

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 11 Jun 2013 at 06:07:48 (UTC)

Reason

A beautiful colored rendition of a photograph taken around 1910 of an Armenian woman in traditional attire. High EV. Good quality.

Articles in which this image appears

Armenians, Armenian women, Artvin province

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Others

Creator

Uploader: Proudbolsahye Photographer: Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky

• Support as nominator --Proudbolsahye (talk) 06:07, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support either version. Pretty cool, old color photo. Read the Boston.com article for some more on the photographer.TCO (talk) 19:07, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Interesting photograph. Great EV. --Chauahuasachca (talk) 20:12, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Strongly oppose original I'm sorry, I can't. I get the impression this was taken from the source and enlarged to 1500, which made the image even softer. There is a link in the source article to the LOC TIFF file, which is much larger in resolution and would satisfy the criteria better, imho. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 21:12, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've added the full image as an alt. I attempted to remove the CMY(k) colors from the edges and obvious color spots throughout. Shifts in the color for the rest of the image were not touched as this was not an attempt to recreate the actual photograph. I did not mess with contrast or sharpness. The image description page will be updated momentarily (in case someone sees it before I get done with it). – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 22:19, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Support alt 1 Image description page updated. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 22:48, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I just found out the three negatives are available to download and can be pasted into the R, G, and B channels respectively. pretty cool. Alt 1 already had the work done for me, but anyone else is free to give it a whirl if they'd like (I'm downloading it now to try it anyway). – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 22:59, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Support Alt 1, oppose original. Thanks for putting in the leg work Keraunoscopia. Cowtowner (talk) 23:17, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment Creator field is not filled in correctly. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:59, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment As nominator, I'm fine with ALT1 as well. Proudbolsahye (talk) 22:31, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Armenian woman in national costume (crop).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:08, 11 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Alt 1 is unopposed. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:08, 11 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Raden Saleh

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Reason

High resolution, gives us a good look at this painter.

Articles in which this image appears

Raden Saleh, Friedrich Carl Albert Schreuel, +1

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Others

Creator

Credited to Friedrich Carl Albert Schreuel (1773-1853)

• Support as nominator -- — Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:18, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. Looks good to me. (small comment: could please make a stub on the painter? There is some info on him in German that you can Google.)TCO (talk) 19:00, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• I think Archipel has some discussion of this painting too, in the context of one of Saleh's works. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:38, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Support Who is this mysterious Friedrich Carl Albert Schreuel?? I Google it for images and basically get the current Feature Picture Candidates lineup. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 23:37, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Well, Keraunoscopia and TCO, it's not much but we have a stub for him now. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:27, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • "cripes this guy is obscure" is right! Bravo in finding information on him, a neat little article. Thanks for doing the research! – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 16:19, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • Mega credit for stepping up to the plate. Yes, he's obscure, but I like your can do spirit.TCO (talk) 16:26, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
        • Thanks, both. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:12, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• I was on the fence about this for quite some time, but I'll come out and support this. Cheers to all of you making the project work well here. Cowtowner (talk) 05:11, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 09:28, 11 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Not enough support for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 09:28, 11 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Stratocumulus Clouds (1)

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Reason

Featured picture on Commons, an alt version of File:ISS-34_Stratocumulus_clouds.jpg

Articles in which this image appears

Stratocumulus cloud and Earth

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking back

Creator

Original by NASA ISS Expedition 34, edited by Julian Herzog

• Support as nominator --Pine^✉ 18:36, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Neutral. It's a gorgeous pic, but I'm a little torn on how it functions as an illustration (is it a weather shot or a space shot, how much insight comes from it).TCO (talk) 19:37, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• It's both a weather shot and a space shot, and I think seeing how the clouds appear from space especially over such a large area has good EV. --Pine^✉ 19:43, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Question Why wasn't the original replaced in the articles? – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 23:33, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Since this is just an alt and the common practice when we have a nomination for an original and an alt is to keep the original until the nom passes and then if the alt is more popular the closer replaces the original with the alt in the article, I didn't replace the originals in the articles. If someone thinks this is a problem for this nom then I'll do it myself while this nom is happening. --Pine^✉ 05:58, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• That's fine. But criterion #5 does say the image needs to be in use: "The image is used in one or more articles.[2] It is preferable to wait a reasonable period of time (at least 7 days) after the image is added to the article before nominating it, though [the 7 day wait] may be ignored in obvious cases, such as replacing a low-resolution version of an image with a higher resolution of the same image". I've already seen where FP images aren't recognized as "better" or useful by editors of the image's respective articles (I linked to such an image in one of the current nominations), and their say is just as important as ours, except they don't (or don't want to) participate here. With your nom, I don't see the big deal, but I don't see the reason to slip into poor habits either. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 06:18, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Ok I'll do the substitution. --Pine^✉ 07:33, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:23, 11 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Adoration of the Magi (Ospedale degli Innocenti)

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 11 Jun 2013 at 19:21:59 (UTC)

Reason

High EV and high quality

Articles in which this image appears

Adoration of the Magi (Ospedale degli Innocenti)

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings

Creator

Domenico Ghirlandaio (photograph by Jastrow)

• Support as nominator --Tomer T (talk) 19:21, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Super important painting and very clear photo.TCO (talk) 19:25, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Strong Oppose First off, it's a tiny photograph of a panel that is 285 x 240 cm, so oppose on size alone. Second, the colors seem way off when compared to here and here. Likely heavy handed color corrections was done, which doesn't make it featurable. — raekyt 06:47, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks Tomer for nominating my pic. Regarding size, it isn't very big because I had to prop the camera against a wall to avoid cranking up the ISOs. No colour correction has been made; white balance was made manually with a grey card. The reproductions you're linking to are completely washed out; they don't match reality at all. Perhaps the panel has been cleaned since these pictures were taken. Jastrow (Λέγετε) 16:41, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:26, 11 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Moissan

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 12 Jun 2013 at 00:03:20 (UTC)

Reason

High EV. Amazing man. Striking image. This is his Nobel Prize photo for taming fluorine "that savage beast among the elements".

Articles in which this image appears

Henri Moissan, Fluorine, History of fluorine

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Others

Creator

unknown photographer, image manipulation by User:Centpacrr

• Support as nominator --TCO (talk) 00:03, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose Sorry :( The image simply looks bizarre, like a standard-issue Photoshop plug-in was used. I went to the source, but the only image I can find at the source is a teeny tiny picture—surely I was missing something? Page 75 of Les Pris Nobel was larger, but not nearly the resolution this is. And then I found the answer at the Photography workshop, where Centpacrr explains what zoom program he used. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 03:41, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• No worries man. I just threw it in to learn something. Is there anyway to get an image (either donation or manipulation) that matches our technical requirements? Do you think the EV and composition is good?TCO (talk) 03:59, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I don't have any amazing ideas for obtaining a larger version of the photograph. Maybe start checking out sources (like the book the image appears in) for credits; perhaps the photograph is privately owned, perhaps a museum is retaining it. Double check the Library of Congress; maybe others know of other image repositories that may have it. As for EV and composition, I really don't know. I found only one instance of an actual profile FP at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Robert William Thomson - Illustrated London News March 29 1873, but his image has obituary text which improved its EV, although note that the image is no longer used and a crop appears in Robert William Thomson. The only other FPs that more closely resemble a profile are File:Theodore Rooseveltnewtry.jpg and File:Helen KellerA.jpg. Otherwise, it appears the community prefers actual 3/4 to straight on shots. But so what. If you can obtain an actual high-res image, there's absolutely zero reason why it shouldn't be nominated. The man is very important in his field. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 17:27, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I would be willing to pay for a print, just not sure how to get one. I'm sure the Nobel Prize people won't donate the high res image. (If they even have it...I'm not sure the technical details of how originals for photos or the like are maintained.) I found some 3/4 shots, but this one is much more striking and more fits with the story (his bravery in taming fluorine).TCO (talk) 20:40, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:18, 12 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Pony Express Map

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 12 Jun 2013 at 06:01:08 (UTC)

Reason

High resolution, high quality, well illustrated. Used in several articles.

Articles in which this image appears

Pony Express, William Henry Jackson, +3

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Maps

Creator

William Henry Jackson (images) and Howard R. Driggs (text); restored by Crisco 1492

• Support as nominator -- — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:01, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support That's right, that's the Overland Trail. Bierstadt followed that route in 1859 up the North Platte, and in 1863, followed down the South Platte, both times I believe starting from Atchison, Kansas. Beautiful map. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 06:17, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I can see Adam's point but Crisco 1492 makes cases for either. I support either since I really can't make up my mind. :P – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 20:42, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Support. Nice diagram. I looked at it at 2400px in the preview window.TCO (talk) 06:19, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment I think there are errors in the dates. The description says "by William Henry Jackson, 1861" which is incorrect and misleading. The date parameter says 1951, which confuses me because the source says "issued by the Union Pacific Railroad Company in commemoration of the Pony Express Centennial, April 3, 1960 - October 24, 1961". – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 17:37, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Added to Overland Trail. Several articles credited the image as 1861 and I changed this to 1860, assuming the image was created and issued in time for the commemoration. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 17:48, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ugh, ok I was being really stupid, confusing 1961 with 1861. I think the map shows the 1861 route, and I've gone through the articles and reverted back to the 1861 year, but made clear this was the year of that route, not the year of the map's creation, which obviously confused me on several levels. Hopefully I got it all right. One article's image caption references the 1860 Paiute war, so I didn't change that. Either way, some articles were saying 1860, others 1861, and one or the other should be used for consistency. The map itself was created/issued in 1960 I believe. Again, not sure where 1951 comes in to play. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 19:43, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• The LOC gives 1951 for this edition (follow the source link... not sure why though). This version is dated 1961 and was reissued by the American Pioneer Trails Association. Other than that the source is unclear as to when Jackson made the image and for what purpose. It appears (based on comparison with the version dated 1960) that the only change made to this map was the addition of the Railroad's emblem and some red text, which can be removed lickity split if we want to. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:35, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"Pony express route April 3, 1860 - October 24, 1861" — Oopsie again. I'll go through the articles this image appears on and change 1861 to 1860. This would make all articles, including Paiute-war-mention, consistent. As for the logo—File:Union Pacific Logo.svg—I tend to scratch my head at what's a simple shape/design and what isn't. If that file is anything to go by, then maybe it should be removed? But I'm no expert on that. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 22:40, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• It's posted here without a copyright notice, so copyright-wise it's fine. But for accuracy to Jackson's work I don't mind removing it. No issues, I take it? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:47, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• No issues from me :) – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 22:56, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Done. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:11, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment: I would like a little more explanation/understanding of this image's provenance. First, I want to make triple sure of the copyrights. Was the whole design made by Jackson (I don't mind the UP shield, that is de minimus) or was this assembled from his works (or possibly colorized) by UP in 1961? Second, in addition to rights, I think part of an FP should be that we understand the work as a work and right now, it is pretty confusing when/how created and for what reason.TCO (talk) 19:04, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Do you have a copy of the version before "text was added" so we can see the difference and if the new version has originality? (I guess there is also potentially the issue of copyright for the text itself, but I'd like to see if the image was changed (layout, map, etc.)TCO (talk) 19:07, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • There are no copyright issues. Note how there is no copyright notice, which in the 1960s US meant this was automatically PD (this is the license used, too). The LOC does not have a copy of the design before text was added. For accuracy, see above. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:23, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wait. It's a pretty picture and it will get its star, but I think we owe it to the readers or the image-users to unsnarl some of this confusion if we are good encyclopedians.

(1) The panorama dates to 1951, not to 1960 (just the reissue by the Trail Association). This was after Jackson was dead.

(2) Driggs had a significant input in the design (probably the map, text and layout) while the illos (paintings, not photos) are probably Jackson's.

(3) Jackson did do some painting early in his life, but almost entirely photography up until his last 10 years of life when he turned to painting and illustration. I suspect the painting illos are from about 1930s-40s. Driggs put out a book with Jackson in 1935 about the Pony Express and it had Jackson painting illos. I suspect the 1951 map re-used these paintings.

(4) Right now, the image as being used improperly in the Jackson article is wrong. It's down there in the 1861 period of his life...which is misleading and BAD EV.

TCO (talk) 23:35, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

P.s. I think we can straighten it out by listing Driggs as a co-creator and by cutting or moving the map from the Jackson article (and looking how it is discussed in other articles also).

P.s.s. The rights stuff is probably fine and I'm not into being a dick about that, but if this info helps to raise any concerns (e.g. 1935 book version of paintings?) than you all who are experts can figure it out. Or ask CLindburg at Commons.

P.s.s.s. I'm not trying to be a dick or fussy or stop Crisco from his star. But my bias is to readers and "use in the articles". And the confusion of this image is kind of the opposite of clear explication.

• (1) As I've stated, the LOC does not give an actual year for the map. This gives two possible books: one 1935, one 1942.
• (2) Added Driggs here, has been credited on images for about an hour.
• (3) Agree, added possible source.
• (4) It's actually in "career as an illustrator", which is poorly developed as is. Anyways, clarified that this is a later illustration. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:50, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Does this address your concerns? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:05, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Nope. I'm concerned about the usage in article. The placement makes it look like he did those paintings in the 1860s. I think we owe it to the reader to straighten that snarl out. Maybe you think I'm being picky, but from an article usage standpoint stuff like that is pretty important. I just cleared a picture out of Fluorine from De re metallica that is gorgeous and looks like iron smelting related to fluorite use, but really is not (noble metal separation). I'll go finish the research and then move that stuff down and make a section of his bio on his significant career as an illustrator in his last 10 years of life. The usage in other articles is also either wrong or dancingly vague. After that I'll support.TCO (talk) 23:44, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Alright. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:30, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Strongest possible oppose edit but the original is great, and I Support original. It's misleading to edit out original material in that way, as it presents a highly modified version as if it was the original historic artwork, when the modifications do not improve the image; on the contrary, they remove the provenance of the information. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 13:47, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Hence why I uploaded it separately. Johnson's original would not have included the logo (and other editions exist without it, as linked above), but I don't mind having it. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:09, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • It's far better to take this as an artefact of the time of this image's printing than to speculate about a possible original state without proof. Text could have been rearranged to make space for that - certainly, if it is removed, it produces a large straight bit of negative space not seen anywhere else on the image. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 14:51, 11 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • For comparison: 1961 reissue. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:06, 11 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:08, 12 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Leon II

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 12 Jun 2013 at 22:34:48 (UTC)

Reason

Great EV. Good quality. Colors are striking.

Articles in which this image appears

Leo II, King of Armenia, Keran, Queen of Armenia

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings

Creator

Toros Roslin, 1200s illustrator. (Scanned by Claude Mutafian and uploaded by World Imaging)

• Support as nominator --Proudbolsahye (talk) 22:34, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Questions. Really nice EV and artwork, which inclines me to support. Have a few naïve questions. Do you know a little more about the source (artist, or that it is definitely unknown, also what Armenian document does the work come from). Also, I am not photo techie, but it seemed grainy when I looked at full resolution (like a digital photo or a scan, not like the detail of the parchment).TCO (talk) 23:46, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment @TCO Found it: It's called The Queen Keran Gospel. I'll relay more info on your TP. Wouldn't want to clutter the nomination page... Proudbolsahye (talk) 23:59, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • Conditional support. The info on manuscript/artist sourcing is added now and benefits the file user. Plus it shows the thing as even more notable. Conditional on this not having any "blowing up the resolution" shenanigans.TCO (talk) 02:10, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Strong Oppose This image is of obviously awful quality. There are large amounts of noise, it is off coloured and low resolution. An image like this should not be photographed but scanned. This artist is well known (possibly better than, at least as well as, those depicted) and good copies of his work aren't all that difficult to find. Cowtowner (talk) 13:20, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Good artwork and photograph. Wonderful EV. --Chauahuasachca (talk) 20:12, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose per Cowtowner. I would, however, support the shit out of a big high-quality scan- I love the image, just not this reproduction. J Milburn (talk) 16:11, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:53, 12 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Indian Eagle-Owl

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 13 Jun 2013 at 02:21:41 (UTC)

Reason

good clarity and high EV

Articles in which this image appears

Indian Eagel-owl

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds

Creator

Krzych.w on Commons

• Support as nominator --BNK(talk) 02:21, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Gentle oppose It's a stunning head shot and works well in the infobox (head shots are iconic and function well even if not huge size). But looking in article, I end up preferring the other two (perched full body as well as the in flight one) in terms of composition. I appreciate your work to take the photo, but am choosey about these subjects to pick the best one.TCO (talk) 02:39, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• I know that this pic doesn't have the whole body, but the other pics have a distracting background and this looks more natural than those. Also, the eyes of the subject are more in focus in this picture. Besides, I am just a nominator and not the creator of this pic. Anyway, thanks for your vote.--BNK(talk) 05:58, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Support Good quality, and pretty good EV. We've certainly featured bird portraits before (often without featuring full body shots) so I don't think the EV is in question here, particularly because the appearance of the head is discussed in both the lead and description articles in some detail. Cowtowner (talk) 13:10, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support per Cowtowner. --Pine^✉ 05:38, 11 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 02:30, 13 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Lilac-breasted Roller

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 13 Jun 2013 at 03:05:00 (UTC)

Reason

High resolution, sharp, better than lead image but wouldn't necessarily fit in the infobox. My first bird nom, so I'm not sure if EV is up to par—for one thing, it says "individual" instead of male or female. It appears to be an adult though.

Articles in which this image appears

Lilac-breasted Roller

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds

Creator

Sumeetmoghe (commons)

• Support as nominator --– Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 03:05, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• What's that floating speck on the right? Ought it be cloned out? dllu (t,c) 03:56, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Uploaded over original since it was such a minor edit. There was a second spot on the lower right too. No idea what they were. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 04:33, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Grudging support. Hate FP bird pics, but this is one of the nicer ones.TCO (talk) 05:19, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • alt preferredTCO (talk) 22:37, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Grudging oppose Back of the body sinks into shadow, and severe oversharpening is evident on the head. Samsara (FA • FP) 07:36, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose original in part per Samsara; I don't like the trash on the branch, either. I think the infobox image is a superior illustration of the bird as it shows the feet and the tail more clearly; it's somewhat soft, however (I suppose one could make an argument for downsampling making it of comparative quality to the rest of the gallery?) Cowtowner (talk) 12:59, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment I would like the file description to say what kind of thorntree plant the bird is sitting in.TCO (talk) 17:12, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm actually going to add the lead image as an alt, but I need to fix it up first. I believe that I agree with Cowtowner that the EV of the lead image is superior. We'll see! – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 17:17, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Alt (vote pending) Thanks for the feedback. I added an alt image, which is the lead image in the Lilac-breasted Roller article (the nominated version is being used in the article now). See caption or image description for work done, but mainly the image needed to be sharpened. Same mysterious spots as on the other image, maybe bugs flying around? – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 18:12, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support alt certainly a member of the national bird team of the Earth. Brandmeister^talk 22:14, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support alt, prefer the second alt (less colour noise, Alt 1 seems slightly over-sharpened) Cowtowner (talk) 04:36, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I agree, mine may be slightly over-sharpened (first time working with birds). But what's your opinion on the eye? I asked Biopics below to sharpen anyway. Other FP bird pics seem to have fairly defined eyes. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 20:46, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • I think the eye is in line with the rest of the image. Cowtowner (talk) 21:18, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment I added another alt where I reworked the image from scratch. Biopics (talk) 09:18, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Hey Biopics, my support will go to yours after a bit more tweaking. Your image looks like a RAW file before it's been sharpened. Can you sharpen the body a little (not much) and the area around the eye a little bit more? I only noticed that my image got darker after I'd uploaded it and put it here, and that wasn't my intention at all... I must have slipped on a curves layer. Usually I compare my final with original for that exact reason and I let my confidence that no overall changes had been made. I was going to repair it today and saw you uploaded your alt. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 16:59, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Support alt Tomer T (talk) 08:38, 11 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment This is coming up to closing, and by my count there are 4 explicit supports, with K having struck his and Biopics having added an alt without stating a vote. This should probably get clarified; it would be a bit of a shame to see this not pass for reasons of ambiguity at this point. Cowtowner (talk) 16:34, 12 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• I would support a slightly sharpened version of Alt 2—every FP of a bird I've seen has been pretty sharp, this still seems soft. As for my edit, I have now tried two times, including re-downloading the original image and redoing the sharpening, and both times the image appears slightly darker after uploading to Commons—there's no luminosity change that I can see in Photoshop, but it appears on three different browsers, so I can't in good conscience vote on my original Alt. I'm pretty frustrated with Photoshop. Unfortunately, I can't vote here. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 17:25, 12 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Fair enough, I suppose. I'd point out that this is somewhat larger than most of our bird FPs and that if it were downsampled and resharpened, could probably made to look as sharp as them (I wouldn't go down that road though as some detail is inevitably lost). Cowtowner (talk) 17:42, 12 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:05, 13 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Not enough support for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:05, 13 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Black-crowned Night Heron

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 13 Jun 2013 at 05:59:09 (UTC)

Reason

Good clarity, high EV for the bird and already featured on Spanish Wikipedia

Articles in which this image appears

Black-crowned Night Heron,List of Ciconiiformes by population,List of birds of Andhra Pradesh

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds

Creator

Acarpentier

• Support as nominator --BNK(talk) 05:59, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Question Where is the bird and what kind of fish is it eating? (Nice snap otherwise.)— Preceding unsigned comment added by TCO (talk • contribs) 16:57, 4 June 2013‎

• I can't comment on the fish, but the image is pretty clearly geotagged on the description page (apparently this specimen is in Montréal). Also please sign your comments :) Cowtowner (talk) 17:48, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Support Arctic Kangaroo (✉ • ✎) 08:01, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Good EV for the behaviour section, and certainly has enough drama in it to make the reader want to know more. --ELEKHH^T 09:21, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Very good. Would be nice to know the fish species though. Biopics (talk) 10:59, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Neutral One of my favorite birds. I'm on the fence between neutral and very weak support. The image doesn't show one of the parts of the heron, which the article disappointingly refers to: "Two or three long white plumes, erected in greeting and courtship displays, extend from the back of the head". I would have assumed this piece of anatomy would have an official name. I also find the image really dark and contrasty. I would support if the darks were lightened up a bit. It's a striking image, but those two things make me neutral. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 18:04, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• How about the alt version I have just put up.--BNK(talk) 04:45, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  

• No, I don't think that helped at all—and it's not going to bring the courtship plumes in frame unfortunately :) Sorry, I can't support. But not a bad picture. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 03:55, 10 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Support Thanks for this nomination Nikhilb239 --Acarpentier (talk) 04:49, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support original only; weak oppose alt Colours seem unnatural in the alt, although not excessively so. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 14:58, 11 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Bihoreau Gris.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:02, 13 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• The original is unopposed. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:02, 13 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Bend Her

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 13 Jun 2013 at 13:39:15 (UTC)

Reason

A rather nice poster showing a complicated staging of a very silly burlesque on Ben Hur. Could have wished for a bigger scan, but it's well over our size requirements

Articles in which this image appears

Burlesque, American burlesque, Victorian burlesque

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre

Creator

Courier Company, Buffalo, N.Y.; restoration by Adam Cuerden

• Support as nominator --Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 13:39, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - Of course! Awesome. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:28, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• EV Comment It's a nice image, but that is a strange development of the topic with the overall article and then American and Victorian. I suspect merging them and then discussing the nuances would be a more effective way to present the info for the reader. [Sometimes it makes sense to split a topic, but other times really hurts the reader...see this for instance with subspecies of animals when many sources not making the distinction...but Wiki has a bias for splitting and categorization as opposed to synthesis and compare/contrast.] Also, having Bend Her as the lead for the "combined" article seems a little off. I think the lead on the American article is more iconically burlesque.

The subject is a wide subject; parodies of pre-extant works were a particularly big genre of burlesque. As for the image you mention, I quite like it, but going with what's iconic to modern day risks reinforcing an inaccurate perception that that's all the genre was. It wasn't, and so I think it's good to challenge the stereotype early. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 21:02, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Support per nom. Also a pretty hilarious image. Cowtowner (talk) 05:04, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Interesting :) Brandmeister^talk 09:09, 9 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Stunning, eye-catching, educational and fun, and the horse on skates is hilarious. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 03:53, 10 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:The High Rollers Extravaganza Co. - Bend Her - c.1900.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:03, 13 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sheikh Maktoum

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 13 Jun 2013 at 20:44:28 (UTC)

Reason

Besides meeting the criteria, I think this photograph might be one of Wikipedia's finest pictures of Arab men.

Articles in which this image appears

Maktoum bin Mohammed Al Maktoum

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Royalty

Creator

Rowan Farrell

• Support as nominator --Surtsicna (talk) 20:44, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Pic looks good. I've asked for a Commonser to do the Flikr review.TCO (talk) 02:28, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. It's not super big and the article's not very well developed, and I'd also like to see a little more headroom. However, I do like the photo, and, as said above, this is an underrepresented topic at FPC. J Milburn (talk) 16:08, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Agreed with J Milburn. I uploaded a taller crop over the original. I know technically we're not supposed to do this but it seems really fussy to add a separate Alt/edit for a wider crop. Also, my crop retains the EXIF information which I was worried about at first since I wasn't sure about the copyright status of the image. Apparently the copyright is owned by ITU and they released it on their official Flickr account as CC BY; the photographer is credited in the metadata, but it's ITU's copyright. Good enough for me. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 17:12, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Those lips! Those eyes! And ordinarily I'd call for a crop, but in this case I think seeing his vestments adds to the EV. Daniel Case (talk) 18:14, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Per J Milburn. QatarStarsLeague (talk) 17:13, 11 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Sheikh Maktoum.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:48, 14 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Zwinger and Sophienkirche, Dresden, before the Dresden bombing

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 13 Jun 2013 at 20:52:45 (UTC)

Reason

A good photochrom image of now-destroyed, but significant structures. It's also a useful colour image of the Sophienkirche, although only as accurate as techniques of the time could make it, although, admittedly, the view of the church is slightly obscured. Nonetheless, it's not like we can replace it, and, of course, the other structures are a strength of the image in the other usages.

Articles in which this image appears

Bombing of Dresden in World War II, Zwinger and Sophienkirche.

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture

Creator

Detroit Publishing Co, restored by Adam Cuerden

• Support as nominator --Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 20:52, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Regretful oppose. File view looks grainy and shows cataloging watermark. Minor note, image is from 50 years before the bombing.TCO (talk) 01:59, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• This sort of grain is pretty typical in photocroms; they date to an era before colour photography and were thus painted by hand. The watermarking is also typical of period photochroms because they were popularly sent as postcards. The marks catalogue the print for the company and stated the location for the recipient. I suggest taking a peek at the gallery to get a sense of the nature of these images and what can typically be expected of them technically. Cowtowner (talk) 05:02, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Aye. Those aspects are inherent to all images of this type from this period, and are inherently unavoidable. Photochrom technology was based around a combination of photography and lithographs, and lithographs basically boil down to using acid to create pits in limestone that hold ink, with the amount of acid changing the percentage of surface pitted. This is inherently grainy; the grain creates the artwork. Taking pictures with modern colour film didn't become particularly common until well after the bombing, so it's highly unlikely to find an image from before the bombing, of this or similar subjects, in colour but without the things you object to. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 06:56, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Struck oppose. I wonder what a good 1944 BW photo would look like, though?TCO (talk) 11:42, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It would certainly be a useful addition to the articles, if it existed and can be found. I don't think it'd ruin the EV of this image (if nothing else, there were meant-to-be-temporary changes to the church in 1933, and the copper domes and roofs would not be obvious in black and white), but multiple views of a destroyed object are better. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 15:21, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Support Quality photochrom with strong EV; as adam says obviously we can't recreate this image. Cowtowner (talk) 05:02, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Good ev and nice restoration. Spencer^T♦C 15:50, 11 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Per Spencer. QatarStarsLeague (talk) 17:12, 11 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support! – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 03:49, 13 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Dresden. Zwinger & Sophienkirche. - Detroit Publishing Co.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:52, 14 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Map Projections Set

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 15 Jun 2013 at 19:47:12 (UTC)

Reason

There's a lot of images here (43 46 47!), and it's admittedly overwhelming. I have made this nomination before and feel it should have passed that time (The count for the then 20 images was +5/-2, and all of the quibbles have since been dealt with--I'll talk about this later). I'll also say up front that I by no means believe that all of these ultimately need to appear on the main page, a couple of the more interesting ones would probably suffice. If the List of map projections article one day becomes a FL, it would be a nice opportunity for some front page cross-pollination. But that's for later.

Images of map projections are invaluable encyclopedically. The only other way to describe a projection is through formula which is rather difficult to visualize for, well, anyone. All of the images are clear, high-resolution (heights inevitably vary) and display the relevant features we would expect of maps--longitude, latitude, tropics of Cancer and Capricorn and the equator. Each image has its own article, for which it is the only possible illustration, and thus has great value. All of them appear on the list of projections; some of them have further applications. As a set, they can be compared side to side to highlight some of the more subtle differences between projections. The consistency between images and articles is unquestionably a boon for the project.

At the previous nomination, users raised issues about the darkness of the images, prominence of lines of the map and the provenance of the images. These concerns are now dealt with. Strebe has remade most of the images and improved them greatly, in my opinion. The lines on the map now feature the Equator and tropics separately. They are a mere 1px in weight and as they are solid are less jarring than the previous dotted ones. The lightened oceans make it easier to read the maps and distinguish between land and water. The process for creating the images (as described on their pages) is that they are reprojections of NASA's Blue Marble image using Geocart. The consensus last nomination was the reapplication of mathematical formulas does not constitute OR.

I have left a note on Strebe's talk page as he is deeply involved in work on map projections.

• 
  Albers
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  Aitoff
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  Azimuthal equidistant
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  Behrmann
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  Bonne
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  Bottomley
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  Cassini
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  Chamberlin trimetric
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  Collignon
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  Craig
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  Cylindrical equal-area
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  Eckert II
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  Eckert IV
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  Eckert VI
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  Equirectangular
• 
  Gall-Peters
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  General Perspective
• 
  Goode homolosine
• 
  Gall stereographic
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  Gnomonic
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  Guyou
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  Hammer
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  Hammer retroazimuthal, front
• 
  Hammer retroazimuthal, back
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  HEALPix
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  Hobo-Dyer
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  Kavrayskiy VII
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  Lambert azimuthal equal-area
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  Lambert conformal conic
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  Lambert cylindrical
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  Littrow
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  Mercator
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  Miller
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  Mollweide
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  Natural Earth
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  Orthographic
• 
  Peirce quincuncial
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  Polyconic
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  Robinson
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  Sinusoidal
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  Stereographic
• 
  Tobler hyperelliptical
• 
  Two-point equidistant
• 
  Van der Grinten
• 
  Wagner VI
• 
  Werner
• 
  Winkel tripel

Articles in which this image appears

List of map projections, respective articles, + Assorted other applications

FP category for this image

Maps

Creator

Strebe

• Support as nominator --Cowtowner (talk) 19:47, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Added three more images, changed Peirce one to version used in article based on creator's recommendations. Cowtowner (talk) 06:42, 7 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Question How is the size criteria applied to in sets? File:Collignon projection SW.jpg, for example, is small. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 21:05, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• I thought about writing this in the nomination, but decided not too. Hindsight. All of the images are of a set width (~2058 pixels). Their heights vary by the math behind the respective projection. The size criteria is generally applied as it always is. In this case given that all of the images were produced to a standard and are of a high resolution I think in the case of the somewhat "small" images it can be relaxed Cowtowner (talk) 21:15, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• As a followup, I suppose that I would add the purpose of the images is important. They aren't trying to show the actual detail of the earth's surface, but rather the shape that results from the various projections of its surface onto a 2D plane. I don't know that strictly enforcing that all images meet the 1500px height requirement helps with that goal beyond adding superflous pixels. Cowtowner (talk) 21:41, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Strong Oppose these are software generated, and small, no reason why they couldn't be generated significantly larger. EV here is questionable, so many can't possibly have that much EV for any pages they're on. A list page is marginal EV here, imho. Plus a list is essentially a gallery, which is also against criteria. — raekyt 06:28, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• That's a hugely lazy review. They all have individual articles which were linked to in the gallery and list of the images. There is immense EV here. Also, as Strebe is abreast of the discussion, if the community feels that they need to be larger and that there is a tangible benefit to it, he maybe able to accomodate. Cowtowner (talk) 12:59, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Support. Images look good and encouraging this sort of consistent, high quality, wide-ranging collection of images is a good idea. P.s. Cowtowner, be more concise please. TCO (talk) 13:14, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Sorry, I usually am. A previous nomination and the size made it complicated. I though laying it out clearly would help. Cowtowner (talk) 13:16, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Support. I think this set of images is very informative and well thought out. I think the sizes make sense, and they are very good for the purpose. They helped my understanding of the subject! Nofearnolimits 21:21, 8 June 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nofearnolimits (talk • contribs)
• I quite like this set, but any chance of including some of the pythagorean solid-based projections, say the Dymaxion and the Cahill butterfly? Inclined to support, just think it'd be useful to include a missing map type. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 14:54, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Cahill’s butterfly is not just a single projection. He devised many variations, promoting different ones at different times. The basic arrangement was always the same, but he experimented with different projection schemes, resulting in considerable change to the form of the basic lobe. His original scheme used an arbitrary projection that was not well explained, and he even made ad hoc adjustments to some of the lobes. None of the schemes achieved any great notoriety, so I feel uncomfortable “canonizing” any particular one.
• Fuller, too, promoted more than one scheme, and my discomfort is compounded by World Game claiming some sort of trademark right or copyright to the projection, the nature and extent of which is not clear to me, and while I am dubious of the claims’ legitimacy, have no interest in testing them. Strebe (talk) 20:32, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Also, with regards to the Dymaxion, we have featured this animation which at least demonstrates the concept. Cowtowner (talk) 23:18, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Support as creator Apparently the creator is allowed to vote. I will explain some of the rationale that went into the creation of these images. These principles were discussed before I replaced the ad hoc accumulation of images already present on the various projection pages.

• The base image is derived from NASA Blue Marble imagery, but the oceanic color has been replaced to be much lighter as well as pleasing regardless of monitor color and gamma variations.
• The resolution is a compromise between the need for useful thumbnail presentation and the need for useful base maps. For thumbnails, the lines of the graticule need to be abnormally thick; for actual maps using the full resolution of the imagery, they need to be thinner. Images of higher resolution would work poorly for thumbnails. Images of lower resolution would work poorly for any practical mapping.
• The projection technology reduces aliasing to near theoretical limits. A suite of map projection images of this diversity and quality has never been produced before, not even for research purposes.
• I felt a standardized width is more important than a standardized height because in Web presentation it is the page width that is the constraint.
• The software used to create these images implements far more map projections, so if and when new articles appear for those projections, they will be easily illustrated to the same standards.

Strebe (talk) 20:57, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Question: it says the image is a "derivative of NASA’s Blue Marble summer month composite with oceans lightened to enhance legibility and contrast" - whose derivative? Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 20:59, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• It is the derivative that comes with the Geocart software. From the Geocart manual: “The maps you make with Geocart may be used however you see fit without license and without having to credit Geocart (though we would appreciate if you would when it is reasonable to do so).” From [7]: “Anyone using or republishing Blue Marble: Next Generation please credit 'NASA’s Earth Observatory.’” Strebe (talk) 21:12, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Support — Stigmatella aurantiaca (talk) 09:13, 9 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support it is certainly an extremely encyclopedic set. dllu (t,c) 03:17, 10 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• I have added another image which, by coincidence, was requested today for a new article. Strebe (talk) 06:25, 10 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Albers_projection_SW.jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:31, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• And the other 46 images in the set. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:31, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Palau Nacional

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 15 Jun 2013 at 20:29:18 (UTC)

Reason

High quality and high EV

Articles in which this image appears

Palau Nacional

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture

Creator

Felix König

• Support as nominator --Tomer T (talk) 20:29, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak support Full support except for that supremely annoying guy standing up in the middle. When dedicating themselves to a project like this, I don't understand why photographers don't wait two minutes for people to move, then paint them out (or whatever). Definite wow for the building and surroundings. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 20:35, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak support per K-man.TCO (talk) 04:44, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak oppose.As per Keraunoscopia. But I think the guy is a major distraction from the magnificient architecture and when I looked at the pic this guy immediately caught my attention. Sorry. --BNK(talk) 04:50, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak oppose Very nice quality image providing a lot of detail but poor bottom crop. Also the white cloud in the middle reduces the legibility of the building's silhouette, precisely at the top . -ELEKHH^T 01:06, 10 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose. The guy standing in the middle of the photo, yes, but also the fact that the foreground is completely cut out. It's a compositional faux pas, and removes the sense of perspective from the scene IMO. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 08:39, 10 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose. I have to agree with Diliff. While it's a good image all round and has a lot going for it, it just doesn't seem quite right without the foreground. Fallschirmjäger ✉ 17:18, 10 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:49, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Blackness Castle

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 17 Jun 2013 at 15:12:33 (UTC)

Reason

I've not been through the FP process before, so I'm going to treat the criteria like a check list, so sorry if this if overkill.

1. High technical standard: I am not an avid photographer, but to my eye it's well framed with the subject front and centre, with the landscape in the background adding context. I asked for the opinion of someone far more experienced with images than I, and there is some "funny artefacting". I'm pretty sure that's the technical term.
2. High resolution: the full size is 3,648 × 2,736 pixels.
3. Amongst Wikipedia's best work: I edit a lot of articles about buildings, particularly castle, and aerial photographs are very rare. Ones with good colours, which show the whole subject, are of a good size, and are Commons licensed are even rarer. Aerial photographs allow you to view a building almost all at once; that's part of the reason why you'll find them in publications on buildings. And they have the advantage of being compelling. It really stands out, and for that reason is the lead image of the article on the castle. I think it's really important to have a photo which makes people want to learn more, and this image fills that description to a t. It has the advantage of showing the whole of the castle in its landscape on the edge of the Firth of Forth, helping to understand the strength of the site. It is an uncommon angle because the camera was suspended underneath a kite, flown by the photographer standing on the jetty projecting from the promontory.
4. Has a free licence: CC-BY 3.0
5. Adds encyclopedic value: This relates to the third criterion, but in particular this adds a lot to the article on Blackness Castle. In a nutshell, when writing an article on a building I am desparate for good aerial photgraphs. People would give their eye teeth for this photo of
6. Is verifiable: yep
7. Full description: complete with geotag and meta data
8. No digital manipulation: It doesn't look manipulated to me and the meta data indicates as much.

Articles in which this image appears

• Blackness Castle (lead image)
• Kite aerial photography
• List of castles in Scotland

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture

Creator

Dr John Wells

• Support as nominator --Nev1 (talk) 15:12, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose this has no illustration of the building's depth (in fact, it looks like we got the shorter side of it). We can't see just how far the building goes because of this angle. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:25, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  The buildings you can see behind the tower standing alone in the courtyard mark the end of the castle, so you can see how far back it goes. I might be misunderstanding what you mean by depth though. Nev1 (talk) 15:39, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• I think what Crisco means (because I see it, too) is that the angle from which the photo is taken compresses the perspective so that you can't perceive the depth of the courtyard and distances between the objects accurately. From the photo it's quite difficult to tell that the layout of the castle is much more like this. Cowtowner (talk) 17:12, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• More or less, yes. That second photograph illustrates my concern somewhat (who would have expected empty space between the two towers, for instance, from this photograph?) — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:06, 9 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Thanks for taking the trouble to explain that to me, both of you. I understand the concern (and that photo is rather good too, don't suppose we can contact the copyright holder?) but I still think this file is amongst the best Wikipedia has to offer and is a good representation of the castle. Nev1 (talk) 21:40, 12 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• comment File:San Francisco in ruin edit2.jpg – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 04:10, 9 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support I like this picture because of the way this photo is taken (using kite), it really gives an unusual angle and inspire to read the article further. For other points I agree with the poster's logic. Godhulii 1985 (talk) 12:25, 9 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]