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Neuschwanstein Castle at Schwangau, Germany

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 1 Oct 2013 at 01:19:57 (UTC)

Reason

good quality and nice sky

Articles in which this image appears

Germans, Neuschwanstein Castle, Tourism in Germany, Culture of Germany and The Amazing Race 20

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture

Creator

Der Wolf im Wald

• Support as nominator --Der Wolf im Wald (talk) 01:19, 21 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Well done-Godot13 (talk) 01:51, 21 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support the best photo that we have from this object on commons. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 20:31, 21 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - The thumbnail doesn't do it justice. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:35, 22 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. Very nice.Nikhil (talk) 16:57, 22 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. -- Colin°^Talk 11:19, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support, obviously. Drmies (talk) 02:27, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Schloss Neuschwanstein 2013.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 10:41, 1 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Platanthera bifolia

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 1 Oct 2013 at 10:47:12 (UTC)

Reason

High quality and good EV

Articles in which this image appears

Platanthera bifolia

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Flowers

Creator

Ivar Leidus

• Support as nominator --Tomer T (talk) 10:47, 21 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment It is pity that the pollinia are not cleary shown in this image. They are the main feature to distinguish this species from its sibling Platanthera chlorantha. It lowers the EV considerably IMO. Lycaon (talk) 10:59, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 10:58, 1 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Reichstag building

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 2 Oct 2013 at 08:15:05 (UTC)

Reason

High quality, good image, good lighting, featured on Commons. Only thing missing is Spiderman.

Articles in which this image appears

Reichstag building +3

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture

Creator

Jürgen Matern

• Support as nominator -- — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:15, 22 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Good EV, nice sunset lighting. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 08:19, 22 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Better than the existing FP and the old COM FP. JKadavoor Jee 04:34, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Agree to Colin (although this is double in resolution). Prefer swapping the images too. JKadavoor Jee 15:21, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Oppose Disagree. Think the existing FP has higher ev for the article. The sunset lighting might be artistic, but the image is underexposed and lacks detail and clarity compared to the current FP. -- Colin°^Talk 11:18, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose per Collin. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 12:36, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose per Colin.Nikhil (talk) 12:15, 24 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support The flags are better visible in this picture compared to the other one. Raykyogrou0 (Talk) 20:33, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 08:15, 2 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Napa Valley California Sign

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 2 Oct 2013 at 15:05:45 (UTC)

Reason

High quality photo that has been featured in many locations and globally as the main photo for Napa Valley

Articles in which this image appears

Napa County, California - Napa Valley AVA -Pacific Union College - Wine Country

Wikipedia:Featured_pictures#Places

Creator

WPPilot

• Support as nominator --WPPilot 15:05, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
• Comment - What's the copyright on the sign? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:10, 22 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment The "r" in "poetry" is improperly written and difficult to read. Poor job on the cursive. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 07:27, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I don't really see how that affects its eligibility for featured picture. 86.160.211.148 (talk) 12:42, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Oppose. Sky is blown (distracting) and composition is a little lacklustre. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 14:42, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose per Diliff. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 19:30, 24 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose The color seems a bit off. And the bit about the sky. Raykyogrou0 (Talk) 20:28, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• comment copyvio. Freedom of panorama does not cover 2D objects in the US.Geni (talk) 04:50, 27 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• If the sign were from the 60s and without a copyright notice, not an issue. Hence why I asked about the sign's copyright. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:50, 27 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• While that is true it doesn't look weathered enough to be that age.Geni (talk) 18:38, 27 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Good point. Nommed for deletion. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:57, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:18, 2 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Alcatraz Island

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 3 Oct 2013 at 14:19:54 (UTC)

Reason

High EV "Alcatraz Island is located in the San Francisco Bay, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) offshore from San Francisco, California, United States. Often referred to as "The Rock", the photo was taken at the Americas Cup Pier, in the background is Sausalito & Marin County. If you look closely tourist's can be seen walking up to the prison, from the ferry boat as a dark cloud lingers over the San Francisco bay.

Articles in which this image appears

Alcatraz Island

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured_pictures#Places

Creator

WPPilot

• Support as nominator --WPPilot 14:19, 23 September 2013 (UTC)
• Weak oppose Nice view, but unfortunatley too noisy and unsharp. Tomer T (talk) 23:19, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak support Great picture, except for that distracting dot at the left. Raykyogrou0 (Talk) 20:21, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Fixed the dot WPPilot 03:36, 26 September 2013 (UTC)

Oh, I thought the "dot" meant was the large, faint fuzzy thing in the sky at the left (just above the seagull). What is that? Is it actually a cloud? 86.171.43.177 (talk) 03:44, 27 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Support. Nice composition. Good work making that cloud hang low just at the right time. Drmies (talk) 02:34, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose This is a useful image, but it's unsharp (especially when viewed at full resolution), the colours look a bit off and the fog detracts from the image's composition IMO. Nick-D (talk) 00:22, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose Unsharp, overcontrasty. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 10:12, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:35, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Pup of Lesser short-nosed fruit bat

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 3 Oct 2013 at 11:27:14 (UTC)

Reason

Good image, High quality & Good lighting

Articles in which this image appears

Lesser short-nosed fruit bat

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals

Creator

Anton

• Support as nominator --Anton017 (talk) 11:27, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose Comment great image, but unfortunately unstable (should be in the article 7 days prior to the nomination). Tomer T (talk) 23:27, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Not really an oppose criteria. More of a comment, I'd think. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 11:13, 24 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • Thanks, Crisco :) Changed that. Tomer T (talk) 14:53, 24 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• This is awesome and if stable, has my support. edit: for the record, I'm ok with the extra black on the right side, but if I'm not around to comment for any future adjustments (requested crops), I'll probably be ok with that as well. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 05:17, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Looks amazing, great quality. Raykyogrou0 (Talk) 20:23, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Great image and if stable has Support. Godot13 (talk) 20:42, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Presuming it's in the article at close. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 07:01, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. I want to argue that the fingerprint is distracting, and it is, in a way, but this is less a picture for biological purposes than for amazement purposes. Drmies (talk) 02:32, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. Everything looks good. Rreagan007 (talk) 20:16, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Unidentified newborn bat.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:41, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Bush Cockroach

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 3 Oct 2013 at 14:23:06 (UTC)

Reason

High resolution perfectly centered image

Articles in which this image appears

Cockroach

FP category for this image

Insects

Creator

Cyron Ray Macey at Flickr

• Support as nominator --Benison talk with me 14:23, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support nice pic and is correctly focused on the animal...117.244.42.235 (talk) 14:29, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  Unregistered users can't !vote at WP:FPC. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 08:14, 2 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Oppose - Picture is a bit soft to be worthy of an FP IMO. Unfortunately, blown highlights are a distraction too. Nikhil (talk) 12:07, 24 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Good focus on subject. Raykyogrou0 (Talk) 20:18, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose focus problems. --Pine^✉ 06:04, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Strong support I don't think of any focus problems as suggested. Fine image to FP category. 117.244.36.52 (talk) 02:50, 2 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  Unregistered users can't !vote at WP:FPC. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 08:14, 2 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Support VEry shiny things are kinda hard to get no blown highlights on. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 04:55, 2 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Strong support Nice pic with good focus... JOHN C THOMAS KADAMMANITTA (talk) 09:12, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Neutral The picture is well lit, there is a good level of contrast with the green leafy background and that cockroach (sounds a bit creepy). But a few things come to my mind when I'll say its a Featured Picture, is it ordinary or extraordinary? the former of-course, a run-of-the-mill picture, one you see every other day. So neutral. Sohambanerjee1998 09:40, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Tomer T (talk) 13:31, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Bush Cockroach.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:45, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Charles I with M. de St Antoine

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 3 Oct 2013 at 15:26:29 (UTC)

Reason

High resolution, good quality scan, notable painting

Articles in which this image appears

Charles I with M. de St Antoine, Charles I of England, +3

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings

Creator

Anthony van Dyck

• Support as nominator -- — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:26, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Tomer T (talk) 15:02, 24 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Google art project scans are terrific. Mattximus (talk) 21:50, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Obvious. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 07:05, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support per above reasons, Sadads (talk) 15:32, 27 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support--Godot13 (talk) 00:09, 1 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - per above. P. S. Burton (talk) 11:21, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Anthony van Dyck - Charles I (1600-49) with M. de St Antoine - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:51, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sheep

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 3 Oct 2013 at 23:08:51 (UTC)

Reason

Good EV, good quality, lead image of Sheep article

Articles in which this image appears

Sheep, Captivity (animal), U.S. Sheep Experiment Station (added now)

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals

Creator

Keith Weller, Agricultural Research Service

• Support as nominator --Tomer T (talk) 23:08, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support -- Stigmatella aurantiaca (talk) 10:37, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Raykyogrou0 (Talk) 20:15, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support -- Godhulii 1985 (talk) 20:22, 27 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Camera's a little crappy - the darker areas have a little chromatic distortion - but I think it's a good photo overall. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 16:51, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yeah, the picture is at least 9 years old. Tomer T (talk) 17:06, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Flock of sheep.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:37, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Quinoa field

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 3 Oct 2013 at 23:16:57 (UTC)

Reason

Good EV and quality. A renomination of this nomination, which failed because of instability of the image in the Quinoa article.

Quoting the original rationale by MKwek: "The image composition is perfect: a landscape full with colourful quinoa plants, with the beautiful Lake Titicaca at the background. It creates the appreciation of the Bolivian farmers' work in meeting the world demand on quinoa."

Articles in which this image appears

Quinoa, Neglected and underutilized crop

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Flowers

Creator

NusHub

• Support as nominator --Tomer T (talk) 23:16, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support -- Stigmatella aurantiaca (talk) 23:32, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose overexposed (sky), unsharp. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 19:28, 24 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support -- nice pic Godhulii 1985 (talk) 09:13, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Raykyogrou0 (Talk) 20:14, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak oppose per Alchemist-hp. I think we can do better. --Pine^✉ 06:29, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• oppose Soft in the foreground and the highlights are distracting at full size.Geni (talk) 13:52, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:38, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Vipera dinniki

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 3 Oct 2013 at 23:24:28 (UTC)

Reason

Good detail, high quality and high EV. The only picture in Commons of this vulnerable species.

Articles in which this image appears

Vipera dinniki

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Reptiles

Creator

Benny Trapp

• Support as nominator --Tomer T (talk) 23:24, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support has focus issues but this is good enough for identification, and I like the colors. --Pine^✉ 06:28, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - Pretty much per Pine. There are focus issues, yes, but the detail is plenty good. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:43, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support per Pine. JKadavoor Jee 15:43, 2 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support.Nikhil (talk) 11:29, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:BennyTrapp Vipera dinniki.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:43, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ducati 748

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 3 Oct 2013 at 23:33:49 (UTC)

Reason

High quality, high EV, good detail, excellent lighting, FP in Commons

Articles in which this image appears

Ducati 748

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Land

Creator

Stefan Krause (Ritchyblack)

• Support as nominator --Tomer T (talk) 23:33, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support It's featured on Commons, why not here? Raykyogrou0 (Talk) 20:11, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support good taxobox image. --Pine^✉ 06:23, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Question - Is it just me, or does the light reflecting off the floor look pixelated? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:21, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• There are some lighting or texture effects on the floor that I can't make sense of but they don't bother me. They don't distract from the subject. --Pine^✉ 07:13, 27 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• It's reflecting onto the bike, which is why I ask. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:53, 27 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• I'm still not seeing an issue. Where exactly are you seeing pixelation? --Pine^✉ 06:02, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• That the reflection almost looks like it's pixelated or CA. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:18, 1 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Support. Very nice and sharp and professional. Also, it's a Ducati. If you painted one in feces it should still be featured. Drmies (talk) 01:59, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

LMAO...Godot13 (talk) 00:06, 1 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Support--Godot13 (talk) 00:07, 1 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Ducati 748 Studio.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:48, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Speedball

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 3 Oct 2013 at 23:38:33 (UTC)

Reason

Good quality and good EV, in both the articles Speedball and Sup'Air

Articles in which this image appears

Speedball, Sup'Air

FP category for this image

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

Creator

Stefan Krause (Ritchyblack)

• Support as nominator the pictrues are introduced as two options, but I think they both have a place, side by side, in the FP gallery. --Tomer T (talk) 23:38, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Just to calrify, I support all the versions. Tomer T (talk) 10:51, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment I won't oppose because I think this is a cool topic, but this is probably a daily/weekend event and someone with the intention of taking an FP image of the activity can probably go out there and get superior images. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 05:21, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support "Option 1". Option 2 has a distracting flying pellet and some noise. Raykyogrou0 (Talk) 20:08, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Support for option 2 edit.Raykyogrou0 (Talk) 09:11, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment image 2 can be cropped to get rid of the distracting flying pellet. If that's done I would support these as a pair. I would oppose image 2 if it was nominated separately. --Pine^✉ 06:20, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Added an edit. Tomer T (talk) 06:11, 27 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Support as pair with option 2 edit --Pine^✉ 07:10, 27 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Support - I prefer just having image 1 (this is a team sport, after all) but a no opposition to the alt. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:57, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Option 1, team pic Godhulii 1985 (talk) 07:27, 29 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:SupAir Player.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:55, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Only option 1 has 5 supports. Option 2 has 1, and option 2 edit 3. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:55, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Reading Power Station, Tel Aviv

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 4 Oct 2013 at 02:22:37 (UTC)

Reason

Good EV, High quality.
Reading Power Station, built in Tel Aviv in 1938, was named for Rufus Isaacs, the 1st Marquess of Reading, who served as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (1913–21), Viceroy of India (1921–25), chairman of the (then) Palestine Electric Corporation (1926), and briefly as U.K. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1931). Of the four power producing units, only “Reading D” is currently in operation.

Articles in which this image appears

Reading Power Station

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture

Creator

Godot13

• Support as nominator --Godot13 (talk) 02:22, 24 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support good photo. Tomer T (talk) 14:55, 24 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Raykyogrou0 (Talk) 20:04, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support as per no issues. Mattximus (talk) 21:48, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Nice photo. WPPilot(talk)WPPilot 00:46, 27 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. Well done. Drmies (talk) 01:55, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Israel-2013-Tel Aviv 01-Reading Power Station.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 02:22, 4 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

View of Jaffa

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 4 Oct 2013 at 04:03:10 (UTC)

Reason

Good EV, High quality.

Articles in which this image appears

Jaffa

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture

Creator

Godot13

• Support as nominator --Godot13 (talk) 04:03, 24 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support typical view of Jaffa. But can you add notes in the Commons page, identifying the mentioned buildings? Tomer T (talk) 15:00, 24 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, but I've never done that before. Please give me a day or two. Thanks.-Godot13 (talk) 06:08, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Done.-Godot13 (talk) 06:26, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Oppose This composition is dominated by the ugly sea wall and the beach and doesn't seem to show much of interest. Nick-D (talk) 10:55, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I don't think that ALT1 is an improvement I'm afraid, as it doesn't show much of obvious interest. This is a useful image and the technical standards of the photo are excellent, but the composition is not of FP standard I'm afraid. Nick-D (talk) 03:37, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Raykyogrou0 (Talk) 20:02, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose. I agree with Nick-D: this is mostly a picture of an ugly sea wall. Sorry. Drmies (talk) 01:53, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment - Added ALT version cropping out the sea wall.-Godot13 (talk) 02:23, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose ALT1, very much so. That is harshly off-centre — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:34, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, reverted to the first version of the ALT. No more changes from me. It may simply not be a FP...-Godot13 (talk) 02:50, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• The sea wall is pretty much unavoidable unless you were to take a photograph from a helicopter hovering over the ocean, which I doubt is going to be very feasible. That being said, the actual impact of the sea wall could be cut back by taking a photograph from a boat and then stitching a panorama of the town's coastline. A lot of the panorama images were done like that. It can turn out quite nice — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:59, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Well, while I like this better, I don't think it's an FP. Drmies (talk) 02:47, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support original, oppose alt. Graffiti or not, the sea wall is a nice curved line that draws in the viewer's eyes. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 10:10, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment. In my opinion, the "ALT.1" version gives an unrealistic impression of the view from that position. 86.160.87.129 (talk) 17:38, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support original would be better if sea wall would be skipped. I hope someone make it happen, till then supporting this pic Godhulii 1985 (talk) 20:39, 2 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Israel-2013-Jaffa 01.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 07:27, 4 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Placed it in Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 07:27, 4 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Anatomy of Bathyacmaea secunda

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 5 Oct 2013 at 06:19:31 (UTC)

Reason

SVG image is of more than adequate quality and complexity, is freely licensed, is the only such image Wikipedia is ever likely to have of this obscure deep-sea limpet

Articles in which this image appears

Bathyacmaea secunda

FP category for this image

Animals/Others

Creator

KDS444 (nominator's Wikimedia Commons username)

• Support as nominator -- KDS4444^Talk 06:19, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Raykyogrou0 (Talk) 19:53, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment Looks very good, but I think it needs some orientation for this strange creature. Since there are "left" organs, it should theoretically have a front and back? Mattximus (talk) 21:44, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, and I will take a shot at making this clearer. Would you settle for a "head" to help orientate you? The animal has no tail, per se, and it's digestive system ends at its neck but it certainly does have a front and a back and is shown in three-quarter view here. I will create a new bracket that should clear things up. KDS4444^Talk 18:10, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Support: this splendid image looks like the best we're ever going to get about this species. It is based on the figures from the original article in the "Journal of Molluscan Studies". JoJan (talk) 15:34, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment I applaud the creator for being bold enough to attempt this extremely challenging task, but I do have a few serious comments: First off I am not sure it is a good idea for someone who is not directly familiar with the anatomy of this species (or the anatomy of true limpets in general) to attempt a daring 3-D reconstruction like this from scratch, based only on straightforward "overhead" 2D drawings in the original paper; this illustration is almost guaranteed to be at least somewhat misleading, despite the many hours than have gone into the careful creation of this figure. Also, this 3-D reconstruction is purely diagrammatic, unlike the illustrations in the original paper, which were completely naturalistic. And as a result, this diagram looks considerably more weird and other-worldly than it should look if it was an accurate portrait of the anatomy of the species. If we decide to accept it as being an OK reconstruction, which to my mind is a big jump in the dark, then yes, of course the head or rather the snout should be labelled. I also think one of the tentacles should be labeled, and the label could perhaps say "without eyes", as that is a distinctive feature of the species. But I have many questions: why is the cerebral commissure shown as narrowing so much in the middle, when that is not the case in the illustrations in the original paper? And should the position of the shell in life be indicated? What is labelled "foot muscles" are I believe the shell muscles, a completely different thing, and why do they have rounded ends like bullets (I am pretty sure that is incorrect)? Why is there a grey mark extending out from the back of the animal near the lower edge? It must be at least be stated in the description that is is a diagrammatic view of the creature's anatomy as shown from a viewpoint that is neither lateral nor anterior but intermediate between the two, otherwise people will have no idea what they are looking at. The diagram is partly see-through or cut-away, and partly not. To me it is very confusing in terms of trying to understand the anatomy. Where is the foot? What is the grey blobby stuff at the bottom where the foot should be? To be honest I would have preferred it if the editor had simply redrawn the original illustrations from the paper. Sorry to be rather negative, but I feel I should be honest in expressing how I feel about this, despite it being a very brave attempt to make a synthesis from the available information. Invertzoo (talk) 19:47, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Response I understand accept the above criticism <insert knife, twist, withdraw... Ouch>. Perhaps the image requires more of a preface: like many illustrators of anatomy attempting to show distinctions between organs and systems, I have used color here as a visual aid just as much as I have used lines, gradients, and textures. I did this both to decrease ambiguity with regard to where one part/ organ leaves off and another begins as well as to capture the eye of the viewer without deceiving with regard to placement or nomenclature. The featured picture of the internal anatomy of a spider, for example, applies this same color technique, and to great effect, though it makes no real attempt at a 3D rendering. What I have tried to do here is combine the technical known facts about the creature's anatomy as given in an academic journal and recreate its appearance in 3D using color as an illustrative tool, though I will admit that descriptions such as "grey blobby stuff" are hard not to take rather personally. Criticisms with regard to the style of the cerebral commissure I can take as a request to limit my artistic license there, and can be fairly easily changed; those with regard to the colors or shading used or the "blobs" I have drawn are not as helpful to me. The animal is a soft-bodied mollusc with almost no actual color inside it, and a "faithful" rendering in that respect would have been both bland and unintelligible. Here, using color, I have placed the heart exactly where the heart should be; I have drawn the torsion of the visceral ganglion with the correct direction of twist in the commissure which is located correctly on the animal's right side just above and behind the pleural ganglia; I have faithfully shown where the intestine enters and leaves the pericardium, and have shown the correct placement and arrangement of the nephridial openings and the anus to the right side of and above the head; the lateral wall of of the foot is continuous with the shell muscles (which it appears I must relabel), so I have not drawn a separate foot; I have not tried to indicate things such as variations in the epithelium as this level of detail would be beyond the scope of a gross anatomical illustration. The image is already very complicated— if I had attempted to include a translucent outline of the pedal sole, for example, this might have added very little in terms of interesting or unique information but would have required yet another arrow and explanation— however, if others feel the image must be considered incomplete without it, they need only have said so. And if there are elements that seem superfluous and could be removed, I would welcome those thoughts as well. I have been pondering these options myself for more than three months now, and after more than a hundred hours of development and adjustment in Adobe Illustrator I eventually came to the conclusion that this version had a tolerable balance of what was most important, most necessary, and most interesting. And most correct, as best I could interpolate it, taking artistic license only where doing so added to the image's visual appeal without making it insincere.
  
  Having said all that, if it is confusing then it is confusing and I would rather withdraw my nomination of it for candidacy rather than have a completed work of mine be considered unuseful. I welcome additional input on that front from other editors— I have stared at it so long that I am certain I can no longer see it with fresh eyes. KDS4444^Talk 13:43, 27 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Follow-up comment I apologize sincerely that I hurt your feelings KDS444; I understand that you worked extremely hard on this image for a very long time, and I certainly have no problem at all with the false color. I do believe that the image is quite useful, but I am concerned it is potentially a bit misleading in a few ways, and therefore I personally feel it should not get Featured status. I am also a little bit concerned that making a 3-D construction from the original 2-D drawings in the paper may perhaps represent too much of a "synthesis". Others can of course feel free to disagree with me, and I am not certain I am right on all the points I have raised. Thanks for all your hard work. Invertzoo (talk) 20:59, 27 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Have you considered writing the original authors, asking them to review it? With their approval, this would pass easily. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 05:00, 2 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I agree completely with this suggestion. That would be really terrific. In my experience most malacologists are willing to do something like that. The primary author of the original 2006 paper is Takenori Sasaki, and his email is sasaki{at}um.u-tokyo.ac.jp . If KDS4444 (or anyone else) would like some help with contacting Sasaki, I am more than willing to assist. I have nearly 40 publications myself (I am a semi-professional malacologist and therefore part of the field) but it is not necessary to be in the field in order to contact an author like this. Invertzoo (talk) 13:29, 4 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:29, 5 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wat Arun Ordination Hall Interior

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Reason

This photo, of the interior of the ordination hall has also been used on the Thai version of Wikipedia in a number of place, high EV

Articles in which this image appears

Wat Arun Phra ubosot

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture

Creator

WPPilot

• Support as nominator --WPPilot 11:44, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
• Oppose Picture seems to be taken through a fish eye, also the subject isn't centered. Raykyogrou0 (Talk) 19:46, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose as per Raykyogrou0 Mattximus (talk) 21:39, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Nothing wrong with a fish-eye shot: it works here, in a slightly psychedelic way. It could have been fishier, as far as I'm concerned. And the depth of field is nice too. No, I like this photo--and would support it if it were centered. Sorry. Drmies (talk) 01:47, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 11:49, 5 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Puma face

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Reason

Beautiful high resolution close-up picture of a puma. Hard to believe it wasn't already featured.

Articles in which this image appears

Cougar, Who's That Girl (1987 film)

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Animals/Mammals

Creator

Bas Lammers

• Support as nominator --Raykyogrou0 (Talk) 19:41, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose the ears are cut off giving a rather unrealistic appearance to the animal's face. Mattximus (talk) 21:37, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose. I agree. The balance in the photo is nice, but the cropping is not. Drmies (talk) 01:43, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:26, 5 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Set: Original Edition's Illustrations to Puck of Pook's Hill

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• Illustrations to the First Edition of Rudyard Kipling's Puck of Pook's Hill
• 
  Frontispiece: They saw a small, brown ... pointy-eared person ... step quietly into the Ring
• 
  Weland's Sword: Then he made a sword
• 
  Young Men at the Manor: 'At this she cried that I was a Norman thief'
• 
  Young Men at the Manor: Said he, 'I have it all from the child here'
• 
  Young Men at the Manor: 'Sir Richard, will it please you enter your Great Hall?'
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  The Knights of the Joyous Venture: 'And we two tumbled aboard the Dane'
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  The Knights of the Joyous Venture: Thorkild had given back before his Devil, till the bowmen on the ship could shoot it all full of arrows
• 
  The Knights of the Joyous Venture: 'So we called no more'
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  Old Men at Pevensey: 'A' God's Name write her free, before she deafens me!'
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  Old Men at Pevensey: He drew his dagger on Jehan, who threw him down the stairway
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  A Centurion of the Thirtieth: 'You put the bullet into that loop'
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  On the Great Wall: 'And that is the Wall!'
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  The Winged Hats: 'Hail, Caesar!'
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  The Winged Hats: 'We dealt with them thoroughly through a long day'
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  The Winged Hats: 'The Wall must be won at a price'
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  The Winged Hats: Where they had suffered most, there they charged in most hotly
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  Hal o' the Draft: 'I reckon you'll find her middlin' heavy,' he says
• 
  'Dymchurch Flit': 'I know what sort o' man you be,' old Hobden grunted, groping for the potatoes
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  The Treasure and the Law: Doors shut, candles lit
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  The Treasure and the Law: 'They drove me across the drawbridge'

Reason

I've been trying for more completeness. So I did all 20 original illustrations. They're scanned at 800dpi, so might look a little weird at full resolution - one doesn't normally zoom in on ink that much - but they're high-quality and I've put a lot of work into them - as in, all of September. It's reasonably consistent - I had to tweak the crop dimensions in a few cases because the images themselves aren't entirely consistent nor rectangular, but, insofar as I could, I kept things the same size.

Articles in which this image appears

Puck of Pook's Hill, Harold Robert Millar

FP category for this image

WP:Featured pictures/Artwork/Literary illustrations

Creator

H. R. Millar, restored by User:Adam Cuerden

• Support as nominator --Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 03:19, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support, solid set. The blacks are a little fuzzy because of the high DPI, but considering we can get a two meter poster out of these with good quality, rather than just a full page or so, I think that's acceptable. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:15, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yeah. Ink looks a little weird at 800 dpi. The original size is... well, quite easily calculated, actually. 3332/800 by 5140/800, so 4.2" by 6.4", less borders, so not huge. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 07:18, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support for high quality and complete set. Mattximus (talk) 17:43, 27 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. Drmies (talk) 01:41, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support -- Colin°^Talk 18:27, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - a lovely set and delighted to see them completed. Andrew Gray (talk) 20:46, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - I pointed out some weird coloring on the borders that Adam fixed, so it's only fair that I follow through and support this here now that everything is all fixed up. Also, while I'm here, I feel the need to point out that the guy in slide 9 looks a lot like He-Man to me... Sven Manguard Wha? 23:19, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. Wonderful work. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:30, 1 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:H. R. Millar - Rudyard Kipling - Puck of Pook's Hill 1.jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:20, 6 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:H. R. Millar - Rudyard Kipling - Puck of Pook's Hill 2.jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:20, 6 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:H. R. Millar - Rudyard Kipling - Puck of Pook's Hill 3.jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:20, 6 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:H. R. Millar - Rudyard Kipling - Puck of Pook's Hill 4.jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:20, 6 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:H. R. Millar - Rudyard Kipling - Puck of Pook's Hill 5.jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:20, 6 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:H. R. Millar - Rudyard Kipling - Puck of Pook's Hill 6.jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:20, 6 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:H. R. Millar - Rudyard Kipling - Puck of Pook's Hill 7.jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:20, 6 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:H. R. Millar - Rudyard Kipling - Puck of Pook's Hill 8.jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:20, 6 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:H. R. Millar - Rudyard Kipling - Puck of Pook's Hill 9.jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:20, 6 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:H. R. Millar - Rudyard Kipling - Puck of Pook's Hill 10.jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:20, 6 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:H. R. Millar - Rudyard Kipling - Puck of Pook's Hill 11.jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:20, 6 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:H. R. Millar - Rudyard Kipling - Puck of Pook's Hill 12.jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:20, 6 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:H. R. Millar - Rudyard Kipling - Puck of Pook's Hill 13.jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:20, 6 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:H. R. Millar - Rudyard Kipling - Puck of Pook's Hill 14.jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:20, 6 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:H. R. Millar - Rudyard Kipling - Puck of Pook's Hill 15.jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:20, 6 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:H. R. Millar - Rudyard Kipling - Puck of Pook's Hill 16.jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:20, 6 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:H. R. Millar - Rudyard Kipling - Puck of Pook's Hill 17.jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:20, 6 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:H. R. Millar - Rudyard Kipling - Puck of Pook's Hill 18.jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:20, 6 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:H. R. Millar - Rudyard Kipling - Puck of Pook's Hill 19.jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:20, 6 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:H. R. Millar - Rudyard Kipling - Puck of Pook's Hill 20.jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:20, 6 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Vatican City map

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Reason

High resolution, well used, easy to read, featured on Commons

Articles in which this image appears

Geography of Vatican City +6

FP category for this image

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

Creator

Thoroe

• Support as nominator -- — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:13, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak support - which way is north? Having some compass indication would move me to a stronger support. Chris857 (talk) 17:48, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note: On every map without any indication of the direction north is at the upper side of the map. This is cartography standard. Here the upper side is north, so a compass indication is needless. NNW (talk) 08:36, 27 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • Either way I've pinged the creator. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:51, 27 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • Disagree with NordNordWest, a small north arrow should be added. Mattximus (talk) 22:32, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • What for? NNW (talk) 11:36, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
        • Well, I wondered which way was north, Chris857 above wondered which way was north. Presumably we are not the only ones... Mattximus (talk) 03:24, 2 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
          • I never wondered that. As said, a cartography standard (which I believe is taught in high schools). — Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:19, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. Very nicely done. Drmies (talk) 01:40, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. Looks great and highly usable as a map. Kreig67 (talk) 09:24, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment. Beautiful, very informative and well-presented. It looks like it was made in a vector format though - if so, would an SVG not be more appropriate than this raster? A vector version would also be much more suitable for translation. I'd strongly support an SVG, though if it can't be found I won't oppose this. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 12:25, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • The creator explained on Commons that he prefers PNG as SVG "does not render properly". — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:54, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment Presumably, this well done user-generated map is meant to represent the city in 2013? If so, can the title be changed to add "2013" to reflect that? Just looking at the documentation does not make that intent clear, and the links could change over-time (but an addition to the title would be clearer or even "2013" somewhere on the map itself). Alanscottwalker (talk) 12:29, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• support very high EV.Geni (talk) 13:54, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Tomer T (talk) 03:51, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support I too wondered which way was north. I can see that cartography standard has the top as north, but I have never been taught that. I work in a school system, and I don't think we teach it here (in the middle of nowhere). This map is high enough quality to pass with or without showing which way was north. -- ТимофейЛееСуда. 15:05, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Vatican City map EN.png --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:30, 6 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Americas Cup Winner AC 72 USA Team Oracle

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Reason

EV

Articles in which this image appears

2013 America's Cup - Today's: Main Page

FP category for this image

Creator

WPPilot

• Support as nominator --WPPilot 22:50, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
• Oppose. It's difficult to get a good picture with so much verticality and the design of the boat is such that if it's not above the water there isn't much to see, as we see here. And that building on the right is a bit distracting as well. Sorry. Drmies (talk) 01:36, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The boat has nothing other then the rudder and centerboards as it is a catamaran - a boat with two small hulls. That building is the Bay Bridge.WPPilot 01:49, 28 September 2013 (UTC)

• Oppose. Chromatic aberration on the (blown) highlights (crew helmets), not sharp particularly at the top of the sail, not as informative as it could be. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 12:11, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose. Does not have the level of detail of what I'd call a featured picture. -- ТимофейЛееСуда. 17:25, 6 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:56, 6 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Prague astronomical clock face

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Reason

High EV, high quality

Articles in which this image appears

Astronomical clock, Prague astronomical clock – Zodiacal ring, Jan Šindel (all image replacement with higher quality/resolution)

FP category for this image

Featured pictures/Space/Understanding

Creator

Godot13

• Support as nominator --Godot13 (talk) 19:44, 27 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment - Shadows are a little harsh, and what's with the webbing over the decorations? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:11, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Probably to keep the pigeons off, I would think. 81.159.107.100 (talk) 11:52, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• If it is, that's a shame. Besides, the webbing wouldn't keep the crap away, and would likely make cleaning the decorations more difficult. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:40, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• I also think it is to keep birds off the figures. I thought about trying to remove the shadow of the netting from the clock face, but realized it requires significantly more editing skill than I actually have. Should I work in the shadows on the sides of the face?-Godot13 (talk) 19:58, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I am strongly opposed to any alteration of the content of supposedly factual photographs, even removal of shadows. In my opinion such doctored photographs have no place in Wikipedia, let alone as featured pictures. 81.159.107.100 (talk) 02:31, 29 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• I agree with 81 about the removing of shadows in this case. Now, as to what amount of editing is allowed, you'll find me decidedly anti-"no Photoshop ever" — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:50, 29 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• I'm putting up two alternatives with different lighting from different times of the day. These images have been cropped, and the perspective has been corrected, but nothing has been done to shadows-Godot13 (talk) 23:32, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think ALT1 has some potential, although it is a little overexposed (not by much though!) — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:19, 1 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support original alt 1 has focus problems and the original is larger than alt 2. The original is good enough IMO. --Pine^✉ 06:24, 1 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Original Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 09:30, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Original JKadavoor Jee 06:13, 4 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Original :- Bellus Delphina ^talk 16:45, 4 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Czech-2013-Prague-Astronomical clock face.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:59, 7 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Positano

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Reason

High quality, good composition and high EV

Articles in which this image appears

Positano

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban

Creator

Jensens

• Support as nominator --Tomer T (talk) 09:12, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Extremely sharp and clear. Don't think it's oversaturated. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 09:32, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Good quality and EV. Gorgeous looking place! Jujutacular (talk) 13:01, 4 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. Great image, really defined details. -- ТимофейЛееСуда. 17:28, 6 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment: This is rather low resolution for the view of an entire village... — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:10, 6 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 09:12, 8 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Not enough support for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 09:12, 8 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wii

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Reason

High EV. Large resolution and sharp image.

Articles in which this image appears

Wii, 2010s in video gaming, History of Nintendo, List of video game consoles, PowerPC-based game consoles

FP category for this image

Electronics

Creator

Evan-Amos

• Support as nominator --Kreig67 (talk) 09:31, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Evan's stuff is awesome, as usual, but shouldn't the JPG be used because the software renders it better? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:07, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not really sure about software rendering or anything like that, but the jpg version isn't used in any of the articles. Kreig67 (talk) 11:01, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• All of Evan's featured stuff to date was jpg. The Wiki software doesn't render PNGs properly, so they appear to be softer than they actually are. The video games project prefers PNG for infoboxes because they don't need a background — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:39, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• I added the JPG version as an alt. Tomer T (talk) 13:55, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Support JPG Alt. Never mind the rendering issues, we shouldn't use PNGs for photographs simply so that a thumbnail can have some transparency applied. -- Colin°^Talk 18:30, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support JPG version. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:05, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Neutral I'm not going to oppose this, but I will say that I find the reflection kind of distracting. The Wiimote reflection is fine, but the rest of that side panel also has some weird reflection going on where the source isn't apparent. Sven Manguard Wha? 05:36, 2 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak Oppose per Sven Manguard, also the wrist band looks like it is sitting in an awkward position. -- ТимофейЛееСуда. 14:58, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 09:31, 8 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough

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Reason

Good resolution, great EV, notable photographer

Articles in which this image appears

John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Royalty and nobility

Creator

Allan Warren

• Support as nominator --Tomer T (talk) 10:28, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment It is a fantastic photo, of course. But why such a huge file crippled with strong JPG compression? It looks great scaled down but I don't see what benefit there is to uploading such a highly compressed large version? I suspect a smaller version with the same filesize would look better. Perhaps one of our image restoring experts can advise. Colin°^Talk 11:38, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • It appears to have a couple scanner lines, so it could use a little restoration anyway. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 17:56, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 10:28, 8 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Road Maker (Aríìhiriš) A Hidatsa Chief

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;Reason:High EV. Engraving shows traditional clothing of a Hidatsa Indian chief including buffalo robe, beaded leggings with green horse hair, beaded moccasins, tomahawk with scalp, and eagle feather. There are some notable trade items including peace medal and hat, likely obtained by trade with french traders or U.S explores/surveyors. Also shows full body war paint. Painted by Karl Bodmer, a notable German painter who traveled west and painted American Indians there from life. Images of Hidatsa (Minatarre) people are relatively rare when compared to other tribes like Sioux, Blackfoot, Crow, etc.

Articles in which this image appears

Hidatsa people

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Traditional dress

Creator

Karl Bodmer

• Support as nominator --MatGTAM (talk) 19:46, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Can something be done about the very distracting vignetting? @Crisco 1492:, I think Photoshop has better tools for this than GIMP, so you'd be better placed for this one. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 23:43, 29 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Let me check. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:58, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Well, I tried... something. Also made a more drastic edit (ALT). — Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:48, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• I like it, but you saved it interlaced, which might be a problem? Also, one tip: Darken the text a bit more than the rest of the image - text tends to fade into the background more easily, particularly at lower sizes. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 17:43, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Oops, yeah, progressive. Saving again as de-interlaced. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:45, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support alt Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 05:44, 1 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Support ALT - The picture is more visible on the off-white background. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:50, 1 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support ALT fantastic work Crisco 1492 -- ТимофейЛееСуда. 14:55, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thank you. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:23, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support ALT JKadavoor Jee 06:12, 4 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support ALT Looks much better MatGTAM (talk) 02:57, 04 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:A Minatarre chief 0057v edit.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:05, 8 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Der Busant redux

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Reason

High quality scan of an interesting tapestry, showing scenes from a notable poem. (Actually, this image impressed me enough to have me write the article with a couple German speakers). Last nomination didn't quite receive the attention it should have.

Articles in which this image appears

Der Busant

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Literary illustrations?

Creator

Unknown, scan by MET

• Support as nominator -- — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:48, 29 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support as before. We've been in a bit of a dry spell, probably universities starting back up. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 00:13, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Perhaps. It's dry everywhere right now. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:57, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Support Tomer T (talk) 00:47, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support as before. Mattximus (talk) 01:17, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support -Godot13 (talk) 07:48, 2 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Two scenes from Der Busant.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:48, 9 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Bryce Canyon Amphitheatre

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Reason

High resolution, good colours, sharp, well-used

Articles in which this image appears

Bryce Canyon National Park +2

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Panorama

Creator

Tuxyso

• Support as nominator -- — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:12, 29 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Nikhil (talk) 12:49, 29 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support JKadavoor Jee 16:30, 29 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. Impressive —Bruce1ee^talk 06:02, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Tomer T (talk) 13:34, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Finally, a non-clichéd shot of this place. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 04:41, 4 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Bryce Amphitheater from Sunrise Point Highres 2013.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:13, 9 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Indian Chameleon

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Reason

High quality and good EV

Articles in which this image appears

Indian Chameleon, List of reptiles of Pakistan

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Reptiles

Creator

M.arunprasad

• Support as nominator --Nikhil (talk) 12:44, 29 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support has minor focus issues but I think it's good enough. --Pine^✉ 06:00, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment At full size I'd argue the loss of focus on the tail is problematical.Geni (talk) 13:45, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• I thought of it as well, but I felt it to be a minor issue as per Pine.Nikhil (talk) 14:27, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• If it wasn't for that, this would be a near-perfect FP. As it is, I'm not quite sure. I'm having a think about this one Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 13:39, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Support per Pine. JKadavoor Jee 16:50, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support :- I feel its a good one . Bellus Delphina ^talk 05:05, 4 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Tomer T (talk) 20:06, 4 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Chamaeleo zeylanicus.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:13, 9 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Set: The Taking of Lungtungpen

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The Taking of Lungtungpen is a story by Rudyard Kipling in which three soldiers manage to take a city by swimming across a river (stripping naked to do so), and then engaging in a fight on the other side, still naked. It's eight pages long, and still my edition of Soldier Tales gives two illustrations to it, because, let's face it, naked people are funny. It's written in Kipling's phonetic (but apparently rather accurate) Irish English, hence the spellings in the captions.

• 
  1. '"Shtrip, bhoys," sez I. "Shtrip to the buff, an' shwim in where glory waits!"'
• 
  2. 'There was a melly av a sumpshus kind for a whoile.'

Reason

These are illustrations to one of Kipling's more bizarre tales of British soldiers. The Swantype engraving process is a little grainy, but if the originals even exist, I'd be somewhat surprised, much more so if they're at all publicly accessible. This is from the first edition of Soldier Tales (1896).

Scanned at 800dpi, so, as usual, the ink might look a smidgen odd. Since we have articles for most of the tales in Soldier Tales, I'm going to nominate them in smaller, easier to review batches (that don't make me disappear from FPC for three weeks)

Although I do think it's tastefully done, we don't get a lot of male nudity here; if this is a problem to anyone, I have no problem with putting these behind a ((hat)) tag.

Articles in which this image appears

The Taking of Lungtungpen.

FP category for this image

WP:Featured pictures/Artwork/Literary illustrations

Creator

Archibald Standish Hartrick (Best name ever, 1864–1950). Restored by Adam Cuerden

• Support as nominator --Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 00:01, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - We have to counterbalance the female nudity on the MP. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:55, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Tomer T (talk) 10:48, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support.Nikhil (talk) 23:54, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Shupport sez I. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 04:38, 4 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Archibald Standish Hartrick - Rudyard Kipling - Soldier Tales 18 - The Taking of Lungtungpen 1.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 00:04, 10 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Archibald Standish Hartrick - Rudyard Kipling - Soldier Tales 19 - The Taking of Lungtungpen 2.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 00:04, 10 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ada Lovelace

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Reason

Lead article image with good quality and good size by a noted artist

Articles in which this image appears

Ada Lovelace

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering

Creator

Alfred Edward Chalon

• Support as nominator --Pine^✉ 05:57, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support I'm AGF-ing on the image being as saturated as it appears; it's certainly not unreasonable saturation for a watercolour, and that there's not bits cropped out. As those are the only things that could cause me to vote against this image, I would love to see this pass. Also, you know she's generally considered the first computer programmer? She worked out programs before computers able to run them existed. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 07:28, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • She wasn't the first though that would have been Charles Babbage. After that depending on how you define working on a program and various dates she was either second, fourth or nowhere.Geni (talk) 13:26, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • Not exactly. Babbage didn't design algorithms for his computers, he saw them as basic mathematical aids. She was the one credited for spotting the potential. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 17:42, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • The earliest known program was the one Babbage presented at Turin. If Babbage didn't design algorithms there would have been no reason for him to go beyond the difference engine.Geni (talk) 06:45, 1 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Excellent. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 10:09, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support famous painting of her, and of good quality. Tomer T (talk) 10:46, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support.Nikhil (talk) 10:59, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support per my vote at Commons. Daniel Case (talk) 00:10, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support : Bellus Delphina ^talk 21:13, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support — Absolutely stunning. Kurtis ^(talk) 08:38, 9 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Ada Lovelace portrait.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:57, 10 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Phonebloks

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Reason

Good EV, high resolution.

Articles in which this image appears

Phonebloks

FP category for this image

Electronics

Creator

Dave Hakkens

• Support as nominator --Kenyan Explosives Manufacturer (talk) 10:00, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support, good photo illustrating an interesting concept. Arachka (talk) 13:11, 1 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Tomer T (talk) 14:44, 2 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment I do wish there was a disassembled image. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 02:21, 5 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Azusa has uploaded an entire set of images to Commons here Kenyan Explosives Manufacturer (talk) 11:05, 5 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Can we add one of those to this as a set? I think they have important additional information. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 15:02, 5 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see why not. I only nominated this one because it was the only image in the article, but now Tomer T added another. Kenyan Explosives Manufacturer (talk) 13:17, 6 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Oppose -- Questionable notability, not encyclopedic since it is a conceptual device, not something available. It may be a good picture, but the subject probably shouldn't even have a Wikipedia page, let alone be a featured picture IMHO. -- Dougie WII (talk) 04:42, 10 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • If you question the notability, please do it formally. Tomer T (talk) 07:34, 10 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:08, 10 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Landsort

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 10 Oct 2013 at 11:06:31 (UTC)

Reason

Good lighting, good composition, high quality and EV, FP in Commons

Articles in which this image appears

Landsort

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture

Creator

ArildV

• Support as nominator --Tomer T (talk) 11:06, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support.Nikhil (talk) 11:39, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support JKadavoor Jee 16:41, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support --Godot13 (talk) 00:00, 1 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support :- Bellus Delphina ^talk 04:58, 4 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Sam Sailor ^Sing 19:40, 8 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Landsort Lighthouse August 2013 09.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:13, 10 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Whistlejacket

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Reason

Good quality and high EV notwithstanding a tight crop on the left

Articles in which this image appears

Whistlejacket, Horses in art, 1762 in art

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings

Creator

George Stubbs

• Support as nominator --Nikhil (talk) 11:08, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• question The colour goes right up to the left hand edge in places. Does the original crop that tightly?Geni (talk) 13:18, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• It seems that is the case, looking at the file history and also at this link.Nikhil (talk) 14:20, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• hmm yes in fact looking at the darkening on the upper left edge and the bottem left courner I can't help wondering if the original canvas was damaged in some way.Geni (talk) 15:14, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Support I can't believe that The National Gallery would screw up the crop so badly as the presumption that the crop was screwed up would imply. It's probably one of those things where, if seen in its original context, it would make more sense (or that it was cropped with a saw at some point for some reason). Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 22:29, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Support - The Beeb shows it in its frame to be like this, so I think this is an accurate representation. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:17, 1 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support goes for ALT as well. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:53, 5 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Good find. That sorts it. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 07:25, 1 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support JKadavoor Jee 07:21, 2 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. Very striking; excellent candidate. J Milburn (talk) 08:50, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support but is there anyway that there could be more space between the tail and the edge of the photo? -- ТимофейЛееСуда. 14:53, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• I don't know, may be if people like Adam Cuerden and Crisco 1492, who are very good at restoration, could help us on this :).Nikhil (talk) 16:21, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• It is not acceptable to add fake parts to a painting. Well ... maybe if it is certain that the picture was originally bigger, and the exact original dimensions are known, and it is certain that there was nothing in that part other than continuation of the same flat green colour, and the picture is accompanied by some big disclaimers explaining the reconstruction. Even then I'm not sure... 86.160.84.127 (talk) 19:46, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• I guess it would be equally unacceptable to crop the other edges tighter as well? It just looks a little off with there so much blank space above and to the right of the horse. -- ТимофейЛееСуда. 21:18, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• I'd certainly not add the extra white space, because the main image in a painting article is generally supposed to represent the painting as it is today. Adding the extra space on the other side, even if historically true, feels like WP:OR and misrepresentative of the work. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:57, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• The original painting visible in the National Gallery does in fact have a bit more space to the left of the tail. The current crop has chopped off a centimeter or so of hairs that were present in the original, but even the original framed painting appears to have a bit covered by the frame. Stigmatella aurantiaca (talk) 02:24, 4 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• That would be a bit more reasonable (and, looking more closely at the Beeb, seems to be supported by modern sources). A bare centimetre or two? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:30, 4 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• About 1 centimeter or maybe a bit more. To get this estimate, I took the Wiki image, rendered it transparent, and using Gimp, overlaid, rotated, and scaled to match the Beeb image as closely as possible. At the zoom level that I was using for this exercise, 2–3 pixels of excess cropping on the left edge corresponded to 1–1.5 cm. The excess cropping appears to have been necessitated by the original image being tilted by about a centimeter or so. Including all of the tail would have brought in some of the upper left hand frame. Stigmatella aurantiaca (talk) 03:23, 4 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• When I tried lining up the two I got some space on both sides. Surprisingly. My edit is here as an alt. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:27, 5 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Yes, there was a bit of cropping all around. But people here were concerned about the tail being chopped off. Let me add my Support here to your ALT. Stigmatella aurantiaca (talk) 08:20, 5 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Danke. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:53, 5 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Change to Support ALT, its better :) -- ТимофейЛееСуда. 17:54, 5 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Whistlejacket by George Stubbs edit.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:35, 10 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Egyptian Vulture

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 10 Oct 2013 at 14:45:07 (UTC)

Reason

High quality and high EV

Articles in which this image appears

Egyptian Vulture

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds

Creator

Kadellar

• Support as nominator --Tomer T (talk) 14:45, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support nice Godhulii 1985 (talk) 17:41, 8 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Nikhil (talk) 13:10, 9 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support But suggest crop some of the left extra green area off. Dougie WII (talk) 04:30, 10 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support JKadavoor Jee 06:57, 10 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Neophron percnopterus - 01.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:44, 10 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sleeping Venus

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 9 Oct 2013 at 02:35:43 (UTC)

Reason

high quality and high EV

Articles in which this image appears

Sleeping Venus (Giorgione), Giorgione

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings

Creator

Giorgione

• Support as nominator --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 02:35, 29 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - Naturally. Although I think we have more nudes of Venus featured than any other entity. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 03:44, 29 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Another excellent google art project scan. Mattximus (talk) 01:14, 30 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment Something seems off about this, but it might just be the age of the painting. I don't know enough to vote. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 09:38, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • +1. Tomer T (talk) 15:53, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support :- Its a beautiful work, I really like it. Bellus Delphina ^talk 16:51, 4 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support very nice image. Rreagan007 (talk) 19:13, 7 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Giorgione - Sleeping Venus - Google Art Project 2.jpg --Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 07:58, 12 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Lenin's Mausoleum (night)

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 12 Oct 2013 at 07:59:26 (UTC)

Reason

Good EV, high quality

Articles in which this image appears

Lenin's Mausoleum

FP category for this image

Places/Architecture

Creator

Godot13

• Support as nominator --Godot13 (talk) 07:59, 2 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Tomer T (talk) 18:03, 2 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support minor blurry issues, but very visually appealing. -- ТимофейЛееСуда. 14:51, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• commentAt first glance it isn't really clear which bit is the Mausoleum.Geni (talk) 16:36, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Understood - Annotations have been added in the Commons image to clarify each of the three structures mentioned.-Godot13 (talk) 17:42, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment. Even though it may be true to life, I get the strong impression that the picture is severely tilted. 86.160.84.127 (talk) 19:12, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Using a 28-70mm lens at 28mm created some perspective tilt, which was corrected. As you mentioned, the image is true to life.-Godot13 (talk) 19:59, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Support : nice : Bellus Delphina ^talk 04:55, 4 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak Oppose -- As per Geni it is difficult to figure out exactly what the picture's subject is. It also seems to be taken at a slight angle. This is an extremely notable place and eminently replaceable. No offense to the photographer, but I think Wikipedia can do better. -- Dougie WII (talk) 04:00, 12 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 08:04, 12 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Pied Kingfisher

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 13 Oct 2013 at 16:02:13 (UTC)

Reason

High quality, good EV, and good composition showing clearly the bird's whole body

Articles in which this image appears

Pied Kingfisher

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds

Creator

Вых Пыхманн

• Support as nominator --Tomer T (talk) 16:02, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Looks good to me. Possibly selectively denoise the background? --99of9 (talk) 02:36, 9 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Clear photo of subject, no negatives I see. Dougie WII (talk) 04:27, 10 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - Solid bird picture. A selective denoise would do no harm, methinks, but it's fine as is too. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:08, 13 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support JKadavoor Jee 06:16, 13 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Pied kingfisher.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:58, 13 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Valerie Aurora

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 13 Oct 2013 at 21:10:03 (UTC)

Reason

Good Quality, EV, composition and FP in Persian language Wikipedia

Articles in which this image appears

Valerie Aurora

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People

Creator

SarahStierch

• Support as nominator --Bellus Delphina ^talk 21:10, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose - The vignetting / photoshopped shadows are much, much, much too drastic. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:54, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • That could probably be fixed by cropping a bit off the top. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 17:25, 4 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • I'd go maybe 100px in each direction, actually, as a lop off the top would end up looking quite disconcerting. But that would make this image too small. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 03:14, 5 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • Also, a note: Sarah didn't take this photograph. She just uploaded it. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:59, 5 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose I like how clear her face is, but the pose (angle of torso and right arm) is strange. It makes the left side of her torso appear elongated. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 04:53, 5 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:13, 13 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Mount of Olives (Aerial view)

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 13 Oct 2013 at 22:39:22 (UTC)

Reason

High EV and Quality; Featured on Commons.
The Mount of Olives is referenced in both the Old Testament and New Testament of the Bible and is home to several significant religious landmarks.

Articles in which this image appears

Mount of Olives

FP category for this image

Places/Landscapes

Creator

Godot13

• Support as nominator --Godot13 (talk) 22:39, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak oppose The image, while high resolution, is not crisp and therefore we've lost sight of the details. -- ТимофейЛееСуда. 22:12, 7 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support very educational view. Tomer T (talk) 13:37, 8 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:49, 13 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Backwaters of Alappuzha

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 14 Oct 2013 at 04:35:06 (UTC)

Reason

Good EV, composition and quality

Articles in which this image appears

Kettuvallam, Backwater (river), Alappuzha district, Kerala

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Places/Landscapes

Creator

Mydreamsparrow

• Support as nominator --Bellus Delphina ^talk 04:35, 4 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose. Not an intriguing photo, and not FP quality. The subject is most definitely the boat, which is very interesting in itself, but as the photo is portrait layout we do not get the detail work of the boat. I would venture to say a good 80% of this photo is wasted space. -- ТимофейЛееСуда. 22:09, 7 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose per above. Sorry. Nikhil (talk) 13:16, 9 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose per Тимофей -- Dougie WII (talk) 04:42, 12 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose The subject, as I think should be house boat, not the Backwaters of Alappuzha as caption says. Hopefully please change the caption. The image is of good composition but as above stated, most of the pic focuses on water surface, not on the subject. You might also have photoshopped out the waste materials in the water. So, oppose. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Benison P Baby (talk • contribs) 06:10, 13 October 2013‎

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:04, 14 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Messier 94 Galaxy

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 14 Oct 2013 at 06:23:05 (UTC)

Reason

Fine Quality high resolution picture

Articles in which this image appears

Messier 94

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out

Creator

R Jay Gabany

• Support as nominator --Benison talk with me 06:23, 4 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support--DFSM Discussion 09:08, 4 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support : Bellus Delphina ^talk 13:38, 4 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support -- JOHN C THOMAS KADAMMANITTA (talk) 14:00, 4 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment Is 1200x1200px really the biggest image available for this one? Also, the source has no indication of this being CC-licensed. This can't pass until the copyright status is cleared up. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 17:20, 4 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• On his cosmotography.com website, R Jay GaBany has clearly indicated that his copyrighted images should not be "reproduce[d] or distribute[d] without permission." I have emailed him for permission so as not to see this image deleted from Commons, but meanwhile, I Oppose. Stigmatella aurantiaca (talk) 11:53, 5 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• R. Jay GaBany sent an email back to me thanking us for noting this violation of his copyright. The damage having already been done, he has agreed to a Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License for this image. I forwarded his reply to OTRS and struck out my oppose. This image of Messier 94, despite being slightly undersized, nevertheless appears to be the most attractive to be seen on the internet (YMMV, of course!), so I am voting Support as a thank you to GaBany. Stigmatella aurantiaca (talk) 04:01, 6 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Oppose - Nowhere near the resolution and quality we've come to expect from space images. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 03:12, 5 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose Very soft and per Crisco 1492. Also, comment, I was under the impression star spikes were considered undesirable, and here they seem to be quite blatant. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 04:50, 5 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Depending on the construction of the telescope and exposure conditions, the spikes are unavoidable, due to optical diffraction around the supports. You can't fault an image for showing them around the brightest stars. This image was taken by a remote-controlled observatory owned by the Internet Telescope Partnership, and for an amateur shot, is extremely good. Stigmatella aurantiaca (talk) 09:02, 5 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment NASA has a picture in 2820x2820 resolution. JKadavoor Jee 06:56, 5 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Not sure an ultra-violet picture is directly comparable. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 10:43, 5 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • No, but it does indicate that far stronger is possible and may be forthcoming. J Milburn (talk) 14:30, 5 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose as above. J Milburn (talk) 14:30, 5 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak Support as we don't seem to have better. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 01:23, 9 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose As per low resolution. Not really comparable to the other stellar stellar FPs Mattximus (talk) 03:14, 9 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:31, 14 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• There is only a 57,89% support for the promotion of the image. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:31, 14 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hamidian refugees

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 14 Oct 2013 at 07:25:53 (UTC)

Reason

Very good EV. They are refugees from the Hamidian massacres. The photograph is from the 19th century and is very rare and valuable. It has gone through a series of touch ups. Proudbolsahye (talk) 07:25, 4 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Articles in which this image appears

Hamidian massacres

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/History/Others

Creator

Bain News Service, publisher

• Support as nominator --Proudbolsahye (talk) 07:25, 4 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose - As usual Centpacrr has done a good job with the major blemishes. However, there is still quite a bit of scratching and other distortions, which means this is not near the FP level yet (look at the mother's face, for instance; the whole of her chin is scratched, and her eyes are lost to the scratches). There seems to be some motion blur as well, though with children of that age I'm not surprised. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:58, 5 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• I can have Centpacrr (talk · contribs) check the issues out. It really is up to him if he really wants to fix the minute details. Looks like a meticulous and tough job on his part. With that said, I thought the motion for the photograph fit the background and theme. They're refugees on the go searching for shelter in the end of the day. Anyhow, we'll see if more fixes will be made. If not, that's no problem with me. The photograph is still outstanding and very dramatic. Proudbolsahye (talk) 10:13, 5 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• It's nice, but not FP level yet. Good enough for most online purposes, however. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:15, 5 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Support — Stigmatella aurantiaca (talk) 22:29, 5 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak Oppose per Crisco 1492. -- ТимофейЛееСуда. 03:02, 14 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 07:29, 14 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Orchis militaris

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 14 Oct 2013 at 14:50:21 (UTC)

Reason

Good quality and good EV

Articles in which this image appears

Orchis militaris

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Plants/Flowers

Creator

lifar

• Support as nominator --Bellus Delphina ^talk 14:50, 4 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support — Yes, lovely photograph. Kurtis ^(talk) 08:41, 9 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose A pity this is partly wilted. The image in the gallery looks a lot fresher, and shows the entire plant. --Janke | Talk 05:58, 10 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Zoom in on it closely, it is not wilted, it's just how the flower/plant looks. Dougie WII (talk) 04:20, 12 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Support Dougie WII (talk) 04:20, 12 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:54, 14 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Small Tortoiseshell 2

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 15 Oct 2013 at 12:24:55 (UTC)

Reason

High quality and good EV

Articles in which this image appears

Small Tortoiseshell

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects

Creator

Böhringer

• Support as nominator --Tomer T (talk) 12:24, 5 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support JKadavoor Jee 06:50, 10 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment I like this photo, but since it's such a prominent part of it, I'd like to see the species of flower the butterfly is on included in the caption/photo description. If that was added I'd be a definite support. -- Dougie WII (talk) 09:11, 12 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• The species of flower is already in the photo description — it's there in German. I've added it in English. Julia\^talk 19:59, 12 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Support -- per Julia W's edit. -- Dougie WII (talk) 16:52, 13 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:25, 15 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Small Tortoiseshell 1

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 15 Oct 2013 at 12:25:00 (UTC)

Reason

High quality and good EV

Articles in which this image appears

Small Tortoiseshell

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects

Creator

Jörg Hempel

• Support as nominator --Tomer T (talk) 12:25, 5 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support -- Clear picture of notable subject. -- Dougie WII (talk) 05:31, 10 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support JKadavoor Jee 06:50, 10 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment. It seem nit-picky to criticise, but I do find the composition, with the apparent purple frill around the wings, slightly unfortunate. 86.160.218.148 (talk) 22:52, 10 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - Bellus Delphina ^talk 06:41, 13 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support -- ТимофейЛееСуда. 02:56, 14 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Good lightning and focus.. Benison talk with me 15:28, 14 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Aglais urticae LC0310.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:25, 15 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Henri Frenay

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 15 Oct 2013 at 14:36:57 (UTC)

Reason

High quality and EV

Articles in which this image appears

Henri Frenay

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Military

Creator

Frink (uploaded by Christoph Braun)

• Support as nominator --Tomer T (talk) 14:36, 5 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment - Awesome image, but copyright is unclear. If PWB was a joint British-American group, how do we know "Frink" was an American? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:55, 6 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Wouldn't it likely count as Crown Copyright (a straight 50 years) if it was British? Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 08:19, 6 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • If a military photographer, probably. What if the photographer was a civilian? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:23, 6 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • Why would the image be in the Library of Congress' collection if that were the case? Rreagan007 (talk) 19:10, 7 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
        • The unit was semi-military, so it may have been shared between governments (it was, after all, a joint operation). Far as I can tell, Crown Copyright only goes for actual employees of the UK Gov. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:25, 8 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
          • Since it is in the U.S. collection, I have to assume that it was an American who took the photo. And even if it were a civilian working for the U.S. government who took the photo, it would still be in the public domain as an image taken by a U.S. government employee. Rreagan007 (talk) 20:08, 8 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
            • Probably a safe assumption, but for FP I really want certainty when it comes to copyright. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:35, 8 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
              • It is impossible to be 100% certain of the copyright status of most works. Under the Library of Congress description page for this photo it says "Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication." That's good enough for me. Rreagan007 (talk) 18:25, 9 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
                • It's also quite possible to be "beyond a reasonable doubt" for most works, which is what I was aiming at. You raise a good point about the LOC's designation, although I note that they are sometimes incorrect. I won't oppose, but I'm not going to support. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:50, 9 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support with concerns due to copyright status. -- ТимофейЛееСуда. 02:58, 14 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:36, 15 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Indian Ring-necked Parakeet

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 27 Oct 2013 at 14:41:53 (UTC)

Reason

Wikipedia is one of the few places in the entire internet universe which provides Neutral point of view and information without bias. Sometime back during projects I used to come to Wikipedia looking for stuff that would enrich them and was pretty selfish by not giving it back. So I am here but thats not the point. During that time during those boring hours of doing homework the colourfully and bright pictures that accompanied the article were my only source of respite. Thats where a Featured Picture plays its most significant role of improving the visual appeal of an article and at the same moment is of encyclopaedic valued enough to identify the topic and or object in commentary. According to me thats the most important unmentioned criteria of a FP which this picture has and this nomination is to earn the nod of the community who share the same thought as mine. For the formality this picture according to the criterion's as follows -

1. this image is free of the drawbacks listed in the mentioned criteria.
2. High resolution, 2,592 × 1,944 pixels is sufficient enough if my understanding of the criteria is correct.
3. being the owner and photographer my opinion on this criteria will be biased nonetheless even if not consciously so I leave it for the community to decide.
4. this picture was captured and release under CC BY-SA 3.0 so its definitely a free image
5. EV - this also for the community to decide.
6. verifiable, I think so.
7. I am new to uploading files in commons so description-wise I have tried my best and have also provided geographical location.
8. No digital manipulation. It was extremely hard for me to reject the temptation to edit this in Adobe Photoshop CS6 but for the pictures originalities sake I refrained from doing it. If asked corrections will be made.

Phew! I finally did it! Even if the image fails the process I will not be one-bit/byte sad as clicking this one gave me immense happiness one that anyone would not get even after getting all the wealth in this universe so no regrets. --Sohambanerjee1998 14:41, 17 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Articles in which this image appears

Rose-ringed Parakeet

FP category for this image

Animals

Creator

Sohambanerjee1998

• Support as nominator --Sohambanerjee1998 14:41, 17 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose - Way, way, way, way too crowded. Dozens of branches, just everywhere.... — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:49, 17 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose: Per Crisco, and recently replace image to pass FP criteria. Tito☸Dutta 15:11, 17 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose as nominator and withdrawing nomination. - As per the above comments. I deeply regret my actions which were out of my naivety and foolishness I am withdrawing the candidate if possible. Sohambanerjee1998 16:10, 17 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted -- — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:49, 17 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Coral outcrop on Flynn Reef

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 18 Oct 2013 at 06:23:58 (UTC)

Reason

I'm a bit hesitant to nominate this, because underwater pics are technically difficult, but I think this one came out really well, and it is emblematic of the colour and diversity of reef corals. I just noticed how much external use this is getting, so I thought maybe it would be of value as an FP as well.

Articles in which this image appears

Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea, Coral reef, Coral, Coral reef protection, List of World Heritage Sites in Oceania

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Cnidaria

Creator

99of9

• Support as nominator --99of9 (talk) 06:23, 8 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - Though a bit blurry on the coral, this is still quite stunning, and the focus in some places is as sharp as on land, — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:34, 8 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support as above JOHN C THOMAS KADAMMANITTA (talk) 07:06, 11 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support -- Dougie WII (talk) 04:37, 12 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support JKadavoor Jee 06:08, 13 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support -- ТимофейЛееСуда. 02:58, 14 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - Mydreamsparrow (talk) 11:04, 14 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Coral Outcrop Flynn Reef.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:25, 18 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Jacob Appelbaum

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 18 Oct 2013 at 10:26:06 (UTC)

Reason

Interesting and well-done portrait, high quality and EV

Articles in which this image appears

Jacob Appelbaum

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering

Creator

Rama

• Support as nominator --Tomer T (talk) 10:26, 8 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. I actually really like this one; a fantastic composition, and I'm all for more portrait FPs. It's not technically perfect, but it does the job and has lots of character. J Milburn (talk) 09:46, 13 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment - Looks a bit noisy at full size, to me. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:46, 13 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose per Crisco: the noise level is quite high here (for instance, check out his ear at full size). Nick-D (talk) 10:41, 14 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 10:32, 18 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wah-ro-née-sah (The Surrounder), an Otoe chief

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 18 Oct 2013 at 21:10:05 (UTC)

Reason

The painting shows a veteran Otoe warrior and chief. The painting gives an important look at traditional clothing such as the hair style, wampum earrings, pipe, and most of all a beaded grizzly bear skin robe. The Otoe tribe, which fused with the related Missouria tribe remain relatively unknown to the general public and any images of them in traditional attire are valuable sources of history. The portrait is painted by well known artist of American Indians George Catlin. Catlin's work is seen as highly valuable due to its depictions of American Indians at a time when most contact between Europeans and Indians of the North American west was with fur traders.

Articles in which this image appears

Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians,George Catlin

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Traditional

Creator

George Catlin

• Support as nominator --MatGTAM (talk) 21:10, 8 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - Seems a tad dark (like most Google scans) but certainly a solid contender. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:31, 8 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - Painting with historical encyclopedic value. -- Dougie WII (talk) 04:32, 12 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support per Dougie WII. -- ТимофейЛееСуда. 02:59, 14 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support JKadavoor Jee 05:15, 14 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - Bellus Delphina ^talk 11:10, 14 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:George Catlin - Wah-ro-née-sah, The Surrounder, Chief of the Tribe - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:59, 18 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

MV Seabourn Quest

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 19 Oct 2013 at 15:06:28 (UTC)

Reason

High resolution and quality, pretty good view at the bow of the ship, size is striking

Articles in which this image appears

MV Seabourn Quest

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Water

Creator

Christian Ferrer