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Original – The Amiga 500 personal computer system, pictured with a monitor, a mouse, a keyboard, and a floppy disk drive.
Reason
This is Amiga500 system.jpg, a image of a highly notable computer system, the Commodore Amiga 500. Pictured by Bill Bertram (Pixel8) (on all revisions except for the first one, which was made by Hellisp), it looks very high quality with professional visual standards and high resolution. It is the captioned lead image in the Amiga and Amiga 500 articles and uses the CCASA 2.5 Generic license, plus it gives readers an easy-to-digest understanding of what the Amiga (and Amiga 500) is. The facts in both articles prove it well. There's a decent file description in English. It is also a Quality image on Wikimedia Commons and was Picture of the Day on that website for April 24, 2007. All digital manipulation in here is correct, not false.
Articles in which this image appears
Amiga
Amiga 500
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Electronics
Creator
Pixel8 (Bill Bertram) (revisions 2, 3 and 4), Hellisp (revision 1)
Oh. I'm Aya Syameimaru! I 文々。新聞 10:57, 29 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe I could use an appropriate template that says this image has a non-public domain OS depicted, but is otherwise public domain. I'm Aya Syameimaru! I 文々。新聞 11:02, 29 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
There's an article about AmigaOS. As evidenced in the article, the OS depicted in this image changed quite a bit over time, so its most recent version is different from the one seen here. I'm Aya Syameimaru! I 文々。新聞 11:15, 29 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
It's an opinion. I believe they're exciting! I'm Aya Syameimaru! I 文々。新聞 21:07, 29 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hmmm... I guess I could think about it. I'm Aya Syameimaru! I 文々。新聞 04:03, 30 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
About CC BY-SA 2.5 Generic license. I'm Aya Syameimaru! I 文々。新聞 04:27, 30 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
The issue is that we need all applicable licenses to be compatible with Commons. That means the photo itself as well as any copyrighted work depicted. Screenshots of Windows, for example, are routinely deleted. What we'd need to see is either documentation that the operating system has a compatible license or an evaluation that the arrangement of graphics on the screen is insufficient for copyright. BTW food for thought: it's hard to focus on the image (or anyone else) with that big bright signature :/ — Rhododendrites talk \\ 04:49, 30 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I would guess this is half-public domain, and half-copyrighted. Hyperion Entertainment is the current owner of the Amiga OS, but they don't own the Amiga 500 computer shown here, which is out of hands I believe. I'm Aya Syameimaru! I 文々。新聞 04:56, 30 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
My signature is my personal taste, but I feel free to accept your opinions. I'm Aya Syameimaru! I 文々。新聞 04:58, 30 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, now I modded my signature. I'm Aya Syameimaru! I 文々。新聞 I userbako 06:24, 30 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
And again. I'm Aya Syameimaru!I文々。新聞Iuserbako 06:31, 30 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
And yet again. I'm Aya Syameimaru!I文々。新聞Iuserbako 06:32, 30 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. :) Any of these look good to me. If you want an opinion, this one ^^ is best to me. Having some kind of bold sets the sentence "I'm Aya Syameimaru!" apart from the sentences you're writing. I just have trouble focusing with certain highlighting/background/fill. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 14:03, 30 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
You're welcome. ;) I guess this signature is the way to go along with. I'm Aya Syameimaru!I文々。新聞Iuserbako 20:39, 30 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Too many?! I'm Aya Syameimaru!ItalkIuserbako 06:42, 30 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:27, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Yad Vashem View
Reason
High quality lead image. It shows the entire complex of the memorial and has captions.
Articles in which this image appears
Yad Vashem
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
User:Godot13

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:23, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – View of the town Urtijëi in the Dolomites
Reason
Detailed image of the town in the Dolomite mountains
Articles in which this image appears
Urtijëi
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Panorama
Creator
Moroder
  • Support as nominatorMoroder (talk) 05:22, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. It's a pretty view, and a good choice of view for an overall view of the town and its surroundings. But the sharpest focus seems to be reserved for the foreground, not the town itself. And are so many of the roofs really striped like that, or is that some strange color-banding artifact from the camera? It seems to happen preferentially for pieces of roof in direct sunlight at certain angles. Maybe it's a polarization effect? Or moiré from an interaction between the pixelization and the roof tiles? —David Eppstein (talk) 05:57, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    • Thanks for your comment. I don't sincerely agree with your note about the focus. I checked the RAW file where the color-banding is also clearly visible so it is not a postprocessing jpg artifact. It is therefor a problem of the camera or the lens and I will notify Hasselblad. Anyhow in conclusion I don't feel that it is much disturbing. Cheers --Moroder (talk) 10:24, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – IMO, too much foreground at left, and arguably insufficient DOF. – Sca (talk) 13:35, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Moroder there is some horizontal banding or posterization in the sky area. Your original upload doesn't have it, so it can be improved. The roof stripes are strange! It's a very high resolution image so I am Ok with the focus. On a different note: I think the infobox image here is a good candidate. Is the far field haze because of humidity, is it typical for this location or region? Bammesk (talk) 22:01, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak oppose - I'm actually ok with the focus. It looks fine to me. But that rooftop striping is a deal-breaker. Is something wrong with the Bayer filter on the camera? -- Veggies (talk) 23:12, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • I withdraw my nomination. Rather bored by picky observations.--Moroder (talk) 23:54, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 08:52, 6 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]



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Reason
The only lead image the article has had (since 2012). I think it satisfies (from top of this page): "being eye-catching to the point where users will want to read its accompanying article."
Articles in which this image appears
Multirotor, Volocopter
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Others
Creator
User:Johnescalade
  • Whoa, that's a huge red-flag. I did some more investigating and found a gallery of photos, including this one here [1] with the credit to the photos given to "e-volo", the company that made and flew this copter. It's possible that this was uploaded by the company to Wikimedia as free advertisement. This raises some COI issues for sure and the image uploader should have disclosed this, given that one of the articles that this image is used on is Volocopter, the new name for e-volo. -- Veggies (talk) 16:42, 30 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • I don't think we worry too much about COI on images - we've featured plenty of images supplied by the subjects. But it does raise the question as to whether the uploader commons:user:Johnescalade genuinely had permission to upload this as their own work, or whether it has in fact a copyvio all this time. TSP (talk) 18:22, 30 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • The nom image is in the article, so that's what I am nominating. There is a guy walking by the tree line in the video, match him up with where he is in the nom image (at 2:34 just before the video cut), and that says the tilt of the multicopter is real. The photographer is laying close to ground, which brings out ground slopes. Also the grass line has 2 slopes to it, like a V. Bammesk (talk) 00:39, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose on criterion 1. As discussed, I have severe concerns this is a copyvio; but even if not, the crop and the tilt both detract from the composition. The criteria say exceptions can be made on technical quality "If it is considered impossible to find a technically superior image"; but this is literally cropped from the technically superior image which I linked above. TSP (talk) 10:02, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:19, 7 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Fly orchid, flower size about 13×16 mm (width × height)
Reason
High quality lead image, captioned lower in the article, FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Ophrys insectifera
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Flowers
Creator
Iifar

Promoted File:Ophrys insectifera - Niitvälja2.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:25, 7 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Government House, Baku, Azerbaijan
Reason
Doing very well on Commons FPC, and likely to be featured unanimously next week.
Articles in which this image appears
Government House, Baku and several others
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Diego Delso
Cloned pixels

Promoted File:Gobierno de Azerbaiyán, Baku, Azerbaiyán, 2016-09-26, DD 27.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:30, 7 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalPlexippus petersi (jumping spider) on a human finger at golden hour
Reason
EV, good quality, featured on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Plexippus (spider), Jumping spider, Plexippus petersi
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Arachnids
Creator
Basile Morin
Why is this jumping spider wearing dark glasses? – Sca (talk) 21:53, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Plexippus petersi (jumping spider) on a human finger at golden hour.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 08:46, 9 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Eastern Grey Kangaroo mother and joey, Brunkerville, New South Wales, Australia
Reason
Lead image, FP on Commons. This is a 2nd nom. The image was touched up and is now FP on Commons. There is noise (high ISO) in the underbelly of the mother, but the composition is too good to pass, the EV is also good. It's unlikely we get a better image in the infobox any time soon.
Articles in which this image appears
Eastern grey kangaroo
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
JJ Harrison
  • @David Eppstein: Know whats really irritating? Having to get 4 supports and no opposes to get to FP territory and on multiple occasions falling just one !vote short and watching a nomination fail because people didn't give enough of a damn to nudge your nom just far enough to get it across the finish line. That's been the reason for more than one repeat nomination I have filed, and I'm sure others here have had the same issue too. TomStar81 (Talk) 18:54, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support some quality issues, but still OK, and superb composition + catch. Anyone can shoot a sharp picture of common subjects, but we have only a few of such nice catches and I think this should be emphasized. - Benh (talk) 08:37, 8 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 01:43, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalWhite-fronted bee-eater (Merops bullockoides) in Namibia
Reason
High quality large image. FP on Commons. Adds value to article.
Articles in which this image appears
White-fronted bee-eater
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp
  • Support - has better focus and slightly higher physical resolution. The previous image should be nominated for delisting once consensus is reached here. MER-C 18:45, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:White-fronted bee-eater (Merops bullockoides) Namibia.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 01:45, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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Reason
An animated overlay of the before and ofter locations of the destroyed #4 reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. I thought it was interesting an eye catching, so here it is for the community's consideration.
Articles in which this image appears
Chernobyl disaster
FP category for this image
Not entirely sure, it could belong to either Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Others or Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Diagrams, depending on how you choose to interpret the gif.
Creator
Tadpolefarm

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:52, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – An Euler diagram showing the relationship between manners of articulation
Reason
Manners of articulation and distinctive features can be difficult concepts for students to understand, particularly because of the complex set relationships between categories. The nominated diagram does a superb job of illustrating these relationships between different classes of sounds demonstrating its encyclopedic value as an elegant summation of a complex topic, and as such represents the best work the encyclopedia has to offer on illustrating manners of articulation. It is of high technical quality; the colors represent relationships between categories (related categories have similar colors) and the use of a pastel palette prevents the colors from drawing focus away from the information or associated article. The information is well referenced and the file description is highly informative. The content is based on three major textbooks in the linguistic subfield of phonology, and while it uses tertiary sources for its content, the file description explains how primary sources may diverge from this standard in particular instances. As an SVG it is scalable to any size (helpful for use outside the encyclopedia, for example, on teaching slides), and it is formatted in such a way that it can be easily translated for multilingual use.
Articles in which this image appears
Manner of articulation, Distinctive feature
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Diagrams
Creator
Nardog

Promoted File:IPA-euler-manners-features.svg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:59, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalSouth-western black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis occidentalis) female, in Etosha National Park, Namibia
Reason
High quality large image. FP on Commons. Illustrates article well.
Articles in which this image appears
South-western black rhinoceros
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:South-western black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis occidentalis) female.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:06, 11 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Original – A male freshwater crab of the species Nanhaipotamon hongkongense in a stream on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.
Reason
the image quality is satisfactory, resolution high, and it is the lead picture on the Nanhaipotamon hongkongense page, also argueably the most stunning picture on the Nanhaipotamon page. The typical coloration pattern of male crabs is clearly visible and all important body features of the crab can be seen on the image. Moreover, the photo was taken in the crabs's natural habitat. The image has been deleted from Wikipedia recently because of copyright issues which have been solved in the meantime, see Wikimedia undeletion request.
Articles in which this image appears
Nanhaipotamon hongkongense, Nanhaipotamon
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Crustaceans
Creator
Bubbleleg96

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:59, 13 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Handshake Alternatives
Reason
1. Good quality. 2. Funny. 3. Socially important. 4. Well illustrates the article.
Articles in which this image appears
Social distancing, Handshake (since 19 March 2020‎)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Other
Creator
Siouxsie Wiles and Toby Morris
  • Strong Oppose Again, like with the other cartoon by the same animator, there is little EV to be gotten from this...err, display. Is the reader supposed to learn new "methods" of greeting people that don't involve physical contact? Is this a guidebook for Martians or something? Besides that, the quality of the animation is amateurish. -- Veggies (talk) 23:43, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    It is a guidebook for people, who keep shaking hands despite the fact it is not a good idea to do so now. It is a good visual aid, which can help in promoting the topic. The quality of the animation is within the general style of the artist. --Andrei (talk) 23:47, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Wikipedia is not only a website for scientists. It is one of the main sources of news for normal people. And its style must appeal to them, including children. We should not be speaking only in charts and tables if we want people to understand us. --Andrei (talk) 23:56, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Then I think you misunderstand the purpose of a FP. It's not to 'promote' a topic. The image and its animation have to have some measure of EV that illustrate the article (Social distancing) in a comprehensive, compelling way. This (ahem) "guide" only involves salutations, does not cover the topic of distancing in public settings by strangers, and does not explain at all the purpose of social distancing. Without any of that, it is of little encyclopedic use beyond a quasi-humorous visual aid for people who have never lived in a modern human society before. -- Veggies (talk) 23:58, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I understand perfectly the idea of FP, and I do think it does the job. This image gives a direct context and illustrates well the section of the article, the paragraph about avoiding physical contact. Not everyone is a Wikipedia editor, not for everyone an image by Vincent of Beauvais will be useful, despite the fact it probably has a bigger value. But when my children or my mother will google 'what is social distancing' they will end up on that Wikipedia page, and this image will help them to understand the subject, relate to it and form visual associations with what they read about. --Andrei (talk) 00:10, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose I'm struggling to see any encyclopedic value in this image at all (as it doesn't depict what it claims to, and is basically a lame joke), and its execution is pedestrian at best. Nick-D (talk) 04:57, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose – Silly. – Sca (talk) 14:29, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. This is a cartoon. It's not a particularly good illustration. Natureium (talk) 17:33, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per all. This seems more appropriate for Buzzfeed than Wikipedia. – John M Wolfson (talkcontribs) 04:06, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - I don't understand the strong bias against cartoons here. Regardless of the format of the illustration, it does have high EV for Social distancing as it illustrates in an easy to understand manner various alternative forms of greeting which are discussed in the text. Who cares if it looks "silly"? It conveys information well, which is the purpose of Wikipedia. Kaldari (talk) 15:07, 6 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Incomplete, where's that famous elbow touch? ;-) Seriously, it's OK for an article, but not for FP. --Janke | Talk 20:27, 6 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – I agree with Kaldari. Also per David Eppstein the Social distancing article is being worked on. I would support if it stays in the article and is renominated later. Bammesk (talk) 01:22, 8 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support A very well done animation of alternatives to handshakes. Note that the elbow bump is NOT pictured. That is because despite persistent misunderstandings by political figures among others it is not appropriate as it brings you too close. Yes in a pandemic even little things matter. And no not everything needs to appear dull to be "encyclopedic". Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 19:11, 11 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Not fully comprehensive selection of alternatives to handshakes, also only specific to one area(it was only the mention of hongis that alerted me to the fact it was relating to New Zealand)-there are many other alternatives in different cultures and customs that are not included. Also does not relate in any form to social distancing or the necessity for the alternative to the handshake. Lemon martini (talk) 14:31, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:26, 14 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The fortified city of Carcassonne and the Pont Vieux crossing the Aude river.
Reason
To replace existing FP File:Carcassonne vieux pont.jpg, which will be nominated for delisting once consensus to promote is reached. Higher resolution, equivalent composition, avoids that unnatural purple coloring.
Articles in which this image appears
Carcassonne, Aude (and others, if consensus is to promote)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Panorama
Creator
Benh

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:04, 14 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A meal of French toast served on a plate resting on a table, ready to be eaten.
Reason
This is French toast, a great food popular around the world. It's a high quality image of the notable meal.
Articles in which this image appears
French toast
List of bread dishes
List of egg dishes
List of Brazilian dishes
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Food and drink
Creator
Jonathunder



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Original – U Bein Bridge, Mandalay
Reason
Illustrative & high quality picture of bridge which is believed to be the oldest and (once) longest teakwood bridge in the world.
Articles in which this image appears
U Bein Bridge
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
kallerna

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:40, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Topographic map of Mars as measured by Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter, showing the two hemispheres of Mars.
Reason
Lead image. Topography of Mars. This was on the cover of Science magazine in 1999. Measured by Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter.
Articles in which this image appears
Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Understanding
Creator
NASA
Much better resolution, a legend that indicates what the colors mean, topographic unity instead of two separate globes, a coordinate system that allows the viewer to get accurate positions for different features

Promoted File:Mars topography (MOLA dataset) with poles HiRes.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:55, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Southern crested caracara (Caracara plancus) in flight in the Pantanal, Brazil
Reason
High quality large image. FP on Commons. In flight image adds value to article.
Articles in which this image appears
Southern crested caracara, Caracara (subfamily)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 08:45, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The Neo Geo CD console, pictured in its top loader model with a plugged-in controller.
Reason
This is the Neo Geo CD, one of the Neo Geo consoles SNK made over the years. It's a high quality image of the notable system.
Articles in which this image appears
Neo Geo CD
Fourth generation of video game consoles
List of Neo Geo games
List of home video game consoles
Neo Geo
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Electronics
Creator
Evan-Amos

Promoted File:Neo-Geo-CD-TopLoader-wController-FL.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:38, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – James Stewart in a publicity still for Call Northside 777, 1948.
Reason
Good quality and exposure. Pictures him well.
Articles in which this image appears
James Stewart
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Publicity photograph taken by 20th Century Fox for Call Northside 777 (1948).

Promoted File:Annex - Stewart, James (Call Northside 777) 01.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:41, 18 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, 1971
Reason
High quality lead image for his NASA career in 1971, one of 12 people who walked on the moon.
Articles in which this image appears
Harrison Schmitt
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering
Creator
NASA, restored Bammesk

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 01:44, 19 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Wards of New York City as divided in 1683. The pink line is the modern shoreline.
Reason
New York City was divided into wards between 1683 and 1938. Originally named like the wards in London, they were numbered beginning in 1791. Here is an SVG map of the ward boundaries and names in 1683 (courtesy of Stone 1872 p. 115) with the modern Manhattan shoreline included. The "Out" Ward included all the rest of Manhattan.
Articles in which this image appears
Wards of New York City
FP category for this image
Maps
Creator
John M Wolfson
The Castello Plan (Featured Picture)
  • Oppose - Compare the featured picture on the right of the same place at around the same time. I think you'll agree it presents old Manhattan in a much more compelling way. -- Veggies (talk) 23:45, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – John, I think there is room for improvement. At first I thought there was a large distance between the populated areas (the wards) and the shoreline, so moving the pink line in or the wards out would be an improvement. Also as a standalone image, adding more text to the image would make it clear what the illustration is, such as "Manhattan" (or lower Manhattan), year "1683", and "Wards". Just my two cents. Bammesk (talk) 20:01, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - you cite this to Stone (1872) page 115 - looking at that page, I see a text description of the wards, by street names. Does that mean you've drawn this yourself, based on a map which showed those streets? If so, including the streets and other landmarks on the map would improve it, I think - at the moment it's just some shapes, I think to really be helpful to understanding it would also show at least one of what was in each ward then; and what those areas correspond to now. TSP (talk) 15:59, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:30, 20 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Krzemieniec Lyceum, 2016
Reason
High quality lead image, notable former school, FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Krzemieniec Lyceum
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Konstantin Brizhnichenko

Promoted File:Ансамбль колегіуму Кременець DSC7894.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:41, 20 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalSmailholm Tower
Reason
One of this year's POTY finalists, depicts a highly notable historic building.
Articles in which this image appears
Smailholm Tower, Walter Scott, List of listed buildings in Smailholm, Scottish Borders
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Keith Proven

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:12, 21 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A female Gumprecht’s pit viper
Reason
Another of this year's POTY finalists. Should be made as part of a set with already promoted FP File:Trimeresurus gumprechti (male).jpg if promoted.
Articles in which this image appears
Trimeresurus gumprechti
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Reptiles
Creator
Rushenb

Promoted File:Trimeresurus gumprechti, Gumprecht’s pit viper (female) - Phu Suan Sai National Park (46711073485).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:14, 21 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalHeteractis magnifica and its symbiotic partner anemonefish, north coast of East Timor
AlternateHeteractis magnifica and pink anemonefish hovering above.
Reason
Well done underwater photo and lead image of its article. It shows the magnificent sea anemone with its symbiotic partner pink anemonefish. The pixel count isn't ideal but underwater photos have a higher degree of difficulty, so I hope the technical quality is sufficient. The photo was captured off the north coast of East Timor.
Articles in which this image appears
Heteractis magnifica
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Cnidaria
Creator
Nick Hobgood
  • True, for comparison here is one of the better images of this subject, more recent photo, and FP on Commons. Underwater photos are hard. The nom image has good EV and composition (it shows the column of the anemone for instance), so I nominated it. Bammesk (talk) 19:45, 12 April 2020 (UTC) . . . I struck "more recent", my mistake. (it was nominated in 2017 but not more recent)[reply]

Promoted File:Amphiprion perideraion (Pink anemonefish) in Heteractis magnifica (Magnificent sea anemone).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:19, 22 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]



Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Hubble Space Telescope (27946391011).jpg

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OriginalBirefringence of a laser beam as it passes through a calcite crystal traveling from left to right, there is also some fluorescence effects.
Reason
The photo shows the subject of the article in a simple and easy to comprehend way. It shows the birefringence property of a crystal as the laser beam splits in two while traveling from left to right. There is also some secondary fluorescence effects. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Birefringence
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Materials science
Creator
Jan Pavelka

Promoted File:Fluorescence in calcite.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:06, 25 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalVLT Survey Telescope image of the star-forming region Messier 17.
Reason
A perfect high resolution image, featured on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Omega Nebula, Nebulae in fiction
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
Creator
ESO/INAF-VST/OmegaCAM. Acknowledgement: OmegaCen/Astro-WISE/Kapteyn Institute

Promoted File:VST image of the spectacular star-forming region Messier 17 (Omega Nebula).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:20, 26 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalJupiter's southern storms, taken by JunoCam.
Reason
A great resolution, almost good EV
Articles in which this image appears
Atmosphere of Jupiter, JunoCam, Juno (spacecraft), Jupiter
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
Creator
NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Betsy Asher Hall/Gervasio Robles, uploaded by User-duck

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:23, 26 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A floating market in Banjarmasin, Indonesia
Reason
One of this year's POTY finalists.
Articles in which this image appears
Floating market, Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Water?
Creator
Muhammad Haris

Promoted File:Jukung Pasar Terapung.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:08, 28 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Skyline of the financial district of Shanghai, Lujiazui, 2017
Reason
High quality image, skyline of the financial district of Shanghai, includes several notable towers listed in this article. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Shanghai, Pudong, Lujiazui
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Panorama
Creator
King of Hearts

Promoted File:Pudong Shanghai November 2017 panorama.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:09, 29 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Nepali Brahmin (Bahun) wearing Dhaka topi with Shri Vaisnava tilaka marking on his forehead
Reason
high quality image of Brahmin.
Articles in which this image appears
Ethnic groups in Nepal, Hinduism in Nepal, Kingdom of Nepal, Tilaka, Tripundra, Urdhva Pundra, Vaishnavism, Worship in Hinduism
FP category for this image
Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle
Creator
Ksssshl

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:47, 30 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]






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OriginalChristian Siriano
Reason
High quality portrait of highly notable fashion designer. Siriano was winner of Project Runway, and later a mentor on the show. He got a bunch of attention recently for using his various production resources to make masks during the pandemic. Image is the VI for Siriano on Commons. I know that contemporary portraits don't tend to do very well at FPC, but we'll see.
Articles in which this image appears
Christian Siriano, Project Runway (season 4), List of Project Runway contestants, List of LGBTQ people from New York City
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
Creator
Rhododendrites
  • If you think it's boring, fine, but it's not a publicity shot. I volunteered my weekend to attend a conference solely to get pictures for wikipedia/commons, and have no interest in promoting the subjects. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 23:54, 25 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Rhododendrites, the reason I didn't support is because of composition, my eyes weren't drawn to anything particular, or a focal place. It wasn't the EV or the technical aspects (both are good). He isn't making a connection with the camera (the viewer), and there isn't anything else in the composition so he is everything. That's just my personal opinion, composition is always a subjective thing. Bammesk (talk) 02:26, 2 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 07:06, 30 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]