Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/August-2022

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Original – Playwright Tom Taylor
Reason
I think this is a lovely photo (at least for the 19th century), and it's way better than what we had before.
Articles in which this image appears
Tom Taylor, Our American Cousin. Newly added: Woodburytype
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
Creator
Lock and Whitfield, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Tom Taylor by Lock and Whitfield.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:45, 2 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – The Solar System, including the Sun, planets, dwarf planets, and the larger moons. Distances between the bodies are not to scale.
Reason
A nice true color of the Solar System and good EV
Articles in which this image appears
Solar System, etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Understanding or Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
Creator
CactiStaccingCrane

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:07, 3 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – South polar vantage of Enceladus's anti-Saturn hemisphere, using a false color scheme in which fractured areas show up as blue
Reason
Great EV and high resolution
Articles in which this image appears
Enceladus, etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
Creator
NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:26, 3 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Yellowbar angelfish (Pomacanthus maculosus), Ras Muhammad National Park, Red Sea, Egypt.
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC two weeks ago, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Pomacanthus maculosus
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish
Creator
Diego Delso

Promoted File:Pez ángel de barra amarilla (Pomacanthus maculosus), parque nacional Ras Muhammad, Egipto, 2022-03-26, DD 138.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:16, 3 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – A small skipper, female
Reason
Was just seen on Commons FPC, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Small skipper
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Ivar Leidus

Promoted File:Thymelicus sylvestris (female) - Kulna.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:22, 3 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Château de Saint-Ulrich, in Haut-Rhin, France.
Reason
Quality image of this 11th century castle. I saw this on Commons recently. In the article, this image replaced an almost identical lower quality image, so I am taking exception to the 7 day waiting period.
Articles in which this image appears
Château de Saint-Ulrich
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Gzen92, edited by User:Aristeas
  • Thank you for the ping, Bammesk; sorry that I didn’t notice it earlier. Well, when I edited the photo I examined it thoroughly and noticed that there may be a tiny little bit of tilt. I write “may be”, because when taking and editing photos of such old buildings I have often noticed that they are tilted (sometimes substantially) in reality. Therefore and because the tilt is very small I decided not to rotate the photo in my edited version because any changes of the projection cause a loss in detail resolution and sharpness of a JPEG image; in the end I prefer a little bit more sharpness and microcontrast over the correction of a very small and uncertain tilt. But that was my personal consideration, and it was geared for the requirements of the Commons FPC review where image quality (even in detail) is very important. For this nomination as a Wikipedia FP the documentary value is even more important, so here a rotated version may be more appropriate if you think so. Best, --Aristeas (talk) 17:23, 26 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Château du Saint-Ulrich (Ribeauvillé) (2) edited (2).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:27, 3 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Anna Fisher in Apollo Astronaut Spacesuit
Reason
Iconic photograph. At least according to the people on Commons. I've been fixing up the article, and this image is mesmerizing.
Articles in which this image appears
Anna Lee Fisher
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering
Creator
John Bryson for NASA

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 07:31, 7 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]


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Original – Cockpit of an F-4 Phantom II (click on the image to view as a 360° interactive panorama)
Reason
A 360 view of the cockpit of an F-4 Phantom II fighter jet, a workhorse of the cold war from 1961 to 1981, and still in service in some countries. Click on the image to view as a 360° interactive panorama. (currently passing unopposed on Commons)
Articles in which this image appears
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Air
Creator
Lauri Veerde
Adam , the article is very long, and this image is much closer to the top than the bottom, so I disagree that it's buried. Bammesk (talk) 16:00, 31 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Fair point. Support stands, and, although I'd love to see the tool integrated to Wikipedia, trusting coders to do things here is... uh... Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8% of all FPs 16:04, 31 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Adam, the way I see it, it is "integrated". In the article, the image is displayed using Template:PanoViewer, therefore if one clicks on the image one automatically gets the 360 interactive viewer, plus there is a blue "help-link" in the article's image caption. It's the same as clicking on a video, which opens a window and plays the video. Bammesk (talk) 17:04, 31 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, I think my turning off MediaViewer may hide a few things, even if it's kind of needed for workflow reasons. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8% of all FPs 07:18, 1 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 07:31, 7 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Danish poet Holger Drachmann
Reason
It's been stable in his article for around 6 years, which is a plus. It recently passed Commons. Now, this is one of my older restorations, but it does seem to hold up. Am slightly jumping the gun on my rule that I don't have more than two images that haven't reached quorum, but hopefully Taylor (and, ideally, Cox and Box) will be passing soon enough.
Articles in which this image appears
Holger Drachmann, List of nominees for the Nobel Prize in Literature
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
Creator
Unknown author; Restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Holger Drachmann, fra Klæbels samling - Restoration.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:01, 7 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – A Kallawaya woman in traditional garb.
Reason
High resolution, visually pleasing, culturally interesting.
Articles in which this image appears
Kallawaya
FP category for this image
Culture and lifestyle
Creator
Alejandra Vaca on behalf of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly of Bolivia
Her name is on the file description page. Bammesk (talk) 15:47, 31 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I don't get Sca's objection, then. We honestly have a number of unknown people in the traditional dress section. Is it because those photos are older? Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8% of all FPs 16:09, 31 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
In journalism generally, it's not acceptable to prominently display a person's photo without a name in the caption/cutline/copy block. (Exceptions only prove the rule.) Most readers aren't going to look up the file description. -- Sca (talk) 19:09, 31 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Are you suggesting that the name be included in the caption here? If so, that shouldn't be too hard. Something like "Lidia Patty, Kallawaya parliamentarian" could work. Krisgabwoosh (talk) 20:47, 31 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Lidia Patty Mullisaca (Official Photo, 2016) Alejandra Vaca, Chamber of Deputies of Bolivia.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:19, 9 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – The USS Missouri was one of the first U.S. Navy steam ships. It travelled across the ocean to Gibraltar... at which point an engineer accidentally broke a container of turpentine, it caught alight, and, well...
Reason
A fine, semi-official illustration which recounts the last hours of the ship. Dramatic, and has been stable in the article for five years.
Articles in which this image appears
USS Missouri (1841), John T. Newton, George Pechell Mends, List of shipwrecks in August 1843
FP category for this image
WP:Featured pictures/History/USA History
Creator
Thomas Goldsworthy Dutton's lithograph of Edward Duncan's artwork based on George Pechell Mends' sketch. Restoration by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:The Burning of the USS Missouri in Gibraltar.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:02, 10 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – A Sebae anemone (with a tiny red sea clownfish)
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC two weeks ago, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Sebae anemone
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Cnidaria
Creator
Diego Delso

Promoted File:Anémona de mar (Heteractis crispa), parque nacional Ras Muhammad, Egipto, 2022-03-29, DD 43.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:11, 10 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalH. M. Brock's poster for the 1882 tour of Iolanthe. Printed by David Allen & Sons
Reason
High qualityo
Articles in which this image appears
Iolanthe; Just added to: D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre
Creator
H. M. Brock, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:H. M. Brock - Poster for Iolanthe.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:00, 11 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – The charge across Burnside's Bridge during the Battle of Antietam
Reason
Quite a nice, evocative bit of art. First and best historic image in Burnside's Bridge. Cleanup was kept to fixing edges, obvious dirt, and similar.
Articles in which this image appears
Burnside's Bridge, Battle of Antietam
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/American Civil War
Creator
Edwin Forbes; restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Edwin Forbes - The Charge across the Burnside Bridge.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:32, 12 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalJupiter, Neptune and Pluto, a 1597–1600 painting by Caravaggio
Reason
High resolution
Articles in which this image appears
Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto, 1597 in art, List of paintings by Caravaggio
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Caravaggio

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:01, 15 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Ganymede is a moon of Jupiter, taken by Juno.
Reason
High quality, difficult to replace image.
Articles in which this image appears
Ganymede (moon) etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
Creator
NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

Promoted File:Ganymede - Perijove 34 Composite.png --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:25, 16 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Male Australasian shoveler (Spatula rhynchotis), Goulds Lagoon Wildlife Sanctuary, Tasmania
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC last week, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Australasian shoveler
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
JJ Harrison

Promoted File:Australasian Shoveler - Goulds Lagoon Wildlife Sanctuary.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:28, 16 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalGreat golden digger wasp, Brooklyn, New York
Reason
Quality lead image of this wasp. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Great golden digger wasp
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Rhododendrites

Promoted File:Great golden digger wasp (31760).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:30, 16 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Internal structures of a midge fly larva depicted via polarized light microscopy (7mm long x 0.7mm wide specimen)
Reason
High resolution image shows the utility of Polarized light microscopy. It shows the details of a 7mm long (0.27 inch) by 0.7mm wide (0.027 inch) larva of a Midge fly including its internal fibers and structures. Commons FP since January and stable lead image in polarized microscopy since then.
Articles in which this image appears
Polarized light microscopy
FP category for this image
Biology, Photographic techniques, Insects
Creator
Karl Gaff

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:50, 16 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Landscape Arch
Reason
A 100 MP version of this image (File:Landscape Arch Utah.jpg) was seen on Commons FPC last week, where it was featured unanimously. Gazumps existing FP File:LandscapeArchPano.jpg.
Articles in which this image appears
Landscape Arch
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator
Der Wolf im Wald

Promoted File:Landscape Arch Utah.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:44, 17 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Poster for Il trovatore, showing the end scene where de Luna (centre) learns the person has just sentenced to death, and whom Leonora (lower right, dead[1]) was in love with instead of him... was, in fact, his long-lost brother whom he had been looking for the whole opera. Oops!
  1. ^ It's an opera. What did you expect?
Reason
Previous nomination was during a bad time, I think - lots of images failed around then - but it was praised here, and passed with unanimous support on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Il trovatore, Luigi Morgari
FP category for this image
WP:FP/THEATRE
Creator
Luigi Morgari restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Il trovatore by Luigi Morgari.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:35, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Clear grey-blue celestine crystals
Reason
Quality lead image of this crystal. Saw this on Commons recently.
Articles in which this image appears
Celestine, Acantharea, Biomineralization
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Geology
Creator
Ivar Leidus

Promoted File:Celestine - Sakoany deposit, Katsepy, Mitsinjo, Boeny, Madagascar.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:39, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – White teatfish (Holothuria fuscogilva), Ras Muhammad National Park, Red Sea, Egypt.
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC last week, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Holothuria fuscogilva
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Echinoderms
Creator
Diego Delso

Promoted File:Pepino de mar (Holothuria fuscogilva), parque nacional Ras Muhammad, Egipto, 2022-03-28, DD 119.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:58, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Marburger Schloss, south side
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC last week, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Marburger Schloss, German Fairy Tale Route
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
A.Savin

Promoted File:Marburg asv2022-02 img18 Castle.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:02, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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The Shah Is Gone (Persian: شاه رفت, romanizedŠâh raft) is a headline that appeared on the front cover of the Iranian newspaper Ettela'at on Tuesday, 16 January 1979, when the Shah left Iran, a few days before the fall of the Pahlavi dynasty and the 2500-year-old Iranian monarchy. The title contains the word shah (king) instead of shahanshah (king of kings) to refer to Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, which was very rare during his reign. It is described as the "most famous headline in the history of Iran"
Reason
encyclopedic and high quality
Articles in which this image appears
The Shah Is Gone
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/Others
Creator
Ettela'at (newspaper)

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:40, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Hand-colored silver albumen photograph taken by Kusakabe Kimbei depicting a Meiji-period woman wearing a kimono with an underkimono patterned with chrysanthemums
Reason
This photograph, taken during Meiji-era Japan by renowned photographer Kusakabe Kimbei, is a rare historical photograph that provides users with a color image of early Meiji-era dress in Japan. The picture is of historic nature and is of high quality, especially for its era. The use of hand-coloring by the photographer accentuates the value of the image, providing viewers with a glimpse of what life looked like in Japan without having the whole photograph be in black-and-white or Sepia. As confirmed by the Getty Museum (which verifies the authenticity of the photograph and holds the photograph in its collection) the photograph is in the public domain. Its encyclopedic value is clear; the article specifically had described patterns of chyrsanthemums on Meiji-era dress, but lacked depictions of any such clothing until the picture was added to the article. Digital manipulation was limited to cropping to remove faded edges.
Articles in which this image appears
Japanese clothing during the Meiji period
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Culture and lifestyle
Creator
Kusakabe Kimbei (1841–1934)

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:27, 27 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalHMS Malabar observes the final fate of USS Missouri, after an accident set it on fire near Gibraltar in 1843.
Reason
It's a lovely lithograph; stable in the lead for Malabar for quite some time.
Articles in which this image appears
HMS Malabar (1818). Just added to: USS Missouri (1841), Edward Duncan, Thomas Goldsworthy Dutton
FP category for this image
WP:Featured pictures/History/USA History? Though it's hard to say as it's focusing on Malabar.
Creator
Thomas Goldsworthy Dutton's lithograph of Edward Duncan's artwork based on George Pechell Mends' sketch. Restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Edward Duncan - The Explosion of the United States Steam Frigate Missouri.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:51, 29 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Rooftop garden at The Essex, Manhattan, New York City, US. Among the plants grown are tomatoes, chili peppers, lettuce, herbs, carrots and beetroots.
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC last year, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Roof garden, Urban agriculture
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Rhododendrites

Promoted File:Rooftop farm at the Essex (65787p).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:02, 31 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – NGC 2014 (top and right) with NGC 2020 (bottom left).
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC three months ago, where it was featured unanimously. High resolution.
Articles in which this image appears
NGC 2014, NGC 2020, List of Hubble anniversary images
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
Creator
NASA, ESA, and STScI

Promoted File:NGC 2014, NGC 2020 - HST - Heic2007a.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:05, 31 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]