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Original – A Bureau of Engraving and Printing receipt for $442,340,000 in Federal Reserve Notes from Comptroller John Skelton Williams, dated 23 July 1915 and signed by Joseph E. Ralph, Director of the BEP.
Original – A Bureau of Engraving and Printing receipt for $442,340,000 in Federal Reserve Notes from Comptroller John Skelton Williams, dated 23 July 1915 and signed by Joseph E. Ralph, Director of the BEP.
ALT – Unedited, un-retouched version.
ALT – Unedited, un-retouched version.
Reason
High quality, high EV
Articles in which this image appears
Receipt
FP category for this image
Currency(?)
Creator
Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
From the National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Image by Godot13.

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 05:54, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Angela Merkel, showing her trademark gesture, Merkel-Raute.
Reason
High EV and reasonable quality
Articles in which this image appears
Merkel-Raute, Angela Merkel
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
Armin Linnartz on Flickr

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 05:54, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Reason
This is a very notable subject - the gothic cathedral of the Archbishop of Canterbury and the 'mother cathedral' of Anglicanism worldwide. These six images show the major architectural aspects of the cathedral. The perpendicular nave, the choir, the rood screen, the stained glass, the Shrine of Thomas Beckett, and the cloisters.
Articles in which this image appears
Canterbury Cathedral
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors
Creator
User:Diliff
Understood. Sca (talk) 17:01, 19 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Canterbury Cathedral Nave 1, Kent, UK - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:03, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Canterbury Cathedral Choir 2, Kent, UK - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:03, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Canterbury Cathedral Rood Screen, Kent, UK - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:03, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Canterbury Cathedral Trinity Chapel Stained Glass, Kent, UK - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:03, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Canterbury Cathedral Becket's Crown, Kent, UK - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:03, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Canterbury Cathedral Cloisters, Kent, UK - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:03, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Official portrait of First Lady Michelle Obama in the Green Room of the White House
Reason
She Has An Lady of The Political Activities
Articles in which this image appears
Michelle Obama, List of First Ladies of the United States, +1
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
White House (Chuck Kennedy)
  • I think this is a much more relaxed and candid portrait than we usually see (compare it, for example, with her first official portrait). I think it has EV as a result; there's certain subjects which we might not have quality images of otherwise. One could also argue that there is often a fine line between official images and non-official ones. At what point does a sitting with the express purpose of taking an photograph become official or staged? I think we have to judge the outcome, more than the circumstance. 70.72.190.205 (talk) 06:32, 25 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Michelle Obama 2013 official portrait.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:02, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The nave of Portsmouth Cathedral looking west, in Hampshire, England.
Reason
This is a Very Good Resolution To This Photo But (I HAVE 2 Active Nominations (The Michelle Obama And This Nomination) and 1 Suspended Nomination)
Articles in which this image appears
Portsmouth Cathedral +1
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors
Creator
Diliff

Promoted File:Portsmouth Cathedral Nave, Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:19, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Berlin: Bellevue Palace
Reason
High quality image of Bellevue Palace, Germany.
Articles in which this image appears
Bellevue Palace (Germany)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Taxiarchos228

Promoted File:Berlin - Schloss Bellevue2.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:13, 3 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalÖxarárfoss, Suðurland, Islandia
Reason
High quality image of Öxarárfoss.
Articles in which this image appears
Öxarárfoss
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator
Diego Delso

Promoted File:Öxarárfoss, Parque Nacional de Þingvellir, Suðurland, Islandia, 2014-08-16, DD 029.JPG --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:16, 3 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Panorama of Paris, featuring the Pont des Arts (bridge of arts) and just behind, the pont Neuf (new bridge) and the île de la Cité. The institut de France (french institute) stands on the right, at the end of the pont des arts. The towers of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral can also be seen on the far behind.
Reason
High quality image of panorama of Paris.
Articles in which this image appears
Landmarks in Paris
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Panorama
Creator
Benh

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:17, 3 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The Lüner Lake, seen from Mt. Saulakopf (2,517 m) in Austria. Left is Mt. Schafgafall (2,414 m) and right Mt. Seekopf (2.698 m). Behind the lake are Mt. Kanzelköpfe (2,437 m) and Mt. Girenspitze (2,394 m) in Switzerland.
Reason
High quality image of Lüner Lake.
Articles in which this image appears
Lünersee
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Panorama
Creator
Böhringer
I'd say it's cradled by mountains – impressively so. Sca (talk) 22:17, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
While that may be true Sca the point is that this is a nom of the Lake, not the area itself, and the lake is obstructed. Nice/impressive pictures unfortunately are not what this section is about. gazhiley 15:15, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:17, 3 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A group of Finnish soldiers operating a Bofors gun during the Continuation War, Suulajärvi.
Reason
The picture is a high resolution, colour photograph from the Continuation War.
Articles in which this image appears
Bofors
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War II
Creator
Unknown

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:38, 3 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The painting shows Saint Francis of Assisi at the moment of receiving the signs of the Stigmata, the wounds left in Christ's body by the Crucifixion.
Reason
The painting was the first of Caravaggio's religious paintings, from 1595. Caravaggio is the art history's enfant terrible, unorthodox, striking, innovative and rebellious. He was involved in fights an scandals, but he was a magnificent painter. He had a very special unmistakable style that was his own, and he influenced generations of painters of the Baroque style like Rubens, Jusepe de Ribera, Bernini, and yes, even Rembrandt.
Articles in which this image appears
Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy (Caravaggio) (own article), Chronology of works by Caravaggio, Wadsworth Atheneum, 1595 in art; more.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings or Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Religion and mythology
Creator
Caravaggio
Well, - searched, LACMA, - here is from the New York Times ..?, Art Daily,- Detroit art museum; -all art; - Detroit again,  ; -LACMA again- famous-paintings -wadsworth-atheneum - the net is full with this painting - guess have to ask uploader.[1] [2] Hafspajen (talk) 12:58, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like he today, but no answer yet. Hafspajen (talk) 21:29, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
This - is the one, I think. Hafspajen (talk) 21:31, 25 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Well, no. Nothing, I asked several times. I think the guy is an admin on commons ... but he said he will ask his friend who made a mess of the sources, but so far nothing. Give me three days more (considering time). I leave him a message and if not, we have to close it. Hafspajen (talk) 08:35, 31 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Answer :Armbrust No source, sorry, his friend he forgot . From the uploader. Hafspajen (talk) 14:29, 3 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:42, 3 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Image of bones surrounding the eye
Reason
Meets criteria 1, 3, 4 and 5. Is a very high quality (#1). Although image is small this is a technically difficult or otherwise unique image (#2), definitely among our best work (#3). It has a free license (#4) and adding it to articles adds significantly to their encyclopedic value (#5)
Articles in which this image appears
Orbit (anatomy)
FP category for this image
Diagrams, drawings, and maps
Creator
Je at uwo
The colour-coding is explained in the caption in the article. For me, though, it is still a bit confusing. I don't immediately know which of the four (five?) blue/green colours is "aqua" or "teal", for example, and when I count the different colours in the image there seem to be more than the eight that are explained. The diagram also does not handle depth very clearly, in my opinion. 109.152.146.134 (talk) 12:03, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:24, 3 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Island Elliðaey in the Iceland bay Breiðafjörður
Detail of previous version of image of Elliðaey (Breiðafjörður), Iceland pointing out haloing artifact
Detail of previous version of image of Elliðaey (Breiðafjörður), Iceland exaggerating the haloing artifact that is present.
Reason
good quality, nice atmosphere
Articles in which this image appears
Breiðafjörður
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator
Alchemist-hp
  • Comment. Hmm, I feel completely differently about this. I think the lighting is appealing and visually interesting, and the level of detail quite adequate. All in all a fine picture, I would say. 86.152.161.61 (talk) 14:24, 22 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    Feel free to login/register and support then - anyone can do it. But each to their own opinion. gazhiley 14:39, 22 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Conditional support if the halo can be fixed. Otherwise, it's a beautiful picture; personally, I find this amount of shadow aesthetically pleasing. I do see the shadows, but there is still a fair amount of detail in them. I've noticed that people here tend not to like shadows, but the amount of shadow here hardly detracts from a viewer's ability to understand what is being depicted. In fact, the shadows give the subject some depth (figuratively and literally). Tokugawapants (talk) 01:43, 30 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Gladly! The haloing is present where the top of the island meets the sky. This is a common artifact that occurs, for example, when a dark foreground is lightened in post-processing against a light background. I've uploaded a crop (zoomed to 150%) with red arrows indicating the location of the halo and an edited version that amplifies the existing halo effect by using a single, extreme curves adjustment layer across the entire frame. Tokugawapants (talk) 07:41, 23 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks, I see. I was looking for something much bigger. To be honest, that tiny pixel-level artefact does not spoil the picture at all for me. I do not even notice it in normal viewing. However, I understand that other people may be looking at things from a more technical perspective. 86.152.161.61 (talk) 12:27, 23 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Elliðaey (Breiðafjörður) Iceland M74A1908.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 00:06, 4 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Skyline of Detroit, Michigan, in December 2014
Reason
High quality image of the current skyline of Detroit. Lighting is the best that can be had, shooting north from across the Detroit River (in the summer, the sun comes from the north, and thus the skyline is in shadow).
Articles in which this image appears
Detroit, Detroit International Riverfront
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Panorama
Creator
Chris Woodrich

Promoted File:Skyline of Detroit, Michigan from S 2014-12-07.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:27, 4 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Central Park Manhattan Island New York
Reason
Cristal clear shot of the most famous park in the world, Central Park Manhattan Island New York: Central Park is a challenge to shoot for any photographer. This shot, I felt was indicative of the contrast between nature and societies intrusion upon it.
Articles in which this image appears
Central Park; History of landscape architecture; Frederick Law Olmsted; Landscape architecture.
FP category for this image
Portal:Geography/Featured picture
Creator
talk→ WPPilot  14:32, 25 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
ALT: Central Park Manhattan New York alt 1 (color and brightness corrected + pushed vibrance a touch.
Comment I don't really agree. The previous was a pond and some trees, with a few buildings in the background. This one shows the plan of the setting much better. The biggest problem with the park is that one have pictures that don't show the park's disposition, aesthetic and functional design and location - just bits and parts of it - or one have the plans and working drawings of the architect, - that don't shows the park, - this one is just a perfect balance. As a landscape architect I am very pleased with this picture, find it very useful. This one shows many of the park's elements and their combinations: - the buildings, roads, the untouched natural rocks, the trees, the playgrounds ... and the combination of it including the contrast of private and public open spaces. Hafspajen (talk) 11:45, 26 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose All the buildings are tilted towards the centre (especially at the sides of the picture), and overall picture is too dark... Given the ease of taking this again, I know we can do better... gazhiley 13:04, 26 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Thought so... Hafspajen (talk) 16:08, 26 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thought so what? gazhiley 23:40, 26 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
->Hafspajen (talk) 03:24, 27 December 2014 (UTC).. Hafspajen (talk) 02:16, 27 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
What's that supposed to mean? gazhiley 10:07, 27 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • The curves that you see are the result of the lens. If you look at the building the photo was centered upon it is square to the photo. As far as ease of getting this shot again, it was not easy at all, frankly speaking. Central park is busy. I had to wait for a half hour to get a clear shot that had no people or moving objects in it. Once the sun comes out the buildings in the background are washed out and the balance IMHO becomes much less in contrast as the sky is just to bright. talk→ WPPilot  17:02, 26 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment and for me as a landscape architect it has a giant EV. Absolutely HUGE EV. Hafspajen (talk) 03:28, 27 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose- Dark, tilt, flat color, and (IMO) lacks the EV necessary to represent Central Park. The link for article usage also suggests that it is used in "New York City" which may be in error.--Godot13 (talk) 20:36, 26 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment And I say it does not lacks the EV necessary to represent Central Park. In each and every book about the History of landscape architecture there is a picture of this park. Honestly - with he hand on the Bible - never found any picture in any of these books as informative like this one. Do whatever you want with this information (that would be EV)- or go and start borrowing Landscape architecture books, and you will soon notice it. Hafspajen (talk) 02:16, 27 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Note That is quite flattering, regardless of what the others vote here. I have learned that this board tends to "Sway" so to speak but your comment, from the perspective of a professional is duly noted. Thank you kindly for your comment and your support.talk→ WPPilot  02:44, 27 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I wish I could find a landscape architect on this Wiki to pull him here and ask. But unfortunately we don't have landscape architect user-boxes only architect ones. Never mind, if it will not be good enough for the FP, try to withdraw permission, put a copyright on it and sell it for any books putting together a Landscape architecture history book. They will most probably be extremely happy to use it. Hafspajen (talk) 03:05, 27 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That is nice of you to suggest;) but I would rather it be made public and the others here be proven wrong. I am not one to withdraw a submission for criticism in exchange for money. You go right ahead and send it to them, on my behalf and any proceeds can be donated to Wiki foundation, every last dime. Cheers! talk→ WPPilot  03:29, 27 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

BTW: It makes a great desk top background :) talk→ WPPilot  03:57, 27 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted -- — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:09, 4 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalEuler diagram showing the relationships between various multinational organisations in the Post-Soviet space.
Reason
I thought it was informative and it lays down the current geopolitical situation of post-USSR states quite well.
Articles in which this image appears
Post-Soviet states, Eurasian Economic Community, Eurasian Economic Union, Collective Security Treaty Organization
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Diagrams
Creator
Aris Katsaris
  • Comment This graph needs to be updated. Armenia will become a member of the Eurasian Union on January 1. On the contrary, Tajikstan is still not a member and it's unknown when it will become one. Furthermore, GUAM is basically a dead union. The last year in the GUAM article is 2007. That's almost 8 years now. --Երևանցի talk 21:51, 25 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • The last year listed in the GUAM wikipedia article may be 2007, but the official GUAM web page lists meetings and happenings occurring even in December 2014, so I don't think GUAM is as dead as you think. Updates for the January 1 changes had already been planned, and are now uploaded. As for Tajikistan it was never listed in the diagram as part of the Eurasian Economic Union, it was listed as part of the Eurasian Economic **Community**, which it indeed was. Aris Katsaris (talk) 12:48, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose This does not represent the best pictures of Wikipedia --DUCK404 a (talk) 01:33, 31 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:33, 4 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalCarl Linnaeus, an 18th century Swedish biologist, who laid the foundations for the modern biological naming scheme of binomial nomenclature. This painting is from 1775
Reason
A solid portrait painting of a pretty significant person.
Articles in which this image appears
Carl Linnaeus, Species, Sweden
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering
Creator
Alexander Roslin

Promoted File:Carl von Linné.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:47, 7 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Kuchipudi Performer
Reason
Good quality, EV, a beautiful representation of the art form.
Articles in which this image appears
Kuchipudi
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
Augustus Binu

Promoted File:Kuchipudi Performer DS.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:34, 8 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalSelf-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting. Artemisia Gentileschi, 1638-39. 96.5 by 73.7 centimetres (38.0 in × 29.0 in)
Reason
We don't have nearly enough works by women artists. Here's a particularly interesting one, in which Artemisia Gentileschi depicted herself as the “Allegory of Painting” illustrated by Cesare Ripa.
Articles in which this image appears
Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting +4
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Artemisia Gentileschi

Promoted File:Self-portrait as the Allegory of Painting (La Pittura) - Artemisia Gentileschi.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:37, 8 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Wonderful shot of a classic sailing yacht "Zapata II". A classic racing yacht, Zapata II is a Calkins 50 that was first built in 1964, she is still raced today and located in Newport Beach, CA.
Reason
Great EV, wonderful photo that is clear and well framed
Articles in which this image appears
Yacht - Sailing yacht - Ketch - Yacht racing - Newport Beach, California
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Water
Creator
WPPilot

Promoted File:2013 Ahmanson Cup Regatta yacht Zapata II b photo D Ramey Logan.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:01, 9 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original - Quince Blossom
Reason
It has a high quality and shows clearly the magnificent beauty of a quince blossom.
Articles in which this image appears
Flower bud, Flower, Pink
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Flowers
Creator
Diako1971
  • Comment: And we are using it already, in Flower bud. I am not sure if this negative opinion circle can be stopped by now, they tend to go like an avalanche, but anyway thanks for nominating it and contributing with a fine picture that now can be added to more articles. Salaam. Hafspajen (talk) 10:05, 28 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • And also thank you for nominating an image for Featured Picture status! If you would like to nominate another image, please do so and don't let you be put of by your first experience. Hafspajen (talk) 10:17, 28 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Hafspajen Hej. Thank you for your nice comments. This is the link of the pictures, uploaded by me. I've taken most of them myself. Some of them have watermarks. If you like, you can use them in articles. Some of them have watermarks. I f you want to use a watermarked one in an article, tell me so that I remove the watermark. Diako «  Talk » 11:27, 28 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:46, 9 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalThe Parisian Life (French: Interior d'un Cafi) painting by Filipino painter and political activist Juan Luna
Reason
High Quality and High Resolution
Articles in which this image appears
The Parisian Life , Juan Luna +1
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Juan Luna

Not Promoted -- — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:24, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalNeil Gaiman is an English author of fantasy, horror and science fiction. Over his career, he has written short stories, novels, comic books, graphic novels, films and television episodes, with particularly well-known works including the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods and Coraline.
Reason
An excellent photograph of one of the most important living English authors- I've no doubt that there are going to be a number of Gaiman's fans among the FPC regulars who will be as excited as me to see this here. (If this counts for anything, Mr. Gaiman specifically contacted Kyle Cassidy, the photographer, because he was unhappy with the previous portrait on his article.)
Articles in which this image appears
Neil Gaiman (though I am sure it will filter into others).
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
Creator
Kyle Cassidy
Comment Though it's interesting that Mr. Gaiman contacted Mr. Cassidy to have a portrait done, what matters for a Wikipedia Featured Photo is the quality and suitability of the photo (which is why I supported this nomination below). — Lentower (talk) 16:21, 4 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Kyle-cassidy-neil-gaiman-April-2013.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:28, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]


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Original – The eastern face of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Reason
Excellent capture of a highly recognizable building. The image is a Featured Picture on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
United States Capitol
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Martin Falbisoner

Promoted File:Capitol at Dusk 2.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:07, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The PlayStation 4 (PS4) gaming console made by Sony. Released on 11-15-2013 in North America it is an eighth generation system and competes with the Microsoft Xbox One and the Nintendo Wii U. This console is shown with the DualShock 4 controller that is included with the system.
Reason
High quality image of a video game console. The previous nomination failed because the author wasn't pleased with it yet, but it appears that the image has stabilized.
Articles in which this image appears
PlayStation 4 +8
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Electronics
Creator
Evan Amos
  • This is not the place to bring this up Hafspajen - please use this part of Wikipedia for comments on pictures only, not on users. Your support looks like it's purely to counterbalance an accusation of sock puppets, which is not a valid reason for a support. I would suggest striking your comments, and either adding a valid reason for support, or have it as a seperate line rather than as a follow on from the line above. gazhiley 15:03, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • No, not quite. I like the picture, gazhiley. I think it is clear, crisp, good ev. I think it is well composed actually, balanced within the picture with the diagonals and the volumes well matching each other. And about sock-puppets, I think we had our fair share of it lately. Hafspajen (talk) 15:07, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:PS4-Console-wDS4.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:12, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalDarwan Sing[h] Negi, recipient of a Victoria Cross in World War I for his heroic actions in capturing trenches from the Germans while injured, rushing forwards where caution would encourage one to hold back.
Reason
A high-quality scan of what I presume is some sort of photogravure-like reproduction of an image for the Illustrated War News. While not great for identifying his face, I think a candid action shot of a Victoria Cross winner being taken for treatment is still highly encyclopedic. Also, I think that there's a tendency to sanitize war; these sorts of candid images do a lot against that.
As for whether a higher-resolution copy is available: I showed this to a friend who is part of a group actively researching Darwan Sing[h] Negi (the World War I era spelling and modern transliterations vary), and she said she hadn't seen it before. Indeed, most of the images in the Illustrated War News, outside of the occasional formal portrait of nobility, seem to be very obscure. I'm sure we'll be seeing more. If nothing else, it almost seems my duty to. The number of poorly-illustrated events and personages that I can use it to help with...
This was scanned at 600 dpi, and has the expected graininess that will produce.

Edited to add: This is apparently only the second known photograph of Negi...

Articles in which this image appears
Darwan Singh Negi
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/People/Military. I suppose you could go with Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War I if you consider it more of an "action shot" featuring Negi.
Creator
L.N.C., restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Illustrated War News, Dec. 23, 1914, page 38, left side - Darwan Sing Negi.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:46, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalMen of the Docks (oil on canvas, 1912) is a painting by Ashcan artist George Bellows which depicts some day laborers at the docks of Brooklyn on a winter's day, apparently receiving news. It has been described as "the definitive essay on the U.S. in the first half of the 20th century ... big, brawny, tough."
Reason
Very well completed painting which is significant in part for the controversy over its sale (although discussion of a sale began in 2008, it wasn't sold until 2014...). Also, it's the National Gallery's first major American painting.
Articles in which this image appears
Men of the Docks, George Bellows, National Gallery
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
George Bellows

Promoted File:George Bellows - Men of the Docks - 1912 - The National Gallery.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:41, 11 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalThe Peasant Wedding is a 1567 painting by the Flemish Renaissance painter and printmaker Pieter Bruegel the Elder, one of his many depicting peasant life.
Reason
High quality reproduction of a notable painting, and therefore huge EV.
Articles in which this image appears
The Peasant Wedding, Pieter Bruegel the Elder
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The extra foot ... ?
  • Interesting detail: The German article notes that the server in the red shirt seems to have an extra foot, and says the artist evidently overlooked this anomaly. Never noticed it before. Sca (talk) 16:00, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yes, the German article, in its inimitable German way, terms it der überzählige Fuß – "the supernumerary foot," or literally, the "over-count-ish foot." The scene:
    "Hey, this guy has three feet, that's more than the usual count, what should we call it?"
    "How about the over-count-ish foot?"
    Sca (talk) 22:12, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
    [reply]

Promoted File:Pieter Bruegel the Elder - Peasant Wedding - Google Art Project 2.jpg --Adam Cuerden (talk) 23:56, 11 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalThomas Müller is a German footballer who plays for Bayern Munich and the German national team. Müller plays as a midfielder or forward, and has been deployed in a variety of attacking roles – as an attacking midfielder, second striker, centre forward and on either wing. He has been praised for his positioning, team work and stamina, and has shown consistency in scoring and creating goals.
ALT - Edited for more head room
Reason
High quality and EV
Articles in which this image appears
Thomas Müller and List of Germany international footballers
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Sport
Creator
Michael Kranewitter
  • Comment -What does not contribute any significant information about the said footballer? Only lead picture. And only appears to be used in Thomas Müller and a list of footballers - please - now. It is perfecly enough. Hafspajen (talk) 20:49, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Look, just because my opinion does not agree with yours does not mean that you need to criticize it. My reason is valid - a photo simply showing a footballer with a neutral expression has a very low EV. Be mature, and stop arguing - DUCK404 a (talk) 18:42, 3 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - before any of the many new accounts start objecting, FP rules say: Digital manipulation for the purpose of correcting flaws in a photographic image is generally acceptable provided it is limited, well-done, and not deceptive. Typical acceptable manipulation 'includes cropping', perspective correction, sharpening/blurring, and colour/exposure correction. Hafspajen (talk) 12:48, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • You highlighted "includes cropping" as if this were cropping, but it isn't. If creation of cloned content is deemed to be allowed (which I personally disagree with), then I think it should be explicitly included in the "acceptable manipulation" list to avoid doubt. 109.152.146.134 (talk) 03:45, 3 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:FIFA WC-qualification 2014 - Austria vs. Germany 2012-09-11 - Thomas Müller 01 edit.JPG --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:58, 12 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalAleksandr Karelin is a Hero of the Russian Federation and retired Greco-Roman wrestler for the Soviet Union and Russia. He is considered the greatest Greco-Roman wrestler of all time.
Reason
HQ and EV
Articles in which this image appears
Aleksandr Karelin snd Sport in Russia
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Sport
Creator
A.Savin

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Original – The Langlois Bridge at Arles is the subject of four oil paintings, one watercolor and four drawings by Vincent van Gogh. The works, made in 1888 when Van Gogh lived in Arles, in southern France, represent a melding of formal and creative aspects. Van Gogh leverages a perspective frame that he built and used in The Hague to create precise lines and angles when portraying perspective.
Reason
HQ and EV
Articles in which this image appears
Langlois Bridge at Arles
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Vincent van Gogh

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:13, 12 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalThe Dance Lesson, an oil painting on panel completed by Edgar Degas in 1879. Now held at the National Gallery of Art, it depicts women at a dance lesson in a manner influenced by Japanese woodcuts.
Reason
Interesting and notable work, good quality scan.
Articles in which this image appears
The Dance Lesson
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Edgar Degas

Promoted File:The Dance Lesson by Edgar Degas.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:35, 12 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – 1907 film fragment, dubbed Katsudō Shashin (Japanese for "Moving Picture"), thought to be the oldest work of animation in Japan.
Reason
I found this while working on an unrelated project for MILHIST, and it struck me as highly encyclopedic. According to the article, Katsudō Shashin (活動写真?, Moving Picture), or the Matsumoto fragment, refers to a Japanese animated film speculated to be the oldest work of animation in Japan. Its creator is unknown; evidence suggests it was made sometime between 1907 and 1911, possibly predating the earliest displays of Western animation in Japan. It was discovered in a home projector in Kyoto in 2005. The three-second film depicts a boy who writes "活動写真", removes his hat, and waves. The frames were stenciled in red and black using a device for making magic lantern slides, and the filmstrip was fastened in a loop for continuous play. Being an anime freak and a devout (fanatical?) Toonami fan I figured I'd place this here and see if anyone else thinks it should be featured.
Articles in which this image appears
Katsudō Shashin
FP category for this image
Hard to say for sure, Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Photographic techniques, terms, and equipment, Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps, Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle, and Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork all have a legit claim to it.
Creator
Unknown, unfortunetly :/

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:34, 13 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A bird's eye view of El Paso, Texas, dated 1886.
Reason
This is a highly detailed map of El Paso, TX, dated 1886, that shows the city as it appeared after the US civil war but before the turn of the century - in short, back when the west really was wild. In particular, the map shows the initial area of concentration for the settlement of El Paso, which has since grown to encompass the entire area shown in this map and then some. It is also interesting to note the name of the streets shown vis-a-vis the time period given: despite the fact that El Paso borders Mexico, all the street names reflect the Anglo-American settlers as opposed to the Southwestern and south of the border names now widely used in the city.
Articles in which this image appears
El Paso, Texas, El Paso–Juárez, History of El Paso, Texas
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Maps
Creator
Augustus Koch
  • Support as nominatorTomStar81 (Talk) 11:37, 31 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - There's a big yellow stain on this. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:38, 31 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per Crisco 1492. The yellow tint covers much of the image. Definitely not FP quality -- mcshadypl TC 23:24, 31 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • COMMENT: Aside from the stain, is there any other issue with the image? I'm only asking because I suspect that the image could be digitally cleaned up to remove the stain, but I don't want to put this back in circulation for FP consideration in there are going to be additional objections over unmentioned problems here and now, so please do point out any additional issues. TomStar81 (Talk) 01:46, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    • The crop seems tighter than it would have been originally, which has generally had a problem in the past... but yeah, the yellow stain is my biggest objection. It'd be a difficult clean up job, though. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:31, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
      • Frankly, I'd oppose it on crop alone. In its current state, it would be impossible to print it in such a way that it could be used in the same way the original map was, because the edges have been lost left, right, and top. Adam Cuerden (talk) 22:02, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
        • May I ask how you can tell that it's cropped enough to be unusable? The evidence of a dark line signifying the edge of the picture along at least half of each virtical edge would indicate to me that it isn't cropped, at least not enough to say the map would be impossible that it could be used in same way as the original map... To me, it's missing maybe a millimetre or two off half the edges - I certainly wouldn't oppose for that reason... But I am interested in hearing other opinions... gazhiley 14:58, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
The layout of these sorts of maps is generally roughly similar to File:Thaddeus M. Fowler - New Kensington, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania 1896.jpg - A border all around, not perfectly even but more handdrawn. If you were printing a copy of this map, that's more or less what you'd be looking to reproduce - but that's impossible: Not only is the borders missing, but there's also not enough paper that matches the rest of the image.
You could make a postcard of this, but as a reproduction of the original, a print of this would be hideous. Adam Cuerden (talk) 00:56, 3 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the explanation... I appreciate the reply... gazhiley 09:25, 3 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:34, 13 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Photo by Rudolf Suroch of Josephine Baker. Havana, Cuba. 1950
Reason
Good Resolution and High Quality
Articles in which this image appears
Josephine Baker , 1975 +4
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Rudolf Suroch
  • Support as nominatorNational Names 2000 (talk) 00:44, 12 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose and Speedy close - Way, way, way under the minimum resolution. Please acquaint yourself with the featured picture criteria before nominating any further images. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:22, 12 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - It's amazing how clear it is considering the low number of pixels. Perhaps that adds a softness to the lines. User:Crisco 1492 it can't be accepted even if it is a photo of historical value? Does that mean that no old photos can be accepted for Featured picture status? CorinneSD (talk) 18:56, 12 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    • The information template says that the National Library of France has this image. They've scanned most of their collection in high quality. The low resolution is certainly fixable. Also, something this low resolution would likely not pass even if it were completely irreplaceable. The nice thing about film images is that, if you scan the negatives, you can get some big and sharp files. (Also, the uploader says that s/he has an 8*10 glossy print... that's easily 2500 px long side when scanned) — Crisco 1492 (talk) 19:06, 12 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
O.K. Thanks.

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Reason
I Nominate 4 Pictures Expect The Nave
Articles in which this image appears
Portsmouth Cathedral +1
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors
Creator
Diliff

Promoted File:Portsmouth Cathedral Nicholson Organ, Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 00:02, 14 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Portsmouth Cathedral Chancel, Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 00:02, 14 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Portsmouth Cathedral West Great Organ, Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 00:02, 14 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Portsmouth Cathedral Choir, Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 00:02, 14 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Donetsk Regional Admin (City Hall) - Barricades and Balcony
Reason
This Is an Historical of Donetsk Oblast in Ukraine
Articles in which this image appears
Donetsk People's Republic
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/Others or Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Other
Creator
Graham Phillips
  • Comment - it was probably never meant to be filmed. If the officials knew about it this might got destroyed. It is pretty obvious what it is. These are the countries who react to things like Teddybear Airdrop Minsk 2012 and want to delete the article on Jimbo Wales. If he took a real big good quality camera to take the clear pictures you demand, the guy might have ended up in prison. Hafspajen (talk) 02:58, 4 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yeah, I agree with Haffy. If this is something spur of the moment but important, or something likely to be censored, the jitter is fine. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:03, 4 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Those are all valid points by Hafs, and this video is appropriate in the context of the Donetsk People's Republic article, (although a more lucid caption is needed than "The Barricades From Ukraine Have Been Seen After"). But as a stand-alone Main Page feature, it's not sufficiently comprehensible, IMO. It would leave readers scratching their heads. Sca (talk) 14:23, 4 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • I speak Ukrainian. I might be able to help establish whether it's worth the efforts. Er, what's the url? [EDIT] I've found it. I don't know who decided it was in Ukrainian: it's actually in Russian (which I could translate, but there are an abundance of Russian speakers available at English Wikipedia: the only thing they may have problems with is the regional accent which I do know). --Iryna Harpy (talk) 00:21, 5 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • I will not have a chance to listen to it until the evening, but then I can see what I can do. Obviously, if someone wants to translate/subtitle it before (European) evening, I have no objections.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:00, 5 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

0:07 - 0:09 Дорогие земляки
0:09 - 0:14 У меня будет чисто техническая информация, но она может оказаться всем нам очень полезной
0:14 - 0:20 Если вы обратите внимание вон в ту сторону, вы увидите белый флаг с красным крестом
0:20 - 0:26 Там передвижной медицинский пункт нашего первого добровольческого медицинского отряда
0:20 - 0:30 для оказания медицинской помощи тем из вас, дорогие наши и любимые, кто будет в ней нуждаться
0:35 - 0:37 Я буду краток
0:37 - 0:41 Мы, врачи - плоть от плоти своего народа
0:41 - 0:48 Мы едины со своим народом. Мы готовы выполнить наш врачебный долг перед вами до конца и любой ценой
0:48 - 0:50 Мы уверены
0:56 - 1:05 Мы уверены, что каждый из вас так же до конца исполнит свой долг перед нашей родиной и перед своим народом

Now this is my unprofessional translation:

0:07 - 0:09 Dear compatriots
0:09 - 0:14 I have a purely technical communication for you, but this informacion might be very useful for all of us
0:14 - 0:20 If you look that way, there is a white flag with a red cross
0:20 - 0:26 This is a mobile support hospital run by our first mobile voluntary medical detachment
0:20 - 0:30 to provide medical services to those of you who need it
0:35 - 0:37 I will be very brief
0:37 - 0:41 We, doctors, are part of our people
0:41 - 0:48 We are united with our people. We are ready to render medical services fully and by every means
0:48 - 0:50 We are sure
0:56 - 1:05 We are sure that each of you will fully pay your debt to our fatherland and our people as well

  • That was not intended to reflect on your much-appreciated translation. It was intended to refer to how the file meets (or does not meet) the FP criteria, specifically #5: "Adds significant encyclopedic value to an article and helps readers to understand an article." That this film shows a relatively standard statement and not something particularly significant means that I will not be changing my !vote to support. I will, however, be glad to do the timed text. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:28, 7 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • And done. The timing is liable to be off on the Russian version; my apologies for that. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:56, 7 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per Sca about the opening seconds. Also, rather than being an undercover footage, which would justify the poor quality, this seems to me to be a poorly done propaganda shot, or at least not undercover. The journalist apparently has worked for Russia Today, so would probably be tolerated by the people there, and judging from what the man in the video is saying, the video could be interpreted as trying to portray the situation not as threatening but as people trying to help. In that case a better quality can be demanded, I think. Yakikaki (talk) 16:46, 8 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • I don't speak Russian, but this video struck me at first view as POV, i.e. pro-Russsian-separatists. (Correct me if I got the wrong impression.) Again, it's technically subpar and IMO of scant EV for an English-speaking audience. So they're demonstrating for their POV? That's not news.
    I say this even though I understand their point of view. It's similar to that of many other ethnic Russians, in other ex-Soviet so-called republics. (I have personal experience with the phenomenon.) That's not the key issue in Ukraine. The issue in Ukraine is whether geopolitical change should be sought through violence or other extralegal means. I don't see how this video elucidates the topic. The English subs help, but they don't change the essentially chaotic character of the segment. Sca (talk) 18:36, 8 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 00:20, 14 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalSt. John the Baptist is an oil painting on walnut wood by Leonardo da Vinci; completed from 1513 to 1516, it is thought to be his final painting.
Reason
Very impressive, high-quality scan. Used in a wide variety of articles, including one on the painting itself.
Articles in which this image appears
St. John the Baptist (Leonardo) +7
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Leonardo da Vinci

Promoted File:Leonardo da Vinci - Saint John the Baptist C2RMF retouched.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 00:21, 14 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – no comment
Reason
though File:Barnard_33.jpg is a FP, this is a different kind of impresiveness
Articles in which this image appears
Horsehead Nebula, Hubble Space Telescope
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
Creator
NASA

Promoted File:Hubble Sees a Horsehead of a Different Color.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 00:22, 14 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalDe Menagerie, a 1690 oil on paper painting by Melchior d'Hondecoeter. The artist is known for his paintings of birds, including exotic ones from the Indies (as here).
Reason
High resolution, representative of the artist's oeuvre
Articles in which this image appears
Melchior d'Hondecoeter, +1
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Melchior d'Hondecoeter

Promoted File:De menagerie, Melchior d' Hondecoeter, ca. 1690 - Rijksmuseum.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 01:20, 14 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A photograph of Evelyn Nesbit taken by Gertrude Käsebier (1900)
Reason
The most well-known photograph of Evelyn Nesbit, considered the world's first supermodel. EV is great.
Articles in which this image appears
Evelyn Nesbit
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/People/Others
Creator
Käsebier, Gertrude, 1852-1934, photographer. Trialsanderrors (talk · contribs), uploader.

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:30, 14 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – "Shrovetide Revellers is a painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals, completed in 1615 and now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. The painting shows people enjoying festivities at Shrovetide."
Reason
High quality scan of an interesting work.
Articles in which this image appears
Shrovetide Revellers
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Frans Hals
  • Not usually this much of a caricature, though. He tends to exaggerate a bit to give a still painting more life, but doesn't tend to go as far as here... These ones are very modernist, actually, remind me of artworks from the 20s and 30s. Adam Cuerden (talk) 12:39, 5 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Editør: That - and all images like it - fails criterion 8, inappropriate digital manipulation. That one fails particularly hard, as it doesn't even mention it was modified from the source given. With paintings, we need to show them as they are now; this is a long-standing consensus. We can argue a little bit, since lighting can change how a picture looks, but only a little. "High technical standard" for paintings means "shows what the painting looks like", not "what we might wish it to look like", as the latter tends to kill all value for discussions of the painting. Adam Cuerden (talk) 00:19, 12 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Agree. That one in particular is a lot whiter than the painting is now (compare what appears to be the frame, which is still visible in the lower left corner; do you know any wood that is that bright?) — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:21, 12 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Of course that images fails a bunch of criteria, but that is not relevant, no-one is nominating it! My point remains that we should not select a dark and unclear image of a painting as FP based on speculation of the state of the painting. A reliable source about the state of the painting would clear things up quickly and would probably convince me to change my vote. – Editør (talk) 09:57, 12 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Frans Hals, Merrymakers at Shrovetide, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:15, 14 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalJohannes van den Bosch, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, Minister of State, and founder of the Society of Humanitarianism.
Reason
High quality copy of an extremely good painting by a reasonably notable artist; person depicted highly notable
Articles in which this image appears
Johannes van den Bosch, Count van den Bosch
FP category for this image
He's a little hard to classify exactly, either Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/People/Political or Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/People/Military.
Creator
Cornelis Kruseman

Promoted File:Johannes van den Bosch.jpeg --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:48, 14 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalClaes Duyst van Voorhout by Frans Hals
Reason
A lovely painting by Frans Hals, with his typical beautiful depiction of fabric. Has its own article.
Articles in which this image appears
Claes Duyst van Voorhout, List of paintings by Frans Hals
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Frans Hals

Promoted File:Frans Hals - Claes Duyst van Voorhout.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 01:44, 15 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalBassac Abbey is an 11th century Roman building abbey in Bassac, Charente from Ancient Diocese of Saintes style.
Reason
HQ + EV
Articles in which this image appears
Bassac Abbey
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
JLPC

Promoted File:Bassac 16 Abbaye vue ESE 2014.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:04, 15 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalShrovetide by Boris Kustodiev
Reason
A gorgeous painting by an interesting Russian artist. Practically glows. Pretty new in the articles, but given the previous edit was August, and it does an excellent job in illustrating the text about his "colourful paintings and joyful genre pieces", I think it's stable enough.
Articles in which this image appears
Boris Kustodiev, Shrovetide
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Boris Kustodiev
  • Given the shadow, I believe that's the edge of the frame - frames often cover a small amount of the original artwork, so painters who go right to the edge often find a little bit covered. Could maybe crop the line, though. Adam Cuerden (talk) 01:19, 6 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • 'Comment New I recognized this one! Or half of it. I had a spooky feeling that I somehow know this - but in a different way. This is on of our selection of the winter pictures! Hafspajen (talk) 21:47, 7 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Boris Kustodiev - Shrovetide - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:43, 15 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The nave and the sanctuary of Eibingen Abbey, aka Abtei St. Hildegard. Despite the long history of the Abbey, the actual church was only built in 1904.
Reason
High-resolution image of a notable German abbey church and a great example of the Beuron Art School
Articles in which this image appears
Eibingen Abbey
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors
Creator
DXR
Oh, yeah he sure is :D. The wait is well worth it! --DXR (talk) 19:48, 6 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support — Technically impressive. Sca (talk) 16:59, 6 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Technically excellent as already mentioned. I didn't realise you had started using the same 35mm Sigma that I have. If you're going to use 75 frames, surely 50mm is a better focal length though? 75 frames for this angle of view and a 35mm lens means more overlap than is probably needed. Just a minor technical point though. :-) Ðiliff «» (Talk) 18:59, 6 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. Ha, you probably have a point here, but it isn't so much the overlap as the FOV. Currently, I'm doing -50°,-25°,0°, 25°, 50° on the horizontal and that is probably too much (gives me about 145°, which is of course unusable in practice). I guess doing four shots on that axis would be enough, but that is not giving me very convenient numbers with 25° steps (perhaps I will try it next time). What did you use when you still had the 35mm in use, 30°? I would of course prefer the 50mm, but the reality of most German churches is that the benches are so close that anything beyond 40mm becomes very tricky with DOF. Many churches are dark enough anyway (not this one, though) and I'm not keen on having unsharp parts even at f/16. Of course you have an advantage with those glorious cathedrals --DXR (talk) 19:48, 6 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
is it just me or can anyone else not read the above two comments without thinking tweed jackets and thick rimmed spectacles, and thermos flasks in hand?! haha I wish I knew what you two were talking about! gazhiley 11:23, 7 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry Gaz, I guess for everyone else that simply appreciates the final product, it's not that interesting. But the technicals behind how they are created (interior panoramas) is a little complex. DXR, actually with the 35mm Sigma, I was usually only doing 3 columns by 2 rows (and 5 bracketed exposures) with 24° horizontal rotation, whereas when I got the 50mm, I 'upgraded' to 5 columns by 3 rows and 20° horizontal rotation. Four shots on the horizontal axis would be more than enough but it's a bit annoying when you want to start the panorama with a good centre point. I have my Nodal Ninja attached to an Arca Swiss Z1 DP ball head which has a panoramic rotator on it (as part of the Arca Swiss clamp, rather than at the bottom of the ball head where it attaches to the tripod). So what I do is, I lock the rotation of the Nodal Ninja, get the bubble level correct using the ball head adjustments, then rotate the ball head panoramic rotator using grid lines on the live preview of my camera to determine when the view is completely centred. The benefit of the Arca Swiss ball head rotator is that it rotates on a completely horizontal axis, whereas if you use the regular rotator on the bottom of the ball head and your tripod isn't perfectly vertical, you will not be rotating on the horizontal axis. Does that make any sense? It's a minor advantage, but it actually simplifies the overall process, and certainly makes stitching much easier because all the images are already properly aligned and straight. With 4 columns, it is not so easy to align in this way because you don't have a centre point to work with. Also, you should still be able to get a good DOF with a 50mm lens if you use the correct hyperfocal distance. For me with my 50mm lens, it means focusing on a point about 10 metres away from the camera, and gives you an 'in focus' distance of about 30cm to infinity (from memory) at f/13. I don't know if you do that already. It might be more of a disadvantage to go to f/13 or more on the D800 because diffraction would have more an effect on your camera than mine (because of the additional resolution). When I was using a 35mm and wasn't taking the panoramas as seriously, I used to be lazy and focus on the rear wall of the church but it didn't maximise the DOF. With the 50mm, using the hyperfocal distance is crucial. Anyway, hope that helps. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 14:14, 7 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Ðiliff - no need to ever apologise though! I come here to learn more about photography... Just sometimes I get lost! That makes sense tho yes... gazhiley 15:11, 7 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Ðiliff that approach sounds quite logical. I have just started to use a ballhead, even though I mainly use it for leveling at this moment. With regards to the DOF, I'm pretty sure that your maths is off somewhere here. Did you want to write 300 cm? Perhaps I am getting it badly wrong, but I am nearly certain that there is no way to get such a large DOF with a normal prime lens on a full format sensor. For example, this calculator suggests a hyperfocal distance of about 6.5m for 50mm f/13, leaving 0-3m (and therefore too much for many church benches) unsharp. --DXR (talk) 20:33, 7 January 2015 (UTC) [reply]
Sorry, you're right, I meant to say 300cm. Different hyperfocal distance calculators seem to result in slightly different ranges, but on my 5d Mk III, you get acceptable 'in focus' sharpness from 150-200cm onwards from my experience. The thing is, with a small amount of downsampling and the fact that the loss of focus is progressive, it isn't really terribly out of focus until much closer than the theoretical minimum limit of focus. For example this image, where the nearest bench seats were probably about 50cm from the camera and the next row forward were about 150cm away. They aren't completely in focus but are acceptably sharp, I think. By the third row, they are most likely just at the minimum focus distance. As I said, it would be a more obvious effect on the D800 because of the resolution advantage. Having said that, I would rather have more resolution/detail in the majority of my image and a slight loss of focus on the really close foreground objects, than have a lower resolution and everything sharp. But I suppose 50 megapixels isn't too bad already. ;-) As for my ball head, I still mainly use it for levelling, and the panoramic rotator on the clamp is more just handy rather than essential. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 23:39, 7 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Abtei St. Hildegard, Rüdesheim, Nave and Sanctuary b 20140922 1.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:32, 16 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original –70 cm × 51 cm (28 in × 20 in), c. 1500–1525
Reason
St. Anthony the Abbot is portrayed by Hieronymus Bosch in meditation, in fantastic landscape filled with weird creatures and small demons popping up around him, trying to disturb his peace, while he is sitting under the the trunk of a dry tree. The abbot was renowned for his ability of refusing temptation. Among Hieronymus Bosch most famous works is The Garden of Earthly Delights.
Articles in which this image appears
The Temptation of St Anthony (Bosch painting), own article, List of paintings by Hieronymus Bosch
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Hieronymus Bosch

Promoted File:The Temptation of St Anthony (Bosch).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:10, 16 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalTsarskiy Kurgan from 4th century BC, one of the best preserved burial places of Ancient Greek poleis (archeological monument №266). Kerch, Crimea, Ukraine
Reason
HQ and EV
Articles in which this image appears
Royal Kurgan (Kerch)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors
Creator
Anatoly Shcherbak

Promoted File:Царський курган 007.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:54, 16 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalPortrait of a Man, Said to be Christopher Columbus, completed by Sebastiano del Piombo in 1519, is thought to be a post-humous portrait of the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus, who was long considered the first European to reach the Americas. His voyages initiated the Spanish colonization of the New World.
Reason
Considering I named myself after him, I can't really turn this down. High quality scan of a useful image. Note that no contemporary portraits of Columbus are known, allowing this to have high EV in his article.
Articles in which this image appears
Christopher Columbus, Catholic Monarchs, History of Puerto Rico, Liguria, The Last Voyage of Columbus.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering, perhaps?
Creator
Sebastiano del Piombo
  • Comment. (edit conflict) I would never oppose this type of nomination, although as the one who reverted this file's inclusion in the article on Columbus, I have serious concerns about this image. It is darker and grayer with less contrast than the status quo image in the article. Since most of Wikipedia's readers are non-experts in the worlds of art and professional photography, they probably won't grasp the aesthetic value of the "inner beauty" of this candidate and would opt for the "better appearance" of the existing .png image in the article. I very much appreciate the high values of Crisco 1492 both in terms of this choice of candidate and his distaste for an unproductive edit war. I would welcome that contributor's launch of an RfC on the talk page of the Columbus article. That way we would be better able to determine which of the two images is more appropriate for that encyclopedia article, and perhaps for any other article as well. – Paine EllsworthCLIMAX! 21:39, 7 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • RFCs are a bit of overkill for anything like this. The issue with digital manipulation (which the PNG has, for certain) is that it almost always modifies the color of the work to an unrealistic level. There are no pure whites in the real world, certainly not 255/255/255 like Columbus' collar. The loss of detail there is frightening. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 21:54, 7 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Paine Ellsworth: The Google Art Project is a reliable source for information on what paintings look like. It has a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy. We cannot actively mislead readers on the actual appearance of a key early document, any more than we could arbitrarily change the text of an early source while presenting it as the original. It is never, ever an improvement to actively mislead our readers: Paintings are one-off objects; They aren't like photos where different prints can have radically different levels. Where are you seeing Crisco saying you're right? Adam Cuerden (talk) 07:23, 16 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • I said "right direction", not right. I much prefer the (presumably accurate) Met scan, but if Paine insists on having an edit, something that doesn't blow out the highlights is indubitably "the right direction". — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:58, 16 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yes, the right direction, so you agree that there is a better direction to go. I don't feel we're misleading readers if we highlight with discretion so they can at least get a better view of the subject, in this case a great painted portrait of who is most likely Columbus. I suppose the point is moot, now. Joys to all! – Paine  17:26, 16 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Portrait of a Man, Said to be Christopher Columbus.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:44, 16 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalTodi is a town in Perugia, Italy; perched on a tall two-crested hill overlooking the east bank of the river Tiber, it commands distant views in every direction.
Reason
High quality view of the village
Articles in which this image appears
Todi
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban
Creator
Livioandronico2013

Promoted File:Todi panorama.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:02, 17 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – NASA's version of 2014 HD
Full res version
For reference, this FP is what NASA saw in 1995
Reason
no comment
Articles in which this image appears
Eagle Nebula Pillars of Creation
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
Creator
NASA
Support --Per above..Yep! its once-in-a-lifetime chance to nominate a PoC pic. Well guys, any idea why they are named so? The nebula isn't creating any stars as it did some 6000 years ago. But surprised that even now, those diffraction spikes still appear in HST images while many other ground based guys don't show it up to a large extent..--The Herald : here I am 13:38, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Pillars of creation 2014 HST WFC3-UVIS full-res denoised.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:56, 17 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – This species of goat occur in the Middle East. This photo was taken in Israel.
Reason
Not the best possible EV, but still a pretty good shot & appropriate for FP.
Articles in which this image appears
Nubian ibex
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
Pikiwikisrael

Not Promoted -- - The Herald (here I am) 09:00, 18 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Dome of S.Peter in the night
Reason
A beautiful view of Dome of S.Peter in the night
Articles in which this image appears
{{{articles}}}
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places
Creator
Livioandronico2013 (talk) 20:15, 17 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted -- — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:23, 18 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The masquerade dress of Gustav III of Sweden worn during his assassination on March 16 1792.
Reason
Unusual and with high EV, as well as beautiful in its own right.
Articles in which this image appears
Gustav III of Sweden
FP category for this image
Other history
Creator
Göran Schmidt

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Original – Black Nazarene at Quiapo Church, Manila.
Reason
Good Resolution and High Class Format
Articles in which this image appears
Black Nazarene
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Sculpture
Creator
Created by : Agustino (in 1600's) Image : Constantine Agustin
Comment - nice though that someboby nominate this kind of sculpures. Hafspajen (talk) 10:03, 9 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Tischbein portrays Goethe as an idealized, almost otherworldly person, as a man of great insight. He wears a large wide-brimmed hat, fashionable among German artists in Rome, and a creamy white traveller's duster.
Reason
A famous and much inonic depiction, much disputed, significant and appreciated painting of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. It is described in Goethe's work Italian Journey. It has acquired an important place in the history of art as a German icon of national painting. The painting had an indisputable role in shaping the world’s image of Goethe. The painting is considered as one of the highlights of the museum's collection.goethe-roman-campagna-1787/ staedelmuseum.de Used, Google file.
Articles in which this image appears
Goethe in the Roman Campagna, Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, Artist, Italian Journey, Occasional poetry, ‎ 1829, Culture of Germany, German language, Literature, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Städel, German new humanism, Philistinism, List of people from Frankfurt
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein

Promoted File:Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein - Goethe in the Roman Campagna - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:38, 19 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The Mediterranean
Reason
High EV
Articles in which this image appears
Eugène Delacroix
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Eugène Delacroix

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Original – , Fishing For Frogs, 1882. Oil on canvas painting by William Adolphe Bouguereau
Reason
High EV
Articles in which this image appears
William Adolphe Bouguereau
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
William Adolphe Bouguereau
I mean the painting doesn't satisfy me. I thing it was nominated unprofessionally to qualify label of Feature Picture and has to be get rid of here. Alborzagros (talk) 11:27, 19 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Rogier van der Weyden. Portrait of a Lady, c. 1460. National Gallery of Art, Washington.
Reason
High Resolution and High EV
Articles in which this image appears
Portrait of a Lady (van der Weyden) (Own Article) , Rogier van der Weyden 20+
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Rogier van der Weyden

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Original – Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Atherton, c. 1743
Reason
A quality image; an excellent example of one of Arthur Devis's early portraits, which is also a conversation piece.
Articles in which this image appears
Arthur Devis (1712–1787)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Arthur Devis

Promoted File:Arthur Devis - Mr and Mrs Atherton - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:13, 19 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalBellona was an Ancient Roman goddess of war, corresponding to the Ancient Greek Enyo. She was called the sister of Mars, and in some sources, his wife or an associate of his female cult partner Nerio. This painting of the goddess, dating to 1633, was completed by Rembrandt.
Reason
High quality painting by a great master; useful illustration, has long been stable in the article. Underrepresented area.
Articles in which this image appears
Bellona (goddess), List of paintings by Rembrandt
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Religion and mythology
Creator
Rembrandt

Promoted File:Bellona, by Rembrandt van Rijn.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:44, 19 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Portrait of a Man in a Turban, possible self-portrait, 1433
Reason
Quality good. EV good.
Articles in which this image appears
Portrait of a Man (Self Portrait?), Jan van Eyck
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Keraunoscopia

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:14, 19 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalSaudade by José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior
Reason
Striking illustration of the concept of saudade, which has no direct English translation. This is a high quality image (15,036 × 30,000 pixels, file size 131.82 MB) from the Google Art Project. The word "describes a deep emotional state of nostalgic or profound melancholic longing for an absent something or someone that one loves. Moreover, it often carries a repressed knowledge that the object of longing may never return. A stronger form of saudade may be felt towards people and things whose whereabouts are unknown, such as a lost lover, or a family member who has gone missing, moved away, separated, or died. Saudade was once described as "the love that remains" after someone is gone..."
Articles in which this image appears
Saudade, Desire, and just replaced a smaller version of the same image on José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior
Zwintscher: Sehnsucht
  • SupportTrès evocative. Interesting that in Brazil there's an official day of Saudade – it's coming up on Jan. 30. (Saudade seems similar to the German Sehnsucht (illus. below right), the article about which mentions Saudade.) Sca (talk) 15:21, 10 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Almeida Júnior - Saudade (Longing) - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:13, 20 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The Gold crown from Seobongchong Tumulus, a gold crown of Silla origin that is now housed at the Gyeongju National Museum. The crown is 24.7 centimeters in height, 18.4 centimeters in diameter, and 30.7 high when the ornaments hanging from the headband
Reason
A very good image of a crown of Silla, and a Treasure of South Korea. We don't have any similar images, to the best of my knowledge. Featured on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Crowns of Silla
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Culture and lifestyle
Creator
Unknown; photograph by the National Museum of Korea

Promoted File:서봉총 금관 금제드리개.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:12, 20 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Portrait of Henry VIII
Reason
Portrait of Henry VIII by Hans Holbein the Younger's workshop, depicting Henry VIII. While the firs one was destroyed by fire in 1698 it is still well known today through the second ex. from the workshop of Hans Holbein the Younger 1497/8. It is one of the most iconic images of Henry and is one of the most famous portraits of any British monarch.
Workshops paintings-> were not less good than originals, -> compare
Articles in which this image appears
Portrait of Henry VIII, Henry VIII of England, List of Canadian monarchs, Oriental carpets in Renaissance painting, Walker Art Gallery
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Hans Holbein the Younger - Workshop of Hans Holbein the Younger 1497/8

Promoted File:After Hans Holbein the Younger - Portrait of Henry VIII - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:05, 20 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalLuncheon of the Boating Party, an 1881 painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Reason
A masterpiece by one of the leading impressionist artists, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Luncheon of the Boating Party is the best known work of art at The Phillips Collection, the United States' first museum of modern art.
Articles in which this image appears
Luncheon of the Boating Party, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, The Phillips Collection, Maison Fournaise, Duncan Phillips (art collector), Ernest Procter
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Promoted File:Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Luncheon of the Boating Party - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:53, 20 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Reason
An interesting set. The Haller Madonna is actually two paintings, one on the obverse and one on the reverse. The obverse depicts Mary holding the infant Jesus, whereas the reverse depicts Lot's escape from Sodom.
Articles in which this image appears
Haller Madonna
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Albrecht Dürer

Promoted File:Madonna Haller.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:33, 21 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Albrecht Dürer - Lot's Flight - National Gallery of Art.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:33, 21 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – English singer-songwriter Little Boots in 2011
Reason
A very original high resolution portrait.
Articles in which this image appears
Little Boots
FP category for this image
People/Entertainment
Creator
Mia Margetic
  • I kinda agree, there appears to have been some manipulation in post-processing that leaves a strange pattern around her head (I don't see actual bokeh doing that). That being said, I do love this picture. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:26, 12 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Me too. Captivating. 109.151.59.93 (talk) 20:26, 12 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – 1969 caricature of Irish avant-garde author and Nobel laureate Samuel Beckett by Edmund S. Valtman.
Reason
Just as good as the Idi Amin portrait by Valtman that is already featured.
Articles in which this image appears
Samuel Beckett
FP category for this image
People/Artists and writers
Creator
Edmund S. Valtman

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:43, 21 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalWernher von Braun, the first director of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center and designer of the Saturn V rocket.
Alternative – Wernher von Braun, 1960
Alternative 2 – von Braun standing in front of Saturn V's Rocketdyne F-1 engines, unknown date
Reason
This is an illustrative portrait from May 1964 of an immensely important 20th century scientist. The models behind him are of the Saturn rockets.
Articles in which this image appears
Wernher von Braun, Jack Parsons (rocket engineer), Space Race
FP category for this image
People/Science and engineering
Creator
NASA

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:59, 21 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – An early medieval Greek church in the Pontus region (now in Turkey).
Reason
Solid image.
Articles in which this image appears
Sumela Monastery
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Uspn

Promoted File:Sumela From Across Valley.JPG --Armbrust The Homunculus 01:23, 22 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalArgiope pulchella
Reason
One of the most detailed photograph of a Argiope sp. so far
Articles in which this image appears
Argiope pulchella
FP category for this image
Arachnids
Creator
Jeevan Jose, Kerala, India
  • Weak oppose - I find the background much too distracting and the photo is not of comparable quality to the other featured pictures of arachnids. Having both sexes in the picture is excellent EV for sexual dimorphism, but I find it a pity that the male is blurry. --Ebertakis (talk) 23:06, 14 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • No need for that Jee, it's a fair point that has been raised. However, I'm with you on this. The quality is as good as it gets and while the background is slightly distracting, the EV makes up for it. The male in the background adds context to the image too. Support --Muhammad(talk) 07:42, 15 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • The depth of field could be improved by increasing the f-stop. Probably flash would be necessary in that case, which would darken the background, too. But I hate it when "could/would/should" enter the discussion, especially when it comes to a nature shot. Believe me, I've been there and I know that these damn webs move immensely at even the slightest of air motions bringing the spider in and out of focus all the time and that the critters rarely do you the favor of staying put. You have my utmost respect for capturing this shot, but you also have my confidence that you can do better next time. By the way, I think I like this other photo better. The background is somewhat better and the male is much sharper. Add it as an alt? --Ebertakis (talk) 23:07, 15 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks Ebertakis for the detailed review. This is one of my last work with my old Panasonic FZ28; so had its limitations. More DOF will end up in more busy background without a flash which I don't have. We considered the other version in Commons; but the female is not much sharp in that view. The male is more in focus there only because the focus is in between the male and female. Here, in the current nomination, we can even see the two main eyes of her. Note that Argiope sp. have poor visibility and their eyes are less prominent compared to other spiders. They detect the presence of their prey from the motion on their webs. They are connected by a string to the web even while rest under leaf outside their web. (I will be away in weekend; can't comment before next Tuesday.) Jee 02:23, 16 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support EV was important for my support on Commons and is even more important here on WP. There are trade-offs with increasing f-stop (diffraction, subject isolation, higher ISO noise). Considering the male is actively moving, and in a different plane, I don't see this being improved. -- Colin°Talk 14:31, 16 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support I'm okay with the background, and the EV is very high. Rreagan007 (talk) 21:38, 20 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Argiope pulchella at Nayikayam Thattu.jpg -- - The Herald (here I am) 12:41, 22 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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File:Kalacakra Mandala construction by Lobsang Samten El Paso TX US 2012 (CE).ogv
Original – HD time-tapse video by Steve Osborne of Kalacakra Mandala constructed by Lobsang Samten in El Paso, TX, US over the course of a month spanning late October and early November 2012.
Reason
Interesting footage of the artist at work, released under a free license. High quality (HD 720).
Articles in which this image appears
Losang Samten
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others
Creator
Steve Osborne
Comment - it takes days to build a mandala. Sometimes several weeks. To put all that together and compress in 1 minute and 15 seconds it's not easy. I am affraid that they do look like this. Hafspajen (talk) 15:08, 12 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Cest good.. - The Herald (here I am) 12:46, 16 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:24, 22 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalThe Embarkation for Cythera painting by French painter Jean-Antoine Watteau
Reason
High Quality and EV
Articles in which this image appears
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Jean-Antoine Watteau
sample zoom-in

Promoted File:L'Embarquement pour Cythère, by Antoine Watteau, from C2RMF retouched.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 07:49, 23 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalThe Headless Horseman pursuing Ichabod Crane (the protagonist of Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow), a subject of many painters of the 18th & 19th century.
Another painting concerning the guy (Not for voting)
Reason
This Halloween friendly perfect quality high EV picture says it all. Still doubt why the last nom failed..
Articles in which this image appears
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Headless Horseman Pursuing Ichabod Crane
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Literary illustrations or Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings (probably the latter)
Creator
John Quidor
  • Comment: However black the shadows are (and the artist intended them to be), a scan should show some detail. Otherwise it is certain that information has been lost in the scanning process. Ideally, you should see some faint brush-marks or structure even in the darkest parts. Edit: Look at the histogram in Photoshop, Gimp or some other editor, it is clipped at the dark end! --Janke | Talk 09:19, 14 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:John Quidor - The Headless Horseman Pursuing Ichabod Crane - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:20, 23 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalDynjandi, a series of waterfalls located in the Westfjords (Vestfirðir), Iceland.
Reason
High quality image of this waterfall in Iceland.
Articles in which this image appears
Dynjandi
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator
Diego Delso
  • Comment - Iceland is not like the rest of the world. I was hiking on Iceland, that's not regular terrain, that's just a lot of lavablocks thrown out on the site. Plus it is raining five days a week. Impossible to leave the regular path. Hafspajen (talk) 12:12, 15 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Well, almost inpossible, than. Nobody walks out in that terrain like the above depicted like you could do in other parts of the world, in those parts where it looks like in this picture. It's not flat. With the exception of the plains and where there is sediments most land looks like this and worse. File:Cordonblocs grindavik.JPG. These here are very very small boulders, looks very comfortable here, almost pebbles, compared how it looks in many places. Hafspajen (talk) 14:44, 15 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Cascada Dynjandi, Vestfirðir, Islandia, 2014-08-14, DD 136-138 HDR.JPG --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:45, 23 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalThe Miracle at the Grave of Elisha by Jan Nagel
Reason
A gorgeous work; illustrates the relevant section of Elisha extremely well. Can't confirm the source, but I'm assuming good faith - probably a past exhibition.
Articles in which this image appears
Elisha, Jan Nagel (painter) (latter just added)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Jan Nagel

Promoted File:The Miracle at the Grave of Elisha by Jan Nagel (d 1602).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:41, 23 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Luncheon Still Life
Reason
Big enough, clear enough, used. John F. Francis (1808 – 1886) was a skilled American still life painter, from Philadelphia. In 2013 a pair of his still lifes was appraised at $100,000. The painting is in the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Articles in which this image appears
John F. Francis
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
John F. Francis

Promoted File:John F. Francis - Luncheon Still Life - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 01:22, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalThe Fall of the Titans by Cornelis van Haarlem
Reason
This image is... mad. Crazy. Bizarre. - and yet gorgeously executed. It's a delightful example of the work of a notable artist, and batshit insane.
Articles in which this image appears
Cornelis van Haarlem, Northern Mannerism, The Fall of the Titans
FP category for this image
WP:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Cornelis van Haarlem

Promoted File:Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem - The Fall of the Titans - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 04:20, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Reason
High Quality Image And High EV
Articles in which this image appears
Lichfield Cathedral +2
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors and Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture (last image)
Creator
Diliff

Promoted File:Lichfield Cathedral Choir 1, Staffordshire, UK - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 04:23, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Lichfield Cathedral Choir 2, Staffordshire, UK - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 04:23, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Lichfield Cathedral High Altar from choir, Staffordshire, UK - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 04:23, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Lichfield Cathedral Nave Columns, Staffordshire, UK - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 04:23, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Lichfield Cathedral Organ, Staffordshire, UK - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 04:23, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Lichfield Cathedral Exterior from NE, Staffordshire, UK - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 04:23, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalThe Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone by Thomas Moran, Smithsonian American Art Museum
Reason
High Quality and EV
Articles in which this image appears
Thomas Moran
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Thomas Moran

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:39, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalInterior with Portraits by Thomas Le Clear
Reason
HQ and EV
Articles in which this image appears
Interior with Portraits and Thomas Le Clear
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Thomas Le Clear

Promoted File:Thomas Le Clear - Interior with Portraits - Smithsonian.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:47, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalBarge Haulers on the Volga by Ilya Repin
Reason
HQ and EV
Articles in which this image appears
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Ilya Repin
  • Comment - Now that you point it out, it does look a bit warm(ish) - but, if you take an average of all these: [6], I don't think it is too far off... ;-) There's another, slightly larger version on Commons (obviously from the same transparency photo, but most of the dust and hairs is unretouched), which has somewhat better looking color: [7] However, if the little strip at the bottom is supposed to be a grayscale, then that version has been color corrected far too much toward the blue! --Janke | Talk 21:21, 14 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • I looked at the next-to last version, before the "border remove", and there, the grayscale strip really looked like a true greyscale. Thus, I fully support the colors of the current version. --Janke | Talk 17:20, 15 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Ilia Efimovich Repin (1844-1930) - Volga Boatmen (1870-1873).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:47, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalOne World Trade Center, as viewed from the Hudson River
Reason
I recently finished copy editing One World Trade Center, and I noticed that its lead image is of very good quality. The picture is very clear, I can't detect any obvious signs of artificial processing, and the building itself is a fine piece of architecture.
Articles in which this image appears
One World Trade Center, United States, Manhattan, and September 11 attacks
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Joe Mabel

Not Promoted -- — Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:25, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Reason
Paintings of series of wheat-fields and related topics from in the article in -Wheat Fields (Van Gogh series). All paintings are figuring in the article. A series of 16 paintings from the renowned Dutch painter, van Gogh. Van Gogh's brushstrokes in staccato are especially suited to depict the straws of the wheat field, giving them a special look and life....
Articles in which this image appears
Wheat Fields (Van Gogh series)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Vincent van Gogh
  • Why isn't that fair? It was a collaboration, working together to achieve a shared goal. We are sharing it, we would all have supported it anyway. The only difference is that we get credited all. It probably will not be a standard, but it was a lot of messing around to get this nomination together. Hafspajen (talk) 21:56, 14 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Then it will take over 30 paintings.  - The Herald (here I am) 13:23, 18 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. This nomination seemingly isn't so much a set as a smattering of pictures from a set. I'm struggling to get my head around the nomination, and the fact we have people supporting some of the pictures and opposing others just adds to the complication. We also have to ask if people are really going to spend the time assessing the EV and quality of each individual image. (I also share some worries about the many nominators.) J Milburn (talk) 14:00, 18 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Common on, guys - you all get on well together at FPC, discussion about co-noms is taking place on the talk page, so I'm hatting this. SagaciousPhil - Chat 12:35, 19 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.
  • Comment
  • 1) The opposed one are no longer in the nomination. They are REMOVED, so ain't nobody get confused about that one, se comment above.
  • Comment Hafspajen - You are publicly pulling me into a discussion I was trying to avoid. This is not about the size of the set, though the organizing principle is a bit loose. Does this set represent an image of every single Van Gosh painting involving a wheatfield? If not, that is how it differs from my sets, which were absolutely complete. That is my understand of a set. Not that you select images that are all relevant, rather you select all the images and make them relevant. If this works, you have a FP set, if it doesn't, you don't have a sucessful set. The nominating process that occurred (open invitations to anyone who wants to pick up a bunch of stars) makes a mockery of the FP system.--Godot13 (talk) 19:33, 18 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I am sorry you perceive it this way. As I said already I don't mind sharing them. But since some people protested, it will probably not happen any more this kind of giant noms that often. But I think it is still fully valid if two or three people work together, one finds an image, the other one uploades it, they wrote an article on it and so on. As I said it will probably will not happen any more, but those who were invited they were invited - to work too. But it was great fun, Herald had the idea and I rather don't want to make those people sad that signed up. I almost never mind sharing my noms ... because it makes people engaged, involved, because they get engaged in the FP process, they became interested. Because it is a cooperative project. Feel free to suggest rules for the co-noms and I will be happy to follow. I guess it is kinda sad thing going on like this. Who do you want to remove? Poor Corinne who only had 5 nominations? She is of no threat for anyone. Or Atsme who only had one single star? You can't really remove me because I worked hard and Herald because it was his idea. Hafspajen (talk) 19:40, 18 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia_talk:Featured_picture_candidates#Multiple_co-nominators_of_an_FPC.--Godot13 (talk) 20:12, 18 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I don't mind taking my name off as a nominator if that will help promote the images. I have a question: two images have been removed because of quality issues. If better quality images for those two paintings are found, couldn't they be re-added? Would that make it more of a set? CorinneSD (talk) 20:16, 18 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
(EC) Also, I don't think it's quite fair that you make this about "sharing" or not sharing. Clearly, based on comments above, the idea was to present this nomination as a done deal with the five+ votes locked up as co-nominators. I don't want to remove anyone, but when you bring that up in the context of how few FP nominations that others have, I think you're missing the point. My background is in academia, where publishing papers with co-authors is a big part of the focus. That is probably why I have a strong reaction to handing out co-nom positions unless they've been earned. Please do not confuse that with not wanting to share. Unrelated to the nominator situation, I'm sorry to say that with all the crap I took last year about sets and what's required, this is not a complete set, so per J Milburn, I have to Oppose. This is based entirely on the set issue, nothing else. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Godot13 (talkcontribs) 20:32, 18 January 2015‎
YES; I think it is. I think it is being generous or not. I with that I am ready to WITHDRAW this nom from my part and I am out of this LOW_LEVEL discussion. Do whatever you want. I AM REALLY DISAPPOINTED WITH YOU GUYS OPPOSING IT for the reasons you brought up. And MY background is in academia as well. You don't seems to realize that we need good faith editors on the project, that we have rules agaist biting newbies (Atsme) , that the project is indeed collaborative, that we need editors wo participate and above all where would I have been today if I didn't got help from Crisco and all the other editors under my years on Wiki? Nowhere. It may be that some have this lone -wolf mentality but I DON*T MIND sharing and this is exactly what I still think. You everyone who are against this go ahead and close the nom and chuck it. Hafspajen (talk) 21:01, 18 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
For the reasons we brought up? Sets which can be completed (e.g., the number of banknotes in a specified series, restored constellation star charts, the number of paintings by a famous artist on a given subject) and have an established total number (or scope) are incomplete unless all are represented. Perhaps smaller sets are possible with a modified scope. Exceptions might exist for objects that were known to have been produced, but are unknown to exist. Please remember, I am a proponent of well constructed image sets and want to see them flourish. But is has to be a real set, not handpicked example that represents part of a set. I think we all want more good faith editors on the FP project. Mentor them. What was learned here? Provide a signature as a co-nom and pick up lots of stars. Rules against biting newbies? First off, I don't think I've bitten anyone (if I am missing something, anyone please point it out to me), and I've never even referred to Atsme or contacted them. It is clear that you are upset about this, but please, stop and think about what you are saying.--Godot13 (talk) 22:10, 18 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
WELL; you have bitten ME enough. I am out of here. Have fun. Hafspajen (talk) 22:55, 18 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
???--Godot13 (talk) 23:08, 18 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
* NOMINATION WITHDRAWN FROM MY SIDE IN ACCORDANCE WITH DISCUSSION ON Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/A collection of paintings of that strange wild man who roamed the fields of Provence - I an not paticipating in this low-level project any more. The others may decide for themselfes. Good luck with that lone-wolf Wikicup. Hafspajen (talk) 22:11, 18 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) I'd like to say a few things. First, it is clear that there were two different objections to this nomination. The first one that User:GamerPro64 raised was that if a group of five editors makes a group nomination, and five votes are needed to promote an image, the promotion is kind of a foregone conclusion. GamerPro64 said that was "not fair". There was a little discussion on that issue, and then the second main objection arose, namely, that this group of Van Gogh images is not a complete set. However, I believe that GamerPro64's statement that a nomination by a group of five is not fair began an emotional reaction that the second issue only fanned. I think it should be understood that the nominators did not have instant promotion in mind when we nominated this group of images. I'm not sure why User:Hafspajen and User:The Herald decided to do a co-nomination, inviting some of their fellow editors to join in, or why they decided to nominate a large group of images. I'm new to this, so I was just glad to join in. (I don't know much about photographic image quality, but I'm glad to learn. By participating in WP FP, I have been learning, and I'd like to learn more. I do, however, have a degree in Fine Arts, so I can say something about the images.)

One good thing that has come out of this is the discussion on the FP talk page about establishing rules for group nominations that would require more votes in relation to the number of co-nominators. I think one reason User:Hafspajen has become so upset is that there has been some implication that the co-nominators did not make this nomination in a good faith spirit, and were engineering a foregone promotion, which is definitely not the case. Also, it seems that there have been no established rules for sets of images. So we're dealing with two new issues, co-nominations by more than two editors, and what constitutes a set of images, both raised by this co-nomination.
Regarding User:Godot13's mention of his/her experience publishing papers with co-authors in a university setting, where each co-author is expected to earn the right to have his or her name on the publication by completing some research, I think there is a difference here at FP. While WP articles are written carefully so as to ensure that statements are based on reliable sources, this FP nominations process is both less rigorous than academic publishing and is open to editors who may be new to this process. Godot 13, you wrote, "That is probably why I have a strong reaction to handing out co-nom positions unless they've been earned." I don't understand how you think editors are supposed to earn a star. Perhaps you mean finding or uploading a quality image, and then nominating it. But if two editors work together to nominate an image, how can you evaluate what each editor did? And the same with three editors. WP is all about collaboration. Why would you discourage a group of editors who has worked together on something by objecting that "because there are so many of you, I can't figure out what work you have done, so you don't all deserve a star." You also wrote, "Provide a signature as a co-nom and pick up lots of stars." Earning another star is not important to me. What is important to me is just participating in the process of selecting quality images of great art or photographs. Would you ideally like to limit participation at FP to editors who have a background in photography or a degree in art history? Just as editors are not required to demonstrate their credentials before making edits to articles, editors with a variety of backgrounds and skill levels have been allowed to nominate and vote on FP images. Just as in general editing on WP, editors who participate here can learn. The more one participates, the more one learns. Hafspajen has actually been very generous in teaching me and others about images; I have learned a lot, and I hope to learn more. Hafspajen got me interested in participating on FP nominations.
Finally, I think that in response to this co-nomination, some editors did not acknowledge the good faith spirit in which Hafspajen and The Herald gathered the images and organized the co-nomination. No one can deny that this is a spectacular group of images. A little less criticism and a few gentler, more constructive suggestions might have avoided Hafs' taking the opposition personally and becoming upset. CorinneSD (talk) 23:36, 18 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Did I do something wrong? I honestly did not expect stuff to escalate to this. GamerPro64 23:39, 18 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
GamerPro64- IMO, you did nothing wrong. You spoke your mind. @User:CorinneSD- I did acknowledge Hafs in the discussion on my talk page. My error was in not also acknowledging The Herald (but it was a conversation between Hafs and me). I am well aware of the difference between academia and Wikipedia. I was not attacking Hafs (as, I think, the discussion on my talk page shows) but rather was having some shots taken at me for being a voice of opposition. The two issues are rather separate. There will always be judgement call involved in what constitutes a set, but completeness within a given scope has (I believe) never been questioned. That is my issue with this set: it is incomplete. About the number of nominators- when a hypothetical question is posed about having five co-nominators, and such an FPC then being promoted on the spot, the response was "Oh yeh..We had that in our mind", it does raise an eyebrow (see the discussion linked to this quote) and mysteriously one of the co-nominator's signatures is dated before the nomination was made. I'm not assuming bad faith, just that the nom was not handled well. When I speak my mind (and keeping it on my talk page was my first choice), inferences to a lack of generosity are followed by references to the WikiCup, which end with comments about being a "lone-wolf" and some references to ego... and I was being critical?--Godot13 (talk) 00:40, 19 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Also, you quoted me as saying "because there are so many of you, I can't figure out what work you have done, so you don't all deserve a star.", could you please refresh my memory as to when and where I said that?--Godot13 (talk) 00:40, 19 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
O day untowardly turned! Well then. I TAKE ALL THE RESPONSIBILITY ON MY HEAD (BEING THE IDEA'S PROMOTER) AND REQUEST HAFS TO COME BACK, PLEASE J Milburn, I can't possibly find still why you are opposing the nomination. Is it just because you can't possibly find all the wheat-field pictures OR you hate to have credit of the noms to diverge and go to many? It was me and Hafs who were actually involved in it in the beginning and then we thought to include Atsme (whom I have adopted unofficially) and CorinneSD, a Van-goh fan. Thay accepted the nomination AFTER GOING THROUGH THE PAINTINGS and said a green signal. Does it mean that we should never think new ideas? Certainly not. Godot, Hafs only want to give an example to J Milburn that it is not the first time you have huge sets and nothing else. Hafs, just think over the issue by keeping calm.  - The Herald (here I am) 09:22, 19 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Herald, you appear to be confused. I don't give two shits about a large number of FP "credits" going to lots of people- I have never said that. (My concern with the multiple nominators - which, to clarify, was a small concern, and not the reason I opposed this nomination; I added it in brackets as an afterthought on my comment - is the possibility of people planning ahead and trying to push nominations through by getting together a lot of supporters before a nomination has even begun. I have no view on whether that happened here or not, and, indeed, it's not particularly important- it remains a worry nonetheless.) The reason I opposed this nomination was that this does not actually seem to be a full or coherent set, and there does seem to be the legitimate possibility that some images are worthy or promotion while others aren't; the fact that someone opposed some of the images reinforces that view, while the fact that these were subsequently removed from the "set" (with very little fanfare) reinforces the view that this is not really a coherent set, but just an assortment ("collection") of pictures relating to a particular topic. J Milburn (talk) 10:27, 19 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • I was NOT OVERREACTING. I am calm enough to know what I am doing. If I am not allowed to share this nomination with Herald, Atsme and CorinneSD I am not interested to have any of it myself. In that case I am withdrawing each and every nomination from this process and I quit from this process. I am not participating any more if this is the way you want it. In that case all this is just worthless and no point in participating in it further. I don't feel I did anything wrong either. You spoke your mind, I do so to. .Hafspajen (talk) 09:45, 19 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Also, I don't think it's quite fair that you make this about "sharing" or not sharing. Clearly, based on comments above, the idea was to present this nomination as a done deal with the five+ votes locked up as co-nominators. I don't want to remove anyone, but when you bring that up in the context of how few FP nominations that others have, I think you're missing the point. My background is in academia, where publishing papers with co-authors is a big part of the focus. That is probably why I have a strong reaction to handing out co-nom positions unless they've been earned. Please do not confuse that with not wanting to share. Unrelated to the nominator situation, I'm sorry to say that with all the crap I took last year about sets and what's required, this is not a complete set, so per J Milburn, I have to Oppose. This is based entirely on the set issue, nothing else. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Godot13 (talkcontribs) 20:32, 18 January 2015‎

Promoted File:Vincent van Gogh - Enclosed Field with Ploughman - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:31, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Vincent van Gogh - Wheatfield - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:31, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Vincent Van Gogh - Corn Harvest in Provence - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:31, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Vincent van Gogh - Geploegde akkers ('De voren') - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:31, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Vincent van Gogh - De oogst - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:31, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Vincent van Gogh - Wheatfield with a reaper - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:31, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Vincent van Gogh - Peasant woman binding sheaves (after Millet) - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:31, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Vincent van Gogh - Green Field - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:31, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Vincent Willem van Gogh, Dutch - Rain - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:31, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Vincent van Gogh - Landscape from Saint-Rémy - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:31, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Vincent Van Gogh - Wheatfield With Cornflowers - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:31, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Gogh, Vincent van - Landscape at Saint-Rémy (Enclosed Field with Peasant) - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:31, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Vincent van Gogh - Wheatfield with crows - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:31, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Vincent van Gogh - Wheatfield under thunderclouds - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:31, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Reason
High quality an EV
Articles in which this image appears
Laxdæla saga
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Literary illustrations
Creator
Andreas Bloch

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:01, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – This map shows the routes to and locations of the concentration and extermination camps where the Holocaust was perpetrated in Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II.
Reason
This is a comprehensively detailed map that puts the systematic logistics of the Holocaust, in which 2/3 of European Jews were killed, into perspective.
Articles in which this image appears
The Holocaust, Extermination camps, German war crimes, Ghettos in Nazi-occupied Europe
FP category for this image
History/World War II
Creator
User:Dna-webmaster
  • Support as nominatorJJARichardson (talk) 17:06, 14 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment — Looks very comprehensive, all right. As a WWII history buff, I'm impressed – but also slightly concerned that some of the locales marked as concentration camps may actually not have been Konzentrationslager per se: Horserød, Denmark, for example (which I'd never heard of). Our entry on Horserød camp states that "it had the same functions" as a concentration camp, but I question that; it seems to have been more a holding camp or transit camp. (I hadn't heard of the three in Norway either.) See also: Royallieu-Compiègne internment camp.
  • It's my impression that the "functions" of a typical WWII Nazi concentration camp usually included working, starving or mistreating (at least some of) the prisoners to death. (I've been to Mauthausenm, where an estimated 200,000 died; it was a grim experience indeed.) I raise this issue not because I oppose such a map as an FP – not at all – but because regarding such a huge, horrible topic we must absolutely accurate. If it is accurate (or if the consensus is I'm just splitting semantic hairs), fine. Sca (talk) 19:42, 14 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Updated comment: I now see the fine-print footnote in the legend that says, "includes labor, prison & transit camps." Sorry to have missed that. The footnote does help. (Perhaps it could be in larger type?) Nevertheless, I question whether labor, prison and transit camps usually are classified under the general heading of "concentration camp," with which I believe most people associate the lethal "functions" mentioned above.
    (I now notice also that the dotted borders identified in the legend as "present (2007) borders" are incomplete with respect to Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic and most of Eastern Europe.) Sca (talk) 15:07, 15 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:04, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalGainsborough painted several portraits of the talented Linley family; a successful teacher, musician and composer, Thomas senior's children were described by Charles Burney as a "Nest of Nightingales". The family had close ties with the Sheridan family (in fact, Elizabeth Ann Linley married Richard Brinsley Sheridan) and Linley senior had a share in the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. He appears to have been quite handsome and his children were said to be very attractive; Gainsborough never painted a portrait of Linley's wife though ...
Reason
Good scan of portrait of Thomas Linley senior by Gainsborough
Articles in which this image appears
Thomas Linley the elder; The Duenna, a comic opera composed with his son; and William Linley another of his children.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Thomas Gainsborough

Promoted File:Gainsborough, Thomas - Thomas Linley the elder - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:23, 25 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – On the painting The Threatened Swan (c. 1650) by Jan Asselijn, a mute swan is defending its nest from a dog, later interpreted as grand pensionary Johan de Witt defending Holland from enemies of the state
Reason
High quality image of this great painting.
Articles in which this image appears
The Threatened Swan, Jan Asselijn, Rijksmuseum, Mute swan
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Jan Asselijn (painter)
Google Art Project (image)
DcoetzeeBot (uploader)

Promoted File:De bedreigde zwaan Rijksmuseum SK-A-4.jpeg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:47, 25 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Aerial shot of Lady Liberty and Liberty Island
Reason
Great perspective of the entire island and base structure
Articles in which this image appears
Liberty Island; Upper New York Bay; Statue of Liberty; New York City; Jersey City, New Jersey
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban
Creator
WPPilot echo

Promoted File:Liberty Island photo Don Ramey Logan.jpg Armbrust The Homunculus 17:34, 25 January 2015



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Reason
First nom and second nom failed due to unexplained(?) reasons. So here again are a quality set of astro images used in Ophiucus...
Articles in which this image appears
Ophiucus
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
Creators
Please see file description
@Janke: But I am sure to lose some details by scaling down, specially when it comes to astro images. There is a reason why they have high-scaled version. Those stars are too minute to see even to telescopic eyes... - The Herald (here I am) 13:53, 20 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Did you look at the first image full-size? Waste of bandwidth, IMO... ;-) (Note though, that I do not oppose!) --Janke | Talk 15:19, 20 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Rho Ophiuchi.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:30, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Guisard - Milky Way.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:30, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Rho Ophiucus Widefield.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:30, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Reason
High quality image of this royal portrait.
Articles in which this image appears
William III of the Netherlands, Nicolaas Pieneman, House of Orange-Nassau, List of monarchs of the Netherlands, List of monarchs of Luxembourg, List of Knights and Ladies of the Garter
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Royalty and nobility
Creator
Nicolaas Pieneman (painter)
Rijksmuseum (photographer)
OSeveno (uploader)

Promoted File:Willem III (1817-90), koning der Nederlanden, Nicolaas Pieneman, 1856 - Rijksmuseum.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:40, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalNortheaster by Winslow Homer depicting a big wave crasging onto the rocks while the Northeaster is causing the storm whipping up big waves on the coast.
Reason
Big enough, sharp enough, own article + spectacular seascape by the talented and famous American painter Winslow Homer
Articles in which this image appears
Northeaster by Winslow Homer
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Winslow Homer

Promoted File:Northeaster by Winslow Homer 1895.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:01, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – This portrait shows the author Verner von Heidenstam as Hans Alienus, a figure he created for a novel
Reason
Nice Scan to This Painting, But I Really Appreciative Work by Hanna Hirsch-Pauli In This World of Art.
Articles in which this image appears
Hanna Hirsch-Pauli
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Hanna Hirsch-Pauli

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:38, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – a caption for the image, providing adequate context for voters on WP:FPC
Reason
High quality, attractive image
Articles in which this image appears
Деветашко плато Предбалкан
FP category for this image
Category:Osam Category:Aleksandrovo,_Lovech_Province
Creator
Veselin Stanev

Not Promoted -- - The Herald (here I am) 16:55, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalLouis Guéymard as Robert le Diable, an 1857 oil on canvas painting by Gustave Courbet which depicts Louis Guéymard in the titular role of Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera Robert le diable
Reason
High quality painting representing a very notable opera.
Articles in which this image appears
Robert le diable, Robert the Devil, Louis Guéymard
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Literary illustrations
Surely Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre? It's documenting a specific production. Adam Cuerden (talk) 20:25, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Creator
Gustave Courbet

Promoted File:Louis Guéymard as Robert le Diable by Gustave Courbet - The Metropolitan Museum of Art 436015 (cropped).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:49, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Portrait of Henriette Mayer van den Bergh by Jozef Van Lerius
Reason
High Quality and EV.
Articles in which this image appears
Jozef Van Lerius
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Jozef Van Lerius

Promoted File:Henriette Mayer van den Bergh - Van Lerius.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:28, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Kodiak bear
Reason
Kodiak bear, used, big enough. Far enough from the bear.
Articles in which this image appears
Kodiak bear
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
Yathin S Krishnappa

Promoted File:2010-kodiak-bear-1.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:53, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – U.S. Army and Iraqi army soldiers board a Marine Corps CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter during a static loading exercise in Iraq, 2009.
Reason
There is EV here, there is quality here, there is nice shot and frame her and there is everything for a FP here. Anything more?
Articles in which this image appears
Combined operations, 82nd Airborne Division, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/People/Military
Creator
The US army
@J Milburn: and @Yann:..Its now lead pic in Combined operations.. - The Herald (here I am) 04:16, 22 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Alchemist-hp:..What more EV can you ask for a lead image. It rightly depicts one of yhe Combined operations by US and Iraq.  - The Herald (here I am) 13:27, 23 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
We don't solely judge EV by where an image is placed in an article. There are plenty of reasons we may be unconvinced that this is a particularly stellar illustration of the concept of a combined operation. J Milburn (talk) 17:22, 23 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Military exercise may play role.. - The Herald (here I am) 16:59, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted -- - The Herald (here I am) 15:20, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A portrait of Saint George, completed by Carlo Crivelli in 1472
Reason
High quality scan, good EV, very attractive
Articles in which this image appears
Saint George +2
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Religion and mythology or Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Religious figures
Creator
Carlo Crivelli

Promoted File:Saint George - Carlo Crivelli.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:04, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Reason
High quality, high EV (presented as a complete set). Japanese invasion money (formally Southern Development Bank notes) was issued during World War II by the Empire of Japan to replace local hard currencies. Japanese invading forces issued these notes in Burma, Malaya and Borneo, the Netherlands Indies, Oceania, and the Philippines. This is the third FPC set nomination of Japanese invasion money, following the Netherlands Indies Gulden and the Philippine Peso.
Original
A four-note complete denomination and type set of World War II Japanese government-issued Oceanian Pound (1942).
Articles in which these images appear
Japanese government-issued Oceanian Pound
FP category for this image
Currency
Creator
Empire of Japan
From the National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Images by Godot13.


Promoted File:OCE-1a-Oceania-Japanese Occupation-Half Shilling ND (1942).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:33, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:OCE-2a-Oceania-Japanese Occupation-One Shilling ND (1942).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:33, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:OCE-3a-Oceania-Japanese Occupation-10 Shillings ND (1942).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:33, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:OCE-4a-Oceania-Japanese Occupation-One Pound ND (1942).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:33, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Illustration to the poem Jabberwocky by John Tenniel. First published in Through the Looking-Glass.
Alternative – Original PNG version of above image.
Reason
Good quality, high resolution, and high EV.
Articles in which this image appears
Jabberwocky, Vorpal sword
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Literary_illustrations
Creator
John Tenniel, uploaded by Mikhail Ryazanov (PNG original), Aavindraa (JPG convert)

Promoted File:Jabberwocky.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:10, 28 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalTopi (Damaliscus korrigum) with young, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
Reason
HQ and EV
Articles in which this image appears
Topi
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
User:Dreamdan

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:30, 28 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalElliðaey, one of the Westman Islands located south of Iceland. The island is uninhabited, but has a large hunting lodge, constructed in 1953.
Reason
Good quality image showing the entirety of the island. Note that this is a different Elliðaey than the Elliðaey recently featured.
Articles in which this image appears
Elliðaey
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator
Diego Delso
Aficionado, perhaps ?P. S. Burton (talk) 15:41, 22 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Not sure - I don't have full internet access in work so searched wikipedia for Officianado, and it's used in multiple articles in the context I intended... So if it is Afocianado, then it's been wrongly typed on a fair few articles! gazhiley 16:49, 22 January 2015 (UTC) [reply]
Oh. Oops. Sorry. Sca (talk) 18:38, 19 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Isla Elliðaey, Islas Vestman, Suðurland, Islandia, 2014-08-17, DD 106.JPG --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:01, 29 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Reason
I nominated this set in August last year and it failed not because of any significant opposition (there was one oppose), but because of insufficient votes. I think this set is the equal of many of mine that have already passed, so I'm going to give it one more try. Please do vote, whether it be oppose or support. Original nomination reason is: All four images are interesting and very detailed views of Hereford Cathedral's nave, choir and lady chapel respectively. I think the view of the choir is particularly beautiful.
Articles in which this image appears
Hereford Cathedral
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors
Creator
User:Diliff

Promoted File:Hereford Cathedral Nave, Herefordshire, UK - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:12, 30 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Hereford Cathedral Nave West, Herefordshire, UK - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:12, 30 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Hereford Cathedral Choir, Herefordshire, UK - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:12, 30 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Hereford Cathedral Lady Chapel, Herefordshire, UK - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:12, 30 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The view over Whaler's Cove, Point Lobos National Park.
Reason
It's an interesting and aesthetic vantage point, looking across the cove, showing landscape, the flora and the human interaction of Point Lobos State Natural Reserve.
Articles in which this image appears
Point Lobos
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator
User:Diliff
  • Support as nominatorÐiliff «» (Talk) 23:18, 19 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support -  - The Herald (here I am) 11:16, 20 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Question While this picture is clearly very high quality, what's the relevence of the title "Whaler's Cove"? There's no mention of this name in the Point Lobos article. Is this a local name for the cove? In the article that this is lead for, it isn't captioned which leads me to believe that this cove is actual Point Lobos not Whaler's Cove? However further down the article is a panorama of a cove called Headland Cove which is a different cove to this picture... Please clarify as the EV is potentially dubious if Point Lobos National Park is more than this cove, which the article doesn't clarify... gazhiley 11:53, 20 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    • Good question. Whaler's cove is simply the largest of many inlets in Point Lobos, which itself is a small peninsula on the Californian coast south of San Fransciso, known as an important habitat for many local marine and bird species. So I would say that Point Lobos is more than just this cove, but this is the largest and is a 'hub' for further exploration the park, and is notable as it is the original location of a whaling operation, prior to the formation of it as a protected area (unfortunately the building used by the whalers is obscured by the hill on the right side of the image). It's not possible for any one photo to really describe the park in its entirety (except an aerial photo, of course), but I think this view is about as good as it gets at ground level for showing the different aspects of the park. As I said, the landscape, the seascape, the flora and the human interaction. This map might also help you to understand Whaler's Cove's relationship to the park itself. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 13:20, 20 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
      • Cheers Ðiliff - should the article be amended then to indicate that the lead image is just one small part of it? Or am I looking at it through overly sceptical eyes? gazhiley 13:58, 20 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
        • Perhaps slightly skeptical. :-) But I see your point. If one knows nothing about Point Lobos, it might not be obvious what Point Lobos actually is or how the image relates to it. This is a common problem with a lot of Wikipedia articles, as they usually are written by people who know the subject and sometimes neglect to summarise what exactly it is. I'll add a caption. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 14:19, 20 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - Good and useful. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 19:16, 20 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Super image quality, as always from Diliff. I've actually driven past this location several times on HWY1, but alas, never got to see the shore... --Janke | Talk 07:38, 22 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    • If you have the chance again, it's definitely worth stopping for at least a half day. It's quite a compact little peninsula with a lot of wildlife calling it home. If you're feeling cheap like I was, don't pay the exorbitant entry/parking fees (around $10 from memory), park for free on the main road directly outside the park entrance and walk in (no charge for pedestrians). ;-) Ðiliff «» (Talk) 14:40, 22 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Hafspajen (talk) 02:59, 25 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Whaler's Cove, Point Lobos, CA, US - May 2013.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:23, 30 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalConus marmoreus is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones. It is the type species for the Conus genus. This is a species which is believed to feed mostly on marine molluscs including other cone snails.
Reason
HQ and EV
Articles in which this image appears
Conus marmoreus
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Molluscs
Creator
Llez
  • To quote from the article "the shell color can range from black with white dots, to orange with white reticulations, so arranged as to expose the white in rounded triangular large spots. The aperture is white or light pink." The colour casts are magenta and green, neither of which appear to be naturally imprinted. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 21:17, 20 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted -- - The Herald (here I am) 07:27, 30 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalAlmandine is a species of mineral belonging to the garnet group. The name is a corruption of alabandicus, which is the name applied by Pliny the Elder to a stone found or worked at Alabanda, a town in Caria in Asia Minor.
Reason
HQ & EV
Articles in which this image appears
Almandine
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Geology
Creator
Archaeodontosaurus
  • Comment I don't know the finer points of photography, but I don't understand why this was photographed with a black background. I think that if it were photographed on a white background it would give a better indication of the precise shade of brown of the matrix. Also, if the light were shining from one direction, there would be a slight shadow that would give a better idea of the overall shape and three-dimensionality of the mineral. CorinneSD (talk) 19:14, 25 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Thanks! I had a closer look, and I'm pretty sure the black background was added in digital processing- there's a tiny area of white at the bottom, and the border of the black seems to have the characteristic smooth curves and lines generated by a selection process. The matrix might be schist, which would be silvery grey (I just searched for "almandine matrix" and that seems the best match). So I've struck my support. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 09:03, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:38, 30 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Detail of a Guanajuato mummy, Mexico. B/W version.
Reason
A quality image and a finalist in Picture of the Year 2010. Featured in Commons and Persian Wikipedia.
Articles in which this image appears
Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Death and Mummies of Guanajuato mainly along with Mummy
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Culture and lifestyle or Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Religion and mythology
Creator
Tomas Castelazo
  • Encyclopedic value: what encyclopedic information the image imparts. Since this is a detail, and there is no discussion of the hands in particular in the article, that is rather low here. Oppose. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:15, 21 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:50, 30 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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'Original – "Virgin and Child with Four Angels is a small oil-on-panel painting by the Early Netherlandish artist Gerard David. Likely completed between 1510 and 1515, it shows the Virgin Mary holding the child Jesus, while she is anointed Queen of Heaven by two angels above her, accompanied by music provided by another two angels placed at either side of her. In its fine detail and lush use of colour the work is typical of both David and late period Flemish art." Adapted from the article
Reason
Good scan of an absolutely gorgeous early Netherlandish painting. Do we have any paintings by David featured yet?
Articles in which this image appears
Virgin and Child with Four Angels (David) +3
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Gerard David

Promoted File:Gerard David - Virgin and Child with Four Angels - WGA6036.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:16, 30 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalThe Old Musician is an 1862 oil painting on canvas by French painter Édouard Manet, produced during the period when the artist was influenced by Spanish art. Measuring 187.4 cm × 248.3 cm (73.8 in × 97.8 in), the work is now held at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
Reason
High quality scan of an interesting and attractive work by a highly notable artist.
Articles in which this image appears
The Old Musician +2
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Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Édouard Manet

Promoted File:Édouard Manet - Le Vieux Musicien.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:39, 31 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]