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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 2 Jun 2017 at 13:12:34 (UTC)

Original – Young green monkey (Chlorocebus sabaeus)
Reason
A 'portrait' of a primate shows what the animal looks like, as with humans - much better than an image of the whole monkey. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Green monkey
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:34, 2 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A malachite kingfisher
Reason
FP om Commons. Illustrates article very well
Articles in which this image appears
Malachite kingfisher
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Malachite kingfisher (Corythornis cristatus).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:38, 2 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The PlayStation Vita is a handheld game console developed and released by Sony Interactive Entertainment.
Reason
high quality picture of a notable game console and therefore high EV
Articles in which this image appears
PlayStation Vita, PlayStation, Handheld game console, +3 others
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Electronics
Creator
Evan-Amos
  • How are you mystified by it? Janke !voted as I'd expect, given a history of putting greater emphasis on aesthetics and technical quality than pure encyclopedic value. I am a more documentarian photographer myself, and I have a history of nominating files such as this, so my support shouldn't be surprising. Matt's also tended to emphasize EV over pure aesthetics in his voting history. The current !voter pool is quite small, but most people are relatively predictable.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 11:20, 25 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • I was mystified that my woodpecker and weaver were ignored. Both added to the articles and the weaver particularly has high EV. So I cannot see how this photo has greater merit. Charlesjsharp (talk) 18:53, 26 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • If you're talking about the lack of commentary, En-Wiki's FPC is in the middle of a six or seven month dry spell, and many of the most frequent contributors are retired or semi-retired. With the small !voter pool that's left, it doesn't take much for two or three people to be too busy to check in a certain time frame and thus stall a nomination. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:31, 27 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:PlayStation-Vita-1101-FL.jpg Bammesk (talk) 14:19, 3 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Diagram of a chicken egg in its ninth day of incubation showing all four extraembryonic membranes along with the embryo, the air pocket, and the shell
Reason
Scalable vector diagram is raster-free, fonts are all correctly sized and have alternate font family, file passes W3C validation, renders correctly in Firefox as well as Google Chrome and is expected to render correctly in any browser, image has been added to several articles (listed below) for more than seven days and remains in each; I also think the diagram has improved a great deal since my previous nomination of it, see for yourself if you like
Articles in which this image appears
Egg, Chorion, Amnion, Allantois
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Biology
Creator
KDS4444
Hm. Okay. Consider it done. (...Would have been a lot nicer, though, if you had just said, "Could you correct the spelling of 'albumin' to 'albumen'? Because I think this is a great diagram and it just needs a small correction to get my total support!" "Oppose" makes it seem to me that you oppose the nomination. Which makes me think I am wasting my time by making your correction. Not that you are wrong, of course, only that you could be nicer about the mistake. I am a volunteer graphic artist— please don't forget that, okay? I will make the correction.) KDS4444 (talk) 14:34, 31 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I'm a man of few words, contrary to covfefe. ;-) --Janke | Talk 15:05, 31 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I haven't eaten a single egg since this diagram first was nominated. Sca (talk) 15:56, 31 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Sca: I know, me too— my diagram of the scallop ruined the appetite of a number of people I know who used to like having them as tapas. --KDS4444 (talk) 01:06, 2 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – The unidentified bright area on the top left of Vitellus is large enough and pronounced enough to be a distinct feature on its own. If it is just a visual aid, it is too pronounced. imo. Bammesk (talk) 01:09, 1 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed, now it looks like another air pocket. --Janke | Talk 15:45, 1 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Done, plus a few other minor mods I've been considering. How 'bout now? KDS4444 (talk) 01:01, 2 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – though I prefer a somewhat brighter (less contrasty) embryo, also it may be better if the Vitellus label-line was angled and didn't go through the air pocket, just saying. Bammesk (talk) 02:07, 2 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Done and done! Your wish is my covfefe!KDS4444 (talk) 15:24, 2 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
One more, Allantois label-line terminates on the shadow. Bammesk (talk) 14:03, 3 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Bammesk: I totally missed your comment above before the voting period was over, but I have now gone back and fixed this— thank you for pointing this out! This is exactly the kind of thing I would never have noticed myself but which should have been done, and without your comment, would never have taken place (probably). So my thanks, again, for that! KDS4444 (talk) 23:15, 29 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Chicken egg diagram.svg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:36, 10 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A Yacare caiman in the Pantanal, Brazil. Although these reptiles look like dangerous crocodiles, it's actually quite safe to swim near them. This is just as well as there are about 10 million in the Pantanal.
Reason
Illustrates the article well. Doesn't show the whole animal as that would mean the interesting parts would have less impact. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Yacare caiman
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Reptiles
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Yacare caiman (Caiman yacare) 2.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:32, 12 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalCassius blue (Leptotes cassius theonus) from Cuba, a small butterfly from the Lycaenidae family.
Reason
High quality image illustrates the species very clearly. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Cassius blue
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Charlesjsharp
  •  Comment: I use ISO800 as my default to allow a 1/500 shutter speed (this was a windy day so 1/1000 was needed. My Canon 70D does have a built in low light 4-shot burst mode which is processed in the camera, but for hand-held macro work there is too much movement. I've tried many burst options, but none work! Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:53, 6 June 2017 (UTC) [reply]

Promoted File:Cassius blue (Leptotes cassius theonus) underside.JPG --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:58, 13 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Margaret Hamilton next to (presumably a printout of) the navigation software she and her team produced for the 1969 Apollo Project.
Reason
Arguably the best-known photograph of her, as well as a fairly iconic photo in its own right.
Articles in which this image appears
Margaret Hamilton (scientist)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering
Creator
Draper Laboratory, restored by Adam Cuerden
  • @Charlesjsharp: Admittedly, I'm coming back after a six-month absence, but historically, being further down hasn't been a problem as long as the image is significant to or in some way uniquely illustrates the subject. Take Aida (opera), which has - if I'm counting right - five separate featured pictures, each illustrating a different aspect. Adam Cuerden (talk) 01:24, 7 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Josh was talking about the use of the image in a gallery; that's quite a bit different than having running text illustrated by an image. Use in galleries tends not to be considered enough EV for FP.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:29, 8 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Margaret Hamilton - restoration.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:10, 16 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Islamic geometric patterns-Arabesque (Aydar kadi mosque, Bitola, Macedonia)
Reason
good quality, one of thoose mostly with vegetal patterns
Articles in which this image appears
Arabesque
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others
Creator
Petar Milošević
  • Support – Though I know nothing about the article. --Marvellous Spider-Man 12:15, 9 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment It's very nicely photographed, but the rotation feels really random. I realise the centre figure and the outside "spikes" don't quite match in rotation, but couldn't one or the other be set up to a sensible vertical symmetry? Adam Cuerden (talk) 02:42, 10 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: I feel that this could be a little better contextualised (what are we looking at here? Who created the original work? How old is it?) and perhaps a better explanation could be given concerning what the image adds to the article; the article is very heavily illustrated, and I worry that this is just another gallery image. Josh Milburn (talk) 00:35, 13 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose – Agree with Josh that there seems little point in featuring this geometric device on the Main Page, with Charles that it poses little EV, and with Adam that the orientation of the device is perplexing. Sca (talk) 15:00, 14 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:53, 19 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Bolshoi Theatre at night
Reason
Bolshoi Theater in all its splendor. Good quality. Good EV.
Articles in which this image appears
Bolshoi Theater
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
DmitriyGuryanov
Actually both the pictures are not perfect. The daylight picture has a fountain blocking the view. It has trees on it's sides, but the night picture has no trees! Marvellous Spider-Man 15:00, 9 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
* Quality image doesn't mean much. Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:24, 11 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Moscow-Bolshoi-Theare-1.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:59, 19 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalLa Punt-Chamues-ch railway station on the Engadin line in the eastern Swiss Alps in southeastern Switzerland. Featured is a push-pull train with the BDt control car pulling and a Ge 4/4 I locomotive pushing.
Reason
Good composition illustrating the La Punt-Chamues-ch railway station with a push-pull train; FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
La Punt-Chamues-ch (Rhaetian Railway station)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Others
Creator
Kabelleger
  • I agree with you, but I supported it anyway because what little article there is can be improved, however there is not much more I can ask of a picture of this station. Mattximus (talk) 21:35, 14 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Hence the benefit of voting / consensus. I see your point. Bammesk (talk) 02:47, 15 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:RhB BDt at La Punt-Chamues-ch.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:00, 20 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Longnose batfish on Bari Reef, approximately 30 ft. underwater; a rare occurence on Bari Reef in the Dutch Caribbean, island of Bonaire, BES Islands
Reason
Close profile shot of a longnose batfish underwater in a natural reef environment.
Articles in which this image appears
Ogcocephalus_corniger, sv.wikipedia
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish
Creator
User:Atsme
  • Marvellous Spider-Man, good suggestion. Pbsouthwood is an experienced diver, but I'm not sure about his knowledge of u/w photog. May I also respectfully suggest that you review this link to save some time as it may help address some of your questions. There are also comments from experienced u/w divers commenting there. May I also add that I've taught u/w photography for many years (as an advanced open water & NITROX instructor for both NAUI and SSI), if that even matters? Another option is to research Google Images for "longnose batfish" and compare. Atsme📞📧 18:41, 13 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not an expert in modern photos, but my impressions are: A. it looks very good, but, B. it's a little on the small size for such photographs. This apparently isn't a particularly small animal, so I'd have liked it a bit bigger, but underwater photography is very challenging, so I'm inclined to Weak support. Adam Cuerden (talk) 02:56, 14 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Adam, this particular baitfish was about 2 or 3 inches from nose to tail, and that's a rough estimate considering things appear 33% larger/closer underwater. Atsme📞📧 03:18, 14 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
(Caveat: I am a notorious perpetrator of "swim-by shooting" photography - I record presence of organisms at a reef, without much concern about artistic value.) That said, I would be delighted to get a photo like this. Educational value is definitely high. Photo quality looks good to me - detail is clear and useful for identification purposes. I will ping Seascapeza, who is a better photographer and fairly expert on marine animals for a further opinion. • • • Peter (Southwood) (talk): 06:11, 14 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Atsme: Ah, the max size is a lot bigger for this species, which is what I was judging by. In that case, change to Support Adam Cuerden (talk) 21:03, 18 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Longnose batfish.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:29, 21 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Parboiled rice with chicken, peppers, cucurbita, peas and tomato. More on description page.
Reason
good IQ
Articles in which this image appears
Parboiled rice
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Food and drink
Creator
Petar Milošević

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:37, 21 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The Last Hours of Abraham Lincoln, Designed by John B. Bachelder and painted by Alonzo Chappel, this work of art depicts those who visited the dying president throughout the night and early morning of April 14–15, 1865. These people did not visit Lincoln at the same time: they could not have all fit in the small first-floor room of the Petersen House. Lincoln’s wife, Mary, is pictured in the center, lying across the president’s body. His son Robert stands in the foreground to the right of the bed. Vice President Andrew Johnson is seated at the far left.
Reason
High quality and encyclopedic
Articles in which this image appears
Presidency of Abraham Lincoln and Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Alonzo Chappel

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 08:01, 23 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Olive baboon (Papio anubis) with juvenile. Females carry their young until they are quite a size.
Reason
Shows how females carry their young until they are quite a size. Featured picture on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Olive baboon
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Olive baboon (Papio anubis) with juvenile.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:29, 23 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]



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Diet food: Penne with eggplant in yogurt-tomato sauce and basil. Dish is a part of cookbook for womens with Gestational diabetes. Cookbook written by Ana Žontar Kristanc, ISBN 978-961-93983-2-6
Reason
good Quality and in-need for food photo on Wikipedia
Articles in which this image appears
Penne
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Food and drink
Creator
Petar Milošević
  • I cant belive to words like Mattximus is saying. Go check how Food photo is done, i got feeling you came here with 0% knowledge. @Marvellous if this isnt Penne, what is it ? Unless fabriqant made false Penne. I dont think you two are qualified for here. Thats problem for Wikipedia. --Mile (talk) 03:45, 18 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:55, 26 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalSuzzanna (1942–2008), an Indonesian actress best remembered today as the "Queen of Indonesian Horror". Despite the nickname, she became active in the 1950s with a comedy and held lead roles in numerous romances and thrillers.
Reason
High quality low-key portrait
Articles in which this image appears
Suzzanna
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Tati Photo Studios, Jakarta; restoration by Chris Woodrich

Promoted File:Suzzanna, c 1963, Tati Photo Studio.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:51, 28 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Remains of the Central Australian Railway, the original route of The Ghan service, across the bed of Lake Eyre South.
Reason
Illustrates the construction of the Central Australia Railway as described in the article.
Articles in which this image appears
Central Australian Railway, Oodnadatta Track
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Others
Creator
GoldenRing

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:50, 29 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]