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Original – The structure of the Sun
Reason
Featured on Commons, cool diagram
Articles in which this image appears
Sun, Stellar structure, Radiation zone, Convection zone, Granule (solar physics), Solar core, Tachocline, etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Understanding
Creator
Kelvinsong

Promoted File:Sun poster.svg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:00, 4 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Passiflora incarnata
Reason
Made the finals of POTD last year, lead image for both the species and genus. Should be a fairly obvious shoo-in.
Articles in which this image appears
Passiflora, Passiflora incarnata
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Flowers
Creator
PumpkinSky

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:38, 4 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Space Shuttle Atlantis during mission STS-129, seen over the Mediterranean Sea, after departing the International Space Station
Reason
Lede image for STS-129, and informative photo of the shuttle in space with its cargo bay doors open. While artistically unremarkable, it has good educational value, especially when viewed at 100% to make the details of the shuttle most visible.
Articles in which this image appears
STS-129
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Getting there
Creator
Expedition 21 crew

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:46, 5 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – "The Space Shuttle Atlantis is seen on launch pad 39A at the NASA Kennedy Space Center shortly after the rotating service structure was rolled back on Nov. 15, 2009. Atlantis is scheduled to launch at 2:28 p.m. EST, Nov. 16, 2009."
ALT – De-noised sky area.
Reason
Very interesting image, informative regarding the structure of the launch platform, nice colors, and used in multiple articles
Articles in which this image appears
STS-129, Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Space Shuttle
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Getting there
Creator
NASA/Bill Ingalls

Promoted File:STS-129 Atlantis Ready to Fly - edit1.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:49, 5 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalBattle of Wimpfen, painting by S. Vrancx showing the magazine explosion
Reason
It serves well to illustrate the WP article (which, admittedly, could be more detailed), and is a fine example of an oil painting showing an engagement in the Thirty Years' War (exploding magazine cart included).
Articles in which this image appears
Battle of Wimpfen
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/War
Creator
Sebastiaen Vrancx

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:45, 6 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalA Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery by Joseph Wright of Derby
Reason
High quality reproduction of a painting with its own article
Articles in which this image appears
A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery and many others
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Joseph Wright of Derby

Promoted File:Wright of Derby, The Orrery.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:48, 6 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Female village weaver (Ploceus cucullatus cucullatus) in the Gambia
Reason
High quality image. FP on Commons
Articles in which this image appears
Village weaver
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp
The ultimate objective? Ha. See discussion here. – Sca (talk) 23:43, 27 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Sca, as far as that image, the main subject (which is the flower facing the camera) is out of focus, look at it at full resolution at 100%, it is out of focus, so "that image" has a Depth of field (DOF) problem. The image in this nomination does not have a DOF problem, the main subject is in focus. Read the article on Bokeh, bokeh is supposed to be soft and blurry and out of focus. That's what photographers want it to be. The presence of bokeh is not synonymous with an image having a DOF problem. Bammesk (talk) 00:32, 28 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Village weaver (Ploceus cucullatus cucullatus) female.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:52, 6 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Abyssinian black-and-white colobus (Colobus guereza guereza) male in Ethiopia
Reason
High quality expressive image of an Ethiopian subspecies. FP on Commons
Articles in which this image appears
Abyssinian black-and-white colobus
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:56, 6 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Moon's internal structure
Reason
Featured on Commons, nice and correct illustration
Articles in which this image appears
Internal structure of the Moon, Portal:Moon, Moment of inertia factor
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Understanding
Creator
Kelvin13

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:21, 7 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Structure of the Earth
Reason
Featured on Commons, nice diagram
Articles in which this image appears
Structure of the Earth, Crust (geology), Mantle (geology), etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Geology or Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Understanding
Creator
Kelvin13

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:21, 7 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Sun with sunspots and limb darkening as seen in visible light with solar filter.
Reason
High EV, good quality picture
Articles in which this image appears
Sun, Corona, Sunspot, etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
Creator
Geoff Elston

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:22, 7 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]


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OriginalArg e Bam
Reason
Featured image on Commons, lead image for its subject. Gotta counter that systemic bias.
Articles in which this image appears
Arg e Bam, Mud, List of castles in Iran, Kerman Province
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Diego Delso

Promoted File:Fortaleza de Bam, Irán, 2016-09-23, DD 09.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:22, 8 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A screenshot of the real-time strategy game Tooth and Tail, in which the player assumes the role of a commander of an army of animals.
Reason
Renomination of this. The criteria mentioned there still stand, and it only fell short by one vote. I was advised that renominating this was a good idea
Articles in which this image appears
Tooth and Tail
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
Pocketwatch Games, the developers of the game. Uploaded to Commons by Anarchyte
According to Statista, less than a third (30.6 percent) of the 7.5+ billion population of the Earth plays video games. Sca (talk) 14:41, 2 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
So? Not being intimately familiar with a subject does not imply not being interested in it. Wikipedia has tons of featured articles on people that no one alive has ever met, events that no one alive took part in, and beliefs that no one subscribes to.--Martin IIIa (talk) 15:42, 2 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
To be fair, since only about (apparently) 55.1% of the world has access to the internet, and presumably there is near 100% overlap between those two figures, and 30.6% of the whole is 55.53% of 55.1%, it actually means that this has relevance to more than half of users who are liable to actually see it on the main page. GMGtalk 15:54, 2 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
And also note that "60% Americans play video games daily", and "More than 150 million Americans play video games, and 64% of American households are home to at least one person who plays video games regularly, or at least three hours per week". Source. Anarchyte (talk | work) 03:43, 3 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Even more to the other scale, 30% of people in the world play video games... But outside of that, how many of them know what a video game is, or even the particular consoles are, etc. My mother knows what video games are, and she doesn't play them. I'd suggest that 30% is far higher than pthe amount of people Chester A. Arthur is of interest to; who is todays featured picture. Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 15:02, 5 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. I'm willing to forgive 1440p for video games, but 1080p is too small for new games in 2017 or 2018. MER-C 14:13, 1 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    • Most games released today are still made for 1080p screens. Home consoles and most PCs cannot render higher resolutions smoothly. In this case, the game is presented in a pixel art style and higher resolutions would make very little difference. - hahnchen 14:55, 1 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    • @MER-C: I can appreciate this, but note that it's not common for games, especially ones by non-AAA companies to be released at extremely high resolutions (they're on their way up, however), and when it comes to games anyway, the image quality does not get noticeably better (unless you're jumping from 480p to 720p or higher), unlike an image of a plant where the intricacies become apparent. Unless you're using a fairly recently released graphics card (let's say GTX 1060+), your computer will suffer noticeable strain when running at 1440p or higher (effectively removing the gameplay element, and now you're watching a pretty slideshow). Humans don't experience the same issues when taking photographs of buildings. Anarchyte (talk | work) 03:58, 2 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
      • Framerate doesn't matter for a static image - one could temporarily increase the resolution at the expense of framerate to take a screenshot like the nominated image. Regardless, a GTX 950 should be able to render this graphically simple (much simpler than AAA) game at 1440p@30fps easily. 1080p would have been acceptable a few years ago, but as you said, standards are increasing. The bar for FP is higher than top 5%. We should expect better. MER-C 16:37, 2 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. JOEBRO64 20:30, 1 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Does not add significant value to article. Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:45, 1 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - It's rare that a screenshot of a strategy game manages to capture a sufficient share of the game's key elements without being excessively cluttered or difficult for those unfamiliar with the game to make sense of. This image accomplishes that. Reasoning given in original nomination holds true.--Martin IIIa (talk) 15:53, 2 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Au contraire. To a non-video-gamer, the image is nonsensical. Sca (talk) 01:25, 3 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Sca: The majority of the HUD is captioned. There's a map in the bottom left, objectives and rules in the top left, and characters scattered around the screen. I will admit that HUD at the center bottom may be a tad confusing to those unaware to how these games usually work, but it's a scroll-able inventory. It's a lot more intuitive than this. I could say the same about some non-video game files, too: File:Sorting quicksort anim.gif, File:Snells law wavefronts.gif, File:Conventional 18-wheeler truck diagram.svg (only numbered, no words), and File:Supercell.svg. There is no requirement for the image to make sense to everyone that sees it. The closest we've got is It illustrates the subject in a compelling way, making the viewer want to know more. And again, that is subjective. I didn't look at the supercell image and think "I'd like to learn more about that", but it's still a good image for those who do (and makes a bit more sense when you look at it in the article). Anarchyte (talk | work) 03:43, 3 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Outside the context of the "Tooth and Tail" game it's still nonsensical, since the labels (e.g., "Protect the Meat Merchants") mean nothing to the uninitiated. Plus, the whole thing, a screenshot, is rather fuzzy. Not visually accessible to the general reader. Sca (talk) 14:01, 3 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia images are meant to enhance understanding of an article's text, not to make reading the text unnecessary. We can assume the image's viewer has some knowledge of the image's context. Also, the image doesn't look fuzzy on either my desktop computer or my mobile phone; are you sure it's not just your monitor?--Martin IIIa (talk) 15:09, 3 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
It's OK for illustrating the Tooth and Tail article. It's meaningless out of that context, and would only puzzle most Main Page readers. The background of the image is done in an ethereal style that appears blotchy at full res. Not suitable for featuring on the Main Page. Sca (talk) 20:46, 3 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Sca: As opposed to this stuttering mess, this diagram that has no information that makes sense to me, this yellow-green cell, and many of these (especially this, where you can see blurriness on the white lines)? Let's be consistent with what we think doesn't appeal to the general public, especially "when 60% Americans play video games daily". Anarchyte (talk | work) 06:33, 4 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]


Sca (talk) 14:22, 4 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
How come you're not responding to points that clearly invalidate your argument? JOEBRO64 01:27, 5 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Further the affiant sayeth naught. Sca (talk) 13:46, 5 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Care to elaborate? Most of the people reading your comment won't understand what you're trying to say. 344917661X (talk) 14:22, 5 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@344917661X: There's no point trying to continue the conversation. They're quite adamant on opposing (despite it being not at all related to the criteria). We've still got four days to see whether other people wish to add their supports/opposes (currently 4-2, and FP is entirely based on numbers, so one more support and no more opposition allows it to pass at ~71%). Anarchyte (talk | work) 10:20, 7 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I guess you're right that there is no point in trying to continue the conversation. Sca has successfully derailed this discussion and the discussion over at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Nintendo Switch Portable as well. 344917661X (talk) 02:18, 7 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - I agree with the reasoning provided by Martin IIIa. I also like to clarify that currently Featured picture criteria mentions nothing about a potential Feature Picture's use on the Main Page and the Main Page should not be taken into account when taking this picture into consideration. This picture clearly exceeds criteria #5 which states Adds significant encyclopedic value to an article and helps readers to understand an article while further clarifying A picture's encyclopedic value (referred to as "EV") is given priority over its artistic value. Based on the fact this image passes all criteria of being a featured picture plus where it adds encyclopedic value to its parent article Tooth and Tail should be enough to promote this image alone based on the (and I emphasize) current criteria. ♪♫Alucard 16♫♪ 03:08, 8 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - The NMI User (talk) 07:12, 9 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Tooth and Tail - Desert screenshot.png --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:46, 11 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The Nintendo Switch in Handheld Mode.
Reason
A high quality image made by one of the best photographers on Wikipedia
Articles in which this image appears
Nintendo Switch, Handheld game console, History of video games, List of handheld game consoles, Nintendo video game consoles, Satoru Iwata, Rocket League, Tegra
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Electronics
Creator
Evan-Amos
  • We've had this discussion before. So let me reiterate my point again, it does not matter if the image is not of interest to most main page readers. Featured pictures are determined by the quality of the image and wether or not it passes the Featured picture criteria and the featured picture criteria does not say that an image has to be of interest to most main page readers in order to be promoted to featured picture status. As Maplestrip pointed out in the previous discussion, "The majority of people aren't interested in specific bird species. The majority of people aren't interested in map projections. As per 344917661X, popularity is fairly irrelevant, and I feel that this specific discussion went a bit off-the-rails." Not to mention the fact that today's featured article is about an obscure mouse species that most of the general public doesn't know about. 344917661X (talk) 17:07, 4 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Who are you to describe what the "main page reader" wants to see? At no point has anyone ever had a criteria on what type of industry a Featured Picture could come from. Do you have an issues with video games, or any other project on wikipedia? Probably not best to simply comment on those types of entries. I can't see how it has no "intrinsic visual interest"; as there have been many featured pictures of a subject. Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 14:57, 5 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Congrats on derailing the entire discussion into a heated debate over wether this picture passes the featured picture criteria Sca. Your comments on this discussion are also really disrespectful and the only reason you seem to be opposing the nomination at this point is per WP:IDONTLIKEIT. 344917661X (talk) 02:08, 7 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – I always have a hard time judging images by Wikipedia's featured picture guidelines (which is why I don't involve myself with it very often), but I feel like most Evan Amos pictures meet the criteria. Per Wikipedia:Featured picture criteria, the image certainly meets 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. Only criterium 3 is difficult, but that's because it's subjective. The image shows every detail of the device visible from this angle, and I can't think of a better way to illustrate the Switch in portable mode. Perhaps it could have been slightly more angled to show the buttons and ports on the top? I do think Amos has more visually compelling works, but this photograph meets all the requirements and there's no limit on how many FPs a single photographer can have, right? ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 17:17, 4 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • I am switching to oppose, because I do not believe the image is adequately compelling or informative. The photograph gives a poor view of the buttons and ports on the top of the console, and does not feel "dynamic" because it was shot almost head-on. An image like this one would serve Wikipedia much better, as it is both more informative (displaying a main feature of the device) and more visually compelling. ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 07:50, 8 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • The image you provided as a "better" example doesn't even show the headphone jack or the game card or the other stuff on the top of the Switch console nearly as well as the photograph currently being nominated. The fact that people are opposing this nomination per their own opinions, which violates WP:IDONTLIKEIT and getting away with it is just absurd. 344917661X (talk) 12:13, 9 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • I believe the nominated pictures is showing these features fairly poorly, to the point where they might as well not be visible at all. It is indeed difficult to judge criterium 3; it is fairly subjective. The image could be more informative and dynamic, and I do not believe it is among Amos' best work. My comments here should be detailed enough to not fall under the "Arguments to avoid" guideline. ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 19:59, 9 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • I don't think your comment falls under the arguments to avoid guideline. Also, I actually agree with you and have had a change of heart thanks to your comment, the image should be more dynamic and should have one of the Joy-Con detached to show off the Switch's main feature. Your oppose vote is the only valid one in this cesspool of arguments. If you want Amos to improve the image, feel free to ask him on his talk page to retake the photo and provide the arguments you made here as to why he should retake it. Cheers! P.S. Do you think the other Nintendo Switch image Amos took deserves to remain a featured picture or not? 344917661X (talk) 20:29, 9 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think the other Switch image deserves it. It has some of the same issues as the photograph we're currently discussing (in that it doesn't show that you can take the controller apart or remove the screen from the docking station, but it looks much more interesting, having a kind of "dynamic duo" effect. I do think you are being overly critical of the "oppose" !votes in this thread, by the way. Saying people are creating a "cesspool of arguments" is a bit mean. Wikipedians aren't art critics, and I don't think it is too big of an issue that we have difficulty describing why we don't find the image visually appealing or interesting. Moreover, it's definitely an edgecase because the picture is technically so great. I honestly don't care very much either way if it becomes Featured. ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 08:05, 12 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • I honestly can't think of another sentence to describe the discussion in this page other than a "cesspool of arguments" and I'm sorry if I sounded rude. The discussions on this thread have gone so off the rails that I have decided not to reply to any more comments on this discussion starting now. If you would like to continue the conversation, please do so on my talk page so we can chat alone. P.S. I agree that the previous image deserves to be a featured picture per your comment above. 344917661X (talk) 03:29, 13 October 2018
  • First of all, I'm sorry if I did act rude. Secondly, there is no limit on how many pictures in a single article can be promoted to featured article status, as long as the images are of good quality. The more pictures promoted to featured picture status, the better Wikipedia gets. 344917661X (talk) 16:04, 5 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • And now that I think about it, I don't think you are an elitist since you just don't want too many pictures in the same article to be promoted to featured picture status. Sca on the other hand, is a different story. 344917661X (talk) 16:12, 5 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • So now you're opposing per the featured picture criteria? Why didn't you simply say it fails criteria 3 in your previous oppose votes? Also, criteria 3 is more subjective and wether a picture passes criteria 3 depends on a person's opinion, but then again, you could argue the same point for every picture that you personally don't think illustrates the subject in a compelling way. You thinking it fails criteria 3 seems to be a reflection of your anti-video game stance. 344917661X (talk) 14:10, 5 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support: It is a high-quality image that would be helpful to someone interested in better understanding the console. I do understand the concern though about having two featured pictures on the same subject (i.e. the Nintendo Switch), though I think that the nominated image shows off a different aspect of the system (i.e. the portable version/mode). For that reason, I think it has encyclopedic value (just my opinion though). I am a little confused by the current discussion about the front page though, as that is not a part of the featured picture criteria. Maybe, the criteria needs to be updated to cover this too? Aoba47 (talk) 16:08, 5 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support: A featured picture candidate should be judged against the featured picture criteria and only the featured picture criteria. The potential use on the Main Page is irrelevant and the criteria doesn't place a limitation on how many FP an article can have. This type of limitation would also be hard to enforce as well if the community ever decided on such limitation. The image passes criteria 1, 2, 4, 6, 7 and 8 with flying colors while criteria 3 and 5 can be subjective to the reviewer. For criteria 3 it clearly states A featured picture is not always required to be aesthetically pleasing; it might be shocking, impressive, or just highly informative. This is a case of a highly informative image. For criteria 5 it states A picture's encyclopedic value (referred to as "EV") is given priority over its artistic value. In this case for the articles Nintendo Switch , Satoru Iwata, Rocket League & Tegra it does enhance the EV of those articles in the context in which it is used. For the others two are essentially lists (List of handheld game consoles, Handheld game console) while History of video games has an overload of images in general. For Nintendo video game consoles that article would probably best served by moving Nintendo Switch into its own section titled "Hybrid" and chose either the the docked image or this image for the section.
    TL;DR When voting base the image off of the featured picture criteria and not the main page or any other criteria not mentioned in WP:FP?. This image passes criteria 1, 2, 4, 6, 7 and 8 without question. It passed criteria 3 as a highly informative image of its primary article while passing criteria 5 by enhancing the encyclopedic value to its primary article and three other articles. ♪♫Alucard 16♫♪ 00:22, 6 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • I agree with the fact that images should only be judged against featured picture criteria and not people's own tastes. Most Evan-Amos pictures pass the featured picture criteria with ease, which is why I nominated this image. I also agree with the fact that wether or not the image gets featured on the main page is irrelevant when it comes to featured picture candidate discussions. There are probably a lot of featured pictures that haven't been featured on the main page yet, because wether or not they should and when they should has not been decided yet. Lastly, I agree with the fact that there should be no limitation on how many pictures can be promoted to featured picture status. As long as there are quality images on Wikimedia, we will continue to promote pictures to featured picture status. I feel as if discussions above went a bit off the rails. 344917661X (talk) 00:42, 6 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Well there is something we can agree on I agree with me too however I still disagree with you. Just because the picture is a photograph of the console in handheld mode it is one of the best examples of the subject the encyclopedia has to offer. Second just because the image isn't "spectacular" or "impressive" it adds a lot of encyclopedic value to the subject which is given priority. Third it meets criteria 3 because the photograph has appropriate lighting to maximize visible detail in accordance with WP:FP?.
    If you want the interest of Main Page readers to be added as criteria 9 then I suggest you stop bringing it up on every video game related image and take this discussion to the FPC talk page and see what the community thinks of this. Everytime you bring this up on video game related images which is 3 now it gives me the vibe your only opposing these images for elitist, trivial and you don't like it. If you don't like video games and can't provide constructive, objective and unbiased criticism then don't comment on those images all it does is wastes time and discourages people from wanting to do anything related to featured pictures, good articles, featured articles, etc.
    I have no interest in learning the difference between the different species of butterflies but I didn't go to Gold rim swallowtail and Silver-spotted skipper and oppose them on the grounds I think those images would be "of zero interest to most Main Page readers." I reviewed those images objectively and unbiased based on the featured picture criteria and found with 100% I could give my support to them because the pass the criteria with (no pun intended) flying colors. ♪♫Alucard 16♫♪ 06:01, 8 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Kaldari: If you don't mind me asking how doesn't this image illustrate the subject in a compelling way? This photograph has appropriate lighting and maximizes the visible detail of the unit. Its very clear and informative about what the unit looks like in handheld mode and it is highly informative of the subject. ♪♫Alucard 16♫♪ 03:19, 8 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • The photo, although technically perfect, is generic and forgettable. It looks like it could have come out of a Sears Catalog. The lighting is flat and perfectly even; the background is non-existent; and the only thing that is compositionally interesting is that the unit is slightly tilted. I know that this is exactly the normal style for video game console illustrations, but I don't think that style is compelling. Illustrative, yes. Compelling, no. It's a great illustration, but I don't think it's a featured picture, IMO. FWIW, I don't think the other Nintendo Switch photo should have been featured either. Kaldari (talk) 13:28, 9 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:02, 14 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Side elevation of a typical 19th-century cannon
Reason
Quality diagram, high EV, featured on Commons
Articles in which this image appears
Cannon, Touch hole
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Weaponry
Creator
KDS444
  • Support as nominatorMER-C 11:22, 6 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: The gunpowder appears as grey spots on the red when I open the SVG, but they don't seem to render in the preview, so the gunpowder appears rather as if it's a red liquid. Can that be resolved? TSP (talk) 17:43, 6 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    It's a well-established fact that MediaWiki's SVG rasterizer is buggy, and the WMF don't really want to do anything about it. Firefox butchers this SVG terribly. It's best if you review this image in GIMP, Inkscape or any competent image editing program. MER-C 18:21, 6 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Even if it's technically Mediawiki's fault, I'm a little loath to suggest we promote as a Wikipedia Featured Picture something that cannot actually be correctly viewed on Wikipedia. It doesn't seem like it would be too difficult to produce something that looked more like gunpowder using basic SVG features - I'm not sure that "red cloud with grey splotches" is that great a representation of gunpowder anyway. (I'm imagining it's meant to represent the powder being ignited, but nothing else about the picture suggests the cannon is in the process of being fired - there's no representation of powder or fire in the vent or vent field, or of a match being applied, or of any movement to the wadding or ball.) TSP (talk) 11:19, 8 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – the labels and text look disorganized (particularly when viewed at full size). We had a similar nom: [3] and it was resolved [4], leaning to oppose as is. Bammesk (talk) 18:59, 6 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Are you viewing this in Firefox? I rasterized the image in GIMP and it looked fine. MER-C 19:03, 6 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:49, 16 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalGold rim swallowtail butterfly (Battus polydamas jamaicensis), endemic subspecies in Jamaica
Reason
High quality large image. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Battus polydamas
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Charlesjsharp
This one's gonna fly. Sca (talk) 14:08, 11 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Gold rim swallowtail (Battus polydamas jamaicensis) underside worn 2.JPG --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:14, 17 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalSilver-spotted skipper butterfly (Hesperia comma), Aston Rowant National Nature Reserve, Oxfordshire
Reason
High quality large image. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Hesperia comma
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:19, 17 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Abyssinian black-and-white colobus (Colobus guereza guereza) male in Ethiopia
Reason
High quality expressive image of an Ethiopian subspecies. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Abyssinian black-and-white colobus
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Abyssinian black-and-white colobus (Colobus guereza guereza) male head.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 08:19, 19 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Closeup focusing the stone motif created at the center of the stone wheel - Konark Sun Temple, Orissa, India
Reason
A high resolution closeup image of the center of the wheel
Articles in which this image appears
Konark Sun Temple
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Sculpture
Creator
Subhrajyoti
Konark stone wheel

  • Comment - Yes, but in that photo the center motif of the wheel has been got eroded/erased over time. This photograph specifically focuses on the center motif of another wheel in the same sun temple complex where the stone motif is still visible/reasonably intact-Subhrajyoti07 (talk) 17:32, 11 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Aha, the temple has "24 elaborately carved stone wheels," so these are two different ones. Nevertheless, I concur with MER-C that the nominated pic. is too close up – a wider field would aid viewer recognition of a wheel form. Sca (talk) 21:50, 11 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:59, 20 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – British wounded of the Royal Berkshire Regiment returning from fighting on Bazentin Ridge, July 1916.
Reason
Lead image for World War I casualties, featured on Commons
Articles in which this image appears
World War I casualties, British Army during World War I, Ernest Brooks (photographer)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War I
Creator
Ernest Brooks (photographer)

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:15, 21 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome - Interior
Reason
One of most beautiful church in Rome
Articles in which this image appears
Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors
Creator
LivioAndronico

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:48, 22 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The Mekong is a trans-boundary river in Southeast Asia. It is the world's twelfth longest river and the seventh longest in Asia. From the Tibetan Plateau the river runs through China's Yunnan Province, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. The extreme seasonal variations in flow and the presence of rapids and waterfalls in the Mekong make navigation difficult. Even so, the river is a major trade route between western China and Southeast Asia.
Reason
This seems to be the best photo that we have of the Mekong. It is the lead image of the Mekong article and used on five mainspace pages.
Articles in which this image appears
Mekong, Laos, List of Ramsar wetlands of Thailand, River pirate, Jullien's golden carp
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places
Creator
Allie Caulfield, cropped by Pine

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:59, 23 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalVoyager 2 photomosaic of Triton's sub-Neptunian hemisphere
Reason
Good EV, excellent photo, high resolution.
Articles in which this image appears
Triton (moon), Neptune, Voyager 2, etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
Creator
NASA, uploaded by Jbarta

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:31, 26 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Three-colour composite mosaic image of the Eagle Nebula, with north at top.
Reason
Higher resolution, good EV
Articles in which this image appears
Eagle Nebula, etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
Creator
ESO

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:33, 26 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalNaqsh-e Rustam
Reason
High resolution, detailed, featured on Commons, high EV shot of a historical site with its own article. Probably what the reviewers at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Naqsh-e Rustam had in mind.
Articles in which this image appears
Naqsh-e Rustam, Iranian architecture, Achaemenid architecture, Rostami, List of necropoleis
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Diego Delso

Promoted File:Naghsh-e rostam, Irán, 2016-09-24, DD 20-24 PAN.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:02, 26 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalBlack-chested snake-eagle (Circaetus pectoralis) holding a snake in Awash National Park, Ethiopia
Reason
High quality large image. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Black-chested snake-eagle
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Black-chested snake-eagle (Circaetus pectoralis).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:48, 27 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalRock hyrax (Procavia capensis), known locally as the dassie, Erongo, Namibia
Reason
High quality large image. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Rock hyrax
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Rock hyrax (Procavia capensis) 2.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:36, 29 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalLady at the Tea Table, painting by Mary Cassatt. The painting was the first of Cassat's works enter the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where it is now on display.
Reason
The image in question is a painting by a well-known artist, has an interesting history behind it, and has an article concerning it. It is in the public domain courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and is of high resolution.
Articles in which this image appears
Lady at the Tea Table, Mary Cassatt
FP category for this image
Artwork
Creator
Pharos

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:35, 30 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – An Albizia saman (rain tree) in the Mekong
Reason
Lead image for the most relevant article, and already featured on Commons
Articles in which this image appears
Albizia saman, Si Phan Don
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Others
Creator
Basile Morin
  • It has been proved that Livioandronico2013, Σπάρτακος and Architas are the same person. They have all been banned on Commons because of revenge votes and vandalism. Now they pretend to be colleagues but they're obviously not. Another proof that Livioandronico2013 and Architas (official sockpuppet of Σπάρτακος) are the same is this diff, where the (banned) author signs Livioandronico2013 while the vote comes from Architas -- Basile Morin (talk) 03:36, 22 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Learn to grow, and accept the votes against .... If I do not like it does not mean that it is a vendetta .... why should I take revenge? not even who you are! Then objectively what? Σπάρτακος is just a colleague of mine, I have not denied all accounts only One ... then little I care it was a matter of conscience. You're calmer, thanks.--LivioAndronico (talk) 08:54, 22 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Flooded Albizia Saman (rain tree) in the Mekong.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:26, 31 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]



Original – Horace Greeley, taken between 1860 and 1865
Reason
A historical photograph of Horace Greeley, the Liberal Republican/Democratic nominee in the 1872 U.S. presidential election. A bot originally uploaded this in 2011 but it wasn't used anywhere until now. In addition, this is the lead image for Greeley's page. The previous lead image wasn't a photograph for almost a decade.
Articles in which this image appears
Horace Greeley, Horace Greeley presidential campaign, 1872
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
Possibly Mathew Brady. The NARA didn't say who created this.

Not promoted (nomination withdrawn) MER-C 16:52, 31 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]