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OriginalJames Francis Edward Stuart (1688–1766) was the son of the deposed James II of England and the second in the Jacobite Succession of Catholic monarchs who endeavoured to reclaim the throne.
Reason
I can't pretend any longer: I think it's a great portrait with good EV.
Articles in which this image appears
James Francis Edward Stuart +7
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Royalty and nobility
Creator
Alexis Simon Belle

Promoted File:Prince James Francis Edward Stuart by Alexis Simon Belle.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 05:14, 1 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Non-Prado versionThe Origin of the Milky Way by Peter Paul Rubens featuring the Greco-Roman myth of the origin of the Milky Way. The painting depicts Hera, spilling her breast milk, the infant Heracles and Zeus in the background, identifiable by his eagle and lightening bolts. Hera's face is modelled on Rubens' wife, Hélène Fourment. The carriage is pulled by Hera's favourite animals, peacocks.
Prado version
Reason
Prado's version is actually smaller than the other we have, so I'm putting both to consider. The painting's article currently contains the bigger, non-Prado version.
Articles in which this image appears
The Origin of the Milky Way (Rubens), Helena Fourment, Peter Paul Rubens (all non-Prado version)
FP category for this image
Paintings
Creator
Peter Paul Rubens

Promoted File:Peter Paul Rubens - The Birth of the Milky Way, 1636-1637.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:41, 1 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Overview of the baroque theater of Brescia on WP:FPC
Reason
Overview of the richly decorated baroque theater
Articles in which this image appears
it:Teatro Grande (Brescia)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors
Creator
Moroder

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:26, 2 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalThe Tortoise Trainer, a satyrical painting by Osman Hamdi Bey. The painting alludes to the slow and ineffective attempts at reforming the Ottoman Empire through the attempts of an anachronistic historical character to train tortoises.
Reason
I initially thought it indeed depicts a tortoise trainer before reading the historical context. Still, maybe such folks exist...
Articles in which this image appears
The Tortoise Trainer, Pera Museum, Osman Hamdi Bey, Turkey
FP category for this image
Paintings
Creator
Osman Hamdi Bey

Promoted File:Osman Hamdi Bey - The Tortoise Trainer - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:47, 4 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Hendrikus van de Sande Bakhuyzen is chilling out with some cows and some sheep and a horse.
Reason
Good scan. Hendrikus van de Sande Bakhuyzen was a Dutch Romantic landscape painter and also worked as an art teacher, shown here painting his own self-portrait. The Artist Painting a Cow in a Meadow Landscape shows pretty well how a painter uses his colours, palette and other devices. He was a member of family of painters, several Bakhuyzen were painters. He was influential, both as one of the major precursors of the Hague School of art and as an influence on Vincent van Gogh.
Articles in which this image appears
Hendrikus van de Sande Bakhuyzen
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
Creator
Hendrikus van de Sande Bakhuyzen

Promoted File:Zelfportret - Hendrikus van de Sande Bakhuyzen.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:54, 4 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Reason
It's a good quality, encyclopaedic set showing the notable views of St Augustine's Church in Kilburn, North London. It's known as the Cathedral of North London, owing to its large side and grandeur, although in reality it is just a regular parish church.
Articles in which this image appears
St Augustine's, Kilburn
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors
Creator
User:Diliff

Promoted File:St Augustine's Church, Kilburn Interior 1, London, UK - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:39, 4 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:St Augustine's Church, Kilburn Interior 2, London, UK - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:39, 4 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:St Augustine's Church, Kilburn Interior 3, London, UK - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:39, 4 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:St Augustine's Church, Kilburn Interior 4, London, UK - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:39, 4 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – An iconic view of the Duquesne Incline, one of two surviving funicular railways in Pittsburgh on Mount Washington (Pittsburgh).
Reason
This is an iconic composition which has been on postcards for over 100 years (if you just search on google, you'll find many pictures taken from the same spot). Out of the 5+ pictures we have of this location on Wikimedia Commons, this one has by far the highest resolution, and the early morning light is quite pleasing to behold. The sharpness is okay (it is a Quality Image on Wikimedia Commons), and it is perspective- and distortion-corrected.
Articles in which this image appears
Duquesne Incline, Pittsburgh, Transportation in Pittsburgh
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Land or Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban
Creator
dllu
  • I have addressed your concerns by applying a simulated graduated neutral density filter of 3 EV and applying wavelet denoising. Please take another look. Thanks! dllu (t,c) 10:50, 25 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Changed vote to Weak Support - still grainy but lighting issue resolved. For example, when I look at the rail tram it almost appears like a watercolour painting, so still a little too grainy for me. gazhiley 11:52, 25 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • The reason for the noise is due to the shadows being underexposed (so that the sky is not blown out). I increased the shadow brightness significantly using curves, leading to the noise. If anyone wants to take a look at the raw file, here it is. Thanks! dllu (t,c) 02:32, 26 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - Irrespective of the noise and blown out sky, I'd still prefer a more faithful edit of the original shot. The current version looks like a painting with blocks of colour when viewed even reasonably close up, the heavy filter changes the atmosphere of the shot and it looks like it has been stretched vertically for some reason. Compare them back to back and you'll see what I mean: Original Edit - Wolftick (talk) 19:47, 27 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • The original has been compressed vertically because I made a mistake when correcting perspective distortion. The new version is more accurate. The "colour blocks" seem to be a byproduct of the noise reduction, I'll look into reducing that. Thanks. dllu (t,c) 04:45, 28 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Downtown Pittsburgh from Duquesne Incline in the morning.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 08:54, 5 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The Broderie Room at the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens during the winter flower show of 2015. The garden is modelled after the formal gardens of French chateaux during the reign of Louis XIV. The room opened in 1939 and was originally called the Cloister Garden. In 1966, the room was redesigned as the present-day Broderie Room.
Reason
High quality picture which illustrates a part of the Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens, a famous greenhouse in Pittsburgh.
Articles in which this image appears
Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors
Creator
dllu
  • The flower are clearly not blown out. Have you tried inspecting their pixel values? As for the lights, making them any darker would make the image look unnatural since they are supposed to be quite bright and the primary source of illumination. For reference, here are the three exposures I used to generate this: -2 EV, 0 EV, +2 EV.dllu (t,c) 09:45, 25 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • They are almost blinding sorry - no detail on a lot of the leaves. In comparison to all the other flower beds they are positively glowing as if a huge light is shining directly on them... The ones at the front I don't know exactly what colour but I assume a creamy colour? gazhiley 11:19, 25 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • I've recovered the details in the flowers. Do you mind taking another look? And yes, there are indeed several little spotlights shining on them, which you can see on the roof. Do note that you have to refresh a few times (or add ?action=purge or at the end of the URL) in order to see the changes, as mediawiki tends to cache pictures for a while. Thanks again! dllu (t,c) 11:34, 25 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • By the way, what do you mean by "perspective issues"? I see no perspective distortion issues -- that is, all architectural vertical lines are vertical in the photo. If you mean that the corners appear stretched, it is because this lens is an (almost) perfect rectilinear lens which has the side effect of stretching corners for super wide fields of view. But, because it is the only type of lens to preserve straight lines, it is undisputedly considered the best type of lens for architecture photography (as opposed to fisheye lenses, which have lots of barrel distortion). dllu (t,c) 12:48, 25 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Phipps Conservatory winter 2015 Broderie Room.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:01, 5 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalAli Khamenei is the second and current Supreme Leader of Iran and a Muslim cleric. Ali Khamenei succeeded Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the Iranian Revolution, after Khomeini's death, being elected as the new Supreme Leader by the Assembly of Experts on 4 June 1989. He had also served as the President of Iran from 1981 to 1989. In 2012, 2013, and 2014 Forbes selected him 21st, 23rd, and 19th respectively in the list of The World's Most Powerful People.
Reason
HQ + EV
Articles in which this image appears
Ali Khamenei
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
seyyed shabodin vajedi

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:30, 5 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalA Visit to the Seaside, the first motion picture in Kinemacolor
Reason
high historical and encyclopedic value
Articles in which this image appears
A Visit to the Seaside, Kinemacolor, Color motion picture film, George Albert Smith, List of color film systems, List of early color feature films
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Photographic techniques, terms, and equipment
Creator
George Albert Smith
  • Support as nominatorYann (talk) 14:33, 25 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support It's really very special... Historical value and EV are high. --Tremonist (talk) 15:37, 25 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – How did they ever get the first 10 seconds past the censors? Sca (talk) 15:39, 25 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support high EV. sst✈(discuss) 00:53, 28 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Regretful Oppose, despite enormous historical significance. The quality is way too low for FP status, I'm pretty sure there must be a better transfer somewhere - no-one transfers a film at this low quality. --Janke | Talk 08:48, 28 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support without prejudice This is here now, and its historical; if a better version is located then I would move for a delist and replace, but we can cross that bridge when if/we get there. TomStar81 (Talk) 11:42, 28 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Did a little sleuthing, there is better quality available; take a look at this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY2EyLEGsyA Looks like this candidate is picked from that 2008 restoration, which may be copyrighted. Thus it may be a copyvio. IANAL, so let the ones in the know find out, and if it is a copyvio, then Speedy Close. --Janke | Talk 19:20, 28 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    • If you don't have better arguments, please stay aside. How do you know it is a restoration? Anyway, that wouldn't give a new copyright. There is obviously no reason to speedy close this nomination. Yann (talk) 23:05, 28 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
      • How do I know it's a restoration? I watched that Youtube link (by DeBergerac Productions), and from the discussion on that page, it is pretty apparent that they did the restoration. As for speedy close, I said if. --Janke | Talk 21:40, 29 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
        • A previous deletion discussion held that it was "not settled in US courts whether restoration renews copyright." and the file in question was kept. I still disagree, but we do have precedent for keeping the film. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:19, 29 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
          • I think this is different. It is reconstruction of the full-color film from 3 one-color films. So it doesn't involve any creativity, it is just a mechanical process. Regards, Yann (talk) 01:43, 30 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
            • My point was simple: even if this is a restoration, consensus on Commons is that it can be kept. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 03:58, 1 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
              • There's surely a difference between "there's a consensus on Commons that we can keep this" and "this is definitely free". We can legitimately demand quite a high standard at FPC, I think. Josh Milburn (talk) 17:44, 1 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
                • I think we don't talk about the same thing. Restoration as "repairing a damaged work" is not an automated process. It may require creativity, and a lot of artistic skills. So the copyright on that is a legitimate question. But I don't think there is restoration in that sense here. These films needed a special projector for "projecting a black-and-white film behind alternating red and green filters". So to create a digital version, and since these projectors do not exist anymore, merging this is needed, but it is a mechanical process, without any creativity. See Kinemacolor for the details. Regards, Yann (talk) 19:42, 1 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
                  • There is definitely a creative element involved in a restoration of this kind, namely, the choice of separation colors. They can be anything from red to orange, and blue to green. (Yann: Please note that there are only two colors, not three...) They will give different final color results, i.e. a creative aspect. Furthermore, why feature a lower quality video, when a better one is available on YouTube? See the link in my first comment. For these reasons, I still stand by both my Oppose and Speedy Close. --Janke | Talk 11:10, 3 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
                    • @Janke: I don't know where you see a better video. The one you link is 320x240, as this one is 640x480. Here, it is, just for you: File:A Visit to the Seaside - S.webm. Yann (talk) 22:30, 3 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
                      • OK, I see now. You did the upload, and it's actually a part taken from the Youtube link (by DeBergerac Productions) I mentioned. Downloaded from YT, and uploaded to Wiki it has been re-sized and re-coded, and is thus less sharp. BTW, you asked: " How do you know it is a restoration?" - well, you must have known that, since you linked to the YT restoration demo! Note to others: This is a fragment of a YT restoration demonstration video by DeBergerac Productions (see link above), and for that reason I consider it a copyvio. --Janke | Talk 09:06, 4 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • SupportJobas (talk) 16:52, 30 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:A Visit to the Seaside (1908).webm --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:11, 5 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalSouth-West Africa, two mark (1916) issued by the Swakopmund Bookshop as emergency issue money during the transition from German rule to South Africa’s administration under the League of Nations mandate.
Reason
High quality image, high EV, very good condition
Articles in which this image appears
South West African mark, Banknotes of the Swakopmund Bookshop (South West Africa)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Currency/Other
Creator
South-West Africa, Swakopmund Bookshop
From the National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History.
Image by Godot13


Promoted File:SWA-15a-Swakopmunder Buchhandlung-Two Mark (1916).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 08:33, 6 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – View of a hill with the village church of Jamnik, Slovenia. The hill overlooks most of the northern part of the Ljubljana Basin with the Julian Alps as a backdrop towards the northwest and the Kamnik–Savinja Alps towards the east.
Reason
Excellent picture with high EV thanks to its geographical scope
Articles in which this image appears
Jamnik, Kranj
FP category for this image
Landscapes
Creator
Mihael Grmek
  • Comment Ah, you're right, the fly! That's really a shame, I didn't see it yesterday but now I think it ruins the composition. :( It's sad, Slovenian landscapes are otherwise not exactly overrepresented at featured pictures so I thought I'd try to amend that bias. But with that spot I think I'll have to revoke this candidate. Yakikaki (talk) 09:09, 28 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • I wouldn't rush to revoke it - it's only really noticable if you're at full zoom and checking the entire picture... At this size it isn't massively noticable so see what others think first? gazhiley 09:39, 30 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:58, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Panoramic view of the old town of Ptuj in Slovenia, from Ptuj Castle.
Reason
Excellent picture, high EV
Articles in which this image appears
Ptuj, Ptuj Castle
FP category for this image
Urban
Creator
Mihael Grmek

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:58, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – "The Brown-eared bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis) is a medium-sized bulbul which is found from the Russian Far East (including Karafuto (or Sakhalin)), northeastern China, the Korean Peninsula, and Japan, south to Taiwan and the Babuyan and Batanes island chains in the north of the Philippines..."
Reason
Nice photo already featured on Commons. It recently replaced the previous lead image for the article and I believe the significant increase in resolution (from 800 x 640 pixels to 2,661 x 1,778 pixels) is sufficient to let us waive the 7-day guideline.
Articles in which this image appears
Brown-eared bulbul
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Laitche
  • @Gazhiley: Looks like SteinsplitterBot did something strange. The edit has been reverted. It may take a little while for the reversion to pass its way through the system so that the correct version of the image appears here. --Pine 19:29, 2 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah it seems to be back now to normal way round. Strange... gazhiley 19:16, 3 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:The brown-eared bulbul after playing with water.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 07:35, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalDevdas is a famous Hindi movie, directed by Pramathesh Barua and starring K. L. Saigal, Jamuna Barua, and T. R. Rajakumari.
Reason
Famous Indian movie, quite good quality video with English subtitles
Articles in which this image appears
Devdas (1936 film) + 6
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
Pramathesh Barua
  • Support as nominator Certainly the most important Indian movie of the mid-1930s, and the quality is better than what we usually have (checked the first version). – Yann (talk) 10:32, 28 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Question - What's the copyright on the English subtitles? — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:16, 29 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    • The subtitles are not added by the contributor who uploaded to YT. It is a professional work, so I suppose they were made shortly after the film was made for screening in Europe and USA. And there is no credit for it, the author is unknown. And since it is more than 70 years old, they are in the public domain in most of the world. So no copyright in USA, anyway, as no registration or notice. Regards, Yann (talk) 01:52, 30 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
      • It's impossible to say when the subtitles were added just from watching. They do weave a bit, which indicates that they were added onto the film print, not on the video transfer. (A video subtitle will be rock steady.) --Janke | Talk 20:54, 30 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
        • That confirms what I said. This video was probably copied from a DVD, which could be found in India. Regards, Yann (talk) 22:24, 30 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
          • The font belies the possibility that these were 1930s additions. Oppose as long as these presumably non-free subtitles are part of the video. (We have our own subtitle format as well, so I don't think we need hard coded subtitles at all) — Chris Woodrich (talk) 03:57, 1 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
            • @Crisco 1492: As I said, there is very little probability that the subtitles are under a copyright. Are you prepared to add new subtitles yourself? ;o) I could technically do it, but this is a several-weeks-full-time job, and I don't see the point to do it again when we already have it, made by professionals. I also think that Hindi being a language very little spoken outside India, having English subtitles adds an important value to this video. But do you know is it possible to remove the subtitles? Regards, Yann (talk) 10:43, 1 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:48, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Painting depiction of the U.S. 65th Infantry Regiment's bayonet charge against a Chinese division during the Korean War.
Reason
A high-res painting of the US 65th Infantry Regiment depicting bayonet charge against a Chinese division during the Korean War. The 65th is a Puerto Rican unit that saw service with the United States in WWI, WWII, and Korea, and is unique for its time in that the United States Military had a policy of segregating its military units at the time, making it unusual to see ethnic minorities in combat assignments. This image has already graced a featured article and a featured list; I figure the next time it sees the main page should be as a featured picture in its own right. (A word of caution to those with slow connections: the image is a little on the large side, so take that into consideration when you click on it).
Articles in which this image appears
65th Infantry Regiment (United States), Bayonet, List of Congressional Gold Medal recipients, List of Puerto Rican military personnel, List of Puerto Ricans missing in action in the Korean War, Military history of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico, Regiment
FP category for this image
Probably War
Creator
Dominic D'andrea

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:51, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Mary Pickford
Reason
high resolution and good quality portrait
Articles in which this image appears
Mary Pickford, AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars, 1979
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Moody, New York

Promoted File:Mary Pickford cph.3c17995u.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:14, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalMy Wife's Lovers is a 1891 painting by Austrian artist Carl Kahler depicting 42 out of 350 cats owned by American millionairess Kate Birdsall Johnson. Johnson lent the painting for the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. In 2015, the painting was sold at Sotheby's to a private Californian buyer for $826,000.
Reason
The title was conceived by the husband of the millionairess who owned all those cats. The painting survived the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, while the salon where it was kept was destroyed.
Articles in which this image appears
My Wife's Lovers
FP category for this image
Paintings
Creator
Carl Kahler

Promoted File:Carl Kahler - My Wife's Lovers.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:14, 10 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Planform view of a British Airways 767-300ER with deployed flaps after takeoff
Reason
High quality and EV: shows retracted undercarriages and deployed flaps after takeoff. This image is derived from a featured picture on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Boeing 767
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Air
Creator
Created by Arpingstone, modified by Altair78
At least as neutral, if that's clearer. --Tremonist (talk) 13:53, 3 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I comment as per "All users may comment. However, only those who have been on Wikipedia for 25 days and with at least 100 edits will be included in the numerical count." Wolftick (talk) 02:14, 4 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:37, 14 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – MS Marina docked in Sète, October 2015
Reason
High quality and EV. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
MS Marina
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Water
Creator
Christian Ferrer

Promoted File:Marina (ship, 2011), Sète 01.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:02, 14 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – An F-35C Lightning II, marked CF-01, conducts a test flight over Chesapeake Bay in February 2011
Reason
High quality, details clear, high EV. FP on Commons and two other Wikipedia language versions.
Articles in which this image appears
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II + 26 other articles
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Air
Creator
taken by Andy Wolfe for the United States Navy; uploaded by Mark Schierbecker

Promoted File:CF-1 flight test.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:08, 14 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalKingdom of Belgium, 40 Belgian franc gold coin (1835) depicting Leopold I of Belgium. This was the highest denomination coin issued.
Reason
High quality image, high EV, very good condition, highest denomination issued.
Articles in which this image appears
Leopold I of Belgium , Belgian franc
FP category for this image
European Currency
Creator
Kingdom of Belgium (coin)
From the National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History.


APK- Your support is most appreciated, you must have really liked this one to support it twice... ;-) --Godot13 (talk) 08:18, 5 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oops! :-) *self trout* APK whisper in my ear 08:58, 5 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
One for each coin. Atsme📞📧 13:05, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Belgium 1835 40 Francs.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 04:52, 15 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – AAAAAAAA!!! AAA! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
English trans. Kitten eating cottontail rabbit.
Reason
AAHHHHH!!!! AAAAAAAAAAH!!!!! AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!! AAAAA!!!!!!! AAAAAAA!!!!
Articles in which this image appears
AAAAAAAA!!!! AAAAAAHH!!!!
FP category for this image
AAAAAAAAA!!!!
Creator
AAAA!!! (Jake Berzon)
Your point being? Sca (talk) 17:21, 14 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
AAAAAAAAH!!!! Adam Cuerden (talk) 17:26, 14 December 2015 (UTC) Also, uniquely compelling image, even if quite a bit undersize.[reply]
Which means that Adam Cuerden's account has been hacked and is controlled by someone else :) Brandmeistertalk 18:48, 14 December 2015 (UTC).[reply]
Doubt this image is retakeable, nor is it old enough to be archived in a museum. =) I mean, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! Adam Cuerden (talk) 23:49, 14 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:56, 16 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]


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Original – Woody Jackson, an American musician, at IndieCade 2012. Jackson has composed the music for various popular video games, including Red Dead Redemption and Grand Theft Auto V.
Reason
Good composition, nice lighting and framing. I was delighted when the photographer allowed for the image to be used, as I believe it has a high EV, and is overall a high quality image.
Articles in which this image appears
Music of Red Dead Redemption, Development of Red Dead Redemption
FP category for this image
Entertainment
Creator
Jeriaska (uploaded by Rhain1999)

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:40, 16 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The right wing of the Melun Diptych by the French painter Jean Fouquet from 1452, showing Nursing Madonna surrounded by angels. The Madonna is believed to be based on Agnès Sorel, mistress of King Charles VII. The diptych is housed in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp.
Reason
It's now a higher resolution of the existing file, source has been updated. A tribute to the sensual style of Agnès Sorel.
Articles in which this image appears
Melun Diptych, Jean Fouquet, others
FP category for this image
Paintings
Creator
Jean Fouquet

Promoted File:Fouquet Madonna.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:31, 16 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – an autumn leaf butterfly on the island of Bali in Indonesia
Reason
Featured Picture on Wikimedia Commons
Articles in which this image appears
Doleschallia bisaltide
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
User:Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Autumn leaf (Doleschallia bisaltide) Bali I.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:42, 17 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – This video marked the milestone of 5 million articles on English Wikipedia.
Reason
Video marking a notable milestone in the history of Wikipedia
Articles in which this image appears
History of Wikipedia and English Wikipedia. Also see Wikipedia:Five million articles and Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2015-10-28/Community letter
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Other
Creator
Produced and directed by Pine. Also see the detailed credits in the video.
  • Bammesk It's kind of astounding how many dozens, and possibly hundreds, of people didn't notice that, including me. So you get a copyeditor's barnstar for spotting that. I'll need to re-render the video to fix it, which unfortunately I may not have time to do for quite awhile. --Pine 19:08, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --sst✈(discuss) 02:04, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – "The Boeing C-17 Globemaster III is a large military transport aircraft. It was developed for the United States Air Force (USAF) from the 1980s to the early 1990s by McDonnell Douglas... C-17 commonly performs strategic airlift missions, transporting troops and cargo throughout the world; additional roles include tactical airlift, medical evacuation and airdrop duties... The final C-17 was completed at the Long Beach, CA plant and flown on 29 November 2015."
Reason
Lede image; already featured on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Boeing C-17 Globemaster III, Military transport aircraft, Equipment of the Romanian Armed Forces, Arotech Corporation
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Air
Creator
United States Air Force

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 04:34, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original
Reason
A high-quality and high-resolution scan from the Google Art Project that is used in the lead of Pieter Aertsen. This historic painting from 1551 is a vivid depiction of a meat stall, exhibiting meats from this time period, Pieter Aertsen being considered as the father of Still-life. All revealed in the article.
Articles in which this image appears
A Meat Stall with the Holy Family Giving Alms, (own article) Pieter Aertsen, Still life, The Blind Leading the Blind
FP category for this image
Food and drink or Paintings
Creator
Pieter Aertsen
PS: Would be good to have a translation of the sign at upper right. Only thing I can tentatively make out is "for sale" (te coope) – it's some form of 16th century Flemish or Low German. Sca (talk) 00:44, 10 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:A Meat Stall with the Holy Family Giving Alms - Pieter Aertsen - Google Cultural Institute.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:24, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]


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Original – A self-portrait of American artist John Singleton Copley. The artwork is housed in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.
Reason
A high resolution self-portrait of noted artist John Singleton Copley, best known for his portrait paintings of colonial Americans.
Articles in which this image appears
John Singleton Copley
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
John Singleton Copley
It's odd. It seems noisy in places but soft in others. It's like they slightly missed the focus and tried to fix it - Wolftick (talk) 01:34, 10 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:14, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Rear glass panel of the Nexus 4 smartphone
Reason
High quality and EV. Shows the dotted glass pattern design of the back side of the Nexus 4 smartphone.
Articles in which this image appears
Nexus 4, Google Nexus
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Electronics
Creator
Arek Olek

Not Promoted --sst✈(discuss) 04:30, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Yellow papillae flatworm (Thysanozoon nigropapillosum) swimming at 40 ft (12 m) depth, Manta Ray Bay, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia.
Alternate - Yellow papillae flatworm (Thysanozoon nigropapillosum) swimming at 40 ft (12 m) depth, Manta Ray Bay, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia.
Reason
Rare capture of a yellow papillae flatworm (Thysanozoon nigropapillosum) swimming
Articles in which this image appears
Thysanozoon nigropapillosum
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Others
Creator
Atsme (Betty Wills) Note: new name for file is Yellow papillae flatworm (Thysanozoon nigropapillosum).jpg
  • J Milburn, I am as certain of its ID as the marine biologists who redescribed Thysanozoon_nigropapillosum in 2014 per the RS cited in the article. With regards to a better title, I am certainly open to suggestions. I considered using its binomial nomenclature but one of the common names would be far easier to pronounce. How about polyclad flatworm, or golden-spotted flatworm" or yellow papillae flatworm? Atsme📞📧 17:00, 11 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Sorry- just so we're clear, you're telling me that the marine biologists who authored the 2014 paper identified the species for you? And as for an image title, "Yellow papillae flatworm, Manta Ray Bay" or something would be fine, I would have thought. Josh Milburn (talk) 17:31, 11 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • No problem - I apologize if my response was ambiguous. There is no OR involved. I was referring to the description in the cited journal along with other verifiable sources. Example: [3] links to [4] where there are images. Atsme📞📧 17:51, 11 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks, Josh, and for further verification that I provided an accurate, scientific id of the species, please see [5] which is also cited at the article. Atsme📞📧 17:26, 15 December 2015

Promoted File:Yellow papillae flatworm (Thysanozoon nigropapillosum) (cropped).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:58, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Fyodor (1873 – 1938) with a French bulldog, in the snow. Chris, if anybody complains about the edges, will you crop?
Reason
One of the interesting Russian painter Boris Kustodiev's winter portraits - of a renowned Russian opera singer, Fyodor Chaliapin As our article states: Possessing a deep and expressive bass voice, he enjoyed an important international career at major opera houses and is often credited with establishing the tradition of naturalistic acting in his chosen art form..."
Articles in which this image appears
Portrait of Chaliapin (Kustodiev painting) (own article), Feodor Chaliapin, Lining (sewing), Boris Kustodiev, Fine Arts of Leningrad (Moscow, 1976), Russian Museum
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
Creator
Boris Kustodiev
Old Fyodor – or is it Feodor? – does look rather lardonic here. Sca (talk) 16:13, 13 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Boris Kustodiev - Portrait of Fyodor Chaliapin - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:07, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original Madonna of the Goldfinch - c. 1505-1506. The painting was restored and it was completed in 2008, It is on display at the Uffizi in Florence. The restoration took about ten years, according to our article...
Reason
Good scan. The High Renaissance master Raphael's Madonna of the Goldfinch or Madonna del Cardellino is named after the little bird the Child is holding in his hands.
Articles in which this image appears
Madonna del cardellino, European goldfinch, List of paintings by Raphael, Uffizi
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Raffaello Sanzio

Promoted File:Raffaello Sanzio - Madonna del Cardellino - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:26, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalWedding Supper. The moment depicted is when the dessert is served. White porcelain, the middle of the table decorated with something that was thought as a garden, with white garden scultures made by sugar crust. It is totally visible, this is a great scan.
Reason
Great scan, truly spectacular, check all those flowers on the flower garlands. The Wedding Supper depicts the wedding of Princess Isabella of Parma and Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, on 5th October, 1760, at Hofburg Palace's Redoute Hall - (Redoutensaele) at the former imperial palace in Vienna .
Articles in which this image appears
Martin van Meytens
FP category for this image
Lifestyle? Aristocrats? ... maybe Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Culture and lifestyle?
Creator
Martin van Meytens

Promoted File:Wedding Supper - Martin van Meytens - Google Cultural Institute.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:29, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A historical reenactor portrays a Roman Centurion
Reason
Lede image, already featured on Commons, 2,437 x 3,260 pixels
Articles in which this image appears
Centurion, Roman legion, Military uniform
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Military
Creator
Lviatour
And which century is it meant to represent? Uniforms changed a lot over the ages. --Tremonist (talk) 14:56, 10 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Might be worth comparing to File:Epitaph_des_Marcus_Caelius.JPG. --Pine 22:24, 10 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:39, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalUSAF North American B-25 Mitchell during International Air Show Góraszka 2007
Reason
High EV and quality image of a World War II-era medium bomber. Featured picture on Commons and two other Wikipedia language versions.
Articles in which this image appears
North American B-25 Mitchell
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Air
Creator
Lukas skywalker

Promoted File:North American B-25 Mitchell Góraszka 2007.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:49, 24 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Rubik's Cube
Reason
High quality and EV image of a high-importance mathematics/engineering topic. SVG file format means that the image can be scaled up to unlimited resolution without quality loss. Is already a featured picture on Commons and six other Wikipedia language versions.
Articles in which this image appears
Rubik's Cube, Rubik's Cube group, Group (mathematics), Group theory, Permutation group, Permutation, Mathematics, Toy, National Toy Hall of Fame, Hungary, Science and technology in Hungary, Lethal Inspection
FP category for this image
Either Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Others, or Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Mathematics
Creator
Booyabazooka
I'd prefer a photo here, though, like the others. --Tremonist (talk) 16:04, 11 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:18, 24 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – An illustration of M4, the Menger sponge after four iterations of the construction process.
Reason
High quality and EV. This is a featured picture on the German Wikipedia, the image chosen out of three different images proposed.
Articles in which this image appears
Menger sponge, n-flake
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Mathematics
Creator
Niabot

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:41, 24 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A Peacock butterfly in Otmoor, Oxfordshire, England
Reason
Lead image, already featured on Commons, 3,792 x 2,528 pixels
Articles in which this image appears
Peacock butterfly, Thin-film optics, Thin-film interference
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Peacock butterfly (inachis io) 2.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:40, 26 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalGeorg Giese, a German merchant from Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) and a member of the Hanseatic League. Giese also worked at the Steelyard in London, where he was portrayed by Hans Holbein in 1532.
Reason
Extremely high quality scan (26,292×30,000) of a portrait painting about a notable merchant, and thus high EV.
Articles in which this image appears
Georg Giese (most EV), Hans Holbein the Younger, Google Art Project, +4 others
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Business
Creator
Hans Holbein the Younger
Georg Giese depicted from the same artwork, on a 1923 100,000 papiermark
Georg Giese depicted from the same artwork, on a 1923 100,000 papiermark

.--Godot13 (talk) 08:55, 18 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Hans Holbein der Jüngere - Der Kaufmann Georg Gisze - Google Art Project.jpg --Adam Cuerden (talk) 20:49, 26 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The Xbox One, Microsoft's entry into the eighth generation of home video game consoles, with a Kinect
Reason
High technical quality.
Articles in which this image appears
Xbox One +7
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Electronics
Creator
Evan Amos

Promoted File:Microsoft-Xbox-One-Console-Set-wKinect.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:37, 27 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – One of the images of the Trojan Room coffee pot, subject of first webcam ever created, used for monitoring the status of coffee.
Reason
The first webcam. It is, of course, low resolution, and crappy, but it's part of a system from 1993 to transfer the status of a coffee pot over the world wide web, considered the world's first webcam. Such historical documentation overrides.
Articles in which this image appears
Trojan Room coffee pot, Quentin Stafford-Fraser
FP category for this image
You know, I think this might be the rare image best put under Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Other
Creator
Quentin Stafford-Fraser

Promoted File:Trojan Room coffee pot xcoffee.png --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:12, 27 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – red coloured Euphorbia milii flower grown in a garden of Nepal by farmers.
Reason
This image is beautifully taken, flower can be nicely seen and the picture is of good quality.
Articles in which this image appears
Euphorbia milii
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Flowers
Creator
BRPever

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:06, 27 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Yellow-headed caracara on a capybara in the Pantanal, Brazil
Reason
Featured picture on Commons. The bird is known locally as the 'tickbird' and it is living up to its name.
Articles in which this image appears
Milvago chimachima and Capybara
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Yellow-headed caracara (Milvago chimachima) on capybara (Hydrochoeris hydrochaeris).JPG --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:06, 28 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalArii Matamoe translates roughly as "Noble Sleep Eyes", although Gauguin appended the French title La Fin royale, or "The Royal End"
Reason
A small (45 × 75 cm) but high-EV Paul Gauguin painting which you'll be forgiven for not being familiar with, as it was publicly exhibited by Durand-Ruel in 1893 in Paris, where it went unsold, and lent just once since 1946 to an obscure exhibition before it was purchased from a private Swiss collector in 2008 by the J. Paul Getty Museum (rumored to have paid around $30 million for it, after eight years of negotiations and iron-clad assurances from the family of its pre-war Jewish owners that it was not subject to a Nazi forced sale, although its wartime circumstances remain very murky). In 2008, a Getty curator called it "the ultimate still life" and "the most famous painting by Gauguin that no one has seen".[7] Gauguin created the image of a decapitated Tahitian king whose head is displayed on a white pillow principally to shock French audiences; this "traditional" decapitation display ritual had disappeared well before Gauguin visited the islands and was not followed after the 1891 death of King Pōmare V. Arii Matamoe is painted on very coarse cloth, the texture of which is exploited by the artist and shown effectively in the Google Art scan.
Articles in which this image appears
Arii Matamoe, Paul Gauguin, J. Paul Getty Museum, List of paintings by Paul Gauguin
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Paul Gauguin, 1892
  • Support as nominator – In the interests of full disclosure, I recently added this image to both above articles (which is frowned upon, I know, as it could be seen as an appeal to EV). Only to say, the painting already has its own independent articles in French and Dutch, and I'm undertaking one in English, long overdue. Vesuvius Dogg (talk) 17:32, 15 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Neutral until an article on it is created. Haven't seen this painting before either, so an article would help to know it better. Brandmeistertalk 09:15, 16 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Will give it a start in the next few days. Begun. Vesuvius Dogg (talk) 15:20, 16 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support Brandmeistertalk 09:50, 18 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Paul Gauguin (French - Arii Matamoe (The Royal End) - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:48, 28 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Flag of Los Angeles County, California.svg

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OriginalBasilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida, Brazil. In addition to its notability in Brazil, it has international notability as the second largest church building in the world.
Reason
Nice perspective for a taxobox image, 2,480 × 1,611 pixels, used in multiple articles
Articles in which this image appears
Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida, Our Lady of Aparecida, Religion in Brazil, Culture of Brazil, List of Roman Catholic basilicas, Brazil, Marian apparition
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Valter Campanato/Agência Brasil (ABr/RadioBrás) (Agência Brasil is a national public news agency)

Promoted File:Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida, 2007.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 05:38, 30 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A male common brimstone butterfly, Parsonage Moor, Oxfordshire, England
Reason
Fine detail on a fresh specimen of this British butterfly, showing the scales on the wing in some detail. Featured on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Common brimstone
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Charlesjsharp
  • Me too. As you know, they never perch wings open so you have to catch them in flight and, as my so-so image on the Wikipedia page shows, it's really difficult (best of 50 pictures I took over ten minutes!). Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:20, 18 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Common brimstone butterfly (Gonepteryx rhamni) male.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:39, 30 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – From the article: "Landscape near Arles is an 1888 oil painting by French artist Paul Gauguin, located in the Indianapolis Museum of Art. It depicts a rural scene in Provence."
Reason
High resolution scan of a gorgeous painting. It'll be different to have Gauguin's non-Tahiti works featured.
Articles in which this image appears
Landscape near Arles +1
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Paul Gauguin

Promoted File:Gauguin, Paul - Landscape near Arles - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:30, 30 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – U.S. President Barack Obama during a presidential portrait sitting for an official photograph in the Oval Office on 6 December 2012.
Reason
High quality, high EV - clear view and good composition, highly used, lead image of Barack Obama. A different pic of Obama was featured before, but was delisted.
Articles in which this image appears
Barack Obama, President of the United States and many more
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
Fine for an article such as this one, but not for a Main Page fixture, where they look like free advertising. Sca (talk) 14:55, 29 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
My opposition has nothing to do with what I may think about President Obama. It has to do with the fact that, like all such photos, this is an official portrait taken by someone working for the subject, and therefore may be considered free political advertising.
A candid news-type shot would be a different matter, as Brandmeister notes. Sca (talk) 23:07, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:44, 31 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – "Red caviar is a caviar made from the roe of Pacific, Atlantic and river species of salmon. Given its high price in the West, red caviar is associated with luxury and wealth, but in Russia and Japan, caviar is commonly served at holiday feasts, weddings and other festive occasions."
Reason
Striking color, and since it's the only image of the article it has high EV
Articles in which this image appears
Red caviar
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Food and drink
Creator
Adonis Chen from Tipei, on Flickr

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:08, 31 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]