Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/December-2019

Please cut and paste new entries to the bottom of this page, creating a new monthly archive (by closing date) when necessary.

Older Archive
Miscellaneous Archive
2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2005: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2006: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2007: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2008: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2009: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2010: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2011: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2012: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2013: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2014: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2015: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2016: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2017: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2018: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2019: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2020: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2021: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2022: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2023: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2024: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
Purge page cache if nominations haven't updated.


Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 1 Dec 2019 at 17:46:18 (UTC)

Original – Aerial photograph of Copenhagen Airport.
Reason
High EV, good quality (for an aerial photograph)
Articles in which this image appears
Copenhagen Airport
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban
Creator
kallerna

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:58, 1 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 4 Dec 2019 at 04:47:45 (UTC)

OriginalDjango Reinhardt at the Aquarium nightclub, c. November 1946
Reason
A fine image of a notable musician, and shows the injured, heavily-scarred hand that he overcame.
Articles in which this image appears
Django Reinhardt, Disability in the arts +7
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
William P. Gottlieb, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Django Reinhardt (Gottlieb 07301).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:37, 4 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 4 Dec 2019 at 04:52:46 (UTC)

Original – A grandma and her grandchild watching the “Nowruz” ceremony. Kurdish dress code reflects Kurdish culture and Kurdish clothing differs from men to women. "This photo was taken in 2017 in one of the Kurdistan villages: Bisaran village, Kurdistan, Iran."
Reason
HQ and encyclopedic
Articles in which this image appears
Kurds
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Traditional dress
Creator
Salar Arkan

Promoted File:Nowruz 2017 in Bisaran, Kurdistan province.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:45, 4 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 4 Dec 2019 at 18:58:08 (UTC)

OriginalLake Louise as viewed from Big Beehive, in Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada
Reason
Good EV and high quality
Articles in which this image appears
Lake Louise (Alberta)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator
Chensiyuan

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:04, 4 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 4 Dec 2019 at 18:52:43 (UTC)

Original – Close-up of a zinnia flower (Zinnia elegans), taken in a garden in Bamberg, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany.
Reason
Good EV and high quality
Articles in which this image appears
Zinnia elegans
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Flowers
Creator
Ermell

Promoted File:Zinnienblüte Zinnia elegans stack15 20190722-RM-7222254.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:07, 4 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 4 Dec 2019 at 19:26:36 (UTC)

OriginalPhyllidia elegans, near Lembeh, Indonesia, with the head near the right
Reason
Recently featured on Commons
Articles in which this image appears
Phyllidia elegans
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Molluscs
Creator
Rickard Zerpe

Promoted File:Phyllidia elegans (23806633304).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:44, 4 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 5 Dec 2019 at 09:31:59 (UTC)

Reason
High EV, high quality images of a high grade first issue banknotes. One of them was featured here before. If one of them is featured, I see no reasons not to nominate the rest, despite the fact two of banknotes are missing from a complete set.
Articles in which this image appears
Polish złoty
FP category for this image
Currency
Creator
Kingdom of Poland.
From the National Numismatic Collection, NMAH, Smithsonian Institution.
Image by Godot13

Promoted File:POL-A2a-Bilet Skarbowy-10 Zlotych (1794 First Issue).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:52, 5 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:POL-A3a-Bilet Skarbowy-25 Zlotych (1794 First Issue).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:52, 5 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:POL-A4-Bilet Skarbowy-50 Zlotych (1794 First Issue).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:52, 5 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:POL-A5-Bilet Skarbowy-100 Zlotych (1794 First Issue).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:52, 5 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]


Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 6 Dec 2019 at 06:40:01 (UTC)

Original – A historic image from 1910s that shows an medical examination room in Washington, DC, during the World War 1
Reason
EV, historic, cute image due to its color tone and lighting, and nostalgia sense! :)
Articles in which this image appears
Physical examination and many other wikis
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War I or Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA History, or Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Others
Creator
National Museum of Health and Medicine

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 07:06, 6 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 6 Dec 2019 at 10:22:13 (UTC)

OriginalDome in the interior of the Jameh Mosque of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran. The mosque, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is one of the oldest still standing buildings in Iran and it has been continuously changed its architecture since it was erected in 771 until the 20th century.
Reason
HQ + Encyclopedic
Articles in which this image appears
Jameh Mosque of Isfahan
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors
Creator
Poco a poco

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:04, 6 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 6 Dec 2019 at 10:35:31 (UTC)

Original – The Si-o-seh pol, officially known as Allāhverdi Khan Bridge (in English “The bridge of thirty-three spans” is a bridge located in Isfahan, Iran and one of the city landmarks. With 297.76 metres (976.9 ft) it is the longest bridge over the Zayandeh River. The bridge was constructed between 1599–1602 and ranks as one of the most famous examples of Safavid bridge design. Due to high temperatures in the region during summer the Zayandeh river is dried out until winter.
Reason
Articles in which this image appears
Si-o-se-pol
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Panorama
Creator
Poco a poco

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:05, 6 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 6 Dec 2019 at 17:50:44 (UTC)

OriginalEinat Kalisch-Rotem, mayor of Haifa
Reason
Good quality and high EV
Articles in which this image appears
Einat Kalisch-Rotem
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
Edward Kaprov
... in Israel perhaps. Looks like an official photo.
Sca (talk) 23:10, 27 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
So we shouldn't feature for example a picture of Bill Peduto, Ras Baraka, Lou Leon Guerrero or Mia Mottley? Tomer T (talk) 13:43, 28 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Please explain to users involved here why a static photo of Einat Kalisch-Rotem would be of interest to a sizeable portion of Main Page readers of the English-language Wikipedia.
– 'Bye. – Sca (talk) 15:05, 28 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I already did. Tomer T (talk) 20:46, 28 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Much more interesting that Sca's references to the real and definitely not made up featured picture criterion #17: "must be of interest to a sizeable portion of Main Page readers of the English language Wikipedia". Josh Milburn (talk) 18:14, 29 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Regarding picture quality, I have to agree with Sca. While this is a very useful photo of a notable person, it's a fairly stock-standard promo photo which gives no hint at all as to why we have an article on her. A high quality photo of Dr Kalisch-Rotem doing something or in a setting associated with the reason for her notability would be vastly superior. Nick-D (talk) 21:40, 29 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Tomer T has convinced me. I can not see how it is technically different from, for example, File:Théophile Thoré by Nadar.jpg (which seems to be the main argument against). This is a studio portrait indeed, but it is made far more dramatic than all those official portraits (many of them have QI status) --Andrei (talk) 00:04, 1 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    • Support It has the modern standard blue-grey background, but that's far less distracting than the cheesy American flag background a lot of the American politicians get, and, frankly, I think we're often way too harsh. If it's an action shot, like Fannie Lou Hamer, we object to the pose not being perfect; if it's staged, we object it's staged. What do we expect? Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.3% of all FPs 09:14, 1 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    • Comparing modern photos to early portraits like that is a bit odd. It was very difficult to take photos outside a studio setting in the 1850s due to the limits of the technology at the time, and even then subjects had to sit or stand very still. We happily don't have that problem any more! Nick-D (talk) 10:18, 1 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • I Support. Good quality. Notable personality. DreamSparrow Chat 19:48, 2 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:עינת קליש-רותם.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:09, 6 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 7 Dec 2019 at 05:44:22 (UTC)

Original – Scanned image of thin section from Siilinjärvi apatite ore in cross polarised transmitted light.
Reason
Good EV, high quality
Articles in which this image appears
Optical mineralogy, Refractive index, Thin section, Geology
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Geology
Creator
kallerna

Promoted File:Thin section scan crossed polarizers Siilinjärvi R636-105.90.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:05, 7 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 14 Dec 2019 at 13:56:05 (UTC)

Original – Faroese sheep with the town of Sumba in the background.
Reason
High EV, good quality
Articles in which this image appears
Faroe sheep, Faroe Islands, Sumba, Faroe Islands, Suðuroy
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
kallerna

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:51, 8 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 10 Dec 2019 at 10:56:39 (UTC)

OriginalRabin Square ecologic pool and Holocaust Memorial after renovation. In the back: Tel Aviv-Yafo City Hall.
Reason
Good quality and high EV
Articles in which this image appears
Rabin Square, Ibn Gabirol Street, Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv City Hall
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban
Creator
Ron Henzel

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:08, 10 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 10 Dec 2019 at 20:59:43 (UTC)

Original – Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica), Kogarah Bay, Sydney, Australia
Reason
High EV and quality. Quite rare for them to show up in Australia and easy the best image on commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Hudsonian godwit
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
JJ Harrison

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:04, 10 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 10 Dec 2019 at 21:08:23 (UTC)

Original – Grey-faced Petrel (Pterodroma gouldi) East of the Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia
Reason
Good quality flight shot
Articles in which this image appears
Grey-faced Petrel
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
JJ Harrison

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:09, 10 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 10 Dec 2019 at 23:11:47 (UTC)

Original – Portrait of George Adrian Horridge FRS, an Australian neurobiologist and professor at Australian National University, on his 90th birthday, in his garden at Yarralumla, Canberra.
Reason
Good EV and high quality
Articles in which this image appears
Adrian Horridge
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering
Creator
Thennicke

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 07:28, 11 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 14 Dec 2019 at 09:59:26 (UTC)

Original – The interior of Court 1, the largest of the three courtrooms of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in Middlesex Guildhall, London, England.
Reason
We don't see many law-related pictures at FPC at all. This one's an FP on Commons. I've read the objections, and having been there myself can attest to the difficulty of getting this shot.
Articles in which this image appears
Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, United Kingdom constitutional law, Constitution of the United Kingdom, European Union law
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors
Creator
Diliff

Promoted File:Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, Court 1 Interior, London, UK - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:54, 14 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 14 Dec 2019 at 11:15:19 (UTC)

OriginalTilework in Jameh Mosque of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
Reason
HQ + Encyclopedic
Articles in which this image appears
Jameh Mosque of Isfahan - Tile
FP category for this image
Artwork/Others
Creator
Poco_a_poco

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:50, 14 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 16 Dec 2019 at 07:36:06 (UTC)

Original – The galaxy NGC 1097
Reason
Received 4.5 support votes and 0 oppose votes in the previous attempt. Lede image in the NGC 1097 article.
Articles in which this image appears
NGC 1097, Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
Creator
European Southern Observatory

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:48, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 16 Dec 2019 at 11:27:06 (UTC)

Gołuchów Castle is an early Renaissance castle built between 1550-1560 on a square plan and used as a defensive stronghold and residence. The castle is located in Gołuchów, Greater Poland Voivodeship; in Poland.
Reason
Articles in which this image appears
Gołuchów Castle
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
P.R.Schreyner
  • Support as nominatorAlborzagros (talk) 11:27, 3 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. There's a fair amount of noise in the flat surfaces (especially window panes) and the surrounding foliage is quite blurry. The article is short, but it also appears to indicate that this is not really a historic building any more, but rather merely a 19th-century mansion built in an earlier style on top of what used to be an old castle. Is there enough encyclopedic value here to make up for the faults in the image? (And if so, should we accept a caption that glosses over this history?) —David Eppstein (talk) 07:35, 4 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose – Substandard detail. Doubtful EV given the relative obscurity of the "castle," reconstructed in the 19th century. (Gołuchów was politically part of Prussia-cum-Germany in 1793-1918).Sca (talk) 14:38, 4 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per David and Sca. Geoffroi 20:35, 4 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:49, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 18 Dec 2019 at 01:40:58 (UTC)

Original – Combining the composer's name with tambour, (French for "drum") this lithograph by the French artist Paul Delaroche makes clear Rossini's European reputation as a creator of noise, with trumpet and drum accompanied by a magpie (La gazza ladra), an oriental type (Otello or maybe Il turco in Italia), and King Midas (with his ass's ears), literally trampling on sheet-music and violins, while Apollo (the god of music) makes his escape in the background
Reason
I'm not sure why this didn't pass the first time. Perhaps too much of the context was in a note at the bottom of the article. But this is an excellent example of a satirical cartoon that shows a negative view of someone who's now considered almost above reproach, challenging our modern view of his climb to fame. A prominent illustration in a featured article.
Articles in which this image appears
Gioachino Rossini
FP category for this image
WP:FP/THEATRE
Creator
Paul Delaroche, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Il signor Tambourossini - Delaroche.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:57, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 21 Dec 2019 at 05:36:14 (UTC)

Original – Sergeant John Geary, Thomas Onslow and Lance Corporal Patrick Carthay of the 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot, just after the Crimean War
Reason
The best (and currently only) image of this now-extinct regiment, showing the regimental uniform clearly at the time of the Crimean War. Some nice examples of the famous Crimean beard
Articles in which this image appears
95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Military
Creator
Jabez Hughes after Cundall & Howlett; restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Jabez Hughes after Cundall & Howlett - Heroes of the Crimean War - Sergeant John Geary, Thomas Onslow and Lance Corporal Patrick Carthay of the 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:08, 21 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 24 Dec 2019 at 12:04:48 (UTC)

Original – African penguins (Spheniscus demersus), Boulders Beach, Simon's Town, South Africa.
Reason
High EV & quality
Articles in which this image appears
Boulders Beach, Cape Town, African penguin, Simon's Town
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
kallerna

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:23, 24 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 25 Dec 2019 at 20:28:38 (UTC)

Original – The critically endangered roloway monkey (Cercopithecus roloway)
Reason
Excellent photo of one of the most endangered primate species in the world
Articles in which this image appears
Roloway monkey, The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates, The world's 100 most threatened species
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
Hans Hillewaert

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:29, 25 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 26 Dec 2019 at 05:41:36 (UTC)

Original – Point cloud of a street intersection using a lidar mounted on a car
Reason
This is a representation of a point cloud accumulated using an automotive lidar from a moving vehicle. This type of lidar may be used on autonomous cars, which is a popular topic recently. As a striking image that is the first and (so far) only example of this type of data on Wikimedia Commons, it provides encyclopaedic value for lidar, as well as articles on the algorithmic techniques of aligning such data (SLAM and point set registration).
Articles in which this image appears
Point set registration; lidar; Simultaneous localization and mapping
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban
Creator
user:dllu

Promoted File:Ouster OS1-64 lidar point cloud of intersection of Folsom and Dore St, San Francisco.png --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:25, 26 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 29 Dec 2019 at 10:49:53 (UTC)

Original – President Barack Obama delivering the 2016 State of the Union Address
Reason
High-quality video of the entire proceedings surrounding and including President Barack Obama delivering his final State of the Union Address to a joint session of the United States Congress on January 12, 2016.
Articles in which this image appears
2016 State of the Union Address, State of the Union
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA History
Creator
United States Congress

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:31, 29 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]



Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 30 Dec 2019 at 07:48:45 (UTC)

OriginalS/V Rembrandt van Rijn in Disko Bay, Greenland, in 2016
Reason
A 95-year-old schooner still in operation, for Arctic cruises, to this day.
Articles in which this image appears
S/V Rembrandt van Rijn
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Water
Creator
Vaido Otsar

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:56, 30 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]