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Original – Aerial photograph of Westerheversand Lighthouse
Reason
Composoition is breathtaking, angle and setting is very encyclopedic for describing the lighthouse, winner of Wiki Loves Monuments 2015. I'm aware that quality could be a little better, but I think it's decent, and per the reasons above, this picture deserves FP imho.
Articles in which this image appears
Westerheversand Lighthouse, Westerhever, Aerial photography, Wiki Loves Monuments
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Phantom3Pix

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:57, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Man with a full back tattoo. Adapted from Die Bibel in Bildern (Revelation) engraving by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld. Enlightenment motto "Sapere aude" is tattooed in the upper back.
Reason
Good illustration of a full back tattoo. Very good quality. High EV for Body suit (tattoo).
Articles in which this image appears
Body suit (tattoo), Sapere aude
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Culture and lifestyle
Creator
Alexander Kuzovlev

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:05, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Aerial view from Fernsehturm of Neptunbrunnen (Neptune Fountain) in Berlin, Germany.
Reason
Good quality and high EV for showing the fountain and its surrounding square. FP, VI and QI in Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Neptunbrunnen
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban
Creator
Ajepbah
  • Empty space usually is boring. True, there are people in it, but from this vantage point they are too small to be interesting. Aesthetically and in terms of EV, it's a substandard composition, IMO. Sca (talk) 22:56, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:06, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Lobby of the New Town Hall in Hanover, Germany.
Reason
High quality, good EV, great composition
Articles in which this image appears
New Town Hall (Hanover)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors
Creator
Raycer
Within reason...--Godot13 (talk) 04:35, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
If they are good enough to nominate why would there be a limit? We are looking for the best pictures Wikipedia has to offer, not just the first few you can find... The more the merrier! gazhiley 10:31, 21 December 2015 (UTC) [reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:09, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original Adoration of the Shepherds by Gerard van Honthorst, 1622. A Nativity scene showing the shepherds and the animals in the stall, who surround Mary and newborn Jesus, covered in light, and lit by the Christ Child.
Reason
Good scan, much used on Wikipedia, almost the most popular Adoration of the Shepherds in articles. A baroque style Adoration of the Shepherds by Gerard van Honthorst, from 1622, hosted in the Pomeranian State Museum.
Articles in which this image appears
- In Many Places: - Christmas, ... Jesus, - ... Nativity of Jesus, -... Nativity of Jesus in art , ...- Marian art in the Catholic Church, ...Timeline of the history of the region of Palestine -,... Christmas, ..Adoration of the Shepherds,... Template:Xmas4 - .... Gerard van Honthorst - ...What Child Is This..
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Gerard van Honthorst, uploader: –Godot13

Promoted File:Gerard van Honthorst - Adoration of the Shepherds (1622).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:23, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A World War II British propaganda poster advising against "careless talks" to protect sensitive information. The poster shows glamorous woman on a bar stool who makes eye contact with the viewer, often described as "bedroom eyes".
Reason
Good overall condition, with only minor border restoration. One of those creative WWII posters.
Articles in which this image appears
British propaganda during World War II
FP category for this image
Artwork/Others perhaps
Creator
"Whitear"

Promoted File:INF3-271 Anti-rumour and careless talk You forget - but she remembers.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:49, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – "A Qantas Boeing 747-400 flying at approximately 11,000 metres in revised color scheme viewed from the ground at Starbeyevo in Moscow... The white clouds are contrails, condensed water vapour made by the exhaust of aircraft engines. f. 400D + 1200mm telescope + 2x Barlow lens."
Reason
Interesting image used to illustrate several articles; already featured on Commons. Please note the shorter side of this image is 1,333 pixels, but due to the specialized nature of this photo and its encyclopedic value to multiple articles I am hoping that the FPC voters will agree to make an exception to the 1,500 minimum pixels guideline.
Articles in which this image appears
Cruise (aeronautics), Aircraft spotting, Aviation photography, Barlow lens, Boeing 747, Contrail
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Air
Creator
Sergey Kustov
As an exercise I wonder how many would support the same photo if there was a touch more lead room to bring it up to min size? [1] (not a serious alt) - Wolftick (talk) 21:01, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 05:08, 2 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A tropical kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) in Pantanal, Brazil
Reason
Sharp lede image, 3,913 × 2,609 pixels, nice aesthetics. Featured Picture on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Tropical kingbird
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Tropical kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus).JPG --Armbrust The Homunculus 08:05, 2 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalRuby-crowned kinglet (Regulus calendula)
Photo showing the length of the tail
Reason
Nice bird photo, lede image, 3,113 × 2,180 pixels
Articles in which this image appears
Ruby-crowned kinglet, Kinglet, and 7 lists
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Donna Dewhurst / US Fish and Wildlife Service, uploaded by Common Good

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:46, 2 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The Ouya game console and controller
Reason
High quality and EV.
Articles in which this image appears
Ouya, Microconsole, List of microconsoles, Kickstarter, Android (operating system), 2010s in video gaming, Yves Béhar, Tegra
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Electronics
Creator
Evan-Amos
We shouldn't. I oppose many of them. Sca (talk) 22:51, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Sca, the Ouya was discontinued in July of this year. Its not advertising anymore. GamerPro64 00:40, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:41, 3 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalThe Thin Red Line, an illustration by Harold H. Piffard from the magazine Canada in Khaki showing a line of red poppies separating the war and peace. Published in 1917–1919, Canada in Khaki featured war art reproductions, cartoons, military histories and personal recollections as a tribute to Canadian soldiers fighting in World War I.
Alt 1: Restoration. I can't find another copy, so I've used my judgement based on previous work on things like these, for example, that the upper left blue patch was an inking error (it looked very odd when you zoomed in). About as good as this is going to get, methinks.
Reason
In a curious military coincidence, this precedes The Thin Red Line and both films based on it. Excellent resolution.
Articles in which this image appears
Canada in Khaki, Harold H. Piffard, Remembrance Day, Remembrance poppy
FP category for this image
Artwork/Others
Creator
Harold H. Piffard
@Crisco 1492: as well, Crisco 1402 is his ancestor. Adam Cuerden (talk) 01:32, 27 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Bammesk: From my experience with 1910s illustrations, the very pale text of the caption is evidence that the very light shades in the first upload is down to a bad, blurry scan. Dark blue is typical for a lot of illustrations in this period, a pale blue simply doesn't happen. I believe the original is simply a very bad scan (well, probably a bad photo) of the same exact source image. I'd say disregard it. Adam Cuerden (talk) 02:57, 28 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:H. Piffard - The Thin Red Line - restoration.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:40, 3 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A false colour image of the Sun (Taken on February 18, 2015)
Reason
Good, better image, higher quality
Articles in which this image appears
Sun, etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
Creator
HalloweenNight

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 05:50, 5 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – This is a structure of the Earth.
Reason
High quality and encyclopedic svg diagram by Kelvinsong.
Articles in which this image appears
Structure of the Earth, etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Understanding or Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Diagrams
Creator
Kelvinsong

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:37, 5 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A magazine ad from De Orient for the 1941 film Panggilan Darah. This film starred Dhalia and Soerip as orphaned sisters trying to make a living in Batavia (now Jakarta).
Reason
High quality public domain advertisement for a (likely lost) film from the 1940s. Resolution is... well, it was scanned at about 1000DPI, so...
Articles in which this image appears
Panggilan Darah
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
Oriental Film; scanned and cleaned by Chris Woodrich

Promoted File:De Orient Magazine advertisement for Panggilan Darah (1941).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:06, 5 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – This telegram was sent by German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to the President of Mexico proposing a military alliance against the United States. In return for Mexican support in the war, Germany would help Mexico regain New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona from the United States. The British intercepted the secret message, deciphered it, and turned it over to the U.S. Government.
Reason
A Hi-res image of the undecoded Zimmerman Telegram, offering what the Imperial German Government called "generous financial support and understanding" to the Mexican government if it would enter the war as an ally of the Central Powers in World War I. Germany had a vested interest in keeping the United States tied down in order to prevent Washington from resupplying the British Empire, or worse entering World War I as an Allied Power. Ultimately, the Zimmerman Telegram would prove to a be a propaganda piece for the United States, as Mexico had determined that it was both unnecessary and unwise to intervene in the war as a Central Powers nation, all the more so since the German Empire could not guarantee sufficient funding to support an independent Mexican national bank and the territory the German Empire had thought to return to Mexican control had by this point been infested with U.S. Citizens, most of whom possessed firearms of some kind and had no trouble putting said weaponry to use in the event of a Mexican reconquest.
Articles in which this image appears
Zimmerman Telegram
FP category for this image
War, probably
Creator
No specific name is given. Broadly speaking, the creator/author would be the Imperial German Government.
  • I'll be honest here: I though it had been restored since it was supersized and decent looking compared to some of the other photos on the article page itself. If that is not the case then I apologize. TomStar81 (Talk) 22:50, 24 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose – An artifact of interest to historians, but I don't think the coded telegram has much EV, as the general reader can't decipher it. Sca (talk) 14:21, 24 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    • Why would it matter if the reader can't decipher it? You don't have to be Alan Turing to realize its significance. I can't read the Magna Carta but its very much important. Not saying the Zimmerman Telegram is as important as the Magna Carta, but still. GamerPro64 16:52, 24 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, but to my mind this is much more interesting.
Merry Christmas! Sca (talk) 22:53, 24 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:57, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Sedimentation in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico in the wake of Hurricane Ida
Reason
Good resolution, without diagonal stripes
Articles in which this image appears
Hurricane Ida (2009), Sediment
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking back
Creator
NASA, GSFC, Jeff Schmaltz, uploaded by Ilmari Karonen

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 05:35, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Traditional window in the village of Castelo Novo, Serra da Gardunha, Portugal
Reason
Excellent image that goes a long way to explaining the concept of sash windows, (double-hung six-over-six in this image)
Articles in which this image appears
Sash window
FP category for this image
Places/Architecture
Creator
Joaquim Alves Gaspar
  • This is being put forth as representative of sash windows. Curtains are not, in and of themselves, part of such windows. Furthermore, the lines of the curtains distracts from the windows themselves (for me, at least). This is exacerbated by the fact that the window frames and curtains are the same color. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 17:15, 27 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - I'd rather see either a drawing or a photo where the construction method would be more evident (for instance how the counterweight is concealed) - none such in the article. --Janke | Talk 11:26, 26 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Can't, since I don't have the necessary knowledge. But I would like to find that info in a drawing or photo and improve my knowledge... That's why I browse Wikipedia! ;-) --Janke | Talk 08:18, 28 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • The article says: To facilitate operation, the weight of the glazed panel is usually balanced by a heavy steel, lead, or cast iron sash weight or counter-weight concealed within the window frame. - but that doesn't apply to these, then?? Better add that info to the caption, then... (PS: We don't have sash windows in Finland, ours are usually triple-glazed, all hinged.) --Janke | Talk 19:26, 26 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:46, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Musician angels from fresco paintings of the Basilica dei Santi Apostoli, by Melozzo da Forli. Pinacoteca of the Vatican Museums, Roma.
Reason
High quality and resolution depiction of these well-known frescos, the best available in Wikimedia
Articles in which this image appears
Melozzo da Forli
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Alvesgaspar (talk)

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:57, 8 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Syrian and Iraqi refugees getting off a boat from Turkey on the Greek island of Lesbos
Reason
High EV as a unique historical image which cannot be captured again. Good quality. Is already a featured picture on Commons and the German Wikipedia.
Articles in which this image appears
European migrant crisis
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/Others
Creator
Ggia

Promoted File:20151030 Syrians and Iraq refugees arrive at Skala Sykamias Lesvos Greece 2.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:05, 8 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Birka Stockholm arriving at Stockholm in June 2013
Reason
High quality and EV. FP on Commons
Articles in which this image appears
MS Birka Stockholm
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Water
Creator
ArildV

Promoted File:Birka June 2013.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:14, 8 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – An archaeological reconstruction of Holt Castle c1495
Reason
Holt Castle was demolished in the 17th century and isn't much to look at now. This video recreates the castle c1495 and takes the viewer on a tour of both the exterior and interior.

Rick Turner and Chris Jones-Jenkins undertook extensive research to produce this archaeological reconstruction. Rick Turner was Inspector of Ancient Monuments with Cadw and Chris Jones-Jenkins has produced reconstruction drawings for Cadw and English Heritage. Mint Motion created this video based on the 3D model they produced. The work is openly licensed and was done for the Castle Studies Trust, a charity for which I am a trustee. Richard Nevell (talk)

Articles in which this image appears
Holt Castle, Castles in Great Britain and Ireland
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/Others
Creator
Rick Turner, Chris Jones-Jenkins, and Mint Motion for the Castle Studies Trust.
  • Crisco1492 Sca: I have removed the title card and re-uploaded the file. I understand the other comments about the textures, but that is beyond my abilities and commissioning the company to redo the video once would probably be too expensive. Richard Nevell (talk) 23:15, 5 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • User:Richard Nevell, the video was better with the title card. It's a video, titles are expected, and knowing that it was by the Castles Studies Trust gives the reader an idea of the research behind the reconstruction. You cannot expect the reader to watch all the way to the end of the video, or to click through to the video info page, I bet most readers wouldn't even know how to click through to the video info page. - hahnchen 20:35, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
      • I do agree that the title card helped frame why the content can be taken seriously. And YouTube analytics indicate around half the viewers watch to the end credits, so that's a good chunk who might not get the context. It was on screen for five or six seconds. User:Crisco 1492 User:Hahnchen, would reducing it to say two seconds be an acceptable middle ground between establishing the content and context of the video and a laying concerns about advertising? Richard Nevell (talk) 21:50, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
        • On Youtube, having the credit card is fine. On Wikipedia, we have policies such as Wikipedia:WATERMARK which are against the inclusion of watermarks. "Free images should not be watermarked, distorted, have any credits or titles in the image itself or anything else that would hamper their free use, unless, of course, the image is intended to demonstrate watermarking, distortion, titles, etc. and is used in the related article. Exceptions may be made for historic images when the credit or title forms an integral part of the composition." "Images" in this case can be understood as both still images and moving images. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:17, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
          • I don't see WP:WATERMARK applying to video, it's clearly written for static images. I can understand opposing a video with a watermark such as a digital on-screen graphic, which like a still image watermark is visible throughout, but the context provided by the title card is valuable. Just ignore the concerns and make the video better. - hahnchen 01:18, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
            • Unless WP:WATERMARK explicitly states video is not included, it should be assumed to be, the same as video being included in (for instance) featured pictures. Commons likewise is against including visible watermarks in images (though they, too, do not make any explicit distinction between still and moving images). — Chris Woodrich (talk) 04:04, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
              • It explicitly refers to "photo credits". None of the talk pages even consider video. I find it bizarre that a title card is referred to a watermark. If you're going to follow your "moving images" interpretation of WP:WATERMARK to the letter, you should be opposing based on the end credits. Most readers will not even know how to navigate to the video image page. - hahnchen 11:19, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Adam, I see what you mean. But yes, the technique looks flat and decidedly basic. Sca (talk) 23:24, 27 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
And part of that is understandable in an effort to reduce the amount of extraneous detail being read in. However... I think that somewhat more would help here at FP. But at the same time... it's still an excellent work, and presents research very well. So, on EV, I'd support, but on visuals I'd weak oppose... Hm. Adam Cuerden (talk) 02:49, 28 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - wow, extreme EV, not only for this castle but also medieval castles in general. This type of content is severely lacking on WP and the creators should be applauded for releasing it under a free license. Renata (talk) 23:16, 29 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I find this a highly valuable illustration of the article. However I also see the non-natural vivid colour as a distracting weakness. The shadow is also poorly chosen, as it comes from the north-north-west at ca.45° angle - this is not possible at its location in the northern hemisphere. Also agree with Cris that the credits could be cropped. All these changes are relatively easy to do for the creators of the CAD model. -ELEKHHT 23:46, 29 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - For an idea of the layout, I prefer clean lines over photorealistic textures. I find the flickering lighting from the "camera" mildly annoying. But I trust that the scholarship behind this is second to none. - hahnchen 12:20, 2 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • Conditional Support - On the reinstatement of the title card, it's where the trust comes from. You cannot expect the reader to click through to the description page or watch till the visible end credits. Oppose otherwise. The nominator believes the video is better with the title card, so why pander? - hahnchen 11:19, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Suppose I really don't know how to vote. Adam Cuerden (talk) 13:29, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:19, 8 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – An enzyme (TEV protease) bound to a substrate (black) contains a catalytic triad of residues (red). The triad consists of an acidic residue (Acid), histidine (Base) and the nucleophile (Nuc). In the case on TEV protease, the acid is aspartate and the nucleophile is cysteine. (PDB: 1lvm​)
Reason
This is a professional-quality scientific illustration of a protein, highlighting the key structural features underlying a very common catalytic mechanism for enzymes. The chemistry of the catalytic triad is commonly taught in undergraduate biochemistry courses, giving a high-quality illustration high encyclopedic value. (This nomination is a follow-up to the conversation in this recent delisting nomination for a dated- and generic-looking protein illustration. This newly nominated image would give us a high-quality protein example in a modern style.) Opabinia regalis (talk) 21:45, 26 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Articles in which this image appears
Catalytic triad, supramolecular catalysis
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Biology
Creator
Evolution and evolvability
 Done - I've uploaded 2800px wide png version! T.Shafee(Evo﹠Evo)talk 11:32, 5 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 05:28, 9 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – "Your Motherland Will Never Forget" by Joseph Simpson, from Canada in Khaki
Reason
A fine example of WWI Canadian patriotic art from an otherwise unrepresented artist
Articles in which this image appears
Joseph Simpson (artist), Canada in Khaki
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/WWI
Creator
Joseph Simpson, restored by Adam Cuerden
In some ways, I like this one better than The Thin Red Line, but aesthetics are a personal call. This may have to do with the difficulty in getting happy with the restorations - The Thin Red Line felt more difficult, and took a lot of experimentation to get the colours right, because the scan was tinted fairly strongly (as such things go) towards yellow. This one felt like a smoother birth. Adam Cuerden (talk) 06:43, 3 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Also, a rather nice depiction of the Canadian Red Ensign, though the shield looks a little odd compared to our Wikipedia depictions; but then, it's pre-standardization. Adam Cuerden (talk) 06:46, 3 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I felt The Thin Red Line had good EV for Remembrance poppy, an additional aspect this lacks. Also the digital compression artefacts especially in the background (thanks to the BL for that. 761kB for a 5.4MP file... Really...) are pretty obvious and bothersome to me, although your mileage may vary. - Wolftick (talk) 18:01, 3 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Wolftick: I'd mind that more if it wasn't a halftone image, with pretty much no possibility of getting the original. EVERY copy of this will have a little graininess. Adam Cuerden (talk) 21:55, 3 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:38, 9 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalChalkhill blue butterflies (Polyommatus coridon) mating at Aston Rowant National Nature Reserve, Oxfordshire
Reason
Shows sexual dimorphism well. Featured Picture on Wikimedia Commons
Articles in which this image appears
Chalkhill blue; List of butterflies of Great Britain
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:12, 10 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The structure of the Sun
Reason
Encyclopedic svg diagram by Kelvinsong
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

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 01:28, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original –The painting was commissioned from van Dyck by the Sodality of Our Lady in Antwerp, where van Dyk lived a while. The painting shows one of his mystical experiences, encountering Mary
Reason
Good scan, one of Anthony van Dycks rather well known religious painting. St. Hermann Joseph, (1150 - 1241) was a German Premonstratensian mystic. He was actually not formally canonized, not until in 1958, when he finally did became a saint of the Roman Catholic Church, a bit late... (recognized by Pope Pius XII).
Articles in which this image appears
The Vision of the Blessed Hermann Joseph, Hermann Joseph, List of paintings by Anthony van Dyck
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Anthony van Dyck

Promoted File:Anton van Dyck - The Vision of the Blessed Hermann Joseph - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:44, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalAmong the Sierra Nevada, California, is an oil on canvas painting by German-born American painter Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902) who was noted for his landscape art.
Reason
Work by a notable artist that is shown in his article and in the Hudson River School article; 4,001 × 2,387 pixels
Articles in which this image appears
Albert Bierstadt, Hudson River School
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Albert Bierstadt

PS: If Bierstadt ("beer city") is a town in Germany, I want to go there. Sca (talk)

PS: I experimented a bit, there is indeed some detail in the shadow area. Some careful lightening would be beneficial, IMO. --Janke | Talk 16:10, 2 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Those barely discernible trees are a bit more visible in this scan, and the hues are less brownish. Sca (talk) 16:25, 2 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Changing my vote to Weak Oppose for these technical reasons. (Fixable?) --Janke | Talk 09:44, 8 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Albert Bierstadt - Among the Sierra Nevada, California - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:48, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalAs our article says: "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte – 1884 (French: Un dimanche après-midi à l'Île de la Grande Jatte – 1884) is one of Georges Seurat's most famous works, and is an example of pointillism."
ALT -Take this as an alt. By the way, this is a png. (2,990 × 2,009 pixels)
ALT " - this is a .jpg - 2,991 × 2,012 pixels
Reason
Scan is 30,000 × 19,970 pixels. Georges Seurat - French post-Impressionist painter's rather famous painting, from 1884. He was a and pointillist - he made his painings with dots. Frame is painted too.
Articles in which this image appears
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte +2
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Georges Seurat
  • Oppose I agree with Adam. The dress of the girl in the middle appears to be almost white compared to the frame in the small photo, here it is a dull, 65% grey. Check the histogram - it is quite skewed to the left. Fix the brightness/contrast/gamma, and I'll most certainly support. --Janke | Talk 09:59, 30 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
PS: On Seurat's page, there's a lighter, but smaller version that has much better colors: --Janke | Talk 10:11, 30 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
– Switched to supporting Alt. Sca (talk)
  • Comment - I'm increasingly inclined to think that the reason these very highly detailed scans are often perceived as dull or lacking contrast is not because they are inaccurate per se. More that the extremely neutral microscopic capture does not reflect well the way the human eye perceives the painting in situ, especially from a more typical viewing distance. I've viewed Suarat very close up before and at a similar scale the brush work and the colour in the Art Project capture feels familiar and right, but then again I'd agree that in overview it feels relatively dull and lifeless. I don't think there is a simple solution to this issue other than to observe that it is probably the case that different types of captures are more suited to different uses and simply reducing the scale of very large detailed scans is often unsatisfactory when an overview is required. - Wolftick (talk) 15:10, 30 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, when did I say that? Adam Cuerden (talk) 00:41, 31 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • As Yan said, there is a smaller scan,‎(2,990 × 2,009 pixels) that has probably more lighter colours - though this painting is rather big, compared to the angel, that is tiny, this one is 207.5 × 308.1 cm (81.7 × 121.3 in). Hafspajen (talk) 17:14, 30 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think it's important to acknowledge that paintings are physical somewhat 3 dimensional subjects and lighting will have a big effect on the look and feel of the image. Therefore the digitisation may be accurate but still not match the look and feel of the painting when seen in person. My personal preference is for detailed, neutral, somewhat analytical images with as much depth of colour as possible as I find this most interesting and objective, even if is does rather sacrifice reproducing the feel of the painting when viewed in overview. I think the latter goal is more subjective and therefore less encyclopaedic. I do have sympathy with both sides though - Wolftick (talk) 19:15, 30 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • The thing here is, that as such, filling the display screen, the image looks quite OK, since your eyes adapt to the lower brightness very quickly - but as soon as you have a reference white (such as on this, or any other Wiki page), the painting looks very dull. The histogram tells it all - it is virtually flat on the right one third. It shouldn't be a problem to fix this, I would do it, but the file is a little too big for my already old(ish) merely 4GB RAM computer to handle... (Oh, I remember my very first computer, it had a whopping 16 KB of RAM - note: kilo, not mega, nor giga... ;-) --Janke | Talk 09:14, 31 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Exactly, so ... I have no real solution. Maybe this should be discussed on the project page. Hafspajen (talk) 12:51, 31 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Hafspajen Not necessarily :) I do think editing scans directly sourced from museums has WP:V issues though, so maybe you're correct.
Would suggest keep Original and Alt as is and promote or not according to vote. Currently (Per Adam Cuerden I think) I don't think either is quite right. - Wolftick (talk) 17:36, 31 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose original - I'm glad to see other people acknowledging the contrast and brightness issues with these hi-res scans. I feel like we have often ignored it in the past. In response to Wolftick's comments, I think the reason the hi-res scans are dark and low contrast is a simple matter of optics. As anyone who's done photography through a microscope can attest, you have to flood the subject with blinding amounts of light to get anything approaching "normal" contrast in the photograph (as you are spreading a single pinpoint across the entire sensor). Exposing paint to extremely intense light is a bad idea, so I imagine they try to make due with just enough light to get an acceptable exposure. Personally, I prefer lower-res images that have closer to "normal" contrast, i.e. what you would experience without a camera in typical gallery lighting. Kaldari (talk) 23:37, 31 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Alt jpg Better than the first. Pteronura brasiliensis 17:35, 3 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 00:02, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Flyer for Lagu Kenangan, a 1953 film directed by L. Inata for Djamaluddin Malik's Persari. It follows the domestic troubles of a composer and his wife.
Reason
A high quality scan of a contemporary film flyer, properly licensed and digitally restored
Articles in which this image appears
Lagu Kenangan
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
Employee(s) of Persari; restored by  — Chris Woodrich (talk)

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 00:05, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Tram at Podgórna Street in Poznań. Moderus Beta vehicles were first introduced in 2011.
Reason
Very good quality image with excellent EV depicting a typical Poznań city centre street with tram line, showing vehicle, rails and overheads.
Articles in which this image appears
Trams in Poznań
FP category for this image
Vehicles
Creator
Alexander Savin
As said above, the image illustrates not the tram vehicle alone, but how a street with tramway looks, with the lower half of the image showing the tracks, while the upper part showing the overheads. There is a certain tendency at FPC to demand images to be cropped and exclude context. But tramways are urban infrastructure that is integrated with street design. The EV of this image is that it shows a typical street cross-section with tram infrastructure. It doesn't illustrate an article about the tram vehicle, it illustrates an article about the entire tramway system of a city. Perhaps should have named the nomination differently, but the 'reason' section above makes this point, even though succinctly. --ELEKHHT 22:28, 2 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
One wouldn't have to crop it real tight – one still could include some context of tracks, catenary, streetscape – but a different angle is needed to show the tram itself. (It would be cool, but difficult, to capture some blue electrical flash between the pantograph and catenary.) Sca (talk) 22:53, 2 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 00:45, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalThe Blue Kitchen, by Neo-Impressionist Norwegian painter Ludvig Karsten
Reason
Excellent example of Ludvig Karsten's work at the height of his career in 1913.
Articles in which this image appears
Ludvig Karsten, The Blue Kitchen
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Ludvig Karsten
Corinne, nice to see you back here. How about following Mattximus's suggestion? Sca (talk) 15:25, 2 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Well, at the bottom of the image file I saw only two links, the one to my own talk page and the one for the article on the artist. Then, yesterday, when I was discussing a word in the article with the article's creator, Oceanh, s/he mentioned that the image of the painting in the article for the painting, The Blue Kitchen, was a different image, and not as good as the one in the article about the artist. Perhaps the version in the article about the artist (which is above) should be added to the article about the painting. I don't know if I should link the article about the painting here since it shows a different version. Corinne (talk) 20:59, 2 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I already changed the picture in The Blue Kitchen article to this high-resolution image. The article is about the painting, not a particular picture of the painting. By the way, that other (low-resolution) picture was "featured" in the DYK section in December 2010 with the following blurb: ... that Norwegian neo-impressionist painter Ludvig Karsten is represented at the National Gallery of Norway with several paintings, including The blue Kitchen (pictured) from 1913? Oceanh (talk) 22:08, 2 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
On my own ... authority? ... I added The Blue Kitchen to Articles in which this image appears. Sca (talk) 22:40, 2 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I'm glad the picture was changed in the painting's article, but at the time I nominated the painting, I didn't even know about that article, and it wasn't among the links in the image file. Corinne (talk) 00:09, 3 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – The Gold veranda of Imam Ali Mosque
Reason
It has been taken by high technical quality which indicated Golden Veranda of Imam Ali Mosque in 2015
Articles in which this image appears
Imam Ali Mosque
FP category for this image
Places/Others
Creator
Saff V.

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 01:21, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalWomen of Britain Say "Go!", May 1915 British WWI poster
Reason
An image already used in a few articles, illustrates the role women were cast in in the recruiting efforts of WWI in Britain rather well.
Articles in which this image appears
British women's literature of World War I, Recruitment to the British Army during the First World War, Music hall
FP category for this image
WP:Featured pictures/History/WWI
Creator
E. J. Kealey / Parliamentary Recruiting Committee; restored by Adam Cuerden
But not for the ensuing 3 1/2 years of mutual slaughter. Sca (talk) 00:30, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Women of Britain Say - "Go" - World War I British poster by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, art by E J Kealey (Restoration).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:39, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalSmoke of a .45 by Charles Marion Russell a Google Art Project scan.
Reason
It is not dark, (!), it is a reasonable good scan and made by Charles Marion Russell, oil on canvas, 1908 - who was a rather fascinating painter. No FPs yet by Charles Marion Russell. The painting is in the Amon Carter Museum of American Art.
Articles in which this image appears
Charles Marion Russell, Development of Red Dead Redemption, List of paintings by Charles Marion Russell
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings or ... Lifestyle?
How about "history"
Creator
Charles Marion Russell, uploader Godot.

Promoted File:Charles Marion Russell – Smoke of a .45 – Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:49, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A riding mower is a type of lawn mower. This photo was taken at Belvedere on the Pfingstberg palace in Germany.
Reason
Lead image in the stub article riding mower which I just created, and moderate EV in the article lawn mower. Large size at 6,020 × 4,016 pixels, and nice overhead angle, contribute to the value of the image.
Articles in which this image appears
Riding mower, Lawn mower
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Machinery
Creator
Pine

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:52, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Portrait of Gulian Verplanck, a colonial American speaker and politician
Reason
High quality portrait of a notable individual
Articles in which this image appears
Gulian Verplanck (speaker)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
John Singleton Copley

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OriginalLawson Wood's contribution to WWI British recruitment posters targeted the Scots . The caption's reference is to the Germans declaring the Treaty of London (1839), which granted Belgium's neutrality and independence, as a "scrap of paper", then violating the treaty they signed and invading.
Reason
We lacked a Scottish recruitment poster for WWI. Now we have it, and it's a fine illustration. I suspect the cartoon was borrowed for the poster, given that, unusually, the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee very carefully notes Wood as the copyright holder, hence why it's not uploaded as Crown Copyright on commons.
Articles in which this image appears
History of the United Kingdom during World War I, Recruitment to the British Army during the First World War, Treaty of London (1839), Lawson Wood (Admittedly, all just added, but I doubt they'll be removed.)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/WWI
Creator
Lawson Wood, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Lawson Wood - Parliamentary Recruiting Committee - Your King & Country Need You.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 05:39, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalThe Fiancee of Belus is a painting by French artist Henri-Paul Motte based on a fanciful Babylonian ritual associated with deity Belus (Bel). According to that ritual, Bel was offered a girl who sat on the lap of the Bel's statue overnight, and then was replaced by another, all of whom were the winners of daily beauty contests.
Reason
While the Musée d'Orsay website has only a small version, the painting was digitized in high-res before the acquisition by its current owner.
Articles in which this image appears
The Fiancee of Belus
FP category for this image
Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Henri-Paul Motte

Promoted File:Henri Motte - La fiancée de Bélus (1885).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:18, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalFear and Desire (1953) is the first feature film directed by Stanley Kubrick. He hated this anti-war film with a vengeance and tried to have all copies destroyed, but it has survived and is in the public domain because the copyright wasn't extended.
Reason
Notable work by a very notable director.
Articles in which this image appears
Fear and Desire, Stanley Kubrick
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
Stanley Kubrick
  • Support as nominator –  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 02:24, 5 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Question - Great EV, but I'm wondering if this is the highest quality available digital version of the film? It appears to be 480p, which is quite low. Mattximus (talk) 22:33, 5 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • The source is at 720p wide, but my conversion program (source downloads as FLV; we only support webm and another rare open format) doesn't have a 720p output at the proper ratio. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:31, 5 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
      • Downloading the 720p version from source and converting to webM should be fairly easy for me. Uploading such a large file might be tricky though (wikipedia upload limitations mainly). The actual highest quality available digital version would be sourced from the 1080p blu-ray release though. As I said in this nomination, I do think it's a shame that moving images are seemingly not held to the same standards regarding digitisation when it comes to FPC that still images are. - Wolftick (talk) 01:17, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
        • Using the upload wizard and uploading a new file, or installing the script I used and uploading with that, will allow a maximum upload size of 1gb.
        • As for the quality concerns: you're not going to have the same standards for a long time. One, getting video is still relatively uncommon, and hence why there has been no standardization even among video files themselves. Then there's the fact that we are limited to a maximum upload size of 1gb: you can't upload a film of an hour's length at 4k with such limitations, for instance, but a 4k still image is a cakewalk. Furthermore, nobody on-wiki seems to actually restore films; we have a plethora of skilled still image editors, and thus the bar is set quite high for those, but nobody does films that I know of. For historic videos like these, that can be troublesome, but standards won't increase until we have an increase in the average quality of video nominated. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 03:49, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
          • My concerns are not with general video quality standards or standardisation. They are specifically with videos nominated for FP that have clear technical deficiencies (visible compression, low resolution) where a substantially higher quality version is relatively easily and freely available. They may be of high EV but I feel they should probably fail on WP:WIAFP .1 and .2 if the criteria is applied in a similar way it is to still images. - Wolftick (talk) 19:12, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
            • I know your concerns are with FP videos. I already explains three reasons for such issues: 1) our required format (the AVI I got was nice and sharp, but we're not allowed to have AVI), 2) the upload cap, and 3) the fact that nobody is restoring historical video. Bars cannot be set higher until the current bars are being crossed regularly; videos are so rarely nominated here that that doesn't happen for them. There's a reason it's so much harder to successfully nominate an image of a bird then an image of, say, a 1950s athlete. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:22, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
            • Can't we get around the upload cap by simply uploading "part 1" and "part 2"? If the standards or upload size for wikipedia changes in the future we can just stitch them back together? Mattximus (talk) 22:40, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Neutral because of the low resolution. Does anybody have a program that will output 720p webm? WiiWillieWiki 00:59, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • I do and would do so and upload, however I am a little concerned regarding the copyright status of the restored release in the UK. Happy to describe the free (as in beer) software required and process for downloading and transcoding to anyone though. - Wolftick (talk) 17:01, 7 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I can upload a high resolution version, but seeing the size, it will take some time (769 MB in MP4 in 720p): File:Fear and Desire (1953).webm. Yann (talk) 19:57, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:04, 15 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalJules Massenet by the first video pornographer Eugène Pirou. The article on Pirou focuses so heavily on his pornography that I didn't dare add the photo to his page.
Reason
By far the best of the images I can find for Massenet. Delicate photography combined with a natural pose; everything else was either really odd photographic artefacts, or weird poses. Major composer, certainly deserves our attention. (Also, any crop desired can be done with {{CSS image crop}}, if the carte de visite mount is not desirable for some use.)
Articles in which this image appears
Jules Massenet
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Eugène Pirou, restored by Adam Cuerden.

Promoted File:Jules Massenet by Eugène Pirou.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:46, 16 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Hollywood Sign in Los Angeles, California
ALT: Cropped
Reason
Excellent quality and great EV for the section 'Location'
Articles in which this image appears
Hollywood sign, Hollywood, Jagged Little Pill
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator
Der Wolf im Wald
  • I too would like to have ALT featured, but original is a tad better IMHO. In fact, I compared both before nominating and I have opted for the original. I think the picture may have been wrongly placed in the article, but the section 'Location' describes the background of the Sign, like the tower and those antennas. So I think I prefer original. Nikhil (talk) 02:13, 9 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Lower left has a relatively large fuzzy (out of focus) area. That's strange for 79 images. What is that? Bammesk (talk) 05:32, 9 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • It would be understandable with a single exposure (I suspect that bluff is a fair bit closer than the rest of the scene) but I'd agree it's a bit odd when everything else is very sharp indeed. Amazing photo though. Prefer alt: crop compositionally but original has greater EV. - Wolftick (talk) 14:23, 9 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Hello and thanks Nikhil for the nominatiuon! :-) The unsharp area on the left is out of focus because of the depth of field. I focused on the sign and took every image with this adjustment. So the result is like a one-shot with extreme aperture. I think the result appears more natural if you use the same focus setting in each of the 79 single images. The unsharp foreground is OK for me, because through that you get a depth effect and nothing important gets lost. Regards, Der Wolf im Wald (talk) 16:53, 10 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Hollywood Sign (Zuschnitt).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:48, 18 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalCamille Saint-Saëns in 1900 by Pierre Petit
Reason
Been searching for a good image of Saint-Saëns for years.
Articles in which this image appears
Camille Saint-Saëns +1
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Pierre Petit, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Camille Saint-Saëns in 1900 by Pierre Petit.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:33, 18 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A man holding a plate full of dates on his head waiting for passing arbaeen pilgrims have them.
Reason
It is a high resolution Pic which is reflecting how passionately the man is waiting for the passing pilgrims take dates from his plate.
Articles in which this image appears
Arba'een Pilgrimage (It's used in the Arabic article, too.)
FP category for this image
Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Religion and mythology
Creator
Mhhossein
gazhiley: Such scenes are seen only during Arbaeen procession. Btw, that the man is sitting on the way of pilgrims clearly shows his passion. Mhhossein (talk) 12:07, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Unidentified groups of people walking along a road, while a street vendor offers wares? No, I would say scenes like that happen all over the world sorry Mhhossein... gazhiley 16:20, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Only in Arbaeen procession you'll see a man sitting on the ground holding a plate of dates on his head. his is not a vendor, no vendor puts his goods on his head! This act is done just to respect the pilgrims. Please read this text. Tnx --Mhhossein (talk) 16:30, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Mhhossein I did not know that they had arbaeen in Ghana lol. For if this style of vendor is exclusive to arbaeen the picture I linked must be from arbaenn. btw the ghana girl is carrying fruit in four badass tiers like a boss. she beats the puny date guy by a mile . FreeatlastChitchat (talk) 17:10, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry Mhhossein it just looks like a guy sitting down selling food. There is nothing in the picture to show he is providing them free, and I'm sure somewhere in the world someone has placed a plate on their head other than just here. Either way there is still nothing to indicate that he is "passionately" sitting down. gazhiley 17:56, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
gazhiley Yes you are right there's no evidence to show the food is free. I'll write more about it on your talk page. Mhhossein (talk) 18:09, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:34, 19 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Södersjukhuset
Reason
High resolution and quality aerial images with high EV.
Articles in which this image appears
Södersjukhuset, Health care in Sweden
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
ArildV
It's a problem that which buildings are hospital isn't defined for readers. Sca (talk) 17:09, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I agree, it is a busy picture. Google map [8] and satellite view [9] identify the hospital (basically the bright buildings laid out at 40 degrees). On the left side, the half round/cylindrical building is not part of the hospital nor anything on its left. In the background, the high-rise building and anything behind it and around it is not part of the hospital either. I think a little bit of cropping will be an improvement. Bammesk (talk) 03:06, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:44, 19 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalCharles Gounod in 1890 by Nadar
Reason
One of the best-looking carte de visites I've seen in quite some time. Nadar did an amazing job with the technology of the time at capturing a clear, crisp photo of a very notable composer. Replaced a terrible reproduction of the same image.
Articles in which this image appears
Charles Gounod, Georgina Weldon, List of Romantic-era composers, Nadar (photographer)
FP category for this image
WP:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Nadar (a.k.a. Gaspard-Félix Tournachon), restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Charles Gounod (1890) by Nadar.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:44, 20 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Film flyer for Supir Istimewa, a 1954 Persari production which follows a man who passes as a chauffeur so he can win the love of a young village woman
Reason
High quality scan of a flyer for a notable film. Fortunately this one was in pretty good shape when I bought it.
Articles in which this image appears
Supir Istimewa
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
Persari; restoration by  — Chris Woodrich (talk)

Promoted File:Supir Istimewa (1954; obverse).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:51, 20 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalJacques Offenbach c. 1860s, in a photograph by noted French photographer Nadar
Reason
This is slightly undersized (1,433 × 2,200 pixels, as cropped), but the original image is 6 cm wide, and I think that includes the paper backing, so - depending on that - this represents a resolution of between about 600dpi and 950dpi, which seems quite reasonable. The picture is high quality, indeed, arguably it's the iconic photo of Offenbach.
Articles in which this image appears
Jacques Offenbach + LOTS.
FP category for this image
WP:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Nadar (a.k.a. Gaspard-Félix Tournachon), restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Jacques Offenbach by Nadar.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:26, 20 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – McEwen Bridge in October 2015.
ALT – Straightened
Reason
High technical quality and excellent EV for the location.
Articles in which this image appears
McEwen Bridge
FP category for this image
Places/Others
Creator
Óðinn

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:57, 20 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalAli Farka Touré, Malian musician.
Reason
Not technically perfect, but also not bad. For a deceased musician, the minor issues - some graininess, unnecessary black-and-white - can easily be forgiven.
Articles in which this image appears
Ali Farka Touré
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Tagles

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:10, 20 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Mayon Volcano overlooking the city of Legazpi at night
Reason
Photo has excellent quality, and shows a wide view of the volcano looming over the city.
Articles in which this image appears
Legazpi, Albay, Bicol Region
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator
Dexbaldon

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:55, 21 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Lewis T. Powell, photographed by Alexander Gardner on the deck of the USS Saugus in 1865, shortly before his trial and execution on conspiracy charges.
Alt
Reason
Powell was executed for his attempted assassination of William Henry Seward on the night of Lincoln's assassination. Famously photographed by Alexander Gardner while awaiting trial, the 21-year-old is best remembered for his serene calm and matinée idol good looks (the most familiar image of the series has him staring directly at the camera). From a technical standpoint, this is a very clean image given the long exposure time required. Contrary to popular belief, Powell was photographed not in his cell but in full sunlight, on deck of the USS Saugus.
Articles in which this image appears
Lewis Powell (conspirator), Alexander Gardner (photographer)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Others
Creator
Alexander Gardner, 27 April 1865
Because 1) Wikipedia does not have a qualifying FP high resolution version of it, and 2) it's not as well-focused or composed, with Powell's hands and head moving slightly during the exposure. Both versions were widely circulated and contributed to Powell's notoriety after his death. There are several more in the Gardner series, including Powell dressed in the clothes and hat he wore when attacking Seward. Vesuvius Dogg (talk) 02:04, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • If a 20.2mb or 86.6mb TIFF file of that more famous portrait can be converted and uploaded to Wikipedia, it's available from the Library of Congress. I'm not technically able to do that from my computer, but would happily support that if it were nominated instead—would the damage to the glass plate disqualify it, or would EV value transcend the problem? (Also, he did move slightly during the exposure.) There's a brief, incomplete discussion of the series here; it is interesting that Alexander Gardner took more time and effort creating Powell's portrait than those of the other conspirators. By the way, Roland Barthes included the more famous Powell portrait in Camera Lucida, with the caption "he is dead and he is going to die". I would love that at least one of Gardner's portraits of Powell achieve FP. Vesuvius Dogg (talk) 15:59, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • I understand why one might prefer the less famous profile shot. I think I might actually agree aesthetically. However, I do think the greater EV of the more famous portrait probably trumps it from a FP pov. I've converted, uploaded and added as alt the equivalent library of congress version for consideration (@ User:Crisco 1492, User:Vesuvius Dogg ) - Wolftick (talk) 17:01, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – The image can use a restoration, it has lots of spots. I can clean it up but not soon. If it isn't restored by Adam or others, I will clean it up on January 16/17. Bammesk (talk) 03:44, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I'd really appreciate that! Thank you. Vesuvius Dogg (talk) 03:58, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I'll have a look. Though whether it'll matter we'll have to see - January is a dead period on Wikipedia, so if it fails to get a quorum now, don't be disheartened, just wait a month and renominate. Adam Cuerden (talk) 05:42, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • To participants in this nom Vesuvius Dogg, Adam Cuerden, Janke, Crisco 1492, Wolftick: based on your participation in this nom, I assume you are Ok with the soft (out of focus) face of the subject in these images in relation to a FP nomination. If that is not the case, please clarify. (because if the images are disqualified to start with, then there is no point in restoring them as the fine details don't show in a normal wiki article rendition). Bammesk (talk) 17:23, 16 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Reply I'm certainly OK with it, the focus is very good on both images considering the technology of the day. Vesuvius Dogg (talk) 17:52, 16 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • No problems here with the image quality regarding FP status. Given it's age it is very good. Indeed personally I would support the image without restoration given the likely age of the damage, it's integrity to the plate and it's overall lack of impact on the clarity or EV of the image. However I do realise this opinion probably does not match with consensus and I would likely support a sympathetic restoration too. - Wolftick (talk) 12:54, 17 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Profile – restoration
  • I uploaded a restored profile image. I tried not to deviate from the original. I don't have lots of experience in restoration. Input and critique is welcomed from everyone, particularly from Adam who does so much quality work with images. Bammesk (talk) 04:22, 18 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – I uploaded a slightly cleaned up version of the profile image. The nom is coming to a close. This is a good time to see if this nom has any life with my restoration. If it does, cool. If it doesn't, that is cool too. Pinging the original participants: Vesuvius Dogg, Adam Cuerden, Janke, Crisco 1492, Wolftick. Bammesk (talk) 04:17, 20 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • As I've mentioned, I much prefer the face-on shot. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 04:24, 20 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
      • I understand. I like both images, so I am inclined to volunteer to do the face-on shot too. But would the face-on shot pass muster if I do it? Obviously a hard answer is impossible, no one has a crystal ball. These are a lot of work, especially for my level of experience. If there is (or be) positive feedback based on where the profile restoration is (or even feedback on what needs to be improved on it), then I can repeat that level of work on the face-on shot. But if the profile restoration is a dead cat (so to speak!, I love cats, and dogs too!) then there is no point in me doing the restoring. Bammesk (talk) 04:45, 20 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I had fun restoring the profile shot, so I am happy. I also know it is important to get the quality right (in addition to the fun part). Plus I know my experience is not in par with other contributors such as Adam. These images deserve attention, so whatever the consensus is, I am happy with that. Bammesk (talk) 04:57, 20 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support and am grateful for your work. You've done a fine job on the profile; I think a light restoration on the other image is appropriate and probably sufficient. I am still hopeful that both images can be promoted, if not in the next few days then in another month when they are re-nominated (January being very slow). The subject gets under your skin, no? Let's hope others weigh in. Vesuvius Dogg (talk) 22:08, 20 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:36, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalFear and Desire (1953) is the first feature film directed by Stanley Kubrick. He hated this anti-war film with a vengeance and tried to have all copies destroyed, but it has survived and is in the public domain because the copyright wasn't extended.
Reason
Quality issues have been addressed with this upload by Yann. Now impeccable.
Articles in which this image appears
Fear and Desire +1
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
Stanley Kubrick

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:12, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalWilliam Grant Still as photographed by Carl Van Vechten in 1949.
Reason
A fine photograph, by a notable photographer, of an important African-American classical composer
Articles in which this image appears
William Grant Still+8
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Carl Van Vechten, restored by Adam Cuerden
  • The original is a very light scan from a source (the LoC) known to have poor colour fidelity and contrast. Further, it's a monochrome file, meaning that the subtle shades even black and white film has are lost. Adam Cuerden (talk) 19:30, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • I am not opposed to sympathetic restoration of source where it is clearly lacking, but I cannot support going from this: [11] to this: [12]. That is just adding yellow to a perfectly acceptable greyscale image that is most likely and to the extent that it can be verified a fairly accurate depiction of the original. - Wolftick (talk) 20:06, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • That may be, but unless you have a verifiable source in this specific case the monochrome version should be favoured per WP:VERIFY: "Even if you're sure something is true, it must be verifiable before you can add it.". The LoC would generally be considered a reliable source - Wolftick (talk) 20:28, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • My point is not that you are incorrect. My point is that you do not have a source for the changes specific to this image other than your own understanding of what the image should look like according to other, different images. My reading is that adding colour where there is none is different to "colour/exposure correction" per WP:FP? #8 and so this falls foul of WP:V and WP:OR irrespective. - Wolftick (talk) 21:54, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • ...I think... that's... I don't even know what to say to that. I can't follow your logic here, where you seem to think that an image known to have no information as to warmness or coolness of the greys - it was reduced to greyscale after all, which cannot store tone, greyscale has no information but lightness and darkness of each pixel, there's no tone information - is more correct of a guide than images that actually contain the information, by the same photographer. Adam Cuerden (talk) 22:07, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • It's fairly simple. I'm saying there is no suitable guide that doesn't require original research and lack verifiability. The original, while lacking colour information, is at least from a reliable source - Wolftick (talk) 22:12, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • It is not unthinkable for what we'd consider to be "reliable" sources to be wrong. Both scans of Tobias and the Angel are unaltered from the National Gallery of Art (albeit each scan is from a different part of their website), and that's at a stalemate now: we know that one of the two is more accurate than the other, but we don't know which. Then there's the Yorck project scans, which were originally taken at face value as reliable but are now so infamously inaccurate that they have been widely replaced. If sources are known to have issues, even if they are ostensibly accurate in some cases, we have the right to exercise editorial discretion. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 05:04, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Using editorial discretion to weight conflicting sources per Tobias and the Angel is very much part of Wikipedia's core content policy. However the source image in question is not "wrong". It is instead lacking information, namely colour. As far as I know there is no additional colour source for this image, so any addition of colour is against WP:VERIFY: "Even if you're sure something is true, it must be verifiable before you can add it".
    ...However, I've since looked at WP:GL/PHOTO... and, well, I'm out. - Wolftick (talk) 13:26, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:William Grant Still by Carl Van Vechten.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 00:18, 23 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Reason
high quality images of a set
Articles in which this image appears
Four Evangelists
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Jean Bourdichon (1457–1521)

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 00:24, 23 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – a caption for the image, providing adequate context for voters on WP:FPC
Reason
View from Stalheim (Fra Stalheim) by Norwegian painter Johan Christian Claussen Dahl, oil on canvas, 1842. As Yngvadottir wrote=" It is a major work of Romantic nationalism and has become a national icon. It is regarded as one of Dahl's best works.
Articles in which this image appears
View from Stalheim, own article
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Johan Christian Claussen Dahl, uploader, Godot.

Promoted File:Johan Christian Claussen Dahl – View from Stalheim – Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:01, 23 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A Commodore PET 2001 personal computer
Reason
I find it to be a well shot image of the computer to become a Featured Picture.
Articles in which this image appears
Commodore PET, MOS Technology 6502, Satoru Iwata
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Electronics
Creator
Rama & Musée Bolo

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:04, 23 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalVivian Malone moves to enroll at the University of Alabama at the end of the Stand in the Schoolhouse Door
Reason
While one might ask for better composition, as a document of a unique historical event, methinks this image passes the requirements.
Articles in which this image appears
In no particular order: Foster Auditorium, History of the University of Alabama, Racism, Stand in the Schoolhouse Door, Vivian Malone Jones
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA History
Creator
Warren K. Leffler, restored by Adam Cuerden
@Sca: Even if that was free-licensed, it wouldn't illustrate the Stand in the Schoolhouse Door. Adam Cuerden (talk) 15:12, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Copyright issue is understood, of course. I'm not saying the pic shouldn't be used at all, just that it doesn't seem quite up to FP/Main Page standards of clarity and EV.
Re "the stand," I don't see George Corley Wallace here. Sca (talk)
PS: I didn't know that Ms. Malone (Mrs. Jones) was Eric Holder's sister-in-law. Sca (talk) 15:21, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
PPS: – Look at the size of the tape recorder used by the (radio?) guy, far right! Sca (talk) 15:28, 14 January 2016 (UTC) [reply]
Looks like a Swiss Nagra, the best tape recorder in the world at that time... --Janke | Talk 18:39, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Wallace is just left of Katzenbach, I believe, partially hidden by Katzenbach's left shoulder. Adam Cuerden (talk) 15:57, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know absolutely, of course, but I don't think so. I remember Wallace quite well from the Civil Rights era (and the 1968 election), and back then he always wore his hair drenched in Vitalis or some such and slicked back, 1950s U.S. style. This guy's hair is shorter, combed differently and not greasy. Sca (talk) 17:51, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Chris, agreed. I wasn't proposing the referenced image even as a type of alternative, just linking it as an example of a photo showing her face. Sca (talk) 18:05, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I agree it's not a perfect photo, but we generally make reasonable exceptions in the face of historically important photographs, and I think this one has reasonable cause for consideration under those exceptions. It gives a feel of the event very well, even the flaws arguably highlight the chaotic nature of it. Adam Cuerden (talk) 18:20, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
To my mind that's a fine argument for using it at Stand in the Schoolhouse Door. But to each his own – let the chips fall.... Sca (talk) 18:33, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Awkward composition, main persons either not in picture or shown almost from the back. With all those photographers there, there surely are better photos of this incident? --Janke | Talk 18:39, 14 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – It shows a historic moment well. This has all the elements: the door she was forbidden to enter, law officer, deputy attorney general, the escort, the media. The significance of the moment is in the story, not the individuals or her face, this image tells the story well. (Wallace had left and wasn't around for this shot [14]) Bammesk (talk) 02:32, 15 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – I hear the objections, but think the array of press is rather interesting in contrast to Malone's obscured face. A civil rights pioneer, yes, but she was also a symbol. The photograph both returns her to anonymity while instructing us that the historic struggle was bigger than hers alone. Vesuvius Dogg (talk) 03:33, 15 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – I agree with Bammesk that "it shows a historic moment well". I think it's a good photo in general, too. I don't understand why there is no image of Vivian Malone (showing her face) in the article Vivian Malone Jones. Corinne (talk) 23:50, 15 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I did notice that. Sca (talk) 17:37, 16 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Vivian Malone registering.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:30, 24 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalGioachino Rossini photographed in 1865 by Étienne Carjat
Reason
Do I need to defend this one?
Articles in which this image appears
Gioachino Rossini + lots
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Étienne Carjat, restored by Adam Cuerden
Is this gesture understood in Indonesia? Sca (talk) 02:03, 19 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Composer Rossini G 1865 by Carjat - Restoration.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:47, 24 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalLes Grandes Baigneuses, or "The Large Bathers", by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, painted between 1884 and 1887.
Reason
A major painting by Renoir, it introduces a period in which Renoir focused on painting nudes.
Articles in which this image appears
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Les Grandes Baigneuses (Renoir), Bathing, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Nude (art)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
I'm still trying to figure out if Grandes in Les Grandes Baigneuses means "large", as in "The Large Bathers" (or the large women), or "grand", or "wonderful", something like "The Wonderful (Lovely) Bathers", or even whether it was a reference to the large size of the painting, which is 3' 10" × 5' 5". In English, "The Large (Women) Bathers" has a kind of clunky sound. I'm wondering if Grandes was more a reference to the sculptural quality of the women than a reference to their size. – Corinne (talk) 02:07, 16 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
As in statuesque? Je ne sais pas. But probably it doesn't mean anything as inelegant as "The fat bathers." Sca (talk) 15:05, 16 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Corinne, Now I see that the article says models for "the women standing in the stream in the background posed in the large." Rather mystified by that phrase – could it simply mean outdoors? Sca (talk) 17:35, 16 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Sca I was mystified by it, too. See Talk:Les Grandes Baigneuses (Renoir)#Description, item (b), and Coldcreation's reply. Maybe it does mean "outdoors". Isn't there another phrase used to describe painting outdoors? There's en plein air, which I guess means "in the open air", or just "in the open". Perhaps en plein air was translated "in the large" instead of "in the open" (or [in the] outdoors). Now I'm wondering if I should go ahead and change "in the large" to "in the open" or "outdoors". Corinne (talk) 23:20, 16 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Well, "in the round" can mean something like that. Consult a French-speaker. Sca (talk) 02:32, 17 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
None of the sources I've checked mention that any of the models posed outdoors. The French article has no mention of it either. Coldcreation (talk) 05:46, 17 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Do you have an idea about what "in the large" means? Sca (talk) 15:19, 17 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
No I don't. Translated to French, au large, means offshore in English. I've never heard such an expression (in the context of modeling) used in the arts. Coldcreation (talk) 19:27, 17 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Huh...when I view that,it appears to be titled 'A Meat Stall With The Holy Family Giving Alms'-not the most accurate(or appealing)description of Susanna having a splash about. Lemon martini (talk) 23:57, 18 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Or are they voluminous? Sca (talk) 15:10, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French - The Large Bathers - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:38, 25 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalManneken Pis in Brussels, Belgium.
Reason
High quality, good EV for the statue itself
Articles in which this image appears
Manneken Pis +1
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Sculpture
Creator
Hiëronymus Duquesnoy the Elder; photograph by Myrabella

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 04:54, 26 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The Caltrain, Altamont Commuter Express, and VTA Light Rail networks provide the mass transit backbone for Silicon Valley in California.
Reason
Beautiful. Pops, illustrates how the mass transit backbone of Silicon Valley meshes with its freeway network
Articles in which this image appears
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light rail, Transportation in the San Francisco Bay Area
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Maps
Creator
CountZ

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:33, 26 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalThe Death of General Mercer at the Battle of Princeton, January 3, 1777 by John Trumbull
Reason
High quality, historic and symbolic image, favorite of John Trumbull
Articles in which this image appears
The Death of General Mercer at the Battle of Princeton, January 3, 1777, Battle of Princeton, William Leslie
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Zeete
  • Yes, Yale may have this as the full download size, but that doesn't mean this is the largest available. Since we have a plethora of paintings come through here, many of which are of considerably higher resolution (even when the paintings are smaller than this one), I'm not quite sure this current digitization is up to FPC snuff. Yes, the criteria only stipulates 1500 * 1500, but the bar's been set very high for paintings. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:08, 18 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • As far as I can see this is the best available. It's only 100PPI by my quick calculation, which isn't really enough to my eye. I think pixels per inch is more relevant than absolute resolution when it comes to digitisations of paintings. This resolution would be fine for a smaller work but for this size, while a nice clear image, the detail is rather limited in comparison with the best images available on wikipedia. - Wolftick (talk) 01:57, 19 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'd have opposed, quite frankly, and that 2008 promotion was well before our plethora of painting FPs. This painting is roughly the same size, but more than 4 times the resolution in digital form.
I'm not opposing here, but I can't support either. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 09:09, 19 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:37, 26 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Former slave and acclaimed botanist George Washington Carver.
Reason
Besides the obvious importance of the subject, this is one of a VERY few images from the 19th century/early 20th century in which a dark-skinned black man looks like a dark-skinned black man, which I think is important in itself - the tendency is to overexpose the image, which brings out the shadow detail on their face at the cost of accuracy. Photographer is notable, though there isn't room in her article for the image. On a related subject, it may be this is one of the rare images where we want to promote a crop; I wouldn't say no if that's the consensus.
Articles in which this image appears
George Washington Carver, Iowa State University + 4 lists
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering
Creator
Frances Benjamin Johnston, restored by Adam Cuerden
We can't change the race of George Washington Carver... That's... incredibly problwematic to our portrayal of history.
That said - commons has been having some weird displlay bugs of late. Can you please download the image and view it in ann off-browser viewer for now? Adam Cuerden (talk) 14:59, 26 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – Contrast issues in photographing black subjects are well known – particularly when the background also is dark. This pic would have to be lightened to at least some degree to be useful in an encyclopedia, IMO. (I tried it on my own computer, using "fill light," and that seemed to work well. There was no hint of disguising the subject's race/ethnicity.) Sca (talk) 17:42, 26 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - Lacking facial detail. And nothing to to do with the race of the subject. If I was in the same room I would expect to be able to make out detail on both sides of their face if the room was reasonably well lit. This photo is either poorly lit, under exposed or both, meaning this is not possible. This limits EV and is a reflection of the quality of the image, not an accurate depiction the skin tone of the subject. - Wolftick (talk) 18:53, 26 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Very well, Withdraw. I'll swap it with the other restoration and see if it sticks. Adam Cuerden (talk) 23:57, 26 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 07:56, 27 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – American actor, singer and director René Auberjonois
Reason
I came across this a few days ago and wondered if it met the FP criteria. Then after seeing the photographer has other works already at FP, I felt confident enough to nominate. From the looks of things, this seems to have a bit of a modification history with editors lightening/darkening it, but the current version is certainly the best of the bunch. Miyagawa (talk) 22:39, 19 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Articles in which this image appears
René Auberjonois
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Kyle Cassidy, tidied by Hohum

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:28, 29 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]


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OriginalThelonious Monk in Minton's Playhouse, c. September 1947
Reason
Very nice composition; important musician.
Articles in which this image appears
Thelonious Monk, Jazz, African-American culture, Jazz piano
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
William P. Gottlieb, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Thelonious Monk, Minton's Playhouse, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947 (William P. Gottlieb 06191).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:35, 29 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Lauderdale Tower, one of the four residential high-rises of London's Barbican Estate.
Reason
High-quality image that shows how an architectural style widely reviled today was originally meant to convey a welcoming sense of strength and protection
Articles in which this image appears
Barbican Estate
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Daniel Case
(Or maybe when the market tanks again & again & again.) Sca (talk) 15:25, 21 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I sort of thought so too, until I looked up from the Tube station entrance and saw this. The concrete is more brown than grey. A lot more. Daniel Case (talk) 21:30, 21 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • I agree concrete can and does colour, but in most photos of this building and in person, also typical of the material, it is at least grey-brown and far less yellow. I'm not asking for monochrome but I really don't think a golden hour shot does justice to the palette that typically characterises brutalist architecture. - Wolftick (talk) 21:47, 21 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
To me this is actually a reminder of brutalism's origins, how the architects thought that the raw concrete would seem earthy, inviting and protective—because most of them were living in the sunny south of France at the time, and didn't stop to think about what raw concrete looks like in places with chronically overcast skies, ironically where most such buildings were ultimately erected. Daniel Case (talk) 20:11, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Lauderdale Tower, Barbican Estate, London.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:10, 30 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Comet C/2013 US10 Catalina in Virgo constellation just before dawn of 09 Dec 2015. One can clearly see its two tails. The first one (upper left corner) is a narrow gaseous tail directed against the sun by the solar wind. The second one (lower right corner) is a widespread dust tail aimed along the comet's orbit. Image shot from Karabi-Yaila (1000m above sea level), Crimea, Russia. Shot with Canon 600D DSLR mounted on Celestron 8" SCT with focal reducer (focal length 1280mm) on Celestron AVX mount with NexGuide autoguide on 80mm Guidescope. Stack of 5 single exposures 5 minutes processed in PixInsight+Photoshop.
Reason
very good quality picture with EV
Articles in which this image appears
C/2013 US10
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
Creator
Alexander Vasenin
  • File description says: stack of 5 exposures over 5 minutes. I think those are bad sensor pixels. The 5 images were aligned later in software because the stars move over 5 minutes. So the bad pixels streak like that. Bammesk (talk) 03:27, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • (Author) Yes, those are hot pixels. I used dark frames (as well as bias and flat frames) to calibrate every light frame before stacking them. Unfortunately sometimes it's not enough. I'll fix those and post updated image. BTW, it's 5 frames with 5 minutes exposure for each frame (I've fixed the description). It's quite difficult multistep process to stack a comet image, because a comet moves very significantly relative to background stars over half an hour. --Alexander Vasenin (talk) 04:17, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:41, 30 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



Original – A Giraffe in Nairobi National Park

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Reason
why you think it meets the FPC criteria and should be featured (check criteria first)
Articles in which this image appears
Nairobi National Park, Giraffe
FP category for this image
Animals - Mammals
Creator
Ramirobb

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:19, 30 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalHector Berlioz by Pierre Petit
Reason
Ever really want to do something, but some sneaky bastard cunning got in and did it first, the swine? Well, I call Jebulon out as that extremely talented swine. ;) Eyeing both versions, I think, somewhat unusually, the crop is the right choice for once. The awkward framing of the original version, like a 1950s television turned on its side, really doesn't work so well.
Articles in which this image appears
Hector Berlioz + 17
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Pierre Petit, restored by the talented Jebulon
That's more of a sort of glaze formed on the darkest bits of the image. It's not that uncommon. Adam Cuerden (talk) 01:20, 20 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Really? Mind you, I'm often fairly ruthless with removing it. It's often a distraction. Here, though, it's a very minor part of the image, and not particularly distracting. Adam Cuerden (talk) 02:34, 20 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Jebulon: Now that you mention it, the colours ARE better in the original. Withdraw for a bit while I work on this. Adam Cuerden (talk) 01:59, 26 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Adam Cuerden: Wouldn't suspending this better than withdrawing? Armbrust The Homunculus 18:15, 29 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:11, 30 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – "The Daurian redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus) is a small passerine bird from temperate Asia. In Japan, it is known as jōbitaki (ジョウビタキ)."
Reason
Nice image, 3,273 × 2,572 pixels, that I just added to the lede of the article to replace a 276 × 211 pixel image.
Articles in which this image appears
Daurian redstart
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Laitche
  • @SSTflyer: fortunately the Wikipedia:Featured picture criteria page says: "It is preferable to wait a reasonable period of time (at least 7 days) after the image is added to the article before nominating it, though this may be ignored in obvious cases, such as replacing a low-resolution version of an image with a higher resolution of the same image." While this is a different image, I think that the change is within the spirit of the criteria. (: --Pine 18:13, 21 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Daurian redstart at Daisen Park in Osaka, January 2016.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:35, 30 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Flyer for Lagu Kenangan, a 1953 film directed by L. Inata for Djamaluddin Malik's Persari. It follows the domestic troubles of a composer and his wife.
Reason
High quality scan of a contemporary flyer for this film. The last nomination fell one support short.
Articles in which this image appears
Lagu Kenangan +1
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
Employee(s) of Persari; restored by  — Chris Woodrich (talk)
  • I do not have any references to answer the question, sadly. There were A3-size posters by 1968, but the ones I've seen looked like this (i.e. not the kind of film posters you're thinking of, and too much text to be PD under Indonesian law). Flyers were widely used for advertising into the 1990s (my Flickr feed has quite a few from the '70s and '80s, which sadly can't be freely used; this one is one of my favourites, from 1979). — Chris Woodrich (talk) 16:53, 21 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Lagu Kenangan (1953; obverse).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:37, 31 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalChristmastide Divination, a painting by Konstantin Makovsky showing a Russian folk alectryomancy during Eastern Orthodox Christmastide to foretell a marriage for young women in the near future.
Reason
It turned out a high-res version of this does exist, although the brightness and contrast asked to be adjusted (somewhat arbitrarily, the original is linked in the source).
Articles in which this image appears
Christmastide Divination, Alectryomancy
FP category for this image
Paintings
Creator
Konstantin Makovsky

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:53, 31 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – "Your Motherland Will Never Forget" by Joseph Simpson, from Canada in Khaki
Reason
A fine example of WWI Canadian patriotic art from an otherwise unrepresented artist. Had four support earlier this year, during the dead period at FPC.
Articles in which this image appears
Joseph Simpson (artist), Canada in Khaki
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/WWI
Creator
Joseph Simpson, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Your motherland will never forget - restoration.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:20, 31 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – "Some older photographic lenses were produced with glass elements containing small amounts of thorium. If stored in the dark for prolonged periods of time, these lenses can experience what is commonly called “yellowing”. While some photographers enjoy the effect the yellowed glass has on their photographs (it acts similar to a weak yellow filter), others prefer to reverse it by exposing the lens to a UV light source." The right lens is included for comparison and shows no signs of yellowing. -- description by User:El Grafo
Reason
Interesting illustration of this phenomenon. This is a "valued image" on Commons with a size of 4,734 × 1,702 pixels.
Articles in which this image appears
Thorium
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Photographic techniques, terms, and equipment
Creator
El Grafo
Undergo does not imply consciousness; experience does. Sca (talk) 00:56, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Fair enough. I would say it's in fairly commonly (mis(?) :-) )used as a synonym for "undergo" for non-sentient things though. Your mileage may vary as to how important that is. OED has [with object] and "the company is experiencing difficulties" [15] but I'd agree undergo is better. - Wolftick (talk) 01:47, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Yellowing of thorium lenses.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:30, 31 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalMartin Luther King at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
Reason
I'd say this is one of the two best-composed images in Martin Luther King (The one with LBJ is also good.) A fine view of King, though at least one of the other people (Mathew Ahmann, the white man to the left of and behind King]]) is also notable - though the composition highlights King, and so has the most value for articles on him.
Articles in which this image appears
Martin Luther King, Jr., African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–68), Human rights in the United States, Hunger
FP category for this image
Probably Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Religious figures, as he was a preacher, though you could possibly argue other categories under "People".
Creator
Rowland Scherman; restored by Adam Cuerden
King's right, but viewer's left. And, yes, I apologise for the Jr. being missing. I don't think we have IDs, this was a very large rally. Adam Cuerden (talk) 23:19, 21 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not particularly keen on the image compositionally but I think this [19] may be the best available purely as a clear picture of Martin Luther King, Jr. - Wolftick (talk) 20:10, 24 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Wolftick: Think its composition pulls that one down too far. Plus, it's VERY over-exposed. Adam Cuerden (talk) 22:11, 24 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
You're probably right. It's a shame there seeming isn't a clear cut stand-out free image - Wolftick (talk) 23:33, 24 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Wolftick: I think the one nominated here and File:Martin Luther King, Jr. and Lyndon Johnson 2.jpg are easily the best, even if they only illustrate specific parts of King's career. Adam Cuerden (talk) 23:39, 24 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mathew Ahmann in a crowd.) - NARA - 542015 - Restoration.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:10, 31 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]