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Maria Sharapova, 2009

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Original - Maria Sharapova at the 2009 French Open
Edit 1 - cropped out advertisement and yellow item
Reason
Dynamic and overall fortunate shot, was not nominated previously
Articles in which this image appears
Maria Sharapova, 2009 French Open – Women's Singles
FP category for this image
People
Creator
Misty

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 09:30, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]



Basal ganglia circuits (2nd nomination)

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Original. Main circuits of the basal ganglia. Picture shows 2 coronal slices that have been superimposed to include the involved basal ganglia structures. + and - signs at the point of the arrows indicate respectively whether the pathway is excitatory or inhibitory in effect. Green arrows refer to excitatory glutamatergic pathways, red arrows refer to inhibitory GABAergic pathways and turquoise arrows refer to dopaminergic pathways that are excitatory on the direct pathway and inhibitory on the indirect pathway. Note that dis-inhibitory pathways in effect are excitatory on the feedback to the cortex, while dis-dis-inhibitory pathways in effect are inhibitory.
Reason
Vector image explaining the circuits of the basal ganglia in an anatomically precise and almost artistic manner, facilitating the understanding of Parkinson's disease and other basal ganglia diseases. Improvements since first nomination: Imported raster image of brain replaced with a 100% vector one, as well as more clear distinction between the upper and lower brain layer.
Articles in which this image (or a derived raster of it) appears
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Biology
Creator
User:Mikael Häggström, based on images by Andrew Gillies/User:Anaru and Patrick J. Lynch
  • Support as nominator Mikael Häggström (talk) 05:31, 22 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Support: From my POV the image looks great, has a very high potential encyclopedic value and it is of high technical quality. Nevertheless lacks a description, which is not covered by simply giving a reference and a link the basal ganglia article since of the facts lacking are image dependent. I believe that description should at least include 1-the meaning of the color scheme (why some arrows are green, others, blue, and still others red?), 2-comment on the fact that arrows give info on the neurotransmitter used on the connection, wether it is direct or not and wether it is inhibitory or not (it is assumed than a user of the image has to know this). The meaning of the + and - at the point of the arrows should also be given, 3-Info on the difference between inhibitory, des-inhibitory (would not it be excitatory?) and des-des-inhibitory (what does this one mean). 4-The fact that 2 coronal slices have been superimposed (it took me 10 minutes to discover it) to be able to see all needed structures. On the graphic side it is hard to distinguish structure from function. Maybe a different kind of surface, tone, design, (or whatever works) would be better for the arrows. A minor problem are incoherencies in capitalization of neurotransmitters (GABA is understandable that it has to be capitalized but glutamatergic and dopaminergic style should be consistent, and from my POV would be more aesthethic to be in non capitals). A doubt: Is it globus pallidus interna, globus pallidus internus or both are correct? (Second gives more hits on google).--Garrondo (talk) 07:53, 22 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the feedback! A description is now included both in the image page in Commons as well as in the image text in Wikipedia articles. I've bolded and italizized the names of structures - maybe it helps some. Glutamatergic pathways are given in non-capitals and internal globus pallidus is given instead of globus pallidus interna, making interna/internus non-important (vice versa for externa). Mikael Häggström (talk) 10:44, 22 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
It has clearly improved. Nevertheless it is still not clear the meaning of the + and - at the end of each arrow. I would say something like + and - signs at the point of the arrows indicate respectively wether the pathway is excitatory or inhibitory in effect. Green arrows refer to excitatory glutamatergic pathways, red arrows refer to inhibitory GABAergic pathways... Also from my POV it would sound better to say 2 coronal slices that have been superimposed to include the involved basal ganglia structures., but it may be due only to me being spanish. --Garrondo (talk) 18:12, 23 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Good points. I've expanded the descriptions a bit further. Mikael Häggström (talk) 06:49, 26 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I have found another inconsistency: why is most text in black but GABAergic, dis-inhibitory an indirect pathway sometimes in black an others red? I would have all in black for consistency. Bests.--Garrondo (talk) 07:16, 26 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Sometimes it is green as well, related to inhibitory or excitatory effect. However, it can be confusing without further explanation, so I can make those texts just black in the next update. Mikael Häggström (talk) 10:34, 26 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
It would probably be a better idea: it is almost impossible to distinguish black from green, and there are already many colors an info in the drawing.--Garrondo (talk) 10:38, 26 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed, this latest update of the image now simply has black text in those places. Mikael Häggström (talk) 10:35, 29 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Nope: I think you forgot some GABAergic and left them in red (although I am not sure due to the only slight difference with black...). In addition it also seems that letters linking striatum to external globus pallidus are darker or bigger than all others.Bests.--Garrondo (talk) 06:43, 30 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, I thought at least some red should be left to associate with the redness of the arrows. With only a slight difference from black, I doubt it would be confusing. I think the letters in the arrow from striatum to external globus pallidus look bigger mainly in thumbnail versions of the picture, because it is not turned to any degree but completely horizontal. The issue may go away when zooming in to its "natural" size. Mikael Häggström (talk) 03:59, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
There is a bit of dilemma there. Substantia nigra should be rather blackish to distinguish it from it's rather faded color as seen in the derived picture of the circuits in Parkinson's disease, as well as in real pictures [1]. Yet, the text should be consistent with that over the other structures. Mikael Häggström (talk) 06:58, 26 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe you could duplicate "substantia nigra" and move substantia nigra pars compacta a bit to the left so it is less over black and the opposite with substantia nigra pars reticulata. Nevertheless only a proposal, it may not work.--Garrondo (talk) 07:08, 26 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I adjusted it some now. The main adjustment, however, was in aligning the borders of the brain slice above so that it covered and brightened up the area below the text. It may make the picture slightly less anatomically correct, but I don't think those few millimeters are of any significance. Mikael Häggström (talk) 10:33, 29 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Looks better now. SpencerT♦Nominate! 01:54, 30 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
It's a little imperfection in the rendering of svg images in MediaWiki. It doesn't look like that in Inkscape. It gets a little better by pressing F5 to update the page. Mikael Häggström (talk) 14:55, 28 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
How annoying. Weak support; seems good enough technically. I can't begin to comment on its accuracy, so I'll leave that to others. J Milburn (talk) 22:28, 29 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Basal ganglia circuits.svg --Makeemlighter (talk) 09:32, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]


Russian anthem at Victory Day Parade 2010

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Original - Instrumental performance of the Russian national anthem at the 2010 Moscow Victory Day Parade in Moscow's Red Square, resplendent with a 21 gun salute.
Reason
It is relatively rare to have a freely licenced video of a performance of a national anthem. It's presence in both articles in which it is currently present add significantly to the encyclopaedic value by showing usage of a national anthem for commemorative purposes.
Articles in which this image appears
National anthem of Russia, National anthem
FP category for this image
Creator
Presidential Press and Information Office; extracted and uploaded by Russavia

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 09:47, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]



Demetri McCamey signals a play

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Original - Illinois point guard Demetri McCamey signals a play while dribbling up court.
Edit 1 4% right side tilt perspective adjustment using GIMP 2.6.8
Edit 2 upper right 7% rightward, upper left 4% upward tilt perspective adjustment using GIMP 2.6.8
Edit 3 3 degrees clockwise rotation adjustment using GIMP 2.6.8 by TonyTheTiger (talk · contribs)
Reason
I think this is a rare action sports photo that captures a subject in a way that facilitates encyclopedic usage. I also think catching the classic point guard pose of him signaling a play makes this a great photo.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 16:09, 23 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Articles in which this image appears
Point guard
Assist (basketball)
2009–10 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
Demetri McCamey
St. Joseph High School (Westchester, Illinois)
2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season
FP category for this image
People or Entertainment
Creator
Joshua Beckman (flickr user PhotoVandal)

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 09:47, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]



Elakala Waterfalls

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Original - Elakala Waterfalls in the Blackwater Falls State Park, West Virginia, USA.
Alt - not a candidate here, potential candidate for Long exposure photography
Reason
Illustrates the subject in a compelling way, making the viewer want to know more.
Articles in which this image appears
Blackwater Falls State Park, Long exposure photography
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes and/or Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Other
Creator
Forest Wander
      • Elekhh, no one is saying that picture isn’t great for use in the Blackwater Falls State Park article. It can stay there. It should stay there. Damn nice picture. The motion being advanced here is that for it to receive FP status, it should also be featured in an article in which it adds more encyclopedic value. As it is now in Long exposure photography, there, it speaks straight to the heart of that issue and illustrates it very very effectively. So if you A) keep it in both articles, and B) withdraw this nomination, and C) renominate it with a caption and link referencing the Long exposure photography article, it may well achieve FP status based on its aesthetic qualities and its EV to that particular article. Note that I voted “support” already. You can count on another “support” vote in the context of the photography article. Greg L (talk) 22:20, 26 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        • Are you implying that both cannot be feautured and therefore it should be decided which one has higher EV? --Elekhh (talk) 23:27, 26 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
          • Not at all… hey, I’m on your side here. First, I didn’t understand there were two versions of this photo. Nor did I realize User:Redtigerxyz changed the image on Long exposure photography (∆ here) to the Alt version. Given that it was my idea in the first place to add your picture there, I got a bit bold and changed it to the original, more colorful version. I’ve got that one as my wallpaper at this very moment; well done.

            This is not complex. In a nutshell: If the present voting trend persists, it is simply a matter that neither of these pictures can win FP status so long as the caption and associated article remains Blackwater Falls State Park; insufficient EV seems to be the common theme to the “oppose” votes. Now, you can do whatever you please. But I suggest you withdraw the nomination and re-nominate it in association with Long exposure photography and with a caption similar to the one shown here. Greg L (talk) 00:31, 27 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

            • I see. Well, I wish to reaffirm my nomination of this version based on EV for Blackwater Falls State Park as detailed above. The candidacy of Alt based on EV in Long exposure photography shall be a separate candidate at a later stage. I would like to ask everybody to focus on this nomination for now. --Elekhh (talk) 00:54, 27 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment There is a good, running precedent for images using long exposure to capture waterfalls. This nomination should not be subjected to special treatment. I think it is also notable that we do not see waterfalls in freeze frames. We instead view them in motion, flowing. A long exposure is a valid way to capture that and does so accurately. Cowtowner (talk) 03:17, 27 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • Good point. I agree. The artistic “flourish” of long exposure for waterfalls is pretty much the norm. However, you may be too late, Cowtowner, since I seldom see so many “oppose” votes reverse this late in the game. Let’s keep our fingers crossed. I think this is a very attractive picture that would cast Wikipedia in a very good light for 24 hours when it is on our main page. Greg L (talk) 05:56, 27 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • May I just point out that the reason my vote will stay as "Oppose" is highlighted by the example pictures you have included... Notice all 5 of the examples the main subject (which is arguably the waterfall even though the topic is BFSP) is central to the picture, however the nom it is squashed into the top left corner... To me this is bad composition, only highlighted by the alt picture found where the water is central to the picture - the waterfall in the background and the circles in the foreground... When I look at the nom my eyes are immediately diverted to the bright green almost glowing moss, whereas in all the below pictures the incredible effect of the water is my main focus... So I will continue to Oppose this nom, but would happily support the alt if that was nom'd... Gazhiley (talk) 10:26, 27 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        • I appreciate that rationale and I mentioned the composition was a concern in my support. That said, I'm not wholly sold on the alt. In that image I feel like the waterfall has been squashed into the top right corner. Considering these compositional shortcomings, I've changed my support to weak. Cowtowner (talk) 22:12, 27 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Russel Falls
    Russel Falls
  • Lady Barron Falls
    Lady Barron Falls
  • Strickland Falls
    Strickland Falls
  • Fulmer Falls
    Fulmer Falls
  • Hopetoun Falls
    Hopetoun Falls

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 09:47, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]



the chemical element molybdenum

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Original - ebeam remelted macro crystaline molybdenum fragment. Purity 99.99%, as well as comparison a high pure single crystaline (99.999 % = 5N) 1 cm3 molybdenum cube.
Reason
a high resolution and valued image
Articles in which this image appears
Molybdenum, Group 6 element
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Others
Creator
Alchemist-hp

Promoted File:Molybdenum_crystaline_fragment_and_1cm3_cube.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 17:56, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]



CTA red line rerouted

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Original - A 2600 series car brings up the rear of a Red Line train (temporarily rerouted through the elevated tracks of the Chicago Loop) at Randolph/Wabash.
Reason
This is a featured picture at German Wikipedia and a fine example of high quality photography
Articles in which this image appears
Chicago 'L' rolling stock
2600 series (Chicago 'L')
Passenger rail terminology
Red Line (Chicago Transit Authority)
Urban rail transit
Randolph/Wabash (CTA)
FP category for this image
Engineering and technology
Creator
Daniel Schwen (User:Dschwen)

Promoted File:CTA red line rerouted.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 18:04, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]



Butterfly wing magnification series

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Photographic and light microscopic images
Zoomed-out view of an Aglais io. Closeup of the scales of the same specimen. High magnification of the coloured scales (probably a different species).
Electron microscopic images
A patch of wing Scales close up A single scale Microstructure of a scale
Magnification Approx. ×50 Approx. ×200 ×1000 ×5000
Original
The Lepidopteran wing surface is made up of usually coloured scales, shown here at various magnifications. Higher magnifications require scanning electron microscopy to be used, which depicts objects in a greyscale shading.
Reason
Illustrates both the structure of a butterfly wing at various scales of magnification, and the relative merits and disadvantages of light vs electron microscopy (for possible later inclusion in microscopy-related articles). All images above current standards. Please review this with fairness towards the contributors rather than the nominator. Thank you.
Articles in which this image appears
butterfly, external morphology of Lepidoptera, scale (Lepidoptera)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creators
Michael Apel (nos. 1 and 2), Shaddack (no. 3), SecretDisc (nos. 4 to 7)
  • Support as nominator --Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 14:34, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support wow, high encyclopedic value. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 14:56, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Enthusiastic support Highly interesting, highly encyclopedic, and access to SEMs doesn’t come cheap and Wikipedia would be better off with more of this sort of thing. Greg L (talk) 16:17, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose The image nominated below Inachis io Lill-Jansskogen.JPG is much better than image one in this set. Image 3 is very fuzzy, noisy, barely meets the size requirements and is most probably not of the same specie. Images 4-7 all have notable blurry lines. Very good EV but the technicals are weak --Muhammad(talk) 17:13, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong Support Massive EV in my view; the quality is also excellent for the mediums presented, though a little weaker around image three. I think the third image is, however, forgivable. Cowtowner (talk) 01:14, 22 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I love the idea, but I think some color closeups of the scales that are of the same species and better quality would greatly amplify the series... I do admit those may be quite a difficult task to get unless someone here has access to a good universities biology lab and the desire to get the images (And specimens). The SEM set is wonderful, and I do agree with Muhammad that the nominated image below (Inachis io Lill-Jansskogen.JPG) would be a better replacement for the first image in the set. I would change to weak support if the first image was changed, support if that was done and the amateur microscopy image was dropped, and strong support if a better microscopy image could be acquired showing the scales in visible light. — raeky (talk | edits) 18:08, 22 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: I'd be inclined to say that just the electron microscope shots would be best- they're quite clearly a "set", while the others are not so much. There are issues with both the first and third shots, and the way you've grouped them in this nomination even shows two distinct subsets. J Milburn (talk) 10:47, 25 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support: Interesting and High EV. --Redtigerxyz Talk 16:30, 25 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted set NauticaShades 18:30, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]


2008 Chicago skyline

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Original - Chicago skyline taken from Adler Planetarium 2008-08-16
Current nominee (2008-08-16)
Current WP:FP (2006-10-09)
Former FP (2005-03-02 sunset)
Current WP:FP (2009-04-18 at sunrise)
Reason
This is a current commons FP that is an update of the classic Chicago Skyline picture from Adler Planetarium. Granting this FP status would enable us to replace the usage of the current FP of this view which dates from 2006.
Articles in which this image appears
This is an application to replace the use of the current FP, which is the 2006 Chicago skyline. It would replace usage in the following articles:

Geography of Chicago
List of tallest buildings in Chicago
Historic Michigan Boulevard District

FP category for this image
Places
Creator
Daniel Schwen (User:Dschwen)

Not promoted - Withdrawn by nominator. --jjron (talk) 13:14, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]



Tinder fungus (Fomes fomentarius) in section

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Original - Tinder fungus (Fomes fomentarius) in section
Reason
Image with EV, featured picture on Wikimedia Commons, featured picture on the Polish language Wikipedia. Used in articles in other national Wikis.
Articles in which this image appears
Fomes fomentarius
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Other lifeforms/Fungi
Creator
George Chernilevsky

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 01:30, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]



Willis Tower upward pano

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 3 Jun 2010 at 00:21:57 (UTC)

Original - an upward panorama of Willis Tower from Wacker Drive.
Reason
This is a featured picture on commons and German Wikipedia. It is also a quality image on commons. Despite being a little light in terms of EV, it represents a masterfully stitched panorama.
Articles in which this image appears
Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower)
Wacker Drive
FP category for this image
places
Creator
Daniel Schwen User:Dschwen
  • Support as nominator --TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:21, 25 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose: Not so sure about the EV. To me, a photo with the most of Sears Tower, similar to a File:Sears Tower ss.jpg in a vertical fashion has higher EV. An slanting tower with three other buildings does not appeal to me. --Redtigerxyz Talk 16:23, 25 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • The idea behind this image was to get the main entrance with the new building name on one picture together with the recognizable three-tiered silhouette of the building. I am personally pretty happy with the result, from an "EV" standpoint (the building remains recognizable even from this view, which is how many pedestrians see it by the way) and from an aesthetic standpoint (the picture has a fairly unique look to it which goes beyond haphazard pretty lighting conditions). But the Arkansas-State-Capitol-incident in mind, I am not surprised to see oppose votes here (not meant to sound bitter, just a personal comment on what I perceive to be the general taste in this forum). --Dschwen 16:38, 25 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support I think a street level view is equally valuable as one taken from a more conventional (in the FP sense) angle. The image quality is up to par in my view. My one complaint might be the lighting which is somewhat flat but allows for an unadultered view of the subject. Cowtowner (talk) 02:08, 26 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak support It's nice that it also shows the new protruding observation decks near the top. -- mcshadypl TC 06:14, 26 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Question Is User:Dschwen considered a supporter of this nom or any of his other images that I nominated without asking him?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 07:31, 26 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support btw... Though I would rather it on a nicer day as I think a bit more light would help the picture be more appealing, but that's purely asthetic... Gazhiley (talk) 10:36, 26 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Well ok, to make it official ;-). --Dschwen 13:09, 26 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. I will assume and accept that it isn't really possible to take the photo from further away and that this is probably the best compromise for projection/composition, but the distortion is a bit confusing and it doesn't illustrate the building well enough. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 13:29, 26 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. This picture simply fails to give a genuine idea about what the building is like - unlike other illustrations in the article. It barely looks like a skyscraper, and definitely doesn't show its interesting overall structure - it just looks like a boring relatively tall building. Moreover, the lighting is just bad. --Desiderius82 (talk) 18:04, 26 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Support It's true the lighting is flat and it doesn't show the bundled tube design of the Sears tower as well as some other images, but it's an eye catching perspective and shows what it's like at the base of this tower, as people would see it in the vicinity. There's no difficulty seeing this building is much taller than the surrounding medium-height high rises. And there's no rule that only one FP is allowed, only that an FP is "among the best examples of a given subject." It's well done for what it's trying to do. Fletcher (talk) 23:43, 26 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Oppose While I agree that the building could deserve a street view FP (rather than the usual skyline shot), and acknowledging that is a smart composition, I find it still too distorted, flat lit and with limited EV, as it does not really provide much information about the street context. The name plaque is not so significant IMO, to justify this. I think a perspective from further away could be more informative. --Elekhh (talk) 00:43, 27 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • Oh my god, where did you find that amazing picture? ;-P --Dschwen 01:45, 27 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • I'm sorry if you find it perverse to use one of your images as evidence for an argument against another of your images... Your overall contribution to the debate is much appreciated :). --Elekhh (talk) 02:12, 27 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        • I don't find that perverse at all. I'm happy you noticed that picture. Everyone is certainly entitled to their preferences. If you don't think this particular shot is worth being featured, so be it. I just object to the notion, that this picture would have been better if taken with a different perspective. It would be a completely different shot with different intention. FWIW the distortions are surprisingly small for the large angle that is covered and the end result reproduces my impressions from the scene surprisingly well (3D would be way better though ;-) ). --Dschwen 03:48, 27 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
          • I'm gonna follow GregL's advice now [2] (it is pretty much self-defeating for the self-nominator to get in there and argue with those who vote oppose.) and let this nomination run its course from an observers stand point. Thank's for the comments guys! --Dschwen 03:52, 27 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak support I'd full support if it were a nice day with a bright blue sky. Call me picky, if you must. Otherwise, I think this is a fine shot. upstateNYer 02:46, 27 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Weak EV - I don't see why a photo of this building looking straight up is needed when you can take a better photo of pretty much the same thing from a few blocks away - and there's no excuse for the poor lighting given that the building isn't going anywhere (I hope!) and can be photographed again on a sunny day. Nick-D (talk) 08:56, 27 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 01:30, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]



Long exposure of a freeway

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Original - By exposing an image for an extended period of time (eight seconds in this case), not only can detail be seen in the dark areas of the scene, but the headlights and taillights of vehicles on the highway become streaks.
Reason
The photo brilliantly illustrates both the nighttime traffic flow on the highway that is the subject, as well as one of the effects of taking a long-term exposure of moving lights.
Articles in which this image appears
Long exposure photography, Ontario Highway 401
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Others
Creator
Kennymatic (Flickr user, CC-2.0-attribution)

Not promoted --NauticaShades 00:20, 5 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]


Knight's Tour

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Original - An open knight's tour of a chessboard.
Alternative 1 - Faster, with shading of visited squares.
Alternative 2 - Shaded squares.
Reason
An extremely simple (23kb) animation that nevertheless illustrates the chess and mathematics concept of a Knight's tour.
Articles in which this image appears
Knight's tour
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Diagrams
Creator
Ilmari Karonen
I was thinking the same while watching it before i read the comments. Also i'd prefer it to go a bit faster. Qwfp (talk) 21:36, 25 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Support Alt - squares should be color-coded for status and the animation needs to be faster. Kaldari (talk) 22:12, 25 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Agreed that this has great potential, but I agree that we need some sort of colouration. For a start, it would be good if there was a white/black divide, and, secondly, it would be nice if there was some way of differentiating between visited squares and squares at which the knight is yet to arrive. J Milburn (talk) 23:36, 25 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. By the end of the tour the board is getting rather crowded. It would be nice if there were some way to more easily determine which steps were new. Here's an idea: Give the path a border. Newer parts of the path should draw over older parts. Then it will be clearer what happened when. (I would also like to echo others' comments on coloration. It would be nice if the chessboard squares traditionally colored white and the chessboard squares traditionally colored black were differentiated, and it would be nice if the squares that have already been visited were colored. And it should be faster.). Ozob (talk) 02:42, 26 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose: The speed and the coloring are issues but even if they were fixed this image wouldn't say FP to me. It illustrates the concept but it's not particularly eye-catching or artistic. Mathematics is often not a very visual subject. When it is you can get stunning images but this doesn't seem to be one of those cases.--RDBury (talk) 15:27, 26 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Per Spikebrennan's request on my talk page and the comments above, I've prepared an alternative version with shading of visited squares and with twice the speed of the original. Also, now that GIF scaling works again, I've rendered the new version twice as large as the original (which still leaves it under the 12.5Mpx limit). I've also updated the Perl source to match the version used to generate this new version. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 17:17, 26 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong support ALT I knew that adding color would make the animation clearer, but wow, it is extremely revealing of the pattern. Most interesting is the formation achieved precisely halfway through the tour. Jujutacular T · C 17:39, 26 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Alt only. Without question excellent. Cowtowner (talk) 03:07, 27 May 2010 (UTC) (was not logged in at the time)[reply]
  • Support Alternative 1, Neutral on Alternative 2. Well executed, informative animation. NauticaShades 20:19, 26 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. This is better than the original, but I think it can be made better still.
    1. The black and white squares should start out colored in their traditional manner; or better yet, colored similarly to File:Knights-Tour-Animation.gif. When a square has been visited, shade it, but preserve the underlying coloring. I think it would look good if you tinted visited squares blue.
    2. The board still gets crowded by the end. As I said above, I think the solution to this is to put a border around the path so that the order in which the squares were visited is a bit more clear.
    3. Replace the arrowhead with a picture of a knight. Ozob (talk) 00:12, 27 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm even more pleased with Alt 2, now that it's up. I have some further comments, though:

    Several other editors have commented that the picture looks "too busy" or "too confusing". I think I have an exegesis of that idea: When I looked at this picture on my iPhone, I thought that the light squares were pure white and the dark squares were pure black. Where the path crossed the dark squares, it was invisible. When I looked at this picture on a full-sized monitor, I was able to see that the dark squares are actually a deep brown, but they are still very dark. Because the color of the dark squares is so dark and the color of the light squares is so light, there is a tremendous amount of contrast in the picture.

    If you do a Google image search for "chessboard", you turn up three different kinds. (1) Computer generated. These are usually pure black on pure white; sometimes they are gray on white or dark gray on light gray. (2) Photos of real chessboards. These are usually dark and light wood. (3) Exotic collectors' sets. Of these, I think the most visually pleasing (for our purposes) would be (2). Alt 2 is a variant of (1), whose colors I think are too visually chaotic to be comfortable with.

    As before, I still do not like an unadorned black path, and I would still like it to have a border. With a slight border it would be easier to see it against the squares of the chessboard (no matter what color they are), and it would be possible to tell which moves came first and which last. I also still think it would be good to replace the arrowhead by a knight figure. Ozob (talk) 22:56, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oppose (for now) Having not read any of the above discussion, my initial reaction is that the colors of the squares should be checkered, black and white. After that, I can see the interesting nature of this concept and can support it, but only if it actually looks like a chess board to the mass public. upstateNYer 02:34, 27 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • Frankly I don't think you're giving the 'mass public' enough credit. The article in question is about a relatively advanced mathematical problem, after all, so I think it's overwhelmingly likely the reader will recognize the grid as a chessboard. NauticaShades 10:17, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think a closed tour (i.e. knight returns to starting square) would be more interesting --118.139.11.47 (talk) 23:23, 27 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support alt. Excellent animation of the concept. For the purpose of this illustration, actual square color isn't really significant. It's worthwhile to use white and gray to designate which squares have been visited. Durova412 23:43, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    None of the additional decoration is necessary; not even shading the visited squares is necessary. The question is, how can the information be presented in the most useful and beautiful way possible? For that I think the square color is significant: Not only does it help observers relate the diagram to actual chessboards, but it will help them to see that the knight must switch from a dark square to a light one or vice versa at every step (which is an important fact for the mathematical study of knight's tours). I think that this picture has got a lot of potential, and I hope to see a revised version soon. Ozob (talk) 02:56, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Every possible move a knight can make will switch from dark to light or vice versa, that's not a specific aspect of the knight's tour. Jujutacular T · C 03:52, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, but this fact is particularly important for the existence of a knight's tour; see the article. Ozob (talk) 20:59, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support alternative 1. Alternative 2 shows light/dark squares with a red tint for visited tiles. Personally I find it version too confusing to support - there's just too much information to take in at once. Time3000 (talk) 18:08, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support alt1, weak support alt2, neutral original. Have fun, closer. J Milburn (talk) 11:01, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Alt 1, weak support original - these show the concept well. Oppose Alt 2 - the colour of the squares is unnecessary information, and makes it harder to see what's going on. Ephemeronium (talk) 12:17, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Knight's tour anim 2.gif --Makeemlighter (talk) 01:46, 5 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Janne Wirman

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Original - Janne Wirman is a Finnish keyboardist for the bands Children of Bodom and Warmen.
Reason
Keyboardist with keyboard, on stage, during a show, typically attired. Composition could be better, but resolution and quality are okay. And I like yellow.
Articles in which this image appears
Janne Wirman
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Tuomas Vitikainen

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 01:57, 5 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]



Jesse Jackson 1983

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Original - Jesse Jackson making a point while seated at a table
Edit, scratch/dust removal, 75% downsample
Reason
This is an encyclopedic image with high EV throughout the project. The image is used broadly on wikipedia in two versions as depicted herewith. This nomination is about the uncropped version. If it passes or fails, I may still nominate the cropped version as a WP:VPICS.
Articles in which this image appears
Jesse Jackson presidential campaign, 1988
Jesse Jackson presidential campaign, 1984
Jesse Jackson
Rainbow/PUSH
Jesse Jackson, Jr.
Omega Psi Phi
Civil rights movement
Bradley effect
South Side (Chicago)
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
1988 Democratic National Convention
Democratic Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2000
FP category for this image
people
Creator
Warren K. Leffler, U.S. News & World Report
The "original" in this case is photographic film. You can scan it to create whatever size TIFF you want but the film only captured so much information so at a certain point higher resolution gives you nothing but individual grains in the film emulsion. If the photo was a long exposure in bright light of a still subject in perfect focus then there might be 30 megs of information, but in this case there is 1 meg of information and 29 megs of noise. Not that I have any issues with the photographic quality, we don't need Ansel Adams here, but you shouldn't oppose the nomination based on file size.--RDBury (talk) 01:23, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Jesse Jackson, half-length portrait of Jackson seated at a table, July 1, 1983 edit.jpg --Jujutacular T · C 08:23, 5 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Michelle Obama official portrait headshot

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Original - Headshot crop from official portrait of Michelle Obama
Reason
I don't think we should be waiting for a better shot of her. This has high EV and is high quality. This and another full length crop from her official portrait are used throughout WP. I would nominate the uncropped version, but it is not used on WP. The other version is currently a VP nom at Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/Michelle Obama official portrait crop‎
Articles in which this image appears
Michelle Obama
List of Alpha Phi Omega members
Family of Barack Obama
List of First Ladies of the United States
List of current United States first spouses
FP category for this image
People
Creator
Joyce N. Boghosian, White House photographer


Official portrait version usage on WP
Left: official portrait - unused on wikipedia
Center: cropped portrait used in African American, First Lady of the United States, Office of the First Lady of the United States, List of First Ladies of the United States
Right: cropped headshot used in Michelle Obama, List of Alpha Phi Omega members, Family of Barack Obama, List of First Ladies of the United States, List of current United States first spouses

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 07:53, 6 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Phidippus mystaceus jumping spider

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Original - Macrophotograph of an adult female Phidippus mystaceus jumping spider found in Oklahoma.
Reason
Glorious closeup, makes the spider look like an alien, or a teddy bear. Bright background colour unusual. Reminds me a bit of the Honey Monster.
Articles in which this image appears
Phidippus_mystaceus Jumping_spider
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Animals/Arachnids
Creator
User:Opoterser

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 07:53, 6 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]



The Drunkard's Progress

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Original - A lithograph by Nathaniel Currier supporting the temperance movement by showing the stages of alcoholism.
Reason
This is a lithograph by Nathaniel Currier supporting the temperance movement by showing the stages of alcoholism in the United States. The lithograph was drawn in January 1846 to support the growing anti-alcoholism sentiment which culminated in the United States with the passage of the 18th amendment to the United States Constitution, which outlawed the manufacture, transportation and sale of all alcoholic beverage within the United States. Despite its best intentions, the amendment proved to be a spectacular failure, and was ultimately repealed by the 21st amendment.
Articles in which this image appears
Prohibition, Temperance movement, Teetotalism, Prohibition Party, Anti-Saloon League, International Organisation of Good Templars, World League Against Alcoholism, Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohibition, and Public Morals, National Temperance Society and Publishing House, Flying Squadron of America, Prohibition in the United States
FP category for this image
link to category from WP:FP that best describes the image (check categories first)
Creator
Nathaniel Currier

Not promoted --Jujutacular T · C 14:11, 7 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]



Wesley Clark

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Original - Retired general of the United States Army Wesley Clark. (I don't believe this is the original anymore. I think it is the first cleanup saved over the original)
Reason
This is a high quality and high EV image
Articles in which this image appears
Wesley Clark
List of awards and nominations received by Wesley Clark
Oklahoma Democratic primary, 2004
Valedictorian
1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia
Kosovo War
Democratic Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2004
United States presidential election, 2004
List of United States Military Academy alumni
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
Democratic Party (United States) presidential candidates, 2008
Democratic Party (United States) vice presidential candidates, 2008
FP category for this image
People
Creator
United States Army
Edit2 - More dust removed, contrast boosted more.
  • Oppose This is a classic image of a member of the U.S. military. The studio setup is a generic one. There are literally millions of pictures of exactly this same quality and depth of field, etcetera, and it utterly escapes me how this can be regarded as one of Wikipedia’s best works and be set aside for special treatment. In the context of the Wesley Clark article, I would support this image for WP:VPC. Greg L (talk) 17:12, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • I don't think there are that many that are in use in WP in support of encyclopedic content as effectively. The EV of this image in its current uses is well above average compared to those millions.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 17:35, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • You name the modern-day general, and we’ve usually got one of these generic military portraits. It wouldn’t surprise me in the least if there isn’t a written MIL-SPEC-like specification describing how to set up the photo studio for these images. Note that Wikipedia:Featured picture criteria has a eight-point test; adding encyclopedic value is #5. All I’m saying is it utterly escapes me how one of these exceedingly generic military portraits satisfies point #3 (Is among Wikipedia's best work) and, given that the scan is so dusty I can’t see that it remotely passes #1 (Is of a high technical standard); I also find the contrast a bit flat. If I was 20 years old, I could summarize my response as: “Dude… it’s one of those military portraits and it isn’t even a clean scan.” Greg L (talk) 18:32, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: Don't know if it will make much difference now but the dust has been removed and the contrast has been increased slightly.  Fallschirmjäger  ✉  20:20, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • That was one of the dustiest scans I have ever seen. I’ve cleaned Edit2 (at right) some more. If his uniform had that much dust on it real life, he’d be peeling potatoes for two days. I still have to vote ‘oppose’ for one of the reasons stated above. Greg L (talk) 21:48, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. Certainly a notable subject, but awkward composition and expression. FPC usually expects a higher standard of modern formal portraits. Durova412 23:27, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose It's only an average quality image, and questionable EV. The dust and poor focus are only small issues in comparison to the fact that there are plenty of images of the subject that are better.Afrazn Beauti (talk) 04:05, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose As the author of the Wesley Clark article I love having a high-res image like this to lead things off, but given the clear consensus on generic government portraits (I fought this battle for a while with the Obama portrait) this isn't up to FP standards. Staxringold talkcontribs 20:24, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. I definitely suggest nominating this at WP:VPC. NauticaShades 10:19, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 21:05, 7 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

North America's Busiest Highway: Evacuated.

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Original Grayscale - Highway 401, the busiest highway in North America, was closed during the 2008 Toronto Propane Explosion. Only one vehicle is seen driving on its typically crowded collector / express system.
Colour Alternative (Alternative).
Colour Alternative, Edited (Colour Edit).
Reason
A rare photograph showing King's Highway 401, the busiest highway in North America, with only one vehicle on the road. This high quality, high resolution photograph was taken during the 2008 Toronto Propane Explosion when part of the highway was closed as a safety concern due to the highway's proximity to the main blasts.

This image also does an excellent job displaying the collector / express system used along Highway 401's widest and busiest sections. It's deserted state reminds me of the wide, deserted roads in North Korea. The only difference is that Highway 401 is normally clogged with traffic. This picture is truly an anomaly.

In addition, this is the third picture of Highway 401 to be nominated. Learning from the constructive comments from the other two nominees, perhaps this third time will be a charm!

Articles in which this image appears
Ontario Highway 401 and the 2008 Toronto Propane Explosion
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Others
Creator
Kenny Louie
  • Support as nominator --Haljackey (talk) 03:50, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - The picture really is impressive, and I love the photo contrast. It really showed how serious the event was at the time. wishfulanthony (talk) 04:18, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: I'm really not seeing why this should be in greyscale. J Milburn (talk) 10:47, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Reply Here is an example of the same section in colour from the author, however this was not taken during the propane explosion event. Do you like it better? I have also contacted the author for a colour shot of the B&W one. Haljackey (talk) 15:04, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support I find this to be an interesting and unusual image of a highway. Greg L (talk) 17:09, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support I feel the black and white nature of the photo helps further the seriousness of the situation. Keep in mind that nothing with colour exists on the highway (except maybe that one car, but it could be Silver), so there really is no EV lost to the lack of colour. - ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ τ ¢ 18:15, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • We shouldn't be in the business of "furthering the seriousness of the situation"- we're in the business of reporting how things were. We set a dangerous precedent if we start allowing random artistic adjustments to the image. We have no modern greyscale FPs, and I've seen plenty not promoted purely because they're greyscale. J Milburn (talk) 18:41, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • Wikipedia:Featured picture criteria has point #8 (Avoid inappropriate digital manipulation) that, among other things, states “Any manipulation which causes the main subject to be misrepresented is unacceptable.” It’s safe to say that all digital cameras (this image was shot with a Canon EOS 5D) shoot in color. Are we to ban grayscale images from hereon if the photographer’s or wikipedian’s reasoning for converting to grayscale happened to be nothing more than “ ‘cause I like-ta”? Deciding to use grayscale instead of color is always purely aesthetic choice. If one likes an image in grayscale, great. If not: So sad / too bad and we vote ‘oppose.” Greg L (talk) 18:55, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        • Good point. We don't want to make the picture seem too serious, or too heavily edited. I've been in touch with the author and he will be looking for the colour photo later on today. It will replace the grayscale image if he can find it. Haljackey (talk) 19:06, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
          • Is the community now supposed to poo-poo grayscale in the digital camera-age? Grayscale might not be best for this image. Or maybe it is best. But logic founded on the notion that grayscale is inherently too heavily edited makes no sense and there is no wording in FPC that indicates such (and for good reason). Ansel Adams always shot in black & white. He did so freeways too. Your post suggests that artists who shoot with digital cameras (color) and then covert to grayscale should be frowned upon from hereon. Uhmm… I’m not buying that logic. Sorry. If you don’t like this image in grayscale, that’s fine (and your “opinion”). But there is certainly nothing inherently wrong with grayscale images as a class for FPCs. Greg L (talk) 19:17, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
            • It's fine that certain known photographers shoot in greyscale- they often do all sorts of other things to their pictures (certain lenses, tinting, whatever). That's great- we'll report upon them, their methods and their work as appropriate. However, we aren't here for some kind of mass artistic project, we're here to build an encyclopedia. We should be in the business of documenting things as they are, were and will be, not make random artistic choices. If you want to illustrate the road, show a picture of the road, don't show somebody's artsy view of the road. J Milburn (talk) 10:35, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose A huge explosion kills people. A highway is evacuated for safety reasons. Does a picture of the empty highway significantly add to the article on the explosion? IMHO, no. A highway is constantly busy. Does a picture of it during evacuation for safety reasons significantly add to the article on the highway? IMHO, no. I admit the picture is impressive, but I'm trying to say I don't see any real EV. [And I also disagree with greyscale (here, not in general): it makes one think the picture was taken in the fifties.] --Desiderius82 (talk) 19:57, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • Out of curiosity, if you don't think this photo significantly adds to the Highway 401 article, may I ask which photos in the article significantly add to it? This highway IS constantly busy (most likely the busiest highway in the world but that claim is unsourced) so seeing it empty is a rare feat indeed. As for the grayscale, I am in the process of getting it changed to a colour image since it seems to be highly demanded here. Haljackey (talk) 21:55, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose: The gray scale is distracting and gives a first impression that the photo is old, which is not the case. The EV is thus affected. Not convinced of its EV. --Redtigerxyz Talk 17:00, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I guess I'll withdraw this submit a colour nomination, unless someone is able to change my mind. It seems many like the photo but oppose the grayscale. Haljackey (talk) 23:29, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I guess the colour version has been uploaded. I don't think it will be withdrawn after all. Still, I think a new nomination could commence for the colour version to give this candiate ample time to get enough support to reach featured picture status. What do you think? If not, am I allowed to strike out all the votes before the colour alternative was uploaded? That would minimize confusion and remind past voters to resupport or reoppose. Haljackey (talk) 15:19, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • I am neutral on the colour version at the moment, but I do feel it should replace the greyscale image in the two articles. The greyscale image should not be being used in that way. J Milburn (talk) 16:01, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Alternative and Support Color Edit: I found the original color to be too dark and uploaded an edited version. I think this picture clearly passes all requirements for FP status based on its use to illustrate 2008 Toronto propane explosion. An evacuated highway is very interesting looking. To achieve a consensus, my ‘support vote’ may apply to either color picture. Greg L (talk) 17:32, 6 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Alternative as I didn't nominate or upload it. This nomination is also starting to become a bit messy. It might need to be organized, having separate sections for the the three photos or have a new nomination submitted entirely. What do you think? Haljackey (talk) 16:23, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • Seperate sections wouldn't be great, although I certainly wouldn't be opposed to a new nomination. J Milburn (talk) 00:37, 4 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • We'll see how this goes. If things fair well for the new colour picture, a new nomination might not even be needed. I tried to organize this a bit, and put a line where the colour version was uploaded. By the way, are you still neutral or do you support the colour alternative now? If so can you put it at the bottom of the votes? This way it stays somewhat organized. Haljackey (talk) 05:47, 4 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - The color edit unfortunately looks overexposed. Juliancolton (talk) 20:59, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Alternative (NOT color edit, which has blown out highlights). I think the rarity of this event, the closure of such a major highway, adds significant EV to the 2008 Toronto Propane Explosion article. It's probably not very important of an image though for the highway's own article, but enough it could remain if that article since it does have a section about the explosion and the image does illustrate the seriousness of the explosion to close off such a major artery. — raeky (talk | edits) 21:39, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Alternative - the color version looks great, but, it could lose its real impact compared to the original version. The colored picture shows great effort, though, which looks nice. wishfulanthony (talk) 06:02, 4 June 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.75.88.174 (talk) [reply]
  • Support Alternative (Not edited version) High quality composition and very technical shot illustrating a rare occurrence on (possibly) the world's busiest highway. If all the fugly mugshots like the one below this are worthy (that one aside because its quality was crummy), then I do not see why this is not. Besides the opening picture (of the explosion), this one has the highest EV in 2008 Toronto Propane Explosion. In the article on the highway, it shows the closure of one of its busiest sections in its entirety (the section through Toronto has never been fully closed since it was built in the 1950s), and provides a key illustration to an entire section of the article devoted to it! - ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ τ ¢ 06:47, 4 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • Good point. Perhaps that could be added to the Highway 401 article? A stronger description of the event relative to the highway would make this picture carry greater weight in the article. Haljackey (talk) 15:16, 4 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Alternative --Redtigerxyz Talk 12:38, 4 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Alternative, but not the edit. —Ed (talk • majestic titan) 02:41, 5 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Alternative - The alternative is colored nicely, making it more realistic than adding too much brightness. –CGTalk 04:05, 7 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Evacuated Highway 401 Color.jpg --Jujutacular T · C 13:37, 8 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Awesome, thank you very much! Do you know what day it maight be displayed on the main page? I'm not sure if I have any power to suggest a date, but August 10, 2010 will be the second anniversary of the Toronto Propane Explosion. Displaying it then would be a good contrast to the event, especially if the event appears on the "On this day..." section on the main page. If it is shown on a earlier or later date, I don't really care. I'm just happy that the picture reached featured picture status. Thanks again all your support everyone, you made this happen! Haljackey (talk) 16:33, 8 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Try talking to Howcheng. He more or less runs WP:POTD and might be able to sort it out : ) NauticaShades 17:27, 8 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
All right, thanks a lot! Haljackey (talk) 17:40, 8 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]


Archaic view of BP Pedestrian Bridge

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Original - BP Pedestrian Bridge amid its Millennium Park and Grant Park surroundings from Willis Tower in a view that no longer exists due to the construction of Legacy Tower. Also visible in the photo are parts of the Jay Pritzker Pavilion and in the upper left corner you see McDonald's Cycle Center. The cross street is Columbus Drive (Chicago). Randolph Street is partially visible in the upper left.
Reason
The EV of this image is due to its archaic nature. The Chicago skyline photography is defined by three locations. The most classic photography of it comes from the Adler Planetarium (See Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Chicago skyline at sunrise‎ where several examples exist) and from observation decks at Willis Tower and Hancock Center. As WP:CHICAGO director who stumbles across a lot of Chicago photography, these are the three iconic views of the city's architecture. This particular 2007 view no longer exists (see File:WillisTowerPanorama01.jpg which shows how Legacy Tower impedes the view). Although the Willoughby Tower seems to impede the view of the rest of Millennium Park, it serves as a reminder that this is a view from within one of the world's most phenomenal skylines. Its highest EV uses a cropped version of this image. Since Willoughby Tower predates the Bridge by several decades, the view was never unimpeded.
Articles in which this image appears
BP Pedestrian Bridge (cropped version)
Millennium Park
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Columbus Drive (Chicago)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban
Creator
Flickr user KE4SFQ

Not promoted --Jujutacular T · C 16:30, 9 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]



South Island after the 2003 blizzard.

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Original - In the aftermath of a blizzard that hit New Zealand's South Island in July 2003, snow clearly delineates the escarpment northwest of the Southern Alps, formed by the 600 km (370 mi) long Alpine Fault.
Reason
Illustrates our Alpine Fault article well
Articles in which this image appears
Alpine Fault
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Views of Earth from space and satellites
Creator
Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
  • Support as nominator --Avenue (talk) 12:51, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Great EV and plenty of 'wow'. NauticaShades 13:42, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, looks good to me. J Milburn (talk) 16:27, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose This image illustrates something geological that is related to the fault, but it does not really illustrate the fault. The second image in the article probably illustrates the fault better and that is the only use of the image. If this were for a storm notable enough to have its own WP article, I might consider the EV sufficient. I just don't really see the EV of this image that does not directly illustrate the only article it is in.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 22:48, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • This image illustrates the strong topographic relief along the fault scarp, along with its course through the South Island. It even shows the transitions into different plate boundary regimes at each end, if you know what to look for, especially its branching into the broad Marlborough Fault System in the north. If by the second image you mean the map of southern Zealandia, I don't see either being redundant. The map illustrates the wider Zealandian and plate tectonic context of the fault, but doesn't show the topography well. (The map also seems to show the Alpine fault extending much further north than it really does.) --Avenue (talk) 00:09, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. I'm prone to support, but have a comment to make. There are three very similar images illustrating this article, South Island, and Southern Alps. The encyclopedic value of such an image is undoubted, and while I'm not prone to shoehorn images into articles, I wonder if any would be better replaced with another. I don't know enough about the eastern boundaries to comment meaningfully on whether it could illustrate Southern Alps, but think it obscures too much of Banks Peninsular to illustrate South Island. Mostlyharmless (talk) 04:16, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think the nominated image is not the best illustration for the Southern Alps article, either. Even the current picture there has a bit much snow IMO, especially in the south (Fiordland) and southeast (e.g. the Remarkables). I do think the nominated picture is by far the best of the three for the Alpine Fault article. But that's no surprise: I added it in 2006, replacing the picture that now graces the Southern Alps article. --Avenue (talk) 05:11, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • I like this better than the other two. However, I don't see the encyclopedic value because the explanation given above for its importance is not even in the article. So it is illustrating something the article does not discuss. I.E., I don't know what a scarp is, the word is not in the article and you are telling me the EV is related to the scarp. The caption in the article and the caption/reason in this nomination need to make very clear why a single-use image has EV. Aren't there non-geopgraphical articles that this would add EV to? I am by no means a reg here, but I am a proponent increasing the use and visibility of nominated articles since these are suppose to be the best we have to offer.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 07:56, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • At least for our purposes here, scarp=escarpment (linked in the caption above). While the article certainly needs work, I believe that the image's main EV (that it shows how the fault forms the sharp western edge of the Southern Alps) is explained clearly enough. --Avenue (talk) 10:13, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • First off, I prefer the image at escarpment (File:Alpine Fault SRTM (vertical).jpg), which shows us a fourth example of this subject. If any one of this subject should be an FP, it is that one, IMO. I am not a technical judge, but on basic assessment of aesthetics, this image finishes in 2nd of 4 compared to others. However, among those that show the hole island it is first of three. With such an abundance of choices to illustrate this speciific example of this subject, I think I will continue to oppose unless an additional use of the image is found. Would it be appropriate in blizzard, winter storm, snow, climate, meteorology or some such to add a minor bit to its EV even though it would be replaceable in any such uses.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 13:22, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks for the support. I didn't agree that your edit to the article made it clearer, though, so I've reworded the caption to try to address both our concerns. --Avenue (talk) 10:18, 8 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:South Island blizzard 2003.jpg --Jujutacular T · C 13:06, 10 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]



Sul Ross statue

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Original - A statue of Lawrence Sullivan Ross on the campus of Texas A&M University. Note the pennies at his feet: students of the university carry out the tradition of placing them there for good luck before exams.
Reason
High quality image, good EV for both the Sul Ross and Texas A&M articles.
Articles in which this image appears
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Texas A&M University, Pompeo Coppini
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Sculpture
Creator
Sculpted by Pompeo Coppini, photographed by Jujutacular

Not promoted --Jujutacular T · C 18:57, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]



Mountain formation in Carbon County, Utah

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Original - A mountain formation in Carbon County, Utah.
Reason
Good quality photo, focuses on one subject
Articles in which this image appears
Mountain; Carbon County, Utah
FP category for this image
Places
Creator
The Utahraptor
I didn't say it was a mountain, I said it was a mountain formation. An outcrop is a type of formation. The Utahraptor Talk 12:31, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, and I almost forgot. That "white ring" around the mountain is just clouds. The Utahraptor Talk 12:33, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Well it is in the article for Mountain and thus EV is weak there... Plus the ring I'm refering to is definately not cloud - it's a haloing... Although I'm not technically minded enough to know what causes it, I know it when I see it... Gazhiley (talk) 14:23, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
In fact, having looked through the Mountain article, it's really out of place in there as the rest of the pictures are of the alps, himalayas, mount olympus, and other impressive mountains of the world... And then there's a picture of a rocky outcrop on the side of a hill/mountain ( we can't tell from the picture how high the land behind it is to actually know for def if it is even a mountain)... So based on that alone, let alone the haloing I'm sticking with Oppose... Gazhiley (talk) 09:54, 4 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. I have to agree with Gazhiley, I'm afraid. As a "check out this random rock" picture, it's not really there. If we had an article on the specific formation, I'd be more inclined to support. J Milburn (talk) 10:50, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Nothing special in my opinion, and I guess others above me agree with this statement as well. I'm sure there are some more interesting pics like this. Haljackey (talk) 05:43, 5 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Jujutacular T · C 05:24, 12 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]



Liberty Leading the People

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Original - Liberty Leading the People (French: La Liberté guidant le peuple) is a painting by Eugène Delacroix commemorating the July Revolution of 1830, which toppled Charles X. A woman personifying Liberty leads the people forward over the bodies of the fallen, holding the tricolore flag of the French Revolution in one hand and brandishing a bayonetted musket with the other. This is perhaps Delacroix's best-known painting, having carved its own niche in popular culture.
Edit 1 - Saturated.
Edit 2 - Compared with Louvre.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by PawełMM (talk • contribs) 10:24, 12 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Reason
Liberté, egalité, fraternité! A relatively good quality photo of an absolutely iconic painting. The number of articles it is used in is indicative of the amount of symbolism in this painting.
Articles in which this image appears
Liberty Leading the People, and many, many, many, others.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Eugène Delacroix

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 14:44, 12 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]



Banksia lindleyana 2v2

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Original - Banksia lindleyana inflorescence and leaves.
Reason
okay let's try this again. This is a less cropped version, showing the striking yellow flowerhead against the vivid blue sky with some ant pollinators trawling though the flowers. Left in this time are part of an old flowerhead and leaves to the left to add to the EV. Previous nomination: Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Banksia lindleyana.
Articles in which this image appears
Banksia lindleyana
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Flowers
Creator
Casliber
I have not seen any literature on the genus of ants which visit this banksia (or any banksia) and am not an entomologist. I can ask a n expert to take a look and see if they can identify to genus level at least. Casliber (talk · contribs) 13:51, 4 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 14:44, 12 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]



Würzburg Residence

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Original - The front façade of the Würzburg Residence, a palace of the former Prince-Bishops of Würzburg, Germany. The Residence was designed by several of the leading Baroque architects of the 18th century: Johann Balthasar Neumann, Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt and Maximilian von Welsch of the South German Baroque style, as well as Robert de Cotte and Germain Boffrand, of the French Style.
Reason
This is a great panorama of the Würzburg Residence and the beginnings of its Court Gardens, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It really brings out the harmony and elegance of the Baroque architectural style.
Articles in which this image appears
Würzburg Residence, Johann Balthasar Neumann, Maximilian von Welsch
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Rainer Lippert
Invalid Oppose discussion
    • Leaning Oppose This is a single use image of a building whose architects have images in need of quality illustration. I find this to be quite a lazy nomination. One of the architcts has no images in his article. The possible uses of this image are clear. This is an inexcusable single-use nomination.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 13:42, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • Why the sudden change of heart? I've noticed you have stated this on a few noms now, and I have responded on the navy poster... I just find the words "lazy" and "inexcusable" to be quite harsh words - if this image is only used in one article, then that makes the nom more "accurate" than "lazy", and I for one would rather see this in one article than crowbared into as many articles as possible, ala this just to get it to pass ev... IMO adding this particular nom to more pages would decrease it's EV as this is the only page this has high EV for... And thus it is perfectly justified being a single use nom... Please do not blanket all single use noms as some are better off being single use... And more importantly the criteria for FP clearly states that "The image is used in one or more article" so it is perfectly fine and certainly not lazy... Gazhiley (talk) 14:39, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • "Lazy"? "Inexcusable"? That's hurts, man ; ) You know, the point of the nominator is not to cram the image into as many semi-related articles as he can. EV (Encyclopedic Value) is not at all based on the number of articles an image is in. Let's take the example of this image: it's of the Würzburg Residence. It's in the Würzburg Residence article. That's perfectly sufficient EV. NauticaShades 15:58, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        • Okay, new discussion here. NauticaShades 16:19, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
          • If you are worried about achieving gold stars, you can fight with me about things, but if you are interested in improving WP, there is little doubt that putting the image in the artchitects' articles would benefit WP, regardless of what type of FP recognition will appear on the main page.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 20:28, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
            • Alright, that's nice, put it on the article. That has nothing to do with this nomination, as has been said. J Milburn (talk) 22:21, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
              • Again. My point is that I am asking the person who is closest to this image (it nominator) if he cares about WP enough to consider helping out other articles that the image might belong in. I am not that close to the image and have just scanned the architects, but someone close to the article could evaluate the propriety of inclusion in each of the architects pretty easily. I am asking if the nominator is interested in improving WP in that way.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:29, 4 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
                • Alright, if you're not interested in doing it yourself, consider contacting the nominator on their talk page. This is not the place for ridiculous amounts of discussion concerning this issue. J Milburn (talk) 00:35, 4 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
          • I think the task of appropriately illustrating an article is mainly by the editors of that article not a responsibility for FPC. Particularly by panos one should consider that is not easy to fit well in the layout of an article as it interrupts the continuity of the text IMO, hence many panos are only used in a small number of articles. --Elekhh (talk) 00:54, 4 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
oooooo this is like Where's Wally! I can see the burglars and the Eiffel Tower, but where's the UFO?!Gazhiley (talk) 11:27, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Above the left side of the building- I assume they're distant birds. I'll be honest, that was the least interesting of three :) J Milburn (talk) 15:56, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • If the sun is comming, let's say, fron the front, and since the building is wide you will manage to see the shadow of the columns on the left to their right and those of the right to their left. Just in the same way, in perspective, you see parallel lines converging. Abisharan (talk) 10:25, 5 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Not possible. You are describing parallax across a building. The sun is 93 million miles away; the angle subtended across the width of a building is too small to measure (though it could be calculated). There can not possibly be parallax effects with the sun unless the building were so wide it spanned across multiple time zones. Moreover, the parallax effect you are describing that could be produced with a single, nearby light source would produce shadows heading the opposite direction from what we see here. If a single, nearby light source (not the sun as you described) was located in the courtyard in front of the camera, the shadows would be heading towards the right on the right-hand side of the picture and the opposite would be true on the left-hand side; that’s the opposite of what we see here. Two light sources would be required to produce these shadows.

    Let’s imagine we’re looking north. On the right-hand side of this picture, the sun is casting shadows as if it is rising in the east, right? Now look at the left-hand side of the picture; the shadows appear like the sun is setting in the west. This is absolutely impossible. I can think of only two ways to explain the shadows in this picture: 1) different photographs were taken at different times of the day, or 2) one photograph was taken but there was mirroring and a pile of retouching done.

    After studying this picture very closely, it appears it was #1: photographs taken at entirely different times of the day and stitched together. It clearly appears that the left side building was photographed at a different time of the day. Check it out closely. Start with the right-hand side of the building and work your way to the left. Note how the shadows all look like the morning sun if we’re looking north. Then, as one gets to the center of the building, the shadows suddenly reverse as one works across the four columns. This image is impossible hocus pocus and seems to have gone well over the line with regard to Featured Picture Criteria #8: inappropriate digital manipulation. Greg L (talk) 13:23, 5 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • That is not what I am saying. The reason is much more simple than that. Since the sun is so far away the lines passing through the columns and their respective shadows are almost parallel. As are most of the lines in this picture. Nevertheless you see them converging. That is what I am saying could be happening, which is the most common of the illusions, perspective. No parallax or conspiracy needed to explain it. Of course, I have no idea how really the picture was produced. But if so simple explanation is at hand and in WP we assume good faith... Do the experiment. Find a street going East-West, step in the middle of it (carefully) and look at the shadow of the traffic lights in both sidewalks. Abisharan (talk) 13:45, 5 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • For the deeper shadows in the circle in the center just search the building in google maps. There are taller trees on that side and again, If the image was taken that early with the sun coming right from behind the photographer you will get them there. Abisharan (talk) 14:00, 5 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yeah, Abisharan is quite right. If the photographer was centred onto the building it appears the sun was just slightly over their right shoulder. For a similar effect refer to my Australian Parliament House image where a morning sun was coming from behind and a bit to the left. You can see a bit of the effect in the portico where the shadows on the left and right differ, while not actually completely 'changing direction', but the further spread the things are the more you get the effect - look at the cutouts in the roofline and the short posts in the foreground where the shadows do 'change direction'. I can assure you there was no trickery in the production of my image, it was all taken within a matter of a couple of minutes. --jjron (talk) 15:57, 5 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • I agree. I was full of a colossal boat-load of crap. All we are seeing here is viewer-perspective parallax where the sun is almost exactly behind the photographer. I’m sorry for inducing everyone to have to spend time explaining the drop-dead obvious to me. Greg L (talk) 19:02, 5 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Würzburger Residenz, Gartenfront.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 14:48, 12 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]



1918 Navy Enlistment Poster

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Original - "Find the Range of Your Patriotism By Enlisting in the Navy", recruitment poster for the United States Navy from 1918.
Reason
Yet another excellent restoration by Durova. The design on this poster is fabulous, and the image very well illustrates the recruitment campaign for the Navy in WWI.
Articles in which this image appears
History of the United States Navy, Military recruitment
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War I
Creator
Vojtech Preissig, restored by Durova.
  • Yes, the reason I added it to the main text was that the passage specifically mentioned that "Between 1915 and 1918, 42% of all army recruitment posters were themed primarily by patriotism", which is precisely what this poster is doing. NauticaShades 15:12, 4 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Find the range of your patriotism2.jpg --Jujutacular T · C 16:57, 12 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]


MODIS Cloud Cover Map

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Original - MODIS (Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) is a payload scientific instrument launched into Earth orbit by NASA in 1999 on board the Terra (EOS AM) Satellite, and in 2002 on board the Aqua (EOS PM) satellite. Together the instruments image the entire Earth every 1 to 2 days. They are designed to provide measurements in large-scale global dynamics including changes in Earth's cloud cover, radiation budget and processes occurring in the oceans, on land, and in the lower atmosphere.
Reason
Another superb image from NASA. It illustrates the function of the Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer very well, as well as providing some useful information concerning cloud formation on Earth.
Articles in which this image appears
Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, Cloud cover, Earth
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Views of Earth from space and satellites
Creator
NASA Earth Observatory

Promoted File:MODIS Map.jpg --Jujutacular T · C 16:57, 12 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]



Heath fritillary

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Original - The heath fritillary (Melitaea athalia) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found throughout the Palaearctic from Western Europe to Japan, in heathland, grassland, and in coppiced woodland. Its association with coppiced woodland earned it the name "Woodman's Follower" in parts of the UK. It is considered a threatened species in the UK and Germany, but not Europe-wide or globally.
Reason
sharp, detailed, decent composition.
Articles in which this image appears
Heath fritillary, Melitaea
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Darius Baužys

Promoted File:P1160778 Melitaea athalia.jpg --Jujutacular T · C 05:07, 13 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]



Saint Paulin Church

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Original - Christoph Thomas Scheffler (1699 –1756) was a German painter. of the rococo period, best known for his frescoes. Among his works is the the St. Paulin Church in Trier, built for Elector Franz Georg von Schönborn. Translations of the Latin on the image page.
Reason
I just saw this in COM:POTD and was very impressed. Great quality 'panorama' of this church fresco. Illustrates the work of Christoph Thomas Scheffler very well.
Articles in which this image appears
Christoph Thomas Scheffler, Saint Paulin Church
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Berthold Werner
  • It's mentioned in the new article—from the sources, I gathered that it mostly depicts the martyrdom of the Theban Legion (the remains of some of the slaughtered soldiers are supposedly in the church's crypt) and also depicts some of the scenes from the life of St Paulinus (not sure it's shown in the picture though, think that might be in a different part of the church). If you can read German, the image description page also gives some insight into each section. Maedin\talk 13:47, 6 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Trier Sankt Paulin BW 12.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 07:41, 13 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]


FGM-148 Javelin

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Original - U.S. Army soldiers firing an FGM-148 Javelin.
Reason
Excellent image of this weapon in action. Very good EV.
Articles in which this image appears
FGM-148 Javelin, Anti-tank guided missile, Missile, List of currently active missiles of the United States military
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Weaponry
Creator
United States Army

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 07:52, 13 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]



Ernest Hemingway in Milan 1918 retouched

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Original - Ernest Hemingway served the Allies on the Itallian Front of WWI as an ambulance driver for the Red Cross (retouched from File:EH2723PMilan1918.jpg by Beao (talk · contribs))
Retouched - Stray white hair removed and further reduction of dust and scratches by Fallschirmjäger (talk · contribs).
Retouched 2 - Bottom portion of image with contrast & exposure increased by Fallschirmjäger (talk · contribs).
Reason
This is a high EV photo that has been masterfully retouched.
Articles in which this image appears
Ernest Hemingway
A Very Short Story
Fossalta di Piave
Silver Medal of Military Valor
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
Italian Campaign (World War I)
FP category for this image
Not sure exactly but maybe Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Others
Creator
U.S. Army, edited by Beao
Hemingway wasn't in the army so the description should be changed as well. Truthkeeper88 (talk) 13:21, 5 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The stray white hair has been removed and further reduction of dust and scratches.  Fallschirmjäger  ✉  10:43, 7 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I've uploaded a new version with the bottom part of the image having an increased constrast.  Fallschirmjäger  ✉  22:00, 8 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support retouched 2: When I was in school my best friend and I were enamoured with Ernest Hemingway and pasted pictures of him to our textbook covers. Seven years on and my tastes haven't changed, :) Portrait does have some minor issues, but it's been retouched okay and I think its EV, age, and irreplaceability compensate. Maedin\talk 16:35, 10 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Ernest Hemingway in Milan 1918 retouched 3.jpg --Jujutacular T · C 12:49, 13 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]



Petit Piton

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Original - The iconic Petit Piton mountain, part of a UNESCO World Heritage site in Saint Lucia, seen from the Piton Mitan Ridge. Petit Piton, an ancient volcanic plug, rises straight from the sea to a height of nearly 2500 ft.
Reason
Good-quality photograph of an iconic mountain, whose shape inspired the design of the flag of Saint Lucia. Currently a featured picture in Commons, and a valued picture in Wikipedia
Articles in which this image appears
Petit Piton, Pitons, Saint Lucia, Tourism in Saint Lucia, volcanic plug.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:FP#Places
Creator
Jayen466
  • Support as nominator --JN466 16:58, 4 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Good photo of an impressive landform. EV strongest in Petit Piton, then Tourism in Saint Lucia; others are in galleries or seem an afterthought. I think it could also contribute well to I've also added it to the flag of Saint Lucia article. --Avenue (talk) 01:50, 5 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Support It's a nice mountain-sea picture, but nothing special overall. Haljackey (talk) 05:40, 5 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Oppose Just seems really blurred to me, out of focus... Which is a shame as potentially this could be a great picture... The buildings in the bottom left really help with a sense of scale... Gazhiley (talk) 10:35, 5 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • The camera I had with me then was a reasonably nice camera at the time, but today you get much better. The vista was absolutely amazing though. The four grey patches in front of the buildings are tennis courts. --JN466 17:57, 5 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • Yeah I spotted those - what an awesome location for a tennis centre! I assume its a tennis centre as no-one has 4 tennis courts in their back garden! A good picture, but not a FP for me with the blur sorry... Gazhiley (talk) 01:15, 6 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        • It's actually part of a hotel. There are dozens of little bungalows sprinkled among the trees; further down is a beach and a pool (the houses you see are a lot further from the sea, and a lot higher up, than it appears in the picture; if you click on the geolocate link, you can see the place in google earth). Last time I was there, they used most of the tennis courts to store flower pots; I never saw anyone play. (It's a tad hot.) I understand your concern about the sharpness; I wish it was less fuzzy at full resolution myself. --JN466 01:48, 6 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak support per Haljackey. The Utahraptor Talk 00:17, 8 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak oppose: Quality is lacking; for its resolution I would expect it to not be so fuzzy. Could do with a little more room at the top. Maedin\talk 16:21, 10 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 20:10, 13 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]



The Patriotic Song

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Original - Performance of "Patrioticheskaya Pesnya" at the inauguration of Russian President Vladimir Putin on 7 May 2000.
Reason
It is relatively rare to have a freely licenced video of a performance of this former national anthem of Russia. It's presence in both articles in which it is currently present add significantly to the encyclopaedic value by showing usage of the national anthem.
Articles in which this image appears
Patrioticheskaya Pesnya, National anthem of Russia
FP category for this image
Creator
Presidential Press and Information Office, extracted, edited and uploaded by User:Russavia
  • Support as nominator --Russavia I'm chanting as we speak 12:29, 5 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: you said you edited the video, above. Could you just quickly specify what you did? Thanks, SpencerT♦Nominate! 17:15, 5 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose I can not support a 320×240 pixel video. I'm not sure what minimum FP is for video, but imho it shouldn't be anything smaller then 480p. I'm also not sure about the copyright here on this image, it appears to be a violation. Maybe not a copyright violation, but the letter isn't explicitly releasing under the CC license as far as I can tell, just that they're "ok" with the license... Not sure what that means. — raeky (talk | edits) 17:54, 5 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • I raised this issue years ago, with little response. Currently the criteria just say "Animations and video may be somewhat smaller." (i.e., than the 1000px of stills). --jjron (talk) 18:42, 5 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • 1000px might be a bit much for video... 720p is probably the best we can hope for, 1080p would be nice. I'd be highly in-favor of making the FP requirement for video 720p. Probably not the best place to discuss it. :P — raeky (talk | edits) 22:09, 5 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        • Not suggesting it should be the same as for stills, but the statement in the criterion is very vague. I'd even say 720p is probably too large for a requirement, but the 320 ones do seem a bit too small. Maybe worth raising at Talk as some point. --jjron (talk) 13:39, 7 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
          • As I understand it, loading times are a major issue: They aren't actually thumbnailed, just shrunk, so a 720dpi video will be hell for anyone on anything but the fastest possible connection. There's also the upload limit, of course: This video is fairly short, but we can use it to estimate file size. Scaling up to 720 is a little over a 2x width, hence 22 = 4x area, and 1080 about 9x area. It's about a minute long, and is 5 megabytes. That means 720dpi is about 20 megabytes per minute - limiting videos to 5 minutes - and 1080 about 45 megabytes a minute, limiting them to two minutes. You can see that this is going to cause major troubles for any hard limits. Adam Cuerden (talk) 14:15, 8 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose I have to agree with Raeky, there definitely should be a flexibility for videos, especially older videos, but this is just way too small in my opinion. Cat-five - talk 22:53, 6 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose; I can kind of see the EV here potentially, but the video itself is small, and, for the anthem itself, a much better video could be produced- focussing on the actual musicians. Would it be worth ripping the soundfile for a FS candidate? J Milburn (talk) 14:41, 9 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per raeky Hive001 contact 08:31, 13 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Don't mean to pile on but the quality just isn't there and its too small really. However the sound is excellent.  Fallschirmjäger  ✉  18:35, 13 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 16:08, 14 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]


Corystes cassivelaunus (masked crab)

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Original - Male Masked crab from the Belgian Coastal waters.
Reason
Does a good job of illustrating the subject, exceeds all size and quality guidelines, has high encyclopedic value.
Articles in which this image appears
Corystes cassivelaunus, Corystidae
FP category for this image
Animals
Creator
commons:User:Lycaon

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 07:00, 15 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Streetlevel view of Chicago elevated rail

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Original - Street level view of the Chicago 'L' in the Loop with Trump International Hotel and Tower and 35 East Wacker in the background.
Reason
This image contributes to many articles
Articles in which this image appears
Chicago Loop
Chicago 'L'
Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago)
The Loop (CTA)
35 East Wacker
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban
Creator
www.flickr.com user John Picken

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 07:03, 15 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

IIT Machinery Hall

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Original - Illinois Institute of Technology's Machinery Hall is one of two buildings on the main campus that has been designated as a Chicago Landmark.
Reason
This is a high EV image in its primary use.
Articles in which this image appears
Illinois Institute of Technology Academic Campus
Douglas, Chicago
Illinois Institute of Technology
List of Illinois Institute of Technology buildings
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Joe Ravi (User:Jovianeye)

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 01:26, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]



Arizona (play) poster

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Original - 1907 playbill for the play Arizona, by Augustus Thomas
Reason
High quality scan of a poster adverstising the play Arizona. Demonstrates costumes used for the play. Unrestored version: File:Arizona - 1907 poster original.jpg.
Articles in which this image appears
Arizona (play), Augustus Thomas
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Literary illustrations
Creator
U.S. Lithograph Co, restored by Jujutacular

Promoted File:Arizona - 1907 poster.jpg --Adam Cuerden (talk) 06:13, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]


Edward Teller, 1958

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Original - Edward Teller in 1958 as director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
restored file by PawełMM (talk)
Reason
This is a high quality image of the father of the hydrogen bomb that has high EV. In an effort to make full disclosure, in the future I may nominate File:EdwardTeller1958.jpg.
Articles in which this image appears
Edward Teller
Teller–Ulam design
J. Robert Oppenheimer
List of George Washington University people
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Others
Creator
U.S. Government

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 00:14, 17 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Periclimenes imperator

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Original - Periclimenes imperator is a species of shrimp that lives commensally on a number of hosts. The specimen shown here is living on Bohadschia argus, a species of sea cucumber.
Reason
A featured image on Commons, and a finalist for the 2009 picture of the year. Beautiful image of a rather interesting little creature, living atop another weird little creature.
Articles in which this image appears
Periclimenes imperator, sea cucumber
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Others
Creator
Nhobgood (Nick Hobgood)

Promoted File:Periclimenes imperator (Emperor shrimp) on Bohadschia argus (Sea cucumber).jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 00:22, 17 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Psalm 23

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Original - Illustration of Psalm 23 from The Sunday at Home, 1880.
Reason
A fine example of Victorian religious artwork, of the type that might be hung up in a religious home. Also, when I was searching for Psalm 23 online as part of my quest to identify it, I discovered this appears to be the best illustration for the Psalm available pretty much anywhere. Even commercial products are of far less artistic merit.

So... I think this image fills a very valuable niche.

Articles in which this image appears
Religious Tract Society (publishers of The Sunday at Home) and, of course, Psalm 23.
FP category for this image
link to category from WP:FP that best describes the image (check categories first)
Creator
Uncredited, but probably Edmund Evans (1826–1905)

Promoted File:The Sunday at Home 1880 - Psalm 23.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 00:15, 17 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

El Castillo in Chichén Itzá

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Original - The Mesoamerican step-pyramid El Castillo in Chichén Itzá
Reason
Good quality picture of a famous landmark.
Articles in which this image appears
El Castillo, Chichen Itza, Chichen Itza, List of Mesoamerican pyramids, Yucatán, History of Mexico, Earthquake engineering structures, Civil engineering, Structural engineering, Mexico, List of landmarks
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Daniel Schwen

Promoted File:Chichen Itza 3.jpg --Adam Cuerden (talk) 01:41, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Metra Locomotive EMD F40PHM

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Original - This Metra EMD F40PH locomotive uses a Diesel-electric transmission designed by Electro-Motive Diesel
Cropped retaining 4:3 ratio by TonyTheTiger
Cropped to 3:2 ratio by TonyTheTiger
Reason
This is a high EV image
Articles in which this image appears
Diesel-electric transmission
EMD F40PH
Locomotive
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Machinery
Creator
Joe Ravi (Jovianeye)

Not promoted --J Milburn (talk) 11:41, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]



Revelation 22:17

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Original - Joseph Martin Kronheim's 1880 Baxter process colour plate illustrating Revelation 22:17.
Reason
What can I say? I'm a sucker for requests. It should be noted that it's impossible to reproduce this image perfectly in electronic form: Metallic inks aren't shiny on screen, since they can't reflect light. Nonetheless, it's a fine illustration of Victorian mass-market religious art, and - for those worried I'm about to slowly bring out illustrations for every verse in the Bible - I'll note this is the last of this particular style of illustration that I have access to at the moment.
Articles in which this image appears
Bridal theology, Conditional election, Bride of Christ, Book of Revelation, Passion flower (The flowers surrounding the image - it fits in with a discussion of the Victorian love of the flowers). Kronheim is notable enough that he could have an article, but does not at the moment. Also used in George Baxter.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Artwork/Literary_illustrations
Creator
Joseph Martin Kronheim

I suppose I may as well explain my logic:

  • Bridal theology - Provides an illustration of the metaphor in use, speeding the understanding of the reader.
  • Conditional election - This is a fairly short article, but does mention the verse as one of the evidences used. As it's hard to see any better sort of illustration, and as the article lacked illustration (outside of a generic infobox one), I think it's useful.
  • Bride of Christ - Like the Bridal theology article, it does have some use in showing the metaphor in use, but is probably somewhat weaker here. However, I do not see how any illustration for this article could be anything but weak, and there were no other illustrations besides the infobox.
  • Book of Revelation - It's been moved upwards a little from where I put it, but it does illustrate the last part of the outline. In addition, including it gives a nice balance to the images in the article: One Catholic illustration, one Protestant illustration, and one Orthodox.
  • Passion flower - The section on the Victorian love of the flowers can only really be illustrated by an artwork. In addition, there were no other artistic depictions in the article, only photographic, and it thus gives the article that little bit of extra depth.
  • George Baxter - A good example of a Baxter process image, Kronheim is himself discussed.

With any image, usage is subject to change. However, I believe that these placements are defensible, and some are rather strong. The editors of the articles can decide if they agree with my logic, and keep or remove it accordingly. -Adam Cuerden (talk) 18:47, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think the word "significance" is being a bit overused here. Commentators In this picture I still see only a beautiful illustration and nothing more than that. The Book of Revelation is so rich in apocalyptic imagery that a page with flowers and a simple river/lake landscape just looks insignificant to me. In my opinion, this is a great example of a picture that contributes (very) weakly to many articles but fails to contribute significantly to even one. --Desiderius82 (talk) 06:59, 17 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Joseph_Martin_Kronheim_-_The_Sunday_at_Home_1880_-_Revelation_22-17.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 15:41, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]



Mycena interrupta

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Original - Mycena interrupta, commonly known as the Pixies' Parasol, is a species of mushroom. It has a Gondwanan distribution pattern, being found in Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia and Chile.
Reason
Fungi season wasn't that good this year here (lots of not much rainfall), and I've been pretty busy, but this one isn't bad.
Articles in which this image appears
Mycena interrupta, Gondwana, Detritivore
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Other lifeforms/Fungi
Creator
Noodle snacks
Discussion on other places to put picture.
  • Comment - I would like to see this image used elsewhere. Its genus seems to have room for another image or two. Its family only has one image although the article is short. I am also curious whether Gondwana should have some text and illustration describing how some plants and animals that have descended from this era, have distribution patterns described as Gondwanan, meaning X (I don't exactly know what X should be). In addition, since both images show it sprouting from a log, it is either a parasite or detritivore, which might be aided by further illustration.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 13:43, 10 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • I'm sure it's fine where it is, now please use the talk page on the relevant article for this, and reserve this for comments about the quality of the picture and it's EV to the nom'd article... Gazhiley (talk) 20:04, 10 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • Yes, this image could be added to the genus article, but it would have practically no EV there, as the taxobox image is already the type species (as it should be) and this species does not illustrate anything in particular about the genus (such as bioluminesence). As such, it would be purely decorative. Your hopes to slip this into Gondwana are pretty wild. You are correct that this is saprotrophic, but I don't think we need to start ramming it into articles because of it- an awful lot of mushrooms are. In any case, I strongly, strongly doubt it could have more EV than in the manner in which it is currently used, so slipping it in elsewhere has pretty much zero to do with this nomination. The fact you're no longer opposing in these comments does not suddenly mean that they are less tiresome- you're really making no friends, and you're certainly not helping our process, or, in the majority of cases, the encyclopedia. J Milburn (talk) 21:33, 10 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        • Was not watching this page, so I missed your commentary. I am not a taxonomist or whatever the term is for people who do this lifeform stuff. I am actually more like the casual reader who would chance on this topic. I did not know what Gondwanan meant before chancing upon the link here. Although in your limited world of FPC a Gondwana placement might seem pretty wild, as a writer who writes a lot of articles wanting for images I think differently. Would the article be improved to have this image with a caption saying something like "Life forms, such as Mycena interrupta, that are descended from this Supercontinent and still only flourishing in its resulting continental masses are said to be Gondwanan"? Ask yourself whether that would help the article to see where I am coming from. As far as detritivore goes, it is a short article that has no illustration of plantlife examples. This image surely could augment that article. Thus, I think both of my suggestions would improve WP as tired as it might make you to ponder such thoughts.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 04:21, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
          • I added it to them, but lots of articles and EV don't make an isomorphism. Noodle snacks (talk) 05:31, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
            • My "limited world of FPC"? Yeah, because I've never written anything about fungi- I clearly have no idea what I'm talking about. Go away, Tony. J Milburn (talk) 07:30, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
              • I have issues with these additions Gondwana, Detritivore, they add no EV to those articles and for the most part is just cluttering them up. I would HIGHLY recommend removing the image from those articles. — raeky (talk | edits) 14:52, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
                • I strongly agree. There is definitely a home for lots of details on fungi in the article on detrivores (even a separate article, I would think) but there are better images for the illustration of that anyway. The usage in the other article is completely unwarranted. J Milburn (talk) 15:04, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
                  • JM (or should I say Captain hater), get use to me. I am here to stay for a while (until WP:CHICAGO] and I run out of images to be evaluated). I think you guys are truly haters. I still am not sure I understand what Gondwanan distribution means in the article. The average reader may need a bit more to understand what is being illustrated.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:07, 12 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
                    • I don't think we're "haters," I think we're far more conscious of the effects of what happens when you overtly spam an image in articles where it really doesn't belong. I'm under the firm belief that an image has the MOST EV for a _very_ small sub-set of directly relevant articles for it, and usually for a species picture unless it's a type species, it's going to MOST LIKELY be just that species page. We also firmly believe that an image that is used in only one page is equally FP worthily as one used in 100, probably more so since the one used in 100 likely is not relevant to the vast majority of those. Your behavior here in my opinion is borderline disruptive, and likely if you continue down the road making comments like this in FP nominations your comments LIKELY will be bulk removed or put under a hat. You're welcome to contribute to the FP project work with us in a respectful and helpful way, you're also welcome to make suggestions to changing our policy, guidelines and rules on the talk page, but these continued comments like this in vote pages are disruptive and need to stop. — raeky (talk | edits) 00:56, 12 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Mycena interrupta.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 23:01, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Josh Sundquist

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File:JoshSundquistSkiing.jpg
Original - American alpine skier Josh Sundquist racing in the giant slalom event at the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Turin.
Reason
The main subject is in focus, is of sufficiently high resolution, impressive, among the best examples of a given subject that the encyclopedia has to offer.
Articles in which this image appears
Josh Sundquist
Paralympic alpine skiing
Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics
United States at the 2006 Winter Paralympics
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Josh Sundquist (from the official website)
  • Support as nominator --Bib (talk) 23:40, 30 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. This image is not free for commercial use, I'm afraid. We can't promote it. NauticaShades 08:46, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • I think what you mean is it wasn't submitted through OTRS. The license on the file is very permissive (and probably legit - uploader's name matches his marketing manager [4]; we could still ask for OTRS confirmation, though). Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 09:30, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • NauticaShades is correct. This licensing is simply not free enough- we would need OTRS permission. I'm tagging the image as lacking permission, if someone wants to follow this up, they can do. J Milburn (talk) 10:52, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • The copyright holder of this work allows anyone to use it for any purpose including unrestricted redistribution, commercial use, and modification. Doesn't even require attribution, and you're telling me it's "not free enough"? ^^ Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 12:27, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        • No, the problem is that we don't have any evidence that that license applies. If it does, then yes, obviously, it can be considered free. What is said on the source website is very different to that. J Milburn (talk) 13:24, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
          • So it would need to be proven that the uploader AliceCCurtin, is the same person as the contact person AliceCCurtin on the source website. She/he does not seem to be mentioned at the new version of the website (contacts). At the Josh Sundquist facebook site, he has written messages only some hours ago. Maybe someone could ask him there? Bib (talk) 16:07, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support (from copyright owner). Greetings, I am Josh Sundquist, both the subject of this photo and its copyright holder. The photo was taken by Ken Watson. I purchased all rights from him for all uses for all time. I would be honored for it to be used for anything associated with Wikipedia. Please forgive my ignorance, but I am not sure what OTRS is. If someone would like to email me instructions on what I can do to assist in getting this photo approved, please contact me at (email removed, this is not a good idea). JoshSundquist (talk) 3:52, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
(Did anyone ever send that email with instructions to JoshSundquist? I did not.) Bib (talk) 21:51, 6 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Suspended pending copyright clarification. --NauticaShades 10:50, 6 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted . Deleted at Commons for missing permission. --NauticaShades 15:09, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]



Hematopoiesis

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Original - Comprehensive diagram that shows the development of different blood cells from haematopoietic stem cell to mature cells
Reason
This image has huge educational value, is well researched and very detailed in depicting the characteristics of different kinds of blood cells. A vector version of this image is available, but is rendered incomplete in MediaWiki (but is complete when editing in external programs) making it unsuitable for nomination.
Articles in which this image appears
15 in English Wikipedia, including Haematopoiesis, Erythropoiesis and Hematopoietic stem cell. Complete list found in image page
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Biology
Creator
User:A. Rad
  • Support as nominator --Mikael Häggström (talk) 07:57, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose The optical scaling is wrong. The placement and relative font size makes it look like this was originally (I know it wasn’t) a cork board-size presentation in the hallway at a university’s science department. Even zoomed way in, the text is too small. I wish I could vote yes, since graphics like this add immeasurably to articles and require a lot of time to make. It just needs to be revised to better exploit the available white space. Greg L (talk) 15:41, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yes, there is a lot of unused and distracting whitespace, but I'm confused about what text is too small? The image is 4000+px × 2700+px, and when viewed at its full resolution the text is quite readable. Also, when compared directly to the "splodges", it is neither too small nor too large that it distracts from the splodges. How are you viewing the image to judge it? Via the thumbnail, or the 800 × 524 px preview on the file page? I was always under the impression that images should be viewed and judged at full resolution, but reading your comment makes me wonder if I've been wrong. Matthewedwards :  Chat  21:44, 12 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note this CNN page. That is the typical 1024-pixel width of window that modern webmasters design for. It is wise that we follow this practice. Below this 1024-pixel-width, horizontal scroll bars appear (people with 640-pixel monitors will just have to scroll). On my Mac running OS X and using Safari as a browser, the horizontal scroll bar appears if I make the window any narrower than 1018 pixels. Try making a window that is just big enough accommodate CNN with no horizontal scroll bar. And then hit the “back” button to come back here. Go ahead; I’ll wait…

    ♬♩ (*elevator music*) ♬♩…

    Now go to this full-size, closeup of the chart. Look how small the text is. What are those categories on the very far right? I haven’t yet zoomed in far enough to read them, but I can see that one is supposed to be able to read them. Zooming around deep into panoramas with 7:1 aspect ratios is to be expected. But, seriously, graphics like this should be usable without zooming around as if one is looking at the world through a toilet paper tube; particularly when there is so much blank whitespace to expand into. The text is far, far too small. Greg L (talk) 22:14, 12 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    P.S. Whenever possible, I try to make charts usable in the placed size, like here at Stability of the International Prototype Kilogram, with no need to even click on them. Having to click on them, and then click “Full resolution” and then click the zoom magnifier and scroll around toilet-paper-tube-style, isn’t what I call “Featured Picture” practices. Greg L (talk) 22:36, 12 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comments (Well, questions, mostly for the image creator)

What do the small numbers with one parenthesis represent. As in "Myeloid dendritic cell 3)" and "snall lymphocite 4)" and the like. There doesn't appear to be information on this in the notes box
The scale bar in the notes box is a bit odd.. Does 10µm represent the entire scale bar, or is the white bit 10µm and the black bit 10µm?
Are the "blobs" images you've created out of your own mind, or do they actually have these shapes and colours under the microscope in real life?
There are some labled "B. myelocyte" and "E. promyelocyte", but others as "B lymphocyte" and "T lymphocyte", without the full stop/period. Should the B and T lymphocytes have the period?
Also, I'm wondering why a png version has been nominated, when, when done correctly, .svg files for diagrams are often superior. With different layers for text, blobs, etc, it could be easily edited and translated into different languages, and would scale better. (I noticed the current svg version of this file, File:Hematopoiesis (human) diagram en.svg uses shitty fonts, though and has lost some of the artistry of the blobs.)

Best, -- Matthewedwards :  Chat  22:10, 12 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm the nominator of the picture, not the creator, so I'm not familiar with those information issues. As to the nomination of the .png-format, I did it because noticed that the one in .svg is incompletely rendered in MediaWiki. It is fully functional in external programs to make other derivatives, but I think some fixes should be done in MediaWiki before that version can be promoted. Mikael Häggström (talk) 11:05, 17 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 18:08, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Join, or Die

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Original - Join, or Die, Benjamin Franklin's famous 1754 political cartoon encouraging the American colonies to join together, based on the then-popular superstition that a snake which had been cut into pieces would come back to life if the pieces were put together before sunset.
Reason
While not a fantastic artwork, this is one of the key images of the American Revolution. I'm really rather shocked we haven't featured it already - I can only presume the LoC only recently uploaded the large version. This is a fairly conservative restoration: I thought the ink blots and messiness added to the historic value: Franklin couldn't have ever expected this image to ever be as iconic as it was, notable two and a half centuries after he published it. Paper colour is always difficult if you don't have it in front of you, I used the colour cubes and my best educated guess - I have a book from 1732, and paper doesn't yellow as much as you'd think it would, if it's of decent quality. Adam Cuerden (talk) 03:55, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Articles in which this image appears
Join, or Die, American Revolution, Benjamin Franklin, History of the United States, Albany Congress, Colonial history of the United States, Robert Rogers (soldier), Gadsden flag, American nationalism, History of Albany, New York
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA History
Creator
Benjamin Franklin
The fact it was handmade in 1754 colonial America probably accounts for the quality of the engraving. And the reason for the "bad scan" isn't because it's a bad scan, it's a high quality scan from the LOC at 1200 dpi. It's because the object is so small. It's only 3in. x 2in engraving scanned at 1200 dpi. The scan is MORE THEN sufficient for a 3x2 original imho. — raeky (talk | edits) 10:01, 17 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I hear you, but this doesn't change the core of my opinion. Desiderius82 (talk) 14:07, 17 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
What is your core complaint? The quality of the engraving (handmade woodcut die that was used to press leaflets making many copies, so quality will degrade quickly more prints they make, it was a small add in a newspaper) or of the scan (scan anything at 1200 dpi and I challenge you to get a sharper result. for a 3x2 inch original. — raeky (talk | edits) 15:12, 17 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The quality of what I see. I guess that could be called the quality of the engraving-artwork. Did not mean to complain on anyone's scanning abilities; someone else mentioned scanning, that's why I repeated it - preceded by a "perhaps". Desiderius82 (talk) 19:51, 17 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
So in your opinion this is a sub-par hand-carved wood stamp from 256 years ago? Do you have an example of another 256 year old example of this that would be better? — raeky (talk | edits) 20:09, 17 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I'd also like to point out this is the example for the Join or Die political cartoon, the actual scan from the actual 256 year old publication. This is clearly a case where you can not expect the quality to be on par with modern printing, so I don't really get your objection here. — raeky (talk | edits) 20:13, 17 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
There are more artistic wood engravings from the period, e.g. my next planned FPC. But they didn't play a major role in the American revolution, don't have entire articles on them in multiple Wikipedias, and aren't by Benjamin Franklin. You couldn't use that one in Join, or Die. Adam Cuerden (talk) 20:35, 17 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thats my point, this isn't a piece of art like that, this is a probably at the time very low budget political cartoon from colonial america, it's not met to be judged on it's technical aspects but it's educational and historical aspects. It's a perfectly acceptable scan and probably very typical to above-average example of that print. I'd imagine the LOC holds probably one of the better examples of that piece. — raeky (talk | edits) 20:41, 17 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
You do have some points, so I'm changing to neutral. Desiderius82 (talk) 07:17, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Oppose. Obviously the historical value is unquestionable, but that's the only thing this image has going for it. The print is poor quality and not very interesting or compelling by itself. Kaldari (talk) 00:16, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
You say that like theres better versions out there, this is the Join or Die print, it is one of the most iconic images of the American Revolution... I don't get the objection on print quality... It was never met to be art, or when he made it, iconic. — raeky (talk | edits) 00:24, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Benjamin Franklin - Join or Die.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 18:35, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

CTA Control Tower 18 and loop junction

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Original - Chicago Transit Authority control tower 18 guides elevated Chicago 'L' northbound Purple and Brown lines intersecting with westbound Pink and Green lines and the looping Orange line above the Wells and Lake street intersection in the loop. (viewed facing northwest)
Edit 1-attempted perspective correction by nominator in GIMP (TonyTheTiger (talk · contribs))
Edit 2-attempted perspective correction by nominator in GIMP (stretching bottom instead of squeezing top) (TonyTheTiger (talk · contribs))
Reason
Although I added this article to almost every page it is currently at, I feel it truly contributes to each. Although it is not the main image in any article, the image has high illustrative value in its uses. I feel this is the definite EV nominee.
Articles in which this image appears
Grand union
Control tower
Rail transport
Junction (traffic)
Junction (rail)
The Loop (CTA)
Traffic
Train order operation
Centralized traffic control
Railroad switch
Level junction
Urban rail transit
Chicago 'L'
Chicago Transit Authority
Orange Line (Chicago Transit Authority)
Brown Line (Chicago Transit Authority)
Green Line (Chicago Transit Authority)
Purple Line (Chicago Transit Authority)
Pink Line (Chicago Transit Authority)
Transportation planning
Rapid transit
Public transport
Intersection (road)
Rail tracks
Infrastructure
Lake Street (Chicago)
Wells Street (Chicago)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Others
Creator
Daniel Schwen (User:Dschwen)
  • Support as nominator --TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:01, 10 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support any version—especially Edit 2 (which is rectilinear and maintains X-Y aspect ratio) The light interplay and reflections off some of those pieces of wood is just gorgeous. The composition is interesting. The image is eye-catching. Greg L (talk) 00:16, 10 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Edit 2 The light interplay and reflections off some of those pieces of wood is just gorgeous. The composition is interesting. The image is eye-catching. In the Edit 2-version of this wide-angle shot, the buildings don’t appear to be tilting away from a vanishing point. Greg L (talk) 16:28, 14 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Great encyclopedic photo -- mcshadypl TC* 04:41, 10 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: Again, could we please have a single article in which to judge the EV of this image? Ideally, it should be the first on the list, but it's hardly super-high in control tower. J Milburn (talk) 08:29, 10 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • Again, I am not sure how to judge EV. This is a picture of a junction at a control tower. The current control tower is very poorly written and almost totally ignores control towers for any form of transportation other than aviation. A properly written article would have a major section on rail transport control towers and movable bridge control towers. It is also likely that high volume shipping docks (e.g., Port of Los Angeles) have control towers, but the article does not really clearly address any of these. If this were say a GA-quality article this would be a valuable image as the only depiction of a non-aviation control tower. You could maybe judge EV by the second use. I am not experienced at assessing relative EV in the way you are requesting, but I honestly did my best. In short, this is a picture of a control tower and the WP article is quite deficient.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 12:46, 10 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • I'm not sure this image adds a whole lot where the other one already is. Nominating a few articles with highest EV would probably make assessments go a bit smoother. Photographically I think I might have gone a little wider. Noodle snacks (talk) 10:54, 10 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong Oppose Mainly for the picture quality - everything is leaning in different directions (the building on the far left looks like it's at 45 degrees almost!) though I'm not sure what this is called... Really spoils it for me as is very distracting. The background is also blurred in many places... But secondly including this picture in SO many articles when it is clearly not relevant in most just seems pointless... It may have a slight something in connection with the articles but it doesn't need to be used as a representative of each one... Especially when high quality pictures are already available in them... It's like taking an image of the word "the" and placing it in loads of articles as at some point during the article the word "the" is mentionned... Gazhiley (talk) 13:30, 10 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

More on control towers: At first I didn't look closely at Control tower, but Gazhiley is right, this image doesn't belong there. For railroads, the control tower is called an interlocking tower or signal box, discussed in Signalling control. Furthermore, as railroads have become computerized and centrally controlled, these towers have become historical curiosities, abandoned or relegated to a niche role. That would explain why the Control tower article makes only passing mention to railroad control towers. I believe only a "See also" link to the railroad article is needed. As for Centralized traffic control, if the interlocking tower in the picture is being used, that implies the switches are not under centralized control; if they are under centralized control, that implies the tower is not needed. I'm not an expert but I don't see how it can be both. I suggest it be removed from Control tower and CTC, and while I am quite frustrated with the number of articles this picture has been stuffed into, it's probably appropriate for Signalling control. In fact, this particular tower has a lot of history to it; there is a very extensive discussion about it at http://www.chicago-l.org/operations/towers/tower18.html. Fletcher (talk) 15:21, 12 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • I am not an image guy and am here as much for the feedback on image placement as I am for technical issues. I thank you for taking time to consider this matter. This particular tower is in a ton of articles, but it was once the busiest rail control tower in the world and has a rich history. A high caliber photo of it should be in many locations. I appreciate your feedback and now that I understand the terminoligy for rail control towers and the existing article, I understand this suggestion.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:36, 15 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I have removed the image from Intersection (road), which is clearly about roadway junctions; Traffic, which is about roadway and pedestrian traffic and does not discuss rail except for at-grade crossings, whereas this image depicts an elevated track; and Transportation planning, in which the the adjacent text had nothing in common with the image. The other image placements may have weak or arguable EV, but I haven't check them all to see if they are objectionable. I do think the image has great EV for Grand union and also Level junction. Fletcher (talk) 02:19, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • The problem is that each of these fixes reverted WP back to being more deficient. The fact that an article is incomplete does not mean that an illustration should not be added to the article. A proper illustration could prompt correct movement toward more complete knowledge on WP. For example, this is clearly a picture of a control tower. However, previous to my involvement in the page, the control tower article made no mention of control towers for rail transportation, moveable bridges and what I suspect is an omission of sea ports. I added both the image and a simple sentence that states the obvious "Control towers operate to control the traffic for other forms of transportation such as rail transport or moveable bridges." Rather than say the current deficient article does not have text for this illustration that is relevant to the topic at hand and leaving out the image, I improved the article and added the relevant illustration.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 02:44, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • It is my believe that the crossing of rail transport vehicles form a type of WIKT:traffic (falling under definition 2 "Commercial transportation or exchange of goods, or the movement of passengers or people.") The current article on traffic is deficient in the sense that it ignores air traffic, rail traffic and water traffic. Adding an image depicting rail traffic takes us in the proper direction rather than cleansing the article of non-road traffic content.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 02:44, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Clearly rail transportation is a type of transportation that needs to be planned and may give rise to complicated traffic flows, such as the one depicted here. Again, the fact that WP is deficient in current content should not prevail to the exclusion of illustrative content.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 02:44, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Your first point is a red herring, as I did not object to the placement in Control tower, so your defense of that placement draws attention away from what I did criticize, your placement into Intersection (road). That article, as you can tell from the very title, is about roadway intersections; we have a separate articles for various types of railway junctions. So in this case I consider your placement to be very inappropriate.
As to your second point, Railway signalling, Centralized traffic control, and a number of related articles serve to discuss traffic on railroads; Traffic discusses roadway traffic. If you think Traffic is deficient you should bring that up on the talk page, or expand the text yourself. Placing an image unrelated to the topics discussed in the article is not helpful at all. You need to develop the text to support the image, and if you can't or won't develop the text, you shouldn't place the image.
As for Transportation planning, you added the image to a section discussing contemporary transportation planning in the United States. The Chicago Loop was apparently built over 100 years ago and thus has no relevance to what was being discussed. An appropriate picture would be of modern light rail, bike paths, or some similar product of "smart growth".
In sum, your thought process behind these image placements seems cursory in nature, and I'm puzzled why still think your noms should be added to as many articles as possible no matter how tenuously they support the text. Fletcher (talk) 04:02, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I misplaced the image in Intersection (road) not realizing rail transport uses the term junction as a substitute. This image belongs at junction (rail) which has a low quality image as illustration.
This image does not belong in Signalling block systems from what I understand as a different type of communication system than what I believe to be in place at this control tower. I think that system has ambulating personel assisting in the communication, which I think is absent here.
I believe I have placed the image appropriately at Train order operation although this again may use a slightly different form of communication. I have also placed it at Centralized traffic control.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 05:00, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
So let me get this straight, your not even bothering to READ the article your slapping an image into? And putting a picture of railroad tracks in an article like Intersection (road) is completely irresponsible. The article's name clearly indicates it's a ROAD article not a RAIL article. So not only did you not even bother to read the opening lead of the article you didn't even take two seconds to fully read the name of the page. I think in your over-zealous approach to slap an image down in as many articles as possible is doing FAR more harm to Wikipedia than good. — raeky (talk | edits) 01:17, 12 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
It will not be the first or last time I was wrong about adding content. However, I have added it to Junction (traffic), where there was no illustration and Junction (rail), where the prior main image was very low quality.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 04:03, 12 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
But now if you go to Junction (traffic) and click the link over to railway junctions, you see the same image twice, which reduces its value to the reader and looks tacky. There are many acceptable pictures of railway junctions on Commons - why does this image need to be sprinkled all over the encyclopedia? (Hint: "Because it's the one I nominated" is not a good answer). Further, I doubt the grand union is a good representative image for railway junctions; it seems to be overly complex and expensive, used where space is at a premium. I may replace it with a more common one. Fletcher (talk) 14:28, 12 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with your railway junction point, but at Grand union it is depicting a rare 3/4 junction, of which there are few in the world.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 14:37, 12 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I think the image would augment Railway signalling, but am not sure where in the article it actually fits because I do not know the subject. I have left a talk page note.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 05:00, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Still pondering Transportation planning and Traffic. In my mind, anyone pondering transportation planning is considering both rail, bike, pedestrian and road planning simultaneously. I am going to go get my nightly online poker fix. Wont' be online much in the next 12-18 hours although I will peak in while multitasking.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 05:07, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Finally, had a chance to reconsider Transportation planning and decided to go with a different image.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:20, 14 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I concede that as written Traffic is only for road traffic.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:31, 14 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I will review its placement in public transport, later. I don't have time right now.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 13:10, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
No review required - it doesn't fit there. period. Gazhiley (talk) 13:55, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I had it in the wrong section because of image crowding. It did not belong in commuter, intercity because it does not depict intercity travel, but does belong in the section above on trains.

Comment I will look at the article placement tonight. However, with respect to the perspective. I have thought about two things. 1. I did the correction by adjusting the top (a squeeze of both sides). I could invert the image and stretch the bottoms, which would probably give us a different result retaining rectangularity. Also, User:Dschwen is visiting Chicago this weekend and he introduced me to Hugin, which might do a totally different perspective correction if I can learn how to use it. Do people want to see either of these corrections attempted?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 23:20, 11 June 2010 (UTC) I have taken the time to add it back to control tower a little more correctly.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 04:59, 12 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • I have added a second perspective correction in GIMP and may try hugin tonight.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 15:54, 12 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment please do not try to correct the perspective. The perspective is already correct ;-). The fact that the vertical edges of the buildings are not parallel to the pixel columns on your monitor is not an error, it is how it must look. The image is taken from quite a downward angle. Applying simple blanket rules such as all verticals must always be vertical !!one!!11!!eleven is damaging to photography. --Dschwen 23:44, 12 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • I apologize for degrading your fantastic photography, but given the existent opposition, there are concerns to be addressed. I am just giving the voters the options to support what they want. It seems that they like lines of perspective to be vertical rather than converging at FPC, so that is what I am giving them. I have never tried hugin and it gives me something to try to do. Regardless, of whether it is artistically correct, it is sort of what is preferred here at FPC. None of the supporters have switched to any of the edits so it looks like you are in good shape, but so few people have voted, I am thinking that people are on the fence. I am giving those people options.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:01, 13 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • I'll give you a hint - it's because you have shoehorned this into so many irrelevant articles and refuse to accept anyone else's opinions when they point out (providing quotes to support) that this image shouldn't be in all the articles, that many people are probably not interested in this nom any more - I may not be 100% right about this but the usual crowd on here seem to be sticking clear of this and most of them have already objected to your edits so far... I myself am considering boycotting any nom you have an involvement in as IMO you are cluttering WP with irresponsible editing... Gazhiley (talk) 00:24, 13 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        • Do what you want to do. I am not a picture guy, I am an editor. I am involved from the article improvement perspectiive. I am trying to figure out what high quality images WP:CHICAGO has and am trying to use them to illustrate WP. If you don't want the CHICAGO stuff I nominate and incorporate into articles to be promoted that is your choice. I will continue to view FP as a chance to notice the finest illustrative work on WP and try to encourage including these top images in the encyclopedia as much as possible. I don't really much care whether you like me, like my work, or like the images I nominate. I am here to determine which images are good and to incorporate those in the encyclopedia. I will never look at FPC as a POTD factory where the objective is to determine what will look best on the main page. I am an editor. You are free to debate whether people like me are going to be the downfall of WP or FPC, but I will continue to be here and continue to do what I do.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:39, 13 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
          • That's great that you want to improve Wikipedia, we all want that. Where we have an issue is your approach, attitude and willful disregard to take other peoples advice. — raeky (talk | edits) 01:07, 13 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • P.S. you have not officially supported any one version yet yourself.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:03, 13 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • Good job, Sir Tiger, with Edit 2. You have taken a non-rectilinear fisheye shot and made it rectilinear and maintained the X-Y aspect ratio. I love it. Greg L (talk) 04:58, 13 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • Uhm, it is neither a fisheye-shot nor is it non-rectilinear. It is a single shot taken at the 24mm end of the 24-105mm Canon L lens, which is rectilinear. I am a little astonished about the comments on this nomination. --Dschwen 12:42, 13 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        • Well, just what does one call the effect where one has to put their eyeball some two millimeters in front of the screen to see rectilinear buildings that don’t look like they’re falling over or ballooning out the top? Greg L (talk) 18:57, 13 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
          • I'd call that extreme myopia. --Dschwen 20:35, 13 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
          • On a more serious note, it seems that you have both a lacking understanding of what rectilinear means (basically that straight lines are mapped to straight lines. no straight lines are bent into curves in the original. so: check. A fish-eye projection would not have this property) and lack an understanding of basic perspective (sorry, I'm aware this sounds arrogant). The image is taken at approximately a 45 Degree downward angle. There is no reason the vertical building edges should be parallel to the pixel columns on your screen. Both edits are a gross distortion of how the thing looks like, and your assessment of having maintained the X-Y aspect ratio is simply a misjudgment. People are more than welcome not to like pictures here, but these arguments are just really bad on a technical level. --Dschwen 20:43, 13 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
            • You are of course right about it not being a fisheye, but I don't get your resistance to perspective correction, which is a common practice. Are you against it in general? The sensor may be at a downward angle rather than upward, but I don't see why that makes a difference. To the naked eye, buildings do not look like they are tilting. The wide angle lens is making them tilt, providing a wider field of view in which you can notice converging lines compared to what you see with your eye. Correcting problems introduced by lenses is not considered cheating. Tony's second edit doesn't look all bad to me, although it has cropped out a valuable piece of train. Fletcher (talk) 22:40, 13 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
              • No, I'm not against perspective correction in general, but I am absolutely against generally applying "perspective correction" without thinking about it, and I am against knee-jerk strong opposes based on that line of thinking. --Dschwen 23:23, 13 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
            • (ec) Yes, I’ve read the definitions of “rectilinear” and agree with you, Dschwen. When I pulled the word from recollection without looking it up, I had thought it fit this issue. The visual effect here is caused by taking a photo with a very wide field of view and projecting it into a very small field of view (far less than one radian) here on the computer screen on this page. The only way to make this image look undistorted is by enlarging it to full-screen and getting the eye real close so the field of view matches that of the camera lens. I just did it on my 27-inch iMac and the result is stunning, with 3D-like effect and the buildings no longer look like they are tilting. But few, if any, people are going to go to this effort. The image will most commonly span roughly one radian corner to corner after people click on the image. Accordingly, the Edit 2 modification looks more natural for viewing on computers. Greg L (talk) 22:50, 13 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
              • Ok, do you know the subject? Have you seen it? The image covers a moderate angle of view, certainly much less than the naked eye is capable of seeing. The edits simply cannot retain proper proportions as they must distort the natural image by a great deal to fulfill the unreasonable verticals-parallel-to-pixel-columns requirement. Calling them looking more natural is making my toenails roll up. --Dschwen 23:23, 13 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
                • Oh for God’s sake. Don’t get all wound around the axle. Sheesh. This isn’t all that complex. I am an R&D engineer, have 15 technology-related patents, was taking photographs since the late 60s, and know my way around the simple geometry of photography, which isn’t all that complex, really. Notwithstanding your protestations of how the image covers a moderate angle of view, the picture is right there and its obvious that it is a very wide-angle shot and that accounts for the buildings looking like they’re leaning over like that. Your choice of over-the-top words to respond to what others are saying here (makes your “toenails roll up”) certainly demonstrates that you have exceedingly high self-esteem that unfortunately translates into a crap-pile of arrogance. It makes me realize that arguing on the Internet is quite the buzz-kill and is—for me—a futile exercise and I want nothing more to do with you. So goodbye to you, sir, and happy editing. Oh, and by the way, I still vote “support”. Greg L (talk) 00:32, 14 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
                  • I am actually not wound around the axle, which you can see by the absence of emotional outbursts such as Oh for God’s sake. or Sheesh.. Your hobby-psychological analysis is pretty far off as well, apart from being completely inapropriate here. Or is there a need to take this to a personal level? I was actually asking if you are a user from Chicago, as I saw a sentence on your userpage about having met a friend on Navy Pier in Chicago. --Dschwen 13:21, 14 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Jujutacular T · C 20:20, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]


Mike Godwin

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Original - Mike Godwin is an American attorney and author. He is known for his expertise in Internet law, and is the creator of Godwin's Law. He currently works as general counsel for the Wikimedia Foundation.
More widely-used version, cropped to 5:7 ratio.
Reason
This could prove a fairly problematic nomination, but the quality is high, the composition is compelling (a landscape portrait makes you look twice...) and the image is used well. As regulars here will probably know, I'm a big supporter of modern portraits, and I think this one would be a great addition to our gallery.
Articles in which this image appears
Mike Godwin, Godwin's law, Cyber Rights
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Others
Creator
Lane Hartwell on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation
Discussion concluding that we should not feature this on the main page as per WP:SELF.
  • Oppose Yes. It is a nice portrait. Perhaps it might be a nice addition to the FP gallery. But are we to have Wikipedia’s main page feature, for 24 straight hours, an image pertaining to an article about a living attorney and author? I can’t see that the portrait is sooooo darned excellent that it merits free advertising. Greg L (talk) 15:31, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • It doesn't have to go on the main page, if it is deemed that it would be inappropriate- that's certainly been done before (nudity and "ew"-factor, for instance). However, there is certainly no precedent for it with regards to "advertising"- we feature lots of articles about video games, books, authors, musicians and so on. Equally, we have FPs of musicians- I don't really see how showing a picture of an academic author/high-flying attorney is going to leave us open to accusations of spamming. If the quality and EV are there, this should be promoted- your arguments are not really based on our criteria. J Milburn (talk) 15:40, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • Yes, I half agree. Indeed, my reasoning is not founded on the FP criteria. However, Wikipedia is not a bureaucracy. And here’s the part where I half agree with you: You cited where FPs hadn’t been on the main page because of nudity and "ew"-factor, for instance. Yet, neither of those attributes are cited in the FP criteria as a basis for not putting the image on the main page. So “ew”-factor is an example where WP:COMMONSENSE steps in. I don’t see why “free advertising” for someone who is serving as general counsel for the Wikimedia Foundation can’t be an equally valid basis for thinking it inappropriate for this to be on the main page. I don’t see the need to be needlessly constrained when it comes to doing The Right Thing.©™® I think this is a great portrait (though it looks more like the “academic”-type portraits more suitable for mathematicians and scientists). Greg L (talk) 15:56, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        • Yeah- those are our criteria for getting pictures to featured status, not our criteria for getting things on the main page- that's down to Howcheng (talk · contribs), so that would be where our common sense "not really appropriate" thing would come in (in fact, we have a FP of Jimbo- I'm not sure if that one has/will see the light of day). I'm not overly concerned if it doesn't get its chance to shine- I'd much rather see a pretty mushroom, or one of the images to which I am more personally attached, but I do think it deserves its place as a FP. In short- you can oppose the use of this on the main page without opposing it for FP status, which is ultimately what this discussion is about. J Milburn (talk) 16:04, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
          • Very well. I love the picture. I think, however, it is impractical to have Support (full privileges) mixed with Support (conditionally, no main page) and Support (I hope Howcheng does the right thing); identifying a true consensus could prove elusive. If this nomination were re-cast only in terms of FP-status but no free advertising for a Web-published living attorney, I can certainly vote “support.” Greg L (talk) 16:12, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • There is precedent for keeping it from the main page: File:Jimmy Wales Fundraiser Appeal edit.jpg was kept off, citing WP:SELF. See Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Unused. Jujutacular T · C 17:11, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Jujutacular T · C 01:02, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Red-browed Finch

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Original - The Red-browed Finch (Neochmia temporalis) is an estrildid finch that inhabits the east coast of Australia. This species is also been introduced to French Polynesia for breeding. It is commonly found in temperate forest and dry savanna habitats, but may also be found in dry forest and mangrove habitats in tropical regions.
Reason
Previously nominated, but it didn't get the attention it deserved. Charismatic and high quality shot used well within its article. Already a FP on Commons. Note that I have copied the caption almost word-for-word from the article lead.
Articles in which this image appears
Red-browed Finch
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Peripitus

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 01:18, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oxalis triangularis photonasty (video)

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Original - Oxalis triangularis (also known as the love plant or purple shamrock) is a classic example of a plant which responds with movement to an external stimulus. The leaves open and close in response to varying light levels with the result that they are open during during the day and close at night. This is true movement (i.e. not growth) and is non-directional with respect to the stimulus, making it an example of nastic movement towards light, a process known as photonasty. This video was produced with one image captured every 30 seconds for about one and a half hours, played back at 25 frames per second; ~750x actual speed. The exposure time was progressively increased through the video so the drop in ambient light levels are not seen.
Alternative - Modified version to include a representation of the lowering light levels.
Reason
This is a high quality video example of an unusual natural phenomenon; plant movement (more specifically a nastic movement in response to light called photonasty).
Articles in which this image appears
nastic movement

Oxalis triangularis

FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Others
Creator
Richard Wheeler (Zephyris)
Fair enough, it reads much better. - Zephyris Talk 19:20, 12 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
It is a nightmare to try and capture the images allowing a decrease in light levels, there is such a huge intensity change that you will crash very quickly from overexposed to underexposed. The maths to correct image brightness according to f/exposure/speed is fairly simple though and corrected brightness could be back calculated if there is interest... - Zephyris Talk 19:20, 12 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I'd like to see that, even if it has to be tweaked slightly to make things still visible, it would add value as an alternative, if nothing else.
I have made and uploaded a version with darkening. Note this darkening is "fake", it is approximately 1/4 the actual lowering in light levels over this time period. - Zephyris Talk 23:52, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Oxalis Triangularis Photonasty Timelapse.ogv --Makeemlighter (talk) 01:10, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Cologne Panorama

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Original - Panoramic view of the old town of Cologne (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) taken from Deutz, on the other side of the river Rhine at dusk (09:58pm). You can see (from left to right) the former Lufthansa corporate headquarters, the Deutzer bridge, Great St. Martin Church, Cologne Cathedral, Museum Ludwig, the Cologne telecommunications tower Colonius, the Hohenzollern bridge and the blue lights and reflections of the Cologne Musical Dome.Five images with 3 exposures each (15 images in total) were merged together. The resulting 32bit HDRI was converted to an 8bit LDRI. Images were taken with a Canon EOS 1000D (EOS Digital Rebel XS or EOS Kiss F) and 18-55mm lens at f/5.6.
Reason
Already a featured image on Commons, excellent composition.
Articles in which this image appears
Cologne, Cologne Cathedral, Great St. Martin Church, Hohenzollernbrücke, Portal:North Rhine-Westphalia
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Panorama
Creator
Ahgee
The image has now been included in three additional articles where it is relevant.  Fallschirmjäger  ✉  23:54, 12 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Dubious value in most of those articles, in fact could be a negative, especially in Cologne Cathedral & Great St. Martin Church. Please avoid pleas to flood articles with these images - this has been discussed somewhat extensively recently, see here for example. Panoramas in particular should be used somewhat sparingly. --jjron (talk) 15:35, 13 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support This adds value to WP.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:52, 13 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Theres some pretty obvious stitching errors in the water and distracting reflections (looks like this was shot through a window, although it looks like from a sidewalk, not sure what the reflections are in the water, purple below the bridge). — raeky (talk | edits) 03:38, 13 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • I wouldn’t call it “stitching errors” but rather “stitching artifacts”. It’s pretty much impossible to shoot a multi-shot panorama with water in the scene without stitching artifacts in the water. The purple below the bridge seems to be from a purple-lighted building behind the bridge. That’s the part I think makes this picture way-cool. Those purple lights, which peek through the bridgework, also appear to be responsible for a few instances of lens flair in front of the water. Greg L (talk) 04:22, 13 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • I'm sure there is some tweeks one can do to lessen the fairly harsh lines in the water from the individual shots. I'm aware of the technical difficulties of that, since water is dynamic and moving, but I'm sure it can be fixed. If those are lens flairs then maybe it's not a big deal... I just felt that unless the visible lines in the water from the stitching are corrected I think it lacks FP quality. I could support it if those are fixed somehow, or made less obvious.— raeky (talk | edits) 04:32, 13 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment The colors merit some discussion. They look mostly ok to me, but the Cologne Cathedral looks almost like a 3D rendering, possibly because of still too much DR and a lack of shadows. On a minor note, I see two white dots, one to the left of both the church and the cathedral, that could be cloned out. Don't see other stars in the image so I'm not sure what they are. Fletcher (talk) 18:41, 13 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The two white dots have been removed, they definately weren't stars and weren't present in the earlier version of the image.  Fallschirmjäger  ✉  23:08, 13 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, I'll change my vote then to weak support, as per my technical issues with this picture... Thank you... Gazhiley (talk) 12:11, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
BTW have also struck off the Portal link as per my above comments, the picture has already been removed from this article previously... Gazhiley (talk) 12:13, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment (I am not a voter, as I am not looking at the technical aspects of the photo). I am here to comment upon and disagree with the removal of the photograph from the Cologne Cathedral article. Previously the article had a photo of the cathedral from across the river. As a major contributor to the article, I removed that photo when the panorama went in. The option was to remove the panorama as two such was a superfluity. The reason why I preferred the panorama was that the article specifically discusses the role of the cathedral and its two enormous spires as a landscape element. The cathedral is not a stand-alone item. It sits there, with the bridge, the tower, the river and the accompanying buildings. It was left standing, by the allies, probably because of its landmark value. And more recently, this same landmark value has been protected by World Heritage status and a ruling that bans any high-rise building near it. The panoramic view tells the reason why this is the case, better than any words can express. I want it back in the article.
And, Ghaziley, I think you are out of order, making your support "Conditional" upon the photograph being removed from such and such an article. It is either a good photograph or it is not. The writers of the specific articles either see a use for it or they don't. Amandajm (talk) 09:00, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Re the above comment directed at Gaziley there has been extensive discussion here recently with one user favouring spreading images very widely, which is not necessarily in line with FPC criteria or general consensus. His comments are based around this. Also you may not appreciate that one of the key criteria at FPC is 'encyclopaedic value', i.e., how useful it is to WP, not just 'whether it's a good photo or not'. And yes the writers of articles should decide whether it's useful, but that's what the discussions have been based on, that these images are being scattered about articles, but not by the regular article writers, and the usage is often questionable. --jjron (talk) 13:41, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]


Promoted File:Cologne - Panoramic Image of the old town at dusk.jpg --Jujutacular T · C 15:52, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Cyrus McCormick engraving

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Original - Cyrus McCormick invented the reaper and founded the company that would become the backbone of International Harvester
Alt - Removed background, cropped and adjusted levels a bit.
Reason
Earlier today, I had nominated this at VPC because the original image was only 640px. However, a higher resolution version has been found so I am moving the nomination here. For its age this is a quality image and it has high EV. To add some perspective here, I should note the significance of his family name to WP:CHICAGO with McCormick Place, McCormick Tribune Plaza & Ice Rink, McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum, McCormick Theological Seminary, and McCormick Tribune Campus Center. Not all were named after Cyrus specifically because his great nephew Robert R. McCormick was also important to the history of the city.
Articles in which this image appears
Cyrus McCormick
McCormick Theological Seminary
International Harvester
Reaper
Irish American
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Others
Creator
George Smillie
That should be fixed now. — raeky (talk | edits) 20:49, 13 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak oppose original, strong oppose edit - just too small, in my opinion, for a mass-market product like an engraving, of which, by their nature, many, many copies (usually) exist. You can't make out any of the engraving lines, and there's some odd horizontal stripes that maybe are right, maybe are wrong, but which it's impossible to tell because of resolution. The edit has the contrast set much too high, ruining the more delicate greys. I know not everyone can scan from originals like I usually do, but I think we can expect a little more than this: Surely Chicago libraries will have Victorian books about Chicago with similar engravings? Adam Cuerden (talk) 04:49, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • I do agree this is a sub-par scan, and I indicated as such in the original VPC nomination, but I don't agree to much is lost with my edit, it does look better at least IMHO to the original, given what I had to work with. But It's probably NOT FPC quality, I just felt the edit would be more useful to illustrate with getting rid of all that useless background (useless in a encyclopedic sense). I'm neutral for it being a FPC, and would support it as a VPC (the edit). — raeky (talk | edits) 11:47, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Query Does the editor support his own edits?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 05:14, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 19:11, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Lake Point Tower

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Original - Streeterville's Lake Point Tower is the only skyscraper east of Lake Shore Drive in Chicago
Reason
This is a high EV image in its primary usage
Articles in which this image appears
Lake Point Tower
List of tallest buildings in Chicago
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Daniel Schwen (User:Dschwen)
  • Support as nominator --TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 01:00, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment It is a striking building, this is a residential building as opposed to commercial, I think? — raeky (talk | edits) 01:04, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Very interesting building (subject matter). But the sun wasn’t shining on it at that time so the diminished technical quality of the image makes me wonder if the product of “subject × technical quality” equals FP. Greg L (talk) 04:43, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment We are looking at the building from the south I believe. Which direction do you believe the sun is. I do not see shadows on this building. With Navy Pier to the east and Lake Shore Drive to the west, you can not really get a direct sunlight shot of this building.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 05:14, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • The sky seems to have about 50 percent cloud cover. It appears that a cloud was blocking sunlight to the building in this shot, leading to what Gazhiley, below, characterizes as “dull” and I would characterize as “gloomy.” I wanted to comment and see others’ comments about this ‘lack-of-sun’ issue before voting my conscience. Lighting is, of course, one of the most important issues in photography. Nice, cheery sun from a good direction is important in architectural photography. At Chicago’s latitude of over 40 degrees, there are always times in early summer when the morning and late-afternoon sun is well north of due west or east; one can get even the north-facing portions of buildings well illuminated (as well as the south-facing portions throughout the rest of the day). Given that we are heading towards the longest day of the year here in a matter of days, I’d strike while the iron’s hot. Greg L (talk) 18:41, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Quite dull as if taken towards end of the day, but more importantly seems out of focus at full resolution... Gazhiley (talk) 13:30, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • Can this dullness be shopped at the Graphics Lab?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 14:15, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • Maybe, but that's the smaller issue... Gazhiley (talk) 14:54, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        • What is the larger issue?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 19:03, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
          • As stated above "but more importantly seems out of focus at full resolution" Gazhiley (talk) 19:23, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
            • And that would be penalizing me for always uplaoding full camera resolution (edit: I just noticed that I cropped and corrected perspective and lens distortions in hugin for this image, ending up with only half the size the raw shot had) while at the same time happily supporting severely downsampled images (see mushroom above, which is not even half the size). Do you think that is good for the project? --Dschwen 14:36, 17 June 2010 (UTC) P.S.: Calling this image out of focus is very strange. Just look at the guardrail on the bottom right. It might not be oversharpened, but it certainly is not oof. And it is particularly unfair not to take the image resolution into account. --Dschwen 14:43, 17 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
              • It's not strange... Half the building is blurred... Either that or there's a rather large smudge on your lens... Sorry, but I don't like bluriness on a re-takable picture... Gazhiley (talk) 10:51, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
                • Yeah, but that is not the point. As I said below, I already retook the picture. It is about not taking resolution into account and unfairly preferring lower quality downsampled pictures, just because they appear sharper at 1:1. Don't you realize that you are getting scammed? --Dschwen 12:31, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
                  • OK not seeing what "scam" I'm falling into - all I'm saying is I don't like this picture because the building itself seems blurred. Not talking about any resolution or downsampling or whatever because mainly I haven't a clue what ur talking about... I just don't like this one sorry... Gazhiley (talk) 12:54, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
                    • What he's saying is that you have a choice: A small (low resolution) image with less actual detail but is sharp, or a larger image that has more detail but isn't as sharp at 100%. The latter can be downsampled (which means reducing the resolution - number of pixels - of the image, either by your browser or in an image editing program) to achieve the same sharpness, but the reverse is not possible - if you upsample a downsampled image, you can never get the detail that was lost in the downsampling. Basically, this image is better quality at the highest resolution even if it doesn't look sharp at 100%. Hard to explain verbally, but it's important to evaluating image quality that you do understand the concepts he mentions. ;-) Ðiliff «» (Talk) 14:02, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • It's not underexposed IMO - only dull because the sun wasn't shining on it. However, you can't (easily) photoshop sunlight into an overcast scene, especially one where sunlight would create specular highlights on numerous panes of glass. Besides which, even if it were possible, it would be misrepresenting the scene. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 22:15, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Reluctantly, because the building is very interesting, the multi-level boat in the foreground lends scale without being distracting, and the partially cloudy sky in the background is nice. Unfortunately, the lack of sunlight on the building lends to a dull feeling. Greg L (talk) 19:13, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • O.K., but in term of dull, I think you might be looking for vibrancy in a charcoal grey subject, which is not really going to be that easy to achieve in normal lighting. Focus is something that can not be corrected, but this subject when view from either the north or the south is likely to be photographed from the water and is unlikely to be photographed from the east or west. Google this from the coordinates and notice that this is on somewhat of an isthmus.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 20:27, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose, sorry. Agree the image looks a bit static and dull. A pity it couldn't have been taken in the early morning or late evening. Commiserations on living 100 miles away. My failed FP nomination is a 4.5 hour plane flight followed by 8 hours in a 4WD, so somwhat difficult for me to return to too. Casliber (talk · contribs) 23:40, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 19:10, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ratner Athletic Center

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Original - César Pelli's Ratner Athletic Center uses cables, counterweights and masts as load-bearing devices.
Reason
Due to the uniqueness of the subject this is a high EV image.
Articles in which this image appears
Architectural engineering
Gerald Ratner Athletics Center
Counterweight
Contemporary architecture
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Bryan Chang
  • Support as nominator --TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 05:07, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Conditional Support otherwise Strong Oppose on the condition that this is removed from Counterweight and Contemporary architecture. I would also ask for it to be removed from Architectural engineering if it wasn't for the fact that there are no pictures in that article and it's as good as any - although it's akin to taking a picture of my house to represent it as well as both are examples of Architectural engineering... My reasons for the other two though are: for Counterweight this picture does not show any counterweights... I'm sure there are probably SOME in there somewhere, but this does not show any... And if it does and I'm just not spotting them, then they certainly do not match any already presented in the article so if anything this picture actually confuses things in that article, which has a detrimental effect on WP... For Contemporary architecture there are already sufficient pictures of a lot more impressive examples in what is a relatively miniscule article... And thus this picture looks incredibly out of place... The description is also irrelevant for that article as well, so would at the very least need to be changed to something more like the other pictures in there already... Gazhiley (talk) 11:30, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Better angles exist: [5] [6] [7] even maybe this angle.. but this shot is cluttered and poorly executed. I also agree with Gazhiley, it doesn't belong in those articles. — raeky (talk | edits) 11:59, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per raeky, it's a nice picture but not the best view of the building. The spiral wall seen from other angles is a main feature of the strucutre and can't be seen in this shot. Ideally the whole building in its entirety should be represented.  Fallschirmjäger  ✉  14:40, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose It just doesn’t seem to be an FP-quality composition. Greg L (talk) 16:49, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • Comment Can I get some further feedback from User:Gazhiley and User:Raeky on the 4 image placements at issue before withdrawing this and taking it to VPC. I would like to get the matter resolved before doing so.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 11:48, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • Having just had a very quick look at this, I agree with Gaz's initial comments. --jjron (talk) 13:49, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        • You've demonstrated time and time again that our opinion on your image placements is irrelevant to you, after-all we're not from Chicago so what do we know? After seeing some of the placements of some of your more recent VPC nominations I've officially given up trying to help you. But I will oppose strictly on image placement grounds for now on like Gazhiley. — raeky (talk | edits) 14:57, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
          • This is not true, I have pretty consistently compromised on placements with removal from articles, relocation in articles, and revising captioning. I think you have worked with me on several such instances like Gondwana, detrivore, 2009–10 Chicago Blackhawks season, at least a half dozen articles related to trains for the control tower image, etc. and should be more familiar than most with the inaccuracy of your own statement. In this case, in spite of the attempts to pick fights without regard to improving the project by multiple parties, I am attempting to have a cogent discussion (instead of picking fights like you FPC guys seem to be doing here). There is a serious issue with regard to counterweight. I will elaborate on the talk page. How do you think it will help the project to not give interactive feedback on issues related to improving the encyclopedia when I have a consistent record of compromise based on feedback.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 15:47, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
            • I compromised with you on detrivore, but on Gondwana I found a far better illustrative image, although not FP quality, to illustrate the subject so that really wasn't a compromise. You flat out attacked me here stating that if I remove anymore of your pictures from articles where it provides questionable values that you'd treat it as vandalism and basically said that my opinion is irrelevant because I don't live there, even though my opinions was validated by several other editors in that nomination. In this nomination where the image is so overtly used it's borderline comical you've constantly ignored or belittled other editors opinions on it's placement, reversed their removals, and that nomination is probably the biggest collection of nonsense off-topic chatter of any FP nomination I've ever witnessed. Lets not forget how you was quick to play the racist card, apparently anyone who disagrees with you is racist right? Or lets look at a couple other recent nominations by you, 1 where you saw fit to put it in Armband, Football helmet and Winged football helmet all right before you nominated the picture, all 3 completely useless placements. Or 2 where you saw this image fit to go into Mask and 2009 Big Ten Conference football season both completely dubious placements, Michigan – Ohio State football rivalry is probably also a bad placement. Do you need more rationale for my comment, or do you want to make more provocative comments on my talk page? — raeky (talk | edits) 23:56, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
              • Accede to your superior illustration was also a compromise. You still have hard feelings about my harshly worded critique of your removal of File:20090612 Chicago Loop view of the L Tracks, 35 East Wacker, and Trump International Hotel and Tower from Wabash Avenue.jpg. Yes there was lots of consensus that it was not FP and various opinions on what its subject was, but its relevance to Chicago 'L' and related articles should be judged by those who know the subject. I am not a mushroom guy and do not know why Pileus (mycology) should not have real images, but am not going to fight with guys armed with mushroom books about whether it should have photos complementing the illustrations. There was even a Chicago guy (Zagalejo) who voted against the image, but I did not interpret his comment that the "I think a perpendicular view of the el . . . would be more valuable for illustrating the street-level view." was a statement that this should be removed from the article. I think the average Chicagoan would say that image does not detract from the article and the article has plenty of room for it. I do not hold the opinion that your removal of any of my images is vandalism. I make lots of edits on articles outside of my expertise. I have asked for your critical opinion of four such considerations on the talk page to this discussion. I do not hold strong opinions against cogent reasoning for images outside of my expertise. In terms of Wikipedia:Valued_picture_candidates/Kevin_Grady I may have placed his image on one too many related articles, but was not sure. His depiction in armband is much more visible than the previous image (which remains). Winged football helmet needed an image of a player wearing one and Eyeshield would also if it were more than a stub. As far as Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/Brandon Graham pressures Terrelle Pryor look very closely at its usage in Mask. It is actually quite high EV in that use. As season MVP in 2009 Big Ten Conference football season, his image has to be in the article and was requested by the GA reviewer. In terms of whether need more rationale for your comment, there is never a rationale for promising not to attempt to consider how to improve the encyclopedia when another editor is interested in feedback and is willing to consider it. I continue to be interested on your feedback and willing to consider it on this talk page.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 02:30, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
                • What I meant was I'll be taking Gazhiley's approach of opposing conditionally based on usage. — raeky (talk | edits) 06:23, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
                  • That approach is meaningless unless you are willing to discuss usage in a cogent manner, which is why I welcome you to the talk page. Obviously, if one person thinks an image should be in and another thinks it should not, it is no different than any other encyclopedic content that should be discussed in order for a greater understanding and better decision. I welcome your opposition based on usage as long as you are willing to attempt to understand what is the best thing for each case. Much like I convinced you that detrivore should have a fungus illustration there may be reasons that should be discussed and opinions need to be flexible. Although I understand his insistence on the image removal as it is currently presented, I think a reconsideration of the newly proposed presentation is in order. That is why I welcome you to the talk page.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 07:15, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. Average composition, limited EV in most of its articles. Suggest Speedy Close. --jjron (talk) 08:51, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 19:10, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thomas Jefferson by Rembrandt Peale (1800)

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Restored 1800 painting of Thomas Jefferson by Rembrandt Peale, by the White House Historical Association, the year Jefferson became the third President of the United States.
Original not for voting.
Reason
The image is highly illustrative of Jefferson, of a high resolution, and is of a high historical value, being painted the year Jefferson became president.
Articles in which this image appears
Thomas Jefferson, United States presidential election, 1796, United States presidential election, 1800, United States presidential election, 1804, Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence
FP category for this image
Artwork, paintings
Creator
Rembrandt Peale

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 22:05, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Grapefruit (Citrus × paradisi)

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Original - The grapefruit (Citrus × paradisi) var. Ruby Red, is a subtropical citrus tree known for its bitter fruit. The grapefruit first appeared as an illustration entitled 'The Forbidden Fruit Tree' in the Rev. Griffith Hughes' The Natural History of Barbados (1750).
Reason
Very well executed illustrative shot of Grapefruit. This image has been changed to have the background whitened, the actual fruit's color/contrast/brightness is unchanged from the original File:Citrus_paradisi_(Grapefruit,_pink).jpg.
Articles in which this image appears
Grapefruit, Grapefruit juice, List of U.S. state foods, List of drugs affected by grapefruit, List of Texas state symbols
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Plants/Fruits
Creator
א (Aleph)
  • Support as nominator --— raeky (talk | edits) 00:29, 14 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. This looks like a strange colour, shape and possibly even size for a grapefruit. I'm inclined to oppose for it being atypical and a poor representation of a standard grapefruit, or is it just that we have atypical grapefruits where I come from and this is typical elsewhere? --jjron (talk) 15:55, 14 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • I myself have usually seen them this way, although I have also seen them like yellowish/colourless in the inside. Not very sure if it is due to the variety or for being ripe, so I don't know what to say. Abisharan (talk) 16:04, 14 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Well, in the article they mention color variation in varieties. And special mention of the Ruby Red for being the first patented. Abisharan (talk) 16:08, 14 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not a BIG grapefruit eater myself, but I dabble. :P I think Ruby Red is more common then the variity you just linked, which looks MUCH more like a lemon imho. — raeky (talk | edits) 21:57, 14 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
What Makeem links to looks more typical to me, but then again it was taken by Fir so that makes sense. The basic lead-in description in the article article says: "The fruit is yellow-orange skinned and largely an oblate spheroid; it ranges in diameter from 10–15 cm. The flesh...varying in color...include white, pink and red pulps of varying sweetness.", which would seem to better describe what I am thinking of as being standard, but generally covers this as well. (BTW this is only in five articles?) --jjron (talk) 08:37, 15 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Well it was only in 5 on the english wiki, but the old file was used in A LOT of other wikies I was just lazy about changing it on all those foreign ones... — raeky (talk | edits) 14:31, 15 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
That's where Commons Delinker's Universal Replace tool comes in very useful. I've set it up, it should finish in a couple hours. Adam Cuerden (talk) 12:48, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Doh! I was joking based on recent extensive discussions about article spamming. Five is really getting up there, though granted three of them are just lists. :-) --jjron (talk) 14:12, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think the discussion about generic color is being a nonsense. This is the picture used as leading image in the article. But even if the red grapefruits were uncommon it is one that is specially mentioned in the text as being the first being patented. Imagine a discussion like this in a picture of a human. I foresee lots of heat and fight in that case. Abisharan (talk) 14:03, 15 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • It's only being used as the lead image because someone put it there. In effect this is a discussion about whether it should be the lead image - the point being if it's an aberration then it shouldn't be. --jjron (talk) 14:12, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Well there's more to the world than Florida, but given the feedback here this is common enough to be prominent in the article, taxobox or not. I'll leave it to the grapefruit experts at the page to make a definitive call at whatever stage... (BTW, this image seems well enough done, but I've never actually supported one of these set-up fruit/vegie shots, I think they basically need to be perfect, and even then they just don't have any 'wow' for me.) --jjron (talk) 16:30, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support This is exactly what all of my grapefruits look like. Wonderful specimen and setup, nice photo, and the whitened background was definitely an improvement. Jujutacular T · C 19:47, 14 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose This grapefruit is exactly like the ones I'm used to see in France (I actually didn't know about the yellow version), and seems to also be known in Germany, Spain, Italy, Greece and others countries (see the pictures choosen in the respective Wikipedia versions of the Grapefruit article). However, I dislike the composition because we can't see a whole, unopened fruit. While it's probably prettier, it reduces the potentiel EV of this picture. Since this is an easily reproducible shot, small things like this are unacceptable and i oppose this nomination. Ksempac (talk) 13:31, 15 June 2010 (UTC) P.S : hi to old-timers of WP:FPC ;)[reply]
  • EV? What is it exactly what you would like to see? That is round? that it looks the same everywhere except on the top and the bottom (parts that you won't see at the same time in a whole grapefruit unless a mirror is used or the fruit is deform)? Abisharan (talk) 14:03, 15 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Citrus paradisi (Grapefruit, pink) white bg.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 01:37, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Chicago Blackhawks Grant Park pano

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Original - Chicago skyline with the CNA Center showing the Chicago Blackhawks' logo, the Smurfit Stone Building saying "Go Hawks" and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower saying "Hawks Win" the night after the 2009–10 Chicago Blackhawks won the 2010 Stanley Cup Finals, viewed from the Petrillo Music Shell lawn in Grant Park
Reason
This is a very unique, high quality, high EV image. It is unfortunate that for some reason only half of the buildings that usually celebrate Chicago franchise playoff success were lit. The Aon Center (Chicago), One Prudential Plaza and Two Prudential Plaza also have a history of using lighting celebrate success, but were not lit the night after the Stanley Cup. (N.B.: I just looked at my Feb 2007 images of the skyline from when the Bears made it to the Super Bowl and neither Prudential Building was lit. However, the Aon Center had the word BEARS in large vertical script. My memory may be wrong about the Pru buildings from the early 2000s.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 20:07, 14 June 2010 (UTC))[reply]
Articles in which this image appears
2009–10 Chicago Blackhawks season
Smurfit-Stone Building
CNA Center
Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower
Petrillo Music Shell
Chicago Blackhawks
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Panorama
Creator
Daniel Schwen (User:Dschwen)
Off-Topic Discussion 1
Discussion on placement
II just discovered it this weekend when working on Wikipedia:Picture peer review/Demetri McCamey signals a play‎. I asked at WT:FPC and got some explanation.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 01:52, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • O.K. my concerns are assuaged on the removal of this from the PMS. However, would you care to respond to the BCBST. You live right there a block away and see the lighting all the time. You know it is an important element it is to the complete description of the building. Having at least one image of it lit seems to me to be essential.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 01:56, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

6 S, 2.5 O -> Promoted File:Chicago Grant Park night pano.jpg --Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 09:53, 24 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]



Deepwater Horizon oil spill on May 24, 2010

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Original - The oil slick as seen from space by NASA's Terra satellite on May 24, 2010.
Reason
Powerful image of the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history.
Articles in which this image appears
Deepwater Horizon oil spill, 2010 in the United States
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Views of Earth from space and satellites
Creator
NASA/GSFC MODIS Rapid Response
The uncropped original NASA image is seen here. It's 494KB and 2400x1800 pixels, and is the largest available of four versions on that NASA page. — Becksguy (talk) 15:39, 15 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I don't see why it needs cropped, I will support the image from NASA's site unmodified. There isn't really BAD jpg artifacts in that image, there is a lot of even color areas that allow for decent jpg compression though, so that could be a lot of it Ephemeronium. — raeky (talk | edits) 00:36, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I changed mine to weak oppose, since file size complaints seem to be a fairly minor issue. Looking around, I see quite a lot of our current FPs are only a few hundred kilobytes in size. Still not sure whether I should oppose at all. --Ephemeronium (talk) 11:15, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - I keep seeing arguments based on file size here. There is nothing about preserving every byte of the original source file in the featured picture criteria. Also, JPEG uses variable compression rate, so file size is only loosely correlated to image size. I assume NASA did its own cropping before posting the image on its website, so I'm not sure why we would need to do additional cropping unless there was a need to call out a specific detail; that doesn't seem to be the case here. The NASA image is very high res, so most monitors won't even display the entire image at once. There might be a case for doing a lower res version manually if someone has the skills to do a better job of it than the page loading software. Keep in mind that most people will only see the thumbnail version. A crop/deres version for wallpaper use might be useful, it's a bit too depressing for me to use as wallpaper though. Technical issues aside, the journalistic and explanatory value alone make it FP material for me.--RDBury (talk) 04:51, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support I see very few JPEG artifacts, and there's huge EV in both articles. Admittedly it is a version with a locator which is used, but the locator makes it not so suitable for FP in my opinion. Time3000 (talk) 10:46, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Side note - The version with a locator was uploaded after my original nomination. APK whisper in my ear 14:20, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Deepwater Horizon oil spill - May 24, 2010.jpg --Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 11:15, 24 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]



Michigan Wolverines football team entering Michigan Stadium

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Original - 2009 Michigan Wolverines football team enters Michigan Stadium under the M Club banner as the Michigan Marching Band salutes.
Reason
This is a high EV image in at least two primary uses. I feel this original version should be given serious consideration. I could do perspective correction, but so much valuable content would be lost, I don't think it is worthwhile. I will do so upon request by voters though.
Articles in which this image appears
Fan club
2009 Michigan Wolverines football team
Michigan Marching Band
Michigan Wolverines
Banner
David Moosman
Zoltan Mesko (American football)
Kevin Grady
Obi Ezeh
Brandon Graham (American football)
Michigan Stadium
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Sport
Creator
flickr user larrysphatpage
  • Support as nominator --TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:10, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. Colours look washed out to me, nothing particularly notable about the composition (off-centre, cutoff at front of frame, etc). Also, unless many of those article are screaming for images it's far too widely spread, and certainly lacks EV in its claimed highest value article Fan club (where's the fan club? Is that those three people holding the strings near the banner? (Incidentally quite poor usage in banner as well.) Should probably be removed from both those articles). --jjron (talk) 09:26, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • Comment I can't argue with whether it is cut off, or uncentered. It is. However, the banner represents the fan club as an example of how fan clubs show their support. For an article that had no images, this is a fine one.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 13:48, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • It may be different over there but over here fan clubs do not get access to the pitch... The procession like this, including the banner is made by the club itself... No fan is allowed to enter the pitch area unless specifically invited, so a fan club could not possibly create this banner... Gazhiley (talk) 21:34, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        • I am not sure I am understanding your point. As I look at the picture and attempt to recall things, there are three possible groups who are actually holding the banner. It could be members of the Michigan Marching Band, it could be cheerleaders, or it could be the Fan Club. I don't know who it is, but know that they do this at every home game. I have too make a few calls to figure out which group it is. However, the Michigan Fan Club sponsors the banner.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:48, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
          • Maybe it is different then... A Fan Club in the UK would not do this - mainly as I mentioned that it's an offence to go on the pitch over here... But maybe it is different in the US. But your uncertainty as to who has actually arranged this, let alone who is holding it to me means this cannot be used in the Fan Club article... Sponsorship alone cannot be enough - they would actually need to be there holding it, and even then would need to be seen as the fan club not some random people otherwise there is no way of knowing from this picture that it has anything to do with fan clubs... Gazhiley (talk) 11:31, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • Given the article had no images this is probably passable, but it would be an easy replace if someone actually supplies a pic that properly shows a fanclub itself. --jjron (talk) 15:39, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. I agree that a shot like this has potential, but, as above, this one isn't quite there. J Milburn (talk) 10:23, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Per the reasoning of Noebse. Greg L (talk) 03:22, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per Jjron, Noebse and my comments above... Gazhiley (talk) 12:19, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. I disagree with the assertion of high EV: what are the specific articles where high EV is claimed?? Spikebrennan (talk) 02:39, 24 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • As an editor speaking to an audience in the illustrations department, I can tell you that although you guys have different standards, this is a high EV image from the editor side in its first two listed uses. This is a higher EV image than a logo of a fan club or a screenshot of a fan club because it shows what a fan club does. It is clearly high EV for the team. If you were to tell an editor to find you a picture of a fan club, this is about the optimal image. I don't understand how you illustrators think, but it is not like the rest of the project.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 03:27, 24 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • Oh please, this is far from "...about the optimal image" of a fan club. Even you have said you're not sure whether there's any representatives of the fan club even in the picture. And the only one that's suggested using "...a logo of a fan club or a screenshot of a fan club..." is you. Now, gee what could be a better picture of a fan club? Oh, I know, a photo that actually clearly shows the fan club! Once again though, despite everyone else telling you this has low EV for fan club, you insist that you're right. --jjron (talk) 17:03, 24 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        • Everyone in this case is a bunch of FPC guys who could not recognize a non-mushroom WP:FT/WP:GT if it was set as their home page. Any PR, GAC, FAC, or FLC reg would define this image as a fantastic depiction of a fan club. I have been through this before at FAC where someone did not like me for some reason and a bunch of perfectly fine noms where getting rejected for about a year. When you guys have finished having your fun rejecting fine noms for no reason let me know.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 20:41, 24 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
          • And when you have stopped spamming articles with pictures that have a vague-at-best connection to the article in question and instead start only putting pictures in articles that they are useful in, then let me know... Gazhiley (talk) 11:19, 25 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
          • OK, so a bunch of your "perfectly fine noms" got rejected at FAC for about a year, now a bunch of your "fantastic" noms are getting rejected here "for no reason" (despite the fact that we repeatedly give you copious reasons). Yet despite these coincidences you will not consider that you may, just may, be wrong about this while those telling you otherwise are right? But no, it's just because someone doesn't like you... Right, so to paraphrase your last sentence, 'when we drop our standards to zero, let you know'. We will... :-) (And wtf has featured/good topics got to do with any of this?) --jjron (talk) 11:45, 25 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Not really anything spectacular about this that moves it apart from a casual image. While the quality might be good, the subject doesn't make the cut for anything special.--Iankap99 (talk) 19:31, 24 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 07:01, 25 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]


Mycena leaiana var. australis

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Original - Mature Mycena leaiana var. australis in Mount Field National Park. The color is a bright orange that fades as the mushroom matures.
Reason
It shows all of the important characteristics for identification apart from the spore print.
Articles in which this image appears
Mycena leaiana
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Other lifeforms/Fungi
Creator
Noodle snacks
Sasata probably has access to the article, since he used it here Amanita vaginata. — raeky (talk | edits) 12:08, 17 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Why doesn't Pileus (mycology) have any real images like this?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 17:46, 17 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • Probably a good question for the editors at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Fungi, but if I had to venture a guess is the lack of or difficulty of finding good side profiles of all those types. — raeky (talk | edits) 18:10, 17 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • That is a short article on a technical point which is key for identification; in practice, of course, it's not that simple, meaning photographs are perhaps not overly useful. I don't have access to my mushroom field-guides right now, but I can assure you that in at least two of the three I use, photographs are not used- instead, diagrams similar to ours are the main illustration. In a longer article, there may well be a place, but a longer article would get very technical very quickly; in any case, any photographs used would be of very specific things- macro shots, microscopic shots, artificial shots, shots of specimens in different stages of growth- this is not a picture that could be just casually slipped in in the way you suggest. J Milburn (talk) 00:25, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. I have added mention of the variety in several places in the article, as well as updating the categories. I have also moved this image to share the taxobox, as showing the two different varieties is a great use of multiple taxobox images, in my eyes. J Milburn (talk) 00:25, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Nice one Hive001 contact 11:12, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Definitely. Sasata (talk) 17:03, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Mycena leaiana var. australis.jpg per WP:SNOW --Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 12:27, 25 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]



The Lady of Shalott

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Original - W.E.F. Britten's photogravure illustration for Alfred, Lord Tennyson's The Lady of Shalott.
Reason
Fine photogravure image. Illustrates the poem well.
Articles in which this image appears
The Lady of Shalott, William Britten
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Literary illustrations
Creator
W. E. F. Britten

Not promoted (3 S, 1 O, i.e. minimum number of supports not reached) --Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 17:33, 25 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]



Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem

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Original - Rembrandt's Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem. Based on the Book of Lamentations, traditionally attributed to the prophet Jeremiah.
Version from the webpage of the Rijksmuseum
Reason
While somewhat small in file size, this is a gorgeous painting. I'd love to have a good-sized copy with good production values, but the only copy I can find of any greater size is the Yorck Project one, which is, like most of the reproductions they do, terrible.
Articles in which this image appears
Book of Lamentations, Jeremiah, Mishpatim, Bo (parsha), Tzav, Behar, Bechukotai, Balak (parsha), Pinchas (parsha), Matot
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Rembrandt
  • This is the version at the website of the Rijksmuseum. It is 1273x1600 px. A lot darker then this version, and probably closer to the original. (As someone already pointed out, the Yorck versions are usually quite bad). P. S. Burton (talk) 21:58, 24 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • I'll admit my experience with originals of Rembrandt is limited, but it's not nonexistant, and the original image shown here looks much more Rembrandt-y to me than that one. Rembrandt has a tendency towards a subtle glow in the lighter parts of the picture. Further, I find it hard to believe that as much detail as seen int he original copy here would be completely invisible in the final version, instead becoming a sea of black. Perhaps a botched restoration job has attacked this, but, at the very least, the original image here seems a lot nearer Rembrandt's intent. (Note the original image proposed here is not the Yorck Project version.) Adam Cuerden (talk) 22:21, 24 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • Yes, I noticed now that it's not the Yorck version. And you are probably right about the palette. What kind of puzzles me tough is that the museum hosts this version. I would think the currators would spot the difference. P. S. Burton (talk) 22:38, 24 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        • Oh, it's not uncommon: there's a lot of paintings in the Rijksmuseum, and people tend not to review websites once the pages are set up very much. What probably happened is that someone took the picture then handed it over with a dozen or even a hundred other images, which were then batch uploaded and sorted. Adam Cuerden (talk) 08:32, 25 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Jujutacular T · C 03:08, 26 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]



Elakala Waterfall in Blackwater Falls State Park, West Virginia

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Original - Beautiful Elakala Waterfalls in the Blackwater Falls State park, West Virginia, USA.
Reason
Giving this a second try (first try). Image has received additional accolades (#2 in 2009 POTY for Commons) also has had a stub created for the specific waterfall increasing it's EV.
Articles in which this image appears
Elakala falls, Blackwater Falls State Park, Long exposure photography
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator
Forest Wander from Cross Lanes, WV, USA

Promoted File:Elakala Waterfalls Swirling Pool Mossy Rocks.jpg per WP:SNOW --Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 08:24, 26 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]



Niobium crystals

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Original - High purity (99.995 % = 4N5) niobium crystals, electrolytic made, as well as a high pure (99.95 % = 3N5) 1 cm3 anodized niobium cube for comparison.
Reason
a high resolution and valued image
Articles in which this image appears
Niobium, Group 5 element
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Materials science
Creator
Alchemist-hp

Promoted File:Niobium_crystals_and_1cm3_cube.jpg per WP:SNOW --Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 08:24, 26 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]



Morchella elata Fr. (1822)

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Original - Morchella elata is one of three related species commonly known as the black morel, the others being M. angusticeps and M. conica.
Reason
A technically proficient image of the species providing great illustrative EV to the species article. Would be complementary to File:Morelasci.jpg and another FP to compliment File:Morchella conica 1 beentree.jpg to highlight one of the most popular edible wild mushroom groups.
Articles in which this image appears
Morchella elata
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Other_lifeforms/Fungi
Creator
Dan Molter of Mushroom Observer

Promoted File:Morchella elata 83497.jpg --Jujutacular T · C 05:06, 27 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]



The Lazarus Effect (film)

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Original - The Lazarus Effect is a 2010 documentary film about the positive impact of antiretroviral drugs on HIV/AIDS patients in Africa.
Reason
high technical standard, high res, "illustrates the subject in a compelling way, making the viewer want to know more", free license (via OTRS), illustrates the article, captioned, not adapted
Articles in which this image appears
The Lazarus Effect (film)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Culture (cat may be wrong; feel free to fix)
Creator
Jonx Pillemer, The Persuaders, LLC.
  • Support as nominator -- Chzz  ►  05:08, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I would normally straight out oppose a picture of this quality, it has massive jpg artifacts and just isn't visually interesting, that and it appears to be blatant promotion of a film. I do note the statement you left on Jimbo's page, can you give us the reasoning for nominating this picture? Because this image is not of "high technical standard." Also does the OTRS cover the picture she's holding as well? — raeky (talk | edits) 13:42, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • The person sending the email appears to have had authority to equally release the poster (and was going to do so at first), and so certainly has authority to release a photo containing the poster. They are a representative of the company that owns the film (and, equally, promotional material). I've not read it in-depth, but that's my reading of the ticket. J Milburn (talk) 16:07, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • Understood, now the question on the quality? Is this to be treated like any other regular FPC? It has _heavy_ compression artifacts which would preclude it from being a FP under normal criteria... — raeky (talk | edits) 16:09, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        • Agreed. I would normally be inclined to have slightly lower standards for publicity photos, as we have so few freely released (in fact, I think we only have FPs of two modern ones, and I nominated them both). Also, of course, I have a soft-spot for OTRS acquired images. However, this is not a publicity photo per se, it is a photograph of an actress holding a publicity poster. As such, I think it is more comparable to our portraits. Either way, compared to portraits for actors (Clooney, Shea, Wynter) or compared to our publicity shots for film/television (Dustbin Baby, Big & Small) this just isn't good enough, in my eyes. J Milburn (talk) 16:33, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Important subject. But I don’t see how this is an FP-quality picture. It looks quite unremarkable. Greg L (talk) 17:02, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose I am not a photography expert, but when I look at this at full res, I am unimpressed by its technical quality.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 13:54, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose I'm also going to oppose here too, this does not meet our technical standards. — raeky (talk | edits) 14:02, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per Greg and Raeky... Gazhiley (talk) 09:56, 25 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Oppose Sorry --Extra 999 (Contact me + contribs) 07:59, 27 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Jujutacular T · C 13:18, 27 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]



WWII U.S. Infantryman

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(Restored) Original - World War II American Infantryman, kneeling in front of M3 Half-track, with an M1 Garand rifle wearing HBT first pattern uniform. Fort Knox, Kentucky, June 1942.
The ACTUAL unrestored version
Unrestored Original - Alternate uncropped version.
Reason
Already a featured image on Commons, very high quality colour image from 1942 with significant EV, very rare to find for such an old photo.
Articles in which this image appears
M1 Garand, United States Army uniforms in World War II, M3 Half-track, Brodie helmet and Fort Knox.
FP category for this image
People/Military
Creator
Alfred T. Palmer, restored by Scewing.
  • Support as nominator -- Fallschirmjäger  ✉  21:57, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I think the “Original” (restored) has too much contrast. Greg L (talk) 22:57, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Question/s. The reason says "... significant EV" - could you elaborate on this? I'm not seeing so much; it's claimed highest EV article is Fort Knox, but the only link to that seems to me that it was apparently taken there (all we see of Fort Knox is a bit of dirt and grass). For the other articles, it's not that good for the truck (too cut off), the other ones maybe a bit better, probably strongest in the uniform article though the body position means we don't see it all. I'm also wondering about the reasoning behind cropping the Palmer original and how people feel about that? Actually strike that, on a closer look, the "Unrestored Original" is not the original at all, it's a different photo... --jjron (talk) 17:18, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • Also the link to the LOC record on the image page is not for this image at all but the slightly different angle... — raeky (talk | edits) 21:51, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • The 'Unrestored original' is the angle from LOC, its just appears to have its frame trimmed off and cropped down a bit. The 'original' is a restored version of a slightly different angle yes. The articles weren't listed in order of EV, just in order of which the image appeared. I appreciate that some usage of it is questionable, but I think that its usage in M1 Garand and uniform articles is the most valuable, don't forget this isn't a staged photo, it's an actual colour photograph from 1942 of an U.S. infantryman illustrating how the rifle is held and sighted. Such a colour image of this detail from the WWII era is extremely hard to come by which is why I believe it has significant value. Try and find another colour image of a U.S. infantryman or the rifle and you'll see just how rare this photo is, most of the colour images today are of replica, reproduced guns like the image on in the M1 Garand infobox, there is no way it would be that clean from 70 years ago! The angle and composition of the shot isn't ideal but it's not like the photo could be taken again.  Fallschirmjäger  ✉  08:39, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        • Nomination template says to list highest EV articles first, thus my assumption... BTW it is a staged photo (as have been the other Palmer WWII images we've had through here), but perhaps you mean it's not a modern day re-enactment or something, which is a fair call. Not sure I'm overly happy with the restoration though, and we don't have an actual original to compare it to (which I believe is considered poor form in restoration terms). --jjron (talk) 15:11, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
          • Yeah that's what I mean, although its a staged pose at Fort Knox, not from an actual WWII theatre, it is from 1942 as you can confirm here. Apologies for the order of articles, I was in a rush at the time but I've sorted them now. I wasn't too sure about the restoration either, hence why I included the 'Unrestored Originial' which I believe is a better candidate and agree with Greg that the contrast of the 'Original' is too high. But even so to have any sort of colour image dating from 1942 is rare.  Fallschirmjäger  ✉  17:09, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support restored version. Unbelievable, looks like a recent photo. Nightbolt t 21:51, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support original I oppose the un-restored original because detail is lost. --Iankap99 (talk) 00:31, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose the "original" needs work and the restored version appears to be overly restored and lost detail. — raeky (talk | edits) 13:44, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Jujutacular T · C 03:18, 28 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]



Baalbek Temple Complex

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Original - Panoramic view of the Great Court of Baalbek temple complex, in Lebanon
Reason
Panorama that reveals the Great court of Baalbek temple complex with great details.
Articles in which this image appears
Baalbek
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Panorama
Creator
Eusebius
  • Support as nominator --Banzoo (talk) 13:20, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Hmm. the foreground wall is a little distracting, because of the (necessary) distortion. It might be better to cut, say, 50-100 px from the bottom, to get rid of the sliver of the middle of the wall. Not sure. However, this really is an astounding image, and deserves my full support. Adam Cuerden (talk) 13:31, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support and Comment. Wouldn’t this image be more practical if it were down-sampled to half its current resolution? Once I click the magnify button, even on a 2560-pixel monitor, it’s like looking around the world through a soda straw. Too large of an image isn’t enough of a reason to vote ‘oppose’. Greg L (talk) 13:42, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • I didn’t know about that. It’s a very nice tool; (yeah, I know about the pref for the thumb size; that isn’t available to I.P. users is it?) But I doubt one in a hundred I.P. users will avail themselves of the tool if/when this goes to the main page. The current image is 45 MB to download. A 50-percent-per-axis downsample would result in an 11 MB file, which would be much more practical to download and pan around in. Greg L (talk) 13:56, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Outsanding quality and great EV. I'd also support a crop/downsample. NauticaShades 13:46, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support I would be strongly opposed to downsampling. The 'warning' sign is quite apparent on the file description page and the link provides easy access to very viewable sizes of the image. It is very high quality at full resolution and so downsampling serves no technical purpose. Oh yeah - and my rationale - beautiful image, very sharp, and plenty of EV. Jujutacular T · C 16:08, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Emphatic Support A perfect example of how to use a panorama to great effect to illustrate a historical site. — raeky (talk | edits) 21:49, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose downsampling as the FP - Support offering a courtesy copy and/or link which is downsampled when it's on the mainpage. Adam Cuerden (talk) 07:14, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Adam Cuerden’s idea works for me. Most I.P. editors aren’t going to know about the Large Image Viewer and some 99.9% will simply suffer the 45 MB download and noodle around looking at the image through a soda straw. Greg L (talk) 17:21, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • The link to the large image browser thing is in the large image template which is right below the commons link, I've been mulling over an idea of how to make that link more visible and look better, but I haven't found a good icon for it. The tool is very useful and it should probably be made MUCH more accessible to random viewers, imho. It's also very common practice to have a smaller version uploaded and linked in the large image's description page as well for people, so I would support that as well. — raeky (talk | edits) 17:33, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

6 S -> Promoted File:Pano_Baalbek_1.jpg --Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 16:48, 28 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]



Big White Fog

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Original - In 1937, Theodore Ward wrote his controversial play Big White Fog. This 1938 poster depicts a man trapped in a fog extending from a hut in Africa to a big city.
Reason
Clean scan of a graphically eye-catching image with very good encyclopedic value. Unrestored version: File:Big White Fog - original.jpg.
Articles in which this image appears
Big White Fog, Theodore Ward
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre
Creator
Works Progress Administration, restored by Jujutacular
  • Support as nominator --Jujutacular T · C 06:26, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Excellent restoration, plenty of EV. NauticaShades 09:46, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: Judging by the black/white border above the "sponsored by", the image seems to need slight tilt correction clockwise. I don't know if that judgement is true or not though, if that is how it is in the original poster. SpencerT♦Nominate! 03:18, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment': How did this Chicago theatre group find out about the design of the Sears Tower 30 years before it was built? It might be useful to find out what this building is supposed to be. The article about the play can't even inform us about why it was controversial so I am not too hopeful. 75.41.110.200 (talk) 17:07, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • oppose changed to neutral Teofilo talk 23:43, 24 June 2010 (UTC)) All keywords written on the poster have not been explained yet. Wikipedia is a project diffusing knowledge. At present much of what Wikipedia is diffusing concerning this poster is ignorance. We ignore who Kay Ewing is. We ignore where this International House Theatre is located. Where is this "Fairfax" ? Fairfax is a disambiguation page and there seem to be so many possibilities. However this poster could be a good featured candidate in the future when the above mysteries have been elucidated. Perhaps it could be interesting to expand in the article why the play was "controversial" (as the above caption is saying). Teofilo talk 06:04, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • International House Theatre-->Housing_at_the_University_of_Chicago#International_House. Kay Ewing is the director of the play. There is no information about the "Fairfax 8200", but a quick Internet search hints at it being a neighborhood in Chicago, although I am not sure. In addition, I'm not sure how your "oppose" lines up with the Wikipedia:Featured picture criteria, as actually one of the criteria is "It illustrates the subject in a compelling way, making the viewer want to know more." which seems to be true in this case. SpencerT♦Nominate! 21:09, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • "Fairfax 8200" is the phone number. Fairfax is 324 [15] 75.41.110.200 (talk) 01:03, 24 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • I think it means "Wikipedia has (must have) more to say for people who want to know more" rather than "Readers who want to know more are requested to search for information elswhere". I checked with this link showing that the Chicago University International House is still located "1414 East 59th Street, Chicago". I think checking this kind of things is important. As it belongs to a group that toured the entire United States and even Europe, that poster was not necessarily that of a theatre in Chicago. Until this was checked, it was fair to assume that it could have been a theatre in Fairfax, Virginia, as the word "Chicago" is not written anywhere on the poster. I change my "oppose" into "neutral" or "weak support". Was there a theatre building there which was knocked down later, or is it a multipurpose centre where theatre plays happened to be played ? Is the same venue still used for theatre today ? My google searches don't seem to provide many results for "international house" + "Chicago university" + "theatre". Judging from what I read on this link, their main venue for performing arts today is called "Assembly hall". I wonder if this is the former "Theatre" whose name was changed or an entirely different building. Teofilo talk 23:54, 24 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per nom. Superb EV. Spikebrennan (talk) 15:38, 25 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Adam Cuerden (talk) 15:25, 28 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

5 S, 1 N -> Promoted File:Big White Fog.jpg --Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 16:48, 28 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]



Mark Rutte

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Original - Mark Rutte is a Dutch politician and the leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy. After the party's success in the 2010 general election, he is likely to become the Netherlands' next prime minister.
Reason
A compelling and very high quality photograph used prominently in three important articles. We have a number of good shots of the subject, but this is the one used on the English Wikipedia. Hopefully this will be a welcome alternative to the usual stuffy studio shots of politicians.
Articles in which this image appears
Mark Rutte, People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, Dutch general election, 2010
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
Nick van Ormondt
Discussion of license and OTRS.
  • Comment Is OTRS necessary in this case? — raeky (talk | edits) 12:20, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • I do not read Dutch, but I gather that the source page states that they may be freely used. J Milburn (talk) 13:00, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • OTRS is needed if you want to confirm identity. In this case, it is totally clear that the statement is made by the VVD (it is on their website), so OTRS just for the sake of it doesn't make sense. It is indeed not a PD-statement, but under Dutch copyright law it is nearly impossible to release a photo without giving attribution to the author, so this is about the free-est you can get under these circumstances. It is very much alike CC-BY, but not the exact license indeed. However, the acceptance requirements are not limited to PD and CC-licenses, but it is about the concept of free content - this image clearly fits that requirement, you can do whatever you want with it, as long as you attribute. That is more free than most of Wikipedia. --effeietsanders 13:40, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • Completely agree- Raeky, no one is claiming that this is PD, and there are other acceptable licenses than just CC. Note what is actually said on the image page. People can use this freely provided we attribute the author- that's free enough for us. J Milburn (talk) 19:24, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        • Seems everyone is in agreement that the release on the website is sufficient to justify a release for commercial use, which was my concern that it didn't explicitly state commercial use was allowed, so I'll withdraw my concern. — raeky (talk | edits) 21:45, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support High quality portrait. I'm satisfied with the license issue. Jujutacular T · C 16:37, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support A technically good portrait that is a little different then traditional bland composition. — raeky (talk | edits) 21:45, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Conditional support pending license clarification. Good quality and more interesting than the standard staged pollie photo. --jjron (talk) 15:19, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • I'm really not seeing what needs clarifying. J Milburn (talk) 17:26, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • Refer to above discussion. The metadata of the image also contains a copyright notice which I don't believe was discussed above, but until we get some Dutchy that can translate it, it's not entirely clear what it says (none of the online translators could do a decent job of it). You deal with this stuff more than me, so I'll take your word for it, but it seems the standards for this stuff bend and sway. --jjron (talk) 10:20, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        • A Dutch speaker has already translated it. Anyone is free to use it without need for royalties. I can't see how this could be construed as non-free. I'd be inclined to say that anyone arguing against this is just being incredibly paranoid. J Milburn (talk) 11:44, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
          • Better get me to a medical centre, cos I must be blind as well as paranoid. I can't see where "copie recht bevindt zich te allen tijde bij nick van ormondt tenzij anders afgesroken" has been translated. Anyway, I'm just bemused at why some images such as the Josh Sundquist one undergo witch-hunts, and others don't. --jjron (talk) 15:25, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
            • "Human translation: "Deze foto's kunnen rechtenvrij gebruikt worden bij vermelding: Fotograaf Nick van Ormondt" - "These photos can be used free of rights with notice: Fotograaf Nick van Ormondt". --effeietsanders 21:32, 18 June 2010 (UTC)"- from the collapsed box above. Where have you taken your other quote from? The quote translated there is displayed prominently on the page in question. And yes, there's a massive difference between someone uploading a picture found on another website and saying "it's mine, feel free to use it" and us finding pictures on a website where there is already an explicit release... J Milburn (talk) 16:11, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
              • The image metadata, as I clearly said in my first reply (under Copyright holder). Where has that been translated? I know the other translation was there so didn't need it again. FWIW 'finding' photos on a website that say they're free always strikes me as highly questionable, as who's to say that website hasn't lifted them from elsewhere. It happens regularly with our images that they're improperly reused. That's one of the reasons I mainly only support Wikipedian generated content. It's like WM just close their eyes and go lalala - they believe any random website claiming to own the copyright, but don't believe it when someone quite convincingly posts here claiming to be the subject and copyright holder and gives us free release. Weird... --jjron (talk) 07:24, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
                • That's the website of the main Dutch political party, posting posed shots of said party's leader. Who else are they going to belong to? What it says in the meta-data is close to irrelevant, but, anyways, I have again requested a translation. J Milburn (talk) 10:31, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • I'm a little surprised by showed extremism (I think the sentence "That's one of the reasons I mainly only support Wikipedian generated content" tells enough) but lets try to recap everything once more. I am not sure where you found the sentence, especially since there are spelling mistakes in it. I have not been able to locate that particular text - although I do not suspect that you just made it up. But ignoring those mistakes, "copie recht bevindt zich te allen tijde bij nick van ormondt tenzij anders afgesroken" just means what is the legal situation: "Copyright lies at all times with Nick van Ormondt unless agreed otherwise". Well, that is just a general provision, and doesn't exclude the plausible explanation that either VVD acquired the copyright (and agreed otherwise) either agreed on a license with the terms as published on their website. The VVD is a major political party, and very well aware of copyright situations. When we trust the judgment of amateur Wikipedians, I must say I would find it striking and shocking that we do not trust the judgment of such a legally supported organization. If there is a risk at all, that lies with the VVD, who has made arrangements with the photographer. I hope this discussion is now finally finished, because imho this is all very sound and clear. So to recap: The photo is found on a website of an organization which most likely owns the rights, the websites states a very clear release statement under an acceptable condition. There is no reason to believe that they would not be allowed to make such a statement. --effeietsanders 11:09, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • It's in the meta data, and the reason we have such "extremism" is because we don't want to get Wikimedia sued if we put this on the front page, likewise we don't want some T-Shirt manufacture who puts this guys face on a t-shirt to get sued if he uses this picture. All of that has to be 100% legally allowed for us to accept it. Thats why we're being careful. — raeky (talk | edits) 12:07, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        • If it is just about being afraid of getting sued, the statement by VVD was sufficient - especially considering how the image is publicized. When someone prints it on a T-shirt, I think personality rights are more of an issue. I have seen much cafefulness, and am careful myself as well, but this is just going over the top - I do not say that in general we should not be careful. --effeietsanders 13:29, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
          • Heh. Just to note. In this nomination I've been labelled as both paranoid and an extremist. A paranoid extremist I suppose... --jjron (talk) 18:09, 26 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
            • You were labelled neither. Your position was labelled extremist (not you) and I was talking about copyright paranoia, something very specific. For what it's worth, I'm someone who deals with an awful lot of copyright issues, and someone who normally falls on the conservative side of things. No offence was meant by what I said, and I strongly assume no offence was meant by effeietsanders. J Milburn (talk) 15:59, 27 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support great portrait. Casliber (talk · contribs) 01:32, 26 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per above --Extra 999 (Contact me + contribs) 08:04, 27 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

5 (6?) S -> Promoted File:Mark Rutte-6.jpg --Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 16:48, 28 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]


CTA Control Tower 18 and loop junction

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Original - Chicago Transit Authority control tower 18 guides elevated Chicago 'L' northbound Purple and Brown lines intersecting with westbound Pink and Green lines and the looping Orange line above the Wells and Lake street intersection in the loop. (northwest corner of the loop viewed facing northwest)
Edit 4-perspective correction using hugin (by TonyTheTiger (talk · contribs) with corrections by Dschwen (talk · contribs) and then by TonyTheTiger)
Reason
This is a high EV image. This was previously listed at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/CTA Control Tower 18 and loop junction where supporters were User:Greg L and User:Mcshadypl, and opposers were User:Gazhiley.
Articles in which this image appears
Grand union
Rail transport
Signalling control
Junction (traffic)
The Loop (CTA)
Centralized traffic control
Railroad switch
Level junction
Urban rail transit
Chicago 'L'
Chicago Transit Authority
Orange Line (Chicago Transit Authority)
Brown Line (Chicago Transit Authority)
Green Line (Chicago Transit Authority)
Purple Line (Chicago Transit Authority)
Pink Line (Chicago Transit Authority)
Rapid transit
Public transport
Rail tracks
Infrastructure
Lake Street (Chicago)
Wells Street (Chicago)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Others
Creator
Daniel Schwen (User:Dschwen)
  • Support as nominator --TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:37, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Edit 4 (though Edit 3 *looks* good too notwithstanding technical geometric shortcomings). This image has great lighting and interesting curves and angles. It has high artistic value and sufficient EV to merit use on the Main Page for one day. It will capture readers’ attention and no one can find fault with the work product. I really like the way the sunlight plays with the wood’s surface. Greg L (talk) 17:18, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support original, though I think it would help to add to the caption that this is on the northwest corner of the loop. I agree that the cropping and perspective correction aren't really helping; I like having the wider view of the track and buildings. It also means you can see more of the train on the right, rather than it being cropped to the point of irrelevance. Also cropped into irrelevance is the street below, which removes one of the key visual indicators that this is all happening on an elevated track, which is an important aspect of the picture. --Golbez (talk) 21:56, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I don’t understand the strategy of presenting five options here. It seems a recipe for not being able to arrive at a consensus. I suggest the nominator chose whichever one seems most promising and advance it as a sole candidate. Greg L (talk) 03:26, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Edit 4 and Weak support for Original support original. This image has great lighting and interesting curves and angles. It has high artistic value and sufficient EV to merit use on the Main Page for one day. It will capture readers’ attention and no one can find fault with the work product. I really like the way the sunlight plays with the wood’s surface. I prefer the version where straight lines don’t converge towards a vanishing point. Greg L (talk) 20:51, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support original, weak oppose edit. Fumbling with the perspective doesn't really work in this case in my opinion. It is great if it is just a little off of a straight view, but this is perspective should stand as is, giving a better sense of the proportions. --Dschwen 02:13, 24 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support original Per myself/Dschwen. Noodle snacks (talk) 21:14, 24 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support original --Alchemist-hp (talk) 00:47, 26 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:CTA loop junction.jpg --Jujutacular T · C 01:08, 29 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]



E'Twaun Moore

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Original - Academic All-American and honorable mention 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball All-American E'Twaun Moore dribbling a basketball
Reason
This is a high EV image
Articles in which this image appears
E'Twaun Moore
Dribbling
2008–09 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team
2010 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Sport
Creator
flickr user conant.brian

Not promoted per WP:SNOW--Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 07:57, 29 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]



Kookaburra

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Original - Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) perched on a Silver Wattle (Acacia dealbata), Waterworks Reserve, Hobart, Tasmania
Reason
I was pretty happy with this, and the lighting is pretty nice
Articles in which this image appears
Kookaburra, Laughing Kookaburra
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Noodle snacks

7 S, 2 WS -> Promoted File:Dacelo novaeguineae waterworks.jpg per WP:SNOW --Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 08:06, 29 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]



Paper Autofluorescence

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Original - Micrograph of tissue paper. Illumination is by ultraviolet light causing autofluorescence of the fibres. The image was captured through a blue filter to block direct illumination. Individual fibres are ~10 μm wide.
Reason
Great EV illustrating an interesting topic in a way we're not used to seeing.
Articles in which this image appears
Autofluorescence, Paper, Solid
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Sciences/Materials science
Creator
Richard Wheeler (Zephyris)

Promoted File:PaperAutofluorescence.jpg --Jujutacular T · C 13:37, 29 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]



Pied Oyster Catcher

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Original - Pied Oystercatcher, (Haematopus longirostris)
Reason
The surf in the background and muscles in the foreground (food) give the image a certain verisimilitude in my view.
Articles in which this image appears
Pied Oystercatcher, Oystercatcher
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Noodle snacks
  • Support as nominator --Noodle snacks (talk) 09:56, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. This is not your best- the cut off feet are a little distracting, the detail isn't enormous. Though it's slightly better than the one you replaced in some ways, I'd say the other is a little more eye-catching. As an aside, the one you replaced was a VP- if this one stays, you may want to start the wheels to get it delisted... J Milburn (talk) 21:16, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak oppose. The angle of the photograph makes the subject seem two-dimensional, and it's just a little too close to the middle of the photograph - is there an uncropped version to allow for a more 'rule-of-thirds'-y cut? XeroJavelin (talk) 00:28, 27 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 08:06, 30 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Euplectes franciscanus

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Original - The Northern Red Bishop or Orange Bishop (Euplectes franciscanus) is a resident breeding bird species in Africa south of the Sahara Desert and north of the Equator.
Reason
Compelling shot of a rather pretty bird. Good technicals, good composition, used well within the article. A recent finalist in the Commons POTY.
Articles in which this image appears
Northern Red Bishop
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Luc Viatour
  • Support as nominator --J Milburn (talk) 21:10, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose regrettably. Opened this intending to support, but far too noisy in the blacks, especially on the chest, and maybe a little bit soft; I don't think it's quite up there with our other bird images. ISO 1600 was probably asking just a bit too much. Personally I'd give it a little less headroom and maybe take a smidge off the left, but wouldn't oppose based on that. That spiders-web on its head is also a bit distracting. --jjron (talk) 09:53, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Why isn't this mentioned in Sahara#Flora_and_Fauna, not to mention having the picture included.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 14:02, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support I make my vote based upon the size here; not at an über-magnified level. I like how the background is out of focus, I like the off-center composition (though I agree 100% with jjron and think it could be cropped a tad to bring it slightly more to the left and higher), and I just love the range of oranges. It’s nice to see subjects that aren’t familiar to most English-speaking peoples. In short, it is interesting. Greg L (talk) 02:04, 27 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 21:26, 30 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]