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OriginalTeresa Carreño
Reason
A nice photo of a notable pianist, composer, singer, and conductor. May be CSS-cropped, if desired.
Articles in which this image appears
Teresa Carreño
FP category for this image
WP:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Uncredited photographer; restored by Adam Cuerden
The bright reflection in the mirror of a window (?) is distracting, too. Sca (talk) 15:54, 28 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Teresa Carreño at the piano.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 00:08, 4 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A 25-cent Liberian dollar uniface fractional banknote depicting the Coat of arms of Liberia on the upper obverse of the note and hand-signed by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Treasurer. Prior to the current discovery of this note in the National Numismatic Collection in February 2016 by the nominator, the 25 cent denomination was not thought to exist.[1] A high grade example of the 1880 Liberian dollar series.
  1. ^ Cuhaj, George S. (2010). Standard Catalog of World Paper Money General Issues (1368-1960) (13 ed.). Krause Publications. p. 801. ISBN 978-1-4402-1293-2.
Reason
High quality, high EV, unreported denomination. The Liberian dollar has been the official currency of Liberia from 1847 to 1907 and from 1943 to the present.
Articles in which these images appear
Liberian dollar, Coat of arms of Liberia
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Currency/Other
Creator
Republic of Liberia
From the National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History


©Geni - I'm not sure how this is OR if I'm citing the main reference book on world banknotes as the source of information indicating that the denomination has not been reported to exist? I could change the description so that this image is simply a high-grade example of the Liberian dollar, but that would neglect it's importance...
The problem is that it introduces unpublished idea. Specifically that the thing exists.©Geni (talk) 18:16, 27 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
©Geni- That the thing exists seems beyond question, given the image provided (from a reliable source, the NNC). Not wanting to split hairs, I have amended the description of the image so that its relevant EV for FPC is not based on denomination but rather on being a fairly high quality and very high resolution example of the series.--Godot13 (talk) 03:05, 28 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Generally yes. There have been past cases where people have had to prod museums to publish blogs mentioning things about their collection.©Geni (talk) 19:58, 29 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:09, 5 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalAdolphe-Joseph-Louis Alizard performing in Jérusalem, from Le Charivari
Reason
A nice caricature, shows a bit about how the opera was perceived (albeit through a lens of extreme satire), and shows the notability of the performer - one who does not appear to have many other images of him available, so the caricature is a bit more vluable than it otherwise might be.
Articles in which this image appears
Adolphe-Joseph-Louis Alizard, Jérusalem
FP category for this image
Let's go with Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre
Creator
Anonymous (possibly Benjamin Roubaud?); restored by Adam Cuerden
The closest thing I found is this. Not enough. Bammesk (talk) 03:53, 29 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
There was a more prominent politician who borrowed this gesture, commemorated in monuments. Brandmeistertalk 10:09, 29 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Adolphe-Joseph-Louis Alizard from Le Charivari.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:24, 5 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalGeorge Washington Carver
Reason
Somewhat redone since last time to maximise contrast without misleading. All parts of his face are clear, and if I squint, the face is still distinct from the background. All photographs of Carver have some issues in black and white - he was a dark-skinned man who wore dark suits with light shirts - but that shouldn't mean no image of him is featureable
Articles in which this image appears
George Washington Carver
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering
Creator
uncredited photo; restored by Adam Cuerden
  • Support as nominatorAdam Cuerden (talk) 00:05, 26 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - still too dark, could easily be fixed with photoshop "levels", then I'd support. --Janke | Talk 06:24, 26 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • Racelifting is not happening. If we make him look light-skinned, we are not only denying reality, we are being racist, saying that he' is too dark. Any group picture including him clearly shows he is very, very dark skinned. I realise that's not your intent, but we can't say that someone's too dark-skinned to have a representative FP, or that we should lighten their skin in order to make it look better, without extreme systematic bias. Adam Cuerden (talk) 11:05, 26 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak oppose – Per Janke. Nothing to do with race, racism or skin color – it's about lighting. (Don't see significant difference between this version and the one nominated Feb. 8.) It's a shame – it would be good to have a pic of him in his prime rather than his dotage (hence, my "weak" vote). Sca (talk) 14:35, 26 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Not sure I agree that the face is not clear here. It does seem very dark, like a poorly lit room. I am not sure what I could suggest to improve it, and I would not obligate anyone with a burden to fix this, but this is a difficult picture to see. Blue Rasberry (talk) 20:33, 26 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - is there a way to increase the contrast with the background by altering the background in some way without changing the levels of the subject?--Godot13 (talk) 05:57, 27 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    • I fixed it so that it doesn't look so horridly underexposed, the skin is still very dark - the white shirt is a good reference... OK? If you agree, you can replace the original, or rename this test edit... (IMO, you could go even a bit further...) --Janke | Talk 07:53, 27 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Alt. Edited for brightness & contrast.
Is this a suggested alt. nomination? I do think it's more accessible to the reader. Although the shirt is a bit blown, that's true of the orig., too. Sca (talk) 14:46, 27 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Well, yes, in a way - if people agree, the original could perchance be overwritten with this? At least I support this alt, if nobody wants to lighten it even further... --Janke | Talk 15:58, 27 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The alt makes me uncomfortable. It's almost cetrtainly too light in the skin, even if it looks better. Systemic bias is a major problem - we don't have a lot of black-and-white photographs of very dark skinned people, and correcting to what we think they should look like is dangerous. I'm going by other photos and group shots; I think that's a better guide than "I think it looks better." Also, do not overwrte this is a featured picture on Commons. Oppose alt on encyclopædic grounds. Adam Cuerden (talk) 16:38, 27 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Oppose: if the nominator is uncomfortable changing the original picture to make it lighter, then I oppose because the original is simply too dark. When I had my tablet screen at an almost flat angle so I could draw on it, I simply could not see it. I'm sure people in poor lighting conditions, with dim screens, or in the sun will see even less. Pinguinn (🐧) 16:44, 27 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

That's part of the featured picture criteria. @Pinguinn, Geni, and Janke: Your monitors are nto in line with the voting criteria, methinks. Adam Cuerden (talk) 22:00, 27 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I can see all of them quite easily with the Surface 3, the same computer that I had mentioned earlier. Even at the angle I was using it at and couldn't see the image, I could see all 4 circles. Additionally, I'll point out, as I said before, some people may truly not have their monitors calibrated, or have poor ones, or be on a phone in the sun, etc. and see it even less well as I did. We deprive these people of knowledge by excluding them. Pinguinn (🐧) 22:06, 27 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
My monitor is fine. "Brightness" isn't he issue here. So what is the problem? To me it looks like the photographer has used a rather shallow depth of field while focusing on the tip of Mr Carver's nose. Look how out of focus his ears and shoulder are. The result is the lack of firm boarder between his head and the background. The limited contrast between his head and the background results in a problem for some people.©Geni (talk) 23:10, 27 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
We all should bear in mind that this photo was taken more than a century ago. But Adam, I don't see how lightening the photo to make the subject's visage discernible distorts either his race or the historical record. He remains clearly a black or Afro-American person. Sca (talk) 23:54, 27 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@ Adam: I suggest you check who originally created that shadow detail test... ;-) --Janke | Talk 07:58, 28 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The "original" (a JPG) claims to be a "Picasa 300dpi scan vintage 2007", is that a sound base for any kind of restoration? For laptop users, check the angle of your display, I saw nothing on the display test image, with another angle all four circles were perfectly clear (manually calibrated VAIO 2011). The lower image is too bright for me. –Be..anyone 💩 08:11, 28 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
OK, then: If you see all four circles clearly, your display is definitely too bright, and so will the photo be. The ideal is to "discern" three circles (but they are all almost black, anyhow!), and the fourth just barely, if at all. If the three rightmost circles are not "almost black", your display is too bright. You can also check your mid-tone calibration here: [1] - if that is off, all bets are lost... ;-) --Janke | Talk 11:04, 28 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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  • I was holding off on voting on this one because I appreciate Adam Cuerden's restorations, but I came across this picture (to the right), which shows that it is really more a matter of poor lighting than skin colour. I believe his features are seen much more clearly in this photo (taken in daylight) than the nominated one. I will regretfully oppose on the grounds of poor lighting. Mattximus (talk) 14:45, 1 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, his expression is better in that one, too. (And get a load of that flamboyant tie!) Alas, it's not amenable to pulling a mug from it. Sca (talk) 14:54, 2 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 00:29, 6 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Wizard Island - Crater Lake Oregon
Reason
High resolution, high quality scenic photo
Articles in which this image appears
Wizard Island, Tourist attractions near Portland, Oregon
FP category for this image
Landscapes
Creator
Jacopo Werther
This one [[2]] is a lot more natural. --Janke | Talk 10:55, 8 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 04:36, 10 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Pope Pius VI was Pope during the French Revolution and eventually the rule of Napoleon. He eventally died as a prisoner of Napoleon
Reason
High Ev as lead image, very good scan of the painting
Articles in which this image appears
Pope Pius VI, Papal conclave, 1774–75, Pompeo Batoni, Napoleon and the Catholic Church
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Religious figures
Creator
Pompeo Batoni

Promoted File:Pompeo Batoni - Ritratto di Papa Pio VI (National Gallery of Ireland).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:50, 12 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Reason
High quality, high EV (two-image set for perspective).
Original
Arena Glacier, first mapped in 1948 and 1955, flows into Hope Bay on the Trinity Peninsula of Antarctica. The first image, shot from a ship at a distance, shows the glacier flowing into Hope Bay. The second image, shot from a moving zodiac approaching the glacial outlet, provides size perspective.
Articles in which these images appear
Arena Glacier
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Others
Creator
Godot13


  • The connection between the two images is not obvious, even when the landscape is displayed at say 1200px wide (a typical laptop size). Perhaps the article is the best place to show size perspective. BTW the landscape image is awesome. Bammesk (talk) 03:42, 6 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • The close-up/detail image is linked in commons to the landscape. A box is drawn around the area of the closeup with a link. Thank you for the kind words about the landscape image...--Godot13 (talk) 04:39, 6 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • After thinking about this for a long time... I changed my vote to: support both. The images are from a remote location whose landscape is changing. The close-up adds sufficient EV to the nomination. Bammesk (talk) 23:52, 12 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Hope Bay-2016-Trinity Peninsula–Arena Glacier 01.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 04:38, 13 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Hope Bay-2016-Trinity Peninsula–Arena Glacier 03.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 04:38, 13 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Violet flower in Europos Parkas, Lithuania
Reason
Because I want to show that grows beautiful violas.
Articles in which this image appears
Europos Parkas, Hepatica, Viola (plant)
FP category for this image
Natural phenomena
Creator
Lhealt

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 05:03, 13 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Advertisement from Poestaka Timoer for Ratna Moetoe Manikam, a fantasy story starring Ratna Asmara and Astaman.
Reason
High quality magazine advertisement, for the last film produced by Java Industrial Film (production was apparently not finished when the Japanese occupied the Dutch East Indies in March 1942, though we should be careful taking Tan Tjoei Hock at his word)
Articles in which this image appears
Ratna Moetoe Manikam
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
Java Industrial Film, restored by Chris Woodrich

Promoted File:Ratna Moetoe Manikam ad, Poestaka Timoer 66 (15 Oct 1941), p6.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:49, 14 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The interior of St-Etienne-du-Mont in Paris, France.
Reason
Diliff does it again. A nice interior of a famous church in Paris. Good EV.
Articles in which this image appears
Saint-Étienne-du-Mont
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors
Creator
Diliff
Don't know how. Plus, I only found two pictures. Is that suffice enough to be conisdered a set? Étienne Dolet (talk) 08:08, 5 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:46, 15 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The interior of St-Etienne-du-Mont in Paris, France.
Reason
Diliff does it again. A nice interior of a famous church in Paris. Good EV.
Articles in which this image appears
Saint-Étienne-du-Mont
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors
Creator
Diliff

Promoted File:St-Etienne-du-Mont Interior 2, Paris, France - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:52, 15 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalSanata Dharma University's Balinese dance troupe "Sekar Jepun" performing an Oleg. This dance symbolizes a mating ritual between two bees.
Reason
High quality image of a gorgeous Balinese dance. Article is in decent shape too.
Articles in which this image appears
Oleg (dance) +2
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
Chris Woodrich

Promoted File:17 Years of Sekar Jepun 2014-11-01 32.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 04:57, 16 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Poster for the 1924 American film The Thief of Bagdad, freely adapted from One Thousand and One Nights.
Reason
One slight crease, but otherwise good. Those were the days of unphotoshopped film posters...
Articles in which this image appears
The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film)
FP category for this image
Artwork/Others
Creator
The H.C. Miner Litho. Co.

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:58, 17 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Self-portrait of Frances Benjamin Johnston
Reason
One of the most characterful self-portraits I've seen. Interesting background, that you can spend hours looking over (which is good, as this took weeks)
Articles in which this image appears
Frances Benjamin Johnston
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
Creator
Frances Benjamin Johnston; restored by Adam Cuerden
Adam, I'm curious: In relation to the George Washington Carver nom. (4/26), how would you evaluate her photo of Booker T. Washington? Sca (talk) 15:16, 8 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Well, it's featured here and on Commons. Guessing at your underlying question, I'd ask you to remember that people vary in skin tone. Booker T. Washington is a much lighter-skinned African-American than Carver is, which is pretty readily demonstratable. Booker shouldn't be darkened to look like Carver any more than Carver should be lightened. Adam Cuerden (talk) 16:52, 8 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Frances Benjamin Johnston, Self-Portrait (as "New Woman"), 1896.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:06, 18 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Hand-tinted photograph of Alice Roosevelt by Frances Benjamin Johnston
Reason
One of the most famous images of her. The hand-tinting isn't perfect, but it's not bad.
Articles in which this image appears
Alice Roosevelt, List of children of the Presidents of the United States
FP category for this image
She was a writer, so let's go with Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/People/Artists_and_writers, as her other work doesn't classify as well.
Creator
Frances Benjamin Johnston; restored by Adam Cuerden
Well, notability can be debated. My thought was, she was notable then, and is notable now, mainly for being the daughter of Teddy Roosevelt. Other than that, she was known for being a celebrity and sometime political gadfly. (The only president's daughter I can think of offhand who achieved notability on her own is Caroline Kennedy, now ambassador to Japan.)
I like the soufflé quote at the end of her article, though. Sca (talk) 18:59, 9 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Sca: I'd argue that, given she has her own article, with sufficient sources that show she's been the subject of lengthy coverage in her own right, that's enough for FPC, but we can go well beyond that for her. There's four different book-length biographies cited, after all: J. Brough (1975), H. Teichmann (1979), Carol Felsenthal (1988), and S. A. Cordery (2007) - and you could argue Michael Teague's 1981 book counts as well. And they're all by major publishers. There's also several Time and Salon.com articles. Adam Cuerden (talk) 22:05, 9 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • There is no separate bar of notability for FPC. If she's notable enough for Wikipedia, she's notable enough for FPC. Otherwise we'd have people going "Oppose: I've never heard of Mochtar Lubis. He can't be notable enough for FPC". The only way we can stay objective is not have separate bars. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:45, 10 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Famous for being famous – or infamous. Yawn. Sca (talk) 01:52, 10 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I outlined my view of the subject above. Yawn means I don't find her story of compelling interest. Your view is that the achievements of a subject are irrelevant to an FP nom. That may be so according to the multifaceted rule book (devised by others), but I don't think that notion serves encyclopedia readers very well.
There's nothing wrong with the picture. Please note that my post was a comment, not an oppose.
Are you arguing for an FP of Paris H.? Saints preserve us! Sca (talk) 14:30, 10 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Re: Paris H. Not with anything in the present article (the lede image is nice at thumbnail size, but falls flat at full resolution, which is under the minimum anyways) but if we were to get something that met the technical criteria, I wouldn't be opposed to it. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:28, 10 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Alice Roosevelt by Frances Benjamin Johnston.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:26, 19 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Union General William Birney
Reason
Other than a bit of graininess - acceptable in a photographic print of its era - and the fade that was so popular in images of the era, this is a pretty solid image, and a vast improvement over the previous only image of him we had (see file history).
Articles in which this image appears
William Birney +1
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Military
Creator
Unknown; restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:William Birney.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 08:45, 20 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalTripod mast of USS Texas (BB-35)
Reason
A nice shot that came out quite well. Focus and lighting were about as good as the camera could do.
Articles in which this image appears
Tripod mast
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Water
Creator
Adam Cuerden

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:08, 21 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Château de la Muette, view from the park, Paris, France.
Reason
Pretty good quality. EV is high.
Articles in which this image appears
Château de la Muette
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
the creator of the image, where possible using the format Velvet

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:48, 22 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Raphael's portrait of Pope Leo X and Cardinals Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici and Luigi de' Rossi
Reason
High EV as lead image, very good quality scan of the painting (especially compared to the Google Art Project one :File:Raffaello Sanzio - Ritratto di Leone X coi cardinali Giulio de' Medici e Luigi de' Rossi - Google Art Project.jpg)
Articles in which this image appears
Portrait of Leo X (Raphael), Pope Leo X, etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Raphael

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:14, 22 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Colonel-in-chief Sir Nils Olav reviewing the royal guard during his knighthood ceremony in 2008
Reason
High Ev showing Sir Nils Olav on the day of his knightood reviewing the royal guard wearing his knighthood a rare ocassion, pretty good quality image also
Articles in which this image appears
Nils Olav, Hans Majestet Kongens Garde, Colonel-in-chief
FP category for this image
I actually don't know which category this would go under, maybe Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/Others
Creator
Mark Owens

* Support – Dad always said "the Norwegians are the finest people in the world," so I vote ja. (As in Ja, vi elsker dette landet.)Sca (talk) 22:08, 14 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Nils Olav inspects the Kings Guard of Norway after being bestowed with a knighthood at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:24, 22 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalEn pointe ballet shoes in russian ballet school
Reason
Good classical shot
Articles in which this image appears
Pointe shoe
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre
Creator
Petar Milošević

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:55, 23 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Oliver Cromwell by Samuel Cooper
Reason
Good EV. Nice quality.
Articles in which this image appears
Oliver Cromwell
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Samuel Cooper

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 00:44, 24 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Video of the Aurora Australis taken by the crew of Expedition 28 on board the International Space Station. This sequence of shots was taken September 17, 2011 from 17:22:27 to 17:45:12 GMT, on an ascending pass from south of Madagascar to just north of Australia over the Indian Ocean.
Reason
Found this in a drive by reading of the current International Space Station article; having never heard of an Aurora Australis before I thought I would play the clip. Its an interesting vid, so I thought it may have a shot at an FP star.
Articles in which this image appears
Aurora, Chinese large modular space station, Effect of spaceflight on the human body, International Space Station
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Atmospheric optics
Creator
Crew Earth Observations team at Johnson Space Center (PD-USGov)

Promoted File:Aurora Australis from ISS 2011 - 1.ogv --Armbrust The Homunculus 00:48, 24 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalSpace Shuttle Endeavour docked to the International Space Station during STS-134, as seen from the departing Soyuz TMA-20 on May 23, 2011.
ALT1 (ghost artifacts digitally removed around the structures).
Reason
It illustrates two great space programs: the International Space Station and the now retired Space Shuttle program. It also shows them to scale.
Articles in which this image appears
International Space Station, Space Shuttle Endeavour and STS-134. Cropped version in Space Shuttle program.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Getting there
Creator
Paolo Nespoli
I've now added ALT1, where the ghost artifacts have been digitally removed around the structures. Mikael Häggström (talk) 21:19, 17 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support ALT1 – Nicely done (i.e. excellent work). There is one inadvertent deletion which needs fixing: around x,y=3285,2740 (relative to upper left corner) where Kepler attaches to the space station. Other minor improvements say at x,y=2490,2630 and x,y=2343,693 are possible, but they are too minor. Bammesk (talk) 01:45, 18 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for noticing this, so that I could now have it fixed before any people therein were harmed Mikael Häggström (talk) 13:21, 19 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Endeavour docked to ISS.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:11, 24 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalEsperanza Base, established in 1953, is located in Hope Bay on the Trinity Peninsula of the larger Antarctic Peninsula. One of 76 Antarctic research stations maintained by 30 countries, it is one of 44 permanent bases (i.e., open all year versus summer only), and one of Argentina’s 13 research bases. Esperanza Base contains 43 buildings with just over 3,744 square metres (40,300 sq ft) of space. In 1978, the birth of Emilio Palma was orchestrated to occur at the base, the first person born on the continent of Antarctica. (Photo taken from a moving zodiac).
Reason
High quality, high EV
Articles in which this image appears
Esperanza Base, Hope Bay
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture (?)
Creator
Godot13
It is the lead image (click on the infobox image in the article)... It's a css image crop because the whole image would look too small in the size of an infobox, in my opinion--Godot13 (talk) 03:56, 18 May 2016 (UTC).[reply]

Promoted File:Hope Bay-2016-Trinity Peninsula–Esperanza Station 02.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:44, 26 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalPeter Martyr Vermigli was a 16th century Florentine theologian whose work as a church reformer led him to flee Catholic Italy for northern Europe. The Latin poem, probably by Rudolf Gwalther, translates as:

Florence brought him forth, Now he wanders as a foreigner and pilgrim
That he might forever be a citizen among those above.
This is his likeness; the writings conceal his mind;
Integrity and piety cannot be represented by art.

Reason
An excellent lead image from a newly-promoted good article.
Articles in which this image appears
Peter Martyr Vermigli, Hans Asper, Thomas Cranmer
FP category for this image
People/Religious figures
Creator
Hans Asper

Promoted File:Pietro Vermigli by Hans Asper.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:22, 26 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalMattie Edwards Hewitt
Reason
A fine photo of a notable female photographer, by another notable female photographer
Articles in which this image appears
Mattie Edwards Hewitt
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
Creator
Frances Benjamin Johnston, restored by Adam Cuerden
  • Don't we though? My comment was simply an observation, not a critique of the nom. However, I do think the pic of Johnston is more interesting due to her apparently feisty personality. About this one I'm neutral. Sca (talk) 13:25, 19 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • While I certainly like the other picture better, I think it better to judge based on the subject, since I don't want to create a situation where certain subjects get left out of getting restorations and other work put into them because they aren't as exciting as other ones. I mean, we have FPs of fruit, after all, and I think she's more interesting than fruit. =) Adam Cuerden (talk) 15:30, 19 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Mattie Edwards Hewitt - half-length photo by Frances Benjamin Johnston.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:51, 27 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Frontispiece to Carl Sandburg's Rootabaga Stories
Reason
I always find the children's books by major authors interesting. They show a lot about what they thought important, and what messages they'd like to pass on. This is the only colour illustration; the rest is black and white, so it's a natural division. Colours should be pretty accurate; I worked off the original, so it should be within the limit of variation caused by different lighting and such.
Articles in which this image appears
Rootabaga Stories, Maud and Miska Petersham
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Literary illustrations
Creator
Maud and Miska Petersham

Promoted File:Carl Sandburg's Rootabaga Stories (1922), Frontispiece.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:15, 27 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalSun bear (Helarctos malayanus) is a species of bear found in tropical forest habitats of Southeast Asia.
Reason
Lead image in its article, high EV, good overall quality and simply adorable.
Articles in which this image appears
Sun bear, Bear, others
FP category for this image
Animals/Mammals
Creator
Tambako The Jaguar

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:05, 28 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Venus and Adonis, Paolo Veronese, Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain.
Reason
A nice quality painting from my favorite Venetian painter, Paolo Veronese
Articles in which this image appears
Venus and Adonis (Veronese, Madrid)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Paolo Veronese

Promoted File:Venus y Adonis (Veronese).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:15, 29 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]