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High EV. I cued up the very beginning of most famous scene but Keaton's amazing stunts are around 59:00 and 59:30 into the film (3 minutes after where I cued the film to start). This film is a triumph in film making and the entire film has been restored appears in good shape.
Comment – the quality looks good and notable film. The file source is dead. Is the copyright license tag valid? If yes, I support. Bammesk (talk) 01:48, 30 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Corrected "support" to "comment", as I lack the required number of Wikipedia edits, thus not yet being entitled to vote. I had mistakenly assumed I was voting for a Wiki Commons Featured picture candidate. -- Franz van Duns (talk) 12:39, 26 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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Obviously, this one has to go on encyclopedic value more than art quality, but this is the programme, created by the author, for the incredibly influential work Ubu Roi. As such, I think EV quite outweighs the fact that it's a very weird image, although if you've seen the costumes, or know a bit about the play, you'd know it's not as weird as you'd think. ...Or, at least, it's appropriately weird.
Comment Were I already entitled to vote I would definitely rally for "support". I haven't had the chance to see a performance, but the play is reknown as a precursor to the fantastic world of the absurd theatre. The première programme sheet, albeit composed in a strange but befitting, squiggly calligraphy, thus possesses a true encyclopedic value. Compare e.g. this election campaign poster from the turn of the century (1905). -- Franz van Duns (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 06:55, 27 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Sca: ...which does suit the play, to be fair. It's a weird play. Said at the start, though: This was never passing on aesthetics, it's one that has to survive on unique EV. Adam Cuerden(talk)Has about 6.9% of all FPs15:36, 28 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I checked the original image at Wiki commons and found that the first image (from 22 September 2008) had retained just a slight more of the museum's mark "29057B" at the bottom right corner than the more recent image. The closing "B", for whatever reason, went amiss in the new version. No complaint, this image would still claim my full support, would I be entitled to vote (56 edits to go). Otherwise, regarding the very moderate creases, wrinkles and stains on the paper edges I would take a different stance than Janke and I would retain all as is, as it is exactly these flaws that provide this seasoned poster (now aged 123 years) with an aura of authenticity. Regarding the printed areas, some amount of retouching will certainly be necessary in other cases, but this poster makes a very well-preserved impression which IMHO renders further retouching unnecessary. -- Franz van Duns (talk) 20:53, 28 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
It's pretty small, so unless you took a really good look at it at reasonably large size, it'd be easy to miss, and that's the step after you deal with inaccuracies that might make the image fail FPC in and of themselves. I was restoring it, you weren't, so...
Now, I'm not going to say the colours were necessarily as good as indicated; this is an advertisement, after all; exaggeration is a thing they do. Adam Cuerden(talk)Has about 6.9% of all FPs04:11, 31 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Alternative version "Alt 1" OK with me. This now thoroughly cleansed version is just fine, it has its merits and a fresh and renewed charm, and would also earn my full support, were I entitled to vote (40 edits to go ...). All in all, though, I personally prefer "slightly smudged" documents that, as described above, do not hide historical traces acquired over the years. But this is a personal instigation of mine. -- Franz van Duns (talk) 17:38, 31 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support Alt 1. One tiny quibble - above the woman in the blue hat above the T in Vitascope, there are two white marks at men's necks, which have been removed in the restoration, presumably as damage. I don't think they are - at least the left-hand one is quite clearly-formed, and looks to me like it's the man's collar. I'd be slightly happier if these were put back; but not a huge deal. TSP (talk) 15:11, 2 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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1951 Nobel prize winner in chemistry Glenn T. Seaborg in front of the periodic table. Photograph 1950. The element 106 of the table, Seaborgium, is named after him. He also identified the proper location of element 90 Thorium within the table. He synthesized over a hundred actinide isotopes and here he is photographed with an ion exchanger apparatus of actinide elements.
Support. Significantly more interesting than the older-age head-and-shoulders shot that leads the article. Decent quality (although his suit seems more in focus than his face; probably this compromise was necessary to make the periodic table legible) and high EV. —David Eppstein (talk) 04:16, 29 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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A fine image of a very important monarch, who also wrote quite a number of well-known songs. Also, has her signature on it. And, yes, the image is meant to be sepia. If I were to remove the sepia, I'd need to remove her signature, because it wouldn't be a good representation of the signed photo seen here.
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Lili'uokalani, Hawaiian Kingdom, and quite a few other notable usages. It replaced an older, smaller and crappier Library of Congress scan, and various low-res scans from various places.
It's removable, but given it's writing by her, it seemed relevant, and it's not like it's over parts of the image that had much else going for them. Adam Cuerden(talk)Has about 6.9% of all FPs16:29, 31 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – There are too many white dots, it needs a restoration. Also I doubt the jpeg crop is lossless. I support if that's done, good EV. Bammesk (talk) 01:36, 30 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – The lighting & reflections are pretty horrible - isn't there a better free image available? Also, this isn't the record itself, but the cover - should be mentioned in the caption. --Janke | Talk07:20, 30 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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The image has high educational value. The Battle of Edgehill was one of the first significant battles of the English Civil War. I am inexperienced at FP, so I am less well placed to judge the quality, but it looks to be good to me; apologies if I'm mistaken.
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The image shows the diagnotic swallow tail very clearly. High quality image. FP on Commons. On previous nomination, (2017), received three support votes including from me and Bammesk and no oppose votes.
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The only reason this didn't pass last time was that we didn't wait long enough for an identification of the second woman. Now that she's identified, I can see no obstacle to promoting this.
Comment Impressively huge panorama of an impresssive vista, extremely great detail for a vario lens (EF24-70mm) even at 1:1 screen pixel resolution, 38mm must be near the "sweet spot", albeit the far lower corners are a bit soft. At first view when maximised I thought I had found a stitching artefact two finger widths from the left edge at almost exactly half height: looks like a short distance of gravel roadway coming diagonally from behind the hilltop at front which abruptly ends in nowhere. Upon close scrutination I'm sure the road simply levels out and continues almost invisibly to the right to disappear behind the next hillside. So all's OK! I would vote for support, were I but entitled to do so. Alas, still 39 wikipedia edits to go. -- Franz van Duns (talk) 13:04, 2 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Janke, @Charlesjsharp: Thanks for your encouragement! In the past decennium I (and my wife) have continually been doing translation cleansing hither and thither whenever we stumbled upon wikipedia articles with obvious language deficiencies (both English and German), albeit all anonymously signed by daily changing IP addresses, until I decided to join wiki commons in 2018. Last week I added a flurry of modern, high-resolution sensors to this List of sensors used in digital cameras, each with an appropriate reference (... ahem, once I had found out how to do so properly). Upcoming to-do list: I've decided to have a bash at some of the articles centering on stereoscopy, and, of course, I'll keep up correcting typos and translation mistakes. We'll see. Thanks again. -- Franz van Duns (talk) 08:26, 4 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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There are relatively few fish FP compared to other categories because of the technical difficulty of obtaining good photographs. This photo shows a popular salt-water aquarium fish. It's sharp, encyclopedic, has accurate colors, and good resolution.
Comment – unbalanced crop, not tack sharp, somewhat noisy and a bit small, even though it fulfills minimum size requirements. --Janke | Talk12:59, 6 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - borderline acceptable if this were an in-the-wild photo, but this was taken in an aquarium (i.e. easily replicable). MER-C15:16, 6 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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This image of a World Heritage Site was seen on Commons FPC last month where it was featured 15-1. Some in that FPC preferred the alternative, so it has also been put for consideration.
In Alternative 1 the building is tilted counterclockwise (it shows at full screen or larger), the cross on top is vertical though.Support Original though perhaps slightly overexposed. Bammesk (talk) 20:10, 7 September 2019 (UTC) . . . I did more checking, the columns and architecture may have some built in taper, but many vertical lines look good. Support Alt 1 as well. Bammesk (talk) 17:28, 8 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support Alt1. Better composition, better context, better contrast, and I don't really care for the combination of warm light and snow in the original. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:34, 8 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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High encyclopedic value as a visual and audio recording of a humpback whale singing and diving
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Humpback whale and added on 7 September 2019 to Whale vocalization. While I would prefer a more stable visual angle, I think that the high EV more than makes up for this shortcoming.
Weak support. I agree that we need to encourage more videos and recordings like this in many respects - this is a triple intersection of underrepresented areas in our FP/FS collection (marine animals, videos of animal behaviour, and recordings of calls), but I hesitate to support fully because of the camera work. MER-C16:26, 7 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support – good EV in Whale vocalization article. I am Ok with the video, it spans the entire body from front to tail at close proximity, the audio is great. I think the EV justifies the artistic imperfections. Bammesk (talk) 19:59, 7 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support I know these subjects aren't easy, but a little too much of the wing is out of focus for me to fully support. Count this as a full support if that's the only thing keeping this from being featured, though. Adam Cuerden(talk)Has about 6.9% of all FPs08:23, 15 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support thank you for nominating the image! I also thought, that the image is a bit titlted and I just wanted to de-tilt it. But I think that it is actually not tilted at all. If you look at the trees behind the flagpole, there are a few absolutely straight. Also the roof of the main structure goes up to the right which adds to the tilted look. The walls oft the main structure and the small tower behind are both perfectly vertical. Amada44talk to me17:25, 20 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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I believe this image meets the FP criteria: it is of high technical standard (its main subject is in focus and it is professionally composed); it is high resolution (the image is a 5,237 × 3,491 pixel JPG); it has a free license (image is a U.S. government work and is in the public domain); it is verifiable (the image was uploaded to a reliable website, it had embedded metadata, and the content illustrated in the image could be independently verified through third-party RS which are linked in archival format in the file page); it has a descriptive and informative file description; it avoids inappropriate manipulation (the only manipulation that occurred before uploading was white balancing and slight cropping to align the main subject to the center of the image); it has significant encyclopedic value (it is used in five articles and has the potential to be used in a multitude of others, such as sunburn).
Withdraw support - the original (uncropped) version doesn't meet the high technical standard, in my opinion; the main subject, not being centered, is distracting and there's too much head space Chetsford (talk) 07:16, 15 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Janke: I presume you meant the right edge of the circle. It looked wrong when I went further. I accidentally uploaded as a weird file name, but I'll upload over Alt 1 if it is acceptable. Adam Cuerden(talk)Has about 6.9% of all FPs03:45, 17 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support. There are surprisingly many high-quality images of this station on commons but this one stands out in its combination of aesthetic quality and in showing the whole thing, tracks, building, and all. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:19, 13 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support There's a weird wobble to the white line on the platform's edge that indicates where to stand behind in the back, but I think that's just the platform being a little uneven. Adam Cuerden(talk)Has about 6.9% of all FPs17:46, 14 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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It is a little grainy in the darker areas, but not excessively for the varying light levels of the scene (fairly typical of modern theatre), and it being an action shot. Otherwise, it's an excellent photograph.
Support – A stunning picture with significant encyclopedic value. It captures the essence of the character and demonstrates the opera's relevance to today. So many opera articles have only 19th C. posed images of the singers. Voceditenore (talk) 06:09, 15 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Rosa Parks being fingerprinted by Deputy Sheriff D.H. Lackey after being arrested for refusing to give up her seat for a white passenger on a segregated municipal bus in Montgomery, Alabama.jpg --ArmbrustTheHomunculus19:12, 24 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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A fine image, and Norway's feminist movements are underrepresented (Okay, they're getting better represented now, but that's because of me nominating more). The licensing may seem odd, but it's either correct, or the photo is PD (so, at the least, it's a valid photo to host) For those interested: The uploader licensed it CC; Norwegian law means you can yourself gain copyright by releasing a previously unreleased photo. It's either CC because of the uploader publishing it as CC (giving him/her rights over it) or PD because it was published at the time. The uploader has not responded to a clarification request.
Which it seems to have replaced two days ago, so I think this isn't eligible for FP? In any case, the two images show quite different views of the temple, so there should be room for both in the article. TSP (talk) 10:32, 18 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Worth being aware that, as far as I can see, this isn't the main building (phra ubosot) of the temple - it's the later royal pantheon alongside it. (The black roof on the left of the shot is the ubosot, which houses the Emerald Buddha.) TSP (talk) 11:06, 18 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, David, for your review. The sky is maybe not perfect but I think the light this morning was not too bad. Concerning the composition, it is based on the symmetrical architecture (like the Taj Mahal for example). -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:44, 24 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Forgot to mention that in the introduction. Wat Phra Kaew is said to be "the most sacred temple in Thailand" (source Wikivoyage) and "today Bangkok’s biggest tourist attraction" (source Lonely Planet). The place is usually overcrowded, and was also that day. Several shots taken with a tripod and an ultra wide angle lens were necessary to delete some visitors, to highlight the buildings. -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:44, 24 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support (either) - an interesting perspective and an underrepresented subject, but I hesitate to support this fully because I find the shadows to be overpowering. Maybe on a cloudy day? MER-C15:50, 17 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – I agree with MER-C, good EV and article notes the domes, but harsh lighting, also right side can use a slight crop to balance the two sides. Bammesk (talk) 03:19, 19 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure how much it'll do, given the grain size. I mean, I think its historic merit makes up for it, but, other than cropping out the edges, I don't see much use. Adam Cuerden(talk)Has about 6.9% of all FPs06:42, 19 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support. Decent although not excellent image quality and dubious composition, but I think the EV and interesting subject matter is enough to make up for that. —David Eppstein (talk) 07:04, 19 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
support But it's worth it. And, remember Basile, it's all your fault for introducing me to the excellent Helicon Focus software! I know to look at the antennae... Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:03, 20 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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Having realised I've fuully restored this twice, and that any remaining detail is very minor and very localised, I think I'm feeling happier about this. And it passed Commons FPC, so maybe I'm being too hard on myself.