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Featured picture candidates are images that the community will vote on, to determine whether or not they will be highlighted as some of the finest on Commons. This page lists the candidates to become featured pictures. The picture of the day images are selected from featured pictures.

Old candidates for Featured pictures are listed here. There are also chronological lists of featured pictures: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and current month.

For another overview of our finest pictures, take a look at our annual picture of the year election.

Formal things[edit]

Nominating[edit]

Guidelines for nominators[edit]

Please read the complete guidelines before nominating.

This is a summary of what to look for when submitting and reviewing FP candidates:

  • Licensing – Images licensed with solely "GFDL" or "GFDL and an NC-only license" are not acceptable due the restrictions placed on re-use by these licenses.
  • Resolution – Raster images of lower resolution than 2 million pixels (pixels, not bytes) are typically rejected unless there are strong mitigating reasons. This does not apply to vector graphics (SVGs).
    • Graphics on Commons are not only viewed on conventional computer screens. They may be used in high-resolution print versions, and the images may be cropped to focus on portions of the image. See Commons:Why we need high resolution media for more information.
  • Scans – While not official policy, Help:Scanning provides advice on the preparation of various types of images that may be useful.
  • General quality – pictures being nominated should be of high technical quality.
  • Digital manipulations must not deceive the viewer. Digital manipulation for the purpose of correcting flaws in an image is generally acceptable, provided it is limited, well-done, and not intended to deceive.
    • For photographs, typical acceptable manipulations include cropping, perspective correction, sharpening/blurring, and color/exposure correction. More extensive manipulations, such as removal of distracting background elements, should be clearly described in the image text, by means of the {{Retouched picture}} template. Undescribed or mis-described manipulations which cause the main subject to be misrepresented are never acceptable. For images made from more than one photo, you can use the {{Panorama}} or {{Focus stacked image}} templates.
    • For historic images, acceptable manipulations might include digitally fixing rips, removal of stains, cleanup of dirt, and, for mass-produced artworks such as engravings, removal of flaws inherent to the particular reproduction, such as over-inking. Careful color adjustments may be used to bring out the original work from the signs of ageing, though care should be taken to restore a natural appearance. The original artistic intent should be considered when deciding whether it is appropriate to make a change. Edits to historic material should be documented in detail within the file description, and an unedited version should be uploaded and cross linked for comparison.
  • Value – our main goal is to feature most valuable pictures from all others. Pictures should be in some way special, so please be aware that:
    • almost all sunsets are aesthetically pleasing, and most such pictures are not in essence different from others,
    • night-shots are pretty but normally more details can be shown on pictures taken at daytime,
    • beautiful does not always mean valuable.
Artworks, illustrations, and historical documents[edit]

There are many different types of non-photographic media, including engravings, watercolors, paintings, etchings, and various others. Hence, it is difficult to set hard-and-fast guidelines. However, generally speaking, works can be divided into three types: Those that can be scanned, those that must be photographed, and those specifically created to illustrate a subject.

Works that must be photographed include most paintings, sculptures, works too delicate or too unique to allow them to be put on a scanner, and so on. For these, the requirements for photography, below, may be mostly followed; however, it should be noted that photographs which cut off part of the original painting are generally not considered featurable.

Works that may be scanned include most works created by processes that allow for mass distribution − for instance, illustrations published with novels. For these, it is generally accepted that a certain amount of extra manipulation is permissible to remove flaws inherent to one copy of the work, since the particular copy – of which hundreds, or even thousands of copies also exist – is not so important as the work itself.

Works created to serve a purpose include diagrams, scientific illustrations, and demonstrations of contemporary artistic styles. For these, the main requirement is that they serve their purpose well.

Provided the reproduction is of high quality, an artwork generally only needs one of the following four things to be featurable:

  • Notable in its own right: Works by major artists, or works that are otherwise notable, such as the subjects of a controversy.
  • Of high artistic merit: Works which, while not particularly well known, are nonetheless wonderful examples of their particular type or school of art.
  • Of high historic merit: The historical method values very early illustrations of scenes and events over later ones. Hence, a work of poor quality depicting a contemporaneous historical event can be nonetheless important, even if the artistic merit is relatively low. Likewise, scans or photographs of important documents – which may not be at all artistic – nonetheless may be highly valuable if the documents are historically significant. The reason for the image's historical importance should be briefly stated in the nomination, for those reviewers unfamiliar with the subject.
  • Of high illustrative merit: Works that illustrate or help explain notable subjects, for instance, illustrations of books, scientific subjects, or technical processes. The amount of artistic merit required for these will vary by subject, but, for instance, an illustration that makes the working of a complicated piece of machinery very clear need not be notable as a piece of artwork as well, whereas an illustration for a book might well be expected to reach much higher artistic standards.

Digital restorations must also be well documented. An unedited version of the image should be uploaded locally, when possible, and cross-linked from the file description page. Edit notes should be specified in detail, such as "Rotated and cropped. Dirt, scratches, and stains removed. Histogram adjusted and colors balanced."

Photographs[edit]

On the technical side, we have focus, exposure, composition, movement control and depth of field.

  • Focus – every important object in the picture should normally be sharp.
  • Exposure refers to the shutter diaphragm combination that renders an image with a tonal curve that ideally is able to represent in acceptable detail shadows and highlights within the image. This is called latitude. Images can be on the low side of the tonal curve (low range), the middle (middle range) or high side (upper range). Lack of shadow detail is not necessarily a negative characteristic. In fact, it can be part of the desired effect. Burned highlights in large areas are a distracting element.
  • Composition refers to the arrangement of the elements within the image. The "Rule of thirds" is one useful guideline. Horizons should almost never be placed in the middle, where they "cut" the image in half. Often, a horizon creating a top or bottom third of the space works better. The main idea is to use space to create a dynamic image.
    • Foreground and background – foreground and background objects may be distracting. You should check that something in front of the subject doesn't hide important elements and that something in background doesn't spoil the composition (for example that the streetlight doesn't "stand" on someone's head).
  • Movement control refers to the manner in which motion is represented in the image. Motion can be frozen or blurred. Neither one is better than the other. It is the intention of representation. Movement is relative within the objects of the image. For example, photographing a race car that appears frozen in relation to the background does not give us a sense of speed or motion, so technique dictates to represent the car in a frozen manner but with a blurred background, thus creating the sense of motion, this is called "panning". On the other hand, representing a basketball player in a high jump frozen in relation to everything else, due to the "unnatural" nature of the pose would be a good photograph.
  • Depth of field (DOF) refers to the area in focus in front of and beyond main subject. Depth of field is chosen according to the specific needs of every picture. Large or small DOF can either way add or subtract to the quality of the image. Low depth of field can be used to bring attention to the main subject, separating it from the general environment. High depth of field can be used to emphasize space. Short focal length lenses (wide angles) yield large DOF, and vice versa, long focal lenses (telephotos) have shallow DOF. Small apertures yield large DOF and conversely, large apertures yield shallow DOF.

On the graphic elements we have shape, volume, color, texture, perspective, balance, proportion, noise, etc.

  • Shape refers to the contour of the main subjects.
  • Volume refers to the three dimensional quality of the object. This is accomplished using side light. Contrary to general belief, front lighting is not the best light. It tends to flatten subject. Best light of day is early morning or late afternoon.
  • Color is important. Over saturated colors are not good.
  • Texture refers to the quality of the surface of the subject. It is enhanced by side lighting… it is the "feel" to the touch.
  • Perspective refers to the "angle" accompanied by lines that disappear into a vanishing point that may or may not be inside the image.
  • Balance refers to the arrangement of subjects within the image that can either give equal weight or appear to be heavier on one side.
  • Proportion refers to the relation of size of objects in picture. Generally, we tend to represent small objects small in relation to others, but a good technique is to represent small objects large contrary to natural size relationship. For example, a small flower is given preponderance over a large mountain…. This is called inversion of scales.
Not all elements must be present. Some photographs can be judged on individual characteristics, that is, an image can be about color or texture, or color AND texture, etc.
  • Noise refers to unwanted corruption of color brightness and quality and can be caused by underexposure. It is not a desirable quality and can be grounds for opposition.
  • Symbolic meaning or relevance … Opinion wars can begin here … A bad picture of a very difficult subject is better than a good picture of an ordinary subject. A good picture of a difficult subject is an extraordinary photograph.
Images can be culturally biased by the photographer and/or the observer. The meaning of the image should be judged according to the cultural context of the image, not by the cultural context of the observer. An image "speaks" to people, and it has the capacity to evoke emotion such as tenderness, rage, rejection, happiness, sadness, etc. Good photographs are not limited to evoking pleasant sensations …

You will maximise the chances of your nominations succeeding if you read the complete guidelines before nominating.

Video and audio[edit]

Please nominate videos, sounds, music, etc. at Commons:Featured media candidates.

Set nominations[edit]

If a group of images are thematically connected in a direct and obvious way, they can be nominated together as a set. A set should fall under one of the following types:

  • Faithful digital reproductions of works notable in their own right, which the original author clearly intended to be viewed as a set. Examples: pages in a pamphlet, crops (puzzle pieces) of a prohibitively large scan, a pair of pendant paintings. Not acceptable: Arbitrary selection of sample works by an artist.
  • A sequence of images showing the passage of time. They could depict frames of a moving/changing object or a static object during different times of day or different seasons. Examples: diagrams illustrating a process, steps of a dance, metamorphosis of an insect, maps/drawings/photos of the same subject over the years (frame of view should be more or less the same).
  • A group of images depicting the same subject from different viewpoints, preferably taken under the same lighting conditions when possible. Examples: Exterior and interior of a building, different facades of a building, different interior views, obverse and inverse of a banknote/coin. Not acceptable: A selection of different rooms in a skyscraper, the facade of a church plus an organ, any images of fundamentally different scopes.
  • A group of images which show all possible variations of a particular class of object. Examples: Male and female versions of an animal (preferably in the same setting), all known species of a genus. Not acceptable: A few breeds of cats (unless they share a defining characteristic and represent all possible examples of that).

Simple tutorial for new users[edit]

Tutorial: Nominate on COM:FPC
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NOTE: You don't need to worry if you are not sure, other users will try their best to help you.

Adding a new nomination[edit]

If you believe that you have found or created an image that could be considered valuable, with appropriate image description and licensing, then do the following.

Step 1: copy the image name into this box, after the text already present in the box, for example, Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Your image filename.jpg. Then click on the "create new nomination" button.

All single files:

For renominations, simply add /2 after the filename. For example, Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Foo.jpg/2

All set nomination pages should begin "Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/", e.g. "Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/My Nomination".


Step 2: follow the instructions on the page that you are taken to, and save that page.

Step 3: manually insert a link to the created page at the top of Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list: Click here, and add the following line to the TOP of the nominations list:

{{Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Your image filename.jpg}}

Strongly recommended: Please add a gallery page and section heading from the list at Commons FP galleries. Write the code as Page name#Section heading. For example: Commons:Featured pictures/Sports#Individual sports

Optional: if you are not the creator of the image, please notify him/her using {{subst:FPC-notice|Your image filename.jpg}} -- ~~~~.

Note: Do not add an 'Alternative' image when you create a nomination. Selecting the best image is part of the nomination process. Alternatives are for a different crop or post-processing of the original image, or a closely related image from the same photo session (limited to 1 per nomination), if they are suggested by voters.

Voting[edit]

Editors whose accounts have at least 10 days and 50 edits can vote. Everybody can vote for their own nominations. Anonymous (IP) votes are not allowed.

You may use the following templates:

  • {{Support}} (Symbol support vote.svg Support),
  • {{Oppose}} (Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose),
  • {{Neutral}} (Symbol neutral vote.svg Neutral),
  • {{Comment}} (Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment),
  • {{Info}} (Pictogram voting info.svg Info),
  • {{Question}} (Pictogram-voting-question.svg Question),
  • {{Request}} (Pictogram voting question-blue.svg Request).

You may indicate that the image has no chance of success with the template {{FPX|reason - ~~~~}}, where reason explains why the image is clearly unacceptable as a FP. The template can only be used when there are no support votes other than the one from the nominator.

A well-written review helps participants (photographers, nominators and reviewers) improve their skills by providing insight into the strengths and weaknesses of a picture. Explain your reasoning, especially when opposing a candidate (which has been carefully selected by the author/nominator). English is the most widely understood language on Commons, but any language may be used in your review. A helpful review will often reference one or more of the criteria listed above.

Unhelpful reasons for opposing include:

  • No reason
  • "I don't like it" and other empty assessments
  • "You can do better" and other criticisms of the author/nominator rather than the image

Remember also to put your signature (~~~~).

Featured picture delisting candidates[edit]

Over time, featured picture standards change. It may be decided that for some pictures which were formerly "good enough", this is no longer the case. This is for listing an image which you believe no longer deserves to be a featured picture. For these, vote:

Text to use Displays as Meaning
{{Keep}} Symbol keep vote.svg Keep It deserves to remain a featured picture
{{Delist}} Symbol oppose vote.svg Delist It does not deserve to be a featured picture anymore.

This can also be used for cases in which a previous version of an image was promoted to FP, but a newer version of the image has been made and is believed to be superior to the old version, e.g. a newly edited version of a photo or a new scan of a historical image. In particular, it is not intended for replacing older photos of a particular subject with newer photos of the same subject, or in any other case where the current FP and the proposed replacement are essentially different images. For these nominations, vote:

Text to use Displays as Meaning
{{Keep}} Symbol keep vote.svg Keep Do not replace the old image with the new image as a FP.
{{Delistandreplace}} Symbol redirect vote.svg Delist and replace Replace the current FP with the proposed replacement.

If you believe that some picture no longer meets the criteria for FP, you can nominate it for delisting, copying the image name into this box, after the text already present in the box:


In the new delisting nomination page just created you should include:

  • Information on the origin of the image (creator, uploader);
  • A link to the original FP nomination (it will appear under "Links" on the image description page);
  • Your reasons for nominating the image and your username.

After that, you have to manually insert a link to the created page at the top of Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list.

As a courtesy, leave an informative note on the talk page(s) of the original creator, uploader(s), and nominator with a link to the delisting candidate. {{subst:FPC-notice-removal}} can be used for this purpose.

Featured picture candidate policy[edit]

General rules[edit]

  1. The voting period is 9 complete days counted from the nomination. After the end of this period the result will be determined. Votes added on day 10 and after are not counted.
  2. Nominations by anonymous contributors are welcome
  3. Contributions to discussion by anonymous contributors are welcome
  4. Only registered contributors whose Commons accounts have at least 10 days and 50 edits can vote. Exception: registered users can always vote in their own nominations no matter the account age and number of edits.
  5. Nominations do not count as votes. Support must be explicitly stated.
  6. Nominators and authors can withdraw their nominated pictures at any time. This is done by adding the following template: {{Withdraw}} ~~~~. Also, remember that if more than one version is nominated, you should explicitly state which version you are withdrawing.
  7. Remember, the goal of the Wikimedia Commons project is to provide a central repository for free images to be used by all Wikimedia projects, including possible future projects. This is not simply a repository for Wikipedia images, so images should not be judged here on their suitability for that project.
  8. Rules of the 5th day based on vote counts on day number 5 (day of nomination + 5)
    1. Pictures are speedy declined if they have no support (apart from the nominator).
    2. Pictures are speedy promoted if they have 10 support votes or more and no oppose votes. (Note that if it takes more than five days to reach this threshold, the picture can be promoted as soon as it is reached.)
    3. Once either speedy criterion is reached, the voting period is considered closed, and no more votes may be added.
  9. Pictures tagged {{FPX}} may be removed from the list 24 hours after the tag was applied, provided there are no support votes other than that of the nominator.
  10. Pictures tagged {{FPD}} (FP-Denied) may be removed from the list 24 hours after the tag was applied.
  11. Only two active nominations by the same user (that is, nominations under review and not yet closed) are allowed. The main purpose of this measure is to contribute to a better average quality of nominations, by driving nominators/creators to choose carefully the pictures presented to the forum.

Featuring and delisting rules[edit]

A candidate will become a featured picture in compliance with following conditions:

  1. Appropriate license (of course)
  2. At least seven Symbol support vote.svg Support votes (or 7 Symbol oppose vote.svg Delist votes for a delist) at the end of nine days
  3. Ratio of supporting/opposing votes at least 2/1 (a two-thirds majority); same for delist/keep votes
  4. Two different versions of the same picture cannot both be featured, but only the one with higher level of support, as determined by the closer. Whenever the closer is not sure which version has consensus to be featured, he/she should attempt to contact the voters to clarify their opinions if not clear from the nomination page.

The delisting rules are the same as those for FPs, with voting taking place over the same time period. The rule of the 5th day is applied to delisting candidates that have received no votes to delist, other than that of the proposer, by day 5. There is also a limit of two active delisting nominations per user, which is in addition to the limit of two active regular nominations.

The FPCBot handles the vote counting and closing in most cases, current exceptions are candidates containing multiple versions of the image as well as FPXed and withdrawn nominations. Any experienced user may close the requests not handled by the bot. For instructions on how to close nominations, see Commons:Featured picture candidates/What to do after voting is finished. Also note that there is a manual review stage between when the bot has counted the votes and before the nomination is finally closed by the bot; this manual review can be done by any user familiar with the voting rules.

Above all, be polite[edit]

Please don't forget that the image you are judging is somebody's work. Avoid using phrases like "it looks terrible" and "I hate it". If you must oppose, please do so with consideration. Also remember that your command of English might not be the same as someone else's. Choose your words with care.

Happy judging… and remember... all rules can be broken.

See also[edit]

Table of contents[edit]

List may contain works considered Not Safe for Work (nudity).

Nominators are requested, out of courtesy, to include the {{Nsfw}} template with such images. Users may select the gadget in user preferences "Deferred display of images tagged with {{Nsfw}} on COM:FPC" to enable the template's effect of hiding the image until selected.

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Featured picture candidates[edit]

File:Carnival in Malta.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 5 Oct 2022 at 08:53:30 (UTC)
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Carnival tradition has been celebrated in Malta since 1535
  • The photographer has recently been active in Commons, I asked a question about this in the discussion page. -- IamMM (talk) 10:22, 26 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Meat burek (GAK bakery, Belgrade, Serbia).jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 5 Oct 2022 at 08:48:17 (UTC)
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Meat burek

File:Gray catbird (85315).jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 5 Oct 2022 at 01:26:13 (UTC)
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Gray catbird

File:Familiar bluet with prey (61233).jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 5 Oct 2022 at 01:10:05 (UTC)
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Familiar bluet with prey

File:Brass instruments, Tuba, part of.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 4 Oct 2022 at 18:01:02 (UTC)
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Part of a Tuba

File:FCAB GT22CU-3 2405, GT22CU-3 2401, GL26C-2 2005 Cumbre - Pampa.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 4 Oct 2022 at 11:40:00 (UTC)
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Ore train between Cumbre (summit) and Pampa, Chile

File:Garranos fight.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 4 Oct 2022 at 10:34:09 (UTC)
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A fight between two Garranos.

File:Dampremy - Soumonces 2014 - 03.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 3 Oct 2022 at 14:58:25 (UTC)
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Carnival in Charleroi

File:Liège - palais des princes-évêques - armoiries de Georges-Louis de Berghes - 2021-09-16 - 01.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 3 Oct 2022 at 14:28:09 (UTC)
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Coat of arms of Georges-Louis de Berghes, prince-bishop of Liège, on the Prince-Bishops' Palace

File:Rue des Marchands in Colmar 02.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 3 Oct 2022 at 13:51:50 (UTC)
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Rue des Marchands in Colmar, Haut-Rhin, France

File:Rua Conselheiro Lopes da Silva in Valenca (1).jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 3 Oct 2022 at 13:49:43 (UTC)
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Rua Conselheiro Lopes da Silva in Valença, Minho, Portugal

File:A Balinese girl posing in a flower field.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 3 Oct 2022 at 11:03:44 (UTC)
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A Balinese girl posing in a flower field

File:Fiori di Como by Dale Chihuly at the Bellagio Hotel & Casino. in Las Vegas 2016.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 2 Oct 2022 at 16:08:19 (UTC)
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=Dale Chihuly Sculpture in Bellagio LasVegas.- Nevada (USA).
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose It's unclear what's on the bottom left; either way, even if I do find out, it's way too dark. --SHB2000 (talk) 08:27, 25 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    Pictogram voting delete.svg I withdraw my nomination Thanks for your advice, best regards Pierre André (talk) 14:08, 25 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Gloripallium pallium (Royal Cloak Scallop), shell[edit]

Voting period ends on 3 Oct 2022 at 06:02:14 (UTC)
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  • Right valve

    Right valve

  • Left valve

    Left valve

File:Iolanthe piano transcriptions by Ernst Perabo.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 2 Oct 2022 at 21:52:04 (UTC)
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Cover of a set of piano transcriptions of Iolanthe

File:Memorial to the victims of Communism, Prague 3.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 2 Oct 2022 at 13:14:54 (UTC)
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Memorial to the victims of Communism, Prague

File:Tallinn asv2022-04 img76 StOlaf Church.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 2 Oct 2022 at 12:45:23 (UTC)
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St. Olaf's Church, Tallinn

File:Puesto de frutos en el Zoco -- 2014 -- Marrakech, Marruecos.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 2 Oct 2022 at 11:44:17 (UTC)
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SHORT DESCRIPTION

Pictogram voting delete.svg I withdraw my nomination Tomer T (talk) 06:54, 25 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Golubac Fortress (град Голубац).jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 2 Oct 2022 at 10:27:38 (UTC)
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Golubac Fortress by Danube river
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture/Castles_and_fortifications#Serbia
  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info Golubac Fortress by Danube river. My shot. -- Mile (talk) 10:27, 23 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- Mile (talk) 10:27, 23 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Lupe (talk) 16:00, 23 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose I like the compact view and the light. But I'm not happy about the detail level. There are blurry areas and sharp areas all over the picture. I think several single images of the stitching are not sharp. Plants are a big problem because they move in the wind. Maybe this can be improved with some modifications in the stitching software (masking). The same applies to the wind turbine on the left. I marked some critical areas in the image notes. -- Wolf im Wald 05:01, 24 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose I like the image overall (I might have cropped some of the bottom out) but per Wolf something went way wrong in the processing. The castle walls and nearby vegetation look ... well, oversharpened is a starting point but I'd say it's more like unnatural. Daniel Case (talk) 17:29, 24 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose per Daniel. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 04:32, 25 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment Nothing is wrong with processing, Hi-res dont work as one shot, so it take some time, due to strong wind here is the result. Flags were edited from other single shot photo. Concetrate on the Castle. --Mile (talk) 09:42, 25 September 2022 (UTC)--Mile (talk) 09:42, 25 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose sorry – overall this is a nice photo, of course, but when I view it in full size the castle walls, plants etc. look extremely oversharpened and completely articificial. Could you just reduce the sharpening? IMHO this would make it look much more natural. --Aristeas (talk) 14:25, 25 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Pictogram voting delete.svg I withdraw my nomination Maybe single shot would work. --Mile (talk) 16:19, 25 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Luz Station, Sao Paulo.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 2 Oct 2022 at 01:35:11 (UTC)
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Luz Station, Sao Paulo
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture/Transport#Metro_stations
  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info All by -- Wilfredor (talk) 01:35, 23 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support I like the slice of life, including the guy with the Santa hat and shorts in a tropical zone. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:54, 23 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Yes, it’s nice, but I can’t see much special here. Just an ordinary scene in a railway station to me in harsh light, and 11 megapixels is not an extremely high resolution either. Red channel looks oversaturated (all the red clothes of the people on the opposite platform). --Kreuzschnabel 08:15, 23 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    • Its not a "harsh light" just a cloudy day, however, the interior of the station is quite dark compared to the exterior and it is normal that the exterior has to be exposed a little. I could have done an HDR with a tripod to mitigate this situation, it's the only solution I can think of
    • "11 megapixels is not an extremely high resolution either". There is a difference between the resolution and the size of the image as well, 11.3 although it is not a high resolution the image conserves more than 300 pixels per inch, finally I don't think it's necessary to see the skin pores here. This is an Aps-c and I had to crop the image to get a better frame
    • "Red channel looks oversaturated", its not and you can use the red train how reference searching it on google, in brazil people dress more colorful
    • "I can’t see much special here, Just an ordinary scene in a railway station, s not an extremely high", It is a non-technical and personal opinion full of exaggerated adjectives, it is your opinion and I respect it. From my point of view this is a live photo and should not be evaluated with the same standards of a static object and full frame cameras, additionally there is the factor of developing country which should also be taken into consideration.
Thanks for your feedback --Wilfredor (talk) 12:17, 23 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Yes, there is nothing on a pure aesthetic level that makes this an FP, for me ... no visual pattern, no leading lines, whatever. But it is nominated as street photography and on that basis it succeeds overwhelmingly. This is a train station in one of the largest cities in the country in question during a major holiday travel period—of course it would be busy, and that is what this image is showing us ... so many people, so many separate stories. I particularly like the women just a little bit down the platform, clearly posing for a picture to be taken by another woman we can barely see. What are they doing? Are they off somewhere, or at the end of a visit?

    I also like that the roof, from what we can see of it, looks almost exactly like the roof of Milan's Centrale station, which so struck me upon my arrival in that city for Wikimania 2016 that I had to stop and photograph it. Daniel Case (talk) 17:21, 24 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Not perfect, but something new, at least... --Yann (talk) 19:08, 25 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Robert Jacob Hamerton - Poster for A Sensation Novel.jpg[edit]

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Robert Jacob Hamerton - Poster for A Sensation Novel

File:Tumba de Ramsés I, Valle de las Reyes, Luxor, Egipto, 2022-04-03, DD 103.jpg[edit]

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Tomb of Ramesses I, Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Egypt.

File:Sunrise in Shkorpilovtsi, Bulgaria 02.jpg[edit]

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Sunrise in Shkorpilovtsi, Bulgaria
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture/Bridges#Bulgaria (non-existing section yet)
  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info all by Pudelek -- Pudelek (talk) 11:53, 22 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- Pudelek (talk) 11:53, 22 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Could be a bit sharper considering it wasn't dark enough to require a very long shutter, but still the mood is nice. — Rhododendrites talk |  13:00, 23 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support I might be biased by having been there and loving the place, but well - for me this shot captures all I love about the place. However I think bridges is not the right section. This is not exactly a bridge, but a pier. How about putting it into places/natural? --Kritzolina (talk) 15:01, 23 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Nice, but not so different than any other sunset. Very similar to the previous nomination. Ordinary architecture and not a spectacular sky, in my view -- Basile Morin (talk) 02:58, 24 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose largely per Basile. Again, I'd love to see another Bulgarian FP, but this just looks like too many other piers at crepuscular times of day. Daniel Case (talk) 04:14, 24 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Very nice for me. --Tournasol7 (talk) 13:55, 24 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Looks like any other pier at sunset to me. --SHB2000 (talk) 08:32, 25 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • GA candidate.svg Weak support I understand the objections, but the photo still makes me stop scrolling the page. Somehow I like exactly the contrast between the simple shapes of the pier and the colour gradients of sky and sea. Yes, it’s not the most spectacular beach, pier or sunset, but I still like the mood … --Aristeas (talk) 09:24, 26 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Templo de Nefertari, Abu Simbel, Egipto, 2022-04-02, DD 153.jpg[edit]

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Temple of Nefertari, Abu Simbel, Egypt
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment Sky looks quite underexposed, maybe due to harsh light towards the temple. Could be possible to fix? —kallerna (talk) 08:17, 22 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Will look into that this evening (will try to gain some more crop and the sky exposure) Poco a poco (talk) 10:34, 22 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • —kallerna: I've increased the luminance of the sky a bit without really feeling comfortable with the edit (premiere), I hope you like it better now. I also offer a bit more of crop now, Wolf im Wald Poco a poco (talk) 18:05, 22 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • It looks improved to me. What are you uncomfortable with? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:08, 22 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Ikan Kekek: Well, changing the luminosity of a part of the picture is something I haven't done before, it doesn't really feel right. I had this kind of discussion with the skies in the Atacama desert, they were also darker Poco a poco (talk) 21:41, 22 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • So increase the darkness, but what I liked was that you eliminated the color noise. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:41, 22 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
if it helps, I find it normal to have very dark sky in "high azimutal" parts of the sky. Also, given the latitude and the intense light, there's probably a strong contrast between the temple and the sky. Another reason for the latter rendering dark. But these are just personal observations. - Benh (talk) 09:13, 23 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Larus michahellis juvenile with mask.jpg[edit]

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A young seagull with a protective mask in its beak, Bulgarian Black Sea.

File:Barite - Cerro Warihuyn, Miraflores, Huamalies, Huanuco, Peru.jpg[edit]

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Barite

File:Cigogne blanche Ichkeul NP.jpg[edit]

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SHORT DESCRIPTION

File:Isojärvi Isojärven kansallispuisto 1.jpg[edit]

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Lake Isojärvi at Isojärvi National Park.
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  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info Created, uploaded and nominated by me. Aerial view of Lake Isojärvi at Isojärvi National Park during a humid summer afternoon. I like the light and shadows with the cloudy sky - and a glimpse of the blue sky mirrored from the lake. —kallerna (talk) 09:48, 20 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support —kallerna (talk) 09:48, 20 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Tomer T (talk) 20:02, 21 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Finland, or at least what I imagine it to look like because I've never been there, in one shot. I like that there's that one solitary boater in the narrows in the lower lake. I hope they're enjoying this natural experience as much as I imagine them to be, as I might in their position. Daniel Case (talk) 02:41, 22 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Llez (talk) 09:31, 22 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --SHB2000 (talk) 23:35, 22 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Good image, definitely QI; but not enought wow for FP. --GRDN711 (talk) 13:24, 23 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose per above, the bluish tint on the distant view prevent the image to be very special. Christian Ferrer (talk) 21:40, 24 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Tiled roof of San Nicolò l'Arena1.jpg[edit]

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Tiled roof of San Nicolò l'Arena
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  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info: just as you thought you'd seen the last of the tiled roof... This version has less dominating shadows compared to the previous nomination. -- The Cosmonaut (talk) 04:57, 20 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- The Cosmonaut (talk) 04:57, 20 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Nothing special here. There are not significative change with the first version. --Sebring12Hrs (talk) 05:40, 20 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose per Sebring12Hrs. --Peulle (talk) 08:52, 20 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose The shadows have been lifted in post-process, but the light is still harsh from the original shot. That's not golden hour, or an exceptional moment of the day. Also per the consensus which emerged from the previous nomination: nothing special, in my view. -- Basile Morin (talk) 11:33, 20 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support As I did the previous nomination. Daniel Case (talk) 17:09, 21 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose I'm sorry, but what's so unusually remarkable about these rather ordinarly-looking tiles? --SHB2000 (talk) 23:37, 22 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose per others. No wow on my side. Just an ordinary roof in ordinary light. --Kreuzschnabel 08:06, 23 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Moral support as for the first version. (Personally I liked the first version even better – such simple subjects are fine with high contrast and deep shadows.) @The Cosmonaut: Please don’t despair. Such minimalist subjects/motifs are always a matter of taste, and while this one does not get a majority here, another one may work well. So please keep looking for (and uploading) such minimalist photos, some people really appreciate your work :–). --Aristeas (talk) 09:48, 23 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thank you for your support, Aristeas, this is much appreciated! --The Cosmonaut (talk) 11:25, 24 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Darß 2021 - Weststrand 4.jpg[edit]

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Western coast of the Darß with the Darß Forest in the Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park

File:Good Friday Procession.jpg[edit]

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Good Friday procession in Malta

File:Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus), Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas Thomas-Fuhrmann 2.jpg[edit]

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File:2022-07-24 Motorsport, IDM, 87. Internationales Schleizer Dreieckrennen 1DX 3075 by Stepro.jpg, not featured[edit]

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motor sports, IDM, 87. Internationales Schleizer Dreieckrennen: Markus Reiterberger (GER); IDM Superbike 1000
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  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info motor sports, IDM, 87. Internationales Schleizer Dreieckrennen: Markus Reiterberger (GER); IDM Superbike 1000; created, uploaded and nominated by Stepro
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- Stepro (talk) 22:44, 16 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --XRay 💬 13:46, 18 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment Interesting, and a good capture, but it's hard to see the competitor's head, so I find the photo has a strange effect on me. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:34, 19 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    I wanted present the unusual side of a motorcycle racing thru a corner, instead of the common pictures of the other side. Stepro (talk) 05:46, 19 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • BA candidate.svg Regretful weak oppose "I wanted [to] present the unusual side of a motorcycle racing thru a corner". And you did. However ... given that the rider's head is, as Ikan notes, nearly invisible as a result, it would have been better to have a less distracting background. I also think the image seems slightly overexposed ... yes, I know you can't be too choosy with shutter speeds when taking this sort of picture, but here if it were possible to go down to something a little shorter, or do something in post, that would have helped.

    This is, make no mistake, deservedly a QI. But it doesn't make it as an FP. Daniel Case (talk) 02:29, 20 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  • Symbol neutral vote.svg Neutral Daniel and Ikan make good points, but I can't really support unless I see the rider's head. --SHB2000 (talk) 23:41, 22 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Confirmed results:
Result: 2 support, 1 oppose, 1 neutral → not featured. /Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:02, 26 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]


Timetable (day 5 after nomination)[edit]

Wed 21 Sep → Mon 26 Sep
Thu 22 Sep → Tue 27 Sep
Fri 23 Sep → Wed 28 Sep
Sat 24 Sep → Thu 29 Sep
Sun 25 Sep → Fri 30 Sep
Mon 26 Sep → Sat 01 Oct

Timetable (day 9 after nomination, last day of voting)[edit]

Sat 17 Sep → Mon 26 Sep
Sun 18 Sep → Tue 27 Sep
Mon 19 Sep → Wed 28 Sep
Tue 20 Sep → Thu 29 Sep
Wed 21 Sep → Fri 30 Sep
Thu 22 Sep → Sat 01 Oct
Fri 23 Sep → Sun 02 Oct
Sat 24 Sep → Mon 03 Oct
Sun 25 Sep → Tue 04 Oct
Mon 26 Sep → Wed 05 Oct

Closing a featured picture promotion request[edit]

The bot[edit]

Note that the description below is for manual closure, this is mostly not needed anymore as there exists a bot (FPCBot) that counts the votes and handles the process below. However after the bot has counted the votes a manual review step is used to make sure the count is correct before the bot again picks up the work.

Manual procedure[edit]

Any experienced user may close requests.

  1. In Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the candidate image, then [edit].
    Add the result of the voting at the bottom (on a new line with a space first)
    {{FPC-results-reviewed|support=x|oppose=x|neutral=x|featured=("yes" or "no")|gallery=xxx (leave blank if "featured=no")|sig=~~~~}}
     (for example see Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:The Bridge (August 2013).jpg). See also {{FPC-results-reviewed}}.
  2. Also edit the title of the candidate image template and add after the image tag
    featured or not featured
    For example:
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] ===
    becomes
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], featured ===
  3. Save your edit.
  4. If it is featured:
    • Add the picture to the list of the four most recently featured pictures of an appropriate gallery of Commons:Featured pictures, list as the first one and delete the last one, so that the number is four again.
    • Also add the picture to an appropriate gallery and section of Commons:Featured pictures, list. Click on the most appropriate link beneath where you just added it as one of the four images.
    • Add the template {{Assessments|featured=1}} to the image description page.
      • If it was an alternative image, use the subpage/com-nom parameter: For example, if File:Foo.jpg was promoted at Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Bar.jpg, use {{Assessments|featured=1|com-nom=Bar.jpg}}
      • If the image is already featured on another wikipedia, just add featured=1 to the Assessments template. For instance {{Assessments|enwiki=1}} becomes {{Assessments|enwiki=1|featured=1}}
      • Add the picture to the chronological list of featured pictures. Put it in the gallery using this format: File:xxxxx.jpg|# - '''Headline'''<br>created by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]], uploaded by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]], nominated by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]]
      • The # should be replaced by 1 for the first image nominated that month, and counts up after that. Have a look at the other noms on that page for examples.
      • You may simplify this if multiple things were done by the same user. E.g.: File:xxxxx.jpg|# - '''Headline'''<br>created, uploaded, and nominated by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]]
    • Add == FP promotion ==
      {{FPpromotion|File:XXXXX.jpg}} to the Talk Page of the nominator.
  5. As the last step (whether the image is featured or not; including {{FPX}}ed, {{FPD}}ed and withdrawn nominations), open Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list, click on [edit], and find the transclusion of the nomination you've just finished closing. It will be of the form:
    {{Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:XXXXX.jpg}}
    Copy it to the bottom of Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/September 2022), save that page, and remove it from the candidate list.

Closing a delisting request[edit]

  1. In Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the candidate image, then [edit].
    Add the result of the voting at the bottom (on a new line with a space first)
    '''Result:''' x delist, x keep, x neutral => /not/ delisted. ~~~~
    (for example see Commons:Featured picture candidates/removal/Image:Astrolabe-Persian-18C.jpg)
  2. Also edit the title of the delisting candidate image template and add after the image tag
    delisted or not delisted
    For example:
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] === becomes === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], delisted ===
  3. Move the actual template from Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list to the bottom of the actual month page on Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/September 2022.
  4. If the outcome was not delisted, stop here. If it is delisted:
    1. Remove the picture from Commons:Featured pictures, list and any subpages.
    2. Edit the picture's description as follows:
      1. Replace the template {{Featured picture}} on the image description page by {{Delisted picture}}. If using the {{Assessments}} template, change featured=1 to featured=2 (do not change anything related to its status in other featured picture processes).
      2. Remove the image from all categories beginning with "Featured [pictures]" (example: Featured night shots, Featured pictures from Wiki Loves Monuments 2016, Featured pictures of Paris).
      3. Remove the "Commons quality assessment" claim (d:Property:P6731) "Wikimedia Commons featured picture" from the picture's Structured data.
    3. Add a delisting-comment to the original entry in chronological list of featured pictures in bold-face, e. g. delisted 2007-07-19 (1-6) with (1-6) meaning 1 keep and 6 delist votes (change as appropriate). The picture in the gallery is not removed.
  5. If this is a Delist and Replace, the delisting and promotion must both be done manually. To do the promotion, follow the steps in the above section. Note that the assessment tag on the file page and the promotion tag on the nominator's talk page won't pick up the /replace subpage that these nominations use.

Manual archiving of a withdrawn nomination[edit]

  1. In Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the candidate image, then [edit].
    In the occasion that the FPCbot will not mark withdrawn nominations with a "to be reviewed" template and put them in Category:Featured picture candidates awaiting closure review just like if they were on the usual list, put the following "no" template:
    {{FPC-results-reviewed|support=X|oppose=X|neutral=X|featured=no|gallery=|sig=--~~~~}}
  2. Also edit the title of the candidate image template and add after the image tag
    not featured
    For example:
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] ===
    becomes
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], not featured ===
  3. Save your edit.
  4. Open Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list, click on [edit], and find the transclusion of the nomination. It will be of the form:
    {{Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:XXXXX.jpg}}
    Copy it to the bottom of Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/September 2022), save that page, and remove it from the candidate list.
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