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Featured picture candidates 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, and current month. For another overview of our finest pictures, take a look at our annual picture of the year election.

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Formal things Nominating Guidelines for nominators 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 – Images (with the exception of animations, videos, and SVGs) of lower resolution than 2 million pixels (pixels, not bytes) are typically rejected unless there are 'strong mitigating reasons'. Note that a 1600 × 1200 image has 1.92 Mpx, just less than the 2 million level. A 1920 × 1080 image, commonly known as Full HD, has 2.07 Mpx, just more than the 2 million level. 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 colour/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 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 colour 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 There are many different types of non-photographic media, including engravings, watercolours, 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 none the less 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 hosting page. Edit notes should be specified in detail, such as "Rotated and cropped. Dirt, scratches, and stains removed. Histogram adjusted and colors balanced." Photographs 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). Digital cameras (or images) have a narrower latitude than film. 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 a good guideline for composition and is an inheritance from the painting school. The idea is to divide the image with two imaginary horizontal and two vertical lines, thus dividing the image into thirds horizontally and vertically. Centering the subject is often less interesting than placing the subject in one of the "interest points", the 4 intersection between these horizontal and vertical lines intersect. Horizons should almost never be placed in the middle, where they "cut" the image in half. The upper or lower horizontal line is often a good choice. 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, colour, 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. Colour is important. Over saturated colours 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 colour AND texture, etc. Noise refers to unwanted corruption of colour 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 a better picture 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. Set nominations If a group of images are thematically connected in a direct and obvious way, they can be nominated together as a set. All images should be processed and presented in a similar manner to ensure consistency amongst the set. All images should be linked to all others in the "Other Versions" section of the image summary. If the set of subjects has a limited number of elements, then there should be a complete set of images. This may result in images in this kind of set with no "wow" factor, and perhaps little value on their own. Their value is closely bound to the value of having a complete set of these subjects. The decision to feature should be based on this overall value. If the set of subjects is unlimited, the images should be chosen judiciously. Each image should be sufficiently different to the others to add a great deal of value to the overall set. The majority of images should be able to qualify for FP on their own. All images should be of high technical quality. Adding a new nomination 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 Set nominations ONLY 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}} Optional: if you are not the creator of the image, please notify him/her using {{FPC-notice}}. Voting Editors whose accounts have at least 10 days and 50 edits can vote. Everybody can vote for his/her own nominations. Anonymous (IP) votes are not allowed. You may use following templates: {{Support}} ( Support), {{Oppose}} ( Oppose), {{Neutral}} ( Neutral), {{Comment}} ( Comment), {{Info}} ( Info), {{Question}} ( Question), {{Request}} ( 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 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}}  Keep It deserves to remain a featured picture {{Delist}}  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}}  Keep Do not replace the old image with the new image as an FP. {{Delistandreplace}}  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. {{FPC-notice-removal}} can be used for this purpose. Featured picture candidate policy General rules 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. Nominations by anonymous contributors are welcome Contributions to discussion by anonymous contributors are welcome 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. Nominations do not count as votes. Support must be explicitly stated. Nominators and authors can withdraw their nominated pictures at any time. This is done by adding the following template: {{withdraw}} ~~~~ 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. Rules of the 5th day based on vote counts on day number 5 (day of nomination + 5) Pictures are speedy declined if they have no support (apart from the nominator). 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.) Once either speedy criterion is reached, the voting period is considered closed, and no more votes may be added. 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. Pictures tagged {{FPD}} (FP-Denied) may be removed from the list 24 hours after the tag was applied. 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 A candidate will become a featured picture in compliance with following conditions: Appropriate license (of course) At least 7 supporting votes Ratio of supporting/opposing votes at least 2/1 (a two-thirds majority); same for delist/keep votes 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. 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 the bot has counted the votes and before they are finally closed by the bot, this manual review can be done by any user that are familiar with the voting rules. Above all, be polite 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 To edit the list of nominations go to: Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list For a chronological list, see Commons:Featured_pictures/chronological For an archive of previous nominations, see Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log For instructions on how to close nominations, see Commons:Featured picture candidates/What to do after voting is finished Basic list of photography-related terms Quality image candidates Valued image candidates Photography critiques Help:Scanning

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File:Megalaima faiostricta - Khao Yai.jpg

Voting period ends on 1 Jun 2013 at 11:10:17 (UTC)
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•  Info created & uploaded by JJ Harrison - nominated by Citron -- Citron (talk) 11:10, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- Citron (talk) 11:10, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Oppose disturbing motion blur. Tomer T (talk) 11:55, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

File:Iranian Astrolabe 14.jpg

Voting period ends on 1 Jun 2013 at 10:56:00 (UTC)
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•  Info created by م.صفرنیا - uploaded by م.صفرنیا - nominated by Alborzagros -- Alborzagros (talk) 10:56, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- Alborzagros (talk) 10:56, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Tomer T (talk) 11:56, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

File:Fortuny - La Vicaría (Museo Nacional de Arte de Cataluña, 1870. Óleo sobre tabla, 60 x 93,5 cm).jpg

Voting period ends on 1 Jun 2013 at 09:24:33 (UTC)
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•  Info created by Marià Fortuny - uploaded by Artwork - nominated by Armbrust -- User:Armbrust (Local talk - en.Wikipedia talk) 09:24, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- User:Armbrust (Local talk - en.Wikipedia talk) 09:24, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

File:Conglomerado BMW, Múnich, Alemania 2012-04-28, DD 02.JPG

Voting period ends on 31 May 2013 at 20:40:35 (UTC)
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•  Info BMW conglomerate in Munich (Germany) including the manufacturing plant, the BMW Welt, the BMW Tower and the BMW Museum. All by me, Poco a poco (talk) 20:40, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Poco a poco (talk) 20:40, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --JaviP96 21:07, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

File:Girl dressed Nazarene.jpg

Voting period ends on 31 May 2013 at 13:23:14 (UTC)
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•  Info All by -- Wilfredor (talk) 13:23, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Oppose Wonderful child-portait, high quality but no wow. --Arcalino (talk) 19:43, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Tomer T (talk) 11:57, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

File:Grund, Luxembourg (by Pudelek).jpg

Voting period ends on 31 May 2013 at 09:47:24 (UTC)
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•  Info all by Pudelek -- Pudelek (talk) 09:47, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- Pudelek (talk) 09:47, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Oppose no wow Kruusamägi (talk) 12:23, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Oppose as above -- Arcalino (talk) 19:44, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

File:Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord 02.jpg

Voting period ends on 30 May 2013 at 23:17:33 (UTC)
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•  Info created, uploaded and nominated by Coyau -- Coyau (talk) 23:17, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- Coyau (talk) 23:17, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Oppose. Poor lighting and noisy. --JaviP96 09:58, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Oppose Too dark and missing wow -- Arcalino (talk) 19:48, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

File:Rapana venosa 01.JPG

Voting period ends on 30 May 2013 at 20:14:55 (UTC)
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•  Info created by Llez - uploaded by Llez - nominated by George Chernilevsky -- George Chernilevsky ^talk 20:14, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- George Chernilevsky ^talk 20:14, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Nice detail. --Kadellar (talk) 22:11, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Great detail --Rjcastillo (talk) 03:10, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Arcalino (talk) 08:36, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 09:43, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Böhringer (talk) 10:55, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- Thanks George for nominating --Llez (talk) 11:13, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Kruusamägi (talk) 12:26, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support--Mehdi^Talk 19:08, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support-- Magic Wizard (talk) 07:15, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

File:View from Humboldtbox - Berlin Cathedral.jpg

Voting period ends on 30 May 2013 at 15:41:35 (UTC)
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•  Info All by --A.Savin 15:41, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --A.Savin 15:41, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Alex Florstein (talk) 16:25, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Tomer T (talk) 19:16, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- George Chernilevsky ^talk 20:08, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Great detail. Jacopo Werther ^iγ∂ψ=mψ 23:28, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Good view. Very good --Rjcastillo (talk) 03:03, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Great details; but the angle of view prevents me from inserting it as the lead picture in the article. JKadavoor Jee 04:04, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Oppose While nice, colors seem too pastel due to over processing. Perspective does not correspond to the eye´s perspective, and looks artificial. --Tomascastelazo (talk) 04:21, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- Joydeep _Talk 06:00, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Brilliant! --Arcalino (talk) 08:40, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Pudelek (talk) 09:50, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --JaviP96 09:52, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Böhringer (talk) 10:56, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --JLPC (talk) 15:41, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support--Mehdi^Talk 19:08, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Poco a poco (talk) 20:45, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support-- Magic Wizard (talk) 07:15, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

File:Madoqua kirkii - female (Namutoni).jpg

Voting period ends on 30 May 2013 at 13:14:55 (UTC)
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•  Info created by Yathin sk - uploaded by Yathin sk - nominated by Alborzagros -- Alborzagros (talk) 13:14, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- Alborzagros (talk) 13:14, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Info focusing on animal face could be informative and helpful to sense the picture. Alborzagros (talk) 13:20, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --JaviP96 15:15, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Ivar (talk) 15:19, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Alex Florstein (talk) 16:26, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support a very interesting angle --SuperJew (talk) 16:31, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Very nice. I really like it so much. Jacopo Werther ^iγ∂ψ=mψ 23:31, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Good picture --Rjcastillo (talk) 03:16, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support How adorable! Wow, This is not Flickr. So, Great EV and wow!. JKadavoor Jee 03:35, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support —Bruce1ee^talk 05:13, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- Joydeep _Talk 06:00, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Extremly good --Arcalino (talk) 08:41, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 09:43, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support I'm not too fond of the shadow on the head, but in the end resistance was futile: Error 418: Cuteness overkill. --El Grafo (talk) 10:07, 22 May 2013 (UTC) “informative and helpful” – Yeah, right … I see what you did there ;-D

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•  Support --Böhringer (talk) 10:57, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Kruusamägi (talk) 12:25, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --JLPC (talk) 15:42, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support--Mehdi^Talk 19:08, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Those are eyes! Poco a poco (talk) 20:44, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support-- Magic Wizard (talk) 07:15, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

File:Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord 15.jpg

Voting period ends on 30 May 2013 at 07:38:43 (UTC)
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•  Info created, uploaded and nominated by Coyau -- Coyau (talk) 07:38, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- Coyau (talk) 07:38, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
• Pour -- Wikinade (talk) 06:42, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Oppose dark and no wow -- Arcalino (talk) 19:50, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

File:Segovia - 01.jpg

Voting period ends on 29 May 2013 at 21:50:38 (UTC)
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•  Info View of Segovia (Spain) from the alcázar. Created, uploaded and nominated by Kadellar -- Kadellar (talk) 21:50, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- Kadellar (talk) 21:50, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --The High Fin Sperm Whale 05:15, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Ivar (talk) 06:38, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Mehdi^Talk 09:34, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Böhringer (talk) 10:48, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Jacopo Werther ^iγ∂ψ=mψ 14:01, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --JaviP96 15:15, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- George Chernilevsky ^talk 19:53, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Great view --Rjcastillo (talk) 03:22, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Kruusamägi (talk) 12:27, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --JLPC (talk) 15:43, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Poco a poco (talk) 20:46, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

File:Basenji, Kongo Terrier 2.JPG

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•  Info Basenji all by -- Böhringer (talk) 19:54, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- Böhringer (talk) 19:54, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

File:Bloody Blondie - Flickr - SoulStealer.co.uk.jpg

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•  Info created by Martin SoulStealer - uploaded by Slick-o-bot - nominated by Slick -- Slick (talk) 15:31, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- Slick (talk) 15:31, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support very nice job --SuperJew (talk) 16:59, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

File:Moltke's Palace, Frederik's Church (The Marble Church), Levetzau's Palace (left to right) as seen from Amalienborg. Copenhagen, Denmark, Northern Europe.jpg

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•  Info created by Mstyslav Chernov - uploaded by Mstyslav Chernov - nominated by Mstyslav Chernov -- Mstyslav Chernov (talk) 12:23, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- Mstyslav Chernov (talk) 12:23, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Oppose Great distortion. — Draceane ^diskuse 13:18, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

File:Monumento a los Descubrimientos, Lisboa, Portugal, 2012-05-12, DD 10.JPG

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•  Info Monument to the Discoveries in Belém (Lisbon), Portugal. All by me, Poco a poco (talk) 09:00, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- Poco a poco (talk) 09:00, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Slick (talk) 10:13, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Really good picture. — Draceane ^diskuse 13:19, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --JaviP96 13:54, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Böhringer (talk) 19:25, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Kadellar (talk) 22:11, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Oppose the composition, especially the crop at left, does not work to me, sorry.--Jebulon (talk) 22:34, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Oppose as Jebulon --Arcalino (talk) 05:50, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Oppose Unfortunate crop. --Ivar (talk) 06:37, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

  I assume that you all know how the monument looks. I'd really appreciate if someone here provides a suggestion rather than just pointing out that they don't like the crop, Poco a poco (talk) 06:49, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

  The crop on left is exactly as in the existing FP; but the "cut" legs due to the bottom crop can be improved. I like this crop than the existing FP; but that seems more detailed. I prefer the edit. For me, your frame with a more generous crop at bottom (without "cut legs") and details as in Alves may ideal. :) JKadavoor Jee 08:44, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

  Thanks for your feedback. I understand what you say but cannot provide to you ad hoc what you asked for :( Poco a poco (talk) 09:21, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

File:ISS-34 Stratocumulus clouds.jpg

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•  Info created by - uploaded by Ras67 - nominated by Pine -- Pine^✉ 21:15, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- Pine^✉ 21:15, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

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•  Info Version with corrected lens profile, less compression and a little more contrast. --Julian H. (talk/files) 09:28, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Julian H. (talk/files) 09:28, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Poco a poco (talk) 20:46, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

File:Polistes May 2013-2.jpg

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•  Info A young paper wasp queen guarding her nest after laying the eggs. All by Alvesgaspar (talk) 15:10, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 15:10, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support cool. Tomer T (talk) 20:13, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --JaviP96 20:42, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Oppose too blurry when viewed at full size --Pine^✉ 21:17, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Mehdi^Talk 03:40, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Neutral per Pine per Commons:Image guidelines:Focus and depth of field. DOF is a photographic choice; but the points Every important object on the picture should be sharp, considering the idea of the image. The overall image should have clearly defined focus are important for encyclopedic/educational medias. I will oppose if this is in EN:FPC; but here the usage has a more wide scope. JKadavoor Jee 04:29, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- Content is FP, I do not mind the slight absence of sharpness.--Telemaque MySon (talk) 10:25, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support This is a great image with lovely colours and composition. I don't think we should demand focus-stacked images for in-the-field shots. Indeed, a stacked image with hyper-depth-of-focus can cause problems with our 3D depth perception of 2D images. This one is at F10 and going up to F16, say, might bring in more distracting background. en:WP:FP places too much emphasis on boring species-identification images that lack any composition qualities and not enough of behaviour or scene, and of course that is all irrelevant to COM:FP. Colin (talk) 13:15, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

• Focus -stacking is irrelevant here. Here the shallow DOF is probably due to the 100mm on a full-frame. Using a longer lens or on a cropped sensor camera will give better results. Boring is just a matter of interest; I usually get bored by subjects that I'm not interested (perspective, tilt, distortion, etc are quite boring for me) . BTW, this is a very interesting subject for me. JKadavoor Jee 16:48, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

• Focus stacking is not "irrelevant" because folk are used to seeing focus stacked shots of insects and vote assuming that getting all of a wasp in focus is normal or even desirable. Also see this for why a change in lens focal length or sensor size wouldn't help here. I'm no bug expert so correct me if I'm wrong. But even if the DoF doubled from 0.5mm to 1mm it would make a tiny difference to whether the whole wasp is in focus or not. Look at the image as a whole, as a picture, not as a study in the technicalities of macro photography. This is an image Alvesgaspar should be proud of and if I had taken it, I would put in in a frame on my wall. Colin (talk) 07:29, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

• No offence at all. I said focus-stacking is irrelevant here only because the subject seems moving. Reply on DOF and background blur. A tough topic; so I decided to read a lot prior to make any comment and ended up here: "If all other things being equal, a smaller format will generally have DEEPER depth of field and less background blur than a larger format. This makes sense because smaller format cameras use shorter focal lengths for the same field of view, and therefore similar f-stops mean a smaller physical aperture size: less blur." JKadavoor Jee 06:25, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

Interesting article, thanks. The chap doesn't touch on the issues of diffraction though, which appears to be what scares macro photographers off of using smaller apertures, and is an area where I understand full-frame has an advantage. It also generally has an ISO/noise advantage so one could use a smaller aperture (with higher ISO, say) and achieve equivalent diffraction softening and noise as the crop sensor. Also see this and this for why our diffraction fears are over emphasised. Alvesgaspar's D800 with a good lens can apparently outresolve at f22 a Canon 5Dmk3 at any aperture. So, it is complex! Colin (talk) 07:58, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

Of course; but I wonder whether some reasons why many macro experts still prefer an APS-C. (And, see the comment of Ken Rockwell on diffraction: "For flat subjects, diffraction limits performance at f/16, it's stronger at f/22, and downright soft at f/32, but that's physics. The softening from diffraction at f/32 is less than the improvement you get to depth-of-field for 3-D subjects, and for most macro work, I shoot at f/32.") JKadavoor Jee 11:31, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

• @Jkadavoor & Colin: thank you for your interest, that is the best compliment for a creator! Concerning the type of camera used for macro, the real advantage in using a full frame type is the quality of the sensor (low noise and diffraction), not the size. The obvious disadvantage is the need for more light (because of the bigger lenses), in situations where light is almost always scarce, due to the need of using small apertures (for dof) and high shutter speeds (for sharpness). The type of lens to choose from depends very much on the situation, Yes, it is true that we get larger dof with small focal distances. But we are then forced, when photographing small subjects, to get very close to them. Which might be impossible (because they fly away) or dangerous (because then sting). Alvesgaspar (talk) 11:37, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

•  Support --Böhringer (talk) 19:23, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --High Contrast (talk) 22:05, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Neutral Why this low size in a D800E?. Undersize is not a best practice to fix motion blur. I am sorry --Wilfredor (talk) 01:21, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
  • @Wilfredor. No downsampling was done, just cropping. Please note that the magnification factor only depends on the lens, not on the sensor. The radius of the wasp nest is about 12-15 mm. With a full frame camera, a 1:1 macro lens and a small subject like this one, it is just not possible to fill the whole 24x36 frame with it because we can't bring the lens closer! -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 10:19, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Oppose per above. --Ivar (talk) 06:34, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

File:Kamakura Budda Daibutsu front 1885.jpg (delist)

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•  Info Blown sky is really bothering. I don't think it reflects Commons' best work. (Original nomination; previous try to delist)
•  Delist -- Tomer T (talk) 08:28, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Delist --Laitche (talk) 14:01, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Delist Low resolution for static object, CAs, bad shadow detail and per above. --Julian H. (talk/files) 14:25, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Delist per Julian H. --Cayambe (talk) 16:46, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Delist. Same. --JaviP96 20:43, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Delist -- As per above. How did this get here in the 1st place?!Fotoriety (talk) 23:18, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Delist -- As per above.--Telemaque MySon (talk) 10:23, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Delist Resolution is (about) what was possible with a point-and-shoot camera back in 2005 and over our minimum of 2 mpx, so I'm OK with that. Composition is OK too, but lightning etc. is way below FP-level. --El Grafo (talk) 11:30, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Delist per above. Kruusamägi (talk) 12:29, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Delist per above. -- Arcalino (talk) 19:56, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Delist Poco a poco (talk) 20:49, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

File:Leptoptilos crumeniferus - 01.jpg

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•  Info "Beautiful" Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) during a show of birds of prey at the Zoo of Madrid, Spain. Created, uploaded and nominated by Kadellar -- Kadellar (talk) 13:11, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- Kadellar (talk) 13:11, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- Funny bird and nice close-up picture. Alborzagros (talk) 13:21, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
• Weak  Support Good image but background is noisy. --The High Fin Sperm Whale 05:11, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

File:Rosa Maxim.jpg

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•  Info created, uploaded and nominated by Laitche -- Laitche (talk) 12:15, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- Laitche (talk) 12:15, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Oppose. There are better photos at this category. --JaviP96 20:44, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Oppose Dark background. Alborzagros (talk) 13:22, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

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•  Support -- Laitche (talk) 14:29, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

File:3Com OfficeConnect ADSL Wireless 11g Firewall Router 2012-10-28-0869.jpg, not featured

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•  Info created by Slick - uploaded by Slick - nominated by Slick -- Slick (talk) 12:08, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Neutral as creator -- Slick (talk) 12:08, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Oppose. I don't see anything interesting in this photo. --JaviP96 12:18, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Request It could be better if Slick add more information about picture. Alborzagros (talk) 13:24, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

•  Comment I think it is just a nice macro image that explain electronic components. --Slick (talk) 14:26, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

• Na dann sollten Begriffe, wie Elektrolytkondensator, wie dieses Spulen-Ding auch immer heißt u.s.w. nicht fehlen. ImageAnnotator ist hier ganz brauchbar. -- Rillke^(q?) 18:08, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

•  Oppose Randomization of composition.--Telemaque MySon (talk) 10:29, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

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File:Hydrornis irena - Sri Phang Nga.jpg, featured

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•  Info created & uploaded by JJ Harrison - nominated by Citron -- Citron (talk) 10:59, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- Citron (talk) 10:59, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Mehdi^Talk 11:33, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --JaviP96 11:58, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Cayambe (talk) 12:47, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Kadellar (talk) 13:27, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Hockei (talk) 14:16, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- George Chernilevsky ^talk 14:35, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- Colin (talk) 17:29, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --JLPC (talk) 18:00, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Böhringer (talk) 21:10, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Comment -- I don't really agree with the near centered nature of the composition. There should me more room on the left, or less room on the right.Fotoriety (talk) 23:24, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support – SteveStrummer (talk) 23:41, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Info The picture really is showing all part of appearance of bird. Alborzagros (talk) 13:28, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support – nice and view-full. Alborzagros (talk) 13:28, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Could be larger, but quality and compo are good. Noodles scores again!  B.p. 16:01, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Comment -- Too much vibrance in the colors... (are they genuine), and do you have a better crop ? --Telemaque MySon (talk) 10:31, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
  • The bird's colour really is amazingly bright. It sat right beside my hide before I could photograph it. Really incredible. JJ Harrison (talk) 13:14, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --The High Fin Sperm Whale 05:12, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

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Result: 14 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral => featured. /FPCBot (talk) 13:01, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

File:Großes Walsertal Panorama.jpg

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•  Info das Große Walsertal c/u/n by -- Böhringer (talk) 21:28, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- Böhringer (talk) 21:28, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Laitche (talk) 13:05, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Kadellar (talk) 14:47, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support brilliant! --Arcalino (talk) 20:00, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Well done. --Rjcastillo (talk) 20:24, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --JaviP96 20:24, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- Gorgeous Alborzagros (talk) 13:30, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Oppose  B.p. 15:59, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
  • Why?--G Furtado (talk) 20:21, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Oppose Horizontalization is not so featurable, and regarding the shadow of the tree on the right of the photo, it could at least be digitally attenuated...--Telemaque MySon (talk) 10:32, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
• Weak  Support I like the picture very much, but the branch in the right is quite distracting. — Draceane ^diskuse 13:21, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --High Contrast (talk) 22:04, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

File:The Scout in Winter, Crow, 1908, Edward S. Curtis (restored II).jpg

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•  Info created by Edward Sheriff Curtis (photographer), Keraunoscopia (restoration) - uploaded by Keraunoscopia - nominated by Keraunoscopia -- – Kerαunoςcopia^◁galaxies 20:53, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- – Kerαunoςcopia^◁galaxies 20:53, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Despite the fuzzyness, the image is very powerful Kleuske (talk) 21:30, 17 May 2013 (UTC).
•  Oppose Not much clear and interesting! Alborzagros (talk) 13:32, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

File:Lauren Mitchell, 41st AG World Championship, 2009 (full tone blur).jpg

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•  Info created by Steven Rasmussen (photography), Keraunoscopia (derivative) - uploaded by Keraunoscopia - nominated by Keraunoscopia -- – Kerαunoςcopia^◁galaxies 20:29, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- – Kerαunoςcopia^◁galaxies 20:29, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Kleuske (talk) 21:24, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Oppose Unfortunately, there is clear posterization in the blurred portions. I would recommend redoing the blurring. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 02:05, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Oppose Impressive picture, but per King of Hearts. --Kadellar (talk) 13:22, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Oppose unclear and noisy. Alborzagros (talk) 13:38, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Oppose Great moment, but per King of Hearts and the dividing line between blurred and non-blurred parts is quite noticeable in some areas. --Julian H. (talk/files) 14:29, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

File:Pavillon Cour des Lions Alhambra Granada Spain.jpg

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•  Info created by Jebulon - uploaded by Jebulon - nominated by Duchamp -- Duchamp (talk) 15:48, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- Duchamp (talk) 15:48, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Sophus Bie ^(talk) 04:09, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Mehdi^Talk 04:48, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --JaviP96 11:56, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Comment I like the composition and detail, but the sky feels strange, look at the border between roof and sky. --Kadellar (talk) 13:19, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Neutral I have problem with angle and left bush. Alborzagros (talk) 13:43, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Oppose Since when do you have a problem with perspective ?^^--Telemaque MySon (talk) 10:36, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
  • Sorry I don't understand the comment neither the reason of opposition.--Jebulon (talk) 22:42, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

File:Maroc Essaouira Luc Viatour 2.JPG

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•  Info created by Lviatour - uploaded by Lviatour - nominated by Duchamp -- Duchamp (talk) 15:45, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- Duchamp (talk) 15:45, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support The subject matter is very interesting. Sophus Bie ^(talk) 04:36, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Oppose Sorry, neither quality nor motive works for me. The "heap of fish" (or what is it?) is not well lightened - one third is in shadow. In the foreground some piece of fish look overexposed. Such photos only work for me with a clear compositional idea which is also missing here. There is no clear pattern of repeated elements, the dish at the very top left spoils. The image misses a reasonable language tagged description. "Maroc Essaouira city" is too unspecific. --Tuxyso (talk) 08:26, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

8  Oppose Top part is too dark. It is also so crowded. Alborzagros (talk) 13:46, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

•  Oppose I almost vomited ! What is featurable ? Where is your technique ?--Telemaque MySon (talk) 10:38, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

File:2013-05-14 15-39-20-diptera.JPG

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•  Info created by ComputerHotline - uploaded by ComputerHotline - nominated by ComputerHotline -- ComputerHotline (talk) 10:51, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- ComputerHotline (talk) 10:51, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Comment Please use a more specific filename than just the date-time and the species order. We wouldn't accept "2013-05-14 15-32-31-primate.jpg" as a useful name for a portrait of a person. Colin (talk) 14:09, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
  • But many of our contributors are following such a naming convention. I think the main reason is because sometimes subjects are not well identified at the time of upload. Later, after several discussions even outside Wikimedia, they may identified up to a specific Taxonomic rank. Sometimes we made mistakes and corrected later. So renaming in every attempt is a bit annoying. But in my opinion, including the lowermost rank available at the time of upload in the file name is a good start. JKadavoor Jee 04:07, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
    • I don't think the order is remotely sufficient for FP. This is supposed to be our very best work. There are 150,000 species in Diptera. The flower example you give has the genus, of which there are only 100 species. Even so, since the flower has been identified, I do believe for FP we should attempt to improve the filename to the level of confidence. Also IMO it would better if the date/time and the subject were not joined with a dash - use a space so that search tools can find them as proper words. Colin (talk) 09:25, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
      • I'm not against your argument. I too against careless file-names, improper description, etc. My only argument is whether we need to rename it on every update, or keep the existing name and update the description and categories? BTW, this picture is identified to the species level. JKadavoor Jee 09:09, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
        • There is no advantage to keeping a poor name if a better name is possible. The rename facility will fix up links (at least within Wikimedia). If renaming is a hassle, then we should fix that problem, not just shrug and live with poor data. Ultimately the filename of the JPG may be the only identifying feature of this image should it be copied (per our free usage desire) or linked to -- the extra information in the text/categories on Commons description page is relevant to its storage here but not on its usage elsewhere. For example, Wikipedia would need to wikilink to it using the filename, which is unhelpful in letting anyone know the correct image was linked. I appreciate that if one has uploaded loads of images, then tweaking their filenames would be a fair bit of work. But here I'm interested in FP and for that we should certainly lead by example. Colin (talk) 09:19, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
          • Good point; now I understand. JKadavoor Jee 11:45, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Better details on head and better resolution; but overall details and clean bg in File:Tanzfliege Dance fly.jpg. JKadavoor Jee 16:37, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Oppose per Colin. Also poor DOF and blown flowers.  B.p. 16:05, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Oppose -- Poor lighting Alvesgaspar (talk) 22:44, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

File:Chlosyne lacinia.jpg

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•  Info A litle Chlosyne lacinia. All by -- Wilfredor (talk) 03:41, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Tomer T (talk) 10:12, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --ComputerHotline (talk) 11:04, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Mehdi^Talk 04:48, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --JaviP96 12:09, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Kadellar (talk) 13:16, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Arcalino (talk) 20:03, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support JKadavoor Jee 11:51, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Great composition and colors, mitigating the small resolution and less-than-perfect detail on the head. Alvesgaspar (talk) 19:03, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Neutral Good picture, but I think the head definition is not realy good, antennae blur, plus background bokeh weithing on the center.--Telemaque MySon (talk) 10:40, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

With that lens and a butterfly so small, a photo like this is not impossible, however, has cost me at least 60 shots to select from the same butterfly. Maybe because it is not a macro lens or I am definitely a newbi. I lean more for the second option. Thanks :) --Wilfredor (talk) 13:19, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

Not many butterfly and dragonfly photographers use macro lens due to their shallow DOF. In-fact a 300mm generic is their ideal choice as a compromise on DOF against details. Eric uses a Sigma 50-500 at its long end for his dragonflies. But there are exceptions like Dr. Saji who use a Canon EF 180mm f/3.5L Macro USM for his butterflies. He is very famous for his Life Cycle series. A 100mm or shorter is not very helpful IMHO; except for small Lycaenidae. Just some viewpoints; there are different ideas. JKadavoor Jee 04:52, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

File:Cynictis penicillata (Etosha, 2011).jpg

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•  Info created by User:Yathin sk - uploaded by User:Yathin sk - nominated by User:Magic Wizard -- Magic Wizard (talk) 13:25, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- Magic Wizard (talk) 13:25, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support SuperJew (talk) 13:58, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Rjcastillo (talk) 14:13, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- Arcalino (talk) 16:22, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Ivar (talk) 18:10, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Nice --Wilfredor (talk) 03:48, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
• What a nice portrait! Too bad the tail and legs are partly missing, but nevertheless that's a clear  Support for me. --El Grafo 08:41, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --ComputerHotline (talk) 11:04, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support – Kerαunoςcopia^◁galaxies 20:33, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 02:06, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Mehdi^Talk 04:49, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Poco a poco (talk) 08:52, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --JaviP96 11:59, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Kadellar (talk) 13:14, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Laitche (talk) 14:22, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Great detail. --Julian H. (talk/files) 14:34, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Oppose sorry, but the blurry foreground is a no go for me.--Jebulon (talk) 22:48, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Jacopo Werther ^iγ∂ψ=mψ 14:01, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

File:Тихо падало листя.jpg

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•  Info created by Balkhovitin - uploaded by Balkhovitin - nominated by Butko -- Butko (talk) 09:41, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- Butko (talk) 09:41, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Comment Tilted? --Gidip (talk) 10:31, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support I like the way the orange pops against the green. Sophus Bie ^(talk) 04:32, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Oppose Photo is tilted. Colors are good, but motive is imho not sufficient for FP, there is nothing special with it. Technically there are some overexposed areas in the sky. --Tuxyso (talk) 08:31, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

File:Ніжний ранковий світло.jpg

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•  Info created by Balkhovitin - uploaded by Balkhovitin - nominated by Butko -- Butko (talk) 09:40, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- Butko (talk) 09:40, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support very nice. Tomer T (talk) 12:21, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Magic Wizard (talk) 13:29, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Alborzagros (talk) 13:40, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support неплохо --Mile (talk) 16:37, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Ю. Данилевский (talk) 16:54, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Ivar (talk) 18:05, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Very nice! -- Arcalino (talk) 05:19, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --ComputerHotline (talk) 11:04, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Albertus teolog (talk) 12:18, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --JLPC (talk) 17:16, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support – Kerαunoςcopia^◁galaxies 20:35, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Böhringer (talk) 21:31, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Excellent lighting. --King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 02:06, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support The lighting is indeed exquisite. Sophus Bie ^(talk) 04:29, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Mehdi^Talk 04:49, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
• Nice, but misses an English description. After adding it, I will support. --Tuxyso (talk) 08:38, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --JaviP96 12:00, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Hockei (talk) 14:14, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Oppose -- Great photo, nothing featurable.--Telemaque MySon (talk) 10:48, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Featured for me. — Draceane ^diskuse 13:25, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- Володимир Ф (talk) 13:28, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

File:Dust Cloud in Etosha National Park.jpg

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•  Info created and uploaded by Yathin sk - nominated by Mmxx.
•  Support --  ■ MMXX ^talk 18:30, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- Florence (talk) 19:55, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Kruusamägi (talk) 21:36, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Mehdi^Talk 06:29, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Oppose Not much wow. That is too simple. Alborzagros (talk) 11:02, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

 Support I changed my idea. Alborzagros (talk) 08:08, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

• While dust devils are common during the dry season in Etosha, it's rare to see one that runs right through a big group of animals that includes elephants, ostriches, zebras and springbok. In fact this is the only time I've seen a dust cloud hit an animal herd and coming straight for us. And this is a fairly big dust devil because the 4 elephants are dwarfed by the cloud. :) -- ~y (talk) 15:29, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

•  Support The dust cloud is the wow… -- Arcalino (talk) 09:04, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --ComputerHotline (talk) 11:03, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Interesting! JKadavoor Jee 04:17, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --JaviP96 12:12, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
• Temporarily  Oppose: Could the CAs on both sides be reduced? They seem pretty strong to me. --Julian H. (talk/files) 14:39, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
  •  Done  ■ MMXX ^talk 15:04, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

    Not sure if the difference is big, but I guess it's ok.  Support. --Julian H. (talk/files) 08:24, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

•  Support A genuine pure FP Congrats !--Telemaque MySon (talk) 10:49, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

File:Cañada.jpg

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•  Info created by Rjcastillo - uploaded by Rjcastillo - nominated by Rjcastillo -- Rjcastillo (talk) 15:50, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- Rjcastillo (talk) 15:50, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --ComputerHotline (talk) 11:03, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

File:Halde Holdamoos 1.JPG

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•  Info created & uploaded by Böhringer - nominated by Tomer T (talk) 15:04, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- Tomer T (talk) 15:04, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Nice! -- Arcalino (talk) 06:13, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Poco a poco (talk) 13:40, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --ComputerHotline (talk) 11:03, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support thanks for the nomination --Böhringer (talk) 21:33, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 02:07, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --JaviP96 12:13, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --High Contrast (talk) 21:57, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --JLPC (talk) 15:45, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

File:Mafra May 2013-2.jpg

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•  Info created & uploaded by Alvesgaspar - nominated by Tomer T (talk) 14:48, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- Tomer T (talk) 14:48, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support very good quality -- Arcalino (talk) 14:59, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Idobi (talk) 15:27, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Mehdi^Talk 06:29, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --ComputerHotline (talk) 11:03, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Kadellar (talk) 15:05, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Great! --High Contrast (talk) 22:01, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- Thank you for the nomination, Tomer! This is an incredible building, one of the largest palaces in Europe and in the world. It has 1200 rooms and 4700 doors. The church has six piple organs, to which I have listen playing together two weeks ago! -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 23:25, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Böhringer (talk) 10:59, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

File:MS Skarpö January 2013 03.jpg

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•  Info M/S Skarpö at Utö island, Haninge Municipality, Stockholm archipelago. The photo was taken a very cold winter day, with heavy sea smoke. Created, uploaded and nominated by -- Arild Vågen (talk) 06:09, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- ArildV (talk) 06:09, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support The "wow" comes by watching the details, specially the ice --Arcalino (talk) 20:20, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support per Arcalino — Draceane ^diskuse 13:27, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

File:Grue en vol.jpg

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•  Info created by Dinkum (talk) 06:00, 15 May 2013 (UTC) - uploaded by Dinkum (talk) 06:00, 15 May 2013 (UTC) - nominated by Dinkum (talk) 06:00, 15 May 2013 (UTC) -- Dinkum (talk) 06:00, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Dinkum (talk) 06:00, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Mehdi^Talk 11:27, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Rjcastillo (talk) 13:48, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Impressive! -- Arcalino (talk) 15:01, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Oppose I don't think it is FP. The crop is very tight and the image is overcompressed (or over-strong NR). Also, Poco a poco's edit has changed the colourspace from a sRGB to AdobeRGB which is a very bad idea for images on the Internet (see this for example). -- Colin (talk) 18:10, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

  If the main reason for your oppose is the color space then you can reconsider your vote. I switched back to sRGB, as I also stated in my talk page (after your oppose, though), it was my mistake. Poco a poco (talk) 19:42, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

  No, but thanks for fixing it. Colin (talk) 07:37, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

•  Support Tight crop, not everywhere the best detail, but... amazing capture under difficult conditions. FP to me. Poco a poco (talk) 19:42, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Cayambe (talk) 07:41, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --ComputerHotline (talk) 11:03, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
• Weak  Support - Tight crop, but really nice. --King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 02:07, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

File:Equus quagga (Namutoni, 2012).jpg

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•  Info Plains zebra in Etosha National Park with a storm and rainbow in the background. c/u/n by -- ~y (talk) 20:12, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Abstain -- ~y (talk) 20:12, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Comment zebra smilingly  Support Good shot. Well done --Rjcastillo (talk) 02:33, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support: Technical quality (sharpness) may not be perfect, but in terms of awesomeness this is not far away from a unicorn. --El Grafo (talk) 09:19, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Oppose Indeed, technical quality lets it down.  B.p. 11:38, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Tomer T (talk) 13:07, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Idobi (talk) 15:28, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Neutral While truly a unique capture, the technical quality lets it down. --SuperJew (talk) 18:34, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support per El Grafo. Kruusamägi (talk) 21:39, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --ComputerHotline (talk) 11:04, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Very unique. --King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 02:08, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support As El Grafo said, it really does scream, "Unicorn!" Sophus Bie ^(talk) 04:27, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Wow is here 100 %. — Draceane ^diskuse 13:28, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

File:17-9 3-1964-Saltingtaeppe Photo-Pernille-Klemp-f.jpg

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•  Info created by Alborzagros - uploaded by Alborzagros - nominated by Alborzagros -- Alborzagros (talk) 14:25, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- Alborzagros (talk) 14:25, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- High Quality and Nice photo. Peter23 (talk) 05:18, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Mehdi^Talk 11:27, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support high quality Magic Wizard (talk) 13:31, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --ComputerHotline (talk) 11:04, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Arcalino (talk) 20:24, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
•  QuestionSorry, who took the picture ?--Jebulon (talk) 22:53, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

This photo belongs to David collection and also is allowed to published through all wikimedia, this is licensed by [1]. The photographer is not mentioned at David collection web site [2]. There are some featured pictures from this museum. see here: [3][4]. Alborzagros (talk) 05:49, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

Then why not change the created by clause? JKadavoor Jee 13:55, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

File:Addax-1-Zachi-Evenor.jpg, not featured

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•  Info created by Zachi Evenor - uploaded by MathKnight - nominated by MathKnight -- MathKnight ✡ (Talk) 10:22, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- MathKnight ✡ (Talk) 10:22, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
• Support  Oppose I valued this too quickly --SuperJew (talk) 12:41, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Tomer T (talk) 15:30, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
• strong  Oppose artifacts everywhere, great loss of detail. --Kadellar (talk) 19:11, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Valued image and fantastic. Alborzagros (talk) 05:13, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Comment Am I the only one to see the flaws? Valued doesn't always mean quality. Not even QI for me. --Kadellar (talk) 10:05, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Oppose Per Kadellar. Very poor quality.  B.p. 11:40, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Oppose Colour noise and artifacts. --Julian H. (talk/files) 16:42, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Oppose Too many artifacts for my taste. Sophus Bie ^(talk) 04:25, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

Unconfirmed results: (info)
Result: 3 support, 5 oppose, 0 neutral => not featured. /FPCBot (talk) 13:01, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

File:Cristales cueva de Naica.JPG, featured

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•  Info created by Alexander Van Driessche, uploaded dy Gaianauta - nominated by Yuriy75 -- Ю. Данилевский (talk) 09:48, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- Ю. Данилевский (talk) 09:48, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
• Wow, this is really impressive! How big are they – around 10 meters? However, the permission given by the author should be documented via Commons:OTRS – it would be a shame if this one were to be deleted because we don't have proof that he explicitely agreed to license it CC-BY. --El Grafo (talk) 11:35, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

  Thank you. OTRS permission added. Ю. Данилевский (talk) 17:12, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

  Great! →  Support --El Grafo (talk) 20:38, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

•  Support Regards, Christoph Braun (talk) 19:20, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support Impressive. -- Daniel Mietchen - WiR/OS (talk) 19:48, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support--Citron (talk) 09:41, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support --Slick (talk) 10:41, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support only now I noticed the man. Great! Tomer T (talk) 12:04, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support As with Tomer T, didn't find this image too special until I saw the man; suddenly, the scale exploded and this picture became astounding. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁galaxies 20:40, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

  See Cave of the Crystals :) Ю. Данилевский (talk) 04:11, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

•  Support Photographs of the Naica Mine from inside are quite rare. Great to have such a good one here on Commons. --High Contrast (talk) 21:59, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Oppose Yes, but the quality is atrocious!!  B.p. 09:01, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
•  Support -- Володимир Ф (talk) 11:26, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

Unconfirmed results: (info)
Result: 10 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral => featured. /FPCBot (talk) 13:01, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

Timetable (day 5 after nomination)

Sat 18 May → Thu 23 May
Sun 19 May → Fri 24 May
Mon 20 May → Sat 25 May
Tue 21 May → Sun 26 May
Wed 22 May → Mon 27 May
Thu 23 May → Tue 28 May

Timetable (day 9 after nomination, last day of voting)

Tue 14 May → Thu 23 May
Wed 15 May → Fri 24 May
Thu 16 May → Sat 25 May
Fri 17 May → Sun 26 May
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Closing a featured picture promotion request

The bot

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

Any experienced user may close requests.

1. In Commons:Featured picture candidates 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 support, x oppose, x neutral => (not) featured. ~~~~
(for example see Commons:Featured picture candidates/Image:Osmia rufa couple (aka).jpg)
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 category 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 subpage 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 {{Featured picture}} or {{Assessments|com=1}} to the image description page.
     • If it was an alternative image, use the subpage parameter: For example, if File:Foo.jpg was promoted at Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Bar.jpg, use {{Assessments|com=1|subpage=Bar.jpg}}
     • If the image is already featured on another wikipedia, just add com=1 to the Assessements template. For instance {{Assessments|enwiki=1}} becomes {{Assessments|enwiki=1|com=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 the template {{FPpromotion|File:XXXXX.jpg}} to the Talk Page of the nominator.
5. As the last step (whether the image is featured or not), 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/May 2013), save that page, and remove it from the candidate list.

Closing a delisting request

1. In Commons:Featured picture candidates/removal 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/removal to the bottom of the actual month page on Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/May 2013.
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. Replace the template {{Featured picture}} on the image description page by {{Delisted picture}}. If using the {{Assessments}} template, change com=1 to com=2 (do not change anything related to its status in other featured picture processes)
   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.