Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Old World swallowtail (Papilio machaon gorganus) underside Italy.jpg

File:Old World swallowtail (Papilio machaon gorganus) underside Italy.jpg, featured

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• Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Arthropods/Lepidoptera#Family_:_Papilionidae_(Swallowtails)
•  Info There are three existing FPs of the underside of this species (and one topside and one mating). I think this FP and this one should both be delisted. This image is FP quality and has the forewing in focus, but is a photo of an elderly butterfly with faded colours and damaged tails. All by Charlesjsharp -- Charles (talk) 11:53, 21 August 2019 (UTC)
•  Support -- Charles (talk) 11:53, 21 August 2019 (UTC)
•  Support --Yann (talk) 11:55, 21 August 2019 (UTC)
•  Support Please feel free to start delist nominations. As one of the preeminent nature photographers on Commons, I think your opinion counts for something. It remains to be seen if the Community agrees, but that's why we have the voting system.--Peulle (talk) 12:21, 21 August 2019 (UTC)

• OK, thanks. See above. Charles (talk) 13:07, 21 August 2019 (UTC)

•  Support Too bad it's f/5.6 or the wingtips would have been sharp, too. Still great. --Axel Tschentscher (talk) 12:21, 21 August 2019 (UTC)
•  Comment I have FPX'd the other two delists. The rules are clear. Delist "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". Charles is attempting an illegal "delist and replace" over three nominations (and only two active nominations are permitted and Charles currently has four). The D&R of "better photos of the same subject" is a Wikipedia thing, because they generally only have one lead image. Let's not bring that practice here, where images that are fine but considered inferior to a new one are routinely delisted. -- Colin (talk) 13:43, 21 August 2019 (UTC)

• I have not done an illegal "delist and replace". I have listed two images for delisting as suggested by Peulle. The rules state "There is also a limit of two active delisting nominations per user, which is in addition to the limit of two active regular nominations." So can I ask someone else to check out Colin's actions, please. I may be wrong. Charles (talk) 14:23, 21 August 2019 (UTC)
• As noted elsewhere, I incorrectly assumed the two-nominations applied to both kind rather than independently. The other two remain FPX'd because they are an illegal "delist and replace" albeit spread over three nominations. The rules for delist state "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". This should be quite clear. We have countless nominations where photographers indicate existing FPs of their subject/topic, claim theirs is better or different and worthy of a gold star, and do not go about eliminating all the others. It just isn't done and would require consensus for a rule change to permit it. -- Colin (talk) 17:18, 21 August 2019 (UTC)

•  Support Poco² 19:28, 21 August 2019 (UTC)
•  Support.--Vulphere 08:22, 22 August 2019 (UTC)
•  Support It's a good addition to the other FPs of this butterfly. --Cart (talk) 08:30, 22 August 2019 (UTC)
•  Support per Cart. "It's a good addition to the other FPs of this butterfly." -- Colin (talk) 08:36, 22 August 2019 (UTC)
•  Support --Podzemnik (talk) 09:13, 22 August 2019 (UTC)
•  Oppose Sorry to oppose, but half the wing is out of focus. --Uoaei1 (talk) 10:44, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

• Yes, that's the forewing. Charles (talk) 15:37, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

•  Support Per Cart and Colin. Daniel Case (talk) 16:31, 22 August 2019 (UTC)
•  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 06:36, 23 August 2019 (UTC)
•  Support Good quality and composition. In focus where it needs to be. Cmao20 (talk) 15:48, 23 August 2019 (UTC)
•  Weak support Nice compo but short DoF -- Basile Morin (talk) 04:15, 24 August 2019 (UTC)
•  Support --Boothsift 05:30, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 14 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Axel ^(talk) 14:38, 30 August 2019 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Arthropods/Lepidoptera#Family_:_Papilionidae_(Swallowtails)