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These are the candidates for becoming quality images. Please note that this is not the same thing as featured pictures. Additionally, if you just want some feedback on your pictures you can get that at Commons:Photography critiques.

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[edit] Purpose

The purpose of quality images is to encourage the people that are the foundation of Commons, the individual users who provide the unique images that expand this collection. While featured pictures identifies the absolute best of all the images loaded into Commons, Quality images sets out to identify and encourage users' efforts in providing quality images to Commons.
Additionally, quality images should be a place to refer other users to when explaining methods for improving an image.

[edit] Guidelines

All nominated images should be the work of Commons users.

[edit] For nominators

Below are the general guidelines for Quality images, more detailed criteria is available at Image guidelines.

[edit] Image page requirements
  1. Copyright status. Quality image candidates have to be uploaded to Commons under a suitable license. The full license requirements are at COM:CT.
  2. Quality images must be categorized, have a meaningful title and description. This should include the Taxa naming for organisms.
  3. No advertisements or signatures in image. Copyright and authorship information of quality images should be located on the Image page and may be in the image metadata, but should not interfere with image contents.
[edit] Creator

Pictures must have been created by a Wikimedian in order to be eligible for QI status. This means that pictures from, for example, Flickr are ineligible. (Note that Featured Pictures do not have this requirement.) Photographical reproductions of two-dimensional works of art, made by Wikimedians, are eligible (and should be licensed PD-old according to the Commons guidelines).

[edit] Technical requirements

More detailed criteria are available at Commons:Image guidelines.

[edit] Resolution

Graphics located on Commons may be used not only for viewing them on a screen. They may be also used for printing or for viewing on very high resolution monitors. We can't predict what devices would be used in the future either, so it is important that pictures being nominated have a reasonably large resolution. 2 megapixels is normally the lower limit, but for 'easy to take' images, reviewers may demand more. (Not applicable for SVG images).

[edit] Image quality

Digital images can suffer various problems originating in image capture and processing, such as noise, problems with JPEG compression, lack of information in shadow or highlight areas, or problems with capture of colors. All these issues should be handled correctly.

[edit] Composition and lighting

The arrangement of the subject within the image should contribute to the image. Foreground and background objects should not be distracting. Lighting and focus also contribute to the overall result; the subject should be sharp, uncluttered, and well-exposed.

[edit] Value

Our main goal is to encourage quality images being contributed to Wikicommons, valuable for Wikimedia projects.

[edit] How to nominate

Simply add a line of this form at the top of Commons:Quality images candidates/candidate list Nominations section

File:ImageNameHere.jpg|{{/Nomination|1=Very short description --~~~~ |2=}}

The description shouldn't be more than a few words, and please leave a blank line between your new entry and any existing entries. Adding more than a couple of images at once can be considered flooding, which is frowned upon.

[edit] Evaluating images

Any registered user can review a nomination.
When evaluating images the reviewer should consider the same guidelines as the nominator.

[edit] How to review

Carefully review the image. Open it in full resolution, and check if the quality criteria are met.

  • If you decide to promote the nomination, change the relevant line from
File:ImageNameHere.jpg|{{/Nomination|1=Very short description --~~~~ |2=}}

to

File:ImageNameHere.jpg|{{/Promotion|1=Very short description --Nominators signature |2=Why you liked it. --~~~~}}

In other words, change the template from /Nomination to /Promotion and add your signature, possibly with some short comment.

  • If you decide to decline the nomination, change the relevant line from
File:ImageNameHere.jpg|{{/Nomination|1=Very short description --~~~~ |2=}}

to

File:ImageNameHere.jpg|{{/Decline|1=Very short description --Nominators signature |2=Why you didn't like it. --~~~~}}

In other words, change the template from /Nomination to /Decline and add your signature, possibly with a statement of the criteria under which the image failed (you can use titles of section from the guidelines). If there are many problems, please note only 2 or 3 of the most severe, or add multiple problems. When declining a nomination please do explain the reasons on the nominator's talk page - as a rule, be nice and encouraging! In the message you should give a more detailed explanation of your decision.

Note: Please evaluate the oldest images first.

[edit] Grace period and promotion

If there are no objections in period of 2 days (exactly: 48 hours) from review, the image becomes promoted or fails, according to the review it received. If you have objection, just change its status to Discuss and it will be moved to the Consensual review section.

[edit] How to execute decision

QICbot automatically handles this 2 days after a decision has been made, and promoted images are cached in Commons:Quality_Images/Recently_promoted awaiting categorization before their automatic insertion in to appropriate Quality images pages.

If you believe that you have identified an exceptional image that is worthy of Featured picture status then also nominate the image at Commons:Featured picture candidates.

  • Images awaiting review show the nomination outlined in blue.
  • Images the reviewer has accepted show the nomination outlined in green
  • Images the reviewer has rejected show the nomination outlined in red

[edit] Unassessed images (nomination outlined in blue)

Nominated images which have not generated assessments either to promote nor to decline, or a consensus (equal opposition as support in consensual review) after 8 days on this page should be removed from this page without promotion, archived in Commons:Quality images candidates/Archives November 2009 and Category:Unassessed QI candidates added to the image.

[edit] Consensual review process

Consensual review is a catch all place used in the case the procedure described above is insufficient and needs discussion for more opinions to emerge.

[edit] How to ask for consensual review

To ask for consensual review, just change the /Promotion, /Decline to /Discuss and add your comments immediately following the review. An automatic bot will move it to the consensual review section within one day.

Please only send things to consensual review that have been reviewed as promoted/declined. If, as a reviewer, you can not make a decision, add your comments, but leave the candidate on this page.

[edit] Consensual review rules

See Commons:Quality images candidates#Rules

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[edit] Nominations

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[edit] Consensual review

[edit] Rules

These rules are in accordance with the procedures normally followed in this section. If you don’t agree with them please feel free to propose changes.

  • To ask for consensual review, just change the /Promotion, /Decline to /Discuss and add your comments immediately following the review. An automatic bot will move it to the consensual review section within one day. Alternatively move the image line from the main queue to Consensual Review/Images and follow the instructions in the edit window.
  • You can move an image here if you contest the decision of the reviewer or have doubts about its eligibility (in which case an 'oppose' is assumed). In any case, please explain your reasons. Or QICBot will move it for you. When the bot moves it, you might have to revisit the nomination and expand your review into the Consensual Review format and add "votes".
  • The decision is taken by majority of opinions, including the one of the first reviewer and excluding the nominator's. After a minimum period of 48 hours since the last entry, the decision - Promoted or Not promoted - will be registered at the end of the text and then executed, according to the Guidelines.
Using {{support}} or {{oppose}} will make it easier to count your vote.
Votes by anonymous contributors aren't counted
  • In case of draw, or if no additional opinions are given other than the first reviewer's, the image will stay in Consensual Review for a maximum period of 8 days, counted from its entry.
  • Turn any existing comments into bullet points—add Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose and Symbol support vote.svg Support if necessary.
  • Add a comment explaining why you've moved the image here - be careful to stay inside the braces.
  • Preview and save with a sensible edit summary like "+Image:Example.jpg".

[edit] Consensual Review

[edit] File:Stamps with reproductions of the paintings by Ivan Aivazovsky.jpg

Stamps with reproductions of the paintings by Ivan Aivazovsky.jpg

  • Nomination Stamps with reproductions of the paintings by Ivan Aivazovsky --Mbz1 21:42, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
  • Discussion
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Sorry, unsharp, bad reflections and (I think) unsure composition. --Eusebius 22:29, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
    Maybe reflection, but unsharp? It sharp enough IMO.--Mbz1 23:04, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
    I don't think so, but reflection is the primary motivation for my opposition anyway. --Eusebius 23:28, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose fine deatails, but the reflections and some CA kills it imo, sorry --Mbdortmund 16:04, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info: I uploaded a new version over an old one.--Mbz1 18:57, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
Running total: 0 support (excluding the nominator), 2 oppose → Decline?   --Mbdortmund 16:06, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] File:Jaguar XF SV8 front.jpg

Jaguar XF SV8 front.jpg

  • Nomination Jaguar XF SV8. -- S 400 HYBRID 14:14, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
  • Discussion
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Very well done (a second time) -- 320td 17:25, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Front too noisy, very badly processed over the roof. --Eusebius 22:45, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support too noisy? By me it's not too noisy!? -- S 400 HYBRID 14:56, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
    As the creator and nominator of the picture, you may not vote. Yes, the flanks and front of the car are noisy, and I think it is a bit too much. But this thing over the roof is what mainly prevents your file from being promoted. --Eusebius 15:29, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
Running total: 1 support (excluding the nominator), 1 oppose → More votes?   --Mbdortmund 16:06, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Boojum Tree.jpg

Boojum Tree.jpg

  • Nomination Boojum tree (Fouquieria columnaris) --Bgag 15:54, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
  • Discussion
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Good. With a slight regret for the small file size. --Cayambe 12:43, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
    Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Main subject not so sharp, signal processing issues in the sky, not corrected by the downsampling. --Eusebius 22:42, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
Running total: 1 support (excluding the nominator), 1 oppose → More votes?   --Mbdortmund 16:07, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] File:TexasIndianPaintbrush-0820.jpg

TexasIndianPaintbrush-0820.jpg

  • Nomination Texas Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja indivisa) flower. --Loadmaster 23:07, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
  • Discussion should imo be cropped on the left side and on the top --Mbdortmund 12:12, 22 November 2009 (UTC) Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment Done. --Loadmaster 23:53, 23 November 2009 (UTC)OK --Mbdortmund 20:44, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
    Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Sorry, overexposed red channel, it is an issue for a red flower. --Eusebius 22:35, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Video_projector_lamp.jpg

Video projector lamp.jpg

  • Nomination UHE lamp for a digital video projector --Mr.checker 15:34, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
  • Discussion
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Beleuchtung ist gut aber die Schärfentiefe ist zu gering. --Berthold Werner 16:33, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment Ich finde, die Schärfe liegt genau richtig und lenkt den Blick aufs Wesentliche, ganz ausgezeichnete Sachaufnahme, die mir wirklich gut gefällt. -- Smial 22:31, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Nice and very useful photo, but I have to agree with Berthold about the DOF, which is a pity. -- H005 23:48, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
Running total: 0 support (excluding the nominator), 2 oppose → Decline?   --Mbdortmund 18:54, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] File:Nová radnice (New townhall), Náchod 04.JPG

Nová radnice (New townhall), Náchod 04.JPG

  • Nomination Tower of New Townhall, Náchod --Kozuch 10:37, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
  • Discussion a little tilt to the right --Pudelek 16:15, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] File:Extra 300L Góraszka 2008.JPG

Extra 300L Góraszka 2008.JPG

  • Nomination An Extra 300 with Robert Kowalik holding the stick. Photo by myself. --Airwolf 23:05, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
  • Discussion There are at least five visible dust spots (marked on the image page) and the main subject is far from sharp. Like the composition and angle though - Peripitus 03:37, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
    Huh, there's got to be something wrong with my monitor, I can barealy see those spots. But I'll try to get rid of them, thanks. Airwolf 06:36, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
    Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment After correction i will support this photo --George Chernilevsky 07:54, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] File:Pano rive droite Ubayette.jpg

Pano rive droite Ubayette.jpg

  • Nomination mountains north of Ubayette Valley --Berrucomons 17:41, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
  • Discussion Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment Overprocessed? Sky too dark, most other parts blurred from noise reduction. -- Smial 23:28, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
    Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment The sky looks natural to me. Plenty of detail available too. Very scenic. However... there are dust spots in the sky, so I can't support yet, can these be fixed? --99of9 23:30, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] File:Airbus 320-200 Wizz Air.JPG

Airbus 320-200 Wizz Air.JPG

  • Nomination WizzAir's Airbus A320. Picture re-nominated, previously declined due to a licencing misunderstanding, photo by myself.--Airwolf 19:14, 19 November 2009 (UTC)
  • Discussion Isn't it slightly tilted to the right? --Tupungato 23:21, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
  • I can see why you're asking, but I don't think so. Look at the wheels, the nose gear just has to be above the main undercarriage. Airwolf 23:02, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support. --Cayambe 19:07, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
  • Perhaps have a look at the building, perhaps it is a question of perspective correction --Mbdortmund 05:41, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Timetable (day 8 after nomination)

Sat 21 Nov → Sun 29 Nov
Sun 22 Nov → Mon 30 Nov
Mon 23 Nov → Tue 01 Dec
Tue 24 Nov → Wed 02 Dec
Wed 25 Nov → Thu 03 Dec
Thu 26 Nov → Fri 04 Dec
Fri 27 Nov → Sat 05 Dec
Sat 28 Nov → Sun 06 Dec
Sun 29 Nov → Mon 07 Dec