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

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

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

Formal things[edit]

Nominating[edit]

Guidelines for nominators[edit]

Please read the complete guidelines before nominating.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Photographs[edit]

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

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

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

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

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

Video and audio[edit]

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

Set nominations[edit]

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

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

Simple tutorial for new users[edit]

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

Adding a new nomination[edit]

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

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

All single files:

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

Voting[edit]

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

You may use the following templates:

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

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

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

Unhelpful reasons for opposing include:

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

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

Featured picture delisting candidates[edit]

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

Featured picture candidate policy[edit]

General rules[edit]

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

Featuring and delisting rules[edit]

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

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

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

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

Above all, be polite[edit]

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

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

See also[edit]

Table of contents[edit]

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

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

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Featured picture candidates[edit]

File:Marmota Marmota on Franz Josef Hoehe - 2019 - 01.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 16 Jul 2022 at 18:36:55 (UTC)
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Alpine marmots at Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Höhe, Austria

File:Common garden lizard (Calotes versicolor) female Phang Nga.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 16 Jul 2022 at 15:16:09 (UTC)
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SHORT DESCRIPTION
with apologies to George Mallory of course! Charlesjsharp (talk) 19:00, 7 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Exactly what I was thinking of. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:01, 8 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

File:Rumex thyrsiflorus - Kulna.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 16 Jul 2022 at 15:11:37 (UTC)
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Rumex thyrsiflorus

File:Kassel asv2022-02 img45 Wilhelmshöhe tram station.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 16 Jul 2022 at 11:49:05 (UTC)
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Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe tram station
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Objects/Vehicles/Land vehicles#Rail vehicles
  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info Historical tram station at Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe with a Düwag NGT6C tram on route 1. All by me --A.Savin 11:49, 7 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --A.Savin 11:49, 7 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pictogram-voting-question.svg Question I like this photo and would like to support a photo of this motif, but is a photo of it in this weather and light really outstanding? This is a serious question: Do you mean to produce a somewhat depressed or enervated reaction in the viewer? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 18:38, 7 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment I can not always choose weather. It happened to be like this at that day and place. Sometimes overcast is favorable though: less harsh shadows, more directions you can choose to take pictures. Regards --A.Savin 18:57, 7 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment Somewhat overcast, sure, but this dull blue-gray? I'll live with the photo longer, but I will probably oppose. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:04, 8 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

File:Gobio (Gobius cruentatus), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2021-09-10, DD 62.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 15 Jul 2022 at 21:27:42 (UTC)
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Red-mouthed goby (Gobius cruentatus), Arrábida Natural Park, Portugal
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish#Family_:_Gobiidae_(Gobies)
  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info Red-mouthed goby (Gobius cruentatus), Arrábida Natural Park, Portugal. This species of goby is native to the Eastern Atlantic Ocean from southwestern Ireland to the coasts of Morocco and Senegal, and also in the Mediterranean Sea where it occurs in inshore waters at depths of from 15 to 40 metres (49 to 131 ft) in areas with rocky or sandy substrates or in meadows of sea-grass. Gobius cruentatus can reach a length of 18 centimetres (7.1 in) TL. It may also be found in the aquarium trade. Note: if successful it would be the first FP of the genus Gobius. c/u/n by Poco a poco (talk) 21:27, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- Poco a poco (talk) 21:27, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Sorry; I think this will be a good valued image if it's best in scope, but apart from doubts about whether it's sharp enough or stands out enough (camouflage being good for the fish but challenging for great photography), I don't feel like this is a great composition, though it might be a good enough one if I were otherwise satisfied. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 18:25, 7 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I have seen this species one time in my life, and I see detail there although the fish is not really big, but ok, that's your opinion. Poco a poco (talk) 21:41, 7 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Its status is "least concern," so it's somewhere. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:02, 8 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

File:Children learning to play the local drum in northern Region of Ghana 03.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 15 Jul 2022 at 20:00:12 (UTC)
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Children learning to play the local drum in northern Region of Ghana
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose I’m not seeing (as the title suggests) "children learning to play the drum", I’m seeing one child holding one and others standing in the background unconnected. Well, that might be me, but it’s a bit misleading: a caption should not be necessary for understanding an image, putting it into context. Pushing this issue aside, next thing I see a cluttered and busy background, and the crop with the cut-off hand (and head, in the background) is really a bit unfortunate. Zooming in, the focus appears to be on the drum’s near edge, the face laughing so happily is considerably unsharp. Adding the blueish colours to that, while it’s certainly a nice and moodful image, I do not see one of our very very best ones here. --Kreuzschnabel 22:20, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Technically imperfect, but we have very few images on this subject. I'm already tired of seeing photos of outstanding buildings and giving less importance to places where there are no developed western things or where there is no means of buying super cameras to make perfect images. --Wilfredor (talk) 23:51, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment Having been twice to Ghana I sympathise with Wilfredo's comments, but the camera is good quality. However, 1/160 sec was not fast enough to ensure that the child's face is in focus (or the autofocus needs recalibation). The child's hand has also been cropped. Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:10, 7 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Sorry, that's a charming smile and a valuable contribution, but in the end it has too many technical issues. In addition to what was already mentioned, the whole picture feels slightly underexposed. At the same time, large patches of highlights in the background are burned out in an unattractive way. The spot to the bottom right of the yellow shirt has been handled reasonably well, but the upper left corner has some major problems that I cannot unsee: looks like burned out highlights were first darkened to a medium grey and then sharpened, leaving a bright halo around them. There's also some motion blur on the drum stick - just enough to make it look unsharp but not enough to feel like the result of a drum stroke. --El Grafo (talk) 12:17, 7 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose So I think the others are right: distracting background and unfortunate crop of her hand. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 18:26, 7 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

File:Moroccan Berber.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 15 Jul 2022 at 19:41:19 (UTC)
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Moroccan Berber in the Sahara Desert

File:Площадь Тверская Застава (вид сверху).jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 15 Jul 2022 at 19:09:23 (UTC)
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SHORT DESCRIPTION

File:Oxford Union Library.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 15 Jul 2022 at 13:42:26 (UTC)
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Oxford Union Library on the grounds of the University of Oxford, England
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors#United_Kingdom
  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info created by Mdbeckwith - uploaded by Mdbeckwith - nominated by Mdbeckwith -- Mdbeckwith (talk) 13:42, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- Mdbeckwith (talk) 13:42, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Image join errors (see note), and the composition makes the table look too prominent which detracts from the rest of the elements. It should be called "the Oxford library table" --Wilfredor (talk) 13:50, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks for pointing out the joining error going, fixed it to the best of my ability. Mdbeckwith (talk) 13:57, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose I have to agree with Wilfredor's critique of the composition. To be sure, in no way does the outsize attention to the nearest table make this a bad photo at all, just not an outstanding one, IMO. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 18:34, 7 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Fair enough. One problem about the room is that it is extremely small, my back was literally against the wall and so was the tripod. The room strangely enough gives rise to a symmetrical composition but with the tables and other things inside it, it gives absolutely no wiggle room at all. I could not have gone further back and to change the table in the foreground with regards to the composition and had done all I could. It is the same situation at the other end of the room. Mdbeckwith (talk) 20:03, 7 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • I might like the composition more if you crop it just in front of the lamps. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:06, 8 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

File:Thure de Thulstrup - Battle of Shiloh.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 14 Jul 2022 at 20:23:10 (UTC)
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Battle of Shiloh

File:Gebarsten bloemknop van een Kogellook (Allium sphaerocephalon) 15-05-2022. (d.j.b) 02.jpg[edit]

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File:New Road Zanskar Sumdo Lahaul Oct20 D72 18201.jpg[edit]

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Road crossing the Great Himalayan range in Lahaul, Himachal Pradesh.
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  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info created and uploaded by Timothy Gonsalves - nominated by UnpetitproleX (Talk) 11:18, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- UnpetitproleX (Talk) 11:18, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose This scene could be an FP, but in this one the light is just too harsh. Daniel Case (talk) 16:55, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Not a bad composition indeed, but the harsh light mentioned by Daniel spoils it, plus some overexposure leading to washed-out and blueish colours. This might be saved in postprocessing. After five minutes with the JPG in GIMP, I came up with this here (downscaled to ⅓ without losing much detail), but that work should be done from the raw file of course. Furthermore, there’s sharpness. The focus is on the very foreground, on the bottom edge (why?) which is clearly not a winning point, and defocused scenery cannot be sharpened by software. No, never. --Kreuzschnabel 17:39, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pictogram-voting-question.svg Question Is someone trying to offer the other version as an alternate? I would vote for it. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 18:17, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    • Please don’t, at least not yet :) my suggestion is meant to be an example to outline what I meant by overexposure and washed-out colours. It has been done from the JPG as 2nd generation (so artifacts are building up) instead of the raw file, and considerably downscaled (to show the poor detail in the nomination – 24 mpix downscaled into 2⅔ mpix with no loss to speak of). If the raw file is still with us, I’d like to have a try on it, but it won’t help the sharpness issue. I would oppose as well I’m afraid. --Kreuzschnabel 19:12, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
      Perhaps @Tagooty: can help, since they took this picture. I do like the improved version, but the resolution is way too reduced (which, I understand, is because it’s only meant to demonstrate the desired improvements). UnpetitproleX (Talk) 20:17, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • ✓ Done @Kreuzschnabel, Daniel Case, Ikan Kekek, and UnpetitproleX: Please review the improved version, with reduced exposure and other improvements. In this high altitude (12,000') semi-desert the mid-day light is naturally harsh. I find the scene is fairly sharp from the foreground to the distant ridgeline. --Tagooty (talk) 01:55, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment Please make sure there's only one image we can see; otherwise, I don't know what I'm supposed to judge. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 01:59, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Tagooty: It is a little better, in that I don't reflexively squint when I look at it. But Kreuzchnabel did this by downsampling heavily, and that is generally met with disapproval here, as his comment indicates. I am not changing my !vote. Daniel Case (talk) 02:15, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment @Daniel Case and Ikan Kekek: Sorry for the confusion. I had uploaded a new version of the original image. To avoid confusion, I've modified Kreuzchnabel's comment to not display his image (his link is retained). Please click on the original image for the new version. --Tagooty (talk) 03:11, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment @Tagooty: In order to avoid confusion (we’re having votings on different images mixed up now), and to not meddle with others’ comments (which is not considered good practice here), it would be much wiser to withdraw this nomination and place a new one for the reworked image. And it would be still a bit wiser to upload the reworked image under a new name so the nomination subpages archived refer to their respective image versions in question. --Kreuzschnabel 07:17, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • As the nominator, I’ll withdraw and renominate. There seems to be too much confusion. Though one thing someone more experienced should clarify to me: will the nomination be counted as a renomination (ie do I need to put a /2 in the nomination) and if so do I need to wait till this nomination is moved to the archives? UnpetitproleX (Talk) 14:21, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Pictogram voting info.svg Info @UnpetitproleX: Once you add the withdraw template, the nomination will soon be closed and removed from the FPC page. After closure, renomination can be done with a /2 so the original nomination and its discussion is not disturbed. The reason for the renomination should be mentioned. --Tagooty (talk) 01:10, 7 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. UnpetitproleX (Talk) 06:36, 7 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

File:JudgeMagazine19May1894.jpg[edit]

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1894 anti-Democratic political cartoon from Judge magazine
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment I agree with this. A great image but not a huge photo, but regardless of whether it's nominated here or at COM:VIC, background information is needed in the file description. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:28, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I'd also be happier if it wasn't relatively low resolution, and had a more sensitive adjustment. It feels like autolevels. This is little more than a fat joke at Taft's expense, and I'd want to tweak the colours, but it's better reproduction quality. . Adam Cuerden (talk) 23:56, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

File:Basilique Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Quebéc, Canada 07.jpg[edit]

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Fresco of Holy Trinity

File:Alcea rosea 2022 G1.jpg[edit]

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Common hollyhock (Alcea rosea)
  • Thanks. It's not a focus stack, just one f/11 shot, the best in the series. The black background is the night sky. A flash with a white diffuser was used. -- George Chernilevsky talk 10:29, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Excellent. So much better than some of our focus-stacked flower nominations. Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:56, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

File:Reflexos no Covão d'Ametade.jpg[edit]

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Jade Buddha Temple

File:Brahminy kite (Haliastur indus), Kuakata Eco-Park.jpg[edit]

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Brahminy kite (Haliastur indus), taken from Kuakata Eco-Park

File:Салтыковский лесопарк 57.jpg[edit]

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Hieracium maculatum
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  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info created by Ulaisaeva - uploaded by Ulaisaeva - nominated by Ulaisaeva -- Ulaisaeva (talk) 19:27, 3 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- Ulaisaeva (talk) 19:27, 3 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose The depth of field is too shallow in my view, compared to the other pictures of flowers we usually promote. Metadata missing. The adding of a description in English would be good. And in all languages, the name of the flower clearly mentioned. The file name is very broad -- Basile Morin (talk) 02:49, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Nothing excptional on this flowers image for the FP nominatiom, IHMO. -- Karelj (talk) 13:51, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose per others. Look at the fantastic focus-stacked flowers we've been featuring lately. That's part of your competition. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:51, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose per others. Composition isn't bad but, as Ikan notes, we have a pretty high bar for flower photos. And, this one has that slight halo around the petals. Daniel Case (talk) 02:03, 7 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

File:2022-06-17 ALBA Berlin gegen FC Bayern München (Basketball-Bundesliga 2021-22) by Sandro Halank–068.jpg[edit]

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Deutsche Basketball-Bundesliga 2021/22, play-off final, match 3: ALBA Berlin vs. FC Bayern München (60:90) – Louis Oline (ALBA Berlin), Jason George (FC Bayern München)
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  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info created, uploaded and nominated by Sandro Halank -- Sandro Halank (talk) 17:37, 3 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- Sandro Halank (talk) 17:37, 3 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Exciting! You feel like you're right in front of them and they're coming toward you. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 18:38, 3 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Very dynamic -- Karelj (talk) 13:53, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Dynamic, but focus missed on man with the ball. Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:12, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Not perfect, but a lot better than most ball-sports shots I've seen here ... yes, the ball is out of focus, but they're looking towards the camera and their expressions and poses are great. Daniel Case (talk) 02:01, 7 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • GA candidate.svg Weak support It would be even better when the focus was on the face of the person with the ball, but (see Daniel’s point) it’s an intriguing photo. --Aristeas (talk) 08:17, 7 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

File:Palazzo Barberini May 2022-2.jpg[edit]

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Palazzo Barberini, Rome
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  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info View through a window from the interior of Palazzo Barberini, Rome. All by Alvesgaspar (talk) 15:20, 3 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 15:20, 3 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Ok but not great, in my view. The silhouette of the structure is a geometric pattern that is very common in all big buildings of Europe. So what's through the window? Mainly a flat gradient of sky, and at the bottom an ordinary landscape. I miss the wow factor here -- Basile Morin (talk) 02:40, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Nothing excptional on this window image for the FP nominatiom, IHMO. -- Karelj (talk) 13:47, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose I have to agree with the others, especially in regard to the sky. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:52, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose per others. The view is not spectacular enough to offset the frame. Daniel Case (talk) 21:41, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

File:S. Pietro May 2022-15.jpg[edit]

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Dome of St. Peter's Cathedral, Rome
Pictogram voting info.svg Info Yes, I could. But reducing color noise will also affect detail. What is the least of the evils? -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 20:19, 3 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know, but is either way an FP? That's the question we have to think about. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:51, 3 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment I don't study these ceiling images, but this looks soft. Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:38, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • GA candidate.svg Weak support Big pro: Normally we try to photograph such domes symetrically (looking exactly upwards); often this is not possible and a sloped view is all we can achieve, but most times the result is not appealing. You have managed to get a very attractive composition from the slightly sloped view – bravo! In addition the crepuscular rays (?) from the dome windows add a nice effect. – Neutral: Personally I would not mind the little noise: Given the resolution it is low, it is natural photon noise, and I like a little bit of noise much better than a mushy picture resulting from strong noise reduction. But you could try to increase the colour noise removal only (without increasing the monotone noise removal); this could give a cleaner result without reducing details. – Problems: The level of details could be higher; theoretically it should be possible to get more of the dome sharp at 24mm and f/8 (maybe the lens has got some field curvature which counteracts this?). I am not sure about the white balance and the colours – it seems too bluish/greenish. And it’s natural that some of the windows are blown, but nevertheless it would be better if the bars would be visible in all/most windows. --Aristeas (talk) 09:38, 4 July 2022 (UTC) Changed from neutral to WS after reading my own evaluation again. --Aristeas (talk) 11:24, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Symbol support vote.svg Support Well executed, good time of day, focused and striking composition. Noise and sharpness could be improved with Topaz or other artificial intelligence tools that add false details, I prefer this type of noisy image because in the noise there is also important information that should not be removed or changed by details generated by an AI.--Wilfredor (talk) 11:03, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol neutral vote.svg Neutral I don't know. The quality is barely OK. But I understand tripods are forbidden there (I photographed it myself, and it doesn't look good). The feature is the the light beam. I love them generally speaking, but I only wished this was going down rather than up. As it is, it's much less mystical. God reaches us, not some green guys in space. - 16:49, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
Vote by User:Benh that forgot to sign --Wilfredor (talk) 19:11, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose: I like this photo, and it's a notable contribution, but is it truly exceptional? I have doubts about that, so I oppose. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:54, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose per Ikan. -- Karelj (talk) 16:21, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support per Aristeas Cmao20 (talk) 13:31, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support per Benh. I know from experience what it's like trying to photograph this, albeit not with a sophisticated camera. The crepuscular rays make up for the background graininess. Daniel Case (talk) 21:38, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Photography is more than just 100iso photographs with razor sharpness. Henri Cartier-Bresson's photographs were not razor sharp (very blurred) had high grain / high ISO. His photographs are lauded as masterpieces even to today due to subject matter and composition et al. In my humble opinion the architectural subject matter is exceptional including the capture of it in the photograph, it is a good piece of work. -- Mdbeckwith (talk) 17:53, 3 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment A great statement, but typical Henri Cartier-Bresson photos are not static architecture shots (like this one), so IMHO the comparison is not 100% accurate ;–). Most (all?) theories of photography which I know, also from Cartier-Bresson’s time, apply different criteria to reportage photography vs. architectural/landscape photography vs. fashion photography vs. wildlife photography vs. portrait … everything in its own respect. It is arguable if we should compare our photos here with the work of classic photographers; but when we do it, we should compare our pictures to photographs of the same genre. Therefore for a mostly documentary Italian church photo like this one, we could compare e.g. photographs by Fratelli Alinari and by countless hard-working self-employed photographers like Giorgio Sommer. (Please be aware that the scans of their photos which we have at Commons often do not do justice to the quality of the original photos; the original prints are often of much better quality.) The result is simple: Although these photographers had to take care of a tremendous technical effort, which we can’t even imagine thanks to our digital cameras, and always had to carry their heavy view cameras, they attached greatest importance to a technically best possible image. And if we want to compare somewhat newer and certainly artistic photographs, e.g. the work of Cartier-Bresson’s contemporary Andreas Feininger may offer nice comparisons. Feiniger has worked in many genres, from reportage to macro to architecture photography, but he always selected the best possible tools – a Leica or medium-format camera for the reportage, a view camera for landscape and cityscape. He even constructed his own special ultra-telephoto view camera because no available camera was good enough. When Feininger rushed up the stairs of a New York skyscraper to photograph a special, unrepeatable lighting mood, he did not take his Leica, he still carried the big view camera. If one wants even more famous names, we can think of Ansel Adams who climbed the mountains with the view camera … These stories humble me; they remind me, at least, that while I may and must make compromises (for example, when the tripod is forbidden), I should still do everything as carefully as possible to meet the requirements and ideals of the genre in question; and for architectural and landscape photography this means to strive for the best possible techical quality. --Aristeas (talk) 08:11, 7 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

File:Elephant hawkmoth (Deilephila elpenor) male.jpg[edit]

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Elephant hawkmoth (Deilephila elpenor) male, in Oxfordshire
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Consistent focus stacking, providing a high level of detail. Attractive colors. Still the light is a bit harsh, and the shadow unappealing -- Basile Morin (talk) 02:29, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- IamMM (talk) 04:25, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • BA candidate.svg Weak oppose Beautiful subject, lovely colors, excellent level of detail and I don't really mind the shadows. But a few more frames would have been necessary to get the whole animal sharp: The edge of the front wing is very soft. It does seem to merge in with the background, which really messes with my depth perception. The repetitive wavy patterns in the background are weird too. Surely that must be an artifact of the stacking process - not necessarily the dark-bright-dark |||||-like pattern, but at least the vvvvv-like component on top of that? I'd be more lenient with a smaller subject, as I know optics can become quite tricky in the microscopic range, but judging this against other candidates in the 1:1-ish range, I'm tending towards opposing. Still on the edge, though, because it does have a lot of wow - might reconsider later ... --El Grafo (talk) 08:33, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Actually El Grafo the background is a comfy wicker chair! I had no time to move it out of the way as the moth moved. I had the camera's focus-bracketing image count set at 40. With a live animal in the open air, even that's a large number. I normally use 15 or 20. Would have needed around 70 to get nearest wing in focus, but only if I could have managed to get the camera to focus on the wing leading edge. For better or worse, I chose to focus on the front leg. Camera was on a monopod, braced against a wooden chair. Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:49, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oh dear, thanks, that explains the pattern. Who would have thought! And if there's any part on that animal that can get away with being unsharp, it's exactly that wing. Oppose struck. I'll think about a support, but I'm not sure I can get over those waves. Knowing what they are helps, but I still find them distracting. --El Grafo (talk) 09:20, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Very impressive. (IMHO the legs are a bit overexposed and oversharpened, but this does not make a difference because of the overall quality and effect.) --Aristeas (talk) 09:45, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Ivar (talk) 11:52, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- George Chernilevsky talk 18:57, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support per Basile and Aristeas. -- Radomianin (talk) 20:18, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • GA candidate.svg Weak support Nice work and interesting subject, but the noisy background is a little bit distractiong IMO. -- Wolf im Wald 00:35, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Cmao20 (talk) 13:28, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • GA candidate.svg Weak support I understand the constraints on taking the image, but that blurry foreground is still a little distracting. Daniel Case (talk) 17:21, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Per Basile, Daniel and Aristeas Poco a poco (talk) 21:37, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- Johann Jaritz (talk) 06:08, 7 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hochaltar der Pfarrkirche Pfarrwerfen[edit]

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  • Altar with open wings

    Altar with open wings

  • Altar with closed wings

    Altar with closed wings

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  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info High altar at the parish church St. Cyriak in Pfarrwerfen, federal state of Salzburg, Austria. All by me --Uoaei1 (talk) 15:25, 2 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Uoaei1 (talk) 15:25, 2 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Excellent, allows to study the high altar in all details. – I wonder if it would be better to crop both photos in a similar manner to improve the set effect. But I support it in any case. --Aristeas (talk) 16:38, 2 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pictogram-voting-question.svg Question Does this qualify as a set with different altar decoration etc? Also, do we not need same PoV, perspective, lens, crop? Charlesjsharp (talk) 18:01, 2 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    One remark from my side: The wings are closed during Lent, and then opened from Easter on for the rest of the year. The decoration of the altar is also according to this (e.g. purple color during Lent). Uoaei1 (talk) 18:17, 2 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Great. If you feel inclined, you could further increase the value of these photos by describing all the scenes in your file descriptions. I was able to identify most of them, but that's because I've learned about them by viewing many depictions in Europe and wanting to know what I was looking at. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:35, 2 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Hi @Ikan Kekek, thanks for your hint. There are individual images for each scene available, and I have put them as annotations together with the description. Uoaei1 (talk) 10:04, 3 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • That's wonderful! Thank you. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 18:36, 3 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • I’d like to thank you, too! Now this is one of the (or just: the) best-explained altarpiece photo we have on Commons. --Aristeas (talk) 09:22, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • One of the panels now has an early depiction of Speedos! ps I think the 'wings' are known as door panels in English. Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:19, 3 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol neutral vote.svg Neutral Quality is good but since the topic is more the panels paintings than the stainglasses, maybe the framing can be tighter and more focused on the former. I would also try to keep the same framing on a set, even if it's at the cost of some wasted space on the closed panels version. - Benh (talk) 17:07, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Famberhorst (talk) 15:36, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Cmao20 (talk) 13:28, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Daniel Case (talk) 17:18, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- Johann Jaritz (talk) 06:09, 7 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 09:05, 7 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

File:বাংলাদেশের অপরূপ রূপ.jpg[edit]

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Nijhum Dweep National Park
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  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info created and uploaded by Sultan Ahmed Niloy - nominated by IamMM -- IamMM (talk) 15:21, 2 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- IamMM (talk) 15:21, 2 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --UnpetitproleX (Talk) 17:58, 2 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment Beautiful composition with color noise that feels like grain to me. What accounts for the unusual brown/green color in the sky? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:37, 2 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    There's certainly something going on in the atmosphere. Warm early morning light hitting misty air could explain the orange/brownish component. Depending on geography, it could also be smog or a sand storm. If the camera is expecting something else and tries to compensate (EXIF says white balance was set to auto), I suppose that might lead to the slight green-ish tint? --El Grafo (talk) 09:01, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • I thought of a sandstorm. It would be great to hear from the photographer. It's unfortunate that he hasn't been here since November, 2020. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:08, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Ezarateesteban 23:21, 2 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment The power cables are unfortunate. Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:01, 3 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Regretful oppose. I don't mind the power lines, and I love the mood, but the graininess and color noise are incompatible with FP status. Daniel Case (talk) 22:06, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • BA candidate.svg Weak oppose per Daniel Case Cmao20 (talk) 13:26, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Reluctant Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose per my positive comments above but the color noise. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 18:44, 7 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

File:491 BC - 1902 AD - A Long Time Between Drinks.jpg[edit]

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491 BC - 1902 AD - A Long Time Between Drinks
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Funny and acceptable quality. It will be even better with restoration, maybe Adam Cuerden can help with this. -- IamMM (talk) 05:16, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't think I can work to the schedule of an FP nomination. PDMCU says they're fine with D&Rs, so I'll try to get to them. Adam Cuerden (talk) 22:46, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    h Adam Cuerden (talk) 22:46, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment I think this needs more context in the description to be appreciated. How was the relationship between the two countries at the time this came out? Does this refer to any event in particular? It's not as bad as with the Judge cover, but it's still quite superficial. --El Grafo (talk) 07:24, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • @El Grafo: I expanded the description a bit (based on Business Insider). The years mentioned in the Business Insider article are not the same as the years mentioned in the source of the image and should be compared with reliable historical sources to reach verifiable information. IamMM (talk) 07:44, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    @IamMM Thank you, now I can finally appreciate this. What you wrote seems to be in line with en:Greco-Persian Wars, but a general in the 5th century BC would have been fine for me as well. El Grafo (talk) 13:58, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

File:Neillia affinis, trosspirea. 23-05-2022 (actm.).jpg[edit]

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  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info I like the red of the flowers and the blur of the back leaf, wonderful work that doesn't need to be re-stacked. All it takes is a detailed retouching to make the photo perfect. I have added a few more notations on the nomination page, or rather supplemented. -- Radomianin (talk) 08:41, 2 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Thank you very much for your new editing which made the picture perfect. In addition, the gentle darkening of the background creates a brighter, even more pleasing red of the sepals. -- Radomianin (talk) 16:25, 2 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Very beautiful and impressive. (Maybe there are still some minor traces of halos in the background, but the flower itself is very good now.) --Aristeas (talk) 16:32, 2 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose I don't think this can be rescued. Will reconsider if new stack uploaded. Charlesjsharp (talk) 17:59, 2 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • ✓ New version uploaded The traces of halos on the left side I have removed as well as possible and uploaded the photo in agreement with the photographer. Best wishes, -- Radomianin (talk) 06:25, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thank you very much, Radomianin! Now all traces of halos which I have mentioned above have been fixed. --Aristeas (talk) 09:19, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment improved, but one error is still bothering me (note name: stacking/cloning error). Part of the petal is cloned out, but should be visible. --Ivar (talk) 11:58, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • ✓ Done Thank you very much for your note, Ivar. I have carefully reinserted the blurred petal detail from the first file version at the xy coordinates (3400,870). Best wishes, -- Radomianin (talk) 15:00, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support All that work was worth it. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:57, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Daniel Case (talk) 20:52, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol neutral vote.svg Neutral I really enjoy your work, Agnes! But I can't support until the stacking errors are fixed. Please see my image note in the right center of the picture. -- Wolf im Wald 00:06, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • ✓ Done Thank you very much for pointing out this stacking error, Wolf im Wald. I have removed this halo at the xy coordinates (3000,1400) as well as I could. Best wishes, -- Radomianin (talk) 06:05, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment Not sure what you've done but the background is really blotchy; definitely still an oppose from me. Compare this with George's Alcea Rosea nomination and the quality difference is massive. Charlesjsharp (talk) 20:36, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks a lot for your comment. If you compare the first version directly with the last version, you can see the differences. The extensive retouching was mostly limited to the halos (stacking errors) around the petals. The artificial background I did not edit. Best wishes, -- Radomianin (talk) 21:10, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

File:Sunrise in Shkorpilovtsi, Bulgaria 01.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 10 Jul 2022 at 15:11:41 (UTC)
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Sunrise in Shkorpilovtsi, Bulgaria
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Natural#Bulgaria
  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info all by Pudelek -- Pudelek (talk) 15:11, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- Pudelek (talk) 15:11, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • GA candidate.svg Weak support I love the setting sun, but is very grainy at pixel level. — Urban Versis 32KB ⚡ (talk | contribs) 18:57, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose The leading lines of the pier converge so slowly that they meet at a point outside of the right edge of the frame, giving the composition an unsettling look. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 06:25, 2 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support IMHO a photo like this one is all about the atmosphere, the soft colours and the shadows, and for me it works well – it’s an impressive melancholic seascape. Regarding the composition I agree that a shorter focal length would have given faster converging lines and therefore a bit more depth and dramatic; but because it’s a quite, melancholic photo I can easily do without dramatic here. --Aristeas (talk) 16:29, 2 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Ezarateesteban 23:20, 2 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose The structure is boring in my view. Not special, nor particularly interesting. Straight architecture. The sky is flat. Not clouds, no texture. The colors are not exceptional. The sand of the foreground, in the darkness, is unappealing. Overall I see a few ordinary silhouettes in an environment with dull gradients of colors -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:53, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose I like the subtleties and shapes in this photo more than Basile does, but I don't see a great composition. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:58, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose I'm glad to see a nominee here from Bulgaria, as my son was born there and we don't really have enough FPs from that country, but this is not going to be one. It's not the composition I mind ... it's a great mood and would be vastly improved by cropping out most of the beach. But technically it is far below FP standard—I would not even have promoted it at QIC. At full-res the pier shows signs of oversharpening, and the magenta CA on the sun is inexcusable in an FP. Daniel Case (talk) 20:48, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support per Aristeas Cmao20 (talk) 01:48, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

File:Fábio Maldonado 2022.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 9 Jul 2022 at 21:42:44 (UTC)
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Fábio Maldonado
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  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info The athlete was aware that he was being photographed for Wikipedia) / created by JukoFF - uploaded by JukoFF - nominated by JukoFF -- JukoFF (talk) 21:42, 30 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- JukoFF (talk) 21:42, 30 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support SVeach94 (talk) 02:00, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Poor quality, sorry. While it’s funny you cannot unsee it’s a phonecam shot, with its heavy noise reduction and loss of detail. Nothing is really sharp, the face is in focus but motion-blurred. --Kreuzschnabel 07:07, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    But probably theoretically, in good light, a photo from a phone can be a "Featured picture", don't you think? JukoFF (talk) 11:30, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Sure that’s possible, yet I think this one isn’t. --Kreuzschnabel 13:04, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Heterogeneous background at the upper right corner. Is it the same guy on the t-shirt? Category:Recursion could be used, and the description mention it (see self-reference on Wikipedia). -- Basile Morin (talk) 07:53, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Category added. Thanks for the tip! JukoFF (talk) 11:27, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose as per others above. Yann (talk) 14:29, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose per others. — Urban Versis 32KB ⚡ (talk | contribs) 14:40, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Regretful oppose per others. Daniel Case (talk) 17:55, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment On a positive note, the phone camera does have one thing speaking for it. The wide angle lens exaggerates the size of the close fist in relation to the further away head. Normally you wouldn't want that in a portrait, but it makes a lot of sense here. --El Grafo (talk) 07:34, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment I think this isn't that far from being an FP and is worth nominating at QIC. Good portrait, but not quite sharp and detailed enough. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:09, 8 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

File:Coral (Dipsastraea favus), parque nacional Ras Muhammad, Egipto, 2022-03-28, DD 105.jpg[edit]

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Coral (Dipsastraea favus), Red Sea, Ras Muhammad National Park, Egypt
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  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info Stony coral (Dipsastraea favus), Red Sea, Ras Muhammad National Park, Egypt. If successful it would be the first FP of the family Merulinidae. c/u/n by Poco a poco (talk) 13:31, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- Poco a poco (talk) 13:31, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Very nice image. — Urban Versis 32KB ⚡ (talk | contribs) 13:38, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol neutral vote.svg Neutral not a perfect DOF this time, closest parts are oof. --Ivar (talk) 14:08, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Sharp and detailed enough for me to support. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:17, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose good but far from outstanding in my view. Same criticism as my other reviews on similar subjects : simple composition with centered subject. Also like a few of your underwater pics I have reviewe, focus is off and this leads me to think your lens suffers from a backfocus issue. I don't think you can dive, photograph all corals you can and submit them all here. You ought to make some filtering beforehand on your side. - Benh (talk) 08:19, 30 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Benh, Aristeas To my defense I can say that after having dived in the Red Sea 13 times I've only seen this coral once. Furthermore I find the composition not bad at all. Image the coral reefs like a kind of part lot with tons of cars closed to each other, this coral is standalone and I used a side lighting to show its nice texture. --Poco a poco (talk) 14:15, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support What are you using to take these high quality underwater shots? --SHB2000 (talk) 10:53, 30 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

File:Petite Venise depuis le pont de la rue de Turenne (Colmar) (19).jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 8 Jul 2022 at 06:48:26 (UTC)
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  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture/Exteriors#France
  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info created by Gzen92 - uploaded by Gzen92 - nominated by Gzen92 -- Gzen92 [discuter] 06:48, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- Gzen92 [discuter] 06:48, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support I like everything about the image except for the leaves and other things in the water, but that can't really be helped. — Urban Versis 32KB ⚡ (talk | contribs) 13:27, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose What I don’t like in the first place is the overexposed cut-off building to the right. Then, it’s the framing. Obviously the photographer was in for the reflection but that don’t really work here, it’s a bit too cluttered overall, and so the portrait orientation looks odd. I’d much prefer a square crop as suggested on the nomination page, and with the camera shifted a bit to the left, the building on the right could be entirely outside the frame. That would give a very much clearer composition. As it is, it’s a bit arbitrary with the cut-off houses on both sides. Besides, it would eliminate "the leaves and other things in the water". --Kreuzschnabel 20:50, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol neutral vote.svg Neutral The alternative composition suggested by Kreuz would be excellent and I would suggest (if you, Gzen92, can visit beautiful Colmar again) to try it. But IMHO this does not mean that the composition of the present photo is bad; it is a nice vanishing-point view; I would just crop a little (!) bit at the top and bottom. However the overexposed façades are IMHO a problem. Most digital cameras which I know tend to overexpose the highlights in such a situation (the manufacturers seem to adhere to some outdated ideas about “getting the midtones right”); often it is necessary to underexpose such a scene a bit (maybe by 2/3 steps) in order to preserve the highlights, and then to make the photo brighter again (preserving the highlights) in post-processing. Of course this approach can be difficult with JPEG images, it works better when you take photos in the raw image format. Another problem is the white balance; this could be improved a bit in post, too, especially when working with a raw image file, but it may be even better to take such photos in another season – midday light in June makes such photos often a bit unappealing, the sun is just too high (which results in overexposed bright areas and black shadows) and the light too cold. No offence, just some remarks which I hope to be helpful. --Aristeas (talk) 15:28, 30 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment I think I'd support the crop ... as it is I find the debris floating in the water at the foreground to be somewhat off-putting, and the crop gets rid of most of it. Daniel Case (talk) 18:31, 3 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Thoughtful composition but doesn't really work for me. It feels tense in the middle and nothing much is happening in the sky. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:03, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Beautiful photo but the light feels a little pale and washed-out for me, and I'm not 100% convinced by the composition per Ikan Cmao20 (talk) 01:43, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]


Timetable (day 5 after nomination)[edit]

Sun 03 Jul → Fri 08 Jul
Mon 04 Jul → Sat 09 Jul
Tue 05 Jul → Sun 10 Jul
Wed 06 Jul → Mon 11 Jul
Thu 07 Jul → Tue 12 Jul
Fri 08 Jul → Wed 13 Jul

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

Wed 29 Jun → Fri 08 Jul
Thu 30 Jun → Sat 09 Jul
Fri 01 Jul → Sun 10 Jul
Sat 02 Jul → Mon 11 Jul
Sun 03 Jul → Tue 12 Jul
Mon 04 Jul → Wed 13 Jul
Tue 05 Jul → Thu 14 Jul
Wed 06 Jul → Fri 15 Jul
Thu 07 Jul → Sat 16 Jul
Fri 08 Jul → Sun 17 Jul

Closing a featured picture promotion request[edit]

The bot[edit]

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

Manual procedure[edit]

Any experienced user may close requests.

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

Closing a delisting request[edit]

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

Manual archiving of a withdrawn nomination[edit]

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