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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 and current month.

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

Formal things

Nominating

Guidelines for nominators

Please read the complete guidelines before nominating.

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

  • Licensing – Images licensed with solely "GFDL" or "GFDL and an NC-only license" are not acceptable due the restrictions placed on re-use by these licenses.
  • Resolution – Images (with the exception of animations and SVGs) of lower resolution than 2 million pixels (pixels, not bytes) are typically rejected unless there are strong mitigating reasons.
    • 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

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

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

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

Set nominations

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

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

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 different crops or post-processing of the original image, if they are suggested by voters.

Voting

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

You may use 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

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

General rules

  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

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

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

Table of contents

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

File:Bee beetle (Trichius fasciatus) and flower crab spider (Thomisidae sp).jpg

Voting period ends on 22 Jun 2021 at 20:01:19 (UTC)
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Bee beetle (Trichius fasciatus) and flower crab spider (Thomisidae sp.)

File:Beilstein-Maad - Schmidbachtal mit altem Feldweg am Nonnenwald im November.jpg

Voting period ends on 22 Jun 2021 at 17:13:42 (UTC)
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Old rural track, trees and the forest with colourful autumn leaves in the upper Schmidbach valley near Beilstein, Germany
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Natural/Germany#Baden-Württemberg
  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info An old rural track, trees and the forest with colourful autumn leaves in the upper Schmidbach valley near Beilstein, Germany. The autumn of 2018 was the longest autumn in southern Germany I can remember. On a November evening I walked along this path and the low sun made everything glow in vivid colours. All by me, -- Aristeas (talk) 17:13, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- Aristeas (talk) 17:13, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --XRay 💬 17:55, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support very nice! --Ivar (talk) 18:18, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Very nice,but nothing more for me,sorry --Commonists 18:44, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support--IamMM (talk) 19:56, 13 June 2021 (UTC)

File:Heart Shaped Strawberry.jpg

Voting period ends on 22 Jun 2021 at 15:00:16 (UTC)
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A small deformed fruit

File:Pont de Ceps 03.jpg

Voting period ends on 22 Jun 2021 at 08:57:49 (UTC)
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Ceps bridge

File:Distant waterfall.jpg

Voting period ends on 22 Jun 2021 at 07:42:54 (UTC)
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A distant waterfall on way to Malana village, Himachal Pradesh

File:MTAB IORE Søsterbekk - Norddalen.jpg

Voting period ends on 22 Jun 2021 at 05:55:44 (UTC)
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Iron ore train towards between Søsterbekk and Norddalen, Norway

File:Bánh mì Việt Nam.jpg

Voting period ends on 22 Jun 2021 at 03:13:59 (UTC)
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Classic Vietnamese banh mi sandwich
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Food and drink#Food
  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info created by vtoanstar - uploaded by Night Lantern - nominated by GuavaTrain -- GuavaTrain (talk) 03:13, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Excellent photo. Does a great job of showing the ingredients in a banh mi sandwich. And the high-resolution flour on the crusty French bread is very satisfying to look at. -- GuavaTrain (talk) 03:13, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support.--Vulp❯❯❯here! 06:50, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- If it tastes as good as it looks...! MartinD (talk) 10:09, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose sorry, but the crop is imo not very appealing. --Ivar (talk) 18:51, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Crop and background. Charlesjsharp (talk) 19:51, 13 June 2021 (UTC)

File:210317-Z-IQ017-1192.jpg

Voting period ends on 22 Jun 2021 at 00:57:23 (UTC)
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SHORT DESCRIPTION
  • Gallery: [[Commons:Featured pictures/<add the gallery here>]]
  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info created by Chief National Guard Bureau - uploaded by JohnFrankStar - nominated by JohnFrankStar -- JohnFrank★☆ 00:57, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support I think this picture is very good. -- JohnFrank★☆ 00:57, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Here, only part of the clothing is in focus. The CA on the helmet are disturbing. Gallery is missing.--Ermell (talk) 08:39, 13 June 2021 (UTC)

File:Ratusz w Kolobrzegu.jpg

Voting period ends on 21 Jun 2021 at 16:31:40 (UTC)
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Town hall in Kolobrzeg
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured_pictures/Places/Architecture/Exteriors#Poland
  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info created by Jar.ciurus - uploaded by Jar.ciurus - nominated by Andrew J.Kurbiko -- Andrei (talk) 16:31, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- Andrei (talk) 16:31, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Very good night photo. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:41, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support.--Vulp❯❯❯here! 06:50, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Very impressive, good quality for a night shot, evokes memories of Gothic horror novels and movies. ;–) --Aristeas (talk) 09:03, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
    Did not think about it in this way, but I see your point! And the ball is very suspicious. --Andrei (talk) 16:09, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
    Yes, it is ;–). Of course I didn’t mean that in a derogatory way: on the contrary, this is a ‘cinematic’ image, extremely atmospheric. --Aristeas (talk) 17:24, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
    Gothic horror stories can never be derogatory! My city, sadly, has nothing similar, but walking around the old town also gives cinematic vibes time to time. --Andrei (talk) 20:48, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose The light on the right bother me,sorry --Commonists 16:48, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Weak Symbol support vote.svg Support Sky is very dark, blue hour would be a good choice. --XRay 💬 17:58, 13 June 2021 (UTC)

File:Mute swan (Cygnus olor) taking off.jpg

Voting period ends on 21 Jun 2021 at 13:40:27 (UTC)
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Mute swan (Cygnus olor) taking off

File:Weingartener Moor - See.jpg

Voting period ends on 21 Jun 2021 at 10:28:33 (UTC)
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Lake in the Weingarten bog
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Natural/Germany#Baden-Württemberg
  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info created by Llez - uploaded by Llez - nominated by Llez -- Llez (talk) 10:28, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- Llez (talk) 10:28, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Famberhorst (talk) 16:07, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support.--Vulp❯❯❯here! 06:50, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment Looks like it is sloping down on the left.--Ermell (talk) 08:46, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
    • Pictogram voting info.svg Info Yes, it looks like and first I thought the same and intended to correct it, but if you have a look in hight resolution on the upper edge of the reed belt in the background, you will see it is exactly horizontal. I think the impression comes from the irregular shoreline of the lake --Llez (talk) 14:26, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Aristeas (talk) 16:49, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Commonists 16:49, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Daniel Case (talk) 17:29, 13 June 2021 (UTC)

File:Baffled LIGO Scientists.jpg

Voting period ends on 21 Jun 2021 at 09:00:00 (UTC)
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  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/People#People at work
  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info created and uploaded by Nkij - nominated by IamMM -- IamMM (talk) 09:00, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- IamMM (talk) 09:00, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support OvalThunder9💬 15:04, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Tempered Symbol support vote.svg Support: Good portrait; I only wish some of the equipment were sharper. Otherwise, the file description tells a good story but needs to be edited for grammar, and I'm thinking that perhaps some categories could be added for the equipment pictured. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:49, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support.--Vulp❯❯❯here! 06:50, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support per Ikan --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 07:59, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support per Ikan --Ermell (talk) 08:44, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Aristeas (talk) 14:30, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Wet-blanket oppose Good for the competition it was in, probably, but not for FP. Since not only are the scientists turned to the side, their faces are mostly covered up, their bafflement is informed (i.e., without looking at the filename and the description, I could come up with several scenarios as to what's going on, which might not even include what actually is happening). Yes, the two scientists are symmatrical, and yes, there's a clean white look, but compositionally that's not striking enough.

    Lastly there's a bit more noise and unsharpness than we usually tolerate in FPs. Daniel Case (talk) 17:24, 13 June 2021 (UTC)

  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Per Daniel,sorry --Commonists 18:48, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Daniel says it all. This image has its nice aspects but it says nothing unless you read the description to the end, and most of the equipment they are said to be baffled about is severely unsharp. --Kreuzschnabel 19:05, 13 June 2021 (UTC)

File:Plaza Pustkowo 1.jpg

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Pustkowo

File:Breads of Russia.jpg

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  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info created by Knopik-som - uploaded by Knopik-som - nominated by Knopik-som -- Knopik-som (talk) 08:06, 11 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- Knopik-som (talk) 08:06, 11 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose I don't think this has the quality needed; especially the sharpness on the close end of the bread doesn't stack up.--Peulle (talk) 15:45, 11 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose JukoFF (talk) 00:04, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Great detailed image, we shouldn't expect 100% in focus. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 04:17, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose I couldn't quite put my finger on what I felt was missing about this picture at first ... until it hit me like an epiphany: all the loaves are pretty much uncut, making the image as a whole feel rather static. It would be more dynamic if some of the loaves were cut or sliced, if there were more light and dark within the subject. This might work for one loaf, but not a bunch. Daniel Case (talk) 04:53, 13 June 2021 (UTC)

File:Victoria Bridge, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India.jpg

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Victoria bridge, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh
  • As usual, no one can resist trying to fix the file name as soon as someone makes a note about it. <sigh> Anyway, file and nomination page moved and things are now fixed. --Cart (talk) 16:38, 11 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose per Ikan. --Peulle (talk) 15:46, 11 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose per others. Daniel Case (talk) 04:49, 13 June 2021 (UTC)

File:SL Badulla asv2020-01 img11 Muthiyangana Temple.jpg

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Muthiyangana Raja Maha Vihara, shrine room

File:Railroad Park Resort in Dunsmuir, June 2021.jpg

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The Railroad Park Resort in Dunsmuir
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  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info The Railroad Park Resort in Dunsmuir, Siskiyou County, California, is a Caboose Hotel with a view of Castle Crags, a dramatic and well-known rock formation in Northern California. (c/u/n) by --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 19:48, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 19:48, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support. ··· 🌸 Rachmat04 · ☕ 08:54, 11 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose High technical quality, but I'm struggling to find any wow in the composition. From this angle, it's just a partial view of two half-visible train carriages. --Peulle (talk) 15:49, 11 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Ermell (talk) 19:31, 11 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose I'm afraid I don't see what it's about. Charlesjsharp (talk) 20:59, 11 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Commonists 22:32, 11 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose per Peulle -- Basile Morin (talk) 22:54, 11 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Good colour contrast between the vivid blue and green natural items (sky, trees) and the bright yellow and red train carriages. --Aristeas (talk) 09:48, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 12:26, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Colourful image and clever composition provoking interest! --SM:!) (talk) 17:14, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Regretful oppose Great colors and as always from Frank technically excellent. No doubt a QI. However, while I can see what you might have seen in the finished image there's just enough going on that I can't say it's an FP. Daniel Case (talk) 01:49, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support.--Vulp❯❯❯here! 06:52, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose This nomination looks like a (bad) joke. -- Karelj (talk) 15:12, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
Please stay civil. It's ok to not like an image. It's not ok to hurt others. Thanks, --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 15:31, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --XRay 💬 17:59, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support--IamMM (talk) 19:49, 13 June 2021 (UTC)

File:Alfons Matter Tomb Angel.jpg

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Winged Alfons Matter Angel
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  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info On a wing and a prayer? Profile of Guardian Angel at The Matter Family Tomb in Cieszyn! Created, uploaded, nominated by Scotch Mist -- SM:!) (talk) 08:46, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- SM:!) (talk) 08:46, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose white cloud background doesn't work for me. Is she tilted? Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:03, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment Not "tilted" but 'rising from the clouds' after restoration of the white enamel surface on the previously 'dark and rusting' cast iron body!:) --SM:!) (talk) 09:34, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support The minimalism of the framing contributes to the beauty of the image. --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 14:20, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose There's something odd about this, although I can't quite put my finger on it. Slightly soft, I think.--Peulle (talk) 15:51, 11 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment @Peulle: I think you may have this impression because of the enamel surface (restored) on top of a cast iron body which is relatively rare for a cemetery sculpture (and sculptures\statues in general) - perhaps with some further research of this type of sculpture you might reconsider your opposition? --SM:!) (talk) 16:13, 11 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Cut legs. I feel I miss something of the sculpture with this partial view -- Basile Morin (talk) 23:05, 11 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose per Basile Morin Buidhe (talk) 00:55, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support per Frank. Would make a nice album cover or similar. --Aristeas (talk) 09:35, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 12:23, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Looks more natural at full res. Daniel Case (talk) 18:05, 12 June 2021 (UTC)

File:Eagles Nests Trail 34.jpg

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Bobolice Castle
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  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info On The Rocks - Bobolice Castle on Eagle's Nest Trail! Created, uploaded, nominated by Scotch Mist -- SM:!) (talk) 08:27, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- SM:!) (talk) 08:27, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Commonists 22:33, 11 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment A bit too dark and WB a bit blue. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 04:15, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
    ✓ Done @King of Hearts: Adjusted colour balance following guidance! --SM:!) (talk) 16:23, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
    The 16:15 version had much better colors, but it seems you reverted it. Also, any chance you can do something about the posterization in the clouds? -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 00:52, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
    @King of Hearts: Have attempted to achieve a good balance of colour\brightness etc and after the very helpful assistance of Aristeas believe the image just uploaded is probably the best overall compromise! --SM:!) (talk) 15:31, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
  • GA candidate.svg Weak support Overall very good, but still has some areas where it goes from really sharp to noticeably unsharp, and some artifacts around the finials. Daniel Case (talk) 18:01, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
    ✓ Done Addressed apparent artifacts! --SM:!) (talk) 22:01, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support.--Vulp❯❯❯here! 06:52, 13 June 2021 (UTC)

File:Pyrus communis mit geborstenem Stamm 01.jpg

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Old pear tree (Pyrus communis L.) with broken trunk in full bloom

File:Misplaced Spam.jpg

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Some spam
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  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info created by Angry Red Hammer Guy - uploaded by Angry Red Hammer Guy - nominated by Angry Red Hammer Guy -- — Angry Red Hammer Guy <💬> 15:42, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- — Angry Red Hammer Guy <💬> 15:42, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment While those familiar with what Spam and kosher is, will find this a bit odd and perhaps even funny, I'm a bit hesitant about a photo that requires an in-depth explanation. Left by itself without any text or knowledge about the subject, it is misleading. This past year has taught us that people will believe anything if they can find something resembling "proof". --Cart (talk) 16:27, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose I think the DoF is shallow and even the closest area is not sharp enough, and otherwise not particularly exciting or curious motif to me -- most likely it's just this camera position that gives you the wrong impression of SPAM being mixed with kosher food. Sorry --A.Savin 18:41, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Could easily be a set up anyway Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:33, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose A technically well-done image that I could see as a QI, but even when you understand the joke there's too much to distract you. It would work in one of those listicles BuzzFeed does, and has done, on this very topic (something that usually results from temporary situations while doing resets, although I unfortunately could not find one to link to). There was a good one where right under "feminine needs" someone had left a cardboard standup with a hunky, shirtless man on it ... you know, that sort of thing. Daniel Case (talk) 03:25, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose This nomination looks like a (bad) joke. -- Karelj (talk) 15:06, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose It may be funny, but it is not good for FP. The composition is good and there is nothing special. --XRay 💬 18:03, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Sorry, FPC is about the finest images on Commons, not about some arbitrary funny phone shots to chuckle about. --Kreuzschnabel 19:13, 13 June 2021 (UTC)

File:Asilidae With Dews.jpg

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  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --STC1 (talk) 11:42, 11 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose per Charles. The eyes at least should have been sharp. Daniel Case (talk) 18:12, 11 June 2021 (UTC)

File:Ritual memandikan ayam di Bali.jpg

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  • Good effort, but needed improving. I've fixed that for you. --Cart (talk) 12:18, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Strange ritual to me (though it's certainly not uncommon for rituals to seem strange), but I like the composition. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:01, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Insufficient quality -- Basile Morin (talk) 10:06, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support. ··· 🌸 Rachmat04 · ☕ 08:55, 11 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support.--Lmbuga (talk) 15:06, 11 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Regretful oppose Interesting and undeniably encyclopedic image, should be a shoo-in at VI, but too unsharp for FP. Daniel Case (talk) 18:10, 11 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose. Nice motif but not FP quality for me.--Ermell (talk) 19:39, 11 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Great wow factor but unfortunately blurred. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 04:14, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- Karelj (talk) 15:03, 13 June 2021 (UTC)

File:Cameras Zenit 11.jpg

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  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment Added a description of the tripod. He has no brand --Knopik-som (talk) 10:53, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment The tripod could be a Soviet copy of the classic Leitz Tischstativ or Kleinstativ #14100 which was produced since the 1950s (?) in a very similar form. Especially the simple and clever mechanism for the legs seems identical. I have been told that this was one of the most stable mini-tripods ever made. --Aristeas (talk) 09:11, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support This camera is a Soviet-era model, as your description suggests? If so, I like the idea of it not being clean for the shot. This camera is telling us that it's a survivor, that it has every much a right to be posed as if for an advertisement as a brand-new cutting-edge Nikon or Canon straight off the assembly line, polished to perfection. Daniel Case (talk) 17:35, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment Was produced ~ 1977-1983 years. There is no information about this model in Wikipedia yet. --Knopik-som (talk) 08:41, 11 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support per Daniel. --Aristeas (talk) 08:10, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Pictogram-voting-question.svg Question Just out of curiousiy: One of your other photos of the same camera and lens (?) shows a much shorter distance between the lens and the camera. Are there some extension tubes or similar between the lens and the camera on this photo? --Aristeas (talk) 09:00, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment In this case, rings will not help. I shoot with a Canon 60D camera. From a distance of 1-1,5 meters. Later: RAW - TIF (110%-120%), Cropping & reduction to 5-8mp. I shot almost all cameras like this cameras. Camera Fotocor filmed on Nikon D70s, it was difficult, this camera has only 6 Mp. --Knopik-som (talk) 22:00, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment Ah, sorry, my question was not clear. I did not want to ask about how you took this (digital) photo, but whether there are extension tunes mounted on the Zenit 11 camera between the camera body and the Helios 44 M lens. But I have found that there is another photo by you which shows the extension tubes, so my question has already been answered. I was just curious. All the best, --Aristeas (talk) 08:54, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Llez (talk) 09:42, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support.--Vulp❯❯❯here! 06:52, 13 June 2021 (UTC)

File:Rasgulla With Rabdi.jpg

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  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info created & uploaded by Prakrutim - nominated by Tomer T -- Tomer T (talk) 08:24, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- Tomer T (talk) 08:24, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
  • BA candidate.svg Weak oppose I give the photographer credit for a great background and artistic composition, but the actual dish itself is under 1.5 MB and, in my opinion, would benefit from showing more detail. Buidhe (talk) 16:22, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
  • GA candidate.svg Weak support per Buidhe. Could be bigger, but I don't really think it has to be. Rasgulla is not a large dessert. On the other hand, the very detailed photo of a golden delicious apple nominated further down the page gives me pause in considering whether this is one of the best food pictures on the site. I don't have three hands, but this is a different type of food photo - that of composed food in a larger composition - than a photo of an apple and a half apple. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:03, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
  • GA candidate.svg Weak support per Ikan. Daniel Case (talk) 17:28, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Commonists 22:38, 11 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Weak Symbol support vote.svg Support per resolution. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 04:14, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
  • GA candidate.svg Weak support per Ikan. --Aristeas (talk) 08:09, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Llez (talk) 09:41, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support OvalThunder9💬 15:02, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- Basile Morin (talk) 04:39, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support.--Vulp❯❯❯here! 06:58, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Weak oppose I like the compo, but resolution is quite low for D7000. --Ivar (talk) 09:26, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose IHMO there is nothing special for FP nomination here. -- Karelj (talk) 15:01, 13 June 2021 (UTC)

File:Bloem van een Papaver (klaproos). 14-05-2021 (actm.) 01.jpg, featured

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File:Golden Delicious apples.jpg, featured

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Golden Delicious


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File:巡道工出品 Photo by Xundaogong 胜利桥发车 - panoramio.jpg

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  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info created by xue siyang (df45086) - uploaded by Panoramio upload bot - nominated by 廣九直通車 -- 廣九直通車 (talk) 13:53, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Looks good to me, and I also believe that there are no quality problem with the image. I'll give it a try. -- 廣九直通車 (talk) 13:53, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose If you compare to other FP from this gallery, for example by Kabelleger, you'll see there are. It is too softened, parts of the clouds are overexposed. --A.Savin 14:13, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Is a bit soft? Probably. Are some clouds overexposed? Maybe, but this is not QI. It is a rare document taken in a very remote part of the world not in the centre of Stoke on Trent. And I love trains.--Commonists 15:46, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
  • GA candidate.svg Weak support per Commonists. Daniel Case (talk) 02:44, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose FP potential but overcooked --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 05:24, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
  • GA candidate.svg Weak support – The lighting isn't ideal (the front of the lead locomotive is in shadow), but I like the panorama. —Bruce1eetalk 07:12, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose PoV too low. Charlesjsharp (talk) 13:50, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Striking sight. I think it deserves the star. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:08, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
  • GA candidate.svg Weak support Not perfect, but still striking and valuable. --Aristeas (talk) 07:35, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg weak oppose per Martin. --Ivar (talk) 10:06, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support —Percival Kestreltail (talk) 15:24, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support.--Vulp❯❯❯here! 06:59, 13 June 2021 (UTC)

File:Scheinfeld Klosterkirche Altar Tabernakel-20210221-RM-163553.jpg

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Tabernacle in the monastery church of the Nativity of Mary in the monastery village in Scheinfeld

File:Togetsu Café old building with yellow lights at sunset on the river bank of Saganakanoshimacho island, Kyoto, Japan.jpg

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Togetsu Café old building with yellow lights at sunset on the river bank of Saganakanoshimacho island, Kyoto, Japan

File:Coronavirus. SARS-CoV-2.png

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Scientifically accurate atomic model of coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2)
  • It looks more like a rainbow, and surely is not, the position of the receptors on the surface then has not been studied enough. If you see on google you will find various variations. For me it is too imaginative. Greetings.--Commonists 08:01, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Pretty and informative. I won't let my hatred for this murderer affect my vote. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:26, 6 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support This way it even looks like it was made in a lab ... Daniel Case (talk) 04:41, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 05:21, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol abstain vote.svg Abstain It's great that all the sources have been listed and apparently some sort of scientist was consulted, but I think we (the FP voting community as a whole) are not qualified to ascertain the accuracy of this – I am certainly not. I think this kind of illustration should go through some kind of expert review/quality control before we give it the star. --El Grafo (talk) 08:38, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment Nobody says it's wrong but nobody can say it's exact either....it's too early to be sure of the receptor composition and destruction or the conformation of the cell wall of the virus. I have a degree in biotechnology and anyway after only one year you cannot give certainty. Here we have to give a scientific value and for sure, at the moment, we are not able to do that. Thank you.--Commonists 12:05, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment We (Alexey Solodovnikov, Valerya Arkhipova) are grateful and grateful for doubts about the accuracy of our work. Therefore, we consulted Nikitin N.A., Doctor of Biological Sciences, Department of Virology and Borisevich S.S. Candidate of Chemical Sciences, Specialist in Molecular Modeling of Viral Surface Proteins. And this was good for the project. We have finalized the model. New sources of knowledge have been added to her description. Both of our consultants are aware of our project and have agreed to indicate their names. Thank you! Sorry for my English;). AlexeySolodovnikov (talk) 17:55, 13 June 2021 (UTC)

File:STS-134 launch seen from a shuttle training aircraft 4 - edited.jpg

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STS-134 launch seen from a shuttle training aircraft
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  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info created by NASA - original uploaded by Ras67 - edited and nominated by W.carter -- Cart (talk) 16:36, 6 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol abstain vote.svg Abstain as nominator. Space shuttle Endeavour and its six-member STS-134 crew break through the cloud cover over Florida after launch, as they head toward Earth orbit and rendezvous with the International Space Station. I stumbled upon this photo a few days ago, liked it and thought it might be worth a try here. An early digital photo from 2011, so some technical issues, but I think the 'wow' still holds. The photo was taken through the window of an airplane, so a bit hazy and tinted by the glass. I gave the photo a cleanup in that I tried to "undo" the window glass. Also added some sharpness and noise reduction, plus cropped it. -- Cart (talk) 16:36, 6 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support This image probably would need some explanation to go with it to understand what it is but it is an intriguing subject from an unusual perspective with lots of wow. Technical considerations are fine. --GRDN711 (talk) 18:20, 6 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Interesting, but small and posterized, and the light beam on the left doesn't help. --Commonists 18:22, 6 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Amazing! They could have cropped some from the top, but that's a minor point, and the great wow of this image overrides Commonists' concerns for me. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 23:29, 6 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Serious technical issues. Posterized, unsharp, tilted. And harsh contrasts. Normal document of an interesting subject, not special as "one of our best images" here -- Basile Morin (talk) 00:38, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support Daniel Case (talk) 01:25, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment This is one of those photos from the space shuttle program that circulate years and years after (I found out), bordering on making it iconic. We see these launces as big and fantastic events, but the scale of the shuttle in this photo makes it more understandable what insignificant farts we are on the grand scale. As for tilt... Is there really tilt in space? When you deal with the curvature of Earth, I think tilt goes out the window. I also like the ray of the sun mimicing and "welcoming" the shuttle. --Cart (talk) 08:15, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose If the quality were better it would be an FP.--Ermell (talk) 20:32, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support per Cart, the unique value of the image leads me to overlook technical flaws. Buidhe (talk) 08:18, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose this overprocessed edit, original file has better quality. --Ivar (talk) 15:23, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support.--Vulp❯❯❯here! 07:00, 13 June 2021 (UTC)

File:DSC00865-Пано копия копия.jpg

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  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture/Religious buildings#Russia
  • Pictogram voting info.svg Info There is another FP of this building but I think the current version is better in terms of sharpness and the colors do not look overprocessed.
  • created and uploaded by Anastasia Mazureva - nominated by IamMM -- IamMM (talk) 06:42, 6 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support -- IamMM (talk) 06:42, 6 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 07:04, 6 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Seriously overprocessed—posterization and haloes everywhere. The other one may have its faults, enough that I doubt whether it's up to current FP standards, but it's not as bad as this. Daniel Case (talk) 15:36, 6 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Nothing special, no reason for FP nomination, IHMO. -- -Karelj (talk) 16:57, 6 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose per Daniel Case Buidhe (talk) 20:29, 6 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol support vote.svg Support OvalThunder9💬 20:34, 6 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose It's soft, overprocessed, and the filename is random. --A.Savin 12:56, 7 June 2021 (UTC)

File:Nieuwe blad van een berenklauw (Heracleum). 30-05-2021. (d.j.b) 02.jpg

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  • Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment Thank you for your comments. The photo was taken in the early morning. They are petioles of the same plant. I added an alternative of the same plant. But then from the other side.--Famberhorst (talk) 04:51, 6 June 2021 (UTC)
  • Symbol oppose vote.svg Oppose Lovely, soothing minty green, but the crops are kind of random and awkward. Daniel Case (talk) 02:20, 6 June 2021 (UTC)

Alternative

Nieuwe blad van een berenklauw (Heracleum). 30-05-2021. (d.j.b) 01.jpg


Unconfirmed results: (info)
Result: X support, X oppose, X neutral → not featured. /Note: this candidate has several alternatives, thus if featured the alternative parameter needs to be specified. /FPCBot (talk) 21:03, 13 June 2021 (UTC))


Timetable (day 5 after nomination)

Tue 08 Jun → Sun 13 Jun
Wed 09 Jun → Mon 14 Jun
Thu 10 Jun → Tue 15 Jun
Fri 11 Jun → Wed 16 Jun
Sat 12 Jun → Thu 17 Jun
Sun 13 Jun → Fri 18 Jun

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

Fri 04 Jun → Sun 13 Jun
Sat 05 Jun → Mon 14 Jun
Sun 06 Jun → Tue 15 Jun
Mon 07 Jun → Wed 16 Jun
Tue 08 Jun → Thu 17 Jun
Wed 09 Jun → Fri 18 Jun
Thu 10 Jun → Sat 19 Jun
Fri 11 Jun → Sun 20 Jun
Sat 12 Jun → Mon 21 Jun
Sun 13 Jun → Tue 22 Jun

Closing a featured picture promotion request

The bot

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

Manual procedure

Any experienced user may close requests.

  1. In Commons:Featured picture candidates/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/June 2021), save that page, and remove it from the candidate list.

Closing a delisting request

  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/June 2021.
  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

  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/June 2021), save that page, and remove it from the candidate list.
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