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OriginalRudyard Kipling during a trip to the US, sometime in or before 1899
Reason
High resolution and good quality. I think the restoration went decently
Articles in which this image appears
Rudyard Kipling +1
FP category for this image
Artists and writers
Creator
Bain News Service, restored by Chris Woodrich

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:18, 1 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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File:Poserasim.jpg
Original – Asim Butt
Reason
High EV, good photo.
Articles in which this image appears
Asim Butt (artist)
FP category for this image
People
Creator
Asimicus

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:19, 3 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – $5 United States Silver Certificate, Series 1899, depicting Running Antelope of the Hunkpapa, Sioux.
Reason
High EV, Very high quality. Running Antelope was a Chief of the Hunkpapa, part of the Lakota or Teton Sioux. George F.C. Smillie’s engraved rendering caused significant controversy as Running Antelope, a Sioux, was depicted wearing Pawnee headdress.
Articles in which this image appears
Silver Certificate, Running Antelope (not 7 days yet), Sioux (not 7 days)
FP category for this image
Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Culture and lifestyle
Creator
Bureau of Engraving and Printing (Image by Godot13)
From the National Numismatic Collection, NMAH, Smithsonian Institution.

Promoted File:US-$5-SC-1899-Fr.271.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:54, 3 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalNine Dragons, a handscroll painting by Chen Rong, 1244
Reason
A pretty solid digitization of a 10 m-long artwork, high EV.
Articles in which this image appears
Nine Dragons (painting), Chen Rong (painter)
FP category for this image
Artwork/East_Asian_art
Creator
Chen Rong

Promoted File:Chen Rong - Nine Dragons.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:02, 3 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The CN Tower and the Toronto Harbor viewed from the Toronto City Centre Airport.
Reason
High quality image
Articles in which this image appears
CN Tower and 100+ articles
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Taxiarchos228

Promoted File:Toronto - ON - Toronto Harbourfront7.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:02, 4 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Russian Locomotive Class U number U127 (Lenin's Locomotive) at the Museum of the Moscow Railway located at Paveletsky Rail Terminal, Moscow
Reason
Good EV and composition. Good enough quality. There are some blown highlights, but I think it's still a very good picture of the train.
Articles in which this image appears
Locomotive U-127, Steam locomotive, +8
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Land
Creator
Harveyqs

Promoted File:Russian Class U locomotive Number U127.JPG --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:52, 4 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Kingston City Hall
Reason
High resolution and high technical standard. Remarkable building, represents the city.
Articles in which this image appears
Kingston,_Ontario
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Mkooiman
derivative work with some correction, not for voting
I agree that the original is too distorted, but for me "derivative work with some correction, not for voting" slightly overcorrects. Because there is no (or too little) vertical perspective, the building appears to get slightly fatter towards the top. 86.171.42.234 (talk) 11:07, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with you. This edit should only gave an idea how this image should be for example. With this basic raw material it is difficult to make a better result. By the way my edit took just one minute and I a didn't made a big effort. If I would make a picture of this position I would get a few steps back (not to be that close tho the building) and I would make several shots to stitch them together. This would avoid the hazard of that thinks you rightly criticize. --– Wladyslaw (talk) 22:01, 28 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:20, 4 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Matt Groening at the 2010 Comic Con in San Diego
Reason
good qualiy, and good capture of him at Comic Con 2010
Articles in which this image appears
Matt Groening, The Simpsons, and etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
the creator of the image, where possible using the format Gage

Not Promoted --Blurred Lines 16:45, 4 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Tina Fey at the 2010 Comic Con in San Diego
Alt 1 – Tina Fey at the premiere of Baby Mama in New York City at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival. Photographer's blog post about this photo and the scar on Tina Fey's face.
Reason
good quality, and nice shot of her during her speaking about Megamind.
Articles in which this image appears
Tina Fey, Season 4 (30 Rock), Megamind, and etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
the creator of the image, where possible using the format Gage.

Not Promoted --Blurred Lines 16:45, 4 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Seth MacFarlane at the 2010 Comic Con in San Diego.
Alt 1 – Seth MacFarlane at the 2009 Comic Con in San Diego.
Alt 2 – Seth MacFarlane at the 2012 Comic Con in San Diego.
Reason
Well, it has high quality, it has a free license, and it has a nice capture of MacFarlane in Comic-Con 2009.
Articles in which this image appears
Seth MacFarlane, Family Guy, Fuzzy Door Productions, and etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
The creator of the image, where possible using the format is Gage.
@Crisco 1492 Just being curious, how exactly is the lighting "really harsh", and honestly I have no idea what you meant by describing the photo "quite soft". Also, how exactly are the eyes "out of focus"? Blurred Lines 03:15, 2 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • You and I are looking at the same photograph, right? Try looking at full size, notice how the pupils are not quite clear. I had the same issue taking pictures of Hamdy Salad and Rachmat Djoko Pradopo at a recent event (though Gage has better equipment than I); the harsh lights directed at the stage cause softness to be hard to avoid, as the light reflects off the face. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 03:32, 2 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Crisco 1492 Well, at least the photo is not too bright so you won't be able to see the whole photo. I personally think that when he captured the photo, he didn't have the lighting feature on while taking it, or probably had a auto-brightness on the camera he had so it wouldn't be too bright, or as you say it, "harsh lights". Blurred Lines 03:54, 2 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Now you get my point that mics are sometimes distracting. According to the file description and the description in the FP nom page, "Australian comedian and TV personality Brian Nankervis during a live performance in Melbourne". Again, the mic is OK to be there. Now, for this image, it would be better if the mic is not there. Mediran (tc) 04:02, 2 November 2013 (UTC) PS: Furthermore, the nominator's reason to FP it is "High quality image of an entertainer actually performing." So it is really an excuse for the mic to be there. DO you get my point. Thanks.[reply]

@Mediran No, because obviously it needs to be there, because without the mics in Comic Con, MacFarlane may have to yell what he has to say so large groups of people can hear him, that's why Comic Con have mics in the first place, so MacFarlane could speak to it, and then the voice comes out through loud speakers. So, actually, it is OK for the mic to be there. Blurred Lines 04:14, 2 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
If that so, you could alter your caption in the image (even in the file description). We don't need to be so literal like this. I'm still unconvinced for this to pass. PS: Don't argue in discussions as we can address this concern in the "nicest way" there is. Thanks. Mediran (tc) 05:22, 2 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Blurred: We are here to judge the image. Is it good? Yes. Is it featured quality? No. Why? Because those cups cover up his hands and distract from the image. That's not being pedantic, that's judging an image. Gage does spectacular and very valuable work. However, the situations in which he usually works (press conferences and the like) make it very hard for featured quality images to result. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:19, 2 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Blurred Lines 16:49, 4 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]


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OriginalNational American Woman Suffrage Association check, hand-written by Harriet Taylor Upton as the Association's treasurer and counter-signed by Susan B. Anthony as president, and Alice Stone Blackwell as recording secretary. Payee is Rachel Foster Avery.
Reason
High EV, High quality. One document (check) connects four U.S. suffragists.
Articles in which this image appears
National American Woman Suffrage Association
FP category for this image
Featured pictures/History/USA History
Creator
Harriet Taylor Upton, Susan B. Anthony, and Alice Stone Blackwell.
Image by Godot13, courtesy of the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institution.
You are correct. I only used the English spelling because the American spelling led to a disambiguation page. I've changed it in the image text and the nomination text, but I don't know how to change it in the nomination title...-Godot13 (talk) 09:56, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Who says it is a "standard convention"? I have never seen it anywhere other than here. Also, no good reason has ever been advanced. Obviously the intention is to show the edges of the item, that is completely obvious. However, that is not a reason for it to be black. 86.171.42.234 (talk) 17:07, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure a FP nomination is the place to really get into this. Please see the American Numismatic Association and how they display their notes here, here, and here. There are also examples from the Smithsonian. Outside of archival scanning, there is also cataloging for auctions, in which most major companies tend to follow the standard convention, of a black background.
It’s not a universal absolute (e.g., San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank Museum), but it’s fairly prevalent.-Godot13 (talk) 17:34, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment- I agree with 86.171.42.234 (talk). Museums usually display notes, coins etc in a box-case with a black felt lining and black felt cover. The illustrations on your website example have used a black background in a similar manner. However, a black background for a light-sensitive museum object is a very different thing to a black border. Because of the width of the black band here, it conjures up the black border used on funeral notices. It looks like a border. It doesn't look like a background. It needs removing and the image presented without the apparent border. It doesn't belong to the image (like the outer margin of an etching or book illustration). Amandajm (talk) 02:21, 30 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
People on here just keep on drifting further and further out to sea. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.222.132.210 (talk) 05:25, 30 October 2013‎
On the contrary, even pure white would be fine in this case, showing the edges with all the clarity that could be desired. 86.160.82.199 (talk) 04:20, 2 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Susan B. Anthony & Alice Stone Blackwell signed NAWSA check.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:39, 4 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalYasser Arafat, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin receiving the Nobel Peace Prize following the Oslo Accords
Reason
Enormous EV, depicting two Israeli leaders (Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres) and one Palestinian leader (Yasser Arafat) recieving the Nobel Peace Prize for the Oslo Accords, one of the shaping moments in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and in the recent history of the Middle East in general. Great to have this official photo from 1994 in this high resolution, and the quality is quite good. FP in Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres, Yasser Arafat, Nobel Peace Prize, Oslo I Accord, Asia
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
Sa'ar Ya'akov (Government Press Office, Israel)
  • Support as nominator --Tomer T (talk) 07:33, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment --- You need to fix the spelling of "peace" first, then I'll be a support. Dougie WII (talk) 08:39, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Great historical record here. I have just one problem: Both the caption of the picture, and the nomination blurb give the names of the two Israelis first. There is a probably reason for this. The image on Commons has its title written in Israeli (read right to left) so the translation into English follows this exactly. Then this has been transposed to the caption, and we are now reading the identity of the people wrongly. The names should commence, (in left-to-right English) with Yasser Arafat. It is very important that this is corrected before it appears on the front page.
I have just fixed the problem on Wikimedia Commons. Tomer T, please follow here. Amandajm (talk) 01:10, 30 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think it's such a big issue, but it was fixed. You could of course fixed it yourself in here also, instead of waiting for me (I was busy). Tomer T (talk) 09:17, 1 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 08:19, 5 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalSolovetsky Monastery was the greatest citadel of Christianity in the Russian North before being turned into a special Soviet prison and labor camp (1926–1939), which served as a prototype for the GULag system
Reason
High EV, good quality, impressive photo
Articles in which this image appears
Solovetsky Monastery
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Linazet

Promoted File:Историко-культурный комплекс Соловецких островов.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 08:23, 5 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut was designed by Philip Johnson as his own residence. After its completion in 1949 it was widely publicized, and became influential in popularizing Modernism in the United States. It was inspired from the Farnsworth House design designed by Mies van der Rohe.
Reason
Captures well the building's relationship with the surrounding landscape
Articles in which this image appears
Glass House and four other articles;
FP category for this image
Architecture
Creator
Carol M. Highsmith

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:17, 5 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The Shepherds Flat Wind Farm is a 845 megawatt (MW) wind farm in the U.S. state of Oregon. Commissioned in 2012, it comprises 338 General Electric (GE) 2.5 MW wind turbines.
Reason
Appealing picture, making the reader want to know more
Articles in which this image appears
Shepherds Flat Wind Farm and 8 other articles
FP category for this image
Landscapes
Creator
Steve Wilson

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:28, 5 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Jaw of a shortfin mako shark.
Reason
Has EV, good resolution and quality.
Articles in which this image appears
Fish jaw, Shortfin mako shark
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish
Creator
Didier Descouens
 Done Good idea --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 18:14, 1 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Isurus oxyrinchus Machoire.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 07:03, 6 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Tomb of Safdarjung, New Delhi, India
Reason
Finest quality image and winner of 2012 Wiki Love Monument Prize.
Articles in which this image appears
Tomb of Safdarjung,Safdarjung
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Pranav Singh
I'm not sure how I missed the lack of detail on close inspection. Great image until you look at the fine print. A bit embarrassing... Changing to Weak support-Godot13 (talk) 23:39, 5 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:08, 7 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The Venus of Urbino is an 1538 oil painting by the Italian master Titian
Alt Image from Brandmeister's link
Reason
high qualify scan of a notable painting and high EV
Articles in which this image appears
Venus of Urbino
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Titian
The alt image looks fine. I support. --    L o g  X   13:52, 31 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose as per Brandmeister. Even if the colours are not oversaturated in this scan (which I think they are), the resolution is far under the version linked by Brandmeister. Mattximus (talk) 23:14, 29 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Poor colours. Not sharp. The points of reflected light are apparent all over the entire picture. While I would rule out a work as big as the Bacchus and Ariadne for reflected light on some areas, in this case it's widespread. Also, it's yet another female nude. Unfortunately this series of nudes began with two non-great pieces of Victoriana, so we have had two too many. The main page is coming to resemble Page Three. We need a bit of a time and space gap between the direction-setting Giorgione, and this, considered the supreme masterpiece of the Renaissance nude. Our next nude ought to be something that is not Renaissance and not an idealised female posing and gazing at the (male) viewer- Rembrandt's Bathsheba for example. [2] which has a tragic story. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amandajm (talkcontribs) 00:58, 30 October 2013‎
  • Comment Added the picture from Brandmeister's link as an an alt. Armbrust The Homunculus 06:14, 30 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support alternative- That is a much better version. The slightly yellowed tone is much more normal to old paintings than the pinking/reddish shade of the other. Th lighting is better. Amandajm (talk) 09:56, 31 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak support alt A much better version agreed, but the resolution (although higher than our minimum) is still on the small side for works of art. Mattximus (talk) 13:34, 31 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted -- — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:37, 7 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Church of All Saints, Odiham
Reason
High quality, good EV
Articles in which this image appears
All Saints Church, Odiham, Grade I listed buildings in Hampshire
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
User:Lewis Hulbert
  • Support as nominator --Deferential redbrick (talk) 17:07, 28 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Nice framing, good quality. Mattximus (talk) 23:09, 29 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I like the photo. But unfortunately the church itself doesn't have an article; it only has a three-line stub. This ought to be held-off from the front page until the picture can be put up with some useful information. What we are looking at here is a very unusual building that warrants some description. It can't simply be described as a Medieval or "Gothic church" or Heritage Listed building". Is the writer of the article going to do any more work on it? Anyone who looks at this pic in a truly interested way (me for example) is going to want more. Amandajm (talk) 00:39, 30 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I do plan on extending the article, I just can't find much on its history online. I'm eventually going to get my hands on one of the history books sold within the church, which will hopefully be a good source of information on it. Deferential redbrick (talk) 00:56, 30 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Church of All Saints, Odiham 1.JPG --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:08, 7 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalTheresienstadt concentration camp archway with the phrase Arbeit macht frei work makes (you) free. This phrase was used over the entrance to a number of Nazi concentration camps.
Reason
High EV, high quality, compelling.
Articles in which this image appears
Theresienstadt concentration camp and Terezín
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Others
Creator
Godot13
Also proposing ALT.1 (promotion would be contingent on stability within the article).-Godot13 (talk) 19:01, 31 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
ALT.1-Entrance to Theresienstadt

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:51, 9 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalDjurgårdsbrunnskanalen (the Djurgårdsbrunn canal) in Stockholm.
Reason
High quality and high resolution images of the canal (showing most part of the canal).
Articles in which this image appears
Djurgårdsbrunnskanalen
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Others
Creator
Arild Vågen

Promoted File:Djurgårdsbrunnskanalen October 2013 02.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:21, 9 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Water game in MüGa-Park in Mülheim an der Ruhr in b/w with long exposure (1000x ND filter)
Coloured version: Water game in MüGa-Park in Mülheim an der Ruhr (1000x ND filter)
Reason
high quality image; considered as a featured photo on Commons
Articles in which this image appears
Mülheim
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Others
Creator
the creator of the image, where possible using the format is Tuxyso.
Actually it does. One of the criteria for featured article is that it "Adds significant encyclopedic value to an article and helps readers to understand an article" and that "A picture's encyclopedic value (referred to as "EV") is given priority over its artistic value". So even though it's a nice picture, it's EV is lacking. So I oppose on those grounds. Mattximus (talk) 04:08, 2 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Is this a fountain? What is a water game? Rmhermen (talk) 02:49, 1 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, it is a fountain. Also, I have no idea what a "water game" is, you may have to ask the person who uploaded it. Blurred Lines 03:11, 1 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for nomination and for the interest in this photo. I do not know if "water games" is the correct term for it in English, but the following is meant: A water game ("Wasserspiel") is a system of fountains which are connected to each other. If you take a closer look on the photo you see that in front of the fountain is an efflux trasporting the water to the next fountain. On the other side there is an conflux to the fountain so that it is recharged from water of the previous one. The water game is located in the "Müga" a large park in Mülheim. The complete water game extends to half of the park.
Why B/W (from FP candidature on Commons): black/white is better here because it attracts the attention on the water and its flow --Tuxyso (talk) 07:51, 1 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Just curious... What is it that you think is ridiculous and embarrassing? I cannot really tell from your message. 86.171.174.156 (talk) 21:55, 3 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
That "lack of colour" means it isn't "suitable for an encyclopaedia". There are many legitimate reasons to choose a black-and-white image (as Tuxyso says, here it focuses the eye on the water feature rather than the hedge and trees which in the colour one catch your eye). Black and white can be better where shape, form and texture are more important than colour. -- Colin°Talk 22:37, 3 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Except for pictures specifically illustrating a photographic technique or genre, I cannot think of any situation in which the EV (as I understand that term) of a black-and-white image would be higher. "AV" (artistic value) is a different matter of course. 86.171.174.156 (talk) 01:12, 4 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Well there are plenty photographic books that disagree and will describe situations where black-and-white enhances what a viewer can get from an image. There are of course many examples where colour is better and even essential. I don't think this is one of them. What does the green of the bushes add to the viewers appreciation of the waterworks or the park's design? Even if you think there is no EV benefit to b&w, is there always a loss significant enough to oppose? Would File:Lange-MigrantMother02.jpg have more EV if it were in colour? Colin°Talk 21:55, 4 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
It is not so you can see that bushes are green, it's so you can see that the base of the fountain is grey and that the water is not dyed pink. Seeing the colours of things always, by definition, provides more information. "Mainstream" black and white photography only exists because of historical accident. If people weren't used to it for that reason it would be a niche "artistic" format and no one would consider it suitable for factual depiction of subjects. 86.179.5.161 (talk) 01:24, 5 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:22, 10 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A row of taxis at the International Commerce Centre, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Reason
Pretty much all you'd ever want to illustrate an article on taxis in Hong Kong.
Articles in which this image appears
Taxicabs of Hong Kong
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Land
Creator
Diego Delso
I should add that maybe the caption should specify that these are high-fare taxis, as it seems a color-coding is enforced. – Kerαunoςcopiagalaxies 23:52, 5 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Consider an extreme example. What if we have the *perfect* photograph of the third street light from my house. It is technically everything we could ask to show the third street light from my house. But does it have EV? I guess you would argue that any photograph that has a wiki page therefore has potential EV, regardless of the topic? Does a picture of taxis in the 27th largest city in the world merit being featured? I agree, and support, but admit that it is low EV. Mattximus (talk) 17:10, 7 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • If we had an article on the third streetlamp from your house (if, say, it were as famous as the Centennial Light) then there would be serious EV. In an article on street lamps it would have good EV as well. Here we have an article on taxis in Hong Kong. These are taxis in Hong Kong, and thus there is still good EV attached to this. That the individual taxis are not notable does not mean that there is no EV (just like how the PS2 shown in File:PS2-Versions.jpg or the soursop shown in File:Soursop, Annona muricata.jpg are not individually notable, yet still have EV as representative of a class). — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:26, 7 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Kowloon Waterfront, Hong Kong, 2013-08-09, DD 05.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:46, 10 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalSimon Neil of Biffy Clyro at Rock am Ring 2013
Reason
Very energetic, nice concert posture making for high EV, good quality. I also like the light blue background that goes well with the guitar.
Articles in which this image appears
Simon Neil
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Achim Raschka

Promoted File:13-06-07 RaR Biffy Clyro Simon Neil 02.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:31, 11 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The Iberian midwife toad Alytes cisternasii on a humid ground
Reason
Good quality, high EV
Articles in which this image appears
Iberian midwife toad, Discoglossidae
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Amphibians
Creator
Benny Trapp

Promoted File:Benny Trapp Alytes cisternasii.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:48, 11 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Burj Kalifa, the highest building in the planet.
Reason
high resolution perfectly centered picture
Articles in which this image appears
Burj Khalifa
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Donaldytong
  • Support as nominator --Benison talk with me 06:01, 3 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak oppose - Base is awesome, but blown highlights and loss of focus near the top throws me off. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:22, 3 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. The subject of this image is protected by copyright and the country of origin does not have freedom of panorama. The English Wikipedia does not have a consistent position on this issue, and, until it does, we have no business promoting these images. J Milburn (talk) 09:48, 3 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • Issue with FOP (none in Dubai) noted, and as such this image has been nominated for deletion. After all, works after 1990 are still copyrighted in the US. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:53, 3 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • Thanks guys. Excellent teamwork again to derail an FPC based on misleading copyright assertions as previously. The copyright of this image is consistent with Wikipedia policy, and surely the DR will be dismissed. If you disagree with the policy, please raise your concerns where appropriate. --ELEKHHT 11:54, 3 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
        • After reviewing it appears I was mistaken about this building's status in the US. Will be withdrawing the nomination there. My oppose here was not based on the copyright status. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:29, 3 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
          • Elekhh, once again, you are doing your best to belittle legitimate concerns with vague assertions. I do not disagree with the policy, there is no policy. J Milburn (talk) 16:39, 3 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
            • Photographs of buildings from publicly accessible viewpoints should NOT be disallowed on the grounds that the view can be copyrighted (obviously they can be disallowed for other copyright reasons). The concept of doing so is nonsensical, and Wikipedia should not play any part in supporting such a ludicrous idea. 86.171.174.156 (talk) 20:22, 3 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Expecting the top to be in focus or to have the same sharpness as the rest (bearing in mind any vertical-perspective correction and lenses being less sharp at the edge) is not fair imo. Deletion issues should be raised elsewhere and any FP nomination suspended meanwhile (this one's deletion is now withdrawn). This is not a forum for discussing copyright issues. Colin°Talk 18:25, 3 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • Non-free images cannot be promoted to featured picture status, so whether this image is freely licensed is definitely a discussion we must have. I am going to oppose this image being promoted while our policy remains as ambiguous as it is, and I implore anyone else with any respect for the "free" part of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia to do the same. J Milburn (talk) 18:00, 4 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • If you can establish, in the appropriate forum, that this image is non-free then there is no need for any discussion here. I fully agree with you that we should only celebrate truly free images, though last time that got suggested at WP:FP it got shot down. I also appreciate that often licence issues are only discovered at FP. But discussion of file licence issues do not belong on this page. -- Colin°Talk 18:36, 4 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
        • It didn't get shot down. Another user made baseless assertions, and then, for reasons not clear to me, my comments were hidden. Images of this building were deleted from Commons a few years ago- note that this one is uploaded locally to avoid deletion there. There simply isn't a (consistent) policy about these images on the English Wikipedia- I can't "establish" that, as I can't prove a negative. Until there is one, this should not be promoted. J Milburn (talk) 21:04, 4 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Given the confused comments above about governing copyright law, just would like to clarify: Wikipedia has a clear policy on copyright that states "The Wikimedia Foundation is based in the United States and accordingly governed by United States copyright law." Further clarification is provided in the guideline Wikipedia:Non-U.S. copyrights that states "While Wikipedia prefers content that is free anywhere in the world, it accepts content that is free in the United States even if it may be under copyright in some other countries.". That is all very clear IMO. Commons has a different policy, but that is independent of Wikipedia, and the two should not be confused. --ELEKHHT 22:42, 4 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • Could you please provide evidence that this can be released under a free license in the United States? Do you have any evidence that the US is quite happy to ignore local laws concerning FOP when dealing with photographs of recent works of architecture abroad? (While you're at it, you may wish to nominate all "free" images of recent sculptures for deletion. Of course, that has nothing to do with this nomination, but may go a good way to show how committed you are to this policy you insist exists...) J Milburn (talk) 12:24, 5 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • It's called Lex loci protectionis, that "means that the copyright laws of the source country have no relevance in deciding about copyright infringement in the United States.". The recent deletion of images of Claes Oldenburg sculptures taken in Germany makes it clear that German FOP is disregarded under US law. If you're keen to have sculpture images deleted prior to community resolution of their specific copyright issues, please go to Commons where these images are stored. Please be aware that your persistent mixing-up of Wikipedia and Commons, sculptures and architecture, FPC and village pump, is increasingly disruptive. --ELEKHHT 13:12, 5 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
        • I have never once muddled Commons policy and the English Wikipedia policy, and nor have I suggested any change in policy. Perhaps you have been muddling me with other people. Your self-righteous assertions remain as disruptive as they ever were. (Oh, and please, if you want to talk about disruption, go and do it somewhere else, I suppose. That's what we do, isn't it? Insist that anyone talking about things we don't want go and do it somewhere else?) I am more than a little bit done with this- my oppose remains, but I will not be commenting any further. J Milburn (talk) 19:05, 5 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support as the image authorDonaldtong (talk) 01:44, 5 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support a boring central composition, but the only true one for this object. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 10:32, 9 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support '''Johncy''' (talk) 14:21, 9 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support I have to echo the above, short of doing some massive corrections there is just no way to keep the the entire field of view in focus at any given time when the subject stretches over a long horizontal or vertical distance from the photographer. This is a well framed photograph that manages to get the whole building in while maintaining a high image quality with no blown highlights so this gets my support. Cat-fivetc ---- 02:26, 10 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Those are specular highlights (sunshine on glass). Simply impossible to avoid the sun reflecting off glass somewhere on this building unless you take the side in shadow or take it at night. It's a "my eyes are hurting; I'm going blind" level of brightness. This is Dubai, not Glasgow. Colin°Talk 09:31, 11 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm aware of the issues of photographing in 37 degree temperatures with very little cloud cover. I live and work in Indonesia, right? I can get bad highlights off a matte surface if the sun gets hot enough. I just find it funny that one would say "no blown highlights" for this picture. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:38, 11 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Crisco I know you are experienced and understand, and I agree the comment isn't accurate. But FP reviews get read by lots of people trying to determine how to vote and what makes a good image. I just wanted to clarify that specular highlights of the sun cannot be expected to be in range of an 8-bit JPG. Colin°Talk 13:20, 11 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Crisco 1492:, I think you know what I meant and what I probably should in retrospect, which was that there were no blown highlights outside of what any picture of a building shot in sunshine would have. It was my fault for being ambiguous in my comment but it should have been pretty clear what I meant by my comment. As Colin mentioned, any picture of any building shot in sunlight is going to have glare which will show as being blown but that's hardly the same as any other possible source of blown highlights, mainly glare doesn't necessarily detract from the image (although it can) but other blown highlights seem to almost always detract from the image quality if not the EV. Cat-fivetc ---- 22:46, 11 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think we'll have to agree to disagree regarding the glare "not detracting from the image" (can't even make out the shape of the windows in some places). A bit more cloud cover, or a less heated day, may have been desirable. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:23, 12 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. I've thoroughly reviewed the concerns raised above about the copyright status of this image, and I do not think it is a legitimate reason to oppose this nomination. The image is properly hosted on the English Wikipedia in full accordance with Wikipedia policy and U.S. copyright law, and it has a free license as required by the featured picture criteria. Rreagan007 (talk) 20:40, 11 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Burj Khalifa.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:37, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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Reason
High quality, very high EV (greater EV viewed as a set). I am re-nominating this complete set of United States Fractional currency. The last nomination was unopposed, but came up one vote short for promotion. The main article in which these images are highlighted was reworked, developed, and expanded specifically to highlight this numismatic reference set and to highlight items from the Smithsonian Institution collection. Working with the original files since the last nomination, the image sizes have been increased and the crop tightened.


This set nomination is a complete type reference set of U.S. Fractional Currency representing each significant design change. The United States issued Fractional currency between 1862 and 1876 in denominations of 3, 5, 10, 15, 25, and 50 cents. Across the five issuing periods paper quality was developed to prevent destruction and designs changed as anti-counterfeiting measures were put in place. Sizes range from roughly 66 x 41 mm to 110 x 54 mm. Captions include: denomination, catalog number, and person or vignette depicted.

Original – A 24-note complete type reference set of U.S. Fractional Currency representing each significant design change.

Articles in which these images appear
Fractional currency (all images) +11 others ranging from stable to recently added (Spencer M. Clark, William H. Crawford, Samuel Dexter, William P. Fessenden, William M. Meredith, Francis E. Spinner, Edwin M. Stanton, Robert J. Walker, Columbia, Lady Justice, and Nickel).
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Culture and lifestyle
Creator
United States Department of the Treasury, followed in the early 1870's by The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (and some first issue by American Bank Note Company)
From the National Numismatic Collection, NMAH, Smithsonian Institution.
Images by Godot13.


Promoted File:US-Fractional (1st Issue)-$0.05-Fr.1231.jpg Armbrust The Homunculus 09:50, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-Fractional (1st Issue)-$0.10-Fr.1240.jpg Armbrust The Homunculus 09:50, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-Fractional (1st Issue)-$0.25-Fr.1280.jpg Armbrust The Homunculus 09:50, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-Fractional (1st Issue)-$0.50-Fr.1312.jpg Armbrust The Homunculus 09:50, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-Fractional (2nd Issue)-$0.05-Fr.1232.jpg Armbrust The Homunculus 09:50, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-Fractional (2nd Issue)-$0.10-Fr.1246.jpg Armbrust The Homunculus 09:50, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-Fractional (2nd Issue)-$0.25-Fr.1284.jpg Armbrust The Homunculus 09:50, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-Fractional (2nd Issue)-$0.50-Fr.1322.jpg Armbrust The Homunculus 09:50, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-Fractional (3rd Issue)-$0.03-Fr.1226.jpg Armbrust The Homunculus 09:50, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-Fractional (3rd Issue)-$0.05-Fr.1238.jpg Armbrust The Homunculus 09:50, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-Fractional (3rd Issue)-$0.10-Fr.1254.jpg Armbrust The Homunculus 09:50, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Promoted File:US-Fractional (4th Issue)-$0.50-Fr.1374.jpg Armbrust The Homunculus 09:50, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-Fractional (4th Issue)-$0.50-Fr.1376.jpg Armbrust The Homunculus 09:50, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-Fractional (4th Issue)-$0.50-Fr.1379.jpg Armbrust The Homunculus 09:50, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-Fractional (5th Issue)-$0.10-Fr.1265.jpg Armbrust The Homunculus 09:50, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-Fractional (5th Issue)-$0.25-Fr.1308.jpg Armbrust The Homunculus 09:50, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-Fractional (5th Issue)-$0.50-Fr.1381.jpg Armbrust The Homunculus 09:50, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Typical view of Joshua Tree National Park with impressive rocks and Johshua trees (Yucca brevifolia). The photo is taken from the parking lot close to the Banana Cracks Formation
Reason
Attractive, crisp, good colours... easily meets the criteria
Articles in which this image appears
Joshua Tree National Park, Yucca brevifolia,
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator
Tuxyso

Promoted File:Joshua Tree National Park 2013.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 01:53, 14 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalAlatskivi Castleis a Neo-Gothic castle in Estonia. Dating to the 16th century, it was rebuilt in the late 19th century by Arvid von Nolcken, modeled on the royal residence of Balmoral in Scotland. On the first floor is a museum dedicated to the music composer and conductor Eduard Tubin.
Reason
Outstanding quality, nice lighting.
Articles in which this image appears
Alatskivi Castle, Alatskivi
FP category for this image
Architecture
Creator
Ivar Leidus

Promoted File:Alatskivi mõisa peahoone.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:09, 14 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalBeata Beatrix, an oil on canvas painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti, completed in 1870. It depicts Beatrice Portinari from Dante Alighieri's poem La Vita Nuova at the moment of her death.
Reason
High resolution, notable painting
Articles in which this image appears
Beata Beatrix, Beatrice Portinari, +3
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Promoted File:Dante Gabriel Rossetti - Beata Beatrix, 1864-1870.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:50, 14 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Disabled dance.
Reason
A striking image of multiple amputee Lisa Bufano performing on Queen Anne table legs.
Articles in which this image appears
Disability in the arts; Lisa Bufano; Queen Anne style furniture.
FP category for this image
Dance
Creator
Julia Wolf (foxgrrl) on Flickr.

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 08:18, 15 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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Reason
Has EV, good resolution and quality.
Articles in which this image appears
Leeza Gibbons
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Leezagibbons (Leeza Gibbons?)
This file has been permitted by the Commons OTRS team for use. The ticket, located here, is available for those with OTRS account. Also, in the metadata, since this was modified (I don't know if by Leezagibbons, "some details may not fully reflect the modified file." Mediran (tc) 09:51, 7 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I've responded to you here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/File:LeezaSCShoot4Small.jpg
I don't really need the file deleted and it's fine with me to have it on the main page, but not until it's copyright status is clarified and the conflicting information on the file's info page corrected. Unfortunately, filing a deletion request is the only way to challenge a file with unclear copyright status on commons. Jahoe (talk) 14:17, 7 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
P.S. May I suggest a more thorough status check as part of the nomination procedure in the future? It would have been easier if that had been done first. Jahoe (talk) 14:26, 7 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Response at the deletion page. Thanks. Mediran (tc) 14:29, 7 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Suspended Pending discussion at Commons about copyright clarification. Mediran (tc) 05:45, 8 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted Armbrust The Homunculus 09:32, 15 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The nominated image was deleted on Commons. Armbrust The Homunculus 09:32, 15 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A sample of Civil War-era government "Red Tape" used to bind redeemed CSA bond coupons.
ALT.1
Reason
EV, good quality (and off the beaten path)
Articles in which this image appears
Red tape +1 (Economy of the Confederate States of America)
FP category for this image
Featured pictures/History/American Civil War OR Featured pictures/Other
Creator
Confederate States of America (bond coupons), Federal government of the United States ("Red Tape"), (Image by Godot13)
From the National Numismatic Collection, NMAH, Smithsonian Institution.
  • Comment (tentative oppose) Based on the article, I'm not totally sure that this is the type of red tape that the expression "red tape" comes from. ("All American Civil War veterans' records were bound in red tape, and the difficulty in accessing them led to the modern American use of the term.") So I'm not sure of the EV. Calliopejen1 (talk) 14:35, 9 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
All of the (slightly larger) documents in the same collection bear this identifying stamp.-Godot13 (talk) 15:15, 9 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:50, 15 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – View of Ein Avdat taken near Midreshet Ben-Gurion in the Zin Valley of the Negev Desert.
Reason
EV, High quality
Articles in which this image appears
Negev +1 (Ein Avdat)
FP category for this image
Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator
Godot13

Promoted File:Israel-2013-Ein Avdat 02.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 08:15, 16 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A a panoramic view of the Stockwell Bus Garage in London.
Reason
It's an interesting panoramic view of the interior of the Stockwell Garage in London. It might appear at first to be a relatively obscure industrial building (and in some ways it is), but it is also a Grade II* listed building in the UK (the second highest importance) and at the time of completion in 1952 was the largest unsupported roof in Europe.
Articles in which this image appears
Stockwell Garage
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
User:Diliff
  • Support as nominator --Ðiliff «» (Talk) 09:40, 6 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak oppose - Are those structures on the ceiling actually curved? Or are they actually straight? This is why I'm generally not a fan of these panoramas. They blow natural perspecive to hell and the result is a curvy mess. It may make for groovy art... but not an encyclopedic photograph. The article would look soooo much better with a couple well done normal photos. Also, it has been inserted into the article only in the last few days. – JBarta (talk) 13:36, 6 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • Yes, the structure is curved. If you read the article, the roof is made of barrel vaults that sit on top of the large arches. I haven't been there but I think the space might actually be "groovy". A very similar version has been added a week ago, and than changed to this one -which I agree is better- about five days ago, so I don't think that's an issue. --ELEKHHT 22:31, 6 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • In addition to what Elekhh already mentioned, I just wanted to note that there is no such thing as 'natural perspective'. There is only perspective distortion of varying degrees, and there are trade-offs on all perspectives and compositions. Forget stitched panoramas for a second, and consider individual photos taken with a regular rectilinear lens. They still show perspective distortion. The only way to minimise perspective distortion is to take a photo from extremely far away with an extremely telephoto lens, but is this a possibility in interior architectural photography? Absolutely not. Distortion is a natural consequence of trying to photograph any significant portion of an enclosed space. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 08:54, 7 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Totally disagree. Natural perspective enables us to accurately reconstruct the original 3D geometry in our brains. Distorted prespective causes us to fail to understand the 3D geometry or to construct a false or ambiguous representation. Of course, we are quite dependent also on recognising familiar objects and understanding their likely shapes and sizes, and also interpreting other visual cues. This may enable us to detect and compensate for distorted perspective. Nevertheless, it is common sense that distorted and natural perspectives are meaningful concepts. 86.171.174.169 (talk) 13:56, 7 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I understand that certain projections are more difficult to visualise 'naturally', and the cylindrical projection used in this image takes a curved space and flattens it so that it can be displayed on a flat display. But that doesn't mean that perspective distortion doesn't exist in all photos. In any case, it would not be possible to show a wide enough view of the interior without distortion of some kind. A lens capable of capturing a wide enough view to include both the building as well as the roof structure would be significantly distorted at the edges, as all ultrawide angle photography is. This does not look 'natural' either. If you keep the camera horizontal, the roof is distorted (and probably not significantly in the frame either). If you tilt the camera up, the vertical lines become horribly tilted. There is no real solution to this problem - any 'correction' distorts something. As I said originally, there are trade-offs in every perspective and projection. Anyway, I could go on but I guess we can agree to disagree on this. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 23:07, 7 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
So do those buses look unnatural to you? (other than being double-deckers)? Regarding how our brain reconstructs what our eyes see, just take it easy :). @Diliff: As the lens spects do not show up in the EXIF, can you just let us know, or add that to the file description? --ELEKHHT 23:54, 7 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
After looking online at other photos of this garage, I'm changing my vote from 'weak oppose' to 'oppose'. This image is simply not a realistic/accurate portrayal of the inside of that garage. While it's a pretty image, the EV is blown. – JBarta (talk) 23:48, 7 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Could you please explain what you find unrealistic and point to an example you think is better? --ELEKHHT 23:54, 7 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Images I think better represent the garage: 1,2,3. Reasons I noted above. Also, 86.171.174.169 made good points. The image simply tries to capture too many degrees of view and squish them into a narrow image causing an unnatural amount of distortion and causing the viewer to question what he's looking at. On looking at it, my first question was are the vaults parallel or do they splay out? I had to look elsewhere to get a better idea of what the garage actually looked like. – JBarta (talk) 00:26, 8 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the explanation, I see now what you mean. It is the curved projection of the top of the back wall that might have given you that impression. From the examples you link at (1) and (2) I find much inferior in terms of illustrating the structure and the space. (3) is an interesting perspective that focuses on the cross-section, in a way complementary to the longitudinal section illustrated in this nomination. I still think this image is very well illustrating the structure, the space and its use, and the smooth sunset lighting is quite successful, so I continue to support. --ELEKHHT 00:51, 8 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I would have though the buses give a pretty good sense of the scale of the space. In terms of perspective effects, for consistency you might wish to nominate images like this and this for delist as big way more confusing. Also I think this image should have been nominated for the category Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors. --ELEKHHT 01:06, 8 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Please compare this nomination and image "3" linked above. Before seeing that new image, I thought there was quite a shallow roof to this building. The nomination really doesn't give the sense of scale. Mattximus (talk) 01:18, 8 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The second you mention is absurdly awful. How it got to be a FP is beyond me. The first, if those arched transom windows are in real life parallel, then that image is a bit absurd as well. If those images are the low form of life that is FP worthy, then who am I to oppose this one? This one is no worse. Might as well throw this in with the others, slap a star on it and happy trails to all. – JBarta (talk) 01:29, 8 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, in defense of the terminal panorama, someone on the nomination page suggested looking at only a small section at a time while scrolling it and it looks like you're looking around. In that manner, I'll admit it does look kinda neat. – JBarta (talk) 01:45, 8 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Well, look at this one the same way and see how neat it is :). A crop of the top-middle section could be FP on its own right for detailing the structure. --ELEKHHT 02:29, 8 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Agree with mattximus, moreover lots of better pics of this terminal were found in google search so cannot support this. Godhulii 1985 (talk) 14:23, 8 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • Could you be more specific about which photos are better than this one? Also, just because they exist, doesn't mean they are available to upload to Wiki. I urge you to find an image that is high resolution, shows the shape and size of the building sufficiently, and is freely licensed. And when you find one, upload it to Wikipedia. But until then, I don't think "there are better images on google image search" is a valid argument. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 19:26, 8 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • I read your previous comment and it seems to me that I cannot agree with you regarding perspective. With a reply to 86, you've justified your position but I really don't think that a panorama from this position is necessary to depict this garage. Rather this pic is more clear: [3]
        For me, in a panorama the perfect symmetry is very necessary unless lack of symmetry returns as a WOW factor. In this pic, the buses are not symmetrical, the roofs do not give me an idea about its shape (I had to search in google to check what are they: stretched like this pic or parallel). So, to me it has no WOW effect for which I should support this. You cannot force me to say that it is a WOW pic.
        About unavailability of pics: this is a pic from london, not from a place which is v.difficult to go.
        What if no one correct this in a significant time: well, you can see mentos-diet-coke featured pic. Initially that was rejected in 2006 with a reason: "easily reproducible", for next 7 years no one did that and it was elected in 2013. So, if no one upload a better pic in significant time then obviously this can be judged again, for now Oppose. Godhulii 1985 (talk) 10:36, 9 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
        • I'm afraid we are dealing here with an example of systemic bias at FPC that is detrimental to conveying our readers a better understanding of architecture. No building can be fully understood from one image, and while very simple symmetric frontal perspectives are commonly promoted, it has to be clear that such images only depict one particular (and seldom experienced as such) aspect of the building. Same way we understand that an article about ducks can have multiple FPs (female, male, baby duck, mating, eating, etc), it should be clear that articles about architecture should have the potential to incorporate multiple FP quality perspectives. Of course duck images are also easy to support because perspective effects of any kind are much less apparent. Anyway, note that the image you link to places the emphasis on the buses, whereas this image places it on the structure - that is what is most notable about this building. --ELEKHHT 11:54, 9 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I can see both sides. I wanted to say that because there's some hectoring here. The difference between this picture and the airport terminal one is that that's a rectangular room, so it's easy to reconstruct what it must look like in your head. I have no problem with perspective distortion in architecture if it allows us to see a larger space in more detail, but in this case, given a curved ceiling to begin with, it's rather confusing. Chick Bowen 01:16, 10 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • But none of the other images of this building avoid the distortion of the ceiling vaults either. There's nothing special about this being a stitched panorama that results in distortion that wouldn't be there in a regular photo. I just feel that the opposers are exaggerating the issue. Yes there is divergence of straight lines as occurs in ANY three dimensional scene, and yes it tends to make it harder to visualise the shape of the building, but I don't believe any other images can eliminate this issue because it's a visually confusing building to begin with. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 03:19, 11 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Great image, high enough EV. Angle is a little bit off, but still FP quality. -- ТимофейЛееСуда. 20:30, 10 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support I think the "Does it splay out like that or is it the projection?" question is a valid one and a problem for this image. But it is a problem for other images too that aren't wide-angle or from this viewpoint. I've looked at lots of images on Commons and elsewhere online and none of them individually answer the question to me about what it actually looks like. Smaller images can show accurate detail of a portion but you don't, literally, get the full picture. I like the WLM nominee File:Stockwell Bus Garage skylight reflections.JPG as an image but its EV for the garage is lower. One of the problems with WP:FP that it expects a lot from a single picture. This is an article that really needs a set of pictures working together to not only help visualise the building but also tell its story. Currently the article is a bit crap and not long enough. Now, if you'll all excuse me, I must go fetch my fisheye lens and arrange a visit :-) -- Colin°Talk 12:24, 11 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • Physically/geometrically, while looking at it along its axis, it obviously does not splay like that. But when you're there in the building looking at it, yes it does 'appear' to splay because of the fundamental laws of perspective. As I've said above already, this is nothing to do with the fact that it's panoramic, or that it's cylindrically stitched (although that does 'bow' the vaults somewhat). It would be the case for any wide angle field of view from that central position. For this image's slightly wider than average field of view, it does splay slightly more than normal. But I think we are (or should be) sophisticated enough to understand that there is distortion inherent in all images. Some of the above commenters seem to imply that some perspectives are more natural than others. 50mm rectilinear may be presumed to be close to the way we view the world with our eyes but I think that's an oversimplification and a narrow-minded way of thinking. Yes, the image might be confusing for some to understand at first glance, but I never expected this image to judged as the be the be-all-and-end-all of photos of the building. No single photo can encapsulate every aspect and detail of a three dimension structure. I think it's fine as the lead image, however, because there are no similarly detailed images in the Wiki Commons archives that improve on it IMO. But as for going there with a fisheye, watch out! The peanut gallery (joke) will be after you because we don't have eyes like fish! ;-) Also, FYI, the interior of the building is apparently off limits to the public. Many of the photos do appear to be taken from inside but there are signs at the entrance forbidding entrance to non-staff members. Whether that's waived if you ask nicely, I don't know. I guess it's a H&S issue due to the buses passing in and out. I didn't spot any staff to ask so I just hung around at the entrance. I looked around and I didn't find better compositions elsewhere anyway though. In some of the google image shots, the buses are nicely lined up in a row. I wasn't so fortunate to find that the case on my visit. ;-) Ðiliff «» (Talk) 13:58, 11 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • I'm in agreement with you. The buses help give the reader some clue that it isn't very distorted but still there's an discomfort among someone unfamiliar with the building about how faithful it is -- even though it may well be. Anyway, you are preaching-to-the-converted with me about not minding a few curves. Who says our pics have to look like architect's drawings? -- Colin°Talk 14:22, 11 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Stockwell Bus Garage 1, London, UK - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:57, 16 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]


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File:Harut sassounian jpeg.jpg
Original – Harut Sassounian
Reason
Exceptional quality. Good EV.
Articles in which this image appears
Harut Sassounian
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People
Creator
Proudbolsahye
Well Sassounian is a very notable figure in the Armenian diaspora and especially in its literary and journalism circles. He has received awards from heads of states, assemblies and lobbies, and many other organizations. He is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post and the Los Angeles Times and is cited in many books and journals. Just typing his name in Google yields hundreds of thousands of results. I thought the article portrays his notability quite well. If not, I'll be more than happy to expand it a bit more. Proudbolsahye (talk) 07:58, 15 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:08, 16 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalUkiyo-e woodblock print, A woman playing a large suspended drum (tsuridaiko), part of A set of five prints for the Hisakataya poetry circle by Yashima Gakutei, c. 1827.
Reason
High quality ukiyo-e scan from the Google Art Project. Good EV for the art style, as well as a record of historical use of taiko drums.
Articles in which this image appears
Yashima Gakutei, Ukiyo-e, Taiko
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Artwork/East_Asian_art
Creator
Yashima Gakutei
I'll look into seeing whether I can get one of these articles started this evening. Thanks, I, JethroBT drop me a line 15:38, 8 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Yashima Gakutei - A woman playing a large suspended drum (tsuridaiko) A set of five prints for the Hisakataya poetry c... - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:48, 17 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – An illustration of two males kissing, a common feature in Yaoi manga. The receiving partner is somewhat androgynous, as is common in the genre, while the image itself is drawn partially with copic markers, which are common in the industry.
Reason
One of my first FPC nominations, I think this deserves another shot. My original rationale, which I still stand by: "I think this should qualify as a featured picture as it is a tactful representation of the subject matter, Yaoi (also known as boys love), which as noted by the article is "female-oriented fictional media that focus on homoerotic or homoromantic male relationships". The image is of high resolution and good artistic quality. Although this is rightfully not a FP criteria, it should also be noted that the image is featured at Commons. As a side note, it appears that this image would be one of the first anime and manga related FPs. I am aware that the nomination could be quite controversial."
Articles in which this image appears
Yaoi (lead image, stable for over two years)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/East Asian art
Creator
Sen Cross (first published at Animexx), uploaded by Don-kun
  • Support as nominator -- — Crisco 1492 (talk) 11:51, 7 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: Here's my concern. This is here as an example of the genre, but we seemingly have no reliable source tying this work/artist to the genre, and, to boot, this the media used to create the picture seem to be atypical for the genre. We wouldn't be promoting a watercolour by a non-notable artist as an example of cubism, so I'm not clear on whether we should be promoting this. J Milburn (talk) 22:10, 7 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per J Milburn and my previous vote on this. While it may be an acceptable substitute for the actual yaoi, which will remain copyrighted in the nearest future, it fails criteria 3 and 5 of WP:WIAFP. Brandmeistertalk 16:01, 8 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:01, 17 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Coiled galaxy has an eye-like object at its center which is actually a monstrous black hole surrounded by a ring of stars. In this color-coded infrared view from Spitzer, the area around the invisible black hole is blue and the ring of stars, white. The galaxy, called NGC 1097 and located 50 million light-years away, is spiral-shaped like our Milky Way, with long, spindly arms of stars.
Reason
Finest quality picture
Articles in which this image appears
List of spiral galaxies NGC 1097
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
Creator
NASA

Promoted File:Coiled Galaxy.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:49, 17 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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File:Koonan Cross Oath, artistic drawing.jpg
Original – Coonan Cross Oath; A turning point in the history of St.Thomas Christians
Reason
Mainly due to it's historic importance.Also,this is an artistic expression of Coonan Cross Oath, which took place in 1600's that split St.Thomas Christians.
Articles in which this image appears
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syro-Malabar_Catholic_Church
FP category for this image
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
jisstom123
  • Support as nominator --Jiss Tom Palelil 17:16, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:32, 17 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalLois McMaster Bujold is an American science fiction and fantasy author known for her series the Vorkosigan Saga, the Chalion series (The Curse of Chalion and sequels), and the Sharing Knife series.
Reason
A professional-quality portrait of a notable author by a notable photographer. What more could you want?
Articles in which this image appears
Lois McMaster Bujold (no doubt it will gradually work its way into other articles)
FP category for this image
People/Artists and writers
Creator
Kyle Cassidy
  • Support as nominator --J Milburn (talk) 12:39, 17 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - My very first thought when I viewed the picture was "what the hell is that white blob". That my eye focused on the white blob before I even realized that this was a portrait is, to me, an indication that this is a supremely poorly composed image. I also find the blurring of the books in the foreground and the strange way that the background unfocues to be distracting. In my opinion, if the focus of an image is a person, that person has to 'pop' from the image. In this image, that doesn't happen. In fact, I am struggling to figure out how a photographer that could produce something as visually interesting as this portrait could produce something as astoundingly bad as the nominated image. Sven Manguard Wha? 22:00, 17 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • I honestly hadn't noticed the white blob, as my eye was drawn to the subject's face. The books, obviously, are hers; we often get "oppose, image gives no indication of why the subject is notable", so I thought that the presence of the books was a particularly apt way to get around that problem. I find the image overall to be understated, but strong- I suspect Blujold doesn't rely on her image in the same way as Ego Likeness, so there's no need for such an in-your-face portrait! (Of course, I do agree with you that the Ego Likeness photo is excellent!) J Milburn (talk) 22:08, 17 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. It doesn't look straight to me. Everything seems to slope down to the right. 86.148.154.237 (talk) 01:15, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose as per distracting white blob (didn't think I'd be using that explanation...) Mattximus (talk) 04:38, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - I'm not convinced the composition is all that bad (it would be silly, not to mention just about impossible, for both the subject and her books to be sharpy in-focus), but I'm left disappointed with the very dull lighting on the subject. She almost looks a bit underexposed. You weren't too far off the mark with this nomination though. – Juliancolton | Talk 05:38, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per the blob. The DoF is about 6cm and seems to have just caught her arm and chin but not her eyes. Even at this heavily downsampled version, it isn't especially sharp. -- Colin°Talk 15:47, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Withdraw. I suppose I got this one wrong- I do still like it, though! J Milburn (talk) 16:46, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:25, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Kensington Palace Gardens
Reason
good composition, lighting & colours; no digital manipulation
Articles in which this image appears
Kensington Gardens
Creator
George Tsiagalakis
This would be a great image to use as the illustration of some kind of psychological effect/illusion. I can hardly bear to look at the bright part, even though it cannot possibly be brighter than the white screen that I am constantly looking at with no discomfort. 86.151.118.91 (talk) 23:52, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:06, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A 1917 poster advertising US Government bonds. The poster depicts immigrants on a ship, sailing past the Statue of Liberty.
Reason
Has EV, good resolution and quality.
Articles in which this image appears
Statue of Liberty, Liberty bond
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Culture and lifestyle
Creator
Sackett & Wilhelms Corp. N.Y. (Source: Library of Congress)

Not Promoted Armbrust The Homunculus 05:02, 19 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalThe University Centre, established in 1993 in Svaldbard, provides a college education in Arctic Studies as part of the University of the Arctic.
Reason
EV, quality
Articles in which this image appears
University Centre in Svalbard, Longyearbyen, and University of the Arctic.
FP category for this image
Featured pictures/Places/Others
Creator
Godot13
  • Support as nominator --Godot13 (talk) 03:52, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - definitely useful and above-average, but I'm not convinced the square composition is ideal here, and even then there's an awful lot of dead space in the foreground. I think a 2:3 horizontal frame at a longer focal length with the building itself more prominent would work better (or something along those lines). Beautiful place, though, by the looks of it! – Juliancolton | Talk 05:34, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Would a better crop help?Crop applied as the square format is not appropriate. It may simply not work as a FP...-Godot13 (talk) 05:40, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • The building certainly has its possibilities, but most architecture FPs focus on the building itself. Getting a hundred metres or so closer would probably have presented more possibilities. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:58, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:22, 19 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalMammy's Cupboard, a roadside restaurant built in the shape of a mammy archetype, located on US Highway 61 south of Natchez, Mississippi.
Reason
High quality and resolution, notable photographer, freest possible license
Articles in which this image appears
Mammy's Cupboard, Mammy archetype
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Carol M. Highsmith

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:59, 19 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalSchrödinger's cat: a cat, a flask of poison, and a radioactive source are placed in a sealed box. If an internal monitor detects radioactivity (i.e. a single atom decaying), the flask is shattered, releasing the poison that kills the cat. The Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics implies that after a while, the cat is simultaneously alive and dead. Yet, when one looks in the box, one sees the cat either alive or dead, not both alive and dead.
Reason
This is a high quality diagram which does a good job of concisely and clearly illustrating the theoretical setup of the Schrödinger's cat thought experiment.
Articles in which this image appears
Schrödinger's cat, Thought experiment, Physical paradox
FP category for this image
Diagrams
Creator
Dhatfield
I agree. Though this is a thoroughly worthwhile illustration, the execution is not top quality IMO. 86.177.105.62 (talk) 20:22, 11 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. It is not amongst Wikipedia's finest work. From a design standpoint, there are numerous inconsistencies in the style used to draw the various entities. The quasi-3D look and the superimposition of the two outcomes make the image more complicated and difficult to understand than is necessary. I think that File:Schroedingers cat film.svg is a bit better executed. dllu (t,c) 21:08, 12 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Well, maybe I am stating the obvious here, but the superimposition is really the entire point of the illustration. 86.151.118.91 (talk) 04:00, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I think Dllu was referring to the two different drawing styles used in the diagram the (1) superimposed 2D cat, and (2) the 3d boxes and switch. This combination makes it look rather hokey. So it's not about the superimposition itself. Mattximus (talk) 04:40, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:59, 20 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Pope Francis at a rehab hospital during World Youth Day 2013.
Reason
High Ev as lead image, very good quality. It is very hard to find good quality free images of recent popes which makes images like this rare on wikipedia
Articles in which this image appears
Pope Francis
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Religious figures
Creator
Thomaz Silva

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:05, 20 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalThe Lucky Dog (1921), the first film to pair Laurel and Hardy, though they were not yet a pair.
Reason
Decent resolution, full-length film, notable one, no commercial issues (it's public domain, not really advertising is it?). Notable as the first pairing of Laurel and Hardy, even though they were not partners at the time.
Articles in which this image appears
The Lucky Dog, Laurel and Hardy, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
Shiller Productions/Sun-Lite Pictures (sources disagree)
  • If the music is part of your consideration, it shouldn't be. The music could not have been included with the original film (there's a reason it was called the "silent" era) and was a later addition which may or may not be copyrighted. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:52, 15 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Just the image quality was all I was concerned about. I paused both at similar frames and the youtube one looks much better. However, I could be mistaken. Would support the better quality version if that is possible. Mattximus (talk) 19:44, 16 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:06, 20 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The Finnish Lutheran cathedral of Helsinki, located in the centre of the city, was built from 1830-1852 as a tribute to the Grand Duke of Finland, Tsar Nicholas I of Russia.
Reason
High resolution composite image of an important Finish monument, adding to the article
Articles in which this image appears
Helsinki Cathedral
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Alvesgaspar (talk)


Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:16, 20 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Ma Lin at the 2013 World Table Tennis Championships, Paris
Reason
High EV. May be slightly noisy, but not enough to damage the composition. Quality action shot too. Featured on commons
Articles in which this image appears
Ma Lin (table tennis)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Sport
Creator
Pierre-Yves Beaudouin

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:17, 20 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Skyline in the city of Tampa, Florida. View to north from the Embassy Suite Hotel, just after sunrise
Alternative – Skyline in the city of Tampa, Florida. View to north from the Embassy Suite Hotel, in the morning
Reason
A beautiful and high resolution depiction of a modern skyline, adding to the articles about thye city of Tampa, Florida
Articles in which this image appears
Tampa, Florida, Downtown Tampa, Cityscape of Tampa
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban
Creator
Alvesgaspar (talk)

Promoted File:Tampa Florida November 2013-2b.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:28, 20 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Only the Original has enough support for promotion. Armbrust The Homunculus 15:16, 20 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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High EV (higher EV viewed as a set), high quality.
Federal Reserve Bank Notes (FRBN) were issued by the United States government in three series: 1915, 1918, and 1929. These notes were directly backed by one of the 12 District Federal Reserve Banks that comprise the Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) system.
Series of 1915 and 1918 are referred to as “Large-size” notes (average 7.375 x 3.125 inches or 187 x 79 mm) and Series of 1929 as “Small-size” notes (6.125 x 2.625 inches or 156 x 67 mm) based primarily on their size relative to each other.
Part of a Smithsonian Institution archival digitization project (this set was scanned 23 August 2012).

Original – A 12-note complete type set of Federal Reserve Bank Notes (FRBN) by denomination including both large and small size issue.

Articles in which these images appear
Federal Reserve Bank Note (all) +4 (Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, United States twenty-dollar bill, and United States fifty-dollar bill)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Culture and lifestyle
Creator
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
From the National Numismatic Collection, NMAH, Smithsonian Institution.
Images by Godot13.


Actually, the $100 FRBN was more of a concept note: it was designed and engraved (obverse only), but never went into production (i.e., they were never issued).-Godot13 (talk) 06:16, 12 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:US-$1-FRBN-1918-Fr.713.jpg Armbrust The Homunculus 09:37, 21 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$2-FRBN-1918-Fr.749.jpg Armbrust The Homunculus 09:37, 21 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$5-FRBN-1918-Fr.790.jpg Armbrust The Homunculus 09:37, 21 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$10-FRBN-1915-Fr.817.jpg Armbrust The Homunculus 09:37, 21 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$20-FRBN-1915-Fr.828.jpg Armbrust The Homunculus 09:37, 21 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$50-FRBN-1918-Fr.831.jpg Armbrust The Homunculus 09:37, 21 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$100-FRBN-1915-PROOF (no Fr.).jpg Armbrust The Homunculus 09:37, 21 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$5-FRBN-1929-Fr.1850-B.jpg Armbrust The Homunculus 09:37, 21 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$10-FRBN-1929-Fr.1860-B.jpg Armbrust The Homunculus 09:37, 21 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$20-FRBN-1929-Fr.1870-D.jpg Armbrust The Homunculus 09:37, 21 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$50-FRBN-1929-Fr.1880-B.jpg Armbrust The Homunculus 09:37, 21 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$100-FRBN-1929-Fr.1890-D.jpg Armbrust The Homunculus 09:37, 21 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]


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Original – Joseph Ambrose, an 86-year-old World War I veteran, attends the dedication day parade for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in 1982, holding the flag that covered the casket of his son, who was killed in the Korean War.
Reason
A historic image with striking emotional impact which greatly adds depth to the article it is used in. The image was nominated originally in 2005, but was not promoted due to its (at the time) low-resolution copy, a replacement for which was unable to be found. I did some research today and located a high-quality version of the image at the National Archives and Records Administration website, which I have uploaded.
Articles in which this image appears
Veterans Day
FP category for this image
American History
Creator
Uploaded by Petaholmes, cited by the NARA as having been taken by the DoD

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:44, 21 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The reading room of the Sainte-Geneviève Library in Paris, designed by Henri Labrouste. Completed in 1850, the 17x80m reading room is 15m high, and is noted for its slender cast iron structure.
Alt - currently in article
Reason
Very high EV, providing a good overview of the whole reading room, its layout and proportions, as well as an extraordinary level of detail. Previous nomination did not succeed for lack of participation (4 support, 1 neutral, 0 oppose, author abstained), so I think it deserves a new chance, as there is a lack of FPs of notable building interiors.
Articles in which this image appears
Sainte-Geneviève Library
FP category for this image
Interiors
Creator
Marie-Lan Nguyen
An interesting suggestion. So people whose language is written from right to left ought to prefer the other one? 86.160.87.222 (talk) 20:45, 16 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
For me, the original one take my eye straight to the distant window and it gets stuck there. And when I take it back out, I get distracted by the dark section in the wall. Whereas the alt (currently used in the article) has my eye sweeping from left to distant right and then back down towards the front. Plus the wall is on the right, which is also the edge of the page. -- Colin°Talk 15:05, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Agree with Colin regarding the current layout: visually the "alt" brings the viewer's attention back to the article. But I wonder if that wouldn't be true if placing the "original" on the left side? On the other hand the "original" illustrates better the northern side of the room showing the entry, and thus bit more info. Which makes me lean toward the "original", but honestly I still find it too difficult to decide, so I stay neutral. --ELEKHHT 09:58, 20 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Salle de lecture Bibliotheque Sainte-Genevieve n03.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:56, 21 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Original has 7 supports, while the Alt only 5. Armbrust The Homunculus 11:07, 21 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalDavid Faiman is an engineer, physicist and a world expert on solar power. He is the director of the Ben-Gurion National Solar Energy Center in Israel, and Chairman of the Department of Solar Energy & Environmental Physics at Ben-Gurion University's Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research.
Reason
I think this image nicely captures the subject in his typical work environment for which is notable.
Articles in which this image appears
David Faiman
FP category for this image
People/Science and engineering
Creator
David Shankbone

Promoted File:David Faiman of the Ben-Gurion National Solar Energy Center.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:17, 22 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The Temple of Friendship in Pavlovsk Park
Reason
High quality and good EV
Articles in which this image appears
Pavlovsk Park
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Florstein

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:05, 24 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Lichtbringer ("Bringer of Light") by Bernhard Hoetger (1936) at the entrance to the Böttcherstraße, Bremen, Germany.
Reason
Good EV, good quality detail for this particular artwork
Articles in which this image appears
Böttcherstraße and Bernhard Hoetger
FP category for this image
Featured pictures/Artwork/Sculpture
Creator
Bernhard Hoetger (Image by Godot13
Thank you Rreagan007 for pointing that out. The proper FoP Germany template tag has been added.-Godot13 (talk) 00:42, 22 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Lichtbringer ("Bringer of Light") by Bernhard Hoetger (1936).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:10, 25 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Spanish Freestyle Motocross rider Maikel Melero at an exhibition in Jarama Circuit, performing "Rock Solid" trick
Reason
Impressive photo, good catch of the moment. High EV portrating this kind of sport, good quality and high level of detail.
Articles in which this image appears
Freestyle Motocross
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Sport
Creator
Kadellar

Promoted File:Maikel Melero - Exhibición Freestyle GP Camión de España 2013 - 01.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:24, 25 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalZürich Opera House
Reason
Balanced composition, good view of the building, quite high EV and good quality
Articles in which this image appears
Zürich Opera House
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Roland zh

Promoted File:Opernhaus Zürich - Sechseläutenplatz 2013-08-31 18-30-40.JPG --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:39, 25 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Full view of Marjerie glacier Glacier Bay Basin, Alaska
Original – Full view of Marjerie glacier Glacier Bay Basin, Alaska
Reason
Dramatic view, High quality and resolution
Articles in which this image appears
Margerie Glacier,Glacier Bay Basin,Portal:Alaska/Selected picture,Margerie-Gletscher
FP category for this image
Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator
Nvvchar
Nvv, it's a very interesting image, but to be of featured picture quality the quality really has to be sharp and very clear. They're far from being quality photographs and are amateurish photos if you compare them to some of the high quality images of ice and snow which you can view by a google image search. Compare the quality with [5] for instance. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:57, 16 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Can some other image such as this [[6]] be nominated. It is not taken by me.--Nvvchar. 04:27, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
That one is severely titled and badly cropped with the top of the mountain lopped off. No way is that FP quality, IMO. 86.176.213.7 (talk) 14:37, 20 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:03, 25 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Northeast exposure of Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount, in the Old City of Jerusalem. Considered to be the third holiest site in Islam after al-Haram in Mecca and an-Nabawi in Medina.
Reason
High EV, good quality, only angle showing two complete sides.
Articles in which this image appears
Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem in Islam, Holy Land, History of the Knights Templar, and Isra and Mi'raj (all recent replacements with a nearly identical image of higher quality and detail).
FP category for this image
Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Godot13
It may be fixable, but I don't have the skills for that... I tried uploading a slightly tweaked version, but I'm not sure it's any better. The sun was just out of frame and because of the layout of the Temple Mount, this is the only position to get two sides of the mosque. I would have happily waited for the right lighting, however the site is only open to the public from 8am to 10am.-Godot13 (talk) 23:57, 17 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - The shadows are a bit harsh, but not as bad at full size as I would have expected from the thumbnail, and there is no noise in them either. Impressive photograph all around. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:06, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Palestine-2013-Jerusalem-Temple Mount-Al-Aqsa Mosque (NE exposure).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:42, 26 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The main temple at Sambisari, Kalasan, Yogyakarta
Reason
High quality image of the main temple of a notable temple complex
Articles in which this image appears
Sambisari
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Chris Woodrich

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 01:45, 27 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A pair of $100 Gold certificates depicting Thomas Hart Benton (Series 1882) and Benjamin Franklin (Series 1934).

Reason
High EV, high quality.
Articles in which this image appears
Gold certificate (both), United States one hundred-dollar bill and Thomas Hart Benton.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Culture and lifestyle
Creator
Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
From the National Numismatic Collection, NMAH, Smithsonian Institution.
Images by Godot13.


Promoted File:US-$100-GC-1882-Fr.1207.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:47, 27 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$100-GC-1934-Fr.2406.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:47, 27 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The Brooklyn Bridge, seen from Manhattan, New York City.
Reason
High quality perfect exposure picture
Articles in which this image appears
Brooklyn Bridge and 100+ articles
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Postdlf

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:47, 28 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Lioness roars in Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania
Reason
Good Composition, Good EV
Articles in which this image appears
Lion, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Wildlife of Tanzania
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
SajjadF

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:43, 28 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Chubbly Squirrel feeds on a fruit in Manyara National Park, Tanzania
Reason
Good Composition, only mildly disgusting, Good EV
Articles in which this image appears
Squirrel, Lake Manyara National Park
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
SajjadF

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:48, 28 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A pair of $1,000 Gold certificates depicting Alexander Hamilton (Series 1882) and Grover Cleveland (Series 1934).

Reason
High EV, high quality images of fairly rare objects.
Articles in which this image appears
Gold certificate (both), Grover Cleveland, Large denominations of United States currency, and List of United States Presidents on currency.
FP category for this image
Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Culture and lifestyle
Creator
Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
From the National Numismatic Collection, NMAH, Smithsonian Institution.
Images by Godot13.


Promoted File:US-$1000-GC-1882-Fr.1218g.jpg Armbrust The Homunculus 14:59, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$1000-GC-1934-Fr.2409.jpg Armbrust The Homunculus 14:59, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]


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Original – A series 1934 $10,000 Gold certificate depicting Salmon P. Chase who was a US Senator from Ohio, Governor of Ohio, Secretary of the Treasury, and Chief Justice of the United States.
Reason
High EV, high quality image of a very rare object. A $10,000 Gold certificate depicting Salmon P. Chase, signed by W.A. Julian and Henry Morgenthau, Jr.. The series 1934 $10,000 Gold certificate was never released to the public and do not exist outside of government institutional collections.
Articles in which this image appears
Gold certificate and Salmon P. Chase
FP category for this image
Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Culture and lifestyle
Creator
Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
From the National Numismatic Collection, NMAH, Smithsonian Institution.
Images by Godot13.

Promoted File:US-$10000-GC-1934-Fr.2412.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:39, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalTwo Tahitian Women, an 1899 painting by Paul Gauguin which depicts two topless women, one holding mango blossoms, on the Pacific Island of Tahiti.
Reason
Notable artist and work. Don't think we have any Gauguin promoted yet.
Articles in which this image appears
Two Tahitian Women +3
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Paul Gauguin

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:47, 30 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalThe Day The Earth Smiled, July 19, 2013; the Cassini spacecraft turned to image Saturn and its entire ring system during an eclipse of the sun. The photo also included planet Earth and our moon; Mars; Venus; and a host of Saturnian moons.
Reason
Notable photograph. Original resolution. Public domain.
Articles in which this image appears
The Day The Earth Smiled
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
Creator
NASA

Promoted File:The Day the Earth Smiled - PIA17172.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:52, 30 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Air-to-air photo shoot of a Sukhoi Superjet 100 (RA-97004) over Italy in the vicinity of Turin.
Reason
Great shot, composition and quality
Articles in which this image appears
Sukhoi Superjet 100
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Air
Creator
Superjet International on Flickr and Uploader: russavia
Yeah, fantastic depth. The plane almost seems to pop out of the screen. Great photo. 86.160.216.217 (talk) 02:06, 22 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Air-to-air photo of a Sukhoi Superjet 100 (RA-97004) over Italy.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:41, 30 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]