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Featured picture candidates

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

Old candidates for Featured pictures are listed here. There are also chronological lists of featured pictures: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and current month.

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

Formal things

Nominating

Guidelines for nominators

Please read the complete guidelines before nominating.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Photographs

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

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

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

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

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

Video and audio

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

Set nominations

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

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

Simple tutorial for new users

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

Adding a new nomination

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

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

All single files:

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

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


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

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

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

Galleries and FP categories: Please add a gallery page and section heading from the list at Commons FP galleries. Write the code as Page name#Section heading. For example: Commons:Featured pictures/Sports#Individual sports An image will only appear ONE time in the galleries. After a successful nomination, the image can be placed in several of the Featured pictures categories.

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

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

Voting

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

You may use the following templates:

  • {{Support}} ( Support),
  • {{Oppose}} ( Oppose),
  • {{Neutral}} ( Neutral),
  • {{Comment}} ( Comment),
  • {{Info}} ( Info),
  • {{Question}} ( Question),
  • {{Request}} ( Request).

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

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

Unhelpful reasons for opposing include:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

General rules

  1. The voting period is 9 complete days counted from the nomination. After the end of this period the result will be determined. Votes added on day 10 and after are not counted.
  2. Nominations by anonymous contributors are welcome.
  3. Contributions to discussion by anonymous contributors are welcome.
  4. Only registered contributors whose Commons accounts have at least 10 days and 50 edits can vote. Exception: registered users can always vote in their own nominations no matter the account age and number of edits.
  5. Nominations do not count as votes. Support must be explicitly stated.
  6. Nominators and authors can withdraw their nominated pictures at any time. This is done by adding the following template: {{Withdraw}} ~~~~. Also, remember that if more than one version is nominated, you should explicitly state which version you are withdrawing.
  7. Remember, the goal of the Wikimedia Commons project is to provide a central repository for free images to be used by all Wikimedia projects, including possible future projects. This is not simply a repository for Wikipedia images, so images should not be judged here on their suitability for that project.
  8. Rules of the 5th day based on vote counts on day number 5 (day of nomination + 5):
    1. Pictures are speedy declined if they have fewer than two support votes.
    2. Pictures are speedy promoted if they have 10 support votes or more and no oppose votes. (Note that if it takes more than five days to reach this threshold, the picture can be promoted as soon as it is reached.) This does not apply to nominations containing at least one ‘Alternative’ image – because it is possible that another image can overtake the one in the lead during the last days, such nominations are never closed early.
    3. Once either speedy criterion is reached, the voting period is considered closed, and no more votes may be added.
  9. Pictures tagged {{FPX}} may be removed from the list 24 hours after the tag was applied, provided there are no support votes other than that of the nominator.
  10. Pictures tagged {{FPD}} (FP-Denied) may be removed from the list 24 hours after the tag was applied.
  11. Only two active nominations by the same user (that is, nominations under review and not yet closed) are allowed. The main purpose of this measure is to contribute to a better average quality of nominations, by driving nominators/creators to choose carefully the pictures presented to the forum.

Featuring and delisting rules

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

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

The delisting rules are the same as those for FPs, with voting taking place over the same time period. The rule of the 5th day is applied to delisting candidates that have received no votes to delist, other than that of the proposer, by day 5.

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

Above all, be polite

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

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

See also

Table of contents

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

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

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File:Iotw2246a - Beginning to End of a Total Lunar Eclipse.jpg

Voting period ends on 15 Jun 2025 at 20:59:17 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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SHORT DESCRIPTION

File:Lenguado común (Solea solea), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2023-07-27, DD 28.jpg

Voting period ends on 15 Jun 2025 at 19:41:06 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Common sole (Solea solea), Arrábida National Park, Portugal
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish#Family : Soleidae (True Soles)
  •  Info created and uploaded by Poco a poco, nominated by Yann
  •  Info Common sole (Solea solea), Arrábida National Park, Portugal. It lives on the sandy or muddy seabed of the northern Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea where it often partially immerses itself in the substrate. The small eyes are close to each other on the right side of the body. This gives the fish the possibility of lurking half-buried in the sand for passing prey. The common sole, just like all other flatfishes, hatches as an "ordinary" fish with one eye on each side of the body. The young metamorphose to flatfish begins when they are about one centimeter long. It grows to a maximum length of about 70 centimetres (28 in).
  •  Support Another great Poco's image. -- Yann (talk) 19:41, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Thanks for the nom, Yann! I do like it, indeed :) Poco a poco (talk) 19:46, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Nice photo. But I will note that we have two FPs of this species. I think this one is sufficiently different that it can be FP, but I think reviewers shouldb be aware of the others Cmao20 (talk)

File:Maison aux glycines (Strasbourg).jpg

Voting period ends on 15 Jun 2025 at 14:25:26 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Wisteria house in Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin, France).

File:Eichengruppe beim Wimmgut in St. Veit i. Pg 2.jpg

Voting period ends on 15 Jun 2025 at 11:13:18 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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A Group of Oaks in St. Veit im Pongau (Salzburg/Austria)

File:JFK Motorcade GettyImages-517330536.jpg

Voting period ends on 15 Jun 2025 at 10:20:04 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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President Kennedy in the limousine in Dallas, Texas, on Main Street, minutes before the assassination. Also in the presidential limousine are Jackie Kennedy, Texas Governor John Connally, and his wife, Nellie.

File:LL25 MiTina turning into Norra Grundsund harbor.jpg

Voting period ends on 14 Jun 2025 at 21:46:39 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Shrimp and crayfish boat LL-25 MiTina turning into her home harbor in Norra Grundsund, Lysekil Municipality, Sweden.
Standing on the jetty taking photos, I noticed the boat was approaching the harbor a bit faster than I thought it might, also taking the turn into the harbor a bit sharper than it should throwing up a good bow wave and backwash. After it had moored I jokingly commented on this to the captain. He said that he saw me on the jetty with my camera and was showing off to give me a good photo. :) After editing the photo, I sent a copy of it to the boat's internet page and gave them the rights to use it as they pleased. I figured, "one good turn deserves another". They still use this photo on social media and other things. :) All by me, -- Cart (talk) 21:46, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Dhavani West Nilgiris Tamil Nadu Nov24 A7CR 05228.jpg

Voting period ends on 14 Jun 2025 at 12:59:32 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Dhavani village, The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India

File:Christ Church, Amherstburg, Ontario, 2025-06-03 05.jpg

Voting period ends on 14 Jun 2025 at 12:22:47 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Christ Church, Amherstburg, Ontario

File:Brooklyn Historical Society NY2.jpg

Voting period ends on 14 Jun 2025 at 01:11:54 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Terra cotta sculpture at the entrance to the Brooklyn Historical Society building, New York City

File:Borracho mono (Ophioblennius steindachneri), Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, México, 2024-12-18, DD 80.jpg

Voting period ends on 13 Jun 2025 at 19:33:17 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Large-banded blenny (Ophioblennius steindachneri), Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico

File:Cascade du Sartre (3).jpg

Voting period ends on 13 Jun 2025 at 15:43:36 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Cascade du Sartre in Cheylade, Cantal, France

File:Cascade de la Roche (15).jpg

Voting period ends on 13 Jun 2025 at 15:41:47 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Cascade de la Roche in Cheylade, Cantal, France

Martioda relics

Voting period ends on 12 Jun 2025 at 19:16:22 (UTC)
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  • VL-4 skull
    VL-4 skull
  • VSD-2 skull
    VSD-2 skull
  • VL-3 skull
    VL-3 skull
  • VSD-1 skull
    VSD-1 skull
  • VL-6 skull
    VL-6 skull
  • VSI-1 skull
    VSI-1 skull
  • VL-5 skull
    VL-5 skull
  • VL-7 skull
    VL-7 skull
  • VL-1 skull
    VL-1 skull
  • VL-8 skull
    VL-8 skull
  • VL-2 skull
    VL-2 skull
  • VST-2 skull
    VST-2 skull
  • CH1 bones
    CH1 bones
  • CH2 bones
    CH2 bones
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Objects#Others
  •  Info created by Gert Voor in't Holt, Museo de Bellas Artes de Álava – uploaded by User:Theklan – nominated by Theklan -- Theklan (talk) 19:16, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Theklan (talk) 19:16, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment I think these are very interesting, but having opened the first two and looked at them in full size, there are quite a lot of JPEG artefacts, particularly in the darker areas of the picture Cmao20 (talk) 20:05, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Cmao20, those artifacts can be fairly easily removed using this program, assuming you have reasonably up-to-date hardware (I don't). The images are too large for my usual methods. JayCubby (talk) 22:40, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose I don't believe that this is a valid set either, there are a bunch of these relics but here we see "only" 14. Apart from the quality I see very similar items without any explanation what do they have in common. A skull and bones belonging to it could be a set, but with no explanation and this quality I cannot support 14 FPs Poco a poco (talk) 17:04, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose I agree with Poco here. The information on each file is the bare minimum, even after I added the basics to each file. If there is an article about the items, it's best to link to it in the file description on each page, posting it here serves no purpose since this page will be archived in a week and in effect hidden from public view. The images are not so different from each other or eye-catching that a set is needed, complete or incomplete. It would be better to pick the best skull of the best photo quality, or skull and bones, to represent the group. --Cart (talk) 11:43, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Pursuit by Mongol Warriors (Diez Albums).jpg

Voting period ends on 12 Jun 2025 at 13:01:09 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Pursuing Mongol warriors, 14th-century

File:Instrument Case with Shuttered Mirror by Muhammad Baqir, Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, laq-0011-front.jpg

Voting period ends on 12 Jun 2025 at 08:07:30 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Lacquered instrument case, Isfahan, 1772 AD

File:NohKaLikai Falls V2 Wiki.jpg

Voting period ends on 12 Jun 2025 at 07:39:49 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Nohkalikai Falls in the Indian state of Meghalaya, before monsoon.

File:Top Chin Cactus Ooty Jun25 A7CR 05768-856 zsp.jpg

Voting period ends on 12 Jun 2025 at 05:10:17 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Top view of Gymnocalycium mihanovichii

File:Amberboom (Liquidambar styraciflua) 14-04-2025 (d.j.b.) 02.jpg

Voting period ends on 12 Jun 2025 at 04:57:54 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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File:Cedar Grove Christian Church Dott PA1.jpg

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Cedar Grove Christian Church, Dott, Pennsylvania

File:Topknot Pigeon 0A2A6700.jpg

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Topknot pigeon

File:Emmett Till's funeral - mourners (restored).jpg

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Mamie Till at Emmett Till's funeral
  • @JayCubby - I did remove my vote as I ponder this a bit more. I experimented with cropping the photo and found it to be much more evocative, though found it difficult to get it "just right". I tried the crop on the left to just enough to remove nearest gentleman's face, leaving the full expression of the other man; and, a crop from the right to remove the sliver of the person next to the woman with her arm raised. But, per Cart, I'm wary of advocating for that change. - ERcheck (talk) 05:39, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Анастасия Львоваru/en 20:16, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Kritzolina (talk) 05:44, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Been thinking about this for a long time now, and it is a very moving photo of very good quality taken at what must have been a rather chaotic event. It's a document of an historic event that I think should be preserved and featured in its entirety, after that people can use it as a base for other crops. Sure, we featured Heroico instead of the original, but that was mostly because the cropped version is the best one known and mostly used. I don't see any similar precedence with this. --Cart (talk) 12:03, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
     Comment - The above version is itself cropped. On EmmettTillExhibit.org, which was created in partnership with the Till family, The Emmett Till & Mamie Till-Mobley Institute, the Emmett Till Interpretive Center, and The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, see Image 16. In that "original" photo, Till's grandfather is also in the photo. As such, if one accepts a crop from the right, accepting a crop from the left (which is actually not taking out key people), would seem acceptable. - ERcheck (talk) 15:30, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Now the problem with that is that the full photo, probably from the original negative, is apparently owned some foundation or museum, so we are not sure that one is free to use and can probably not get our hands on it. The cropped photo above on the other hand, is from a paper copy owned by the Smithsonian and we know it is free. This is why so few old iconic photos get promoted. There are often many versions of them floating around and people here are forever quarrelling about which version to promote. (I can't remember how many attempts were made for different versions of Heroico for years.) I still say I vote to promote the whole photo we have and know is free, and let other crops be made from it, instead of mucking things up further. --Cart (talk) 17:04, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I full-heartedly agree with Cart here! Kritzolina (talk) 17:46, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Mero chino (Cirrhitus rivulatus), Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, México, 2024-12-18, DD 01.jpg

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Giant hawkfish (Cirrhitus rivulatus), Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico

File:GG 844 Björholmen May 2025 02.jpg

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Fishing vessel GG844 Idunn

File:Caretos Lazarim, Portugal.jpg

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Masked carnival participant from Portugal

File:Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris fuscoater) black variant Meidling 2.jpg

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Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris fuscoater) black variant
  • Charlesjsharp, just a general point, because I don't think the official rules on categories are all that clear and I have struggled with them in the past too - Cart and Aristeas did a great explanation of categories here. In short, ask yourself questions based on Kipling's honest serving men. In the example of this nomination, I see that you had the 'what' and 'where' covered, though you could have been more specific with the 'where', but you missed the 'when' (Cart has now covered that with adding 'Nature of Vienna in August') and you also had an opportunity to categorise based on the animal's specific behaviour (eating hazelnuts), i.e. not just 'what is it' but 'what is it doing'. Cmao20 (talk) 00:36, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • "if he doesn't do it, why should I do it..."
"if he doesn't do it, then I shall do this..."
Dear Lord, it sounds like we are dealing with a bunch of six year old boys here!
A.Savin, while I understand your frustration, keeping an 'oppose' on such grounds is just petty and it won't change Charles' behavior one bit. Let me offer an alternative solution. If Charles, despite being a veteran nominator here and being told and corrected over and over again, still doesn't fulfill the basics of presenting a complete file in the noms, that can be seen as negligence, disrupting the workflow here and causing undue friction on the site. Constantly relying on others to do the work for you and pointing fingers instead, could be grounds for a block. As we know, blocks aren't punitive, but if we are looking at a future where FPC voters repeatedly have to save Charles from himself, that is bleak indeed. It is dangerously close to what got ArionStar blocked from this site. 'Pinging' Cmao20 too, as they are part of the discussion. --Cart (talk) 11:09, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Cart You helpfully added a category describing the squirrel as eating a hazelnut. Are you sure? You also added a category describing the squirrel as melanistic. Are you confident that the population of red squirrels in Vienna is melanistic? Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:21, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    The nut has all the characteristics of a wild hazelnut, the general texture, the deep mark from the bracts and the small light green dot at the back from being fresh from the bush. We have a lot of hazel and red squirrels where I live, so I see this combo often. This looks like a hazelnut to me. Since you have identified this as a fuscoater, meaning "dark-skinned" in Latin, (synonyms: S. v. brunnea, gotthardi, graeca, nigrescens, russus and rutilans) black variant, yes I'm confident. According to the wiki article Black squirrel, "melanistic" is a way of describing all the varieties of squirrels with black coloration on their fur regardless of species. Melanism is a term to describe the phenomenon of having a lot of melanin, so it's just about the different color in a species. At the other end of the spectrum we get albinism. Looking at other photos of squirrels from that park, there are those who are even darker than the one in your photo. --Cart (talk) 10:04, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks. Wikipedia is brilliant, but I wouldn't rely on it for scientific evidence. I can't find evidence that these Vienna squirrels are or are not melanistic. One research study of a different population concluded "that variations in the MC1R are not associated with melanism in the fox and red squirrels". So I wouldn't want to be seen to make a speculative decision that would be OR without source research. Charlesjsharp (talk) 13:35, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:European hamster (Cricetus cricetus) Meidling.jpg

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European hamster (Cricetus cricetus)

File:Dunes, Désert du Thar.jpg

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Sand dune with dune ripples in Thar Desert of India.

File:Close wing mud-puddling position of Lamproptera curius (Fabricius, 1787) - White Dragontail (49435).jpg

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Close wing mud-puddling position of Lamproptera curius (Fabricius, 1787) - White Dragontail.
Ok Atudu, of course I can help with this. However, since you are only the nominator and MaheshBaruahwildlife is the author and I don't have their permission to overwrite, this will be a separate file and offered as an 'Alternative' on this nomination, unless I get MaheshBaruahwildlife's permission to fix this. I'll wait a while to upload it to see what you two would like me to do. --Cart (talk) 05:26, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yes you can 2402:3A80:1C71:1334:C075:DFF:FEA5:ACB5 08:40, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yes You can. MaheshBaruahwildlife (talk) 08:43, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your quick answer. ✓ Done :) --Cart (talk) 11:36, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your effort. Atudu (talk) 03:18, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Tide ice formations in Brofjorden at Sandvik 5.jpg

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Tide ice formations, or ice flowers, created by the tide around rocks near the shore in Brofjorden, Brastad, Sweden.

File:Amurtiger-Zoo-Duisburg-Bad-Wasserlinsen-2025-2.jpg

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Siberian tiger in Duisburg Zoo taking a bath in a pond convered with Lemna

File:White Throated Kingfisher with catch.jpg

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White Throated Kingfisher
  •  Comment I may risk being uncharitable here but I struggle to understand how this picture, which is almost completely lacking in detail at full size, gets rave reviews from you whereas my nomination gets an oppose vote for 'lack of detail'. Cmao20 (talk) 00:03, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Kingfishers are great subjects. Acroterion (talk) 12:41, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    The comments below are valid criticisms, thank you for highlighting them. They should also be curable to enhance the image to FP expectations both technically and aesthetically. ROCKY, is it possible to induce the uploader to upload a less-aggressively-processed version? They appear to have been active in March. Acroterion (talk) 17:06, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose A beautiful and difficult shot, regrettably ruined by excessive sharpening and noise reduction --Julesvernex2 (talk) 14:39, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Weak oppose Sadly, I have to agree with Julesvernex2. It's unfortunate that excessive sharpening and denoising have resulted in a washed-out and overly uniform look – many details appear lost. With more careful post-processing, especially when using AI-based tools, significantly better results are possible. Perhaps the nominator could kindly ask the author via e-mail whether a new development from the Raw file might be feasible? Best, -- Radomianin (talk) 15:14, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Weak oppose per Jules and Radomianin, so sorry. It always makes me sad when I see that people have great skills and make every effort to achieve wonderful photos, but then damage these images by rash post-processing so that they look like smartphone shots. This is such a stunning photo, it has deserved much better post-processing. Nerd hint: the pattern in some of the OOF drops of water at the top may be caused by the Phase Fresnel (PF) lens element; this is an additional reason why this photo needs careful editing – one should not emphasize that pattern by sharpening.– Aristeas (talk) 16:26, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Ah, good point! This review warns about the risk of getting "Fresnel bokeh" on specular highlights, indeed one more reason to be careful when editing this image Julesvernex2 (talk) 10:02, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Julesvernex2 is right, great capture but very poor quality and overprocessed at full size Cmao20 (talk) 23:58, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Head of Franz Kafka - kinetic sculpture 06.jpg

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Close-up of the kinetic sculpture "Head of Franz Kafka" in motion. One can see the different bright metal planes of the sculpture reflecting scenery in front of the slightly blurred background of an office building

File:Iarnród Éireann 2603 Glounthaune - Fota.jpg

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Iarnród Éireann 2603 between Glounthaune and Fota, Ireland
  • The writing on the two cars, the stone ballast in front of the train are not clear. The trees appear as smudges. Given the 23 MP res and 1/1600 shutter, I expect better better detail. Perhaps the camera was set to medium or low jpg quality? Or while saving in post-processing? An FP should be printable at the highest res without need for downsampling. --Tagooty (talk) 03:24, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • I strongly disagree with the idea that an FP should be printable at the highest res without need for downsampling. Ultimately this is just punishing creators for uploading high resolution files. A 23 megapixel image that is slightly blurry at full size but sharp when downsampled to 10 megapixels is superior to a completely sharp 10 megapixel image in every way. Anyway, I take your criticisms, but we've recently promoted far less sharp images than this. Cmao20 (talk) 10:59, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Close wing mud-puddling position of Papilio helenus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Red Helen.jpg

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Close wing mud-puddling position of Papilio helenus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Red Helen.


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The bot

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

Manual procedure

Any experienced user may close requests.

  1. In Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the candidate image, then [edit].
    Add the result of the voting at the bottom (on a new line with a space first)
    {{FPC-results-reviewed|support=x|oppose=x|neutral=x|featured=("yes" or "no")|gallery=xxx (leave blank if "featured=no")|sig=~~~~}}
     (for example see Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:The Bridge (August 2013).jpg). See also {{FPC-results-reviewed}}.
  2. Also edit the title of the candidate image template and add after the image tag
    featured or not featured
    For example:
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] ===
    becomes
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], featured ===
  3. Save your edit.
  4. If it is featured:
    • Add the picture to the list of the four most recently featured pictures of an appropriate gallery of Commons:Featured pictures, list as the first one and delete the last one, so that the number is four again.
    • Also add the picture to the appropriate gallery and section of Commons:Featured pictures, list. Click on the most appropriate link beneath where you just added it as one of the four images. An image should only appear ONE time in the galleries. After a successful nomination, the image can be placed in several of the Featured pictures categories.
    • Add the template {{Assessments|featured=1}} to the image description page.
      • If it was an alternative image, use the subpage/com-nom parameter: For example, if File:Foo.jpg was promoted at Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Bar.jpg, use {{Assessments|featured=1|com-nom=Bar.jpg}}
      • If the image is already featured on another wikipedia, just add featured=1 to the Assessments template. For instance {{Assessments|enwiki=1}} becomes {{Assessments|enwiki=1|featured=1}}
    • Add the picture to the chronological list of featured pictures. Put it in the gallery using this format: File:xxxxx.jpg|# - '''Headline'''<br>created by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]], uploaded by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]], nominated by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]]
      • The # should be replaced by 1 for the first image nominated that month, and counts up after that. Have a look at the other noms on that page for examples.
      • You may simplify this if multiple things were done by the same user. E.g.: File:xxxxx.jpg|# - '''Headline'''<br>created, uploaded, and nominated by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]]
    • Add == FP promotion ==
      {{FPpromotion|File:XXXXX.jpg}} to the Talk Page of the nominator.
  5. As the last step (whether the image is featured or not; including {{FPX}}ed, {{FPD}}ed and withdrawn nominations), open Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list, click on [edit], and find the transclusion of the nomination you've just finished closing. It will be of the form:
    {{Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:XXXXX.jpg}}
    Copy it to the bottom of Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/June 2025), save that page, and remove it from the candidate list.

Closing a delisting request

  1. In Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the candidate image, then [edit].
    Add the result of the voting at the bottom (on a new line with a space first)
    '''Result:''' x delist, x keep, x neutral => /not/ delisted. ~~~~
    (for example see Commons:Featured picture candidates/removal/Image:Astrolabe-Persian-18C.jpg)
  2. Also edit the title of the delisting candidate image template and add after the image tag
    delisted or not delisted
    For example:
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] === becomes === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], delisted ===
  3. Move the actual template from Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list to the bottom of the actual month page on Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/June 2025.
  4. If the outcome was not delisted, stop here. If it is delisted:
    1. Remove the picture from Commons:Featured pictures, list and any subpages.
    2. Edit the picture's description as follows:
      1. Replace the template {{Featured picture}} on the image description page by {{Delisted picture}}. If using the {{Assessments}} template, change featured=1 to featured=2 (do not change anything related to its status in other featured picture processes).
      2. Remove the image from all categories beginning with "Featured [pictures]" (example: Featured night photography, Featured pictures from Wiki Loves Monuments 2016, Featured pictures of Paris).
      3. Remove the "Commons quality assessment" claim (d:Property:P6731) "Wikimedia Commons featured picture" from the picture's Structured data.
    3. Add a delisting-comment to the original entry in chronological list of featured pictures in bold-face, e. g. delisted 2007-07-19 (1-6) with (1-6) meaning 1 keep and 6 delist votes (change as appropriate). The picture in the gallery is not removed.
  5. If this is a Delist and Replace, the delisting and promotion must both be done manually. To do the promotion, follow the steps in the above section. Note that the assessment tag on the file page and the promotion tag on the nominator's talk page won't pick up the /replace subpage that these nominations use.

Manual archiving of a withdrawn nomination

  1. In Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the candidate image, then [edit].
    In the occasion that the FPCbot will not mark withdrawn nominations with a "to be reviewed" template and put them in Category:Featured picture candidates awaiting closure review just like if they were on the usual list, put the following "no" template:
    {{FPC-results-reviewed|support=X|oppose=X|neutral=X|featured=no|gallery=|sig=--~~~~}}
  2. Also edit the title of the candidate image template and add after the image tag
    not featured
    For example:
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] ===
    becomes
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], not featured ===
  3. Save your edit.
  4. Open Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list, click on [edit], and find the transclusion of the nomination. It will be of the form:
    {{Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:XXXXX.jpg}}
    Copy it to the bottom of Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/June 2025), save that page, and remove it from the candidate list.
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