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This star, with one point broken, symbolizes the featured candidates on Wikipedia.

Featured pictures are images that add significantly to articles, either by illustrating article content particularly well, or being eye-catching to the point where users will want to read its accompanying article. Taking the adage that "a picture is worth a thousand words", the images featured on Wikipedia:Featured pictures should illustrate a Wikipedia article in such a way as to add significantly to that article, according to the featured picture criteria.

Promoting an image

If you believe an image should be featured, create a subpage (use the "For Nominations" field, below) and add the subpage to the current nominations section.

For promotion, if an image is listed here for ten days with five or more reviewers in support and the consensus is in its favor, it can be added to the Wikipedia:Featured pictures list. Consensus is generally regarded to be a two-thirds majority in support, including the nominator and/or creator of the image; however, anonymous votes are generally disregarded, as are opinions of sockpuppets.

All users may comment. However, only those who have been on Wikipedia for 25 days and with at least 100 edits will be included in the numerical count. If necessary, decisions about close candidacies will be made on a case-by-case basis. Nominations started in December are given three extra days, due to the holidays slowing down activity here.

The archive contains all opinions and comments collected for candidate nominations and their nomination results.

If you nominate an image here, please consider also uploading and nominating it at Commons to help ensure that the pictures can be used not just in the English Wikipedia but on all other Wikimedia projects as well.

Delisting an image

A featured picture can be nominated for delisting if you feel it no longer lives up to featured picture standards. You may also request a featured picture be replaced with a superior image. Create a subpage (use the "For Delists" field, below) and add the subpage to the current nominations section.

Please leave a note on the talk page of the original FPC nominator (and creator/uploader, if appropriate) to let them know the delisting is being debated. The user may be able to address the issues and avoid the delisting of the picture.

For delisting, if an image is listed here for ten days with five or more reviewers supporting a delist or replace, and the consensus is in its favor, it will be delisted from Wikipedia:Featured pictures. Consensus is generally regarded to be a two-thirds majority in support, including the nominator. Note that anonymous votes are generally disregarded, as are opinions of sockpuppets. However, images are sometimes delisted despite having fewer than five in support of their removal, and there is currently no consensus on how best to handle delist closures, except that:If the image to be delisted is not used in any articles by the time of closure, it must be delisted. If it is added to articles during the nomination, at least one week's stability is required for the nomination to be closed as "Kept". The nomination may be suspended if a week hasn't yet passed to give the rescue a chance.

Outside of the nominator, all voters are expected to have been on Wikipedia for 25 days and to have made a minimum of 100 edits. If necessary, decisions about close candidacies will be made on a case-by-case basis. As with regular nominations, delist nominations are given three extra days to run if started in December.

Note that delisting an image does not mean deleting it. Delisting from Featured pictures in no way affects the image's status in its article(s).

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Step 1:
Evaluate

Evaluate the merit of a nomination against the featured picture criteria. Most users reference terms from this page when evaluating nominations.

Step 2:
Create a subpage

For Nominations

To create a subpage of Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates for your nomination, add a title for the image you want to nominate in the field below (e.g., Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Labrador Retriever) and click the "Create new nomination" button.

For Delists (or Delist & Replace)

To create a subpage for your delist, add a title for the image you want to delist/replace in the field below and click the "Create new delist nomination" button.

Step 3:
Transclude and link

Transclude the newly created subpage to the Featured picture candidate list (direct link).

How to comment for Candidate Images

Write Support, if you approve of the picture. A reason is optional.
Write Oppose, followed by your reasoning, if you disapprove of the picture. All objections should be accompanied by a specific rationale that, if addressed, would make you support the image. If your concern is one that can only be addressed by the creator, and if they haven't nominated or commented on the image, and if they are a Wikipedian, you should notify them directly.
You can weak support or weak oppose instead, so that your opinion will be weighed as half of a "full" opinion.
- To change your opinion, strike it out (with <s>...</s>) rather than removing it.
If you think a nominated image obviously fails the featured picture criteria, write Speedy close followed by your reasons. Nominations may be closed early if this is the case.

Recommendations added early in the process may be disregarded if they do not address concerns and/or improvements that arise later in the debate. Reviewers are advised to monitor the progress of a nomination and update their votes accordingly.

Prior to giving an opinion, the image should be assessed on its quality as displayed at full size (high-resolution) in an image editing program. Please note that the images are only displayed at thumbnail size on this page. The thumbnail links to the image description page which, in turn, links to the high-resolution version.

How to comment for Delist Images

Write Keep, followed by your reasons for keeping the picture.
Write Delist, followed by your reasons for delisting the picture.
Write Delist and Replace if you believe the image should be replaced by a better picture.
You can weak keep, weak delist or weak delist and replace instead, so that your opinion will be weighed as half of a "full" opinion.
- To change your opinion, strike it out (with <s>...</s>) rather than removing it.

Please remember to be civil, not to bite the newbies and to comment on the image, not the person.

You may find the glossary useful when you encounter acronyms or jargon in other voters' comments. You can also link to it by using {{FPCgloss}}.

Editing candidates

If you feel you could improve a candidate by image editing, please feel free to do so, but do not overwrite or remove the original. Instead, upload your edit with a different file name (e.g., add "edit" to the file name), and display it below the original nomination. Edits should be appropriately captioned in sequential order (e.g., Edit 1, Edit 2, etc), and describe the modifications that have been applied.

Is my monitor adjusted correctly?

In a discussion about the brightness of an image, it is necessary to know if the computer display is properly adjusted. Displays differ greatly in their ability to show shadow detail. There are four dark grey circles in the adjacent image. If you can discern three (or even four) of the circles, your monitor can display shadow detail correctly. If you see fewer than three circles, you may need to adjust the monitor and/or computer display settings. Some displays cannot be adjusted for ideal shadow detail. Please take this into account when voting.

Displays also differ greatly in their ability to show highlight detail. There are light grey circles in the adjacent image. If you can discern three (or even four) of the circles, your monitor can display highlight detail correctly. If you see fewer than three circles, you may need to adjust the monitor and/or computer display settings (probably reduce the contrast setting). Some displays cannot be adjusted for ideal highlight detail. Please take this into account when voting.

On a gamma-adjusted display, the four circles in the color image blend into the background when seen from a few feet (roughly 75–150 cm) away. If they do not, you could adjust the gamma setting (found in the computer's settings, not on the display), until they do. This may be very difficult to attain, and a slight error is not detrimental. Uncorrected PC displays usually show the circles darker than the background. Note that the image must be viewed in original size (263 × 68 pixels) - if enlarged or reduced, results are not accurate.

Note that on most consumer LCD displays (laptop or flat screen), viewing angle strongly affects these images. Correct adjustment on one part of the screen might be incorrect on another part for a stationary head position. Click on the images for more technical information. If possible, calibration with a hardware monitor calibrator is recommended.

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Current nominations

Grey-headed honeyeater

Voting period ends on 7 Aug 2024 at 11:15:53 (UTC)

Original – Grey-headed Honeyeater (Ptilotula keartlandi). Kings Canyon, Watarrka National Park, Northern Territory, Australia.

Reason: Unanimously featured on Commons last month. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears: Grey-headed honeyeater
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator: JJ Harrison

Support as nominator – MER-C 11:15, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 16:54, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Seattle I5 skyline

Voting period ends on 7 Aug 2024 at 11:13:17 (UTC)

Original – The Seattle skyline at dusk as viewed from Dr. Jose Rizal Park. In the foreground is the Interstate 5 in Washington.

Reason: Unanimously featured on Commons a month ago. To replace existing FP File:SeattleI5Skyline.jpg.
Articles in which this image appears: Transportation in Seattle etc.
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban
Creator: Dllu

Support as nominator – MER-C 11:13, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Dunnock

Voting period ends on 7 Aug 2024 at 04:55:31 (UTC)

Original – A dunnock (Prunella modularis) College Lake nature reserve, Buckinghamshire, England.

Reason: Great quality and detail, adds EV. Unanimously promoted to FP, QI, and VI on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears: Dunnock
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator: Charlesjsharp

Support as nominator – _ZZ^Z 'S 04:55, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Thanks for the nomination. Charlesjsharp (talk) 16:54, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Greenfield tornado

Voting period ends on 7 Aug 2024 at 03:12:57 (UTC)

Original – A photograph of the 2024 Greenfield tornado, the strongest tornado during the tornado outbreak sequence of May 19–27, 2024

Reason: Extremely high EV for one of the strongest tornadoes ever recorded, and the third highest wind speed ever measured on earth (Tornado records#Highest winds observed in a tornado). Tornado was also academically studied (Research on tornadoes in 2024#Greenfield tornado) by several organizations. High EV public domain photograph no less as well.

NOTE: The image barely fails the second FP criteria, as it is 2,048 × 1,366 pixels. However, per the criteria, "Exceptions to this rule may be made where justified on a case-by-case basis, such as for historical, technically difficult or otherwise unique images", so this is being nominated under the grounds of an exception to FPC #2.

Articles in which this image appears: List:

FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Weather
Creator: Isaac Polanski, uploaded by TornadoLGS

Support as nominator – The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 03:12, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Samuel Plimsoll

Voting period ends on 6 Aug 2024 at 16:23:58 (UTC)

Original – Samuel Plimsoll

Reason: Quite a nice image of an under-photographed person.
Articles in which this image appears: Samuel Plimsoll
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator: Lock and Whitfield; restored by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 16:23, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 11:15, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I think the second image in the article has more EV. Charlesjsharp (talk) 16:56, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'd agree, but there's no copy of it available at sufficient quality. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 16:58, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Scream

Voting period ends on 6 Aug 2024 at 00:23:28 (UTC)

Original – The Scream is a composition created by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch in 1893. The agonized face in the painting has become one of the most iconic images in art, seen as symbolizing the anxiety of the human condition. Munch's work, including The Scream, had a formative influence on the Expressionist movement. Munch created two versions in paint and two in pastels, as well as a lithograph stone from which several prints survive. Both painted versions have been stolen, but since recovered. In 2012, one of the pastel versions commanded the at-the-time highest nominal price paid for an artwork at a public auction.

Reason: one of the most well know, iconic and well received art pieces of all time
Articles in which this image appears: The Scream, Edvard Munch, Expressionism, Modern art etc.
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator: Edvard Munch

Support as nominator – Carlosmarkos2345 (talk) 00:23, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Question Is this the recognized 'best-according-to-art-experts' version and are the colours/tone true to life? Charlesjsharp (talk) 07:07, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well, there are black pixels (0, in the join at right) and totally white pixels (255, white brush strokes) so it appears the exposure is spot on. However, the tone curve may be off, making the overall look very murky... Haven't seen it "live", so I can't say for sure. --Janke | Talk 10:47, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Looks under-saturated. -- Sca (talk) 12:32, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Paul Parkman

Voting period ends on 5 Aug 2024 at 00:47:12 (UTC)

Original – Dr. Paul D. Parkman

Reason: High quality portrait of Paul Parkman, one of the inventors of the rubella vaccine.
Articles in which this image appears: Paul Parkman
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering
Creator: Author unknown

Support as nominator – Vinícius O. (talk) 00:47, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – Man in suit & tie. Unexceptional NIH publicity shot. – Sca (talk) 01:14, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose This is a useful photo that shows what this notable person looks like, but doesn't provide any indication of why they're notable. Nick-D (talk) 11:33, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Portrait of Charles Marcotte

Voting period ends on 5 Aug 2024 at 00:36:04 (UTC)

Original – Portrait of Charles Marcotte by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1810)

Reason: High quality and resolution
Articles in which this image appears: Portrait of Charles Marcotte, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, National Gallery of Art etc.
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator: Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Support as nominator – Vinícius O. (talk) 00:36, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – ―Howard • 🌽³³ 23:29, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Separate but "equal" drinking fountains

Voting period ends on 3 Aug 2024 at 19:11:07 (UTC)

Original – 'Negro drinking at "Colored" water cooler in streetcar terminal, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma', a photograph by Russell Lee

Reason: Per last nomination, a restored version. I'm using the title from the Library of Congress; The word negro was a lot more acceptable and polite in 1939, but it feels wrong to change the title at our end before the holding library does.
Articles in which this image appears: Discrimination, Discrimination in the United States, Jim Crow laws, Plessy v. Ferguson, Racial segregation, Racism, Separate but equal + 5
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/American
Creator: Russell Lee, restored by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 19:11, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – I also support a bit of sharpening. Bammesk (talk) 00:30, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Bammesk: Done. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 05:58, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Carlosmarkos2345 (talk) 12:21, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – ―Howard • 🌽³³ 16:25, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
And again apologies for the delay. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 20:25, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
no problem. thanks for the restoration ―Howard • 🌽³³ 23:29, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Bad left crop was careless unless this is a crop of the original. Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:02, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The original two copies show film edges there. It's possible Lee intended to crop it: can't really change aspect ratio on a film camera - but my rule is to let our reusers do any desired crops unless there's a very good reason (severe damage, very minor crops of blank areas to centre subject or lose vignetting, crop mark on image (though I tend to play crop marks by ear; hard to tell publisher ones from artist ones, and publishers of the time may be cropping for crappy halftone newspaper reproduction) Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 16:02, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Well executed photo with strong EV. It illustrates its topic well, including by highlighting just how stupid this all was. Nick-D (talk) 11:35, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Petar Milošević (talk) 16:03, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 10:52, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Napoléon (1927 film)

Voting period ends on 3 Aug 2024 at 00:08:09 (UTC)

Original – Napoléon is a 1927 French silent historical epic film directed by Abel Gance, starring Albert Dieudonné as Napoleon Bonaparte.

Reason: Napoléon (1927 film) is a WP:FILM/CORE article, and Napoléon entered the U.S. public domain last year. It's the best-known work by director Abel Gance, and probably of the French impressionist film movement.

Technical notes because this one was a doozy: The pillarboxing here is intentional, in the last 20 minutes there's a famous sequence where it becomes a widescreen Polyvision arrangement. The extreme length means we're approaching Wikipedia's technical limits, and only low-quality transcodes succeed so you have to select "Source" in the video player. I kept it as a single video since it wasn't released in parts and 2Mbps is still equivalent to a video2commons output. The alternative is a 4-video set of each act (higher bitrate, HD transcodes would complete, and no letterboxing on the first 3), would be great if reviewers indicated the format they'd prefer.
Articles in which this image appears: Napoléon (1927 film), Polyvision
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Film
Creator: Abel Gance (director)

Support as nominator – hinnk (talk) 00:08, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Not that I'm going to watch the 5-hour mammoth movie, but the last 30 minutes are interesting - at least as a predecessor of Cinerama. --Janke | Talk 07:09, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
comment Translations qualify for copyright. Do we know their status here?©Geni (talk) 20:04, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
From what I can tell, the American Film Institute provided English intertitles for the restoration. The film's U.S. (and UK) release came in 1928, so the English-language sources for the translated intertitle text would also be public domain now. hinnk (talk) 20:55, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Take in consideration that the 1928 US and UK release versions had different lenghts (the US version, at less than 2 hours, was shorter and had it's intertitles rewritten by MGM). --Mayimbú (talk) 07:23, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That might explain it then. Brownlow describes having collected prior footage with some of the English intertitles and then AFI stepping in to provide the rest, with the BFI National Film Archive later reshooting them to standardize their appearance. It sounds like intertitles from the different English-language versions got combined. hinnk (talk) 08:41, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Carlosmarkos2345 | Talk 20:56, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ESDPES

Voting period ends on 2 Aug 2024 at 08:17:16 (UTC)

Original – A picture of the Gabaldon of the Eugenio Daza Pilot Elementary School in Borongan City, Eastern Samar.

Reason: Passes criteria 1 (if it passes it slightly, it can be excepted for unique images, since it pictures a rare-and-historical landmark). It passes 2, 3, and 4. It also passes 5 (see criteria 1 reason), slightly passes 6 (I can try to get a picture of the plaque, which states this), 7, and 8.
Articles in which this image appears: Borongan
FP category for this image: Category:Borongan
Creator: TheNuggeteer

Support as nominator – 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 08:17, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – Visual information not readily intelligible to general readers/viewers. Lacks EV. – Sca (talk) 12:08, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose — Regardless of the landmark's significance, this image is blurry and has blown highlights. Moonreach (talk) 13:18, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Do you think I should create another one? 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 13:26, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Honestly, I think it would be difficult to shoot a captivating image of this subject. --Janke | Talk 13:43, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
~~I think we've seen this one before. -- Sca (talk) 14:52, 23 July 2024 (UTC)~~[reply]
What makes you say that? 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 01:46, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, guess I confused it with something else. -- Sca (talk) 13:07, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have another good picture of this school (in my old phone which I sometimes take), I feel like I should upload it, how about you? 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 02:19, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Machado de Assis

Voting period ends on 1 Aug 2024 at 17:25:59 (UTC)

Original – Brazillian author Machado de Assis

Reason: Full disclosure: I'm not sure the skintones are perfect, but that's typical of photographs of the time. In photographs of him in crowds he doesn't appear to be so dark-skinned that I'd consider this entirely misleading, and this article describes him as a "light-skinned mulatto" - I presume that last term is much more acceptable in Brazil. Still, at least to modern eyes, it's probably lightening his skin at least a little bit. They tended to put a lot of light on the faces of dark skinned individuals to try and pull more detail since the film of the time lacked good differentiation of darker colours (and probably for racist reasons as well).

That disclosure and the problems noted therein aside, for the time, this is quite a good photo. I did tweak levels to make it as unmisleading as possible. But I do believe that one should be honest about any flaws in the image when nominating.
Articles in which this image appears: Machado de Assis
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
Creator: Marc Ferrez, restored by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 17:25, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Bammesk (talk) 00:34, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment — I see what I think is macroblocking in the mid-tones of the face. Apart from that I would be inclined to vote support; the other flaws I see are minor and derive from the photo's historical nature. Moonreach (talk) 17:29, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Moonreach: Think I got the worst of it: There was some weird damage - possibly historical retouching. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 07:25, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It does indeed look better. I'll say support. Thanks for doing that. Moonreach (talk) 14:39, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - I'm not crazy about the composition, but given that this is an historic photograph, the framing can be excused. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 18:53, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 08:24, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 07:10, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 10:33, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Viperine water snake/3

Voting period ends on 1 Aug 2024 at 12:17:32 (UTC)

Original – Viperine water snake (Natrix maura), Extremadura, Spain

Reason: High quality large image. FP on Commons. This is the photo’s 3rd nomination (the second by me). It got four support votes on both its first nomination and second nomination.
Articles in which this image appears: Viperine water snake
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Reptiles
Creator: Charlesjsharp

Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 12:17, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – _ZZ^Z 'S 12:46, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Beautiful background, and a good shot of the snake in its natural environment. While one might like more details, long ropey lads are hard to get fully into a shot, so that's more of a reason to have a second FP focusing on the snake's scale patterns than an objection to this one. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 10:49, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support but with a comment: a bit of oversharpening on its head, by the looks of things. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 18:54, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – third time's the charm ―Howard • 🌽³³ 19:49, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 02:59, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 10:28, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Cayman curly-tailed lizard

Voting period ends on 1 Aug 2024 at 11:35:27 (UTC)

Original – Cayman curly-tailed lizard (Leiocephalus varius), Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

Reason: High quality large image of species endemic to the Cayman Islands. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears: Cayman curly-tailed lizard
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Reptiles
Creator: Charlesjsharp

Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:35, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – _ZZ^Z 'S 12:46, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Really nice work! Don't suppose you also got a shot of that intriguing bright red insect ( or is that just a leaf/flower?) Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 10:51, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I try not to miss the little bugs. This one is a nymph. Charlesjsharp (talk) 20:41, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Pretty! Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 17:38, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 18:55, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:00, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 10:28, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Malabar pied hornbill (Anthracoceros coronatus) female in flight.jpg

Voting period ends on 1 Aug 2024 at 11:58:12 (UTC)

Original – Malabar pied hornbill (Anthracoceros coronatus) female in flight.jpg

Reason: High quality image. FP on Commons. Received four positive and one negative vote on previous nomination
Articles in which this image appears: Malabar pied hornbill
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator: Charlesjsharp

Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:58, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - a bit on the small side, but given the difficulties of catching a subject in flight from this angle, I think it's fine. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 18:56, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:01, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support – looks okay for me _ZZ^Z 'S 23:53, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 17:39, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 10:17, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Milk Drop Coronet

Voting period ends on 31 Jul 2024 at 12:00:42 (UTC)

Original – Milk Drop Coronet: a high-speed photograph of a milk drop splashing by Doc Edgerton

Reason: A good scan of the original photographic negative at MIT museum. interesting photo. high EV for the article it's in.
Articles in which this image appears: Milk Drop Coronet, List of photographs considered the most important
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Photographic techniques, terms, and equipment
Creator: Harold Eugene Edgerton

Support as nominator – ―Howard • 🌽³³ 12:00, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Notable photo. Ok quality for an innovative photo in 1957. The file size 731 KB is small, but I doubt a larger file size would make any difference in this case. Bammesk (talk) 13:00, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Aye. I'm not seeing enough JPEG artefacting to distract from, well, the film grain. Support Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 19:29, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Simply iconic! --Janke | Talk 16:38, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:58, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Moonreach (talk) 16:36, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – _ZZ^Z 'S 17:31, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 20:43, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 10:09, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Smerinthus ocellatus

Voting period ends on 31 Jul 2024 at 11:04:01 (UTC)

Female
Male

Reason: Unanimously featured on Commons last month. Headline images.
Articles in which this image appears: Smerinthus ocellatus
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator: Ivar Leidus

Support as nominator – MER-C 11:04, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – _ZZ^Z 'S 14:19, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose due to the very harsh shadows. (Light comes from different sides of male & female - why?) --Janke | Talk 17:44, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I presume because they aren't literally next to each other in reality. I do think it looks almost more like black - well the term's setae, but let's call it fur for ease of understanding - on their abdomen. Which is bad, but I think it's also forgivable. Support. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 10:53, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Those dark areas are shadows, not black fur. This can cause a misconception if you're not familiar with the insect, so it lessens the EV. (You can also see the sharp shadows of the wing edges.) --Janke | Talk 07:05, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Palm warblera title for the nomination

Voting period ends on 31 Jul 2024 at 10:54:52 (UTC)

Original – "Yellow" palm warbler in breeding plumage

Reason: Unanimously featured on Commons in April. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears: Palm warbler
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator: Rhododendrites

Support as nominator – MER-C 10:54, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – _ZZ^Z 'S 14:19, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:59, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 18:58, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support too small really, but it's a nice shot. Charlesjsharp (talk) 20:45, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Petar Milošević (talk) 16:04, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Raft of the Medusa

Voting period ends on 29 Jul 2024 at 20:03:53 (UTC)

Original – From Commons: "The Raft of the Medusa (1818-1819). Oil on canvas, 490 × 716 cm (16 ft 1 in × 23 ft 6 in). Louvre, Paris"

Reason: High resolution upload of a famous painting; target article is FA. I confess I'm not an expert on color grading but this version appears to be superior to the other ones I found in a quick Google Image search. I can't tell if the faint color-banding in the lower left is an aspect of the canvas or a fault in the reproduction.
Articles in which this image appears: The Raft of the Medusa, among many others
FP category for this image: link to category (listed on the WP:FP page) that best describes the image
Creator: Théodore Géricault, uploaded to Commons by Pq32

Support as nominator – Moonreach (talk) 20:03, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Crushed blacks, overly contrasty shadows. Strange horizontal lines. Is this really the best version available? --Janke | Talk 11:25, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – The painting is 23.4 feet wide, so at 5,872 × 4,008 pixels, the scan resolution is 21 pixels per inch. That's low. For a painting, fine details are lost at that resolution. I say 40+ pixels per inch can be Ok. Bammesk (talk) 12:34, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Screen resolution is 72 dpi. MER-C 16:34, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm willing to accept that very large paintings may have a low dpi because they're very large. However, I expect better than "Unknown source" for an image of a painting at FPC. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 19:31, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per above. MER-C 16:34, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

2023 Fagradalsfjall eruption

Voting period ends on 29 Jul 2024 at 23:19:04 (UTC)

Original – The 2023 Fagradalsfjall eruption

Reason: Great view of the eruption, unanimously promoted to FP, QI, and VI on Commons
Articles in which this image appears: Fagradalsfjall, Lava, Keilir
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural_phenomena/Others
Creator: Giles Laurent

Support as nominator – _ZZ^Z 'S 23:19, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Thank you for the nomination! -- Giles Laurent (talk) 15:26, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 18:20, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support It looks... odd, but then, it's literally lava; I haven't seen lava in person. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 19:44, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Brilliant Charlesjsharp (talk) 22:17, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – very cool! ―Howard • 🌽³³ 10:29, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Choliamb (talk) 14:41, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 05:01, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Helen Hunt Jackson

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 28 Jul 2024 at 16:20:41 (UTC)

Original – Helen Hunt Jackson, circa 1884

Reason: A fine portrait of a notable author.
Articles in which this image appears: Helen Hunt Jackson, et al.
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
Creator: Charles F. Conly, restored by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 16:20, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 18:32, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 07:17, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support but note minor fleck of dust near the viewer's-left bulge of her hair. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 17:09, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Crisco 1492: Should be fixed after this upload goes through, presuming I'm looking at the same fleck. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 18:15, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yep, that got it! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 22:09, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Question The wall on the right is strange. I guess it is like this in all prints that you've found. Charlesjsharp (talk) 22:20, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Charlesjsharp: That's the edge of a, like, column or pillar? It's definitely a real object. You can see it better in a different image (sadly unavailable at a decent size) from the photographic session - I'm going to call that the "NYPL" image, for convenience. We could crop it: some of the publication uses crop or edit it out - [1] for example, which is the thumbnail for [2] is a half-tone print that crops rather harshly on the right. Likewise, there's a very harsh crop at [3], [4] - which I'd guess are photogravures or something else that degrades the image, because they're definitely worse quality than the photographic print I restored. I think they're the same image, but given I can barely tell the NYPL is different (look at the thumb and lack of wool on the table), I don't want to discount there being a third image that they were based on. Other copies like the Emily Dickenson Museum one appear to be a copy of the half-tone print from the LOC.

There may (have been?) other images in that session. I think it's a drawing, but [5] looks a lot like the images from this session, but with a hand pose that blocks her face. It's definitely a drawing in File:Helen Hunt Jackson (The Magazine of Poetry and Literary Review, 1893).png and [6]. If that is based on a photo - and I can't see why you'd move the hand to block view of the face - the hand position likely blocks it from consideration, quirky though it may be. Meanwhile [7] - while composited - may indicate the existence of a standing photo of her. Possibly the same as this, but I'm starting to lose track of all these images.[8] has some thumbnails, including a few of a very young Jackson. All very small.

We're nearing the end. Abandoning Conly to see what's out there, we can immediately abandon the goblin-faced terrible artwork in "A Short History of England's and America's Literature". There's another mediocre sketch on the Library of Congress.

Finally, there's this from the Huntington, probably the best of the non-Conly photos that's available at a decent size. [9] is similar. This book has a lovely image of her, but I don't know where they got it from.

Hope this helps! Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 00:08, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Just to note, [10] does have the book cover image; probably cropped. Tineye indicates it was on JSTOR at some point? Honestly, if somone has the book, it'd probably be easier to check the photograph credit. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 01:51, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Thanks for all the detail; clearly just a shadow from the window which should not be removed. Charlesjsharp (talk) 07:01, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Carlosmarkos2345 (talk) 01:48, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Choliamb (talk) 14:38, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Helen Hunt Jackson by Charles F. Conly.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:21, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

African chaffinch female

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 27 Jul 2024 at 21:11:47 (UTC)

Original – African chaffinch (Fringilla spodiogenys) female Sfax, Tunisia

Reason: High quality image. FP on Commons
Articles in which this image appears: African chaffinch
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator: Charlesjsharp

Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:11, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 18:30, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 23:34, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – _ZZ^Z 'S 20:27, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 07:18, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Giles Laurent (talk) 15:28, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Choliamb (talk) 19:38, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:African Chaffinch (Fringilla spodiogenys) female Sfax.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:14, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Female galah in flight/2

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 27 Jul 2024 at 20:57:08 (UTC)

Original – Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla), female in flight in Mount Pleasant, South Australia

Reason: High quality image. FP on Commons. Nominated earlier this year, when it received 3 support votes
Articles in which this image appears: Galah
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator: Charlesjsharp

Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 20:57, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 18:28, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support No idea how this didn't pass last time, it's even more stunning than the Noddy. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 23:34, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Carlosmarkos2345 01:19, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – _ZZ^Z 'S 20:27, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 07:18, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Beautiful pose and feathers. --RockosModernLifeFan848 (talk) 11:02, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Giles Laurent (talk) 15:28, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla) female in flight Mount Pleasant.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:58, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Common noddy

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 27 Jul 2024 at 20:50:48 (UTC)

Original – Common noddy (Anous stolidus pileatus) in flight over Michaelmas Cay, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Reason: High quality image.
Articles in which this image appears: Common noddy
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator: Charlesjsharp

Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 20:50, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 18:37, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Impressive in-flight shot, with fantastic composition. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 23:32, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Choliamb (talk) 19:41, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – _ZZ^Z 'S 20:26, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 07:19, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Giles Laurent (talk) 15:28, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Common noddy (Anous stolidus pileatus) in flight Michaelmas Cay.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:51, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Northrop HL-10

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 27 Jul 2024 at 17:15:28 (UTC)

Original – NASA research pilot Bill Dana takes a moment to watch NASA's NB-52B cruise overhead after a research flight in the Northrop HL-10.

Reason: nice historical photo, good quality and good EV
Articles in which this image appears: Northrop HL-10 (lead), William H. Dana, +1
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Air
Creator: NASA

Support as nominator – Artem.G (talk) 17:15, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Titan2456 (talk) 1:51, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
Support --Argenberg (talk) 21:39, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support A tiny number of dust specks in the shadows really don't hold back much. Good quality for colour film of the era (I've seen better indoor shots with colour film of the era, but outdoor shots with moving objects?). Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 16:30, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 18:32, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Dramatic and interesting shot with solid EV. It would be good though if more details could be added to the caption here and at Commons, though the NASA caption is rather sparce. In particular, it appears that the B-52 is probably the aircraft that dropped the HL-10 for its flight (note the equipment under its right wing). Nick-D (talk) 23:20, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 07:20, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Giles Laurent (talk) 15:28, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:21, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

While there’s a clear consensus to promotion, an unused image can’t become a featured picture. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:21, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

NASA Researchers Analyze a Moon Dust Simulation

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 27 Jul 2024 at 17:11:48 (UTC)

Original – NASA Researchers view a demonstration of the moon dust simulator in the 8- by 6-Foot Supersonic Wind Tunnel facility at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Lewis Research Center

Reason: good quality, good EV, interesting composition
Articles in which this image appears: Lunar soil
FP category for this image: maybe Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Getting there?
Creator: NASA

Support as nominator – Artem.G (talk) 17:11, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Does not add much EV to article. Charlesjsharp (talk) 18:10, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
well, it shows simulated Moon dust quite well. I've also added the photo to Lunar regolith simulant. Artem.G (talk) 19:31, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It feels fairly poor of a photo, especially given it's barely at resolution. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 20:40, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Barely meeting the technical criteria is still meeting the technical criteria, and as a photo I find this both interesting and informative. If it passes, I would use it to link to lunar regolith simulant rather than lunar soil, as I think it's more illustrative of the former rather than the latter. Moonreach (talk) 19:17, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:12, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination didn’t reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:12, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

HMS Dreadnought

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 26 Jul 2024 at 18:22:42 (UTC)

Original – HMS Dreadnought

Reason: Tighter crop than I'd like, but a truly iconic naval vessel.
Articles in which this image appears: HMS Dreadnought (1906) and related articles
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Water
Creator: U. S. Navy, restored by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 18:22, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Historic vessel that overnight made most other warships obsolete. Detail is decent for very early 20th C. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sca (talk • contribs) 00:21, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support High quality photo of this important ship with strong EV as a result Nick-D (talk) 11:09, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 18:11, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Carlosmarkos2345 (talk) 18:49, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 18:33, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 07:21, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Giles Laurent (talk) 15:28, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:HMS Dreadnought 1906 H61017.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:23, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Gettysberg Portrait

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 26 Jul 2024 at 14:29:14 (UTC)

Original – Photograph of Abraham Lincoln taken November 8, 1863, weeks before the Gettysberg Address, hence the image being known as the "Gettysberg Portrait".

Reason: It is high-resolution (2,200 × 2,835 px), and captures Abraham Lincoln's likeness better than any other portrait. The Wikipedia caption of the image says "Lincoln’s character was notoriously difficult to capture in pictures, but Alexander Gardner’s close-up portrait, quite innovative in contrast to the typical full-length portrait style, comes closest to preserving the expressive contours of Lincoln’s face and his penetrating gaze."
Articles in which this image appears: Abraham Lincoln
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator: Alexander Gardner

Support as nominator – Wcamp9 (talk) 14:29, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Since this is an encyclopedia, you might want to check the spelling of your nomination. The town in Pennsylvania is a borough, not a mountain. :) - Choliamb (talk) 19:37, 19 July 2024 (UTC) [reply]

Documentation is terrible: https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&f=&s=&record=0&id_number=1947.135 - the supposed source - is a sepia-toned portrait and very small. This image exists in various crops; https://www.loc.gov/item/scsm000793/ is a maybe? https://www.loc.gov/resource/ppmsca.19301/ is also possible. Or there's https://www.loc.gov/resource/ppmsca.38948/ - I'd probably need to compare them all. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 18:29, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That's a huge 4835 × 5718 TIFF file at: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/ppmsca.19301/ - with some bungled retouching, but it might be a good candidate for a restoration. --Janke | Talk 18:49, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:48, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sarlyk Yak

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 26 Jul 2024 at 12:26:55 (UTC)

Original – The Sarlyk or Tibetan yak, photographed in the Altai Mountains, Russia

Reason: Featured on Commons and on fa.wiki. A wonderful photo of a yak in the Altai Mountains.
Articles in which this image appears: Yak
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator: Alexandr frolov

Support as nominator – ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 12:26, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support, Artem.G (talk) 17:17, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I would support if it is the infobox where it should be. Charlesjsharp (talk) 18:13, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Kind of inclined to agree that this is very low down the article. Weirdly, lead is an FP, and, while I don't think this is necessarily a case where we need to delist one to promote one - different fur colours are, at least, good for showing variation - I do think this is a much more encyclopedic lead image and would like to see the current lead stay in the article, but lower down. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 23:28, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Argenberg (talk) 21:38, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Giles Laurent (talk) 15:27, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 17:11, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – _ZZ^Z 'S 17:59, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 05:03, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Sarlyk Yak2.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:45, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 26 Jul 2024 at 00:37:32 (UTC)

Original – The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog is a 1927 British silent thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, based on Marie Belloc Lowndes' novel The Lodger.

Reason: We now have copies of most of Alfred Hitchcock's silent films, and this one I think stands out among them. It's Hitchcock's first film to develop the "Hitchcockian" style we know today, and the article touches on a bunch of those elements and motifs. The restoration is a big improvement over previous releases, with better reproduction of the color scheme that Gainsborough Pictures used in the UK release (the opening scene is a good example, where instead of blue tinting it restores the amber tinting and blue toning used to look like street lighting at night).
Articles in which this image appears: The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog, Jack the Ripper in fiction
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Film
Creator: Alfred Hitchcock (director)

Support as nominator – hinnk (talk) 00:37, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Carlosmarkos2345 (Talk) 00:47, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support I haven't watched the whole thing, but did flip around. Looks good! Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 23:23, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Moonreach (talk) 19:18, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 07:23, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:The Lodger - A Story of the London Fog (1927).webm --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 02:51, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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