Wikipedia:Former featured pictures

Former featured pictures

This page lists pictures that used to be featured pictures, but were demoted because they do not meet current featured picture criteria. Featured pictures can only be demoted through a consensus derived through discussion at the featured picture candidates page.



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A red wattlebird
Reason
Has not been used in the species article for eight years. The existing FP File:Red wattlebird.jpg has higher resolution and better bokeh.
Articles this image appears in
Anthochaera
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Red Wattlebird
Nominator
MER-C

Delisted --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:18, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]



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Raspberries
Reason
No longer used in any articles, replaced by recently promoted FP File:Raspberries (Rubus idaeus).jpg.
Articles this image appears in
None
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/raspberries
Nominator
MER-C

Delisted --Armbrust The Homunculus 00:46, 14 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]



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A leaf
Reason
Relatively low resolution (1,024 × 768 px), partially blurry, lots of JPEG artifacting. (Plus the plant is unidentified, limiting the image's encylopedic value.)
Articles this image appears in
Leaf, Plant, Ecology, Photosynthesis, etc.
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Veined Leaf
Nominator
Kaldari (talk)

Delisted --Armbrust The Homunculus 01:08, 9 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]



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Representation of a UK roundabout (with cars giving way and indicating)
Reason
As much as it's a useful gif for demonstrating how roundabouts work, it's definitely not the best we can offer and most definitely not a featured picture a decade-and-a-half after being promoted. Our standards have changed and this is a low-quality stuttering 25 frame gif that arguably has many of the cars driving dangerously (and therefore not a very educational gif in regard to road safety). Undeniably fails WP:FP?#3 and arguably WP:FP?#2.
Articles this image appears in
Microsimulation, Roundabout, Traffic conflict
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/June-2004#UK_Roundabout_8_Cars
Nominator
Anarchyte (talkwork)

Delisted --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:35, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]



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Whole and halved lemons
Reason
Replaced with higher resolution, recently featured image File:Lemon - whole and split.jpg.
Articles this image appears in
None
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Lemon
Nominator
MER-C

Delisted --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:31, 1 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]



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A row of torii arches at the entrance to the Fushimi Inari shrine in Kyoto, Japan.
Reason
Replaced with higher resolution, recently featured image File:Torii path with lantern at Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine, Kyoto, Japan.jpg.
Articles this image appears in
None
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Kyoto Fushimi Inari shrine
Nominator
MER-C

Delisted --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:11, 24 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]



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Holoplatys semiplanata with scale
Reason
Image is below current minimum resolution requirements (1,600 × 1,067 pixels); the scale is just a guess according to the original FPC discussion (based on measurements of a different spider); the licensing is crappy (CC-BY-NC + GFDL 1.2-only); and natural backgrounds are now preferred for animal photos (AFAICT).
Articles this image appears in
Holoplatys
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Image:Holoplatys semiplanata.jpg
Nominator
Nosferattus (talk)

Delisted --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:19, 25 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]



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A ripened avocado fruit with its cross section
 
Newly promoted FP for comparison. Not for delisting
Reason
Replaced with newly promoted FP File:Avocado Hass - single and halved.jpg.
Articles this image appears in
None
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Avocado with cross section.jpg, Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Avocado cross section
Nominator
MER-C

Delisted --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:17, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]



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A riffle shuffle being performed during a game of poker.
Reason
Noticed that this image fails the second criterion as its 1,024 × 731 pixels, being much too small for the minimum.
Articles this image appears in
Shuffling
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Shuffle, Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Shuffle delist
Nominator
GamerPro64

Delisted --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:46, 18 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]



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Northern Mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos, Humber Bay Park (West), Toronto, Canada
 
Not for delisting: the newly promoted FP
Reason
Replaced by newly promoted FP File:Mockingbird in Bay Ridge (85082).jpg.
Articles this image appears in
Residual uses, can be replaced.
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Image:Mimus-polyglottos-002 edit.jpg
Nominator
MER-C

Delisted --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:39, 25 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]



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Love or Duty by Gabriele Castagnola, restored by Durova from an old Library of Congress Scan. Has a strong yellow cast (admittedly, attractive, but not accurate from what I can tell) and (relatively) low resolution
 
Proposed replacement, restored by Adam Cuerden from a better scan.
Reason
Quite simply, the Library of Congress has rescanned this, it's now far, far better quality than the one we used to have, and thus a much better restoration can be done. Also, given it's used on Chromolithography, cutting out the colour check on the right - which shows the inks appearing in it and provides a quick check that all of them were printed - seems counterproductive when it only adds value. A defining feature of Chromolithography is the number of inks used in the high-end stuff, which this demonstrates.
On the restoration, I've checked, and in other paintings of the same scene he made he put a paint spill on the ground about where there's a blotch in this one, so I think that blotch in the shadow between her and the easel is meant to be there.
Articles this image appears in
Chromolithography, and, perhaps more questionably, Gabriele Castagnola
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/"Love or Duty" and Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Love or dutyb.jpg
Nominator
Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.9% of all FPs

Delisted --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:06, 17 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]


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Su-27 on landing
Reason
Low quality, composition, not used in any article
Articles this image appears in
-
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Su-27 on landing
Nominator
Andrei (talk)

Delisted --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:57, 19 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]



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Reason
Legs appear heavily photoshopped (where are her knees?), butt proportions seem way off, spine should likely have cracked.... Honestly, I think this was a reasonable FP for when it happened, and it should have been on the main page years ago. But it's far, far too late for it now.
Articles this image appears in
Michele Merkin, Handbra
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Michele Merkin 1.jpg Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Image:Michele Merkin 1.jpg
Nominator
Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.9% of all FPs
  • DelistAdam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.9% of all FPs 18:37, 14 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delist – EV, i.e. I don't see much in her article that relates to nudity in her career. Bammesk (talk) 02:23, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delist Not a horrible photo, but not featured quality. Looking at it, i fail to see any educational value. The helper5667 (talk) 03:35, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    • I think best case scenario, it's a photo of her, in her job as a model. However, it's also not even the lead image in her article. I have the vague idea it used to be in glamour photography, which I think would do a lot to justify it, but it's not there now. And then there's the... simply terrible usage from the original nomination. [1]. I somewhat feel bad nominating it, because I feel as POTD co-ordinator I should be a little more dispassionate, but it's also clear people are willing to spend three pages complaining about how bad of an image it is without taking any concrete action, so perhaps I can justify the nomination on the grounds of "I'm speaking up for people who will not listen to advice on proper forum to deal with the objections they're making". Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.9% of all FPs 17:01, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I am not familiar with the featured picture process so I have no vote, but I would like to point out that this picture is being discussed at Talk:Main Page#Planned POTD 2022-06-13 (File:Michele Merkin 1.jpg). Delisting this image does not resolve questions of what is or is not appropriate for POTD. Polycarpa aurata (talk) 03:45, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Actually, if the objection is, as it was there, that the image isn't good enough for featured picture status, this 100% resolves the question. If there's anything else worth objecting to in the queue, I'm 100% sure I'll hear about it. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.9% of all FPs 17:22, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
That comment from a single user did not refer to the image's status as a featured picture. It referred to suitability as an image to be POTD. Polycarpa aurata (talk) 23:16, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
This, not POTD, is the most appropriate venue to deal with quality issues. Other issues are irrelevant if quality isn't there, because quality alone can block it. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.9% of all FPs 01:06, 17 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Delisted --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:16, 24 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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MIsidentified mushroom
Reason
Not used in any English Wikipedia articles, and per User talk:Sasata/Archive 23#POTD notification 2 it is likely misidentified.
Articles this image appears in
N/A
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Amanita caesarea
Nominator
--Ahecht (TALK
PAGE
)

Delisted --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:45, 25 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]


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Ivan the Terrible and Harsey
 
Suggested replacement: Not tiny, not bad quality, exists.
Reason
Tiny, bad quality, nothing to replace with
Articles this image appears in
none
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Ivan the Terrible
Nominator
Andrei (talk)

Delisted --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:36, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]



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False-color image
 
Replace – higher quality version
Reason
This image is not used in any articles, and has no longer EV
Articles this image appears in
None
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Uranus
Nominator
The NMI User (talk)

Delisted --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:30, 3 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]



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Landscape Arch
 
Not for delisting: the newly promoted FP
Reason
Replaced with newly promoted FP File:Landscape Arch Utah.jpg.
Articles this image appears in
None
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Landscape Arch
Nominator
MER-C

Delisted --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:16, 30 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]



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Purple mangosteen fruit (Garcinia mangostana)
Reason
A higher resolution image, Here, was recently nominated, Here, and passed. The nominated image has a low pixel count (less than 1500 pixels) and is no longer used in articles.
Articles this image appears in
None
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Purple mangosteen
Nominator
Bammesk (talk)

Delisted --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:55, 30 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]



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A male house sparrow
Reason
Gazumped by recently promoted FP File:House sparrow male in Prospect Park (53532).jpg.
Gazumped? – Sca (talk) 13:41, 28 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Articles this image appears in
None
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:House Sparrow mar08.jpg
Nominator
MER-C

Delisted --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:49, 8 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]



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Grand Prismatic Spring
Reason
Replaced with a higher resolution FP File:Aerial image of Grand Prismatic Spring (view from the south).jpg
Articles this image appears in
None
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Grand prismatic spring.jpg
Nominator
Bammesk (talk)

Delisted --Armbrust The Homunculus 07:37, 11 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]



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Bastei (Elbe Sandstone Mountains) in Saxony, Germany.
Reason
Replaced with recently promoted, higher resolution FP File:Rathen und Elbsandsteingebirge asv2022-08 img04.jpg.
Articles this image appears in
None
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Bastei
Nominator
MER-C

Delisted --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:38, 1 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]



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a suitable caption for the image
Reason
Okay. First of all, a version of this with lower pixel size, but far more detail exists: File:Charles Darwin by Elliott & Fry, 1874.png. It's restored well, but the Library of Congress version is degraded, and that's... basically a fundamental obstacle.
It's also questionably dated: Harvard says 1874, this says c. 1880. This is kind of a problem when one of the big draws of it was having a date nearer certain books' publication. It was put in Rotogravure as an example. There's no source for it being a rotogravure. It has contrast issues: His face and hair blend into the background, and that's not really an issue in the original. I think we can have multiple FPs of Darwin. Having a frontal portrait, an early portrait - there's many valuable options. However, they need to be the best copy of the image we have at the minimum, and that's not what we have now.
Articles this image appears in
None, though that's my doing.
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Charles Darwin
Nominator
Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.3% of all FPs. Currently celebrating his 600th FP!

Delisted --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:41, 20 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]



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The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife, a shunga illustration by Hokusai depicting a woman in carnal relations with two octopi
Reason

Although this was good for 2011, it hasn't held up. I've uploaded File:The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife, British Museum, version 1 (cropped).jpg, which is from the British Museum (more reputable colours) and of significant enough resolution to see the grain of the paper. It also shows correctly that this was a diptych. Unfortunately, that copy has some dirt and muck, so I don't think a D&R is feasible here.

Articles this image appears in

The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife +5, though I'll be replacing if this gets delisted

Previous nomination/s

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Tako to Ama; previous delist nomination

Nominator

 — Chris Woodrich (talk)

Delisted --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:30, 26 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]



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A photo-portrait of Abraham Lincoln.
Reason
This photo has been superseded by Abraham_Lincoln_O-77_matte_collodion_print.jpg. A lot of details, such as wrinkles on Abe's face, are missing. There is even a signature on the photograph.
Articles this image appears in
1809, Alexander Gardner (photographer), American School (economics), Historiographic issues about the American Civil War, History of Western civilization, History of the Republican Party (United States), Illinois Republican Party, Income tax in the United States, Lawyer, List of assassinated American politicians, List of people from Indiana, Luke P. Blackburn, Melanocytic nevus, National Union Party (United States), Religious views of Abraham Lincoln, Republican Party (United States), Selim E. Woodworth, Shenandoah (beard), and every article which features Template:Lincoln cabinet.
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Abraham Lincoln head on shoulders photo portrait.jpg
Nominator
Howardcorn33 (talk)
I do wish the replacement wasn't so horribly documented. It's definitely not from the source given. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.5% of all FPs. 12:01, 26 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delisted --Armbrust The Homunculus 04:54, 1 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]



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Orange-lined triggerfish
Reason
It was replaced with a higher resolution FP here: File:Pez ballesta ondulado (Balistapus undulatus), mar Rojo, Egipto, 2023-04-15, DD 45.jpg.
Articles this image appears in
None
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Balistapus undulatus (Nausicaä).jpg
Nominator
Bammesk (talk)

Delisted --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:59, 1 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]



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Zion Narrows
Reason
Image resolution is just too small by modern FP standards, and it's the image is a bit crusty when you zoom in
Articles this image appears in
The Narrows (Zion National Park)
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/April-2004#Zion_Narrows
Nominator
Bremps...

Delisted --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:20, 24 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]