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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).

Shortcuts

Featured content:

Featured picture tools:

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

Old fashioned (cocktail) 🥃

Voting period ends on 21 Feb 2025 at 19:06:26 (UTC)

Reason: Good quality, useful in several articles
Articles in which this image appears: Old fashioned (cocktail), Whiskey cocktail, List of cocktails, List of IBA official cocktails
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Food and drink
Creator: Erich Wagner (uploaded by Mangomix)

Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 19:06, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Wrong glass, I believe. Should be straight sided cut glass. No proper orange slice and no cherry. Even the ice is non-traditional. Charlesjsharp (talk) 22:40, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tropical striped triplefin

Voting period ends on 19 Feb 2025 at 12:25:07 (UTC)

Reason: Unanimously featured on Commons. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears: Tropical striped triplefin
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish
Creator: Diego Delso

Support as nominator – MER-C 12:25, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 16:15, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 17:19, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Subject and patterns of the background. Nice composition. Extraordinary light effects. -- Basile Morin (talk) 22:47, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 06:51, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – Laying what? Eggs? Or is it just lying there & observing its habitat? – Sca (talk) 15:54, 10 February 2025 (UTC) ;-)[reply]

Strawberry poison-dart frog

Voting period ends on 19 Feb 2025 at 12:21:55 (UTC)

Reason: Unanimously featured on Commons. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears: Strawberry poison-dart frog etc.
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Amphibians
Creator: Rhododendrites

Support as nominator – MER-C 12:21, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 16:17, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Very good quality image, interesting subject with exceptional color. -- Basile Morin (talk) 22:44, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 06:51, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support ArionStar (talk) 19:12, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

National Capitol of Cuba

Voting period ends on 19 Feb 2025 at 03:27:47 (UTC)

Reason: QI and VI on Commons
Articles in which this image appears: National Capitol of Cuba
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator: Virtual-Pano

Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 03:27, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I've always thought that daytime images offer more EV. Charlesjsharp (talk) 17:21, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Charlesjsharp: I added the lead image as alternative. ArionStar (talk) 17:36, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think that's how FP works... Charlesjsharp (talk) 17:53, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Which one is valid as a nomination: the lead or the gallery's one? There's nothing about it in Wikipedia:Featured picture criteria. ArionStar (talk) 17:58, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I assume the original; you're right, there doesn't seem to be any provision for alternatives in the guidelines. Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:12, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, the alt is good too. ArionStar (talk) 16:14, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Frederick George D'Utassy

Voting period ends on 19 Feb 2025 at 00:18:00 (UTC)

Reason: A fine image by Mathew Brady, and a vast improvement over what we used to have.
Articles in which this image appears: Frederick George d'Utassy
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Military
Creator: Mathew Brady, restored by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 00:18, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:38, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 12:13, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 16:17, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 17:21, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Fine restoration -- Basile Morin (talk) 22:51, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 06:51, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I did a second pass and removed a few more specks. No major changes, but Cart pointed out some black blobs I missed, and I wanted to have this as good as possible. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 10:52, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Trajan's Market

Voting period ends on 18 Feb 2025 at 17:07:57 (UTC)

Reason: Good composition and high resolution.
Articles in which this image appears: Trajan's Market, History of retail, List of ancient monuments in Rome, Retail, Shopping center
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator: NikonZ7II

Support as nominator – TheFreeWorld (talk) 17:07, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - perspective distortion, some CA on the railings. MER-C 12:11, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hyacinth macaw

Voting period ends on 17 Feb 2025 at 23:46:17 (UTC)

Reason: High EV, FP on Commons
Articles in which this image appears: Hyacinth macaw, List of birds of Brazil
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator: Charlesjsharp

Support as nominator Thanks for improving the biodiversity image quality of several countries! – ArionStar (talk) 23:46, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 12:08, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Thank you for the nomination. Charlesjsharp (talk) 17:18, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 06:51, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Colonial India

Voting period ends on 17 Feb 2025 at 22:17:30 (UTC)

Reason: High EV, resolution and quality of the scan; map rich in detail and well nicely colored
Articles in which this image appears: Colonial India, etc.
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Maps
Creator: UK Government (uploaded by Yann)

Strong support as nominator What a great map! Thanks, Yann, for uploading it! – ArionStar (talk) 22:17, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Restoration needed ("catalogued" at the top, writings at the bottom). And who's going to do that? Certainly not the nominator. -- Basile Morin (talk) 02:01, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
About this one: the writings were helpful to identify the year (1944) of the map. Does it really ruin the map? ArionStar (talk) 04:06, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Imre Kertész

Voting period ends on 17 Feb 2025 at 18:34:55 (UTC)

Reason: good quality and EV
Articles in which this image appears: Imre Kertész, Herder Prize, List of Jewish Nobel laureates, 2016 in Europe, List of organisms named after famous people (born 1900–1949), 2002 Nobel Prize in Literature
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
Creator: Oliver Mark

Support as nominator – EUPBR (talk) 18:34, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Nice image, useful. – Yann (talk) 19:22, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Per Yann. ArionStar (talk) 22:26, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 06:09, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support TheFreeWorld (talk) 15:05, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 18:50, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:12, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Aviafanboi (talk) 10:01, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 12:08, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support High EV and good quality. -- Basile Morin (talk) 22:55, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

St. Paraskevi Church, Kwiatoń

Voting period ends on 17 Feb 2025 at 17:54:25 (UTC)

Reason: good quality and EV
Articles in which this image appears: Beskids, Kwiatoń, List of World Heritage Sites in Eastern Europe, St. Paraskevi Church, Kwiatoń, Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator: Piter329c

Support as nominator – EUPBR (talk) 17:54, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Very nice image. I support using it as lead for St. Paraskevi Church, Kwiatoń. Yann (talk) 20:31, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support ArionStar (talk) 22:29, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 06:09, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support TheFreeWorld (talk) 15:06, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 18:51, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:13, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Aviafanboi (talk) 10:01, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 12:07, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Shocking Blue

Voting period ends on 16 Feb 2025 at 17:09:46 (UTC)

Reason: Good composition
Articles in which this image appears: Shocking Blue, Music of the Netherlands, Venus (Shocking Blue song)
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator: Joost Evers

Support as nominator – TheFreeWorld (talk) 17:09, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It's a nice photo surely, but it needs some restoration. Hey, my dear @Adam Cuerden, could you help us? ArionStar (talk) 20:25, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@ArionStar: Could you please stop requesting others to do restoration (or other things) for you, or for anyone else? That's one of the reason you were blocked on Commons, so... Yann (talk) 17:42, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This is not for me, this is to help someone's nomination, so… Any problem with it? ArionStar (talk) 17:48, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, actually some of us including me do have a problem with it. Calling other users "my dear" and relying on them at every moment for nominations that are primarily yours is nothing but lazy. At least I try to restore images now, so at every instant maybe don't try to call upon Adam. I agree with Yann Wcamp9 (talk) 20:17, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It's not lazy, I'm banned on Commons, impossible the uploading… ArionStar (talk) 21:25, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If you're banned from commons, why are you here? Wcamp9 (talk) 22:03, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm reviewing images on Wikipedia, as it is allowed. ArionStar (talk) 22:28, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It seems as is on commons your behavior is super inappropriate and this is clearly not the first time we’ve told you this. You can’t nominate tens of images a day and then request others to do work for you. Reviewing images is fine, what you’re doing is another thing - nominating them too many times. this is why none of them pass, because you overlook simple things and have a quantity over quality mindset Wcamp9 (talk) 18:35, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

None of them pass? ArionStar (talk) 00:08, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Anyway, I recently found out I can upload my own pictures on Wiki, so I'm considering testing something with a Canon EOS R[number]. ArionStar (talk) 00:46, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, almost none. Again Arion image review is not all you do. You repeatedly spam images and ask others to restore what you nominate. Not all these images are the best anyway -- you've nominated images that you took from your iPhone. So thats why practically none have passed Wcamp9 (talk) 18:27, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, an entry-level Canon camera is definitely better… ArionStar (talk) 19:26, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

+1. I agree with Yann and Wcamp9. -- Basile Morin (talk) 02:08, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

+1. Yes, Yann is right. -- Basile Morin (talk) 02:08, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Kings of Kings

Voting period ends on 16 Feb 2025 at 16:30:30 (UTC)

Reason: High EV, FP on Commons
Articles in which this image appears: King of Kings, etc.
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Sculpture
Creator: Derfash Kaviani (درفش کاویانی)

Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 16:30, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support TheFreeWorld (talk) 16:36, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:15, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - oversaturated, possible artifacts as well. MER-C 12:06, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I don't think we should crop other people's photos. I would be cross... Charlesjsharp (talk) 19:22, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Príncipe kingfisher

Voting period ends on 16 Feb 2025 at 15:53:03 (UTC)

Reason: High quality image of a bird endemic to an island of 136 sq km. Adds value to article. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears: Príncipe kingfisher, Malachite kingfisher
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator: Charlesjsharp

Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:53, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 16:07, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support TheFreeWorld (talk) 16:14, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support ArionStar (talk) 20:55, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 06:09, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:16, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 12:04, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Gandzasar monastery

Voting period ends on 16 Feb 2025 at 15:23:45 (UTC)

Reason: Good capture
Articles in which this image appears: Gandzasar monastery, Diocese of Artsakh
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator: Vahag851

Support as nominator – TheFreeWorld (talk) 15:23, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:44, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 16:12, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support ArionStar (talk) 16:15, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 06:09, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:17, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Abraham Bogardus

Voting period ends on 16 Feb 2025 at 14:27:07 (UTC)

Reason: Another in my occasional series of "photographs of photographers". We've featured a few examples of Bogardus' work, and it seems only fitting to provide a bit more about the creator. Article will need some improvement before it goes on the main page, but mainly turning a list of refs into ref tags.
Articles in which this image appears: Abraham Bogardus
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
Creator: Abraham Bogardus, restored by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 14:27, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:44, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 16:12, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support TheFreeWorld (talk) 16:16, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support ArionStar (talk) 20:53, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – Shouldn't it be cropped? The frame seems unnecessary ―Howard • 🌽³³ 08:57, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Update: I've added a CSS crop to the image in the article it appears in. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 09:20, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
As the caption in the article says, that's a facsimile of his signature. Since this is a self-portrait, I don't quite see why it should be changed. (Or where you got that date you're assigning the photo in the article. Why did you put it as 1857 instead of 1871?) Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 10:03, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The frame should be cropped if it not contemporaneous. Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:50, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Charlesjsharp: Pretty sure it is contemporary, though: It more-or-less matches other works from his studio and exactly matches other copies of the image. That leads to only two options: 1. This is how Bogardus planned to display his photo (which I'd say is the most likely) or 2. This is from some unknown book that got photographs taken out of it, which is just about possible, though I can't imagine a non-contemporaneous book that would include Bogardus as an albumen print pasted to a paper mount. Albumen prints weren't really used after 1900, and you don't normally see albumen prints pasted into books. Maybe certain very low quantity editions, but I'd expect something more like Men of Mark's Woodburytypes by this point (e.g. File:Tom Taylor by Lock and Whitfield.jpg). It is weirdly centred in the original, I'll grant that, but the mount appears to be a card mount if you check the damage at the edge of the card, which makes book less likely. Actual print size is about cabinet card, although the mount's a little larger than standard.

But I think the biggest thing is there's multiple copies. That makes it much less likely this was a one-off mount. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 15:24, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks; frame should stay then. I've tidied up the article. Charlesjsharp (talk) 18:10, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 06:09, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Charlesjsharp, Yann, TheFreeWorld, ArionStar, Howardcorn33, and VulcanSphere: Just noting I found a minor mistake: the pocket in te lower left was surrounded by heavy damage and was similar enough to some definite damage elsewhere that I had removed it. It was more obviously real in the copy and also appears in the other shot from the same photoshoot, File:Abraham_Bogardus01.jpg. I've restored it.
- No worry, I did a successful delicate "surgery" on it! ArionStar (talk) 01:21, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know what you mean, sorry. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 12:45, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Successful delicate surgery = Thorough, careful work. ArionStar (talk) 14:11, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 11:24, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Songhua River

Voting period ends on 16 Feb 2025 at 02:20:15 (UTC)

Reason: High EV and quality
Articles in which this image appears: Songhua River, Oxbow lake and Meander
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking back
Creator: NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and the U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team (uploaded by Holly Cheng)

Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 02:20, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – Visual information not readily intelligible to general readers/viewers. – Sca (talk) 13:37, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Just read the oxbow lake article and you will understand perfectly. ArionStar (talk) 16:20, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
No thanks. -- Sca (talk) 20:00, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
If you're not willing to review something on this nomination page, then your comment wasn't very useful here. ArionStar (talk) 20:22, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry Arion, but IMHO many of your multitudinous nom's aren't very useful here. -- Sca (talk) 13:13, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wilt Chamberlain

Voting period ends on 15 Feb 2025 at 21:07:59 (UTC)

Reason: A famous photo of one of the most impressive and iconic moments in NBA history; high quality; high EV
Articles in which this image appears: Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game, Wilt Chamberlain, List of NBA single-game scoring leaders
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Sport
Creator: Paul Vathis

Support as nominator – Wcamp9 (talk) 21:07, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – The image has various artifacts which look unpleasant. These can especially be seen on the writing on the paper. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 22:29, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
While the image behind the quality is good, I think that this is sadly the highest quality image you can get off of Google :( Wcamp9 (talk) 23:30, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Nice of course, but it needs some restoration, too. ArionStar (talk) 00:54, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment This seems to be upscaled. I can do the restoration if you find the original in high resolution. Yann (talk) 12:09, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I found the alamy file: [1] ArionStar (talk) 03:34, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
This is useless. Yann (talk) 12:40, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I thought someone who has some free access to alamy could help. It's not free in my country. ArionStar (talk) 14:37, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Western reef egret

Voting period ends on 14 Feb 2025 at 18:24:42 (UTC)

Reason: High quality image from a country not usually associated with bird life. Adds value to article.
Articles in which this image appears: Western reef egret
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator: Charlesjsharp

Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 18:24, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support ArionStar (talk) 00:25, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 12:11, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support TheFreeWorld (talk) 15:13, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 06:09, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:18, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 11:23, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Marbled crab

Voting period ends on 14 Feb 2025 at 18:17:03 (UTC)

Reason: High quality large image. Illustrates article well with high EV.
Articles in which this image appears: Marbled crab
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Crustaceans
Creator: Charlesjsharp

Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 18:17, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support ArionStar (talk) 00:26, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 12:11, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support TheFreeWorld (talk) 15:14, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: We already have at least two featured pictures depicting this species; File:Crab (Pachygrapsus marmoratus).jpg and File:Pachygrapsus marmoratus 2009 G4.jpg. Do we really need a third? How does this compare to the others in terms of quality (including EV)? Josh Milburn (talk) 17:36, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
We have a process to delist an existing FP but this is usually done if a new nomination succeeds. Mile's is a nice image but of course taken before the advent of focus-stacking. I am less convinced by George's top-down photo. Both are still in the article. Charlesjsharp (talk) 18:56, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The top-down picture offers a different view, so it has its EV on its own. Yann (talk) 16:26, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oh yes, EV for sure. But I was thinking wondering whether it was really FP. Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:55, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Phyllidia coelestis

Voting period ends on 12 Feb 2025 at 11:45:54 (UTC)

Reason: Unanimously featured on Commons. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears: Phyllidia coelestis
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Molluscs
Creator: Diego Delso

Support as nominator – MER-C 11:45, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 14:34, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 05:25, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 07:05, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:36, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Golden-mantled howler

Voting period ends on 12 Feb 2025 at 11:43:30 (UTC)

Reason: Unanimously featured on Commons. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears: Golden-mantled howler, Mantled howler, Howler monkey
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator: Rhododendrites

Support as nominator – MER-C 11:43, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 14:34, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Aptly named – one can almost hear the howl. – Sca (talk) 15:12, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – ―Howard • 🌽³³ 15:51, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 05:26, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 07:05, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 12:27, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Portrait of Yarrow Mamout

Voting period ends on 12 Feb 2025 at 09:44:45 (UTC)

Reason: High quality scan of a historically significant painting
Articles in which this image appears: Portrait of Yarrow Mamout, Yarrow Mamout
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings or Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Others
Creator: Charles Willson Peale

Support as nominator – ―Howard • 🌽³³ 09:44, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 10:50, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 05:27, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 07:05, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support And 5! ArionStar (talk) 13:37, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nominations — to be closed

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Older nominations requiring additional input from users

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Closing procedure

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When NOT promoted, perform the following:

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{{FPCresult|Not promoted| }} --~~~~
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If the nominator is new to FPC, consider placing {{subst:NotpromotedFPC|Image name}} on their talk page. To avoid overuse, do not use the template when in doubt.

When promoted, perform the following:

Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/subpage:
{{FPCresult|Promoted|File:FILENAME.JPG}} --~~~~
Replace FILENAME.JPG with the name of the file that was promoted. It should show up as:

Promoted File:FILENAME.JPG

Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.
Add the image to:
- Template:Announcements/New featured content - newest on top, remove the oldest so that 15 are listed at all times.
- Wikipedia:Goings-on - newest on bottom.
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures thumbs - newest on top.
Add the image to the proper sub-page of Wikipedia:Featured pictures - newest on top.
The caption for a Wikipedian created image should read "Description at Article, by Creator". For a non-Wikipedian, it should be similar, but if the creator does not have an article, use an external link if appropriate. For images with substantial editing by one or more Wikipedians, but created by someone else, use "Description at Article, by Creator (edited by Editor)" (all editors involved should be clear from the nomination). Additionally, the description is optional - if it's essentially the same as the article title, then just use "Article, by Creator". Numerous examples can be found on the various Featured Pictures subpages.
Add the image to the appropriate section of Wikipedia:Featured pictures - newest on left and remove the oldest from the right so that there are always three in each section.
Add the Featured Picture tag and star to the image page using {{Featured picture|page_name}} (replace page_name with the nomination page name, i.e., the page_name from Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/page_name). To add this template you most likely will have to click the "create" button on the upper right if the "edit" button is not present, generally if the image originates from Commons.
If an edited or alternative version of the originally nominated image is promoted, make sure that all articles contain the Featured Picture version, as opposed to the original.
Notify the nominator or co-nominators by placing {{subst:PromotedFPC|File:file_name.xxx}} on each nominator's talk page. For example: {{subst:PromotedFPC|File:Blue morpho butterfly.jpg}}.
If the image was created by a Wikipedian, place {{subst:UploadedFP|File:file_name.xxx}} on the creator's talk page. For example: {{subst:UploadedFP|File:Blue morpho butterfly.jpg}}.

Then perform the following, regardless of the outcome:

Move the nomination entry to the top of the "Recently closed nominations" section. It will remain there for three days after closing so others can review the nomination. This is done by simply moving the line {{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Page name}} to the top of the section.
Add the nomination entry to the bottom of the February archive. This is done by simply adding the line {{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Page name}} from this page to the bottom of the archive.
If the nomination is listed at Template:FPC urgents, remove it.

Delist closing procedure

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

If consensus is to KEEP featured picture status, and the image is used in at least one article, perform the following:

Check that the image has been in the article for at least one week. Otherwise, suspend the nomination to give it time to stabilize before continuing.
Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/delist/subpage:
{{FPCresult|Kept|}} --~~~~
Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.
Optionally leave a note on the picture's talk page.

If consensus is to DELIST, or the image is unused (and consensus is not for a replacement that is used), perform the following:

Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/delist/subpage:
{{FPCresult|Delisted|}} --~~~~
Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.
Replace the {{Featured picture}} tag from the image with {{FormerFeaturedPicture|delist/''Image name''}}.
Remove the image from the appropriate sub-page of Wikipedia:Featured pictures and the appropriate section of Wikipedia:Featured pictures thumbs.

If consensus is to REPLACE (and at least one of the images is used in articles), perform the following:

Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/delist/subpage:
{{FPCresult|Replaced|}} with File:NEW_IMAGE_FILENAME.JPG --~~~~
Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.

Replace NEW_IMAGE_FILENAME.JPG with the name of the replacement file.
Replace the {{Featured picture}} tag from the delisted image with {{FormerFeaturedPicture|delist/''Image name''}}.
Update the replacement picture's tag, adding the tag {{Featured picture|delist/image_name}} (replace image_name with the nomination page name, i.e., the image_name from Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/delist/image_name). Remove any no longer applicable tags from the original, replacement and from any other alternatives. If the alternatives were on Commons and no longer have any tags, be sure to tag the description page with {{missing image}}.
Replace the delisted Featured Picture in all articles with the new replacement Featured Picture version. Do NOT replace the original in non-article space, such as Talk Pages, FPC nominations, archives, etc.
Ensure that the replacement image is included on the appropriate sub-page of Wikipedia:Featured pictures and the appropriate section of Wikipedia:Featured pictures thumbs. Do this by replacing the original image with the new replacement image; do not add the replacement as a new Featured Picture.

Then perform the following, regardless of the outcome:

Move the nomination entry to the top of the "Recently closed nominations" section. It will remain there for three days after closing so others can review the nomination. This is done by simply moving the line {{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Image name}} to the top of the section.
Add the nomination entry to the bottom of the archived delist nominations. This is done by simply adding the line {{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Image name}} to the bottom of the appropriate section of the archive.
If the nomination is listed at Template:FPC urgents, remove it.

Recently closed nominations

Nominations in this category have already been closed and are here for the purposes of closure review by FPC contributors. Please do not add any further comments or votes regarding the original nomination. If you wish to discuss any of these closures, please do so at Wikipedia talk:Featured picture candidates. Nominations will stay here for three full days following closure and subsequently be removed.

Lake Pontchartrain

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 11 Feb 2025 at 18:10:26 (UTC)

Reason: High EV and quality
Articles in which this image appears: Lake Pontchartrain, etc.
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking back
Creator: Copernicus Sentinel-2, ESA (uploaded by Satview)

Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 18:10, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – ―Howard • 🌽³³ 15:52, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 07:05, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:01, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support TheFreeWorld (talk) 15:12, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Lake Pontchartrain by Sentinel-2.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:25, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ursula von der Leyen

Voting period ends on 14 Feb 2025 at 23:49:19 (UTC)

Reason: High EV and quality
Articles in which this image appears: Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, etc.
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator: European People's Party (uploaded by Stanisław Krupiński)

Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 23:49, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – Routine pol promo pic. – Sca (talk) 13:33, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I withdraw my nomination ArionStar (talk) 03:22, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 10:53, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Withdrawn nomination. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 10:53, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Suspended nominations

This section is for Featured Picture (or delisting) candidacies whose closure is postponed for additional editing, rendering, or copyright clarification.