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Ring-tailed cardinalfish

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 2 Apr 2025 at 11:19:00 (UTC)

Reason: Unanimously featured on Commons. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears: Ring-tailed cardinalfish
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish
Creator: Diego Delso

Support as nominator – MER-C 11:19, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 17:42, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 18:48, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support I think the higher difficulty of underwater shots pushes this over. Do wish Charles wasn't on holiday: Working with older photography isn't great for identifying what a modern camera should be capable of. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 14:04, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Question All the other images of this fish appear yellow or orange-yellow to me. Jay Cubby 02:00, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support now -- I do still think this could be a wee bit less rosy, but the fish is now well within the coloration variation I see on Google Images. (Side note: If you, dear FP voter, still see the image at full size or its thumbnail to be pink, clear your browser cache). Jay Cubby 03:41, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Hounaam (talk) 09:11, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose because of the red overall color of the entire image. Checked all images on common, only this, and another by the same author are red. Also, the gravel background here is untypically red. Sometimes underwater photographers use a reddish filter to counteract the blueness of water - I don't know if that is the case here, though. --Janke | Talk 09:57, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose It doesn't seem as if this fish is this colour Diego. Happy to change vote if I am wrong. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:44, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the ping, Charlesjsharp. I uploaded a new version with less violet tones, looks better indeed. FYI too, Janke --Poc o² 20:06, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks; but it still looks pretty red... Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:07, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Apogónido (Ostorhinchus aureus), islas Ad Dimaniyat, Omán, 2024-08-15, DD 05.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:05, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Broad

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 2 Apr 2025 at 11:23:17 (UTC)

Reason: Featured on Commons without opposition. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears: The Broad
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator: Dllu

Support as nominator – MER-C 11:23, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support dllu (t,c) 17:05, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 17:42, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 18:47, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support One of the best night shots I've seen in terms of detail and sharpness. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 14:06, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Hounaam (talk) 09:11, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Cart (talk) 10:37, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Nighttime view of the Broad in LA, corner dllu.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:08, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

2024 Greenfield tornado damage via drone

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 3 Apr 2025 at 13:44:14 (UTC)

Reason: Passed all of the criteria & is a high-quality (4,000 × 3,000 pixels) photograph of some damage from the 2024 Greenfield tornado. The tornado was small in width, which creates this damage gradient of homes leveled near buildings nearly untouched.
Articles in which this image appears: 2024 Greenfield tornado, Tornadoes of 2024, Tornado outbreak sequence of May 19–27, 2024, List of Iowa tornadoes
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Weather
Creator: ChristopherRiske (Wikimedia Commons User)

Support as nominator – The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 13:44, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – Visual information not readily intelligible to general readers/viewers. – Sca (talk) 14:51, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Generic question Sca — What “visual information” is not “readily intelligible to general readers/viewers”? Tornado = destruction. This tornado was highly in the news as having over 300 miles per hour (480 km/h) winds. I would say if a general reader was told “this is tornado damage”, almost every general reader/viewers could easily understand that is tornado damage. Could you be more specific as to what visual information is not going to be intelligible to the general person? The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 17:28, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

An empty lot full of trash. -- Sca (talk) 14:43, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

His/Her/They votes are generic and shallow. ArionStar (talk) 13:34, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It isn't "trash", it's people's lives and livelihoods. — E_F⁵ 14:48, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Great aerial of tornado damage. If this is "unintelligible", I don't know what is. E_F⁵ 16:57, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support +1. ArionStar (talk) 13:35, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support I don't think this thumbnails as well as I'd like, but once you see the cars and realise the scale... Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 14:08, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support per Cuerden. Jay Cubby 16:23, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Hounaam (talk) 09:11, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 11:46, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support per Cuerden. Love High Risk Chris (author of photo I think). Wildfireupdateman :) (talk) 22:04, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support High quality photo that clearly illustrates the awful damage this tornado caused. Nick-D (talk) 00:07, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 11:37, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Aerial imagery of EF4 damage to homes in Greenfield, Iowa.jpg --– 🌻 Hilst (talk | contribs) 18:49, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Dubai's skyline

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 4 Apr 2025 at 13:10:58 (UTC)

Reason: High EV and useful for several articles
Articles in which this image appears: Skyline, Dubai, Burj Khalifa, Economy of Dubai and United Arab Emirates
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator: imran shahabuddin (uploaded by A1Cafel)

Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 13:10, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It's a very good image, but such dramatic images often have less EV than one where the buildings can be seen. I'm neutral on it. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 13:59, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It does illustrate a skyline quite well, but it's a bit noisy when viewed at high zoom. Support, but I'd like to see noise reduction run. Jay Cubby 16:28, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:11, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

New York City's skyline

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 4 Apr 2025 at 13:16:18 (UTC)

Reason: High EV, FP on Commons
Articles in which this image appears: Skyline, Lower Manhattan and Lists of cities by country
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Panorama
Creator: Rhododendrites

Support as nominator – My last nomination here. ArionStar (talk) 13:16, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Sharp and crisp. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 14:10, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support, but the horizon feels crooked. Maybe it's me. Jay Cubby 16:33, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Hounaam (talk) 09:12, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 11:45, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Cart (talk) 10:30, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 11:37, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Lower Manhattan from Governors Island with a fishing boat (46294p).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:21, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fallen Christopher Columbus statue outside the Minnesota State Capitol

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 4 Apr 2025 at 16:12:16 (UTC)

Reason: High quality image; nice composition; illustrates the toppling quite well; used in various articles
Articles in which this image appears: Statue of Christopher Columbus (Saint Paul, Minnesota), Decolonization of public space, De-commemoration, United States racial unrest (2020–2023), American Indian Movement, Culture war, +2
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/American
Creator: Tony Webster

Support as nominator – ―Howard • 🌽³³ 16:12, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose for the reasons this nomination failed on Commons four years ago. Awkward composition with beheaded people, strong shadows. -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:21, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per above. The depth of field feels artificial to me also. Jay Cubby 01:56, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Its a full frame camera at 70mm. Even at F6.3 the DOF is going to be pretty shallow.©Geni (talk) 17:01, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:32, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Genl. Scott's entrance into Mexico

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 6 Apr 2025 at 01:15:21 (UTC)

Reason: A classic image of the Mexican-American War.
Articles in which this image appears: Many, including Carl Nebel and several Mexican-American War pages.
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/War unless Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA History trumps "other wars". It's a little ambiguous.
Creator: Adolphe Jean-Baptiste Bayot after Carl Nebel, restored by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 01:15, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 11:43, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Hounaam (talk) 12:13, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Moonreach (talk) 16:12, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support ArionStar (talk) 12:20, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 11:36, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Carl Nebel - Genl. Scott's entrance into Mexico, Plate 45.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 01:51, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I Have a Dream

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 7 Apr 2025 at 19:13:58 (UTC)

Reason: super high quality and incredible historical ev
Articles in which this image appears: I Have a Dream, Martin Luther King Jr., etc.
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/American
Creator: Unknown

Support as nominator – Wcamp9 (talk) 19:13, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Surprised this has not been featured already. (Discuss 0nshore's contributions!!!) 17:50, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Cart (talk) 10:31, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Question Is the identity of the photographer here really not known? It's a mildly famous image and it seems likely that other records (the current source is an official Flickr account) would identify who took it. Nick-D (talk) 10:45, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Getty Images only has it as "Photo by -/AFP". --Cart (talk) 21:21, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support Obvious EV, IMO. ArionStar (talk) 00:35, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support TheFreeWorld (talk) 10:08, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 11:36, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support—Hounaam (talk) 11:39, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 09:32, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Martin Luther King Jr National Historic Site (36233249121).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:08, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hyangwonjeong in fall

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 8 Apr 2025 at 04:39:14 (UTC)

Reason

Meets all criteria I think. I'm not an expert in photography so others may need to chime in. It's a beautiful photo of one of the palace's most scenic spots in a popular season for visiting it.

Articles in which this image appears

Gyeongbokgung
Tourism in South Korea
If need be I can quickly create an article for Hyangwonjeong; currently a redir

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture

Creator

Brucewoo almighy (우승민)

Support as nominator – seefooddiet (talk) 04:39, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Very grainy, overprocessed, sharpening halos etc. --Janke | Talk 12:14, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose too oversharpened, if @Brucewoo almighy: is still around, the original picture would be nice. Jay Cubby 21:05, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Very low quality. And what's the point of shooting a landscape at f/2.8 and 1/500 sec, while you can easily increase the DoF ? -- Basile Morin (talk) 02:13, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose; per above. – Hamid Hassani (talk) 09:31, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 04:57, 8 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Battle of Trafalgar painting

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 8 Apr 2025 at 11:05:04 (UTC)

Reason: It meets all the criteria and I want Trafalgar Campaign to be FT and is recommended to have a Featured image as shown in my talk page.
Articles in which this image appears: Battle of Trafalgar, Trafalgar campaign, War of the Third Coalition, United Kingdom in the Napoleonic Wars, Clarkson Frederick Stanfield, The Battle of Trafalgar (Stanfield), History of the Royal Navy (after 1707), George Augustus Westphal, HMS Temeraire (1798), Mary Buick, History of cannabis in Italy,
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator: Clarkson Frederick Stanfield

Support as nominator – Thelifeofan413 (talk) 11:05, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I've seen less yellowed versions of this, I think we could do better. Jay Cubby 19:54, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
File:Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805.png is the less yellowed version. Is that the only reason?
Thelifeofan413 (talk) 14:02, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:50, 8 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Plaza de España

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 8 Apr 2025 at 14:55:03 (UTC)

Reason: High quality
Articles in which this image appears: Sights and landmarks of Seville
FP category for this image: Panorama
Creator: A volaaa

Support as nominator – Diegg24 (talk) 14:55, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Dismal quality (3500 x 1500), chromatic aberration, people are in the way, etc. Jay Cubby 22:11, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Chromatic aberration and low resolution, sorry. -- Basile Morin (talk) 02:18, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --– 🌻 Hilst (talk | contribs) 14:57, 8 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Conus gloriamaris

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 9 Apr 2025 at 10:58:32 (UTC)

Reason: Unanimously featured on Commons. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears: Conus gloriamaris
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Molluscs
Creator: H. Zell

Support as nominator – MER-C 10:58, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Cart (talk) 10:36, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 11:36, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support—Hounaam (talk) 11:38, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 09:29, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Conus gloriamaris 01.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:38, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Apolemichthys trimaculatus

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 9 Apr 2025 at 11:00:23 (UTC)

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

Support as nominator – MER-C 11:00, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Appealing Ukrainian (or Swedish) colors :-) Well captured fish in its natural environment. -- Basile Morin (talk) 02:26, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support--Cart (talk) 10:32, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support ArionStar (talk) 00:34, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 11:36, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support—Hounaam (talk) 11:38, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 09:26, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Pez ángel (Apolemichthys trimaculatus), Zanzíbar, Tanzania, 2024-05-30, DD 74.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:39, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Frederick Federici

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 11 Apr 2025 at 05:30:59 (UTC)

Reason: Image is okay for the era, and probably the best image of Federici out there (certainly there don't appear to be any of him not as the Mikado).
Articles in which this image appears: Frederick Federici
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator: Benjamin Joseph Falk, restored by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 05:30, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support great work! Did you get the color pictures by Carl van vechten yet check the page of all my uploads Wcamp9 (talk) 15:01, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've been poking at it. Just been kinda jumping around randomly of late. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 00:22, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:43, 11 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination didn’t reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:43, 11 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

16th century gold chain with gemstones and enamel

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 11 Apr 2025 at 19:57:38 (UTC)

Reason: Great photo of one of the most stunning gold chains in The Royal Armoury of Sweden; good lead image for the chain article.
Articles in which this image appears: Jewellery chain
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others
Creator: Erik Lernestål, photographer working with some of the most notable Swedish museum collections.

Support as nominator – Cart (talk) 19:57, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Wow, the detail in full-size! --Janke | Talk 07:23, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support I think it represents EV in the best way. ArionStar (talk) 00:27, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 11:36, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support—Hounaam (talk) 11:38, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 19:05, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 09:16, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Gold chain with gemstones and enamel, late 16th century, The Royal Armoury, Sweden.jpg --– 🌻 Hilst (talk | contribs) 22:37, 11 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Roger Fenton

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 13 Apr 2025 at 01:26:33 (UTC)

Reason: One of the harder photographers to find a photograph of - the National Portrait Gallery, London, for example, only holds this image of him. I think it's a fine portrait, full of character.
Articles in which this image appears: Roger Fenton+1
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists
Creator: Hugh Welch Diamond, restored by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 01:26, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Important to the history of photography. 1,000-plus word article looks more than adequate. – Sca (talk) 17:32, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Historical, the face behind the war photography. ArionStar (talk) 09:00, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support—Hounaam (talk) 08:39, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support! it’d be real cool if you did a restoration on the Valley of the Shadow of Death Wcamp9 (talk) 15:02, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 19:06, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 09:11, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Roger Fenton by the Photographic Society Club, 1856.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:21, 13 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]