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

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

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Voting period ends on 23 Oct 2024 at 23:00:09 (UTC)

Original – A kodachrome photograph of 52nd Street in Manhattan at night in May 1948
Reason
This high-quality and color image of 52nd Street from the 1940s (which is pretty rare), shows the city lights as they looked back in 1948. The quality of the kodachrome is also very impressive for it's time.
Articles in which this image appears
52nd Street (Manhattan), Bebop, Harry Gibson, Art Tatum
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban
Creator
William P. Gottlieb

Voting period ends on 23 Oct 2024 at 18:55:58 (UTC)

OriginalAguas Calientes (volcano) to the right and Lascar (volcano) to the left with Lake Lejía in foreground, northern Chile. The lake and the camera are at a distance of about 9 miles from the volcanoes.
Reason
Aguas Calientes (volcano) to the right and Lascar (volcano) to the left, with Lake Lejía in foreground in northern Chile. The lake and the camera are at a distance of about 9 miles from the volcanoes. This is the second nomination. The first nomination received 4 support votes and no opposition.
Articles in which this image appears
Aguas Calientes (volcano), Lascar (volcano)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator
Silvio Rossi

Voting period ends on 23 Oct 2024 at 10:22:45 (UTC)

Original – An American avocet in non-breeding plumage at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.
Reason
Featured unanimously on Commons. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears
American avocet
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Rhododendrites

Voting period ends on 23 Oct 2024 at 10:20:20 (UTC)

Original – Amblyeleotris rubrimarginata near Anilao, Philippines.
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons in July. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears
Amblyeleotris rubrimarginata
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish
Creator
Diego Delso


Voting period ends on 22 Oct 2024 at 18:26:29 (UTC)

Composite image – The aurora borealis or northern lights over the Víkurkirkja church at Vík í Mýrdal in Iceland.
Reason
This is a composite image, one photo cut and pasted in front of another photo. See the background photo Here. Clearly the church and mountain was shot separately and added to the aurora photo. It fails FP criterion #8, excessive manipulation. A delist nomination is ongoing at Commons too.
The aurora photo
Articles this image appears in
Vík í Mýrdal
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The church with a magnetic personality
Nominator
Bammesk (talk)


Voting period ends on 21 Oct 2024 at 13:56:25 (UTC)

Original – Woman lighting candles on Diwali
Reason
good quality; captures one of the main activities of the festival
Articles in which this image appears
Diwali
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Religion and mythology
Creator
created by AjoyDutta1997, edited by Aristeas

Voting period ends on 20 Oct 2024 at 14:57:24 (UTC)

Original – Ruins of the tomb of Cambyses I, father of Cyrus the Great, in Pasargadae, Iran.
Reason
Well-composed, highly detailed shot of an interesting ruin. This angle shows the surviving structure, the parts which have fallen, and modern stabilization efforts. The king whose tomb this is was poorly documented, and this is perhaps as good a representation of him as we can have.
Articles in which this image appears
Cambyses I, Achaemenid Empire
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture or
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/Others
Creator
Diego Delso

Voting period ends on 19 Oct 2024 at 19:32:53 (UTC)

Original – A dust storm (or simoom) approaching Phoenix, Arizona in 2011.
Reason
Majestic shot of a weather event (its usage on the Phoenix, AZ page describes it as a simoom; the file name just calls it a dust storm) over a populated area. The one notable flaw I see is that the white section of sky on the right-hand side of the storm is fully blown out. I'll argue that that's acceptable because it's outside the area of interest, but I understand if that's a sticking point for others.
Articles in which this image appears
Phoenix, Arizona, Climate of Phoenix
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Weather
Creator
Alan Stark

Voting period ends on 19 Oct 2024 at 17:18:10 (UTC)

Original – The explosion following the plane impact into the South Tower (WTC2) during the September 11 Attacks.
Reason
A high quality picture for 2001 (along with being one of the highest quality 9/11 pics on Wikipedia), which shows the explosion impact of the South Tower in great detail. I feel like this picture really shows a historical moment, in which many people realized that 9/11 was a terrorist attack and not just a result of an accidental plane crash. It shows everything from the blast to the smoke to the towers in good detail
Articles in which this image appears
September 11 attacks, 2001, Terrorism in the United States, New York City, Terrorism, NATO, etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/American
Creator
rds123

Voting period ends on 18 Oct 2024 at 19:34:04 (UTC)

Original – A Currier & Ives color lithograph depicting the Great Chicago Fire of 1871
Reason
I saw this pop up in On This Day for Oct. 8 and think it's pretty good. This is a crop from this version, and I think an improvement, since the color plates didn't line up cleanly with the printed border. There's good detail in close up; what irregularities there are are aspects of the original print (that is, overprinting with successive color layers that often have hard edges). There is some mild browning on the paper itself, but the sepia tint to the bottom area is its own printed color, as is clear on the uncut version.
Articles in which this image appears
Great Chicago Fire, 1871
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/American
Creator
Original by Currier & Ives, exact author unknown; crop by GreenMeansGo

Voting period ends on 18 Oct 2024 at 02:05:18 (UTC)

Original – Detailed map of central Shanghai, showing the foreign enclaves of the Shanghai International Settlement and the Shanghai French Concession. Produced in 1935.
Reason
Very high quality map, featuring the Shanghai International Settlement and the Shanghai French Concession within central Shanghai.
Articles in which this image appears
Shanghai International Settlement
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Maps
Creator
Rosemania

Voting period ends on 18 Oct 2024 at 01:00:41 (UTC)

OriginalSteve Jobs shows off the iPhone 4 at the 2010 Worldwide Developers Conference on 8 June 2010.
Reason
It shows one of the most influential and innovative people ever, Steve Jobs, with one of his greatest business achievements before he died. It is also a very high quality image of Jobs.
Articles in which this image appears
Steve Jobs, iPhone 4
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering
Creator
Matt Yohe

Voting period ends on 18 Oct 2024 at 00:50:12 (UTC)

OriginalFreddie Mercury performing in New Haven, Connecticut in a Queen concert.
Reason
Probably the most high-quality image of Mercury, in which he is performing live in one of his famous flambouyant outfits in 1977. This is one of the best images of Mercury (once nominated 14 years ago but not promoted). I believe this is an interesting photo, which really captures Mercury's well-known energy in his concerts
Articles in which this image appears
Freddie Mercury, Stage name, etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Carl Lender, restored by Lošmi

Voting period ends on 17 Oct 2024 at 10:57:32 (UTC)

OriginalNautilus by Edward Weston
Reason
"one of the most famous photographs ever made" and "a benchmark of modernism in the history of photography"
Articles in which this image appears
Nautilus (photograph), Edward Weston
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others
Creator
Edward Weston

Voting period ends on 17 Oct 2024 at 00:25:13 (UTC)

Original – A family portrait of the Mozart's by Johann Nepomuk della Croce made around 1780 showing Wolfgang Amadeus, his sister Maria Anna, and his father Leopold Mozart. The portrait on the wall is of Mozart's mother Anna Maria
Reason
It is a very high quality image, and it is accurate too. It shows three of the Mozart's (Wolfgang Amadeus, Maria Anna, and Leopold) during their lifetime, along with a portrait of their dead mother, Anna Maria. It may have one of the best depictions of the best composers and the rest of his family
Articles in which this image appears
Mozart family, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Leopold Mozart, Maria Anna Mozart
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Johann Nepomuk della Croce

Voting period ends on 16 Oct 2024 at 21:51:46 (UTC)

Original – Portrait of Max Planck by Hugo Erfurth, 1938
Reason
Portrait of renowned physicist and 1918 Nobel Prize winner Max Planck.
Articles in which this image appears
Max Planck, List of things named after Max Planck, +1
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering
Creator
Hugo Erfurth, Restored by: Bammesk

Voting period ends on 16 Oct 2024 at 14:58:21 (UTC)

OriginalGalta Ji Temple
Reason
good quality image of the temple, FP on commons
Articles in which this image appears
Galtaji
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Sharvarism

Voting period ends on 16 Oct 2024 at 11:22:42 (UTC)

Original – Color-lithographed poster of the grounds of the 1900 Exposition universelle in Paris. The view overlooks the Seine, the Grand Palais, the exhibition buildings leading to Les Invalides, the Eiffel Tower, and the exhibition buildings constructed around it. Some of the more fantastical buildings constructed for the Exposition are shown, such as the Globe Céleste. In the foreground are world leaders, including William McKinley and monarchs, such as Queen Victoria, and her son (Edward VII, upon her death), Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria-Hungary, Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra of Russia, and Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopiaa
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons. High resolution.
Articles in which this image appears
Exposition Universelle (1900)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Maps
Creator
GTC

Voting period ends on 16 Oct 2024 at 10:50:57 (UTC)

Original – Usambiro barbet in the Serengeti National Park.
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons last month. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears
Usambiro barbet
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Giles Laurent

Voting period ends on 15 Oct 2024 at 22:24:07 (UTC)

OriginalDaddy, What Did You Do in the Great War?, a March 1915 British Propaganda poster. Parliamentary Recruiting Committee poster 79.
Reason
A delightful example of WWI propaganda.
Articles in which this image appears
Daddy, What Did You Do in the Great War? +2
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/WWI
Creator
Savile Lumley/Johnson Riddle and Company, restored by User:Adam Cuerden

Voting period ends on 15 Oct 2024 at 21:39:51 (UTC)

Original – Three Nobel laureates in physics. Front row left to right: Albert A. Michelson (1907 laureate), Albert Einstein (1921 laureate), Robert A. Millikan (1923 laureate). Back row left to right: Walter Sydney Adams, Walther Mayer, Max Farrand.
Reason
Three Nobel Prize laureates in physics photographed in 1931. In front row from left to right: Albert A. Michelson (1907 laureate), Albert Einstein (1921 laureate), Robert A. Millikan (1923 laureate). In back row from left to right: astronomer Walter Sydney Adams, mathematician Walther Mayer, historian Max Farrand.
Articles in which this image appears
Nobel Prize in Physics
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering
Creator
Smithsonian Institution, Photographer: unknown, Restored by: Bammesk
Adam, I adjusted the levels and did another upload. Give it another look, thanks. Bammesk (talk) 16:13, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period ends on 14 Oct 2024 at 18:36:22 (UTC)

Original – The Jadeite Cabbage, a sculpture in the shape of bok choy with two hidden insects. Dating to the 19th century, it is one of the most popular items at the National Palace Museum in Taipei, Taiwan.
Reason
Beautiful sculpture, and the image itself is excellent.
Articles in which this image appears
Jadeite Cabbage +1
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Sculpture
Creator
Unknown; photograph by the National Palace Museum

Voting period ends on 14 Oct 2024 at 15:41:56 (UTC)

Original – The official White House portrait of Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States.
Reason
Official White House presidential portrait of US President Thomas Jefferson. A prior nomination for this painting failed, but that one was an attempt to promote a lower-resolution image that didn't make the 1500px cutoff.
Articles in which this image appears
Thomas Jefferson, Democratic-Republican Party, many others (including List of Assassin's Creed characters)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
Rembrandt Peale

Nominations — to be closed

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Nominations in this category are older than ten days and are to be closed. New votes will no longer be accepted.

Older nominations requiring additional input from users

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These nominations have been moved here because consensus is impossible to determine without additional input from those who participated in the discussion. Usually this is because there was more than one edit of the image available, and no clear preference for one of them was determined. If you voted on these images previously, please update your vote to specify which edit(s) you are supporting.

Closing procedure

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A script is available that automates the majority of these tasks: User:Armbrust/closeFPC.js

When NOT promoted, perform the following:

  1. Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/subpage:
    {{FPCresult|Not promoted| }} --~~~~
    • Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.
  2. 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:

  1. 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.
  2. Add the image to:
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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}}.
  8. 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:

  1. 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.
  2. Add the nomination entry to the bottom of the October archive. This is done by simply adding the line {{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Page name}} from this page to the bottom of the archive.
  3. If the nomination is listed at Template:FPC urgents, remove it.

Delist closing procedure

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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:

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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:

  1. 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.
  2. Replace the {{Featured picture}} tag from the image with {{FormerFeaturedPicture|delist/''Image name''}}.
  3. 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:

  1. 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.
  2. Replace the {{Featured picture}} tag from the delisted image with {{FormerFeaturedPicture|delist/''Image name''}}.
  3. 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}}.
  4. 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.
  5. 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:

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. If the nomination is listed at Template:FPC urgents, remove it.

Recently closed nominations

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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.

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 13 Oct 2024 at 16:09:14 (UTC)

Original – Theatrical poster for the American release of the 1941 film Citizen Kane. This design is designated "Style B". This image is a scan of an unrestored original poster
Reason
A very good and high-quality version of a somewhat famous poster to a very iconic movie
Articles in which this image appears
Citizen Kane
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Film
Creator
William Rose

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:52, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 13 Oct 2024 at 10:09:15 (UTC)

OriginalTadej Pogačar (Slovenia, UAE Team Emirates) winner of 2024 World Roads Championship and leader in UCI men's road racing world ranking for 2024 (pictured on 2022 Tour of Slovenia)
Reason
met all criteria for FP, become world known cycler, winner of TDF × 3, Giro × 1, World Champion in 2024, tactical amazing rider
Articles in which this image appears
Tadej Pogačar, UCI men's road racing world ranking
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Sport
Creator
Petar Milošević

Promoted File:2022 Tour of Slovenia (Stage 3, Tadej Pogačar celebrating victory on Celje Castle v2).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:36, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 13 Oct 2024 at 00:50:38 (UTC)

Original – Mt. Gonbo Ranjon
Reason
excellent image of the revered mountain; featured on commons
Articles in which this image appears
Gumbok Rangan
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator
Tagooty

Promoted File:Gonbo Rangjon Shinko La Zanskar Jun24 A7CR 00332.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:01, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – A pixel art image of a stylized wizard, showing the limitations of the medium and some techniques for working within them.
Reason
I think this is a good exemplar of many of the aspects of pixel art: A limited color palette, the use of complementary colors to create the illusion of a gradient, places where emphasis is placed on individual pixels (such as highlights and the border) and places where a blended effect is desired (the beard and the tones of the face). The one thing it doesn't have that I wish it did is dithering in the gradient areas, but that's not a mandatory aspect of the medium.
Articles in which this image appears
Pixel art
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others
Creator
Original art by ReffPixels, vectorization by OmegaFallon

Promoted File:Pixel art Wizard Portrait.svg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:34, 12 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – A 2012 photo of the partially completed Rugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea.
Reason
Well-composed, high-detail shot of the long-in-the-making Ryugyong Hotel. It was still under construction when this was taken, but the facade was complete.
Articles in which this image appears
Ryugyong Hotel, Pyongyang
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Martin Cígler

Promoted File:Prázdné slnice a rozestavěný hotel Ryugyong - panoramio.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:53, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – The Hindenberg airship going down in flames on 6 May 1937 in Manchester Township, New Jersey in an event known as the Hindenburg disaster.
Reason
The Hindenberg Disaster abruptly ended an era in which airships were very popular, as is known as one of the most famous aviation accidents. These images showed people that airships are dangerous. It is just like the "Oh, the humanity" quote about the disaster, a pretty important piece of media.
Articles in which this image appears
Hindenburg disaster
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/American
Creator
Sam Shere (1905–1982)

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:34, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – The official campaign portrait of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, taken 22 August 1944 by Leon Perskie
Reason
It is the highest quality image of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, showing a lot of detail of Roosevelt. It is also in color.
Articles in which this image appears
Franklin D. Roosevelt
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
Leon Perskie

Promoted File:FDR 1944 Color Portrait (cropped)(b).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:34, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – A World War I United States Army recruitment poster featuring a half-length portrait of Uncle Sam pointing at the viewer, with the legend "I want you for U.S. Army".
Better Version – Higher quality and better version, which Adam Cuerden said should be used.
Reason
This is a delisted featured image because the original scan a while ago was low quality. However, there is a way higher quality image in it's place now. Anyway, the poster is historically significant and very famous
Articles in which this image appears
Uncle Sam
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War I
Creator
James Montgomery Flagg

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:29, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Lavaux vineyard terraces, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland.
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears
Lavaux, Swiss wine, Tourism in Switzerland
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator
Lorenz Poffet

Promoted File:Lavaux Switzerland.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:41, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – A social flycatcher in Tulum, Mexico.
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears
Social flycatcher
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Chuck Homler

Promoted File:Social Flycatcher.png --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:19, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalHip, hip, hurra! Kunstnerfest på Skagen, by Peder Severin Krøyer
ALT1
Current FP
Reason
High quality and resolution
Articles in which this image appears
Hip, Hip, Hurrah!, Gothenburg Museum of Art, Impressionism, Peder Severin Krøyer, Skagen, Skagen Painters, Toast (honor), White wine
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Peder Severin Krøyer

Replaced with File:Hip, Hip, Hurrah! Artists’ Party, Skagen (Peder Severin Krøyer) - Gothenburg Museum of Art - F 62.jpg --– 🌻 Hilst (talk | contribs) 20:58, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Augusta Savage
Alt 1 – Augusta Savage with her sculpture Realization, 1938, photographer: Andrew Herman
Reason
high quality image used as lead
Articles in which this image appears
Augusta Savage, African-American art
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
Creator
unknown US government photographer
I agree, File:Archives of American Art - Augusta Savage - 2371.jpg makes a better FP and it doesn't have to be in the infobox. Bammesk (talk) 17:31, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@MER-C, Moonreach, Crisco 1492, and Bammesk: I restored that one. Yann (talk) 21:56, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Archives of American Art - Augusta Savage - 2371 CROPPED.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:22, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Lynch in 2014
Reason
High quality and resolution
Articles in which this image appears
Mike Lynch (businessman)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Business
Creator
Royal Society

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:38, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Pope John XXIII
Reason
high quality portrait. "Pope John XXIII surprised those who expected him to be a caretaker pope by calling the historic Second Vatican Council." "The council had a significant impact on the Church due to the scope and variety of issues it addressed."
Articles in which this image appears
Pope John XXIII, Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus, Second Vatican Council, etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Religious figures
Creator
De Agostini Editore

Promoted File:Ioannes XXIII, by De Agostini, 1958–1963.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:55, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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