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Featured picture candidates

Featured picture candidates are images that the community will vote on, to determine whether or not they will be highlighted as some of the finest on Commons. This page lists the candidates to become featured pictures. The picture of the day images are selected from featured pictures.

Old candidates for Featured pictures are listed here. There are also chronological lists of featured pictures: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and current month.

For another overview of our finest pictures, take a look at our annual picture of the year election.

Formal things

Nominating

Guidelines for nominators

Please read the complete guidelines before nominating.

This is a summary of what to look for when submitting and reviewing FP candidates:

  • Licensing – Images licensed with solely "GFDL" or "GFDL and an NC-only license" are not acceptable due the restrictions placed on re-use by these licenses.
  • Resolution – Raster images of lower resolution than 2 million pixels (pixels, not bytes) are typically rejected unless there are strong mitigating reasons. This does not apply to vector graphics (SVGs).
    • Graphics on Commons are not only viewed on conventional computer screens. They may be used in high-resolution print versions, and the images may be cropped to focus on portions of the image. See Commons:Why we need high resolution media for more information.
  • Scans – While not official policy, Help:Scanning provides advice on the preparation of various types of images that may be useful.
  • General quality – pictures being nominated should be of high technical quality.
  • Digital manipulations must not deceive the viewer. Digital manipulation for the purpose of correcting flaws in an image is generally acceptable, provided it is limited, well-done, and not intended to deceive.
    • For photographs, typical acceptable manipulations include cropping, perspective correction, sharpening/blurring, and color/exposure correction. More extensive manipulations, such as removal of distracting background elements, should be clearly described in the image text, by means of the {{Retouched picture}} template. Undescribed or mis-described manipulations which cause the main subject to be misrepresented are never acceptable. For images made from more than one photo, you can use the {{Panorama}} or {{Focus stacked image}} templates.
    • For historic images, acceptable manipulations might include digitally fixing rips, removal of stains, cleanup of dirt, and, for mass-produced artworks such as engravings, removal of flaws inherent to the particular reproduction, such as over-inking. Careful color adjustments may be used to bring out the original work from the signs of ageing, though care should be taken to restore a natural appearance. The original artistic intent should be considered when deciding whether it is appropriate to make a change. Edits to historic material should be documented in detail within the file description, and an unedited version should be uploaded and cross linked for comparison.
  • Value – our main goal is to feature most valuable pictures from all others. Pictures should be in some way special, so please be aware that:
    • almost all sunsets are aesthetically pleasing, and most such pictures are not in essence different from others,
    • night-shots are pretty but normally more details can be shown on pictures taken at daytime,
    • beautiful does not always mean valuable.
Artworks, illustrations, and historical documents

There are many different types of non-photographic media, including engravings, watercolors, paintings, etchings, and various others. Hence, it is difficult to set hard-and-fast guidelines. However, generally speaking, works can be divided into three types: Those that can be scanned, those that must be photographed, and those specifically created to illustrate a subject.

Works that must be photographed include most paintings, sculptures, works too delicate or too unique to allow them to be put on a scanner, and so on. For these, the requirements for photography, below, may be mostly followed; however, it should be noted that photographs which cut off part of the original painting are generally not considered featurable.

Works that may be scanned include most works created by processes that allow for mass distribution − for instance, illustrations published with novels. For these, it is generally accepted that a certain amount of extra manipulation is permissible to remove flaws inherent to one copy of the work, since the particular copy – of which hundreds, or even thousands of copies also exist – is not so important as the work itself.

Works created to serve a purpose include diagrams, scientific illustrations, and demonstrations of contemporary artistic styles. For these, the main requirement is that they serve their purpose well.

Provided the reproduction is of high quality, an artwork generally only needs one of the following four things to be featurable:

  • Notable in its own right: Works by major artists, or works that are otherwise notable, such as the subjects of a controversy.
  • Of high artistic merit: Works which, while not particularly well known, are nonetheless wonderful examples of their particular type or school of art.
  • Of high historic merit: The historical method values very early illustrations of scenes and events over later ones. Hence, a work of poor quality depicting a contemporaneous historical event can be nonetheless important, even if the artistic merit is relatively low. Likewise, scans or photographs of important documents – which may not be at all artistic – nonetheless may be highly valuable if the documents are historically significant. The reason for the image's historical importance should be briefly stated in the nomination, for those reviewers unfamiliar with the subject.
  • Of high illustrative merit: Works that illustrate or help explain notable subjects, for instance, illustrations of books, scientific subjects, or technical processes. The amount of artistic merit required for these will vary by subject, but, for instance, an illustration that makes the working of a complicated piece of machinery very clear need not be notable as a piece of artwork as well, whereas an illustration for a book might well be expected to reach much higher artistic standards.

Digital restorations must also be well documented. An unedited version of the image should be uploaded locally, when possible, and cross-linked from the file description page. Edit notes should be specified in detail, such as "Rotated and cropped. Dirt, scratches, and stains removed. Histogram adjusted and colors balanced."

Photographs

On the technical side, we have focus, exposure, composition, movement control and depth of field.

  • Focus – every important object in the picture should normally be sharp.
  • Exposure refers to the shutter diaphragm combination that renders an image with a tonal curve that ideally is able to represent in acceptable detail shadows and highlights within the image. This is called latitude. Images can be on the low side of the tonal curve (low range), the middle (middle range) or high side (upper range). Lack of shadow detail is not necessarily a negative characteristic. In fact, it can be part of the desired effect. Burned highlights in large areas are a distracting element.
  • Composition refers to the arrangement of the elements within the image. The "Rule of thirds" is one useful guideline. Horizons should almost never be placed in the middle, where they "cut" the image in half. Often, a horizon creating a top or bottom third of the space works better. The main idea is to use space to create a dynamic image.
    • Foreground and background – foreground and background objects may be distracting. You should check that something in front of the subject doesn't hide important elements and that something in background doesn't spoil the composition (for example that the streetlight doesn't "stand" on someone's head).
  • Movement control refers to the manner in which motion is represented in the image. Motion can be frozen or blurred. Neither one is better than the other. It is the intention of representation. Movement is relative within the objects of the image. For example, photographing a race car that appears frozen in relation to the background does not give us a sense of speed or motion, so technique dictates to represent the car in a frozen manner but with a blurred background, thus creating the sense of motion, this is called "panning". On the other hand, representing a basketball player in a high jump frozen in relation to everything else, due to the "unnatural" nature of the pose would be a good photograph.
  • Depth of field (DOF) refers to the area in focus in front of and beyond main subject. Depth of field is chosen according to the specific needs of every picture. Large or small DOF can either way add or subtract to the quality of the image. Low depth of field can be used to bring attention to the main subject, separating it from the general environment. High depth of field can be used to emphasize space. Short focal length lenses (wide angles) yield large DOF, and vice versa, long focal lenses (telephotos) have shallow DOF. Small apertures yield large DOF and conversely, large apertures yield shallow DOF.

On the graphic elements we have shape, volume, color, texture, perspective, balance, proportion, noise, etc.

  • Shape refers to the contour of the main subjects.
  • Volume refers to the three dimensional quality of the object. This is accomplished using side light. Contrary to general belief, front lighting is not the best light. It tends to flatten subject. Best light of day is early morning or late afternoon.
  • Color is important. Oversaturated colors are not good.
  • Texture refers to the quality of the surface of the subject. It is enhanced by side lighting… it is the "feel" to the touch.
  • Perspective refers to the "angle" accompanied by lines that disappear into a vanishing point that may or may not be inside the image.
  • Balance refers to the arrangement of subjects within the image that can either give equal weight or appear to be heavier on one side.
  • Proportion refers to the relation of size of objects in picture. Generally, we tend to represent small objects small in relation to others, but a good technique is to represent small objects large contrary to natural size relationship. For example, a small flower is given preponderance over a large mountain…. This is called inversion of scales.
Not all elements must be present. Some photographs can be judged on individual characteristics, that is, an image can be about color or texture, or color AND texture, etc.
  • Noise refers to unwanted corruption of color brightness and quality and can be caused by underexposure. It is not a desirable quality and can be grounds for opposition.
  • Symbolic meaning or relevance … Opinion wars can begin here … A bad picture of a very difficult subject is better than a good picture of an ordinary subject. A good picture of a difficult subject is an extraordinary photograph.
Images can be culturally biased by the photographer and/or the observer. The meaning of the image should be judged according to the cultural context of the image, not by the cultural context of the observer. An image "speaks" to people, and it has the capacity to evoke emotion such as tenderness, rage, rejection, happiness, sadness, etc. Good photographs are not limited to evoking pleasant sensations …

You will maximise the chances of your nominations succeeding if you read the complete guidelines before nominating.

Video and audio

Please nominate videos, sounds, music, etc. at Commons:Featured media candidates.

Set nominations

If a group of images are thematically connected in a direct and obvious way, they can be nominated together as a set. A set should fall under one of the following types:

  • Faithful digital reproductions of works notable in their own right, which the original author clearly intended to be viewed as a set. Examples: pages in a pamphlet, crops (puzzle pieces) of a prohibitively large scan, a pair of pendant paintings. Not acceptable: Arbitrary selection of sample works by an artist.
  • A sequence of images showing the passage of time. They could depict frames of a moving/changing object or a static object during different times of day or different seasons. Examples: diagrams illustrating a process, steps of a dance, metamorphosis of an insect, maps/drawings/photos of the same subject over the years (frame of view should be more or less the same).
  • A group of images depicting the same subject from different viewpoints, preferably taken under the same lighting conditions when possible. Examples: Exterior and interior of a building, different facades of a building, different interior views, obverse and inverse of a banknote/coin. Not acceptable: A selection of different rooms in a skyscraper, the facade of a church plus an organ, any images of fundamentally different scopes.
  • A group of images which show all possible variations of a particular class of object. Examples: Male and female versions of an animal (preferably in the same setting), all known species of a genus. Not acceptable: A few breeds of cats (unless they share a defining characteristic and represent all possible examples of that).

Simple tutorial for new users

Tutorial: Nominate on COM:FPC
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NOTE: You don't need to worry if you are not sure, other users will try their best to help you.

Adding a new nomination

If you believe that you have found or created an image that could be considered valuable, with appropriate image description and licensing, then do the following.

Step 1: copy the image name into this box, after the text already present in the box, for example, Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Your image filename.jpg. Then click on the "create new nomination" button.

All single files:

For renominations, simply add /2 after the filename. For example, Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Foo.jpg/2

All set nomination pages should begin "Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/", e.g. "Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/My Nomination".


Step 2: follow the instructions on the page that you are taken to, and save that page.

Step 3: manually insert a link to the created page at the top of Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list: Click here, and add the following line to the TOP of the nominations list:

{{Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Your image filename.jpg}}

Galleries and FP categories: Please add a gallery page and section heading from the list at Commons FP galleries. Write the code as Page name#Section heading. For example: Commons:Featured pictures/Sports#Individual sports An image will only appear ONE time in the galleries. After a successful nomination, the image can be placed in several of the Featured pictures categories.

Optional: if you are not the creator of the image, please notify them using {{subst:FPC-notice|Your image filename.jpg}} -- ~~~~.

Note: Do not add an 'Alternative' image when you create a nomination. Selecting the best image is part of the nomination process. Alternatives are for a different crop or post-processing of the original image, or a closely related image from the same photo session (limited to 1 per nomination), if they are suggested by voters.

Voting

Editors whose accounts have at least 10 days and 50 edits can vote. Everybody can vote for their own nominations. Anonymous (IP) votes are not allowed.

You may use the following templates:

  • {{Support}} ( Support),
  • {{Oppose}} ( Oppose),
  • {{Neutral}} ( Neutral),
  • {{Comment}} ( Comment),
  • {{Info}} ( Info),
  • {{Question}} ( Question),
  • {{Request}} ( Request).

You may indicate that the image has no chance of success with the template {{FPX|reason - ~~~~}}, where reason explains why the image is clearly unacceptable as a FP. The template can only be used when there are no support votes other than the one from the nominator.

A well-written review helps participants (photographers, nominators and reviewers) improve their skills by providing insight into the strengths and weaknesses of a picture. Explain your reasoning, especially when opposing a candidate (which has been carefully selected by the author/nominator). English is the most widely understood language on Commons, but any language may be used in your review. A helpful review will often reference one or more of the criteria listed above.

Unhelpful reasons for opposing include:

  • No reason
  • "I don't like it" and other empty assessments
  • "You can do better" and other criticisms of the author/nominator rather than the image

Remember also to put your signature (~~~~).

Over time, featured picture standards change. It may be decided that for some pictures which were formerly "good enough", this is no longer the case. This is for listing an image which you believe no longer deserves to be a featured picture. For these, vote:

Text to use Displays as Meaning
{{Keep}}  Keep It deserves to remain a featured picture.
{{Delist}}  Delist It does not deserve to be a featured picture anymore.

This can also be used for cases in which a previous version of an image was promoted to FP, but a newer version of the image has been made and is believed to be superior to the old version, e.g. a newly edited version of a photo or a new scan of a historical image. In particular, it is not intended for replacing older photos of a particular subject with newer photos of the same subject, or in any other case where the current FP and the proposed replacement are essentially different images. For these nominations, vote:

Text to use Displays as Meaning
{{Keep}}  Keep Do not replace the old image with the new image as a FP.
{{Delistandreplace}}  Delist and replace Replace the current FP with the proposed replacement.

If you believe that some picture no longer meets the criteria for FP, you can nominate it for delisting, copying the image name into this box, after the text already present in the box:


In the new delisting nomination page just created you should include:

  • Information on the origin of the image (creator, uploader);
  • A link to the original FP nomination (it will appear under "Links" on the image description page);
  • Your reasons for nominating the image and your username.

After that, you have to manually insert a link to the created page at the top of Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list.

As a courtesy, leave an informative note on the talk page(s) of the original creator, uploader(s), and nominator with a link to the delisting candidate. {{subst:FPC-notice-removal}} can be used for this purpose.

General rules

  1. The voting period is 9 complete days counted from the nomination. After the end of this period the result will be determined. Votes added on day 10 and after are not counted.
  2. Nominations by anonymous contributors are welcome.
  3. Contributions to discussion by anonymous contributors are welcome.
  4. Only registered contributors whose Commons accounts have at least 10 days and 50 edits can vote. Exception: registered users can always vote in their own nominations no matter the account age and number of edits.
  5. Nominations do not count as votes. Support must be explicitly stated.
  6. Nominators and authors can withdraw their nominated pictures at any time. This is done by adding the following template: {{Withdraw}} ~~~~. Also, remember that if more than one version is nominated, you should explicitly state which version you are withdrawing.
  7. Remember, the goal of the Wikimedia Commons project is to provide a central repository for free images to be used by all Wikimedia projects, including possible future projects. This is not simply a repository for Wikipedia images, so images should not be judged here on their suitability for that project.
  8. Rules of the 5th day based on vote counts on day number 5 (day of nomination + 5):
    1. Pictures are speedy declined if they have fewer than two support votes.
    2. Pictures are speedy promoted if they have 10 support votes or more and no oppose votes. (Note that if it takes more than five days to reach this threshold, the picture can be promoted as soon as it is reached.) This does not apply to nominations containing at least one ‘Alternative’ image – because it is possible that another image can overtake the one in the lead during the last days, such nominations are never closed early.
    3. Once either speedy criterion is reached, the voting period is considered closed, and no more votes may be added.
  9. Pictures tagged {{FPX}} may be removed from the list 24 hours after the tag was applied, provided there are no support votes other than that of the nominator.
  10. Pictures tagged {{FPD}} (FP-Denied) may be removed from the list 24 hours after the tag was applied.
  11. Only two active nominations by the same user (that is, nominations under review and not yet closed) are allowed. The main purpose of this measure is to contribute to a better average quality of nominations, by driving nominators/creators to choose carefully the pictures presented to the forum.

Featuring and delisting rules

A candidate will become a featured picture in compliance with following conditions:

  1. Appropriate license (of course)
  2. At least seven  Support votes (or 7  Delist votes for a delist) at the end of nine days
  3. Ratio of supporting/opposing votes at least 2/1 (a two-thirds majority); same for delist/keep votes
  4. Two different versions of the same picture cannot both be featured, but only the one with higher level of support, as determined by the closer. Whenever the closer is not sure which version has consensus to be featured, they should attempt to contact the voters to clarify their opinions if not clear from the nomination page.
  5. Only two active delisting nominations per user, which is in addition to the limit of two active regular nominations.

The delisting rules are the same as those for FPs, with voting taking place over the same time period. The rule of the 5th day is applied to delisting candidates that have received no votes to delist, other than that of the proposer, by day 5.

The FPCBot handles the vote counting and closing in most cases, current exceptions are candidates containing multiple versions of the image as well as FPXed and withdrawn nominations. Any experienced user may close the requests not handled by the bot. For instructions on how to close nominations, see Commons:Featured picture candidates/What to do after voting is finished. Also note that there is a manual review stage between when the bot has counted the votes and before the nomination is finally closed by the bot; this manual review can be done by any user familiar with the voting rules.

Above all, be polite

Please don't forget that the image you are judging is somebody's work. Avoid using phrases like "it looks terrible" and "I hate it". If you must oppose, please do so with consideration. Also remember that your command of English might not be the same as someone else's. Choose your words with care.

Happy judging… and remember… all rules can be broken.

See also

Table of contents

List may contain works considered Not Safe for Work (nudity).

Nominators are requested, out of courtesy, to include the {{Nsfw}} template with such images. Users may select the gadget in user preferences "Deferred display of images tagged with {{Nsfw}} on COM:FPC" to enable the template's effect of hiding the image until selected.

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File:Ringeltaube auf Norderney 02.jpg

Voting period ends on 19 May 2025 at 09:52:19 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Common wood pigeon on Norderney, Germany

File:Dode stam van een berk. 18-04-2025 (actm.) 01.jpg

Voting period ends on 19 May 2025 at 04:25:55 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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SHORT DESCRIPTION

File:ISS-46 Northern India at night.jpg

Voting period ends on 19 May 2025 at 01:33:54 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Picture of the northern Indian subcontinent at night taken from the International Space Station.

File:2024-07-07 Motorsport, DTM, Norisring Nürnberg 2024 STP 0442-2.jpg

Voting period ends on 19 May 2025 at 01:23:03 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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motor sport, DTM, Norisring Nürnberg 2024: Award Ceremony; Nicki Thiim (DEN, Lamborghini, SSR Performance); celebration, Champagne shower

File:Warbling vireo (82141).jpg

Voting period ends on 18 May 2025 at 21:06:47 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Warbling vireo singing

File:Señorita herida (Halichoeres chierchiae), La Paz, Baja California, México, 2024-12-20, DD 35.jpg

Voting period ends on 18 May 2025 at 20:44:42 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Wounded wrasse (Halichoeres chierchiae), La Paz, Baja California, Mexico

File:View of the Upper Rhine Plain from Battenberg Castle.jpg

Voting period ends on 18 May 2025 at 15:26:29 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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View of the Upper Rhine Plain from Battenberg Castle, Germany

File:Instrumente in der Maschinenhalle der Zeche Zollern.jpg

Voting period ends on 18 May 2025 at 12:11:37 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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SHORT DESCRIPTION

File:Dülmen, Merfeld, Felder -- 2024 -- 0102.jpg

Voting period ends on 18 May 2025 at 08:07:14 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Field and Mühlenbach on the border between Börnste (Kirchspiel) and Merfeld, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

File:Himalaya, Indian Atlas, sheet 66 (15219000), cropped.jpg

Voting period ends on 17 May 2025 at 21:52:44 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Himalaya, Indian Atlas, sheet 66. Scale 1:253,440.
  • Yes, you are right. Map sheets are usually divided in several parts. I don't know the reason why the borders do not align. It is not mentioned at the source. Yann (talk) 18:48, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thank you! Well, as I said above, most of the actual map is aligned very well at the borders of the parts, so it does not hurt that the margins are not perfectly aligned. – Aristeas (talk) 19:52, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Dense vegetation on the shore of Brofjorden at Lahälla 1.jpg

Voting period ends on 17 May 2025 at 21:19:22 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Forest path through dense vegetation on the shore of Brofjorden at Lahälla, Lysekil Municipality, Sweden.

File:Macaca sylvanus in Michlifen 01.jpg

Voting period ends on 17 May 2025 at 20:31:53 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Macaca sylvanus in Michlifen

Mergansers

Voting period ends on 17 May 2025 at 03:13:19 (UTC)
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  • A hen Red-breasted Merganser in flight in the Barnegat Inlet.
    A hen Red-breasted Merganser in flight in the Barnegat Inlet.
  • A drake Red-breasted Merganser in the Barnegat Inlet.
    A drake Red-breasted Merganser in the Barnegat Inlet.
  • A juvenile drake, Red-breasted Merganser in the Barnegat Inlet.
    A juvenile drake, Red-breasted Merganser in the Barnegat Inlet.
Just talk about how to re-name files
  •  Comment So we've got a drake, hen and youngster as a set. Well that works for me. Nice and sharp photos. However, the file names are all over the place and none of them meet the general Commons naming guidelines. They are more like some sort of code that only bird-people can understand, they need to be more general. If you can suggest better names for them here, I will gladly help you renaming them. Also the name of the location (including the country) should be in the description too. These photos will be seen by people all over the world, so please make it easy for them to understand which English-speaking country Barnegat Inlet is located in. --Cart (talk) 18:20, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Sorry! You are absolutely correct. RBME (Red-Breasted Merganser) BIF (Bird In Flight). I will gladly rename them and I can do it in a way that helps with language barriers. Mergus_serrator_Drake/Hen/Immature Do those work? And I can add Barnegat Inlet_New Jersey_USA a suffix. Needsmoreritalin (talk) 19:51, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    That sounds much better. The four capital letters are especially bewildering, since the British have similar four-letter abbreviations for their bird sanctuaries (RSPB). Do you have file mover rights or do you need help with the renaming? If you want to see correct naming of files, take a look at how Poco a poco names his photos. They have among the clearest names here on Commons and you can get some tips from those, like his nom here at the moment. Btw, good call to add the genus section to the bird gallery, you did that right. I'm just going to add that since you are nominating a set, there is less trouble with re-naming files during a nomination, we usually never recommend that otherwise. I'll keep an eye on this so that the code doesn't break anywhere. --Cart (talk) 20:35, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you! I have been contributing for some time, but it wasn't until last year that someone nominated one of my images for Featured Picture that I learned about these processes. Despite 17 years using wikipedia, I am still a novice. I am not a file mover. What is the best method for me to rename the images or request that the images be renamed? Needsmoreritalin (talk) 21:39, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    The easiest and fastest way for these, is if you just write the exact new names you want for the photos right here in a reply to my post, and I'll fix it for you. --Cart (talk) 21:50, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Wow, it doesn't get easier than that! Thanks again.
    How about:
    Red-Breasted Merganser Hen (Mergus Serrator) Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey, USA
    Red-Breasted Merganser Drake (Mergus Serrator) Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey, USA
    Red-Breasted Merganser Juvenile (Mergus Serrator) Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey, USA Needsmoreritalin (talk) 22:13, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Okey-dokey, done and fixed. Please also take a look at how I added the info to the 'Description' box on the files, that info should also be in good shape for an FP. --Cart (talk) 22:38, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support These are very nice, well done Cmao20 (talk) 11:16, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Llez (talk) 15:36, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose I don't understand what kind of set this one is. The closest is probably #4 A group of images which show all possible variations of a particular class of object. Examples: Male and female versions of an animal (preferably in the same setting), all known species of a genus. Not acceptable: A few breeds of cats (unless they share a defining characteristic and represent all possible examples of that). I'd accept a set of 2: in flight + swimming or a set of 2: adult and juvenile, but this fulfil no valid set IMHO Poco a poco (talk) 17:18, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Poco a poco, we have been bending the rather short-sighted and rigid rules of sets before. I have no problem with allowing this. And technically speaking, Needsmoreritalin only has this nom of three photos up and running, so given your definition of sets, he could withdraw this and nominate the drake adult and juvenile as one set, and then nominate the hen in a normal separate nom (or any other combination that would fit the set criteria you outline more perfectly). The three photos are great, so I think the outcome would be the same as if we allow this nomination to proceed. To placiate you, perhaps Needsmoreritalin could refrain from making another nomination until this one is over? It's easier to keep this one running instead of going through all that bureaucratic rigmarole. In another current set nomination, Adam is admitting to finding more images for his "complete set of illustrations" saying there might be need for a second set, and no one is getting upset about that. --Cart (talk) 18:04, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I will not nominate any additional images for Featured Picture consideration until this set is approved or rejected. This was the first time I submitted a set and I appreciate your feedback. Thanks Cart for the support and the suggestion!
    I submitted this as a set because the drake Red-breasted Merganser is very unique in its appearance, the hen and immature Red-Breasted Mergansers look the same. However, when the juvenile male gets a little older it starts wearing eyeliner. There are no Featured Pictures of any species in the genus, Mergus. I thought submitting the three "types" of Mergus Serrator would be a good start.
    This is only my rationale, and you must support or oppose based on your own standards. I respect and accept your decision. Needsmoreritalin (talk) 22:21, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Sets are always tricky since they rely so much on interpreting the rules, and if one photo isn't good the whole thing falls. I've made a couple of sets early on here at FPC, but I have since given up on them, and I prefer to make noms one at a time just to keep things simple. Slow and steady wins in the long run. --Cart (talk) 22:28, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Very good photos. Regarding the set question, I just think of this one as “Mergansers family”: mother, father, child ;–). But if this argument is too lax and risqué (the two adults are probably not the parents of that juvenile, although I could not tell the difference ;–)), I second Cart’s pragmatic argumentation. – Aristeas (talk) 18:09, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 09:26, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Image:C62 3 Niseko (2).jpg

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The special train pulled by JR Hokkaido's C62 steam locomotive

File:Tractor New Holland T6.165 plowing (Zadobrova, Ljubljana).jpg

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Tractor New Holland T6.165 plowing (Zadobrova, Ljubljana)
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Agriculture#Slovenia
  •  Info Tractor New Holland T6.165 plowing (Zadobrova, Ljubljana). My shot. --Mile (talk) 15:28, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment «Light source - Fluorescent» by EXIF.
  •  Support -- Mile (talk) 15:28, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose As long as two of the three categories aren't fixed properly. --A.Savin 20:35, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Oh wow... --A.Savin 08:54, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment i suppose you Overcat so i remove that one. Otherwise if you any suggestion you can tell. So far, i can see i bother you a lot with Categories. --Mile (talk) 10:00, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Very nice view. And Mile, A.Savin does have a point. It would be great if you were just as good at documenting your photos as you are at creating them. People who are interested in your photos shouldn't need to play detectives to find out more about them. It's not enough to only have the location as coordinates, it should be written in the description and with categories. The more info there is on your photo, the more interesting it becomes for re-users, and the more it will be used. It's not bad to have many categories, just as long as they are on different category trees, just look at what's in the image and how you would describe it. It can be useful to remember the three: "What, Where, Who" when you add categories and descriptions. Here it would be: What - a field is being plowed, Where - in Zadobrova, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Who - a New Holland T6.165 tractor is doing it. All these should be represented in some way in the description and categories. I've added that for you on this (and your other nomination) so that we can get this moving, and not have you two growling at each other from your two trenches. --Cart (talk) 10:53, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    The question was rather on the way how he's creating new categories... --A.Savin 19:36, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    It might be easier if you explained that in complete sentences, instead of short threatening bursts. I know, it's tedious and Mile should know better, but so should a lot of long-time users here too, and still we keep needing to remind folks about the most basic things for nominations. It's boring, but it's all we got until some miracle happens and a new code for creating noms is written, that makes sure that all criteria listed at the FPC page are met. --Cart (talk) 21:08, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    For example, "New Holland tractors in Slovenia" should be "Tractors in Slovenia" too. However PetarM is not interested in explanation, I think there are revenge votes from him and I don't have to expect fair treatment. --A.Savin 21:59, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Christ on a Bike! How many more feuding and revenging guys must we put up with here at FPC? We just resolved the last mud-throwing competition only months ago. Stop it this instant, both of you. --Cart (talk) 22:55, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Great, graphical picture - I really like it. Special thanks to Cart for updating the categories. -- Radomianin (talk) 11:40, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Great shot. Thank you Cart for your explanation of categories. I find this a clearer explanation than the official rules and I will refer back to it in future. Cmao20 (talk) 12:34, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Harlock81 (talk) 14:22, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support per others, and thanks to Cart for the excellent explanation of categories. For my part I often think of the mnemonic verse Quis, quid, ubi, quibus auxiliis, cur, quomodo, quando? – “Who, what, where, by what means, why, how, when?” – when selecting categories. This phrase (from Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Theologica, Iª IIae q. 7 a. 3) summarises the ancient rhetorical theory of peristáseis/circumstances; prospective orators were taught to settle these questions when preparing a court speech, and a simplified version, the Five Ws, is used in modern journalism. Of course normally we do not have categories for all of these 7 or 5 questions, but it does not hurt to check them. – Aristeas (talk) 14:45, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Poco a poco (talk) 17:14, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support excellent photo. --UnpetitproleX (Talk) 23:01, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --XRay 💬 07:41, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Llez (talk) 15:34, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Famberhorst (talk) 15:52, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 09:31, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Femme en chemise, André Derain, 1906.jpg

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Woman in a Chemise, by André Derain. 100 x 81 cm, oil on canvas.

File:Focas grises (Halichoerus grypus), playa de Horsey, Norfolk, Inglaterra, 2022-11-20, DD 11.jpg

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Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus atlantica), Horsey Beach, Norfolk, England.

File:DC3 Skå June 2017 05.jpg

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DC3 (SE-CFP) at Skå airfield, Stockholm County.

File:Cinnamon flycatcher (Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus pyrrhopterus) San Isidro.jpg

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Cinnamon flycatcher (Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus pyrrhopterus)
Gallery fixed. It's great that you added the genus section, you just missed the 'Family' step in the code here on the nom. --Cart (talk) 14:30, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:12, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Multicoloured monkey grasshoppers (Homeomastax sp.) Sumaco.jpg

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Multicoloured monkey grasshoppers (Homeomastax sp.)
Sorry, not for the knee. Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:51, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
New version uploaded. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:30, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
On my monopod... Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:43, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hyles dahlii

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  • Male dorsal
    Male dorsal
  • Male ventral
    Male ventral
  • Female dorsal
    Female dorsal
  • Female ventral
    Female ventral

File:Воздушен поглед на Струмичкото Поле.jpg

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An aerial view of Strumica Valley

File:Телефонска говорница во Стиник.jpg

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A telephone booth in the village of Stinik

File:Horses grazing at Trunkol meadow, Jammu and Kashmir, India (crop).jpg

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Horses grazing at Trunkol meadow in the Indian Himalayas in Jammu and Kashmir

File:Selyavnoe-Vtoroe-003.jpg

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SHORT DESCRIPTION

File:Front Sacred Heart Cathedral Ooty Mar25 A7CR 05528.jpg

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Front view, Sacred Heart Cathedral, Ooty

File:Indian Peacock courtship display at Pench national park (April, 2024) 08.jpg

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Indian Peacock courtship display at Pench national park, Maharashtra.
thewanderersthirdeye, I forgot to say welcome to FPC. :-) I didn't realize you were new here. The easiest thing is to add it as an 'Alternative' to this nom. Because it's a reviewed QI, we can't simply upload the improved version over the old file per COM:OVERWRITE, that is otherwise an option for small changes. No need to withdraw and begin again. I will fix this for you, you can just look at my edits here on the nomination and remember how this is done for future references. You can also support the new alternative if you like, support both or strike the support for the original, it's up to you. --Cart (talk) 14:21, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Alternative

The Bottle Imp

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Just noting that there may need to be a second set. Need to double check my book, but I moved recently. Adam Cuerden (talk) 02:27, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Weißstorch-am-Wasser-Vogelpark-Marlow-2025.jpg

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White stork in bird park Vogelpark Marlow wading through a pond

File:Canon EOS R50 (52694437103).jpg

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White Canon EOS R50

File:Steinerlebnispfad Zeilberg, Hütte im Wald im Osten.jpg

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House in the forest on the Zeilberg near Maroldsweisach

File:Soldier onboard M77 Ulvön in Lysekil 1.jpg

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Female soldier standing guard onboard mine countermeasures vessel M77 Ulvön, moored in Lysekil, Sweden.

File:Sichelsee und Großer Wörthsee Augsfeld 2025-02.jpg

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"Sickle lake" and "Great Wörth Lake" geotope near Augsfeld (Haßfurt)
  •  Comment Thank you very much for the hint, Milseburg - I completely overlooked those two stitching errors in the clouds. @Plozessor, would you mind removing them? If you're short on time, feel free to use my retouch attempt instead (SwissTransfer link) for an update, if the result looks okay to you. I also adjusted the blue tone a bit in the sky to make it feel more balanced. Best regards, -- Radomianin (talk) 19:25, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Milseburg Oops, I checked for stitching errors in the lake and background but not in the sky. Thx for spotting, I think I fixed all of the issues you mentioned. Please have another look! Plozessor (talk) 19:26, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Chêne, colza, Jura (horizontal).jpg

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English oak standing in the middle of a rapeseed field with the Jura Mountains background. Versonnex (Ain), France.

File:Tractor John Deere 6320 with front and rear mower cutting grass.jpg

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Tractor John Deere 6320 with front and rear mower cutting grass

File:46-218-0001 Zolochiv Castle RB 24.jpg

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Top down view on castle in Zolochiv, Ukraine.

File:Glassy Glacial Lake (54441988747).jpg

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  •  Weak support Agree that the editing has added a bit too much contrast/clarity, but nevertheless I cannot help to be impressed. Of course Cart’s version looks better to me, I would give full support to it if you could add it as an alternative version. – Aristeas (talk) 19:08, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Alternative


Timetable (day 5 after nomination)

Mon 05 May → Sat 10 May
Tue 06 May → Sun 11 May
Wed 07 May → Mon 12 May
Thu 08 May → Tue 13 May
Fri 09 May → Wed 14 May
Sat 10 May → Thu 15 May

Timetable (day 9 after nomination, last day of voting)

Thu 01 May → Sat 10 May
Fri 02 May → Sun 11 May
Sat 03 May → Mon 12 May
Sun 04 May → Tue 13 May
Mon 05 May → Wed 14 May
Tue 06 May → Thu 15 May
Wed 07 May → Fri 16 May
Thu 08 May → Sat 17 May
Fri 09 May → Sun 18 May
Sat 10 May → Mon 19 May

The bot

Note that the description below is for manual closure, this is mostly not needed anymore as there exists a bot (FPCBot) that counts the votes and handles the process below. However after the bot has counted the votes a manual review step is used to make sure the count is correct before the bot again picks up the work.

Manual procedure

Any experienced user may close requests.

  1. In Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the candidate image, then [edit].
    Add the result of the voting at the bottom (on a new line with a space first)
    {{FPC-results-reviewed|support=x|oppose=x|neutral=x|featured=("yes" or "no")|gallery=xxx (leave blank if "featured=no")|sig=~~~~}}
     (for example see Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:The Bridge (August 2013).jpg). See also {{FPC-results-reviewed}}.
  2. Also edit the title of the candidate image template and add after the image tag
    featured or not featured
    For example:
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] ===
    becomes
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], featured ===
  3. Save your edit.
  4. If it is featured:
    • Add the picture to the list of the four most recently featured pictures of an appropriate gallery of Commons:Featured pictures, list as the first one and delete the last one, so that the number is four again.
    • Also add the picture to the appropriate gallery and section of Commons:Featured pictures, list. Click on the most appropriate link beneath where you just added it as one of the four images. An image should only appear ONE time in the galleries. After a successful nomination, the image can be placed in several of the Featured pictures categories.
    • Add the template {{Assessments|featured=1}} to the image description page.
      • If it was an alternative image, use the subpage/com-nom parameter: For example, if File:Foo.jpg was promoted at Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Bar.jpg, use {{Assessments|featured=1|com-nom=Bar.jpg}}
      • If the image is already featured on another wikipedia, just add featured=1 to the Assessments template. For instance {{Assessments|enwiki=1}} becomes {{Assessments|enwiki=1|featured=1}}
    • Add the picture to the chronological list of featured pictures. Put it in the gallery using this format: File:xxxxx.jpg|# - '''Headline'''<br>created by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]], uploaded by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]], nominated by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]]
      • The # should be replaced by 1 for the first image nominated that month, and counts up after that. Have a look at the other noms on that page for examples.
      • You may simplify this if multiple things were done by the same user. E.g.: File:xxxxx.jpg|# - '''Headline'''<br>created, uploaded, and nominated by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]]
    • Add == FP promotion ==
      {{FPpromotion|File:XXXXX.jpg}} to the Talk Page of the nominator.
  5. As the last step (whether the image is featured or not; including {{FPX}}ed, {{FPD}}ed and withdrawn nominations), open Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list, click on [edit], and find the transclusion of the nomination you've just finished closing. It will be of the form:
    {{Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:XXXXX.jpg}}
    Copy it to the bottom of Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/May 2025), save that page, and remove it from the candidate list.

Closing a delisting request

  1. In Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the candidate image, then [edit].
    Add the result of the voting at the bottom (on a new line with a space first)
    '''Result:''' x delist, x keep, x neutral => /not/ delisted. ~~~~
    (for example see Commons:Featured picture candidates/removal/Image:Astrolabe-Persian-18C.jpg)
  2. Also edit the title of the delisting candidate image template and add after the image tag
    delisted or not delisted
    For example:
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] === becomes === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], delisted ===
  3. Move the actual template from Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list to the bottom of the actual month page on Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/May 2025.
  4. If the outcome was not delisted, stop here. If it is delisted:
    1. Remove the picture from Commons:Featured pictures, list and any subpages.
    2. Edit the picture's description as follows:
      1. Replace the template {{Featured picture}} on the image description page by {{Delisted picture}}. If using the {{Assessments}} template, change featured=1 to featured=2 (do not change anything related to its status in other featured picture processes).
      2. Remove the image from all categories beginning with "Featured [pictures]" (example: Featured night photography, Featured pictures from Wiki Loves Monuments 2016, Featured pictures of Paris).
      3. Remove the "Commons quality assessment" claim (d:Property:P6731) "Wikimedia Commons featured picture" from the picture's Structured data.
    3. Add a delisting-comment to the original entry in chronological list of featured pictures in bold-face, e. g. delisted 2007-07-19 (1-6) with (1-6) meaning 1 keep and 6 delist votes (change as appropriate). The picture in the gallery is not removed.
  5. If this is a Delist and Replace, the delisting and promotion must both be done manually. To do the promotion, follow the steps in the above section. Note that the assessment tag on the file page and the promotion tag on the nominator's talk page won't pick up the /replace subpage that these nominations use.

Manual archiving of a withdrawn nomination

  1. In Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the candidate image, then [edit].
    In the occasion that the FPCbot will not mark withdrawn nominations with a "to be reviewed" template and put them in Category:Featured picture candidates awaiting closure review just like if they were on the usual list, put the following "no" template:
    {{FPC-results-reviewed|support=X|oppose=X|neutral=X|featured=no|gallery=|sig=--~~~~}}
  2. Also edit the title of the candidate image template and add after the image tag
    not featured
    For example:
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] ===
    becomes
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], not featured ===
  3. Save your edit.
  4. Open Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list, click on [edit], and find the transclusion of the nomination. It will be of the form:
    {{Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:XXXXX.jpg}}
    Copy it to the bottom of Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/May 2025), save that page, and remove it from the candidate list.
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