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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 and current month.

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

Formal things[edit]

Nominating[edit]

Guidelines for nominators[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Set nominations[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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 (~~~~).

Featured picture delisting candidates[edit]

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.

Featured picture candidate policy[edit]

General rules[edit]

  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[edit]

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.

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. There is also a limit of two active delisting nominations per user, which is in addition to the limit of two active regular nominations.

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[edit]

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[edit]

Table of contents[edit]

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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Featured picture candidates[edit]

File:Catania Cathedral from the Abbey of St Agatha1.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 24 Apr 2024 at 05:13:23 (UTC)
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Catania Cathedral

File:Boehmeria nivea. 31-03-2024 (d.j.b.) 02.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 24 Apr 2024 at 04:32:50 (UTC)
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SHORT DESCRIPTION

File:Perth (AU), View from Kings Park -- 2019 -- 0525-30.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 24 Apr 2024 at 01:32:10 (UTC)
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Perth skyline

File:Tribu Laarim, Kimotong, Sudán del Sur, 2024-01-25, DD 19.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 23 Apr 2024 at 19:51:36 (UTC)
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Kid of the Laarim Tribe drinking goat milk, Kimotong, South Sudan.

File:Mosque of Algiers Pillar.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 23 Apr 2024 at 16:46:39 (UTC)
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Pillars of Djamaâ El-Djazaïr (Mosque)

File:Fatima BW 2018-10-05 21-52-30.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 23 Apr 2024 at 16:29:07 (UTC)
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SHORT DESCRIPTION

File:Stuor Dáhtá lake along the Kungsleden trail during golden hour in Kvikkjokk-Kabla fjällurskog (DSCF2557).jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 23 Apr 2024 at 14:57:27 (UTC)
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SHORT DESCRIPTION
No way! Just take a look at the Cart's work! ★ 00:58, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File:Cabinet card of William Howard Taft by Pach Brothers - Cropped to image.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 23 Apr 2024 at 05:08:24 (UTC)
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William Howard Taft

File:CH.ZH.Langnau-am-Albis Langenberg-Wildlife-Park 2022-02-12 7587 16x9-R 5K.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 22 Apr 2024 at 22:24:17 (UTC)
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SHORT DESCRIPTION

File:Sydney Spiny Crayfish 4239.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 22 Apr 2024 at 18:18:51 (UTC)
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  •  Oppose Detail is not that good. Much processing and the head-on view gives little DoF. Reflections on the right hand side are distracting. Surely it is a staged image? More than happy to apologise to John if it isn't. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:12, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Charlesjsharp & Poco a poco: this specimen is standing in the water! Nevertheless, Euastacus species have the tendency to leave the water and walk about on land. Not knowing any background and adding a comment like Surely it is a staged image is imo very narrow-minded. -- Ivar (talk) 10:40, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Neutral Nice, but the unfocused reflections on the right side of the picture bother me a lot. ★ 12:29, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Weak oppose I'm not sure it has enough depth of field to be FPC and I suspect JJ would not have chosen to nominate this one. It's QI but not one of his best. Cmao20 (talk) 14:55, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Certainly not a good illustration for an identification book. The fancy bokeh seems to indicate that this time JJ Harrison was after something else: the photo makes the crayfish look like a creature from another planet. This is indeed important and useful. When you want to fire laymen and laywomen for nature conservation etc., you must astonish them and help them to realize how many and diverse are the plants and animals of this world. For that purpose we need photos like this one. (It may seem unbelievable, but I am sure this photo is much more appealing for many “normal” people than our finest crayfish mugshots ;–). – Aristeas (talk) 15:57, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Unfortunately little DoF, I feel sad to have to downvote because I feel it's a good photo --Wilfredor (talk) 22:31, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File:Visitors of Louvre and Nike of Samothrace.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 22 Apr 2024 at 16:38:37 (UTC)
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Visitors of Louvre and Nike of Samothrace

File:Snowy Himalayan trail, Jammu and Kashmir, India.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 22 Apr 2024 at 12:09:05 (UTC)
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A snowy trail in the Himalayas of Jammu and Kashmir, India
  • Some NR will naturally be applied by the camera itself, though, and some older cameras can be quite aggressive with it. Did you take this image in RAW or just JPEG? If the RAW file exists we could see if more detail can be extracted. Cmao20 (talk) 12:40, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File:ORTH Anostostomidae Deinacrida rugosa in habitat.png[edit]

Voting period ends on 22 Apr 2024 at 04:00:35 (UTC)
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Pen illustration of giant wētā Deinacrida rugosa by Des Helmore

File:Gustave Le Gray - An Effect of the Sun, Normandy - 1987.54 - Cleveland Museum of Art.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 21 Apr 2024 at 21:45:19 (UTC)
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Gustave Le Gray - An Effect of the Sun, Normandy
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Photo techniques/Composites and Montages#Composites (Multiple images merged into one)
  •  Info created by Gustave Le Gray, uploaded and nominated by Yann
  •  Info Exploring the dramatic effects of sunlight, clouds, and water, Gustave Le Gray gained immediate recognition for his landmark photographs of the Mediterranean Sea and the English Channel taken between 1856 and 1858. At this time photographic emulsions were not equally sensitive to all colors of the spectrum, making it impossible to achieve a proper exposure for both sea and sky in a single image. Thus, for may of his seascapes Le Gray printed two negatives on a single sheet of paper, a technique called combination printing. One negative was taken of the water and the other of the sky. The overlap often apparent in such multiple negative images is not visible in this skillfully executed print. This picture is mentioned in several books about history of photography.
  •  Support 1856 example of what we call now HDR. -- Yann (talk) 21:45, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Cmao20 (talk) 01:49, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Question Was vignetting an inherent part of the process or could it be avoided? Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:44, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • But if you look at photos from the same period here on Commons, for example Category:19th-century photographs of France in the Cleveland Museum of Art where this comes from, there is a mix of with or without vignetting. In those days, just like today, the quality of the photo depended a lot on the quality of the camera. It seems that this photographer had a slightly inferior camera that produced vignetting. If you look at old photos, they are sometimes cut as circles or ovals to remove some of this effect, as it was often inevitable. However, the vignetting also matched the practice of doing oval paintings, especially portraits that predated photography (some examples), so it was sometimes a desired effect. Vignetting has a long history of being a way of emphasizing a subject in paintings (Goya liked it a lot and even old Doré comes to mind), as well as photos, and still is. Commons FPC is one of the very, very few places where it is frowned upon or questioned. --Cart (talk) 17:39, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • My question was technical Cart, not artistic. Was vignetting an inherent part of the process? You clearly know that some cameras of the period produced vignetting. Thank you for that fact. If accurate, it answers my question. Charlesjsharp (talk) 20:44, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • In this case it looks like the technical and artistic reasons coincided, so I tried to cover both to answer you question as thoroughly as possible. The more in-depth technical part of vignetting is that for old cameras, it occurs when the diameter of the hole made by the iris in the lens approaches the thickness of the material the iris is made of. So a small iris hole (high f-number) for bright light and an iris made from thick material will give you more vignetting. Old cameras didn't have the thin sophisticated iris blades we have now, sometimes it was just a hole in a plate for the light to pass through. In simple terms you could say that the vignetting is the "shadow" of the hole's wall when the light passes through it. Imperfect lenses also added to this, and they hadn't discovered petal lens hoods yet. But people liked this, and if the effect wasn't strong enough naturally, it could also be added in the darkroom by the photographer. "Photoshopping" is as old as photography. ;-) --Cart (talk) 20:55, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks; that makes sense.  Oppose I think then I can oppose on technical or artistic grounds as you can with a smartphone image today. 09:31, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

File:Mangostim.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 21 Apr 2024 at 20:12:55 (UTC)
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Perhaps this would be better received if you used the Commons:Featured pictures/Photo techniques/Styles and Techniques#Texture photography instead? It's up to you. --Cart (talk) 18:03, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm still considering to replace it. Let's wait a bit. ★ 10:50, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File:Tsitsikamma National Park (ZA), Kanus an der Küste -- 2024 -- 1990.jpg[edit]

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Canoes on the coast, Tsitsikamma National Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa

File:Tribu Laarim, Kimotong, Sudán del Sur, 2024-01-25, DD 30.jpg[edit]

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File:Cheval Barbe.jpg[edit]

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Oran Barb

File:Euclid’s view of the Horsehead Nebula ESA25170866.jpg[edit]

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Euclid’s view of the Horsehead Nebula

File:001 Olive-bellied Sunbird starting to fly at Kibale National Park Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg[edit]

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Olive-bellied Sunbird starting to fly at Kibale National Park

File:Sawpit Gorge, Ord River 2.jpg[edit]

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Sawpit Gorge, Ord River, WA, AU

File:3, Mikhnovskoho Street - Kharkiv.jpg[edit]

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File:Twin landspouts south of Milton-Freewater, Oregon on March 5, 2024.jpg[edit]

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Twin landspout tornadoes

File:СПб, Петергоф, часовня Иосифа Песнопевца (5).jpg[edit]

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1932 Geodetic benchmark with a WWII bullet/schrapnel mark at the Joseph the Singer chapel in Znamenka estate. Peterhof, Saint Petersburg, Russia.

File:Sofia Massif and Sofia Glacier, Karachay-Cherkessia, Caucasus Mountains.jpg[edit]

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Sofia Massif and Sofia Glacier, Caucasus Mountains
It shows the entire massif with its geological outline, of which the glacier is only a part of. “Glaciers look better in the sunshine” sounds like a gross overgeneralization. It’s at least doubtful. In fact, dramatic weather conditions better convey their unpredictable and menacing nature. --Argenberg (talk) 17:33, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I've met many glaciers at close quarters. They are predictable and not at all menacing. Google 'glacier' and you will see how sunshine shows a range of blue shades. Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:24, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, if you just look at a glacier at close quarters, it may not seem menacing. This particular glacier, and many others, are dangerous to cross and walk on, even with proper skills and equipment. I think there’s plethora of visual information in this shot, considering the motif is the massif in its entirety. --Argenberg (talk) 23:07, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I have the same feelings as you. The landscape looks alien to me too, like a scene from another planet. In addition to the big tower rock, smaller upcrusts and outcrops on the right, fragmented snow, atmospheric mist and overcast sky add to the impression. This is the bed of an ancient glacier that contracted with global warming, but will regain in the next global cooling phase. Here is a closer look at the wall of the glacier bed: File:Karachay-Cherkessia, Caucasus Mountains, Софийские ледники и водопады, Карачаево-Черкесия.jpg The waterfalls at the terminus are 120 m high, and the tower rock you mentioned is also huge, its prominence is probably around 300 m. This whole giant glacier floor will one day be covered with moving ice again, potentially spilling ice into the valley below. It will then look more earthly than today. Now it’s unearthly. --Argenberg (talk) 18:13, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File:Roque de Tecina - La Gomera 01.jpg[edit]

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Roque de Tecina, San Sebastián de La Gomera, La Gomera

File:Trier Mahnmal für Sinti und Roma.jpg[edit]

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Memorial to the deportation of Sinti and Roma in Trier, Germany.

File:North African Thekla's lark (Galerida theklae carolinae) Gabes.jpg[edit]

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North African Thekla's lark (Galerida theklae carolinae) Tunisia

File:Snow Canyon.jpg, featured[edit]

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Snow Canyon
Confirmed results:
Result: 11 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 05:05, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Places/Natural/United States#Utah

File:Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco 13.jpg[edit]

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Golden Gate Bridge from the Presidio, San Francisco

File:Igreja de Nosso Senhor do Bonfim Salvador Corredor Lateral Esquerdo Azulejos 2021-7125.jpg[edit]

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File:Schlosspark Linderhof - Gartenvase 01.jpg[edit]

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Garden vase by Jules Paul Loebnitz (1836 - 1895), Paris 1876, Garden Linderhof Palace

File:Flamants à Thyna (Sfax).jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 17 Apr 2024 at 23:25 (UTC)
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  •  Comment @Ermell and Iifar: Thank you for your feedback! I have reduced the extreme highlights a bit; and additionally removed some minor CAs. – Further comments? Should the edited version be offered as an alternative? Best, – Aristeas (talk) 13:00, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Thank you Aristeas. You are entitled to part of the WLE prize. The more I look at the picture the more I realise that the bokeh was added by the photographer. But I can't see why the little black line on the neck of the fourth flamingo was not removed or what it is. Perhaps an antenna for the remote control? :-)Ermell (talk) 13:27, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Thank you! ;–) Actually I wanted to remove that black line (and another one at the beak of the 6th flamingo), but I thought people could complain about that. But now that you mention it, I have removed both. – Regarding the bokeh I am not sure; it’s a 500mm shot from far away with a distant background, but at ƒ/10, so IMHO the bokeh could look that way. (We had a similar debate about some of JJ Harrison’s bird photos, e.g. here and in other nominations. Therefore I am cautious about that suspicion. At least I cannot find obvious masking errors which are the usual sign for background blur added in post.) – Aristeas (talk) 14:03, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Weak oppose per BigDom. – Aristeas (talk) 14:11, 11 April 2024 (UTC) Sorry to clutter this nomination with my comments, but there was a problem with the nomination time frame. TOUMOU has created this nomination subpage on 3 April 2024‎, but it was added only on 9 April 2024‎ to the list of active nominations. Because of this the nomination period would have been way too short: the bot would have closed this nomination on 12 Apr 2024 at 07:15:28 (UTC), that would be only 5 days instead of the regular 9 days. I have taken the liberty to repair this by copying the internal FPVotingPeriodFlag flag value and the corresponding end date from this nomination which was added to the list of active nominations only some minutes before this nomination. Therefore way this nomination will run for the regular period of 9 days. Hope it helps, – Aristeas (talk) 17:48, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    So why has it been promoted? Charlesjsharp (talk) 13:41, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I do not understand that, too; it seems the bot does not rely only on the value in the {{FPVotingPeriodFlag}} template, but on the creation date of the nomination subpage. Obviously I must do more research on the bot’s behaviour. In any case this is against the rules. – Aristeas (talk) 14:22, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
     Info Yes, it’s that simple. Assuming that this is the current source code of FPCBot, it simply checks the creation date/time of the nomination subpage (line 324ff.) and does not care at all for FPVotingPeriodFlag and friends. This means: the only way to stop the bot from closing a nomination too early is to copy the nomination to a brand new nomination subpage. – Aristeas (talk) 15:36, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
     Info Or to tweak the creation timestamp of the nomination subpage – right now I was told that admins can do that. Good to know. Next time such a thing happens we will ask an admin to do this. – Aristeas (talk) 15:55, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- El Golli Mohamed 14:27, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Sorry, but I had to strike outdelete this result. The bot did close the original nomination way too early. It should end on 17 Apr 2024 around 23:25 (UTC) and not earlier because the nomination has become public and active only on 23:25 (UTC), 8 April 2024‎. I thought fixing the value of the {{FPVotingPeriodFlag}} would tell the bot to do the right thing but it did not. So the only solution I know to stop the bot from closing this nomination too early again and again is to re-create it from scratch as a new /2 nomination (done here) and to close it manually when the time has come. Sorry for all the confusion. We can avoid all that hassle easily when nominators add their new nomination to the list of active nominations quickly after creating the nomination subpage. – Aristeas (talk) 14:35, 12 April 2024 (UTC) Seems that FPCBot still processes a FPC-results-reviewed template even when it is striked out. So yet another lesson from this: We must entire delete premature instances of that template, striking out is not sufficient. – Aristeas (talk) 06:16, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Garden snail crossing the sidewalk.jpg[edit]

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Cornu aspersum crossing pavement

Alternative cropped version[edit]

Cornu aspersum crossing pavement

File:Buger Brücke Neubau Schalung-20240218-RM-102143.jpg[edit]

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Formwork for the concrete mould on the new bridge in Bamberg

File:L'asfodelo mediterraneo.jpg[edit]

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Branched asphodel

File:Salle des Cariatides in Paris-Louvre.jpg[edit]

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File:At Paraty 2023 263.jpg[edit]

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File:Tunisian tortoise (Testudo graeca nabeulensis) male Cap Bon.jpg[edit]

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Tunisian tortoise (Testudo graeca nabeulensis) male in Tunisia

File:Statua della Libertà - San Marino - GT 01 - 2024 03 14.jpg[edit]

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Liberty statue in San Marino (1876).
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured_pictures/Objects/Sculptures#Statues outdoors
  •  Info The Statue of Liberty of San Marino is a gift received from a German noblewoman, Ms Otilia Heyroth Wagener. She commissioned one of the most esteemed sculptors on the international scene, Stefano Galletti, and gave the order to create the work using the precious Italian Carrara marble as raw material. On 30 September 1876, a few months after the sculptor was commissioned, the Statue of Liberty was solemnly inaugurated in front of the Palazzo Pubblico and gave its name to the square below: Piazza della Libertà (Liberty place). The San Marino government, in response to a gesture as noble as it was welcome, granted the Duchess her noble title as Duchess of Acquaviva, one of the nine castles of the Republic of San Marino. The statue represents freedom as a warrior woman who proudly advances towards the future, with her right hand stretched forward, while holding the flag in her left hand. A crown has been sculpted around the head like a city wall from which the three towers rise, a symbol of San Marino over the centuries. All by Terragio67 -- Terragio67 (talk) 17:54, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Terragio67 (talk) 17:54, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Weak support Amazing image quality but I feel like I want to see more of the plinth Cmao20 (talk) 20:01, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I had thought about being able to photograph the base as well, but unfortunately there is not enough space for a complete shot, without creating distortions due to the disproportion of the work. In other words, if we measure the cubic dimensions of the base, the central part and the statue, there are percentage ratios equal to 80%, 10%, 10%. What does it mean? To lose attention on the most important and beauty part: The statue and its significative details. Thanks anyway for your right observation, I am going to create a (little bit) longer version. Terragio67 (talk) 20:21, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Both are OK for me. --Palauenc05 (talk) 21:29, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Weak support Both are good, the other one looks slightly better to me --LexKurochkin (talk) 07:02, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Prefer this slightly better than the alternative version. —Percival Kestreltail (talk) 17:59, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Alternative longer version[edit]

File:Muang Udon Thani Museum by Don Ramey Logan.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 16 Apr 2024 at 16:37:24 (UTC)
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Muang Udon Thani Museum

File:Black Kite (Milvus migrans)- Juvenile.jpg[edit]

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  •  Comment Well, on the second thought after thorough check I agree, it has visible artefacts of oversharpening near high contrast borders, but nevertheless it is great photo IMO --LexKurochkin (talk) 13:42, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File:Indian Roller, Kolkata.jpg[edit]

Voting period ends on 15 Apr 2024 at 06:08:20 (UTC)
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Indian Roller, Kolkata

File:Bungle Bungle Range Purnululu National Park, Carpark.png, not featured[edit]

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Bungle Bungle Range, WA
Confirmed results:
Result: 2 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 05:07, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Timetable (day 5 after nomination)[edit]

Wed 10 Apr → Mon 15 Apr
Thu 11 Apr → Tue 16 Apr
Fri 12 Apr → Wed 17 Apr
Sat 13 Apr → Thu 18 Apr
Sun 14 Apr → Fri 19 Apr
Mon 15 Apr → Sat 20 Apr

Timetable (day 9 after nomination, last day of voting)[edit]

Sat 06 Apr → Mon 15 Apr
Sun 07 Apr → Tue 16 Apr
Mon 08 Apr → Wed 17 Apr
Tue 09 Apr → Thu 18 Apr
Wed 10 Apr → Fri 19 Apr
Thu 11 Apr → Sat 20 Apr
Fri 12 Apr → Sun 21 Apr
Sat 13 Apr → Mon 22 Apr
Sun 14 Apr → Tue 23 Apr
Mon 15 Apr → Wed 24 Apr

Closing a featured picture promotion request[edit]

The bot[edit]

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[edit]

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/April 2024), save that page, and remove it from the candidate list.

Closing a delisting request[edit]

  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/April 2024.
  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[edit]

  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/April 2024), save that page, and remove it from the candidate list.
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