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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).


Adding a new nomination

If you believe that you have found or created an image that could be considered valuable, with appropriate name, quality, image description, categories 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:A Royal Canadian Army Medic bandages the burnt leg of a French boy as his brother looks on.jpg

Voting period ends on 20 Sep 2025 at 20:11:17 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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A Royal Canadian Army Medic bandages the burnt leg of a French boy as his brother looks on. Taken in Boissons, France during the Battle of Normandy. June 19th, 1944.

File:20250502 Plague Column Vienna.jpg

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Plague Column witth building Graben 26-28 behind it in Vienna, Austria

File:Old road to Prudnik (Neustadt), Silesia.jpg

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Old road to Prudnik (Neustadt), Silesia

File:02 Atlantic puffin on Treshnish Isles by Romaniviatores.jpg

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Atlantic puffin on Treshnish Isles
Thank you! -- Romaniviatores (talk) 17:53, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Cruising Sveavägen August 2025 01.jpg

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Cruising on Sveavägen, Stockholm.

File:Ascarosepion de arrecife (Ascarosepion latimanus), Anilao, Filipinas, 2023-08-22, DD 48.jpg

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Broadclub cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus), Anilao, Philippines

File:Tofana di Rozes 5.jpg

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Panoramic view from Averau: Tofana di Rozes, Cinque Torri and Nuvolau

Manduca albiplaga

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File:Igarapé do Rego.jpg

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Rego Igarapé, at the Cape Orange National Park, Amapá, Brazil

File:Norderney, Promenade, Wegbeleuchtung -- 2025 -- 9015.jpg

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Street lights on the promenade, Norderney, Lower Saxony, Germany

File:Monumental Flag, Zocalo, Mexico 20250907 p1.jpg

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Monumental Flag, Zocalo, Mexico

File:Rheingrafenstein mit Spiegelung.jpg

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View of the Rheingrafenstein from the north with reflection in the Nahe

File:Скульптура у источника («Голова»).jpg

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Скульптура у источника («Голова»).

File:St Mary's Church in Battersea.jpg

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St Mary's Church in Battersea

File:2024 Kolegiata Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny w Kłodzku (05).jpg

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Church of the Assumption in Kłodzko, Lower Silesian Vovoideship, Poland

File:Alpine heath (Coenonympha gardetta) male underside Wengen.jpg

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Alpine heath (Coenonympha gardetta) male

File:Norderney, Marienhöhe -- 2025 -- 9295-9.jpg

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Café and restaurant “Marienhöhe”, Norderney, Lower Saxony, Germany

File:Northern dog-day cicada shell on a flower (53121).jpg

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Northern dog-day cicada exuvia

File:Tawny-bellied hermit (Phaethornis syrmatophorus) in flight San Isidro.jpg

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Tawny-bellied hermit (Phaethornis syrmatophorus)

File:040 Jungle babblers in Keoladeo National Park Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg

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Jungle babblers in Keoladeo National Park

File:Ram Pothineni.jpg

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Potrait of an Indian actor Ram Pothineni
  •  Weak support IMHO this photo deserves a little love. The very low DoF is actually a feature; it makes the person stand out nicely from the background, this kind of interior portraits works only with shallow DoF. The bokeh is silky-soft and unobtrusive. Focus is on the eyelashes of the nearer = right eye, that’s fine. There are some minor CAs (hence my “weak” support), but all in all they are not irritating, and only very few 85mm F1.4 lenses will handle this better. – Aristeas (talk) 09:18, 9 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Weak support Focus is not perfect, but resolution is very high so it is less important. Overall agree with Aristeas's review. Cmao20 (talk) 17:02, 9 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support I agree with Aristeas and Cmao20: the shallow depth of field is an asset here, giving the portrait strong subject-background separation. Despite minor flaws, the overall rendering and resolution justify FP status. -- Radomianin (talk) 19:38, 9 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --MZaplotnik(talk) 04:33, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Aekingerzand Nationaal Park Drents-Friese Wold. 11-08-2025. (actm.) 09.jpg

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File:Остатоци од ранохристијанска базилика кај Радолишта.jpg

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Remnants of an early Christian basilica from the end of the 5th or the first half of the 6th century near the village of Radolišta

File:Црква „Вознесение Христово“ - Братин Дол 6.jpg

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A fresco depicting the Ascension of Jesus on the ceiling of the bell tower's base of the eponymous church in the village of Bratin Dol

File:051 Chital swimming in Keoladeo National Park Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg

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Chital swimming in Keoladeo National Park

File:Darmstadt Mathildenhöhe.jpg

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Wedding Tower and Russian Chapel in Darmstadt, Germany

File:Fields TR Bazar NH-181 Nilgiris Aug25 A7CR 07388-HDR.jpg

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Bags of organic fertiliser in fields in the Nilgiri mountains

File:Schloss Schwetzingen - Moschee - Wandelgang 01.jpg

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Walkway, courtyard of the Schwetzinger Garden Mosque, Schwetzingen Palace, Schwetzingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

File:Barred Buttonquail in Bhigwan August 2025 by Tisha Mukherjee 17.jpg

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Turnix suscitator

File:Aquileia - Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta in Cielo e Santi Ermagora e Fortunato - 2025-09-06 22-58-45 001.jpg

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Basilica of Aquileia, Udine, Italy.

File:Pescara - Palazzo di Città - 2025-09-03 22-32-09 001.jpg

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County council building, Pescara, Italy.
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured_pictures/Places/Settlements#Italy
  •  Info Pescara is located in central Italy on the Adriatic Sea and enjoys a favorable microclimate thanks to its coastal location, which ensures balanced and pleasant temperatures. The proximity of the Apennines also favors ideal ventilation and humidity levels. Typical conditions are clear or partly cloudy, with north-northeast winds blowing at sea. This photo shows the town hall and the canal harbor on a sunny winter day, with the clearly visible mountains rising to 3,000 meters in the background. Created – uploaded – nominated by Terragio67 -- Terragio67 (talk) 16:41, 6 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Terragio67 (talk) 16:41, 6 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose not sharp at all, sorry --Ezarateesteban 17:31, 6 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Composition is too busy, the subject is obscured. The writing on the tower is blurred. --Tagooty (talk) 12:48, 7 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Am I looking at the same picture as everyone else?? This image is definitely sharp. I agree the writing on the tower isn't legible but I wouldn't expect it to be at this distance and angle. No quality issues visible and nice composition and light. Cmao20 (talk) 15:07, 7 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment Actually, it's FoP...the author died less than 70 years ago [2]. The duration of economic rights for most works and for photographs in Italian law is 70 years from the death of the author (Art. 28). Where there are multiple authors, and for cinematographic works, the economic rights expire 70 years after the death of the last surviving author (Arts. 26, 32). For works in which the economic rights are owned by government, academies, public bodies, and non-profit cultural organizations, the duration of the economic rights is 20 years from the first publication (Art. 29). Nonetheless, under the Cultural Heritage Code, copyright on certain works is effectively eternal, including works that were made centuries before Italy had its first copyright law.--Caligolas (talk) 15:45, 7 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Honestly I get neither the claimed unsharpness nor the legal digression. (Is this photo illegal acc. to Italian law? Then please file a deletion request. Or better, abolish that part of the law.) The view is fine, the light is beautiful, the sharpness is good. – Aristeas (talk) 18:17, 9 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment I can't make a cancellation request. Can you explain how to do it? As for the law, you should bring this up in Parliament. I don't think this is the right place for it. I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you.--Caligolas (talk) 22:07, 9 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Caligolas, I wrote on the deletion request you created, the reason why the image can be kept on Commons. Anyway, thanks to your commitment on Wikipedia. Terragio67 (talk) 04:49, 10 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
OMG, sorry, I will never learn that some people do not understand irony at all. Sorry to you, Terragio67; I did not want to push Caligolas to nominate this file for deletion, I just wanted to cut the legal confusion caused by his post and to focus on the FP discussion again. – Aristeas (talk) 08:31, 10 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
No problem, I just wanted to move the FoP discussion to the right place. Here we should talk about how to improve photos and photographers and not about legal issues that then inevitably become detrimental to the candidacies... Terragio67 (talk) 04:28, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, I did it... and it looks better... Terragio67 (talk) 05:10, 10 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, moving to full  Support. --The Cosmonaut (talk) 13:47, 10 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Shakespearean Gardens, Stratford, Ontario, 2025-08-04 16.jpg

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Gazebo in the Shakesperean Gardens, Stratford, Ontario, Canada

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File:Búfalo cafre (Syncerus caffer), parque nacional del lago Nakuru, Kenia, 2024-05-18, DD 85.jpg

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African buffalo (Syncerus caffer), Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya
Well, this is what they do most of the time Poco a poco (talk) 03:10, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Janak tal, Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, India (edit).jpg

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Janak Tal, Uttarakhand, India

File:Black Drongo in Purulia June 2025 by Tisha Mukherjee 02.jpg

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Dicrurus macrocercus

File:Valley of the shadow of death.jpg

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Iconic Crimean War photograph depicting a dirt road in ravine scattered with cannonballs.

File:St John the Baptist church in Alessandria (3).jpg

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Ceiling in the Saint John the Baptist church in Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy

File:15-09-2018-421 vue du chateau de Brest.jpg

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View of Brest Castle. In the first plan, one of the watchtowers of the Sourdéac bastion. In the background, the Recouvrance Bridge.

File:Arquiteto - 2024 - 54212552528.jpg

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Brazilian professions presented by the Brazilian Navy: architects
  • Well I suppose the question - and the reason I still haven't voted on the picture - is what do we learn from this photograph that is interesting, enlightening, or original? For a picture to become featued it needs to be outstanding in a specific scope. That doesn't have to be illustrative, it can be artistic too - we have promoted some great photographic art - but I need to have a clear idea of what the picture contributes to the project and what it is trying to achieve. I don't really have that here. I still don't know who these people are, what they are doing here, what the plans they are looking at are, what if anything they have to do with the buildings in the background etc. So the picture doesn't really illustrate anything. At best it is a publicity photo for the Brazilian navy, or for job recruitment or something similar. Is that really within the scope of outstanding content Commons should be promoting? What does it really add to the FP galleries? Cmao20 (talk) 12:29, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I understand your point, but don't you think the photo could be useful precisely to illustrate military architects? heylenny (talk/edits) 22:05, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Nothing wrong, per say, but the People/Work gallery has mostly pictures of people actually at work, and not as part of a staged photoshoot. (Except, of course, with performers whose work it is to pose, and this is more posed that even those.) That, to me personally, makes this 'artificial' in a way. Sorry. UnpetitproleX (Talk) 01:02, 9 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Chilaquiles at the Grand Cantina, Windsor, Ontario, 2025-09-01 04.jpg

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Chilaquiles

File:Porto Alegre - Brazil Landscape-Night.jpg

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Porto Alegre at night from the Claro building tower.


Timetable (day 5 after nomination)

Sun 07 Sep → Fri 12 Sep
Mon 08 Sep → Sat 13 Sep
Tue 09 Sep → Sun 14 Sep
Wed 10 Sep → Mon 15 Sep
Thu 11 Sep → Tue 16 Sep
Fri 12 Sep → Wed 17 Sep

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

Wed 03 Sep → Fri 12 Sep
Thu 04 Sep → Sat 13 Sep
Fri 05 Sep → Sun 14 Sep
Sat 06 Sep → Mon 15 Sep
Sun 07 Sep → Tue 16 Sep
Mon 08 Sep → Wed 17 Sep
Tue 09 Sep → Thu 18 Sep
Wed 10 Sep → Fri 19 Sep
Thu 11 Sep → Sat 20 Sep
Fri 12 Sep → Sun 21 Sep

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 or part of a set nomination, use the 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. For set nominations, use:
      == Set Promoted to FP ==
      <gallery>
      File:XXXXXX.jpg
      File:XXXXXX.jpg
      </gallery>
      {{FPpromotionSet2|YYYYY}}      , using the names of the set files instead of the XXXXXX and the title of the set instead of YYYYY.
    • Add == FP promotion ==
      {{FPpromotedUploader|File:XXXXX.jpg}} to the talk page of the user who has uploaded the image, if that user is not the same as the nominator.
    • Add == FP promotion ==
      {{FPpromotedCreator|File:XXXXX.jpg}} to the talk page of the creator, if the author is a different Commons user than nominator and uploader.
  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/September 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):
    {{FPC-delist-results-reviewed|delist=x|keep=x|neutral=x|delisted=yes/no|sig=~~~~}}
    (for example see Commons:Featured picture candidates/removal/File:Ensifera ensifera (22271195865).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/September 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. In the {{Assessments}} template on the image description page, change featured=1 to featured=2 (do not change anything related to its status in other featured picture processes). If the image description page uses the old {{Featured picture}} template, replace it by {{Assessments|featured=2}}.
      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 (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 must not be removed from the chronological list.
  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/September 2025), save that page, and remove it from the candidate list.
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