Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/March-2014

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Reason

A beautiful image, one of Wikipedia's best histological sections that does a wonderful job explaining the gastrointestinal wall, simple columnar epithelia, and stomach wall histology

Articles in which this image appears

Stomach#Histology, Gastrointestinal wall

FP category for this image

Anatomy

Creator

Nephron

• Support as nominator --LT910001 (talk) 03:47, 19 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Excellent. File:Normal gastric mucosa low mag.jpg is also good, but the curve on that one might be misleading, since it curves the opposite way to the typical. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 04:13, 19 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support There is also an artifact in the larger image at the right. This image is very good and takes quite a deal of skill and equipment to produce. CFCF (talk · contribs · email) 08:31, 19 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - Okay, you've hooked me. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 11:28, 19 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - Godhulii 1985 (talk) 11:48, 19 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment Can you please make it clear in the caption that our gastric mucosa is not actually purple and fuschia? It should state explicitly that this tissue section was stained.-- mcshadypl ^TC 01:13, 20 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Done, sometimes you get so used to seeing the stains that you don't even consider that most people wouldn't know that. CFCF (talk · contribs · email) 10:53, 20 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • What about after some red wine? And my brother once ate so much pickled beetroot that his... no, you don't want to know ;-) -- Colin°^Talk 21:59, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment - As the creator of the image, it is a bonus to see that a bunch of you see it worthy of featured picture status. Approved or not, I'm just happy that my images are tolerated on the Commons... 'cause I get much benefit out of them myself. Nephron  T|C 04:58, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support -- Colin°^Talk 21:59, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Regretful Oppose - This is a very important subject, but:
  • Nearly 10% of the image is overexposed to pure white, and over 25% of the red channel is overexposed.
  • Basic contrast correction on the red and blue (predominantly the eosin and hemalum signal respectively) would greatly improve overall colour contrast.
  • There is no indication of scale (either on the image or in the description).

- Zephyris _Talk 00:30, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Normal gastric mucosa intermed mag.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:48, 1 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

You'll probably have noticed there's a number of these. Well, if Parsecboy wants to get all of these articles up to FA, I think they deserve well-restored images, don't all of you? Slightly lower resolution on this one, don't know why - the scanner appears to have left Wikipedia. Book is quite rare, and it's still nearly 8000 pixels wide, so, I think we can deal.
Reluctantly spent an hour and a half cropping the border, because the painting had been glued to the border sheet off-centre. (People tend to think it's just a simple crop. Try that sometime with an image like this where significant image elements go right to the edge, but the edges - while quite straight - aren't laser straight. You will inevitably have to go in at about 400 to 800% zoom and fix up the tiny - but lengthy - bits of the border that you can't help but leave in, by hand.) Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 06:21, 19 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Articles in which this image appears

SMS Gefion

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Water

Creator

Hugo Graf (1844-1914) [Scan by commons:User:Mr.Nostalgic, restoration by Adam Cuerden.]

• Support as nominator --Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 05:11, 19 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support of course. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 11:26, 19 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support — Much more viewable than SMS Kaiserin Augusta. Thanks for removing the ugly tan border. German caption identifies ship as a kleiner Kreuzer, which would be translated "light cruiser." (BTW, I'm getting a little concerned that we may be showing too many late-19th C. German warships — ??) Sca (talk) 16:09, 19 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • They'll be spaced out over years, if necessary. Parsecboy is working to get all the articles up to FA, after all, so it's not like it'll be for naught. I want to at least get one per class, and one for all the A-clss/FAs before taking a break. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 16:14, 19 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    • Precisely. Just like the birds. (Or rather, since this is more limited subject material, perhaps even more spaced out... every two or three weeks) — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:31, 19 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps we could alternate Asian birds and German ships. Sca (talk) 14:35, 20 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Well, anyway, I just want to help out a prolific creator of featured articles. However the mainpage gets handled at the end, I don't mind. One possibility might be to group them by class, so SMS Odin and SMS Ägir would get one main page, as they're both Odin-class ships. But mainpage isn't the primary purpose of my FP efforts here; now, that said, it's good for the articles, so I shouldn't want to give it up completely, but I think we can work something out. =) Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 15:32, 20 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

For what it's worth, I have just finished overhauling the article that uses this image, which means it will be placed into the queue for an eventual run at A-class/FAC. Great work again on this restoration by Adam. Parsecboy (talk) 16:12, 22 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Support - Excellent work. Miyagawa (talk) 23:44, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - I have struggled with how to handle Adam Cuerden's latest batch of restorations because the texture of the sky in this series just bothers me (why does the sky appear to be made of dots?). Ultimately, however, this is likely more an issue of personal taste (which has no bearing here) than one of image/restoration quality, and I can find no objective reason why this one image should fail and the other three should be promoted, so I will be the fifth support on this and get it over the line. Sᴠᴇɴ Mᴀɴɢᴜᴀʀᴅ Wha? 22:03, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Sven Manguard: That's the nature of lithographs, particularly when dealing with areas of subtle colour. Lithographs work by pitting stones (lithoi in Greek) - usually limestone - with acid, creating pits for the ink to fall into. The longer acid is applied, the more and deeper the pits. As paper is absorbent, if the ink is applied, any ink remaining on the surface is removed, then paper is pressed against the stone (with a lot of pressure) the ink is absorbed out of the pits and onto the paper. However, as you'd expect, pitting a stone with acid does not create continual gradiations of colour; it instead creates random distributions of colour that average out to the desired. One stone plate for each colour ink. There's a bit more to it than that, of course - the acid can be applied in a pattern to spread a too-dark colour out, for instance, as sometimes appears to happen with the yellow in these - it's easier than making an additional plate for a more dilute yellow if you don't need much. It's less noticeable in areas of dense colour - where several inks are overlaying each other, and the pits are deep and numerous, it tends to blend together better than in the lighter parts of the image. I hope that answers the question. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 22:25, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:S.M. kleiner kreuzer Gefion - restoration, borderless.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:11, 1 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

Great encyclopedic value. It will encourage readers to read the article, to read the fight against racism by this little girl...

The picture is below resolution requirement but thumbnail looks good, and full resolution is not so bad considering the time when it was taken.

Articles in which this image appears

Ruby Bridges, William Frantz Elementary School

FP category for this image

People

Creator

Uncredited DOJ photographer

• Support as nominator --Godhulii 1985 (talk) 11:45, 19 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment: This is way, way under the resolution requirement, and we haven't yet taken the steps that might justify waving it, like, for example, someone in America contacting the Marshalls, and trying, informally and/or through Freedom of Information Act request, to get a higher resolution copy. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 16:22, 19 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Response Valid point Adam, there is no proof that no other higher resolution exist and there are ways to ask for higher resolution. Since I'm not familiar with american laws, so do not know how to ask for higher resolution. Should I delete this nomination? Thanks. Godhulii 1985 (talk) 20:34, 19 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment: Even if we did get a larger version, I am not of the opinion that its historic value trumps that it just isn't a particularly well composed or compelling photograph. File:Wallace at University of Alabama edit2.jpg, which is already an FP, is a much better image of forced school desegregation, because the tension of situation is actually conveyed in the photograph. That photograph also is, from a compositional standpoint, suboptimal, but is much more compelling than this one. Sᴠᴇɴ Mᴀɴɢᴜᴀʀᴅ Wha? 19:38, 19 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Response Hi sven, we have several featured pic of neuschwanstein castle (and there'll be more in upcoming days), so it's my opinion that several photos from same theme can be judged. To me this pic is more compelling than that because here I see a little girl fighting instead of a grown up politician who is trying to win his white voter's heart. Godhulii 1985 (talk) 20:34, 19 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    • My core argument is "this is not a well composed image", not "we can only have one image of school desegregation". I mentioned the other one as an example of a picture that was visually compelling enough that the FP voters overlooked its compositional issues. Maybe if we got a higher resolution version, and could get a proper view of her face, it would be more compelling, but I am not willing to read into the body language as much as Crisco 1492 does below (because I don't want to impose my own preconceptions into the situation). As is, I oppose the current image. Sᴠᴇɴ Mᴀɴɢᴜᴀʀᴅ Wha? 05:48, 20 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
      • fair enough sven Godhulii 1985 (talk) 19:27, 22 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Neutral on resolution only. Although in terms of composition this is not a very good photograph, let's not forget that there is power at seeing the age of the children being protested. Bridges was six years old at the time, perhaps not realizing just how much of an impact walking up and down those steps would have, seeing a bunch of supposedly rational people protesting their heads off, getting threatened by poison... although her expression is not clear at this resolution (at least not to me), her body language is expressing this fear... yet also the determination. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:39, 19 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support per former United States Deputy Marshal Charles Burks ("She showed a lot of courage. She never cried. She didn't whimper. She just marched along like a little soldier, and we're all very very proud of her.") Jee 12:28, 20 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Strong oppose Higher resolution images of this event exist - Wikipedia just doesn't have it. Find a free copy of the higher res image and then let's talk. smooth0⁷0₇ (talk) 16:31, 20 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Searched reverse-image-search in google images, couldn't find any. Help? Godhulii 1985 (talk) 19:27, 22 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose. Much too small. Not every valuable picture is featurable, just as not every article on a worthy topic would pass at FAC today. J Milburn (talk) 17:30, 20 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose very low resolution. A better one must exist, somewhere. Mattximus (talk) 21:27, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 11:45, 1 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

High resolution, good quality, lede image in an important and well-developed article.

Articles in which this image appears

Theodore Roosevelt +10

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political

Creator

Pach Brothers (restored by Crisco 1492

• Support as nominator -- — Crisco 1492 (talk) 19:06, 20 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Solid. --///EuroCarGT 03:18, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support--Theparties (talk) 10:23, 22 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. Excellent quality image. --Carioca (talk) 20:32, 22 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment Lots of chromatic fringing - where'd that come from? Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 20:41, 22 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Perhaps it's because it is 6:20 a.m., but I'm not seeing it. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:22, 22 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support I like it. It's a nice photograph. --CyberXRef^☎ 03:32, 1 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:T Roosevelt.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:06, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

High quality, very high EV. This is a complete typeset of United States Silver Certificates and served as the impetus to significantly rework and fully reference the article.
First issued in 1878, silver certificates were in use until 1968 but are still redeemable as legal tender. The nominated set contains an example of every type (design) issued. The 1878 $50 and $1,000 are represented by colored-seal proofs from a Bureau of Engraving and Printing specimen book presented to John Sherman during his tenure as Secretary of the Treasury. There are only two issued examples of the $50 known to exist and the $1,000 is unknown in issued form. The 1878 $500 is unique. Images of the 1878 $500 and $1,000 are missing from most major numismatic reference books.
Seven notes have already been featured individually as indicated by a . They have been included only for completeness and are not part of the present nomination.

Original – A complete typeset of United States silver certificates.

Articles in which these images appear

Silver certificate (United States) (all, stable), one or more images (stable and recent additions) in use on United States one-dollar bill, United States two-dollar bill, United States five-dollar bill, United States ten-dollar bill, United States one hundred-dollar bill, Educational Series, List of United States Presidents on currency, History of the United States dollar, Stephen Decatur, Edward Everett, Robert Fulton, Thomas A. Hendricks, Daniel Manning, William L. Marcy, James Monroe, Robert Morris, Running Antelope, Sioux, Martha Washington, William Windom.

FP category for this image

Currency

Creator

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing
From the National Numismatic Collection, NMAH, Smithsonian Institution.
Images created by Godot13 (from the original bank notes).

• Support as nominator --Godot13 (talk) 20:28, 20 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Do you thinkt he early ones would benefit from some light restoration? Just to remove the large rip lines? Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 02:41, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • My concern with restoration is that the image will no longer be an exact representation of the actual note (i.e., condition) which is an important factor in numismatics (not to mention to the Smithsonian). These are also the images which will be entered into their archives for eventual use on their website; it would be problematic if the Wikipedia images don't match the Smithsonian images.
    • Good reasons, then. Support Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 03:39, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• I've been mulling over this one for the better part of an hour. Large sets of images are, while not entirely uncharted territory, something that appears to be happening increasingly often. This is, I think, the largest set ever proposed (although I seem to remember having seen a nomination for a massive set of maps when I was going through the archives once). There are questions that this nomination brings up that I do not feel prepared to answer. Foremost among are "is there value to promoting a set so large that it can only ever be used as a gallery, wherein the individual impact of any one image is heavily diluted" and "if several of the images in the set, alone, don't have a high enough educational value that I would consider supporting them as featured pictures, how does that effect how I vote on the set as a whole. I haven't answered those questions yet (which means if you have a good argument for one of those questions, I'd like to hear it). Sᴠᴇɴ Mᴀɴɢᴜᴀʀᴅ Wha? 04:09, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • This was the largest set I found in a cursory review of proposed or promoted sets. Promoting a set this size does not, IMHO, mean that it can only be reproduced en mass as a set. Any subdivision (Series) or single image could be used as needed for illustration. Each image in this set is intended to be an exemplar of its type (particular design). I did not attempt to include all varieties in the article (or this set) as that would have been unnecessary and not encyclopedic (and numbered well over 200). The vast majority of the images in this set are (with respect to condition) among the finest that exist, or they are the very first note issued by the Treasury, or they are so rare as to make condition irrelevant. Having been involved with numismatics for 20+ years, I am certain that many of these images will wind up on related websites or in future editions of reference books. I considered breaking this down into several nominations, but then it defeats the purpose of having every U.S. silver certificate design type represented in a single encyclopedic nomination. My plan is to do the same thing for all the major categories in U.S. numismatics (rework/improve or write list-articles and pair them with complete reference sets of images), though it may take a few years… I hope this answers some of your questions. --Godot13 (talk) 04:41, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Part of the value of featured sets is that they allow us to feature images which have EV that depends on other media. The adage that the sum of the parts is greater than the whole is the true importance of sets; not just expediency in nominating large volumes of similar media. The best example of that might be this plate. On its own, it is nearly worthless-a largely blank page. In the context of the other 7 illustrations, it forms an irreplaceable part. With currency, like this nomination, it important to remember that the notes were created as a series and are thus strongly related. The referenced set of maps makes sense as a set because the visual rendering of different projections allows for comparison between them, not merely demonstrating a single fact. In spite of all this, we do not have to ensure that every image makes the front page. It would be redundant and boring.
    • Also, for the sake of curiosity, the gargantuan nomination of maps was 47 images, the same number as this one. But, 7 of these are already FPs. Count it as you may. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.222.132.240 (talk) 21:43, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - Knowing Godot, the article is likely to be an FL in a couple months, and that speaks mountains for having a solid set. Let me worry about the POTD run in a year and a half. That's not for FPC to grow grey hairs over. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:56, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Jee 07:42, 22 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support NiceCurrency (talk) 12:40, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Saffron Blaze (talk) 18:41, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:US-$10-SC-1878-Fr.285a.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$20-SC-1878-Fr.307.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$50-SC-1878-Fr.324-PROOF.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$100-SC-1878-Fr.337b.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$500-SC-1878-Fr-345a.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$1000-SC-1878-FR-346a-PROOF.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$10-SC-1880-Fr-287.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$20-SC-1880-Fr.311.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$50-SC-1880-Fr-327.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$100-SC-1880-Fr-340.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$500-SC-1880-Fr-345c.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$1000-SC-1880-Fr-346d.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$1-SC-1886-Fr-217.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$2-SC-1886-Fr.242.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$5-SC-1886-Fr.264.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$10-SC-1886-Fr-291.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$20-SC-1886-Fr-316.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$2-SC-1891-Fr.246.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$5-SC-1891-Fr-267.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$10-SC-1891-FR-298.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$20-SC-1891-Fr-317.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$50-SC-1891-Fr.331.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$100-SC-1891-Fr.344.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$1000-SC-1891-Fr-346e.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$1-SC-1896-Fr-224-(3923429).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$5-SC-1896-Fr.270.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$1-SC-1899-Fr-226.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$2-SC-1899-Fr-249.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$10-SC-1908-Fr-302.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$1-SC-1923-Fr-239.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$5-SC-1923-Fr-282-(A3347311B).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$1-SC-1928-Fr.1600.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$1-SC-1934-Fr.1606.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$1-SC-1935-Fr-1607.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$1-SC-1957-Fr.1619.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$5-SC-1934-Fr.1650.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$5-SC-1953-Fr.1655.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$10-SC-1933-Fr.1700.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$10-SC-1934-Fr.1701.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$10-SC-1953-Fr.1706.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Additionally the following previously featured images are also part of this new set: File:US-$1-SC-1891-Fr.223.jpg, File:US-$2-SC-1896-Fr.247.jpg, File:US-$5-SC-1899-Fr.271.jpg, File:US-$1-SC-1935-A-Fr.2300.jpg, File:US-$1-SC-1935-A-Fr.2306.jpg, File:US-$5-SC-1934-A-Fr.2307.jpg, File:US-$10-SC-1934-A-Fr.2309.jpg. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:03, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

We're lucky to have some excellent photojournalism coming out of the Ukraine just now. This deserves recognition, and, while there are numerous photographs deserving consideration, I think this would make a good start. Any imperfections can be waived as they're irreplaceable.

Articles in which this image appears

Both are in February 2014 Euromaidan riots. Image 1 additionally appears in 2014 in Ukraine and 2014 in Europe

FP category for this image

Not quite sure. One of the History subcategories, certainly, either Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/History/War or Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/History/Others

Creator

User:Amakuha

Just a little background: this building witnessed all the recent major fights for independence of Ukraine: Revolution on Granite, Orange Revolution and Euromaidan. So seeing this building burnt down marks new age in history of Ukraine.

The photos were shot when it was unclear whether there would be shooting on Maidan Nezalezhnosti. Luckily, it was mostly quiet at that time.

On the other hand, I don't consider these pictures to be of high quality neither. But thanks for nomination! --ΑΜακυχα Θ 22:40, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Support both (set) as nominator --Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 17:50, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support as timely & dramatic. Sca (talk) 18:34, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support both - I have some reservations, of course, but unless something better comes out I doubt there's gonna be much we can do about the quality. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:51, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak support image 1, Oppose image 2 Both of them have quality issues, but while the first one has merits in depicting the event, the second one, I feel, does not. It's just a burning building, and there's not enough else in the image to serve as proper context. I will say that I wish File:Protesters throwing pieces of paving during and metal tubes at riot police during clashes at Bankova str, Kiev, Ukraine. December 1, 2013.jpg was of better quality, because as an image I feel it has impact. Sᴠᴇɴ Mᴀɴɢᴜᴀʀᴅ Wha? 01:03, 22 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• weak support both This is a bit recent so maybe we should wait for it to settle.--Theparties (talk) 10:25, 22 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support both as noted above, almost irreplaceable --Երևանցի ^talk 17:07, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support top, Oppose bottom. The latter really doesn't add much and loses much of the context, would end up being rather confusing if separated from the first. Not a good standalone Featured picture. Mattximus (talk) 21:29, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support both - I prefer the top one more. ///EuroCarGT 03:33, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Image 1, gives a wider perspective on what's going on and how it looks like. Brandmeister^talk 21:32, 26 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Euromaidan_in_Kiev_2014-02-19_12-06.jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:51, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Euromaidan_in_Kiev_2014-02-19_10-22.jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:51, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

A very nice .SVG showing a detailed map of the various districts in the city of Adana after the Adana massacre. Great EV.

Articles in which this image appears

Adana massacre

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Diagrams,_drawings,_and_maps/Maps

Creator

Geagea

• Support as nominator --Étienne Dolet (talk) 23:33, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Oppose — Not to minimize the historical importance of the Armenian Genocide — but I suspect few readers/viewers will take interest in a map showing the localities of an atrocity that took place more than a century ago. Sca (talk) 16:53, 22 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • This is ridiculous. The Armenian Genocide remains a controversial, salient and interesting topic. Even if it weren't, the fact that there is an article discussing the events and locations on the map demonstrates that it has EV. It doesn't matter if you (or readers) find it difficult to take an interest. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.222.132.240 (talk) 22:07, 22 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Whether you are interested in the topic or not is irrelevant to the FP criteria. Nick-D (talk) 22:44, 22 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - There's plenty of FP maps of cities and towns 200+ years old, why should this be an exception? Should we delist an FP of the Yosemite National Park in 1871 under the assumption that no one cares about how parks looked like 140+ years ago? Also, this massacre happened six years prior to the start of the Armenian Genocide and is not directly related to that event. However, it did bear fruit to a culture of massacres that culminated into a genocidal campaign. Étienne Dolet (talk) 18:15, 22 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose No source provided for the information presented on the map, and it's not a very good quality map at present: the stubs of railway tracks (not connected to the train station!) on the western half of the map seem unlikely to be accurate, the roads into town suddenly end when they hit the built-up area (with what I presume are the roads within the town being depicted as gaps of pretty much the same width between built-up areas), no explanation is provided for the localities marked with orange squares, and the map doesn't have a scale. Also, what's the story with the colour-coding of text: I can understand different colours being used to distinguish the Christian and Muslim sites, but why are the gardens and fields marked in Muslim green? I have to say that I'm getting pretty sick of the steady stream of low-quality FPC nominations on Armenian-related images: is there a campaign going on here or something? If so, please pay more attention to quality control. Nick-D (talk) 22:34, 22 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose per Nick. Sca... — Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:01, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment Sure, I'm never against improving a map of such high EV. In fact, I'm working on improving it now. I'll come back and renominate this map. Also, I find Nick-D's remarks towards "Armenian-related images" of WP:BADFAITH since Armenian related pictures aren't the only "low quality" FP candidates around here. There have been many success stories and many more to come. Étienne Dolet (talk) 09:19, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

As I apparently failed to make clear above, my opposition to the FP has nothing to do with the intrinsic merit of the Armenian Genocide as an important chapter in the emotion-fraught topic of Ethnic cleansing — it has to do with lack of visual appeal in a very detailed map showing what for most English-speaking readers (our audience here) is a site, among others, of a historically remote event. Sca (talk) 17:04, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Oppose as per Nick-D. This is not a very high quality map. Why does the cemetery have 5 symbols and the mosques 1? What does that symbol even mean? Many other issues listed above. Mattximus (talk) 21:21, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment That is in order to differentiate cemeteries from mosques. The symbol is that of a Crescent of Islam, an essential symbol in the Islam. Étienne Dolet (talk) 21:29, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    • So just to be clear, one crescent means a mosque but 5 crescents means a cemetery? That is a very strange system and needs to be fixed. Mattximus (talk) 21:32, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
      • I'm not the maker of the map but I presume that they are supposed to signify tombstones. They have religious symbols on them to differentiate the different religions of each cemetery. Étienne Dolet (talk) 06:59, 26 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose Irrational nationalism. Not suitable the criteria for FP per art. 6. Map doesn't contain any details and map source-based Armenian. Maurice07 (talk) 12:20, 28 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Maurice07 What makes you think this map is "Irrational nationalism"? Just because the source for the map is "Armenian" doesn't really mean it's unreliable. Étienne Dolet (talk) 17:42, 28 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:57, 4 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

High resolution and quality, lede image in a GA on a significant historical figure.

Articles in which this image appears

Mary I of England +10

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Royalty and nobility

Creator

Antonis Mor

• Support as nominator -- — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:48, 22 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support This is great!--Theparties (talk) 10:23, 22 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak support. Looks a smidge dark, and its not quite as big as it could be, but bags of value. J Milburn (talk) 12:12, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• The size cannot be helped (at least for versions already online; I am unaware of any larger) but the darkness is because this is "as is" from the Prado's website. There was an earlier version that lightened the Prado's, but I honestly doubt her vestaments are supposed to be grey. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:19, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• If the promotion of the image depends on it, please consider my weak support a full support. J Milburn (talk) 11:51, 27 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Support Quite normal for paintings to darken over time. It's generally considered preferable to have the image look like the painting as it is now for these sorts of works. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 23:10, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Looks good to me. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 08:02, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Nev1 (talk) 12:06, 1 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Maria Tudor1.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 04:04, 4 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

Good quality picture of Canadian Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin. An uncropped version is also available and used in some articles.

Articles in which this image appears

Including both the cropped and uncropped versions: Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of Canada, List of Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada, Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Chief Justice McLachlin, List of University of British Columbia people, Section Six of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, List of Governors General of Canada,

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political

Creator

Dantadd, cropped by Skeezix1000

• Support as nominator --Pine^✉ 06:49, 22 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose There's a really terrible attempt to remove a microphone that left a strange smudge behind. Original image is probably featureable, but a bad edit, not so much. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 23:15, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose I just have a problem with the fact that her right shoulder is missing. It looks strange. --CyberXRef^☎ 23:46, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 08:04, 4 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

It has been extensively used in a number of wikipedia pages, especially global sites.

Articles in which this image appears

History of construction , Karnak, Luxor

FP category for this image

Places/Architecture

Creator

Blalonde

• Support as nominator --Blalonde (talk) 07:08, 22 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 08:06, 4 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

Painting depicting a historic battle

Articles in which this image appears

Battle of Mactan, Lapu-Lapu

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/War

Creator

Carl Frances Morano Diaman

• Support as nominator --Theparties (talk) 10:37, 22 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose - Unsharp and noisy. Also, the painting is not Diaman's work. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:50, 22 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose — Unsharp and noisy. Looks like an amateur colored-chalk drawing. Sca (talk) 16:41, 22 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• If this were better quality, I'd readily support it. As it is, I think we'd be wise to hold out for a better photograp of the image. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 18:31, 22 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 10:37, 4 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

A vivid, unique, high resolution image which is featured on the Commons.

Articles in which this image appears

Education, Literacy, Pashtun culture

FP category for this image

Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Culture and lifestyle

Creator

Capt. John Severns, U.S. Air Force

• Support as nominator --JJARichardson (talk) 18:49, 22 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose The key feature this photo is illustrating is that these kids are attending an open-air school, but you can hardly tell from the image (it's a group of children with all their school equipment packed away in their bags sitting on the ground, not an image of them participating in school). The framing also seems a bit tight given that elements of the children and their bags are cut off, and I suspect that the colours are slightly over-saturated. I'm not sure how this passed a FP nomination at Commons to be honest. Nick-D (talk) 22:41, 22 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose as above. Also comes across as US military propaganda. J Milburn (talk) 12:07, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose per Nick-D. Also, what's school without a schoolteacher? These kids could have been watching an open-air theater show for all we know. And, by the way, the caption talks about schoolgirls and girl's section while there are clearly three boys in the back row. --Ebertakis (talk) 14:21, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Question I don't want to oppose this nomination however I do have a problem regarding the description; it says schoolgirls sit in the girls' section of a school, however there are 6 boys in there, clearly 3 boys in the back and one in the first row (the ones that don't wear a hijab); Can this be clarified? --CyberXRef^☎ 23:35, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose over-saturated. Kaldari (talk) 07:35, 27 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support- Let me answer your objections one at a time:

1. Nick-D, the children are plainly participating. The expressions on their faces tell you that they are eager for whatever is being imparted to them. How do you know that it is "school"? The bags and papers indicate that. The close crop add to the intimacy. The children are in focus.

Re saturation of the colours. The colour used in the dye of clothing is extremely intense, particularly the pinks and oranges. The colouring of the faces is not over-saturated.

2. J Milburn US military propaganda? What rot! The fact that the image was taken by a member of the US Military does not lessen its significance. Malala Yousafzai doesn't happen to be a member of the US Military. This is what she took a bullet in the head for.

3. Ebertakis, what is a school without a teacher? Where is the teacher in this picture? Right in front of the children, of course! The children's eyes tell you exactly where the teacher is. She is a real presence, although unseen in the image. No, they don't look as if they are watching an open-air show; they look like children who are paying attention to something that is not too easy to understand.

4. Boys in the back row? Yes, there are boys in the back row. Well spotted. But the picture is not of the boys. They are there, but are not the subject. They are engaged in an activity that is separate from the girls, and the focus of the image is not on them. The emphasis on "girls' is because this situation of girls being educated is a matter of intense opposition from the Taliban and other radicals both in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

5.CyberXRef, All the children in the two front rows are girls. Two of the smallest girls are not wearing hijabs because little girls are not obliged to. Notice that their hair is bobbed, not clipped like a boys. No boy would wear his hair like that little child in the front row. They are also wearing embroidered garments of a feminine type.

I wholeheartedly support this as an image of education in a poor community, as an image of the education of girls, as an image representative of the rights of females.

Moreover, the image contains much human appeal. The faces of the individual children tell their own individual stories, in the gaining of knowledge. Frankly, I find it hard to believe that such an excellent and telling picture could have so many knockers. Put it on the front page, and it will be a favourite.

Amandajm (talk) 11:37, 4 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Support per Amanda's well-informed and well-argued position (though I admit that I do see the propagandic potential in an image such as this: "Of course we're better than the Taliban! We're letting these kids study.") I am not sure if the culture is the same in Afghanistan, but here in Indonesia Muslim it is most common for young women to start wearing the hijab (in the meaning of headscarf, not covering of the aurat) after puberty (in some children's books, it's said that it's required, but that's not actually based in the Quran... just social convention). The students not wearing the headscarves in the front two rows all appear to be girls to me. The one in yellow has an earring, and the cut of her clothes is quite feminine, and the facial structure is also feminine. The ones in the back row are both wearing dresses and other pieces of clothing traditionally considered to be feminine. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:54, 4 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 00:30, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

High quality and high EV, very nice composition, Commons FP

Articles in which this image appears

Balzhinima Tsyrempilov

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Sport

Creator

Аркадий Зарубин

• Support as nominator --Tomer T (talk) 18:44, 22 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Some noise; resolution mitigates this enough for my support. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 23:17, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support per Adam. 1/2000? No wonder the photographer used ISO 1000 (and no wonder there's noise). — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:05, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. J Milburn (talk) 17:11, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support I feel the composition is a little tight, but it gets the essentials. Mattximus (talk) 21:51, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Стрельба из лука.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 00:41, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

High resolution and quality, good shot of the snack. Makes me hungry.

Articles in which this image appears

Dominostein +1

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Food and drink

Creator

Alchemist-hp

• Support as nominator -- — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:28, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Yummy! I love food!--Theparties (talk) 10:00, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Gotta run to the supermarket... --Ebertakis (talk) 14:10, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support 'Licking the screen' --///EuroCarGT 03:30, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support per everyone above.--Godot13 (talk) 04:52, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support I can't resist. Jee 12:26, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support nice picture, makes you want some. It's too bad I don't think I've ever seen them here in the US. I have a small question, can this picture be licensed under NC-ND on commons? (in addition to GFDL-1.2) --CyberXRef^☎ 06:37, 26 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Short answer: yes, under current policy. Long answer: It's hotly debated. See this. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:05, 26 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Thank you, that was very informative. --CyberXRef^☎ 05:50, 27 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Oppose. Not freely licensed. I just ordered a box of them so I can shoot a better photo and release it under a legitimately free license. If you guys will give me a week, I'll offer an alternative (assuming they survive shipping). Kaldari (talk) 08:18, 28 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • I dread to rehash that lengthy discussion on Commons, but I note in protest (although I understand your position) that the English Wikipedia does not have any policies banning images with this license from FAC. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:34, 28 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    • That is true, but in my view it is a loophole. The use of such licensing has long been deprecated on the en and de wikis. I'm surprised it's still allowed on Commons. Regardless, since I can't practically use this image anywhere besides Wikipedia without violating the licensing terms, I can't in good faith consider it one of our best works. I know this is a contentious opinion, and not strictly covered by the FPC criteria, but in this case I would prefer to ignore all rules :) If that means my opinion is disregarded, so be it. Kaldari (talk) 18:33, 28 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
      • I really support that opinion; this is really an unbelievable loophole. (However, since I already voted, I am not going to change it) --CyberXRef^☎ 03:18, 1 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
        • Received the Dominosteins! Expect an alt soon! Kaldari (talk) 22:46, 4 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Dominostein edelherb.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 00:46, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

A powerful (and quite scary) image.

Articles in which this image appears

Platoon Sergeant, Officer Candidates School (United States Marine Corps), Drill Instructor

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Military

Creator

United States Marine Corps

• Support as nominator --Theparties (talk) 10:41, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support -- Reminds me of Full Metal Jacket. JJARichardson (talk) 20:18, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment I love how the drill Platoon Sargent is named angel, it seems wonderfully ironic. That being said, as well as the facial expressions are captured, I can't get over what I feel are wonky shadows enough to support. Sᴠᴇɴ Mᴀɴɢᴜᴀʀᴅ Wha? 22:19, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support It's track lighting down the middle of the room, that's going to cause some weird shadows, but they're inherent to the scene's location. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 23:19, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - Useful. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:03, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Although, for EV, I wonder if that's how drill instructors actually are, or just how they are portrayed in movies. There are some wonky shadows but I like how they create anonymity in the drill instructor. Mattximus (talk) 21:49, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support, amazing facial expressions. --CyberXRef^☎ 06:29, 26 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment: People/Military might be a more appropriate category. JJARichardson (talk) 18:40, 27 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - Per CyberXRef...-Godot13 (talk) 07:12, 1 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment Concerned this is a fiction. Some years ago I went through Officer Candidate School (in polite Canada mind you) and if my Sergeant Major had done that to me the outcome might have been rather tragic for his career and possibly his face. Saffron Blaze (talk) 17:53, 1 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • It would still be useful for a section of the article discussing the popular image of drill instructors, n'est pas? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:29, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    • Indeed it would. Saffron Blaze (talk) 02:16, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment- The file is wrongly named. This is not an image of "a drill instructor". This is an image of a situation, an activity, a process or some such. It is essentially an image of an interaction between two people, not an image of a person doing a job. The file needs to be renamed and re-captioned with a name that reflects the activity that is taking place in the picture. The title of the file needs a verb such as "training", "teaching", "verbally abusing", "instructing", "testing" or some such to reflect what is taking place. The present caption indicates that what is happening here is an essential to the job of drill instructor. The caption treats the image as if it was a very neutral picture, and it isn't. Amandajm (talk) 11:57, 4 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • You can propose a move on Commons. There is a little arrow at the top-right of the screen, which will present a drop down menu. That being said, I generally prefer titles to be descriptive and neutral, so I'd avoid "verbally abusing". Testing, training, etc. would work much better. Sadly, the source link seems to be down, so we can't get more info, maybe the US Army's original title. Does anyone know of an archived version? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:45, 4 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Drill instructor at the Officer Candidate School.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 10:47, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

High quality and good EV

Articles in which this image appears

Benjamin Compaoré

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Sport

Creator

Marie-Lan Nguyen

• Support as nominator --Nikhil (talk) 11:06, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment - For this event, I'd expect a side view to have more EV. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:01, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 11:06, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

A really old photo of someone who did something really important.

Articles in which this image appears

Leonard Wood, Governor-General of the Philippines

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Military

Creator

Bibliothèque nationale de France?

• Support as nominator --Theparties (talk) 11:24, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment - Quality looks a little rough for 1919. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:05, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment — Quite grainy. Sca (talk) 16:43, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment – Half of the face seems overexposed. – Editør (talk) 13:08, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose - Per quality issues pointed out by above commenters. We have higher quality photos from the American Civil War, so age is not an excuse. Sᴠᴇɴ Mᴀɴɢᴜᴀʀᴅ Wha? 20:04, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Sven Manguard: Well, do note that the good images from the American Civil War required back braces and the like to keep people still. There is a drop in quality around 1900 when things got good enough that that was no longer necessary, but things weren't quite so good that they equalled a photo taken in perfect conditions, as was done with the older technology. Don't get me wrong: this is still a bit mediocre, and there's some restoration artefacts on the hat brim, but it's worth noting that for future images. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 23:41, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 11:26, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

High quality and high EV

Articles in which this image appears

Putra Mosque

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors

Creator

CEphoto, Uwe Aranas

• Support as nominator --Tomer T (talk) 18:31, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose I'm having trouble with the EV on this one. Is the dome notable? Better yet, the mosque itself doesn't even appear to be notable under Wikipedia guidelines. The article contains no sources and needs a major fix up. I suggest fixing up the article to help support EV on this photograph and renominating it. Étienne Dolet (talk) 05:28, 27 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • On notability, as the central mosque in the middle of a country's capital obviously is going to be notable. Note that article content does not determine notability under Wikipedia guidelines. My problem with the image is however that it does not really convey the scale of the building, although at fault here is the architecture itself as well. --ELEKHH^T 02:51, 1 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:39, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

Good picture of a generic USB flash drive

Articles in which this image appears

USB flash drive

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Electronics

Creator

Kaldari

• Support as nominator --Kaldari (talk) 06:45, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Definitely --Theparties (talk) 07:22, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose - 500px below the minimum resolution in height. This flash drive may be overly generic (i.e. dull) — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:39, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • I thought it was 1000px, but looks like it's changed :( Oh well, I'll withdraw this one as well. Sorry. Kaldari (talk) 18:22, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment I've seen a photo of a 1 TB portable disk, perhaps that would more interesting. Brandmeister^talk 13:13, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• This kind of subject might be better illustrated with an array of objects in one image that shows the variation between them (metal, plastic, long, short, novelty etc.). Maybe something like this 24.222.132.240 (talk) 22:21, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted -- — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:43, 6 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Withdrawn. The IP raises a good point about a possible way to retake this image (we all know how easy flash drives are to come across)  — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:43, 6 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

Large scan, good quality, decent EV, PD kinda-recent road map which can be cropped and used in dozens of articles when I finally get around to making them

Articles in which this image appears

Texas Department of Transportation, Texas state highways

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Maps

Creator

Texas Department of Transportation, minor corrections by Awardgive

• Support as nominator --Awardgive. Help out with Project Fillmore County 21:11, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment The author and CC license on the file information page is erroneous. Also, can you document what "minor corrections" you made to the image? As a resident, the map was very interesting :) Jujutacular (talk) 22:50, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Sorry, I'm not exactly sure what you mean. Is it about the links being dead or that the CC license is just irrelevant? Also, I removed a couple small smudges (fingerprints?) from Chihuahua and Nuevo Leon. Thanks, - Awardgive. Help out with Project Fillmore County 02:09, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• The CC license is irrelevant. Presumably the uploader on Flickr marked it as CC, but they (most likely) had no power to actually release it under a CC license, since they don't represent TxDOT. Jujutacular (talk) 06:26, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Okay, thanks for clarifying. I have removed it. Thanks, - Awardgive. Help out with Project Fillmore County 15:06, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment I wonder if this would benefit from a restoration. Some of the creases show heavier age discoloration than others, and the one that cuts right through the index on the right is particularly bad looking. Sᴠᴇɴ Mᴀɴɢᴜᴀʀᴅ Wha? 22:16, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'd probably say, yes, but have a somewhat full queue, so would rather it not be me. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 23:49, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted -- — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:47, 6 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

Good composition, bright colors, and high encyclopedic value showing both old and new windmills.

Articles in which this image appears

Windmill, Eemshaven, Groningen (province), List of windmills in Groningen

FP category for this image

Engineering and technology

Creator

Uberprutser

• Support as nominator --Editør (talk) 13:06, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support — Interesting juxtaposition of old & new. (Foreground and left side could be cropped a bit.) Sca (talk) 15:27, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - Angle creates an cool view. ///EuroCarGT 02:03, 26 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support --Theparties (talk) 05:02, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support -- Bellus Delphina ^talk 17:38, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Goliath Poldermolen.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:49, 6 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

A high resolution portrait which shows the subject in his element as an educator.

Articles in which this image appears

Neil deGrasse Tyson, Physicist

FP category for this image

People/science and engineering

Creator

Bill Ingalls

• Support as nominator --JJARichardson (talk) 17:47, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Sure! This is a good photo, and he's certainly been moving up there into the ranks of the most prominent scientist-educators of late. When you're taking on Sagan's old role, you've proven yourself. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 23:53, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose Is there a photo of him not gesturing? His hand is bothering me a bit.--Theparties (talk) 05:00, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose There's nothing remarkable about this photo and to make matters worse, this person isn't even important in his department of studies according to the wikiprojects that are interested in him. Khazar (talk) 23:31, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:53, 6 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Articles in which this image appears

Saint Isaac's Cathedral

Reason

High quality and high EV — Preceding unsigned comment added by ArionEstar (talk • contribs) 23:29, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture

Creator

Florstein

• Support as nominator --ArionEstar (talk) 22:25, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose - Crop's too tight, not enough foreground. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:00, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose — Too front-and-center, straight-on for my taste. Sca (talk) 23:16, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - I am supporting this on the grounds the "Encyclopedic Value"

Here is a truly "encyclopedic" image of a building. It is not an "artistic" image, and it isn't pretending to be. It is an absolutely dead-centre, close crop of the sort which has real value in any architectural article where the writer wants to compare styles and forms of buildings. This is a "photographic elevation" of the building. A really useful image for displaying its architecture. I'll almost certainly find a use for it. Amandajm (talk) 10:45, 4 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Amandajm, I understand your logic, but it seems based on the dubious assumption that "encyclopedic" photos should be straight-on compositions akin to line drawings or blueprints in structure. Are encyclopedias written for architects? No. What's wrong with an artful angle that pulls the reader into the text? Nothing, IMO — as long as it's not distorting the subject. Sca (talk) 14:34, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Response Sca, I frequently read comments on the Featured picture candidates page that assess images on some quality of "educational value" or "encyclopedic value" that I find extremely "dubious". What I am telling you here is that from a purely encyclopedic (not artistic) point of view, this is an extremely useful photograph for articles about architecture. It is the ideal image for making a comaparison between the styles (and the facades) of 19th century Revival churches, for example. It is exactly the type of image which I (as the major Wikipedia author of large articles on historic architectural style) use all the time, specifically for comparison, and in order to describe structural elements, proportion, decoration and style. While you may be thinking about it as an image at the top of the page for that particular cathedral, I am thinking of it juxtaposed alongside an equally straight-on image in a section about Renaissance Revival architecture in the main article on Renaissance architecture. I am planning on cropping it further and using it in Architecture of cathedrals and great churches. I am wondering how I am going to include it in the article called Renaissance Revival architecture, which is currently a mess of badly-sized images. When I tell you it's useful, then I am telling you, in this case, as the major potential user. It will go in at last one of these three articles, simply because its straight-on, close-cropped view makes it ideal in that Wikipedia context. Amandajm (talk) 03:41, 6 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

To each his own. Seems we have different perspectives on the function of the Main page. Sca (talk) 14:46, 6 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:32, 6 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

Another ship Parsecboy is working on getting up to FA. He asked if I could do anything to get a good illustration for it; I think I managed rather well. That said, this is a crop from a larger image, which may or may not be a problem, hence why I... er... put it at the line of the song that I could most easily skip past if this was clearly going to fail, because I'm a bit crazy that way.

Articles in which this image appears

SMS Seeadler

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Water

Creator

Detroit Photographic Co., restoration by Adam Cuerden

• Support as nominator --Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 23:04, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - Attractive ship, I should think. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:56, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment — Half the pic is water or smoke. Sca (talk) 16:43, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Sca: I didn't want to crop the smoke - it tells a bit about the amound of fuel being used to power the ship, and so on. And, as such, I needed enough water to balance. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 16:54, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• oppose The right size of the photo has suffered from irreparable damage that impacts the appearance of the stern of the ship.©Geni (talk) 02:12, 27 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm sorry, I honestly have no idea what you mean. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 03:05, 27 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    • The stern of the ship is much less sharp than than the bow. The highlights in the water also look to be somewhat out of focus despite other areas of the image showing they should be in focus. I would suspect it was due to the quality of 19th century lenses except the opposite area of the original image has no sharpness problems and the depth of field suggests the lens of stopped down somewhat.©Geni (talk) 13:50, 27 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • So, you're opposing because an unretakeable shot is slightly out of focus? Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 00:02, 28 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    • For a late 19th century warship? Yes. Remember people loved these warships and there was a whole cottage industry in providing images of them (the British had a habit of photographing every new bit of royal navy tech in front of HMS victory). Better pics will exist. I don't think it is a focus issue though. Note that the buildings behind the ships don't appear to be suffering from the same problem.©Geni (talk) 05:16, 28 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:32, 6 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

Current Featured Article candiate, I don't think I need to defend a decision to help out feature article image work. =)

Articles in which this image appears

SMS Kaiser Wilhelm II, Kaiser Friedrich III-class battleship

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Water

Creator

Hugo Graf (1844-1914) [Scan by commons:User:Mr.Nostalgic, restoration by Adam Cuerden.]

• Support as nominator --Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 22:40, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - Dramatic. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:59, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support — Arguably the best in this series so far. Good work re border. Sca (talk) 16:48, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks! It's a little finicky, but I'm developing some techniques for it that help. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 17:18, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This looks much better than the bordered version used on Ger. Wiki. [1] Sca (talk) 18:44, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Support --Yep, a deserving one.Herald talk with me 07:33, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support like it. Godhulii 1985 (talk) 19:36, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support vote perhaps not needed now, but indeed nice. Saffron Blaze (talk) 19:38, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:S.M. Linienschiff Kaiser Wilhelm II - restoration, borderless.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:35, 6 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

Part of a set of illustrations, of which at least one is already featured, showing the mythological representations of the constellations. I actually have a few more of these prepared, but apparently never nominated them. I have no clue why. Never mind.

Articles in which this image appears

Perseus (constellation) +1

FP category for this image

No clue. The one featured is in WP:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others which seems... strange.

Creator

Sidney Hall, restoration by Adam Cuerden

• Support as nominator --Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 04:05, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - Getting bored of ships, are we? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:26, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose Urania's Mirror actually copies the constellation figures from A Celestial Atlas, which in my opinion has more beautiful plates. Some time ago I was digging for a featurable atlas of constellations and tentatively chose three: A Celestial Atlas, Globi coelestis in tabulas planas redacti descriptio and Atlas, Designed to Illustrate the Geography of the Heavens by Elijah Burritt. Brandmeister^talk 14:32, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Brandmeister: I've tried to make use of your suggestion, but don't think very many of them are going to work out as suitable for general display on Wikipedia (as opposed to on the A Celestial Atlas page, since they will not thumbnail well, due to fading and very delicate lines. Compare:
    
    While the art is certainly better, the useablity is minimal without taking steps well beyond what are generally considered acceptable. The Urania's Mirror may be less carefully drawn, with thicker lines - but they will thumbnail clearly. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 06:18, 26 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    • If it's indeed fading and not the original colors, I think it's possible to just increase the saturation and/or add contrast. I haven't done it myself since I'm unsure. Brandmeister^talk 08:53, 26 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
      • The restored version is with the saturation raised as far as I could possibly justify - and possibly slightly beyond. Inks fade at different rates, so it can be very, very hard to get good results with this sort of thing. Of course, the biggest problem is likely to be the erratic colouring - in the best case scenario, a restored Jamieson one might be great at Boötes, but no Jamieson image colours Quadrans Muralis or Coma Berenices, so those would always default to the Sidney Hall. Also, while the illustrations are clearly based on the Jamieson images, Hall crops them differently from the celestial globe on some plates, sometimes to his advantage - compare, for example, the Perseus seen here with Jamieson's one-footed Perseus to the one being voted on here. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 09:19, 26 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 04:32, 7 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

Solid scan of an illuminated manuscript by Toros Roslin. Great EV.

Articles in which this image appears

Armenian illuminated manuscripts, Toros Roslin

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Artwork/Others

Creator

Uploaded by DcoetzeeBot Painted by Toros Roslin

• Support as nominator --Étienne Dolet (talk) 04:49, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment Appears to be skewed (particularly, the horizontal lines). Brandmeister^talk 14:44, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Well, that may be true. However, I don't think that's from the scan and is likely from the painting itself. For example, it appears skewed in some places but not in other places. Nevertheless, the scan itself is of exceptional quality which is what matters in terms of FP criteria. Étienne Dolet (talk) 19:05, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    • Things can warp with age. I'm guessing this'll be on vellum, so... Support, anyway. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 13:11, 26 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment I think this is a very good scan, but my problem is with the EV. The manuscript itself does not have an page and it appears somewhere buried in the first and in a gallery of the second. So the EV at the moment is very minimal. Would support if the manuscript in question had a wiki page. Mattximus (talk) 18:08, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Adam Cuerden is correct. It is on vellum. Being a naturl organic material of varying thickness, it shrinks in an irregular manner, causing warping and buckling. It is an excellent scan. Regarding the educational value, it's presence in two articles ought to suffice. However, it has just been upped in importance because I took the liberty of putting it as the lead picture in n Armenian illuminated manuscripts where it replaces a similar image , which was of low resolution and over-intense colouring. Amandajm (talk) 08:52, 4 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment - This is a very nice illustration, useful in the articles, but I question the value of the crop. Yes, the focus is on the illustration, but this become misrepresentative of the shape of the actual manuscript itself and this illustration. The illustrator considered it better to leave a fairly large margin, and that margin (though empty of additions) shows the wear and tear the vellum has undergone through the ages. My (admittedly very shallow) understanding of philology is that this change has severely damaged the value of the digitization for further study. I think the crop should be reverted. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:42, 4 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • I second Crisco. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 12:52, 4 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    • I've reverted the crop. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:00, 4 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support uncropped version only per my above comment. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:00, 4 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support In full res it is really quite a delight to see the detail. Saffron Blaze (talk) 22:35, 6 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:T'oros Roslin (Armenian, active 1256 - 1268) - Canon Table Page - Google Art Project (6915047).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 04:50, 7 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

high quality lithograph about a historically significant event, high EV

Articles in which this image appears

1883 eruption of Krakatoa (most EV), 1883, Krakatoa, Drama dari Krakatau, Karang Bolong

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/Others

Creator

Parker & Coward

• Support as nominator --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 11:17, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• I do wish the crop hadn't mangled it: While you go get lithographs that go to the edge of the paper, this is never the case with book plates. Weak support, but solely due to the book's rarity making it very hard to get an acceptable copy. I'm a bit worried this is a bad, bad precedent, though. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 17:29, 24 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - Per Adam, although I note that we can D&R if Adam finds a copy in, say, London. I've considered nominating this before, but... — Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:28, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • I live in Scotland, London's most of a day's journey away, and noted for the expense of the hotels there, making it impractical at best to do research there. Maybe if I can go to this year's Wikicup, but unless it has a meeting at the British Library or Royal Society, I doubt much'll come of it. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 05:19, 26 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    • Fair enough (though I envy that Wikimania is so close to you!) — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:44, 26 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
      • If I get to go to it: August is going to be an interesting month, and I might not have the days free. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 08:18, 27 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Julia\^talk 05:01, 7 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

As the rebels endure a cold December, they were able to down an iconic Russian Mi-8 helicopter further defying their enemy in their homeland. No other picture can speak as much volume about the Chechen conflict as this one. Please keep in mind that although the image is rather small (being less than 1500x1500 pixels), it hold historical significance in the Chechen wars.

Articles in which this image appears

First Chechen War, History of Chechnya, Second Chechen War, List of conflicts in Europe, List of revolutions and rebellions

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/War

Creator

User:Evstafiev

• Support as nominator --Khazar (talk) 05:44, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose This is a valuable photo, but it doesn't really depict anything which grabs viewers' attention (it's a bunch of guys jogging away from a helicopter with no obvious context for what it's stated to depict), and what's the source for the image having historical significance? The First Chechen War features a number of superior images, with File:Evstafiev-chechnya-palace-gunman.jpg being excellent and probably FP-worthy (though it's also rather on the small side). Nick-D (talk) 07:58, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose — Agree with Nick-D, and pic is 20 years old. Fog doesn't help. Sca (talk) 16:41, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose. I'd actually be open to supporting this one if it was a little larger. I'd like to add that the obviously partisan tone of the nomination puts me off somewhat. J Milburn (talk) 17:04, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose - solely on the grounds that it is a small image. Other than that, this is a picture that has everything that it takes to make a truly great record of a notable military incident. The atmosphere provided by the weather, (yes, the fog commented on above) contributes to the starkness of the image and gives a sense of the privations of war. The composition is excellent, with the foreground figures making a perfect arc, which was captured at the instant that it happened. If you compare the colour and composition, you will find it very similar (mirror image) to the iconic (Featured) painting Paris Street; Rainy Day by Gustave Caillebotte.

In terms of human interest, "bunch of guys jogging away from a helicopter with no obvious context" are amazingly expressive, everyone relating through his actions and the turn of his head the intensity and fear of the moment. The helicopter itself takes on the appearance of an object of menace. I is clear to anyone who looks for more than two seconds that these guys are not merely getting clear of the rotor. This photo is full of narrative content.

With regards to the patriotic sentiment with which it was presented here, yes, the picture does express all that. Amandajm (talk) 08:06, 4 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the feedback everyone. I wasn't actually expecting this picture to become featured because of the size. The reason I nominated it was because it was very appealing and spoke magnitudes of narrative on many grounds. I'm glad to see that others here agree with me on that but alas, the diminutive resolution is too problematic to support my nomination. Khazar (talk) 04:17, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:44, 7 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

Besides being the only image we have that gives a good idea what stars were in Officina Typographica / Atelier Typographique (the Bode one is really low resolution and heavily cropped), it's out best image for the traditional image of Monoceros. Plus, doing restoration helps keep me calm when I'm worried about something.

Articles in which this image appears

Atelier Typographique, Monoceros, Canis Minor

FP category for this image

As before, we don't have that good of one to choose from.

Creator

Sidney Hall, restoration by Adam Cuerden

• Support as nominator --Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 06:32, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment: Why don't you collect/restore them all, and nominate them as a set? --Janke | Talk 08:04, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • • The Library of Congress does not actually have the complete set of 32 images, and a 30-or-so image set of restorations is likely excessively large, isn't it? Maybe I'm wrong. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 08:10, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
      • I was thinking about nominating all constellations from A Celestial Atlas (a total of 26 plates) instead, which is one of the finest and potentially featurable star atlases in my view. However, some plates there currently need tilt correction. Brandmeister^talk 14:07, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
        • I agree those are very pretty, but they're also very, very faded and light, which means they're unlikely to show up very well for most thumbnail uses. I'll try restoring one and see if it helps. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 17:06, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - 20 images didn't hold you back for Puck of Pook's Hill, did it? That being said, these have value individually as well. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:26, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - Nice restoration.-Godot13 (talk) 03:44, 28 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Per Godot13..Herald talk with me 07:34, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support: Julia\^talk 01:28, 7 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror - Monoceros, Canis Minor, and Atelier Typographique.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:39, 7 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

I'm feeling patriotic. Two hockey gold medals, eh?

Articles in which this image appears

Centre Block +4

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture

Creator

Saffron Blaze

• Support as nominator -- — Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:24, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support I am patriotic as well. Next could be Library of Parliament! ///EuroCarGT 02:01, 26 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support This very clear image of this building has strong EV and good technical standards Nick-D (talk) 07:27, 26 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Nice.--Theparties (talk) 01:12, 28 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support -- Beautiful effort -- Bellus Delphina ^talk 17:15, 1 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Assuming it is still kosher to support one's own work. Saffron Blaze (talk) 02:42, 4 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Centre Block - Parliament Hill.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 10:24, 7 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason

It's a helpful visual aid for explaining a very technical concept – the pharmacodynamics or "mechanism of action" of TAAR1 agonists in dopamine neurons – where there are several paths associated with each compound as well as the signal transduction pathway from TAAR1. The diagram is an svg image with applicability to at least a dozen articles.

Articles in which this image appears

Currently: Amphetamine, Adderall, Dextroamphetamine, Phenethylamine, TAAR1, and Autoreceptor – (the first 5 are transcluded via {{amphetamine pharmacodynamics}} - this template displays the intended image size).

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Diagrams

Creator

Seppi333

• Support as nominator --Seppi333 (Insert 2¢ | Maintained) 16:32, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose for now I'm sorry, I love to see these diagrams, but I'm having a hard time following. And coincidentally, I've published papers on dopamine D2 receptors, and had to make diagrams (though simpler). As for specific suggestions: if your interest is amphetamine, then why have it come from both the bottom left and bottom right? Why not one area with 2 different pathways it can take? Does the black arrow pointing down mean N-phenylalanine reduces the charge, or does it mean it's entering from outside of the synapse or from the axon? It's even hard to tell from a layman's perspective what part of the neuron you've zoomed in on. I think it needs re-imagining for clarity. This is all in the visualization, and not content. You've provided refs (thanks!) so I'll trust you that you've selected the pertinent components to show. Mattximus (talk) 21:42, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I wouldn't mind reworking the image if you can give me some more pointers for improving clarity; that was actually the main reason I nominated this. ;) The model I was originally working with was from the Miller paper below - this figure.

The black arrow was meant to show it's entering from that direction (the axon). The bottom left/right was mostly just a result of the remaining space I had when designing it. If you can give me a rough sketch or specific points on how to improve the clarity, I'd be happy to redesign it. Seppi333 (Insert 2¢ | Maintained) 22:00, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Edit/add: for reference, the location is the presynaptic neuron cutout from this diagram - {{Synapse map}}. I used that design since I linked to that page in several of the articles. Seppi333 (Insert 2¢ | Maintained) 22:03, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If I have some time I would love to go over it. The Miller diagram, although not the prettiest picture, is pretty easy to follow and actually quite good. To start, would it be hard to give the axon a little lead room so we can see clearly it's an axon terminal? Maybe get rid of the black line and leave it open like in the article you sent? Mellow out the harsh yellow (I like just white but I can see value in distinguishing intra vs extra cellular space). If you do this you don't need to write "presynaptic neuron" because that doesn't really make sense (the whole thing really is the presynaptic neuron, not just the top) and cleans up the diagram a bit. You also should clarify the legend, it seems like the down arrow means reduces charge, not "coming from axon" as you have it. Does that make sense? I'll add more when time permitsMattximus (talk) 02:30, 26 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Mattximus: I tried to address your comments in my recent revisions. The image insertion template which I linked above clarifies the L-phenylalanine -> Phenethylamine step by annotating "Via AADC". Should I just incorporate that text into this image and then make a duplicate image without that text for this template? My other question is the color - the yellow-orange area looks (very) bad if I fade it, but I need that region color-coded so that I can refer to the cytosol/intracellular area in captions. Do you have any suggestions for an alternate contrasting color? Seppi333 (Insert 2¢ | Maintained) 02:11, 1 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Much improved! I unfortunately do not have time at the moment to go into detail (moving house), but I might have time later to go over it again. Removed my oppose, but to support I have to make sure it's all in order. Great work! Mattximus (talk) 21:27, 4 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

* Would it be easy to move the amphetamine which is diffusing across the membrane (I did not know that!) from the lower left to the right of the axon terminal. The reason is that all points of entry for amphetamine should be together and there is already a second entry point on the bottom right. Presumably this diffused amphetamine could also go to the TAAR1, but you would need to confirm that. Mattximus (talk) 19:50, 7 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• This figure from the Miller paper covers/cites about 2⁄3 of the content in the diagram above (VMAT2 not included).
• The references listed below can be viewed or downloaded on this page. Seppi333 (Insert 2¢ | Maintained)