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Original – both the subject, and the photograph itself, are historically significant. This image is from the early period of photographic portraits - of an individual who was an active participant in many of the key political events of his day.
Reason
A historically significant image of a Georgia Militia General taken within a few years of the first photographic portrait extant
Articles in which this image appears
Ira Roe Foster
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History
Creator
the creator of this image is Iris Smale, a descendant, who owns the original. The creator of the original image is lost to time.

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:38, 3 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Chelsea Manning in 2012
Alternative 1 – Chelsea Manning in 2017
Reason
I've been a IP editor. I've tried multiple times to nominate it and realised I couldn't because I didn't have an account.
Articles in which this image appears
Chelsea Manning
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Military for original or Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political for alternative 1
Creator
United States Army for original
Tim Travers Hawkins for alternative 1
Pardon me? Disrespect? Did I even refer to her as Bradley Manning?, In 2012 whether you like it or not she was still male. She no longer is now. Never meant disrespect. --TheMistfan (talk) 19:17, 25 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't mean to accuse you of behaving disrespectfully; if that was suggested by what I wrote, then I should have been clearer. Josh Milburn (talk) 21:01, 25 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose the original per Coffeeandcrumbs and per the point that, well, it's a rather bland posed photograph. The second is better — it's at least "author photo on book jacket" instead of "Department of Motor Vehicles", metaphorically speaking — but maybe it should be nominated separately. XOR'easter (talk) 13:17, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 07:10, 4 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – An adult red-billed gull in the Christchurch red zone
Reason
Continuing the theme of New Zealand birds with this freshly minted FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Red-billed gull
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Michal Klajban

Promoted File:Red-billed gull, Red Zone, Christchurch, New Zealand.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:13, 4 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Senator George P. Wetmore of Rhode Island in a Krieger Landaulette electric car
Reason
historical picture of high quality and value
Articles in which this image appears
Kriéger Company of Electric Vehicles, George P. Wetmore
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Land
Creator
Harris & Ewing, Inc.

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:21, 4 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos), Western Springs Lakeside Park, Auckland, New Zealand
Reason
High quality and good EV.
Articles in which this image appears
Song Thrush
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
JJ Harrison

Promoted File:Turdus philomelos - Western Springs Lakeside Park.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:36, 5 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalA photograph posted by Chelsea Manning on Twitter with the caption: "Okay, so here I am everyone!! =P"
Reason
This is Chelsea Manning.
Articles in which this image appears
Chelsea Manning + 2
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
Tim Travers Hawkins

Promoted File:Chelsea Manning on 18 May 2017.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:42, 5 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Castle and abbey of Quedlinburg
Reason
Nice image, good EV, recently minted FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Quedlinburg Abbey, Quedlinburg, etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
A.Savin

Promoted File:Quedlinburg asv2018-10 img03 Castle.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:58, 6 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Rosy ermine moth (Trosia nigropunctigera) in the Mount Totumas cloud forest at 1900m above sea level in Panama
Reason
High quality large image. FP on Commons. Adds value to articles.
Articles in which this image appears
Trosia, Trosia nigropunctigera
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Rosy ermine moth (Trosia nigropunctigera).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:53, 6 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Southern rough-winged swallow (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis ruficollis), the Pantanal, Brazil
Reason
High quality large image. FP on Commons. Adds value to articles.
Articles in which this image appears
Southern rough-winged swallow, Stelgidopteryx, Lebrija River
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Southern rough-winged swallow (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis ruficollis).JPG --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:58, 6 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalLas Lajas Sanctuary is a basilica church located in the southern Colombian Department of Nariño, in the municipality of Ipiales, and built inside the canyon of the Guáitara River.
Reason
Good quality, nice details of the church, high EV composition showing the settings for the basilica
Articles in which this image appears
Las Lajas Sanctuary, Ipiales, Tourism in Colombia
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Poco a poco

Promoted File:Santuario de Las Lajas, Ipiales, Colombia, 2015-07-21, DD 26-27 HDR.JPG --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:14, 6 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Extended tentacles of Orange cup coral
Reason
Good quality for underwater photography, high EV
Articles in which this image appears
Orange cup coral
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Cnidaria
Creator
Alex.vasenin

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:24, 6 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalGuion Bluford in 1992
Reason
Guion Bluford is the first African American to go to space. He went to space four times. This photograph was taken just a few months before his last trip in the Space Shuttle program.
Articles in which this image appears
Guion Bluford, List of African-American astronauts + 3 others
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering
Creator
NASA; retouched by Coffeeandcrumbs

Promoted File:Guion Bluford.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:48, 7 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – A close-up of the wall of the Chuquicamata copper mine in Chile
Reason
I couldn't tell it from a hole in the ground. Nice detail, FP on Commons. (There is a panorama of the mine, also a FP on Commons, but it is cut off on the left hand side. Please say if you want it considered.)
Articles in which this image appears
Chuquicamata
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Others
Creator
Diego Delso

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:03, 9 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalCT scan with volume rendering of a woman who was pregnant at 37 weeks.
Reason
*The acquisition of an image like this depends on a series of unlikely events. First, the pregnancy was relatively late, making the baby's anatomy more clear. Second, the woman had to be in an accident serious enough to warrant a CT without radiation dose reduction (which would be of much lower quality, and in this case it was a high speed traffic accident). At the same time, the woman did not have any visible physical damage, thereby allowing for an image of normal anatomy (and getting her written consent for its online publication).
  • Several processing steps in order to make a rotating gif image from CT data. However, I do not know how to remove the "FLP" and cube at the bottom.
  • Although there's a larger version, that one is too big to be animated in the wiki.
Articles in which this image appears
Pregnancy, Medical imaging, Medical imaging in pregnancy
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Sciences/Biology
Creator
Mikael Häggström
To me, it seems counter-intuitive for Wikipedia to feature a version that it cannot properly display. Mikael Häggström (talk) 12:51, 6 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Imagine if we could support some modern video and animation formats. How cool would that be? JJ Harrison (talk) 06:39, 9 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Volume rendered CT scan of a pregnancy of 37 weeks of gestational age (smaller).gif --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:56, 10 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Variable Oystercatcher (Haematopus unicolor), Point Chevalier, Auckland, New Zealand
Reason
High quality image of a New Zealand endemic
Articles in which this image appears
Variable oystercatcher
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
JJ Harrison

Promoted File:Haematopus unicolor - Point Chevalier.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:03, 12 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Apostlebird (Struthidea cinerea), Pinegrove Memorial Park, New South Wales, Australia
CSS image crop, suggestion
CSS image crop, suggestion
Reason
Reshoot!
Articles in which this image appears
Apostlebird
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
JJ Harrison
  • That was said on my talk page on Commons, not here, so I'm glad you clarified your vote on this page too. Your very short reviews can sometimes be too short and hard to understand. --cart-Talk 13:48, 2 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Contrast between grass and blurred parts just looks unnatural. --A.Savin (talk) 13:10, 2 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Not a good compo IMO. In some cases this special lens can make astonishing photos, but for this the bird gets sharp while the whole scene looks strange and unnatural. --cart-Talk 14:04, 2 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – I added a CSS image crop as a suggestion. The image has EV. Per user:Cart I looked at the flickr examples here. These two photographers [1], [2] list lens settings very similar to the nom image. The foreground bokeh's abrupt transition to the in-focus region is a common thing [3], [4], [5], [6]. These two photos [7], [8] are very interesting: same lens setting but dissimilar bokeh because of foreground distance or elevation. Here is the lens wide open: [9]. Bammesk (talk) 14:25, 3 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    • Just as an addendum. There is a technique aspect to this - the photo is taken prone with the camera very close to the ground. This means that the background is relatively distant and hence out of focus. JJ Harrison (talk) 09:06, 4 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
      • Noted, it makes more sense now. The heavy blur of the foreground bokeh is distracting. Such blur is common in backgrounds (expected), but not usually seen in foregrounds. Also, the abrupt transition between it and the in-focus region amplifies the effect, as if the ground is elevated in the near field and obstructing the view, rather than flat. Weak support original, some cropping of the foreground would be an improvement IMO. Bammesk (talk) 16:00, 4 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Alt Cwilson97 (talk) 18:14, 3 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Alt.--Vulphere 09:09, 8 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:04, 12 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Close-up of a new leaf of Polystichum setiferum
Reason
Nice detail, recently unanimously featured on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Polystichum setiferum
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants
Creator
Dominicus Johannes Bergsma

Promoted File:Polystichum setiferum 'Cristato Pinnulum' (Niervaren). (d.j.b.). 02.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:16, 13 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The 2006 Umhlanga (Reed Dance) ceremony in Eswatini.
Reason
I think this serves a purpose separate to the identification of the people in it (though the centremost one is Sikhanyiso Dlamini): It does an excellent job at showing the garb and pomp of Umhlanga
Articles in which this image appears
Umhlanga (ceremony), Swazi people, Sikhanyiso Dlamini
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Culture and lifestyle seems best.
Creator
Amada44
@Sca: That's hardly true. Festivals generally don't have everyone identified. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 6.9% of all FPs 16:23, 4 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry to contradict again, but my professional experience is otherwise. If you really want to know I can tell you about a local illustrated magazine I once helped edit. Sca (talk) 20:11, 4 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
PS: As an ed. I'd be reluctant to run a photo whose point of focus seems to be the subject's exposed right breast. No prude here, but it seems inappropriate. Sca (talk) 20:15, 4 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 07:19, 14 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Bégéarss from The Guilty Mother
Reason
For the oddly least-well-known of the Figaro plays, there's still a lot to like. Bégéarss, an Irishman (I'm pretty sure his name is a terrible pun, think something like "Begorrah!"), is the character it, in a way, turns around, his schemes pushing everything forwards. It's a very good illustration. I've cropped it to centre the text. I could see cropping the note in the bottom right closer to, to centre the figure more. Crop is a compromise between image and text centering.
Articles in which this image appears
The Guilty Mother
FP category for this image
WP:FP/THEATRE
Creator
Émile Bayard, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Émile Bayard - Beaumarchais - Bégéarss in La mère coupable, 1876.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 07:26, 14 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalMarsh fritillary butterflies (Euphydryas aurinia) mating (male left, female right) in Dorset, England
Reason
High EV. Very sharp image. FP on Commons. Previous nomination got nominator's vote and 2 support votes Chris Woodrich, Janke , no oppose votes
Articles in which this image appears
Marsh fritillary
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Marsh fritillaries (Euphydryas aurinia) mating.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:45, 15 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalTwo-tailed pasha (Charaxes jasius jasius) in Sithonia, Greece. The only charaxes butterfly in Europe.
Reason
first nomination for the nominator's vote and 3 support votes PetarM, Chris Woodrich, Marvellous Spider-Man.No oppose votes.
Articles in which this image appears
Charaxes jasius
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Charlesjsharp
Furthermore, if rotated, the light would appear to come from below - which would look quite unnatural! Support --Janke | Talk 17:03, 7 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Two-tailed pasha (Charaxes jasius jasius) Greece.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:46, 15 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]



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Reason
Recently featured in the Signpost and just passed FPC unanimously on Commons. These are truly outstanding maps, with a reproduction that is equally excellent. For context, see [10].
Articles in which this image appears
Heinrich C. Berann
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Maps
Creator
Heinrich C. Berann

Promoted File:Heinrich Berann NPS Panorama of North Cascades without labels.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 07:52, 18 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Heinrich Berann NPS Panorama of Yosemite without labels.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 07:52, 18 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Heinrich Berann NPS Panorama of Yellowstone without labels.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 07:52, 18 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Heinrich Berann NPS Panorama of Denali without labels.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 07:52, 18 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]


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Original – Clavulinopsis sulcata, Lane Cove River, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Reason
Illustrates the article well. Well lit and focus stacked for more stuff in focus than a single shot.
Articles in which this image appears
Clavulinopsis sulcata
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Fungi
Creator
JJ Harrison

Promoted File:Clavulinopsis sulcata - Lane Cove River.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 07:47, 19 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Gliophorus chromolimoneus, Ferndale Park, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Reason
High quality image of a small subject.
Articles in which this image appears
Gliophorus chromolimoneus
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Fungi
Creator
JJ Harrison

Promoted File:Gliophorus chromolimoneus - Ferndale Park.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 07:48, 19 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Senator George P. Wetmore of Rhode Island in a Krieger Landaulette electric car
Reason
A fine image of an electric vehicle in use. Sorry it took so long to restore. Previous nomination: Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Kriéger Landaulette. It's CSS cropped in articles, but I think it's useful to have the full size.
Articles in which this image appears
Kriéger Company of Electric Vehicles, George P. Wetmore
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Land
Creator
Harris & Ewing, Inc., restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Senator George P. Wetmore of Rhode Island in a Krieger electric automobile.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 04:00, 20 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Noordhoek Beach from Chapman's Peak Drive with Kommetjie in the distance.
Reason
Seen on Commons FPC last week, where it passed unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Noordhoek, Cape Town
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator
Diego Delso

Promoted File:Playa Noordhoek, Sudáfrica, 2018-07-23, DD 126.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:31, 20 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalPauline Adams, suffragette, in her prison garb from her arrest for attempting to "flaunt their banners" in front of Woodrow Wilson's reviewing stand before a Selective Service parade on September 4, 1917." She later appealed, under the grounds her rights were "flagrantly disregarded in the trial court and that they were not accorded a fair and impartial trial" - and won.
Reason
Fixed the top of the cup after the criticism in the last nomination of the top of the cup being cut off. Enough of the edge still exists that, with perspective, it's easy to reconstruct the top edge.
Articles in which this image appears
Pauline Adams
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
Uncredited photographer, restored by Adam Cuerden
It would work well with a certain type of humor, though. – Sca (talk) 14:43, 11 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Mrs. Pauline Adams 147002v.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:54, 20 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Male palestine sunbird (Cinnyris osea osea) in the Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan
Reason
High quality image of a bird that barely stops while feeding. FP on Commons. National bird of Palestine. On first nomination received 4 support votes (Chris Woodrich, Yann, Brandmeister) including nominator. No oppose votes.
Articles in which this image appears
Palestine sunbird, Cinnyris, List of national animals
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Palestine sunbird (Cinnyris osea osea) male.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:57, 22 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalGrivet (Chlorocebus aethiops) from Ethiopia
Reason
High quality image illustrates article well. FP on Commons. Received two support votes (WiiWillieWiki) (including nominator). No oppose votes.
Articles in which this image appears
Grivet, Chlorocebus
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
Charlesjsharp
  • Remember Wikipedia surrounds it with white, which may bias viewers of the thumbnail a little bit. I also think it's fine, though I suppose, since acceptable exposure is a range, a little tweaking would be acceptable, but not too much. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 6.9% of all FPs 15:57, 18 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:08, 22 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Princess Sikhanyiso Dlamini of Eswatini
Alt 1 - crop
Reason
A really fine image of the royalty of an extremely under-represented country.
Articles in which this image appears
Sikhanyiso Dlamini, Culture of Eswatini, and a gallery usage in Eswatini
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Royalty
Creator
Amada44
Very tight crop
(From French Wiki)


FYI, several other Wikis use a very tightly cropped version with their Sikhanyiso Dlamini articles. It excludes all but the other person's ear, which obviates the ID issue, although aesthetically it's less interesting. →
Sca (talk) 16:04, 22 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
We could just say "another member of the royal family" in the caption. I think that part is clear enough. Searching Getty Images for Temaswati finds images of her in similar costume from 2004, 2005, and 2007, but unfortunately not 2006, and the 2005 image shows several other young women also wearing the red feathers, so I think we can't just assume that this is Temaswati. There is also another photo from 2006, but without names; she is third in the line after the leader of the dance and then Sikhanyiso, suggesting that she probably is indeed Temaswati, but again there are quite a few others with red feathers. —David Eppstein (talk) 17:52, 22 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Please excuse me for saying so, but from a journalistic point of view, saying "another member of" would be laughably tantamount to saying "and someone else, whose name we failed to get." – Sca (talk) 22:17, 22 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It is clear that we do not have documentation for the name. Why do you think it is inappropriate or laughable to say so? Do you think we should try to cover it up or pretend to knowledge that we don't have? Do you think we also need the name of the blurred woman in the left margin or the blurred man on the right? Does our lack of knowledge of these things somehow turn this into a bad photo of Sikhanyiso Dlamini, or of the reed dance? —David Eppstein (talk) 22:48, 22 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

People shown in FPs should be identified. Otherwise readers will be left asking, "Who's this?" - Sca (talk) 01:54, 23 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – There is no need for the other person's name. The composition centers on the princess, the other person is incidental to the composition, especially with the blade in front of her face. The article, the EV and the photo all center on the princess. The Alt 1 crop is too tight, the origonal is better, it shows the princess in a group setting, and doesn't cut off her pole awkwardly on the left. Bammesk (talk) 03:54, 24 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose – Due to lack of ID for second person in photo. I do so reluctantly, but I can't endorse cavalier disregard for established and logical editorial practice. – Sca (talk) 13:21, 24 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
If the ID were found, I'd support. Sca (talk) 14:14, 25 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Armbrust: if this nomination is listed as "on hold" (as it is), what do you mean by claiming that there can be no more supports and by striking the support that was added after it was put on hold? Do you intend that we should continue to keep this on hold until the identity issue is resolved but then go back and count only the opinions that were expressed before it went on hold, even though some of the opinions are explicitly based on the missing information that caused the hold? What is the point of putting a nomination into such a "frozen but will automatically fail once it unfreezes" state? —David Eppstein (talk) 00:47, 11 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:21, 23 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Good news, I got an answer. Its Temtsimba Dlamini. Cheers, Amada44  talk to me 10:57, 31 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Just as I said :).--TMCk (talk) 11:26, 31 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@TracyMcClark: yes! thank you! I pursued that but I found it really hard to say if its really her because of the age difference and that there are not many pictures of her. Sikhanyiso confirmed it so now we know 100% :) Cheers, Amada44  talk to me 11:43, 31 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
You're right although her cute nose is quite unique.--TMCk (talk) 11:55, 31 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Fantastic work! We need more Eswatini images at FP, so I'm going to have to dig through your photography, Amada. Unless you'd rather? Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 6.9% of all FPs 16:31, 31 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Zinfandel grapes in Dry Creek Valley during veraison.
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC last week, where it was featured unanimously. High EV, nice capture.
Articles in which this image appears
Veraison, Zinfandel
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Fruits
Creator
Frank Schulenburg

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:35, 24 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalLouisa May Alcott, c. 1870
Reason
A fine image of someone I've wanted to have an image for for years. Author of many books, amongst which Little Women is probably the most famous, Civil War nurse and abolitionist, she has a fascinating life. Before this, the best image we had of her was teeny-tiny and badly over exposed.
Articles in which this image appears
Louisa May Alcott et al.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
Creator
George Kendall Warren (d. 1884); restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Louisa May Alcott, c. 1870 - Warren's Portraits, Boston.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 05:23, 24 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalQueen bee (marked) and workers of the Africanised honey bee, Apis mellifera scutellata
Reason
Good quality, high EV, marvellous composition
Articles in which this image appears
Queen bee, Animal identification, Gyne, Invasive species in the United States
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Scott Bauer, USDA Agricultural Research Service

Promoted File:Apis mellifera scutellata 1355021.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:02, 24 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Eryngium giganteum 'Miss Willmott's Ghost'
Reason
Sharp photo with many FP support on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Eryngium giganteum, also https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panicaut
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Plants
Creator
famberhorst

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:51, 26 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – The Capitolium of Brixia was the main temple in the center of the Roman town of Brixia (Brescia). It has been partially reconstructed and repurposed as a museum.
Reason
FP on Commons of this World Heritage site
Articles in which this image appears
Capitolium of Brixia, Longobards in Italy: Places of Power (568–774 A.D.), Brixia
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Wolfgang Moroder

Promoted File:Tempio Capitolino Piazza del Foro Brescia.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:56, 28 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Two Passiflora caerulea flowers arranged as a stereo image pair. To be viewed cross-eyed.
Reason
It is the first cross-eyed stereo image included in the stereoscopy article and one of very few cross-eyed stereo images at all, Featured picture (also Quality image) within the category "plants" on Wiki commons, POTD 2019-08-14 on French Wikipedia, high-resolution image, link to stereoscopy article on French wikipedia.
Articles in which this image appears
stereoscopy,   fr: Stéréoscopie,   fr: "Image du jour" / Picture of the Day 2019-08-14
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Photographic techniques, terms, and equipment
Creator
Franz van Duns
  • Support as nominatorFranz van Duns (talk) 17:50, 18 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Needs to be in article for 7 days to be eligible. Shall we wait, or will you re-nominate is when 7 days have passed? Tentative support. --Janke | Talk 19:32, 18 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Oops, many thanks for this crucial hint! I admit I had overlooked this statement "min. 7 days wait after adding to the article before nominating" on my highly exciting journey through the ways and wends of Wikipedia's numerous regulation pages, coming as I am from just over a year's membership at Wiki commons with its slightly different set of nomination proceedings. Yes, of course, I am absolutely willing to comply and thus agree to wait the required 7 days' latency period (i.e. from 15 August till 23 August 2019) before proceeding, and I'll surely wait for the required 7 days should I ever nominate another image. But in this case I do think this image's encyclopaedic value will entice enough supporters within the given time span and will thus justify this extra quarantine period. -- Franz van Duns (talk) 21:00, 18 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – I have tried to look at this in 3D, but no luck! Am I missing something, is there a technique, glasses, etc? Bammesk (talk) 00:51, 20 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    • For some people, it's simply impossible. You can at least try by displaying the pair in a smaller size (say, 100 mm or so), then concentrate your focus on your own nose tip, and slowly let your eye muscles relax. At some point the images (may hopefully) coalesce, and you see the 3-D image. This one is really good, BTW. --Janke | Talk 07:06, 20 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    • As Janke correctly states, cross-eyed viewing is impossible for some people (including my wife and others I have tested in this request, check Stereoscopy#Visual_requirements), but it is otherwise very handy for unaided viewing straight from the screen, as no viewing apparatus is required. Works astoundingly well (at least for me) even if the stereo pair is displayed at full screen size, thus providing a level of detail not possible with standard stereo viewers due to their limited image size. See article Stereoscopy#Freeviewing, which explains the two possible arrangements for stereo viewing.
      For all others I have supplied a version arrranged for parallel viewing (click on the above image and scroll to "Other versions"), which can be viewed under a stereoscope / stereoscopic viewer after having been resized to a range between 60x60 mm and 100x100 mm each image. And, for any other purpose, e.g. stereo viewing of individual sections of a stereo image, I have also supplied the two single images which compose the stereo pairs. Just enlarge these, each within its own individual window, say to 50%, then shift both images until the detail you are interested in is centered in each window. Arrange the two windows (R-L or L-R) as required for your chosen viewing method and now enjoy an abundancy of details within this section in full stereo that even a full screen display simply cannot render. This is only possible if the images, as here, are provided with a relatively high resolution.
      Caveat: I know that this is, of course, not encyclopaedic information, but it may be of value for others who have difficulties viewing stereo images or for those who intend to enhance their knowledge about methods of viewing images. I have been taking stereo images for quite a number of years and would designate myself as an experienced photography amateur, now retired, with a background of astrophysics. Would it help if I extended the section Freeviewing by a concise version of "What must I do? I simply can't see any stereo effect." or similar. Who would I as a newbie have to contact ahead before adding any unwelcome text and thus possibly causing an uproar amongst a multitude of seasoned editors? My wiki experience to date is limited to some 50 image uploads to Wiki commons and, well, to this particular image as my first and singular addition to wikipedia. -- Franz van Duns (talk) 13:30, 20 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
      See your talk page, I commented there. --Janke | Talk 17:08, 20 August 2019 (UTC) - Thanks![reply]
  • Do you have an image with only a single flower in it? I'm thinking you can substitute the infobox image in Passiflora caerulea with such an image. Anyway, one flower in the pair has the same physical resolution and better DOF than that image. The seven day waiting period is a good idea to sit out, this is one of those topics that has a high turnover of images. If it sticks, then support. But suspend for a week first. MER-C 14:18, 20 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    • @MER-C: Many thanks for your suggestion. I propose the following image, taken in June 2019: File:Passiflora-caerulea 2019-06-23 (DSC2447-1).jpg. In the past two months I have taken quite a number of Passiflora images at different angles and sizes, some of which I intend to upload soon; some are side views, some taken from underneath, and some focussed on the centre features. The Passiflora vine that produced these images is still flowering and I am continuously taking images as long as this lasts. Are you asking me to replace the existing image in Passiflora caerulea without consulting anyone ahead? OK, I have read Janke's comment on my talk page regarding addition of new content to wikipedia, and all my contributions to Wiki commons are, of course, new content, but do the same rules also apply to replacement of existing content? I emphasize that I have great respect for all those who have agreeably contributed to the Wiki universe over many years and do not want to create unnecessary antagonisms by disrespectfully ignoring any of the unwritten rules that govern which content may be replaced and which must remain. This said I deduce that a tentative entry on the corresponding "talk page" would be the correct entrée. Ok with you? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Franz van Duns (talkcontribs) 20:38, 20 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Conditional Support per MER-C. Bammesk (talk) 01:00, 21 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • FYI The image was added to the article on Aug. 15th, so it becomes eligible already on the 22nd. --Janke | Talk 07:19, 21 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment on my behalf: with the clock ticking relentlessly and only just over 50 hours to go, this one last ploy on my own behalf.
    This stereo image of two flowers was explicitly entered into as a Featured picture candidate for Photographic techniques, terms, and equipment, not of the individual flower I replaced on the page Passiflora caerulea, even though the depicted object certainly has its non-technical charms. It isn't perfect, no picture truely is, but the following technical considerations do give support to my entry: this image is an example of a photographic technique rarely practiced nowadays, it reproduces all colours without undue exaggeration, and it displays a tremendous amount of detail from one edge to the other, even if fully viewed at a resolution only few contemporary camera sensors can provide. Other versions supplied are a parallel-view stereo version for use with a stereoscope and also the two individual images. IMHO images of this kind enrich the technical expertise and scope of wikipedia and thus qualify for Featured picture status. Now it is up to you to comment and/or vote ... -- Franz van Duns (talk) 13:42, 26 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, though I cannot get the stereoscopic effect to work (at any reasonable size) with something that wide, so I need to take your word for it being good. An image taller than it is wide is way easier to stereoscope. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 6.9% of all FPs 16:14, 26 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    • It absolutely works. Personally, I can merge cross-eyed images of up to 300 mm width at normal monitor viewing distance, but that really strains the eye muscles - and I look like Ben Turpin. This one, displayed about 150 mm wide on my setup is a cinch. YMMV... ;-) --Janke | Talk 18:10, 26 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Passiflora caerulea STEREO (R-L) 2019-06-27.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:10, 28 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Pro-women's suffrage poster by Emily J. Harding Andrews
Reason
While aspects of it are problematic, I'm a fan of history in the raw, and not trying to hide the problematic aspects of otherwise good movements. This poster is in Ableism for a reason. But it's also a fine example of a notable suffragette and artist's work, and, while we have images of suffragettes, we have very little of their propaganda, which makes it rather valuable.
Articles in which this image appears
Emily J. Harding (she usually worked under her maiden name, though not here) Disability in the United Kingdom and Ableism
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/Others
Creator
Emily J. Harding Andrews, restored by Adam Cuerden
If only we could prohibit lunatics from voting. – Sca (talk) 13:43, 19 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support with context. There's a significant literature in women's history and disability history focusing on how eugenic feminism informed the suffrage movements of North America and the UK (and I assume others). It wasn't a side story; "(white) women deserve the vote more than X" was a favorite argument, and effective in times of intense racism, nativism, and ableism. This image represents an ugly but important strain of suffrage rhetoric. – Penny Richards (talk) 14:06, 19 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Incidentally, we have an article on eugenic feminism that could probably stand improvement (a while back, I put some work into making it slightly better than absolutely dreadful). XOR'easter (talk) 21:18, 22 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – article is too weak, too short. Can it be expanded by a paragraph (or two)? It will improve the encyclopedic value. It will have my support if it is expanded a little. Bammesk (talk) 00:49, 20 August 2019 (UTC) . . . Support, I hadn't seen the second and third articles listed above. It would be nice if Emily Harding's article was a bit longer though. Bammesk (talk) 01:39, 20 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Absolutely agree on your latter point, so I've made some additions and improvements to the article.Penny Richards (talk) 03:16, 20 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Convicts Lunatics and Women! Have No Vote for Parliament, ca. 1907-1918.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 08:26, 29 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Sunbeams over Lake Hawea, New Zealand
Reason
As it stands, this is probably the best image we have for this heavily photographed subject, and certainly is better than previously delisted FPs. Passed Commons FPC unanimously a few months ago. May replace existing FP File:Crepuscular rays at Sunset near Waterberg Plateau edit.jpg if successful. The other FP, File:Crepuscular rays in ggp 2.jpg, has found uses in illustrating the place it was taken (and should be rescoped accordingly).
Articles in which this image appears
Crepuscular rays, Sunlight
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena
Creator
Michal Klajban
  • Support as nominatorMER-C 18:56, 20 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment It's close, but I think File:Crepuscular rays in ggp 2.jpg is more encyclopaedic. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:01, 21 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support -- Basile Morin (talk) 09:41, 25 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment According to the article Sunbeam, of which Crepuscular rays is a subsection, the depicted rays are not crepuscular rays (i.e. when the sun is below the horizon), but sunbeams (when the sun is at some point in the sky, shining through openings in clouds or between other objects). I am no expert for sunrays of any kind, and I give great trust in wikipedia's content, which accurately conforms with the statements in the following article britannica.com: crepuscular-ray. The current entanglement of usage is also prominent by this image being (a) titled "Sunbeams over Lake Hawea, New Zealand" in the Sunbeam article and (b) "Sunlight shining through clouds, giving rise to crepuscular rays" in the Sunlight article.
    I really like this image as it nicely combines sunbeams and clouds of mist rising from the sea, and which, by the way, gains yet more at full resolution, and I thus would vote for full support (were I entitled - still 41 wikipedia edits to go ...).
    But, and this is important, all wikipedia contributions should be as accurate as possible, which may mean rewriting incorrect captions. All taken I pledge for a new scope in the manner of Featured picture for sunbeams instead of (incorrectly attributed) crepuscular rays. -- Franz van Duns (talk) 13:29, 30 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:30, 30 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – male black darter dragonfly (Sympetrum danae) on Warren Heath, Hampshire
Reason
High quality large image illustrates article well. FP on Commons. 2nd nomination: received two support votes (including mine) and no opposes.
Articles in which this image appears
Sympetrum danae
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Black darter (Sympetrum danae) male.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:31, 31 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Sphinx moth (Adhemarius gannascus), in the Mount Totumas cloud forest, Chiriquí Province, Panama
Reason
High quality large image. FP on Commons. Demonstrates how pinned specimens give a misleading idea of what the moth looks like when it’s alive.
Articles in which this image appears
Adhemarius gannascus, Adhemarius
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Sphinx moth (Adhemarius gannascus).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:32, 31 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]



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OriginalChesterton Windmill in Warwickshire
Reason
High quality image, featured picture on Wikimedia Commons. Used in the article and provides a good visual of the windmill.
Articles in which this image appears
Chesterton Windmill
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
DeFacto

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:14, 31 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]



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Original – Sphinx moth (Adhemarius donysa) male, Mount Totumas cloud forest, Panama
Reason
Great quality, featured image on Wikimedia Commons. Shows the moth when it is alive.
Articles in which this image appears
Adhemarius donysa
FP category for this image
WP:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
User:Charlesjsharp

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:21, 31 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]