Jump to content

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/May-2017

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Please cut and paste new entries to the bottom of this page, creating a new monthly archive (by closing date) when necessary.

Older Archive
Miscellaneous Archive
2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2005: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2006: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2007: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2008: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2009: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2010: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2011: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2012: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2013: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2014: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2015: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2016: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2017: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2018: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2019: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2020: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2021: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2022: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2023: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2024: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2025: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
Purge page cache if nominations haven't updated.


Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 5 May 2017 at 17:33:37 (UTC)

OriginalMichael Porter Jr. holding his award as the MVP of the 2017 McDonald's All-American Boys Game
edit1 - attempt to adjust for underexposure complaint
Reason
This is a sharp and clear photo
Articles in which this image appears
2017 McDonald's All-American Boys Game
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Sport
Creator
TonyTheTiger
2016 McDonald's All-American Boys Game see File:20160330 MCDAAG co-MVPs Frank Jackson and Josh Jackson cropped square.jpg
2015 McDonald's All-American Boys Game see File:20150401 MCDAAG Cheick Diallo MVP award presentation alone.JPG
2014 McDonald's All-American Boys Game see File:20140402 MCDAAG MVPs (2).JPG
2013 McDonald's All-American Boys Game see File:20130403 Aaron Gordon MCDAAG MVP (3) cropped.jpg
The image quality is far superior this year from prior years with lesser equipment.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 17:42, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: Tony, it's not the camera that makes a picture FP worthy. Even photos taken with smartphones can be (and probably have been) promoted. It's the EV, the composition, sufficient quality and the "wow" factor that make a picture featured! --Janke | Talk 10:35, 26 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:54, 5 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]


Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 6 May 2017 at 03:41:26 (UTC)

Original – Kylesku Bridge putting a hard working ferry out of business.
Reason
Meets the technical standards and resolution standard and is a well composed pic of a notable bridge on a sunny day in scotland
Articles in which this image appears
Kylesku Bridge
FP category for this image
Architecture
Creator
Geni
There is no foreground above the bridge.©Geni (talk) 00:29, 27 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Struck !vote as user isn't eligible (5-days old account with 20 edits instead of the required 25 days and 100 edits). Armbrust The Homunculus 00:59, 29 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – Well, there's a gradual curve or arch to the bridge deck, but I don't know how unusual that might be. For a modern box girder bridge it seems reasonably nice-looking, but the overall composition is rather plain and static. I'm skeptical about EV and visual interest for Main Page readers. Sca (talk) 14:37, 27 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. This is a good photo because it is clear and demonstrates the uniqueness of the architecture. Bmbaker88 (talk) 01:04, 28 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. While it's well above size requirements, the sharpness of the image doesn't seem to be exceptional; and I don't think it depicts one of the most notable things about this bridge - its horizontal curve, which is shown much better from above, as in File:Kylesku_Bridge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_53877.jpg, or either of the photos on this external page. It's a perfectly fine photo, but our standards for landscapes are justifiably very high, as they are the most reproducible type of photo. TSP (talk) 13:01, 28 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Per Goveganplease.-Jobas (talk) 23:14, 28 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per TSP. There's nothing at all wrong with this photo, which is well executed and useful, but I agree that the geograph.org photo indicates that it wasn't taken from a position which best shows its features - which are mentioned in the article which notes that it was designed to blend in with the landscape. Nick-D (talk) 11:35, 5 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:50, 6 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]



Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 7 May 2017 at 20:14:05 (UTC)

Original – Panoramic view of the city of Tbilisi, capital of Georgia from the Narikala fortress.
Reason
The picture has an excellent view of the city and just taken recently in September 2016.
Articles in which this image appears
Tibilisi
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Panorama
Creator
Poco2 from Wikimedia Commons

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:36, 7 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]



Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 9 May 2017 at 20:40:46 (UTC)

Original – A Doppler on wheels image of a tornadic thunderstorm near La Grange, Wyoming (USA) captured during the VORTEX2 project. In the velocity image on the left, Blues/green represent winds moving towards the radar, and reds/yellows indicate winds moving away from the radar. The reason that some of the darker blues contain red/yellow within them is a trait known as Aliasing, where the winds are moving faster than the radar can detect. In the reflectivity image on the right, the main body of the storm can be seen, with the appendage on the bottom of the storm being a hook echo, which is associated directly with the tornado, and the tornado circulation itself can be seen as the doughnut like shape in the later part of the animation.
Reason
High quality, high EV, and adds significantly to its article.
Articles in which this image appears
Hook echo, Doppler on Wheels
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences
Creator
Josh Wurman/Center for Severe Weather Research
Video form
  • The only other image in the DoW article is a 0.17mp photo of a vehicle carrying the instrument. Do you genuinely believe that's a better illustration of the technology in question? – Juliancolton | Talk 22:53, 30 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Please don't question my integrity. Question my votes by all means, but do try to be polite. Doppler on Wheels is a truck-based system. The article is about the mobile system. The picture I refer to illustrates the truck-based system well. The size is of image is irrelevant, that image is not up for FP. Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:01, 1 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:15, 9 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]



Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 10 May 2017 at 09:51:23 (UTC)

Original – A composite image of a young male proboscis monkey learning to jump
Reason
High EV. We observed the adults in a family of proboscis monkeys jumping between these two trees. They went round and round, repeating the jump. Over a period of 15 minutes, the adults encouraged the youngsters to make the jump. This young male was one of the last to commit. Very positive voting for Commons FP. Image voted into second round of Commons Picture of the Year.
Articles in which this image appears
Proboscis monkey
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
Charles

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:16, 10 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]


Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 20 May 2017 at 01:41:38 (UTC)

Original"William" the faience hippopotamus is a small figurine in Egyptian faience that dates from the Middle Kingdom of Egypt. Found in a shaft associated with the tomb chapel of "The Steward, Senbi" at Meir, Upper Egypt, William dates from c. 1961 – 1878 B.C. during the reigns of Senwosret I and Senwosret II. It is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and serves as an informal mascot of the museum.
Reason
High quality image. If passed, this would be one of the oldest man-made objects featured.
Articles in which this image appears
William the Faience Hippopotamus +3
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Sculpture
Creator
Unknown; photography by the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Looks a bit like a plump Eyeore. – Sca (talk) 16:52, 10 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Standing Hippopotamus MET DP248993.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:42, 20 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]



Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 21 May 2017 at 12:38:16 (UTC)

Original – A female campo flicker, a type of woodpecker, in the Pantanal, Brazil
Reason
Illustrates article well. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Campo flicker
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp
  • Cropping is always a subjective matter which is why I try to upload the full image before cropping. If I made a wider crop, there would be many objecting: "too much tree trunk". It shouldn't really be an issue for FP. Also, the way that Wikipedia places images in the infobox means that a 'thin' portrait style displays very well and enhances the article - the whole idea behind the FP criteria. Charlesjsharp (talk) 14:24, 13 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I see from the commons nomination that my opinion is in the minority. And agree with the subjectivity of it all. It is a very nice image and good EV, and good lighting. Bammesk (talk) 14:35, 13 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:47, 21 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]



Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 21 May 2017 at 14:08:31 (UTC)

Original – The Village or Black-headed weaver (Ploceus cucullatus bohndorffi). Males build their nests in hope that a female will be impressed by their skill. This bird in the Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda should have no problems attracting a mate.
Reason
Illustrates detail of nest very clearly. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Black-headed weaver Ploceidae
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:49, 21 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]



Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 25 May 2017 at 14:51:54 (UTC)

Original – The 1901 Easter gift from Russian Czar Nicholas II to his wife Alexandra, one of the Fabergé eggs
Reason
SVG is freely licensed, is W3C valid, contains no rasters, and is a highly accurate representation of the actual egg (of which there are currently no freely licensed images anywhere on the Internet— at the moment this is the only freely licensed image of this egg in existence). This image is based on a series of different photographs of the egg, all from the Royal Collection. Egg itself is out of copyright.
Articles in which this image appears
Basket of Flowers (Fabergé egg)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Sculpture
Creator
KDS4444 who is gladly taking suggestions for improvements, if any
  • Red X I withdraw my nomination I wondered if the image might not get this response. I tried to emphasize that there are no freely licensed images of this object available, and that my drawing is the only such image now out there. Yes, a photo would be better... But we don't have a photo, and no freely licensed photos exist. So I made this image, which is quite close (how is the handle wrong? I said I was taking suggestions). It isn't that I am suggesting we make this a featured picture instead of a photograph of the real thing. I am suggesting that there isn't anything for it to be compared to that is freely licensed. If we are going to have a criterion that "SVG images should only depict non-specific objects," shouldn't we say that somewhere? It's fine (though disappointing) if it's true. If we ever got a freely licensed image of the real thing I'd be glad to abdicate this one. But based on the stated existing criteria, I thought this might be a genuine candidate. I guess SVGs just can't cut it sometimes. KDS4444 (talk) 17:06, 16 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • I understand that, but there is a long history of rejecting images that have glaring flaws (this is a great illustration, but it's still an illustration) if a better one could conceivably be created. At Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/20170329 MCDAAG Michael Porter Jr. MVP, for example, we had a technically competent picture: crisp, in focus, reasonably good contrast and lighting. However, reviewers agreed that the image fell short of FP quality, and that a much better image was possible.
Similar objections were raised at one of your other nominations, Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Male Maratus volans. This rejection of illustrations in place of photographs (for non-diagrams) is not new. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:40, 17 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Chris, my understanding for why the M. volans illustration was rejected was because we (finally) had an actual photograph of it which, as a photograph, necessarily took precedence. We have no photograph of the Basket of Flowers egg. Someday we might, who knows? But we do not now and there is no reason to expect one to be offered up anytime soon (the Royal Collection does not freely license its images, and access to the egg for quality/ professional photographic purposes is otherwise rather limited). I created a pretty good SVG version of it, one I thought worthy of consideration as a featured picture on its own grounds. But there you have it: it is not a diagram, it is only a very complex imitation of one (that took me nearly three weeks to put together! Amen!). But all I can do now is let it go, which I have done. In the mean time I have created a much less complex and much less time-consuming diagram of a chicken egg which I have just now nominated for FP consideration (see above). The good news is that it is a diagram! KDS4444 (talk) 13:06, 19 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment It goes without saying, that despite not succeeding in FP, the images are very useful in the articles, if no real photos are available with a free license. Thus, thanks, KDS444! --Janke | Talk 08:24, 17 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --feminist 06:05, 22 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]



Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 28 May 2017 at 21:58:46 (UTC)

Original – The Josephine Shaw Lowell Memorial Fountain in Bryant Park, New York, frozen over in December 2016.
Reason
It's a nice fountain during the rest of the year, but in the winter, when frozen over like this, I think it's particularly striking. Here, taken on one of the coldest nights of the year, to me it almost looks like something out of a fantasy film. It's a Quality Image on Commons and there's encyclopedic value in that it's a good image of a notable fountain (Josephine Shaw Lowell Memorial Fountain) at, in my opinion, its most visually interesting.
Articles in which this image appears
Josephine Shaw Lowell Memorial Fountain, Bryant Park
FP category for this image
Places/Others
Creator
Rhododendrites

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:16, 28 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]



Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 29 May 2017 at 12:50:14 (UTC)

Original – Diagram of a chicken egg in its 9th day of developent
Reason
Freely licensed image, scalable vector format
Articles in which this image appears
Egg, Chorion, Allantois, Amnion
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
KDS4444

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:37, 29 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]


Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 31 May 2017 at 15:36:34 (UTC)

Original – The interior of the Amphitheatre of El Jem, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in El Djem, Tunisia.
Reason
I was just browsing when I came across this image. It appears to be quite a well framed and high resolution image of a UNESCO World Heritage site. What do you think? Featured picture on wiki commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Amphitheatre of El Jem, Amphitheatre, El Djem
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Diego Delso

Promoted File:Anfiteatro, El Jem, Túnez, 2016-09-04, DD 55-66 HDR PAN.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:30, 31 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]