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Giacomo Puccini

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 1 Oct 2020 at 04:09:20 (UTC)

Reason: Little smaller than I'd like, but appears to be at around the film grain size, so I don't think there's much lost detail, and Puccini is hard to find good photographs of. First (here) of a set of images released by the Archivio Storico Ricordi.
Articles in which this image appears: Giacomo Puccini
FP category for this image: WP:FP/THEATRE
Creator: Attilio Badodi; restored by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.5% of all FPs} 04:09, 21 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:13, 25 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support – DreamSparrow ^Chat 16:17, 26 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@David Eppstein and Mydreamsparrow: Just to note, there were a couple minor spots on it I just fixed. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.5% of all FPs} 19:52, 26 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support – taking an exception to the pixel count requirement: historic photo, and DOF is quite shallow so it doesn't look like more pixels would give us more detail. Bammesk (talk) 16:13, 27 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSA^talk 12:09, 30 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Giacomo Puccini (1924) - Archivio Storico Ricordi FOTO003293 - Restoration.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:42, 1 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Added image to People/Entertainment instead. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:42, 1 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Rosa Raisa

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 1 Oct 2020 at 05:57:07 (UTC)

Reason: A really very nice image. Kind of your standard "bad, but not that bad" restoration: A couple corners to recreate, but just of a bokeh-style backdrop, a couple cracks, that sort of thing. Looks more impressive than it is.
Articles in which this image appears: Rosa Raisa +1
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator: Herman Mishkin; restored by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.5% of all FPs} 05:57, 21 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support. --Gnosis (talk) 20:10, 21 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Is the photo cut on the left side? The "Mishkin" watermark looks like it was cut off in the original. There's several areas of white on the left edge of the photo. MER-C 18:19, 22 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- It may well have been cut, but probably before Raisa mailed it, at a guess. It's not a cut-off scan. I'll recheck the left edge. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.5% of all FPs} 18:57, 22 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  - Should be fixed now. I swear I went over that left edge like four times before nomination. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.5% of all FPs} 03:34, 23 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  - If that is the case, then support. MER-C 16:40, 23 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    - @MER-C: See File:Rosa Raisa (1917) - Archivio Storico Ricordi FOTO002701.jpg for comparison. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.5% of all FPs} 16:53, 23 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose because it was grayscale, not monochrome. I don't know if it will be replaced into color-converted image like that, like coloring black and white or grayscale photos. Evan0512 (talk) 00:19, 24 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- Evan0512, I don't really understand what you're saying. Could you rephrase? --Paul_012 (talk) 00:51, 24 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- Um... it's the original sepia colour. See File:Rosa Raisa (1917) - Archivio Storico Ricordi FOTO002701.jpg. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.5% of all FPs} 01:11, 24 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Bammesk (talk) 02:47, 24 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support – DreamSparrow ^Chat 16:16, 26 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Rosa Raisa (1917) - Archivio Storico Ricordi FOTO002701 - Restoration.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:46, 1 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Madama Butterfly

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 1 Oct 2020 at 23:43:11 (UTC)

Reason: How about one of the Ricordi archive set designs? I think this is a particularly stunning watercolour.
Articles in which this image appears: Madama Butterfly
FP category for this image: WP:FP/THEATRE
Creator: Alexandre Bailly and Marcel Jambon; restored by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.5% of all FPs} 23:43, 21 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Bammesk (talk) 02:43, 24 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support (t · c) buidhe 05:12, 25 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 16:30, 26 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support – DreamSparrow ^Chat 18:36, 26 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Collina presso Nagasaki, bozzetto di Alexandre Bailly, Marcel Jambon per Madama Butterfly (1906) - Archivio Storico Ricordi ICON000079 - Restoration.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 00:39, 2 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Helena Hill

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 3 Oct 2020 at 21:00:11 (UTC)

Reason: One of the better-shot photographs of suffragettes. It's quite a nice image, good resolution, and the suffragette is notable enough. Also, yes, I know I have a lot of nominations. A few of them were delayed by various things, so I've been collecting finished ones.
Articles in which this image appears: Helena Hill
FP category for this image: Presuming we're focusing on her suffragette work, most suffragettes have been put in Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator: Harris & Ewing, restored by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.5% of all FPs} 21:00, 23 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Bammesk (talk) 02:50, 24 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 16:24, 24 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Artful composition, lighting. – Sca (talk) 12:43, 25 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support. —David Eppstein (talk) 06:59, 26 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support DreamSparrow ^Chat 12:48, 26 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Harris & Ewing - Helena Hill Weed.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:02, 3 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Green terror

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 6 Oct 2020 at 16:51:11 (UTC)

Reason: Recently unanimously featured on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears: Green terror
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish
Creator: H. Zell

Support as nominator – MER-C 16:51, 26 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support any. MER-C 17:56, 2 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support either – DreamSparrow ^Chat 18:35, 26 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
DreamSparrow Could you indicate which version(s) you support? Regards, Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:26, 3 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Insufficient green, terror. Support either Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.5% of all FPs} 06:13, 27 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support either – Bammesk (talk) 16:18, 27 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Edit 1 Uploaded. De-nosied --Muhammad(talk) 11:49, 2 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support edit 1 --Muhammad(talk) 11:49, 2 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Andinoacara rivulatus - Karlsruhe Zoo 01 edit1.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:05, 6 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Only edit 1 has enough support for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:05, 6 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Gabrielle Ray

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 6 Oct 2020 at 20:03:17 (UTC)

Reason: A really stunning image of her. Composition is top notch. Going with a local copy out of what is likely an abundance of precaution.
Articles in which this image appears: Gabrielle Ray
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator: Foulsham and Banfield, restored by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.5% of all FPs} 20:03, 26 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
The top edge of the image needs a second look. MER-C 17:14, 27 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- Should be fixed. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.5% of all FPs} 18:48, 27 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  - Support. MER-C 19:09, 27 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support i agree completely, top notch photograph. (t · c) buidhe 01:54, 30 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Bammesk (talk) 02:30, 1 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support. —David Eppstein (talk) 06:18, 1 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Great picture. --Gnosis (talk) 16:32, 1 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support - DreamSparrow ^Chat 07:36, 3 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Gabrielle Ray (c. 1910) - Archivio Storico Ricordi FOTO002691 - Restored version.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:16, 6 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Mount Andromeda from the Athabasca Glacier

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 8 Oct 2020 at 00:16:40 (UTC)

Reason: Quality image
Articles in which this image appears: Mount Andromeda (Alberta)
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator: Ethan Sahagun

Support as nominator – Sahagunethan (talk) 00:16, 28 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. I'm split on this one. On the one hand, it has a clear view of the whole mountain, unlike File:Mtandromeda.jpg which only shows a closeup of the face and File:Icefields Parkway near Columbia Icefield.jpg where Mount Athabasca is more prominent in the foreground with Mount Andromeda behind it. And it is the lead image of its article. On the other hand the light is dull compared to either of those other two photos and I think the sense of scale given by the people in foreground is a false one (the people are much closer than the mountain causing them to appear much larger in the photo than the features of the mountain behind them). —David Eppstein (talk) 17:00, 28 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – There is loss of sharpness on the left and the right side. I agree with David, the lighting is dull. It reduces the wow factor. Bammesk (talk) 03:56, 29 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 02:43, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Tannhäuser, Act III

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 8 Oct 2020 at 01:08:02 (UTC)

Reason: A fine, early-production image by notable set designers, and really colourful and lovely to boot. from the same set as the previously-featured File:Max Brückner - Otto Henning - Richard Wagner - Final scene of Götterdämmerung.jpg though I did treat which I nominated differently as the image is on a separate paper to the mount, and was slightly tilted relative to the mount in this case. A CSS crop cannot rotate.
Articles in which this image appears: Tannhäuser (opera)
FP category for this image: WP:FP/THEATRE
Creator: Max and Gotthold Brückner, restored by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.5% of all FPs} 01:08, 28 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Muhammad(talk) 11:40, 2 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support - DreamSparrow ^Chat 07:36, 3 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 08:17, 6 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:12, 6 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Tavola 5, bozzetto di Gebrüder Brückner per Tannhäuser (s.d.) - Archivio Storico Ricordi ICON011721 - Restoration, crop.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 02:51, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Judith Leyster, Self-Portrait

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 18 Oct 2020 at 07:09:56 (UTC)

Reason: Self-portrait of Judith Leyster, a notable woman artist of the Dutch Golden Age, used as the lead image for her article. Typical of her work in composition and execution, showing also one of her unfinished paintings as a scene-within-a-scene. In the National Gallery of Art, with a high-quality scan donated by the National Gallery of Art. (Note that there's also a Google Art Project scan of the same painting, linked from The Proposition (painting); I like the slightly rosier shade of the nominated version from the National Gallery a little better than the slightly greener shade of the Google one, but they're very close and I could go with either. We should certainly avoid the vertically-compressed book scan and the color-corrected version).
Articles in which this image appears: Judith Leyster
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator: Judith Leyster

Support as nominator – David Eppstein (talk) 07:09, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Point of order: File:Judith Leyster - Self-Portrait - Google Art Project.jpg is a featured picture, so this will need to be a delist and replace, although the Google one is about 50% larger Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.6% of all FPs} 07:54, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- Withdraw. There can only be one and they're similar enough that there's no point swapping. Sorry for not catching this. —David Eppstein (talk) 16:23, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:09, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Withdrawn nomination. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:09, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Justice Sukumaran

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 11 Oct 2020 at 04:38:44 (UTC)

Reason: Portrait of an eminent judge with high quality, good lighting and composition and high EV.
Articles in which this image appears: K. Sukumaran
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Others
Creator: Mydreamsparrow

Support as nominator – DreamSparrow ^Chat 04:38, 1 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support Boring composition, but we're hardly oversaturated with images from the Indian subcontinent, so we can add a difficulty-of-acquiring factor Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.5% of all FPs} 18:53, 1 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support good expression --Muhammad(talk) 11:40, 2 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 17:58, 2 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support I'm not a fan of the blank background, but this is a good portrait as it clearly shows the subject and has a hint of character. Nick-D (talk) 01:59, 3 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support - I cropped the image to fix some basic portrait composition problems: subject off-center, eyes below the top-third of image. If you clear your cache, it should look better now. Kaldari (talk) 20:31, 9 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – DreamSparrow, the background has an indistinct vertical line on the right side (dark shade). Is that real? If not, it can be removed. Bammesk (talk) 14:47, 10 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Bammesk, that is actually a long hair growing from his right ear. I don't think it needs to be removed. DreamSparrow ^Chat 16:49, 10 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

DreamSparrow, I see the hair, but adjacent to it and to its right, there is a vertical diffused line going all the way to the top. Perhaps that's the paint on the wall?! Bammesk (talk) 17:16, 10 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yes that is shade of wall Bammesk - DreamSparrow ^Chat 08:45, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Justice K. Sukumaran.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 09:29, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

La Wally

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 11 Oct 2020 at 20:51:04 (UTC)

Reason: A fine illustration, I believe (but cannot 100% prove) from the original production, by noted designer Adolf Hohenstein.
Articles in which this image appears: La Wally
FP category for this image: WP:FP/THEATRE
Creator: Adolf Hohenstein, restored by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.5% of all FPs} 20:51, 1 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Bammesk (talk) 02:42, 2 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 17:57, 2 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support - DreamSparrow ^Chat 07:35, 3 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support (t · c) buidhe 03:22, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Wally (soprano), figurino di Adolf Hohenstein per La Wally (1892) - Archivio Storico Ricordi ICON004639 - Restoration.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:04, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Edgar, Act III

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 12 Oct 2020 at 03:42:22 (UTC)

Reason: Fine illustration of what was probably Puccini's least successful work - and only his second opera - and hence hard to illustrate. Another of the Ricordi images. Didn't think it needed restoration.
Articles in which this image appears: Edgar (opera)
FP category for this image: WP:FP/THEATRE
Creator: Giuseppe Palanti [not restored]

Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.5% of all FPs} 03:42, 2 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 18:02, 2 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support - DreamSparrow ^Chat 07:34, 3 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Bammesk (talk) 01:55, 6 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support (t · c) buidhe 03:21, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Vasta spianata presso Courtray, bozzetto di Giuseppe Palanti per Edgar (s.d.) - Archivio Storico Ricordi ICON000128 B.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 08:22, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Quba Mosque

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 12 Oct 2020 at 11:38:53 (UTC)

Reason: Good quality and EV.
Articles in which this image appears: Quba Mosque
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator: User:Muhammad Mahdi Karim

Support as nominator – Muhammad(talk) 11:38, 2 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Slight perspective distortion should be fixed. MER-C 17:55, 2 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- Sure, can you annotate please? --Muhammad(talk) 07:32, 5 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  - @Muhammad Mahdi Karim: Right hand side and background minarets aren't vertical, neither is the building on the right hand side (the inner bit is worse). MER-C 08:20, 6 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Agree with MER-C, but inclined to Support. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.6% of all FPs} 18:33, 2 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support - DreamSparrow ^Chat 07:34, 3 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, the sky is darker blue when it was taken. Also, there were more white due to exposure. Evan0512 (talk) 18:31, 6 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 11:52, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Swami Agnivesh

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 13 Oct 2020 at 07:53:58 (UTC)

Reason: Portrait of an eminent political leader and social reformer with good quality as per FP standards, good lighting and composition. Very high EV. He passed away last month. Therefore, there is no chance to get a better picture than this in future.
Articles in which this image appears: Agnivesh, Bandhua Mukti Morcha
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator: Mydreamsparrow

Support as nominator – DreamSparrow ^Chat 07:53, 3 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support, though it you have this at higher resolution, I think it would benefit. Though given its size (an odd number of pixels, indicating a crop to the relevant area), I suspect all the usable photo is there. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.6% of all FPs} 14:57, 4 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:46, 6 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:02, 13 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination didn't reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:02, 13 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Platanthera chlorantha

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 13 Oct 2020 at 18:13:13 (UTC)

Reason: Was just seen on Commons FPC, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears: Platanthera chlorantha
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Flowers
Creator: Ivar Leidus

Support as nominator – MER-C 18:13, 3 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – Rather indistinct due mainly to lack of contrast with BG. – Sca (talk) 13:58, 4 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support because I don't know if the plant is living or looks like living. Evan0512 (talk) 18:31, 6 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
This does kind of seem like your classic Commons-but-not-necessarily-En-Wiki FP. It's very artistic, but the artistry might reduce encyclopedic value (EV) a bit, and EV is much bigger here. File:Platanthera chlorantha LC0225.jpg gives a completely different view that says a lot more about the plant. That said, there's some beautiful detail, so Weak Support Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.6% of all FPs} 20:30, 7 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:50, 13 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination didn't reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:50, 13 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Marie Stopes

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 14 Oct 2020 at 03:26:22 (UTC)

Reason: I do like photographs of people at work, and this is a nice photo. Second in her article - a more generic head shot forms the lead - but I'd say the best of the two.
Articles in which this image appears: Marie Stopes +3
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science_and_engineering
Creator: Unknown photographer, restored by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.6% of all FPs} 03:26, 4 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Agree, much more interesting than the other photo and enough EV despite not being lead image. —David Eppstein (talk) 06:53, 4 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 12:14, 4 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Bammesk (talk) 01:05, 5 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:44, 6 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support Kaldari (talk) 20:19, 9 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support - DreamSparrow ^Chat 15:57, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Michael D. Turnbull (talk) 08:59, 13 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Marie Stopes in her laboratory, 1904 - Restoration.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 07:06, 14 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Portrait of Wally

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 15 Oct 2020 at 07:15:49 (UTC)

Reason: good quality and EV
Articles in which this image appears: Portrait of Wally
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator: Egon Schiele

Support as nominator – Andrei (talk) 07:15, 5 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Bammesk (talk) 01:38, 6 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support Not my favourite art style, but clearly important. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.6% of all FPs} 13:51, 6 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 18:29, 6 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Kaldari (talk) 15:14, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Josh Milburn (talk) 18:54, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support - DreamSparrow ^Chat 15:57, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Egon Schiele - Portrait of Wally Neuzil - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:12, 15 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hope II

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 15 Oct 2020 at 07:19:43 (UTC)

Reason: good quality and EV
Articles in which this image appears: Gustav Klimt, Pregnancy in art, Hope II
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator: Gustav Klimt

Support as nominator – Andrei (talk) 07:19, 5 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.6% of all FPs} 13:56, 6 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 18:30, 6 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support, but the references in the article about this painting need improvement. A quick search found Hannah Elizabeth Miller, "A Partner in Their Suffering: Gustav Klimt's Empowered Figure in Hope II", MA thesis, BYU, https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/6429/ and Julia F. Dailey, "Reclaiming Gustav Klimt's Artwork Hope II As Vision: Representations of Grief, Maternity and Spirituality", graduate thesis, U Texas at Tyler, http://hdl.handle.net/10950/1331 as possibilities, as well as other scholarly works on broader topics that mention the painting, and a piece in ArtNews involving its provenance [1]. —David Eppstein (talk) 07:17, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Josh Milburn (talk) 18:53, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support - DreamSparrow ^Chat 15:57, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Gustav Klimt - Hope, II - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:13, 15 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

James Hetfield with Metallica

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 17 Oct 2020 at 20:52:07 (UTC)

Reason: On the upside, it's an excellent photo, especially for the year. Downside, though, is it's usage is on the weaker end of acceptable.
Articles in which this image appears: James Hetfield
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator: DallasFletcher

Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.6% of all FPs} 20:52, 7 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support - "Life is ours, we live it our way". DreamSparrow ^Chat 13:00, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
~~Comment~~ Oppose – Gimmicky pyrotechnics. – Sca (talk) 13:28, 9 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- @Sca: Well, it is a Metal concert... Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.6% of all FPs} 19:43, 9 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• From Criterion No. 1: "...has no highly distracting or obstructing elements."

• Target article doesn't mention the 2004 Ottawa performance outside the photo caption, so I don't see how this 16-year-old pic "adds significant encyclopedic value to [the] article."

• Hetfield isn't readily recognizable in the pic.

– Sca (talk) 22:04, 9 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

My view is that this is a picture of him performing. Pyrotechnics are a regular part of metal concerts, and so it does a good job of showing a typical dramatic moment of such a concert. Just like you ideally wouldn't illustrate a theatrical show by showing actors having a commonplace conversation from it, you'd choose a dramatic moment where there's a lot of action and reaction, you wouldn't try to show "metal musician performing" with a simply-lit sing-into-microphone moment. There's other photographs that cover him not mid-dramatic-performance. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.6% of all FPs} 08:12, 10 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support - degree of difficulty is higher than it seems because of the requirement for access. MER-C 18:31, 9 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Huh? – Sca (talk) 22:08, 9 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose, sorry. It's an exciting picture, but I'm not convinced that encyclopedic value is added to the article. Josh Milburn (talk) 14:30, 10 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, performer is not the main subject here. --Janke | Talk 09:56, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support Good photo of a heavy metal musician at work. I'm honestly baffled by the oppose votes above - this is what big ticket heavy metal performances look like, so there's heaps of EV. Nick-D (talk) 09:38, 14 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSA^talk 12:31, 17 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 00:20, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Jennifer Doudna

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Reason: Jennifer Doudna is the recipient of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for the development of a method for genome editing", along with Emmanuelle Charpentier. She has received several other awards and is active in the field of COVID testing as well. I saw her name on the main-page yesterday and thought this is a good candidate. The photo is a bit grainy, but given the encyclopedic value I think we can take an exception. (sidenote: ISO is 320, I think the grain is an intentional artistic choice.)
Articles in which this image appears: Jennifer Doudna
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering
Creator: Jussi Puikkonen, KNAW

Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 01:15, 9 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - The lighting is overexposed. GamerPro64 04:08, 9 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support It's only overexposed in the bokeh behind her, which is acceptable, methinks. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.6% of all FPs} 07:14, 9 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – Poor composition: lack of centering on subject (grainy at full res), subpar DOF, blown, diffuse BG. – Sca (talk) 13:24, 9 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support - per Adam - DreamSparrow ^Chat 08:00, 10 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – a snapshot with technical and artistic deficiencies. --Janke | Talk 09:58, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:38, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Port Hills

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Reason: Was just seen on Commons FPC, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears: Port Hills
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Panorama
Creator: Michal Klajban

Support as nominator – MER-C 17:33, 10 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support – --Janke | Talk 20:49, 10 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.6% of all FPs} 21:41, 10 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support - DreamSparrow ^Chat 08:52, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Bammesk (talk) 18:08, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support©Geni (talk) 07:48, 15 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Lyttelton Harbour (Whakaraupō) from Mt Ada, Canterbury, New Zealand.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:54, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Scarlet robin

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Reason: Was also seen last week on Commons FPC and featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears: Scarlet robin
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator: JJ Harrison

Support as nominator – MER-C 17:35, 10 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.6% of all FPs} 21:36, 10 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support - DreamSparrow ^Chat 08:51, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support - --Janke | Talk 09:57, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This scarlet robin is apparently an orange one. – Sca (talk) 13:05, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support – Bammesk (talk) 18:00, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 12:59, 15 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Scarlet Robin female - Blackheath.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:57, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Persicaria maculosa

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Reason: Quality image, FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears: Persicaria maculosa
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Flowers
Creator: The Cosmonaut

Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 17:52, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 18:39, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support - DreamSparrow ^Chat 15:56, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 12:56, 15 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Would've liked more depth of field, but, given the photographers are giving it a pass on that, I'm guessing that's difficult, so, Support Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.6% of all FPs} 19:16, 15 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It went through FP on Commons with 8 positive votes. I didn't vote but respect FP voters' opinions. Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:29, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Persicaria maculosa.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:09, 21 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A basso porto

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Reason: Not every image benefits from restoration, especially relatively recent ones well-stored. As such, moving this from my "to do" queue to here!
Articles in which this image appears: A basso porto, Riccardo Salvadori
FP category for this image: WP:FP/THEATRE
Creator: Riccardo Salvadori

Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.6% of all FPs} 06:49, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support - DreamSparrow ^Chat 15:56, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Bammesk (talk) 02:28, 13 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 18:53, 13 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 12:56, 15 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Napoli, strada Acquaquilia, bozzetto di Riccardo Salvadori per A Basso Porto (1894) - Archivio Storico Ricordi ICON002556.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 08:16, 22 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Amilcare Ponchielli

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Reason: While mainly known for one song nowadays - the Dance of the Hours - that's a song almost everyone knows. Many composers don't even have that. Plus, it's a very nice little cabinet card, I think. If we ever get an article on the photographer, it should definitely appear in it, but the lead image of a notable composer is certainly sufficient.
Articles in which this image appears: Amilcare Ponchielli
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator: Icilio Calzolari, restored by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.6% of all FPs} 06:36, 14 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - couldn't this be brightened a bit without destroying the "feel" of it? --Janke | Talk 09:50, 14 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- I'll have a look when I'm back at my laptop. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.6% of all FPs} 10:58, 14 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- @Janke: See what ye think of that. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.6% of all FPs} 18:45, 14 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  - @Adam Cuerden: Yes, Support. --Janke | Talk 14:26, 15 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support. —David Eppstein (talk) 22:23, 14 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 12:55, 15 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 17:03, 16 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Amilcare Ponchielli (before 1886) - Archivio Storico Ricordi FOTO000794 - Restoration.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 08:14, 24 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Street Musicians at the Door

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Reason: High-quality museum scan of a notable artwork
Articles in which this image appears: Street Musicians at the Door, Jacob Ochtervelt, Pythagorean tiling
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator: Jacob Ochtervelt

Support as nominator – David Eppstein (talk) 22:21, 14 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment It's a lot brighter than the original image, and that's not documented. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.6% of all FPs} 04:10, 15 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- As far as I can tell, it was automatically uploaded by a bot from the museum image. So when you say "It's a lot brighter than the original image, and that's not documented", I think it would be closer to the truth to say "The image that the museum now makes available is a lot less bright than the one they made available when the bot uploaded it, and they have not documented that change." I think the brighter version looks better; whether it accurately reflects the present level of aging and restoration of the original artwork is of course a different question, but one that without access to the painting itself I have little way of answering. I don't think it would be an improvement to replace with the version the museum currently makes available, though, for a different reason: that version is covered by vertical streaks of distracting white dots, for instance across the face of the taller musician, possibly a combination of cracking in its varnish combined with how it was lit for the scan, possibly because the earlier version (the one we have) included some digital restoration which they later decided to omit. Whatever the reason, it looks worse independent of its choice of light/dark balance. (Also the current museum version appears to be higher resolution and with higher saturation levels, to the point where it looks like the maid has heavy mascara, but again I don't know whether the increased saturation is more or less accurate to the physical object.) —David Eppstein (talk) 04:55, 15 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'll check the histogram once I'm not exhausted and see whether it's blown out at all. That'd be the biggest problem. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.6% of all FPs} 06:31, 15 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support either Checked the histogram, seems fine. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.6% of all FPs} 18:32, 16 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support either – Bammesk (talk) 15:02, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support either. MER-C 18:39, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Slight oppose original, support alt 1 I think the new scan available from the museum site is substantially superior. The white crackles are fairly easy to deal with, and in any case don't appear in properly-resized versions; and when zoomed in it's substantially more detailed, and looks far more like a real painting. I've uploaded an extremely quick edit (light dust and scratch filter, slight level adjustment) of the new scan; I'd be a bit loath to promote that as is, as it's clearly not a full restoration, but equally I think it already exceeds the old version so I think it would also be odd to promote the older scan. TSP (talk) 16:27, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- As I hinted above, I think the new scan is a bit oversaturated. —David Eppstein (talk) 17:08, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  - Yes, perhaps - I'm never sure how far it is sensible to depart from the judgement of the uploading museum on these questions (though in this case they have provided two very different interpretations). As I say, I'm sure this could be improved upon; I just felt even this 10-minute edit already exceeded the original. TSP (talk) 13:45, 21 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support alt 1. --Gnosis (talk) 18:29, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Street Musicians at the Door - Jacob Octhtervelt (edit).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:41, 24 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Only alt 1 has enough support for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:41, 24 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Six-banded armadillo

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Reason: High quality large image. Illustrates articles well. FP on Commons
Articles in which this image appears: Six-banded armadillo, Chlamyphoridae
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator: Charlesjsharp

Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 12:07, 15 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 18:08, 16 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I see eight. – Sca (talk) 16:07, 17 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Well spotted Sca ! They have from six to eight, but nearly all the pictures I've seen have eight. Charlesjsharp (talk) 17:59, 17 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

False advertising, then. ;) – Sca (talk) 13:57, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.6% of all FPs} 09:38, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:35, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination didn't reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:35, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Seedeater (Sporophila sp.) female

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Reason: High quality large image. FP on Commons. Unusually for birds, it is quite impossible to determine the species of many females of the Sporophila genus from a photo.
Articles in which this image appears: Sporophila
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator: Charlesjsharp

Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 12:15, 15 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Tail is missing : DreamSparrow ^Chat 03:34, 17 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support, presuming the tail is just behind the bird. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.6% of all FPs} 09:42, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You're not thinking outside the box. Maybe it's a Tailless Seedeater.
– Sca (talk) 13:29, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support. MER-C 17:12, 23 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:36, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination didn't reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:36, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hummingbird hawk moth

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Reason: High quality large image. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears: Hummingbird hawk moth
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator: Charlesjsharp

Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 12:20, 15 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Better than the existing FP File:IC Macroglossum stellatarum1 NR.jpg, which should be nominated for delisting if this is promoted. MER-C 18:05, 16 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Bammesk (talk) 14:48, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support Well, isn't that stunning? Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.6% of all FPs} 09:39, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support nice pic (t · c) buidhe 16:36, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Hummingbird hawk moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) in flight.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:40, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Maria Carrara Verdi, Barberina Strepponi, Giuseppe Verdi, Giuditta Ricordi, Teresa Stolz, Umberto Campanari, Giulio Ricordi, and Leopoldo Metlicovitz

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Reason: Does a nice job at illustrating Verdi in his late life. His companion Teresa Stolz, the Ricordis who helped his career, his adopted daughter Maria Carrara Verdi, his sister-in-law Barbarina Strepponi; Umberto Campanari, brother to Leandro Campanari, and one of Verdi's estate lawyers - every person in this has a strong connection to Verdi, and it's photographed at Verdi's house. Downside is it's a bit busy, and not every person is as relevant to every article it appears in. Arguably a little off-centre, though given the varying elements - the tight group left, loose grouping right; the gap between the trees more left, the statue left, the people stretching further right, and such, the composition feels artistic to me without need of cuts.
Articles in which this image appears: Giulio Ricordi, Giuseppe Verdi, Teresa Stolz
FP category for this image: Probably Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator: Giulio Rossi, restored by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.6% of all FPs} 20:10, 15 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 18:10, 16 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Bammesk (talk) 14:45, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support. --Gnosis (talk) 09:17, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:37, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- DreamSparrow ^Chat 15:50, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Maria Carrara Verdi, Barberina Strepponi, Giuseppe Verdi, Giuditta Ricordi, Teresa Stolz, Umberto Campanari, Giulio Ricordi, Leopoldo Metlicovitz (1900) - Archivio storico Ricordi FOTO003107 - Restoration.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:11, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Susan B Anthony

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Reason: Beautiful drawing of her, high quality.
Articles in which this image appears: Susan_B._Anthony
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/People/Political
Creator: Artist was J.E.Baker of Armstong & Co., Boston, MA.

Support as nominator – ButterfliesAreAmazinglyBeautiful (talk) 12:07, 27 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per featured picture criteria: still images should be a minimum of 1500 pixels in width and height. ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSA^talk 12:12, 27 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:38, 27 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy close, way below the size requirements. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:38, 27 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wrocław Town Hall

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Reason: good quality and EV
Articles in which this image appears: Wrocław Town Hall, Wrocław, Gothic architecture in modern Poland
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator: Kolossos

Support as nominator – Andrei (talk) 12:29, 17 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – Nom. needs a descriptive caption. In the interest of historical transparency, the text should include the fact that, before 1945, the city was the German Breslau, and that this version of the town hall was built in 1860-1863 as the Breslauer Rathaus. – Sca (talk) 14:13, 17 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

If they ever used the FPC captions at POTD. Think they usual just grab from an article. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.6% of all FPs} 18:23, 17 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

who are "they" Adam? Someone has to do it and FP noms should have a bit more than three words. Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:23, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Charlesjsharp: I think there's maybe two or three nominations up at the moment (and one of them is the revised caption to this one) that do much more than simply state what the image is of as briefly as possible. If we all agree this is important and start doing it, fine, but we shouldn't hold a nomination to a standard none of us are holding themselves to. I've listed a couple of my nomination descriptions below. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.6% of all FPs} 23:42, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

POTD is a full, multi-paragraph blurb; no FPC nomination is lengthy enough for that. I'm pretty sure FPC captions are never looked at or used again once the nomination closes. The file description page matters; captions here really don't. Anyway, ~~Support~~ [Edit: Moving this somewhere it can be read more easily] Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.6% of all FPs} 12:38, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

IMO, some summary info about the subject of the pic – no matter what or who – is necessary here for users to make reasonably informed judgments. That seems obvious to me. – Sca (talk) 14:01, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Well, yes, but how does the link to Wrocław Town Hall not do that? Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.6% of all FPs} 15:30, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Some summary info should be included here for the convenience of users. Quite odd, and unhelpful, to ID the pic with just the name of the file. However, the historical info above was intended also as a suggestion to the nominator. – Sca (talk) 15:51, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Sca: I don't know. I look down at my and other people's captions below, and, while I might have needed more words to describe historical images, I just don't feel they're really much more detailed. Using only my own work as... you know, I can grant myself permission to do that, I think I am definitely guilty of exactly the same thing you're criticising this nom for:

"Composer Amilcare Ponchielli, circa 1870s"
Set design for Act I I'd [sic] Niccola Spinelli's A basso porto

Those might have a few more words, but do they really provide much more context? And both are passing. Now, whether we should say more might be worth discussion, but it feels odd to only call out this image when, for example, my A basso porto nom had just about as much context, a major typo in the description (just fixed), and is passing without comment. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.6% of all FPs} 23:36, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Adam Cuerden and Sca: As someone who has been doing quite a bit of POTD blurb writing recently, I look at the nomination page and caption, which often provides information not immediately obvious to the observer. The caption is especially important if the linked article is stubby or the image does not have an informative description. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:33, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Cwmhiraeth: Well, I stand corrected! Thank you! Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.6% of all FPs} 20:18, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This house is original, while there is also a separate "New" building - https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neues_Rathaus_(Breslau). I copied a small caption from the main article as well. --Andrei (talk) 22:10, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Good capture of a notable and interesting building, an appropriate choice of lead image for its article, and the human fork adds some flavor of the goings-on in the foreground plaza. —David Eppstein (talk) 19:07, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Fork? – Sca (talk) 21:39, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Zoom in on the bottom right. —David Eppstein (talk) 21:46, 18 October 2020 (UTC) [reply]

Ha! Politics? Selling something? – Sca (talk) 22:12, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Fork is amazing, and removing it would be removing a part of the city spirit :) --Andrei (talk) 22:10, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Just moving my vote here so it's visible. Think it was buried in the conversation above. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.6% of all FPs} 08:43, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:40, 20 October 2020‎ (UTC)[reply]

someone forgot to sign in above

That was me. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.6% of all FPs} 08:43, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support -- DreamSparrow ^Chat 15:50, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:34, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Wroclaw-Rathaus.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:09, 27 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

BTW the image isn't used in Wrocław Town Hall anymore. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:09, 27 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Les Burgraves

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Reason: It's one of Cambon's prettier illustrations, and it's Victor Hugo's last play, so notable!
Articles in which this image appears: Les Burgraves +1
FP category for this image: WP:FP/THEATRE
Creator: Humanité René Philastre and Charles-Antoine Cambon, restored by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.6% of all FPs} 15:04, 17 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Question is this a substantive enough article? Interested to know where we draw the line as many wildlife articles are very short. Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:21, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It is a fair point. I know that an inufficient article rightly blocks POTD, though I think that there's also the argument that more eyes can be good for getting an article improved. Perhaps I should have nominated this as an example of Cambon's art, or get it into Hugo's article. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.6% of all FPs} 23:47, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I expanded it a tiny bit--there's more in the same sources, particularly Affron. I also ran up against a problem: while English-language sources all seem to describe the play as a failure (as does our article), I saw several French-language sources that insist it wasn't (as does fr:Les Burgraves). I'm not sure how to resolve that--my French isn't good enough to evaluate the reliability of the contrary information. blameless 01:48, 21 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support. MER-C 18:42, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- DreamSparrow ^Chat 15:50, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Bammesk (talk) 00:03, 22 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:18, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Humanité René Philastre and Charles-Antoine Cambon - Set design for the second part of Victor Hugo's Les Burgraves, première production.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:40, 27 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Tomb of Mian Ghulam Kalhoro

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Reason: Was seen on Commons FPC last month, where it was featured without opposition. We don't see this part of the world often at FPC.
Articles in which this image appears: Tomb of Mian Ghulam Kalhoro, Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator: A.Savin

Support as nominator – MER-C 18:58, 17 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Image quality is good enough to make out much of the detail of the tiled patterns, something I think is important for this subject. —David Eppstein (talk) 19:10, 17 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Question is this a substantive enough article? Interested to know where we draw the line as many wildlife articles are very short. Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:21, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – An interesting structure, but at 130 words the article is really too short for Main Page promotion. – Sca (talk) 13:52, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- I expanded the article a little, from stub-class to start-class. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:57, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support thanks. Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:35, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Bammesk (talk) 14:55, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support. --Gnosis (talk) 08:43, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.6% of all FPs} 09:36, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support --A.Savin (talk) 13:48, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- DreamSparrow ^Chat 15:49, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:PK Hyderabad asv2020-02 img24 Tomb of Mian Ghulam Kalhoro.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:10, 27 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Frontonia

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 28 Oct 2020 at 16:36:09 (UTC)

Reason: Quality lead image and used in several articles. Photo also illustrates the mouth (cytostome, bottom right) and swallowed cyanobacteria.
Articles in which this image appears: Frontonia, Marine protists, Zooplankton, Marine microorganisms, Marine life
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Other lifeforms/Protists
Creator: Wiedehopf20

Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 16:36, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support High-quality microscopy. Only way to improve from there is some form of focus stacking. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.6% of all FPs} 09:36, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 18:38, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support very useful if the colours are real Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:42, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- DreamSparrow ^Chat 15:49, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:17, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:The ciliate Frontonia sp.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:13, 28 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I vespri siciliani

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 29 Oct 2020 at 13:14:34 (UTC)

Reason: It's a high-quality image from the Ricordi archive. I do, however, need to give a couple notes: This image is undated, which, unfortunately, does reduce the EV, and, as an Act V set design, this appears well down the article. I think it's still valuable, but that does need noted to the voters.
Articles in which this image appears: I vespri siciliani
FP category for this image: WP:FP/THEATRE
Creator: Filippo Peroni, restored by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.6% of all FPs} 13:14, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Not the main image... Charlesjsharp (talk) 16:38, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support Each act should get its own image. (t · c) buidhe 16:39, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- DreamSparrow ^Chat 15:50, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:15, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination didn't reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:15, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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