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This star, with one point broken, symbolizes the featured candidates on Wikipedia.

Featured pictures are images that add significantly to articles, either by illustrating article content particularly well, or being eye-catching to the point where users will want to read its accompanying article. Taking the adage that "a picture is worth a thousand words", the images featured on Wikipedia:Featured pictures should illustrate a Wikipedia article in such a way as to add significantly to that article, according to the featured picture criteria.

Promoting an image

If you believe an image should be featured, create a subpage (use the "For Nominations" field, below) and add the subpage to the current nominations section.

For promotion, if an image is listed here for ten days with five or more reviewers in support and the consensus is in its favor, it can be added to the Wikipedia:Featured pictures list. Consensus is generally regarded to be a two-thirds majority in support, including the nominator and/or creator of the image; however, anonymous votes are generally disregarded, as are opinions of sockpuppets.

All users may comment. However, only those who have been on Wikipedia for 25 days and with at least 100 edits will be included in the numerical count. If necessary, decisions about close candidacies will be made on a case-by-case basis. Nominations started in December are given three extra days, due to the holidays slowing down activity here.

The archive contains all opinions and comments collected for candidate nominations and their nomination results.

If you nominate an image here, please consider also uploading and nominating it at Commons to help ensure that the pictures can be used not just in the English Wikipedia but on all other Wikimedia projects as well.

Delisting an image

A featured picture can be nominated for delisting if you feel it no longer lives up to featured picture standards. You may also request a featured picture be replaced with a superior image. Create a subpage (use the "For Delists" field, below) and add the subpage to the current nominations section.

Please leave a note on the talk page of the original FPC nominator (and creator/uploader, if appropriate) to let them know the delisting is being debated. The user may be able to address the issues and avoid the delisting of the picture.

For delisting, if an image is listed here for ten days with five or more reviewers supporting a delist or replace, and the consensus is in its favor, it will be delisted from Wikipedia:Featured pictures. Consensus is generally regarded to be a two-thirds majority in support, including the nominator. Note that anonymous votes are generally disregarded, as are opinions of sockpuppets. However, images are sometimes delisted despite having fewer than five in support of their removal, and there is currently no consensus on how best to handle delist closures, except for one point: If the image to be delisted is not used in any articles by the time of closure, it must be delisted. If it is added to articles during the nomination, at least one week's stability is required for the nomination to be closed as "Kept". The nomination may be suspended if a week hasn't yet passed to give the rescue a chance.

Outside of the nominator, all voters are expected to have been on Wikipedia for 25 days and to have made a minimum of 100 edits. If necessary, decisions about close candidacies will be made on a case-by-case basis. As with regular nominations, delist nominations are given three extra days to run if started in December.

Note that delisting an image does not mean deleting it. Delisting from Featured pictures in no way affects the image's status in its article(s).

Shortcuts

Featured content:

Featured picture tools:

Step 1: Evaluate

Evaluate the merit of a nomination against the featured picture criteria. Most users reference terms from this page when evaluating nominations.

Step 2: Create a subpage

For Nominations

To create a subpage of Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates for your nomination, add a title for the image you want to nominate in the field below (e.g., Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Labrador Retriever) and click the "Create new nomination" button.

For Delists

To create a subpage for your delist, add a title for the image you want to delist/replace in the field below and click the "Create new delist nomination" button.

For Delist and replace

To create a subpage for your delist and replace, add a title for the image you want to delist/replace in the field below and click the "Create new delist nomination" button.

Step 3: Transclude and link

Transclude the newly created subpage to the Featured picture candidate list (direct link).

How to comment for Candidate Images

Write Support, if you approve of the picture. A reason is optional.
Write Oppose, followed by your reasoning, if you disapprove of the picture. All objections should be accompanied by a specific rationale that, if addressed, would make you support the image. If your concern is one that can only be addressed by the creator, and if they haven't nominated or commented on the image, and if they are a Wikipedian, you should notify them directly.
You can weak support or weak oppose instead, so that your opinion will be weighed as half of a "full" opinion.
- To change your opinion, strike it out (with <s>...</s>) rather than removing it.
If you think a nominated image obviously fails the featured picture criteria, write Speedy close followed by your reasons. Nominations may be closed early if this is the case.

Recommendations added early in the process may be disregarded if they do not address concerns and/or improvements that arise later in the debate. Reviewers are advised to monitor the progress of a nomination and update their votes accordingly.

Prior to giving an opinion, the image should be assessed on its quality as displayed at full size (high-resolution) in an image editing program. Please note that the images are only displayed at thumbnail size on this page. The thumbnail links to the image description page which, in turn, links to the high-resolution version.

How to comment for Delist Images

Write Keep, followed by your reasons for keeping the picture.
Write Delist, followed by your reasons for delisting the picture.
Write Delist and Replace if you believe the image should be replaced by a better picture.
You can weak keep, weak delist or weak delist and replace instead, so that your opinion will be weighed as half of a "full" opinion.
- To change your opinion, strike it out (with <s>...</s>) rather than removing it.

Please remember to be civil, not to bite the newbies and to comment on the image, not the person.

You may find the glossary useful when you encounter acronyms or jargon in other voters' comments. You can also link to it by using {{FPCgloss}}.

Editing candidates

If you feel you could improve a candidate by image editing, please feel free to do so, but do not overwrite or remove the original. Instead, upload your edit with a different file name (e.g., add "edit" to the file name), and display it below the original nomination. Edits should be appropriately captioned in sequential order (e.g., Edit 1, Edit 2, etc), and describe the modifications that have been applied.

Is my monitor adjusted correctly?

In a discussion about the brightness of an image, it is necessary to know if the computer display is properly adjusted. Displays differ greatly in their ability to show shadow detail. There are four dark grey circles in the adjacent image. If you can discern three (or even four) of the circles, your monitor can display shadow detail correctly. If you see fewer than three circles, you may need to adjust the monitor and/or computer display settings. Some displays cannot be adjusted for ideal shadow detail. Please take this into account when voting.

Displays also differ greatly in their ability to show highlight detail. There are light grey circles in the adjacent image. If you can discern three (or even four) of the circles, your monitor can display highlight detail correctly. If you see fewer than three circles, you may need to adjust the monitor and/or computer display settings (probably reduce the contrast setting). Some displays cannot be adjusted for ideal highlight detail. Please take this into account when voting.

On a gamma-adjusted display, the four circles in the color image blend into the background when seen from a few feet (roughly 75–150 cm) away. If they do not, you could adjust the gamma setting (found in the computer's settings, not on the display), until they do. This may be very difficult to attain, and a slight error is not detrimental. Uncorrected PC displays usually show the circles darker than the background. Note that the image must be viewed in original size (263 × 68 pixels) - if enlarged or reduced, results are not accurate.

Note that on most consumer LCD displays (laptop or flat screen), viewing angle strongly affects these images. Correct adjustment on one part of the screen might be incorrect on another part for a stationary head position. Click on the images for more technical information. If possible, calibration with a hardware monitor calibrator is recommended.

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Current nominations

Siege of La Rochelle 1881

Voting period ends on 7 Nov 2025 at 08:54:51 (UTC)

Reason: HQ EV.
Articles in which this image appears: Cardinal Richelieu, Anglo-French War (1627–1629), + ...
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/War
Creator: Henri-Paul Motte

Support as nominator – Chayapatt (talk) 08:54, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Common Swift

Voting period ends on 6 Nov 2025 at 19:38:20 (UTC)

Reason: Featured on Commons without opposition. Headline of article.
Articles in which this image appears: Common swift
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator: Alexis Lours

Support as nominator – Alexis Lours (talk) 19:38, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Muhammad Ali of Egypt

Voting period ends on 6 Nov 2025 at 11:35:58 (UTC)

Reason: EV
Articles in which this image appears: Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Auguste Couder, + …
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Royalty and nobility
Creator: Auguste Couder

Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 11:35, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thames Estuary/2

Voting period ends on 5 Nov 2025 at 22:11:53 (UTC)

Reason: HQ and EV
Articles in which this image appears: Thames Estuary and Operational Land Imager
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking back
Creator: Operational Land Imager (NASA)

Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 22:11, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support JJARichardson (talk) 20:47, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support —Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 08:11, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Kennedy brothers

Voting period ends on 5 Nov 2025 at 16:54:28 (UTC)

Reason: EV. Widely publicized image of the Kennedys.
Articles in which this image appears: John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Ted Kennedy
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator: Cecil W. Stoughton

Support as nominator – JJARichardson (talk) 16:54, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support This is a very good picture; but it might need a little background cleaning and some excess points removal. — Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:38, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Virgo Cluster

Voting period ends on 5 Nov 2025 at 14:18:59 (UTC)

Reason: very high resolution image as lead
Articles in which this image appears: Virgo Cluster, Vera C. Rubin Observatory, multiple crops are used for individual galaxies
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out#Galaxies and intergalactic space
Creator: Vera C. Rubin Observatory

Support as nominator – Yann (talk) 14:18, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Something to note: this image has been downsampled from 97943 x 51536 px because (1) the JPEG file format cannot handle more than 65535 pixels in a single dimension (2) MediaWiki can't handle such a large JPEG even if downsampled to fit the format. MER-C 18:07, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support ArionStar (talk) 22:15, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support UnpetitproleX (talk) 00:58, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:40, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support —Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 08:11, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I Am Happy Because Everybody Loves Me

Voting period ends on 5 Nov 2025 at 13:41:16 (UTC)

Reason: EV for its place in the life story of a popular British outsider artist.
Articles in which this image appears: Louis Wain
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others
Creator: Louis Wain

Support as nominator – JJARichardson (talk) 13:41, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: it is ironic considering I was the one who uploaded this file, but are we sure now if it's in the public domain in the US? Wain died more than 70 years ago, so it's public domain in the UK, but in the US it would have to have been published before 1930 and I can't find direct evidence this painting in particular was published. According to this source, the painting was given to a nurse at the hospital he was staying at. Perhaps it could have been publicly displayed before then in an exhibition of his works in October 1925, which this article mentions. The exhibition had an associated catalog, but I am unable to find any full versions of the catalog publicly available online. I would support this picture only if the copyright situation is cleared up. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 21:18, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

L'Hermitage Slave Village Archeological Site

Voting period ends on 5 Nov 2025 at 10:50:58 (UTC)

Reason: Unanimously featured on Commons. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears: L'Hermitage Slave Village Archeological Site
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator: Acroterion

Support as nominator – MER-C 10:50, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support --UnpetitproleX (talk) 11:12, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – unclear EV. this is just a photo of a house without any appearance of the archaeological site. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 11:41, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Howardcorn33: From the article's lead: "The site was the subject of an archaeological excavation ... in ... 2010 which focused on the structures on the site, believed to have been slave cabins. ... The location became known as the Best Farm, and many of its structures remain extant ..." This appears to be the largest extant structure at the site, I'd say that satisfies EV, no? UnpetitproleX (talk) 12:14, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
~~It would be more illustrative to show the excavations and digs at the site (some photos here).~~ ―Howard • 🌽³³ 12:33, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Changing vote to neutral after reading below, which I believe proves the EV of a photo of the house. But although others have praised the visual value of the photo in the Commons nomination, it does not have an effect on me. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 22:56, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support as creator and original author of the article. Those digs were filled in 15 years ago and are just grass now. The house that is depicted is the Big House where the slave masters lived, and where the enslaved domestic servants worked. It is relevant because the Vincendrieres came from Saint-Domingue to Maryland and tried to set up a Caribbean-style plantation that relied on large-scale slave labor in contrast to local practice, to the extent of building a French Caribbean-style house in central Maryland that owes little to the prevailing local architecture at that time. The barn in the background likewise departs from anything seen in the area at the time, and was a site of slave labor as well. As at nearly all surviving plantations, no visible trace remains of the places inhabited by the slaves themselves - they were ephemeral. Only the Big House remains, and its alien character in the landscape and its known history of the Vincendriere family's cruelty gives the place a strongly haunted quality, which I tried to capture in the image. The shadows of the trees are captured for that purpose. As the article notes, a version of that slave-based economy continued under the next owners, the Bests, and the house, barn, and site are known under National Park Service ownership as the Best Farm. The extant structures are a lasting, distinctive trace of this experiment in industrial slavery. Acroterion (talk) 13:38, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support as on Commons --Yann (talk) 14:21, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:41, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Lesser scaup

Voting period ends on 5 Nov 2025 at 10:47:04 (UTC)

Reason: Unanimously featured on Commons. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears: Lesser scaup
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator: Chuck Homler

Support as nominator – MER-C 10:47, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Yann (talk) 14:21, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:42, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support —Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 08:11, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Brihadisvara Temple

Voting period ends on 5 Nov 2025 at 09:46:26 (UTC)

Reason: shows near entire temple, on the most significant festival related to the presiding deity; QI and great composition
Articles in which this image appears: Brihadisvara Temple
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator: Rainer Halama (edited by UnpetitproleX)

Support as nominator – UnpetitproleX (talk) 09:46, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Yann (talk) 14:22, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support ArionStar (talk) 22:18, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:43, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support —Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 08:12, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Claude Mellan/2

Voting period ends on 4 Nov 2025 at 18:12:07 (UTC)

Reason: EV
Articles in which this image appears: Claude Mellan
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists
Creator: Claude Mellan

Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 18:12, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support 10ploopy10 (talk) 23:16, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 (My "blotter") 04:13, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support good enough for me. --UnpetitproleX (talk) 11:10, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support; a great, famous self-portrait by a great person. I suggest removing some excess dots/pixels in the picture, esp. on the frame. — Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:50, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support —Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 08:12, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Battle of the Pyramids (painting)

Voting period ends on 4 Nov 2025 at 18:05:36 (UTC)

Reason: EV
Articles in which this image appears: The Battle of the Pyramids (painting), Battle of the Pyramids, Copts, Coptic identity, Uniforms of Napoleon, Salon of 1810 and Timeline of the French Revolution
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator: Antoine-Jean Gros

Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 18:05, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Lean oppose – this has a surprisingly low resolution for a painting measuring 389 x 311 cm ―Howard • 🌽³³ 11:43, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Howardcorn33: there's a bigger version here: [1]. Does anyone have a paid account on artvee? ArionStar (talk) 17:09, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support; I think the picture is good enough. — Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:53, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Bonaparte Visiting the Plague Victims of Jaffa

Voting period ends on 4 Nov 2025 at 17:53:55 (UTC)

Reason: EV
Articles in which this image appears: Bonaparte Visiting the Plague Victims of Jaffa, Siege of Jaffa, Jaffa, Antoine-Jean Gros, Saint Nicholas Monastery, Jaffa, St. Peter's Church, Jaffa, French invasion of Egypt and Syria, Second plague pandemic, Western painting, Imperialism, Neoclassicism, René-Nicolas Dufriche Desgenettes, List of works in the Louvre and Timeline of the French Revolution
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator: Antoine-Jean Gros

Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 17:53, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment bit unsharp and resolution is on the lower side. UnpetitproleX (talk) 11:06, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Massacre of the Mamelukes

Voting period ends on 4 Nov 2025 at 17:20:20 (UTC)

Reason: EV
Articles in which this image appears: Massacre of the Mamelukes, Horace Vernet, Muhammad Ali's rise to power, Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Mamluk, Cairo Citadel, Ottoman Egypt and Salon of 1819
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator: Horace Vernet

Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 17:20, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - frame should be cropped out, presented fully, or removed for the reproduction. MER-C 10:00, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@MER-C: Frames cropped-out. ArionStar (talk) 18:29, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support the edited (cropped) picture. — Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:55, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Cropped Version —Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 08:12, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Celosia argentea in Philippines

Voting period ends on 4 Nov 2025 at 05:07:12 (UTC)

Reason: High-quality, sharp, and striking.
Articles in which this image appears: Celosia argentea, Borongan
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Flowers
Creator: TheNuggeteer

Support as nominator – 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 (My "blotter") 05:07, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support —Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 08:13, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Three-headed Shiva

Voting period ends on 1 Nov 2025 at 05:43:06 (UTC)

Reason: high resolution and quality; typical of its region and era; EV covered in multiple scholarly works
Articles in which this image appears: Shiva, Kashmir Shaivism +1
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Sculpture
Creator: Cleveland Museum of Art

Support as nominator – UnpetitproleX (talk) 05:43, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — ♠ Ixtal ^{( T / C )} ⁂ Non nobis solum ♠ 07:04, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:12, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – ―Howard • 🌽³³ 13:55, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support ArionStar (talk) 18:15, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 10:08, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support —Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 08:13, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Abdication of Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

Voting period ends on 29 Oct 2025 at 23:16:59 (UTC)

Reason: EV and HQ
Articles in which this image appears: Abdication of Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg and Abdication
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/Others
Creator: Daina Le Lardic

Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 23:16, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – I have nominated this file (and others) for deletion on Commons as it is not compliant with its licensing. See c:Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Trounwiessel 2025. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 16:52, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – Luxembourg (pop.: 682,000) – variously sandwiched between or among Germany, France and Belgium for centuries – rarely, if ever, produces significant news and few luminaries. Short on EV. – Sca (talk) 20:05, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It's a pictured abdication. High EV. ArionStar (talk) 15:01, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose leaving aside any licensing issues, the composition of the photo is obviously not FP quality. Nick-D (talk) 09:52, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I withdraw my nomination ArionStar (talk) 11:29, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Plectorhinchus gaterinus

Voting period ends on 29 Oct 2025 at 10:22:56 (UTC)

Reason: Unanimously featured on Commons. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears: Plectorhinchus gaterinus
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish
Creator: Diego Delso

Support as nominator – MER-C 10:22, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Good EV, excellent image. --Tagooty (talk) 13:32, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – Quite a colorful group pic in the eponymous info box, too. Anyone for switching? – Sca (talk) 19:28, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support nom image; the group shot is striking but I think the colours are more realistic here, and also big difference in the resolution (this one much higher). UnpetitproleX (talk) 00:16, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support - DreamSparrow ^Chat 03:35, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:13, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support —Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 08:14, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Blackburnian warbler

Voting period ends on 29 Oct 2025 at 10:17:13 (UTC)

Reason: Featured on Commons without opposition. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears: Blackburnian warbler
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator: Rhododendrites

Support as nominator – MER-C 10:17, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Good EV, striking image. --Tagooty (talk) 13:38, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support: WhatADrag07 (talk) 18:42, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:28, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support - DreamSparrow ^Chat 03:35, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support —Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 08:14, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Śiva and Pārvatī seated on a terrace

Voting period ends on 29 Oct 2025 at 03:47:27 (UTC)

Reason: good quality and resolution, EV
Articles in which this image appears: Shiva
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Religion and mythology
Creator: photograph by British Museum; painter unknown

Support as nominator – UnpetitproleX (talk) 03:47, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Enthusiastic support — ♠ Ixtal ^{( T / C )} ⁂ Non nobis solum ♠ 07:03, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support ArionStar (talk) 14:39, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support 10ploopy10 (talk) 23:18, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:39, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Like this one, but the source provided does not reflect the version uploaded. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 17:27, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support —Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 08:15, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nominations — to be closed

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Older nominations requiring additional input from users

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If an edited or alternative version of the originally nominated image is promoted, make sure that all articles contain the Featured Picture version, as opposed to the original.
Notify the nominator or co-nominators by placing {{subst:PromotedFPC|File:file_name.xxx}} on each nominator's talk page. For example: {{subst:PromotedFPC|File:Blue morpho butterfly.jpg}}.
If the image was created by a Wikipedian, place {{subst:UploadedFP|File:file_name.xxx}} on the creator's talk page. For example: {{subst:UploadedFP|File:Blue morpho butterfly.jpg}}.

Then perform the following, regardless of the outcome:

Move the nomination entry to the top of the "Recently closed nominations" section. It will remain there for three days after closing so others can review the nomination. This is done by simply moving the line {{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Page name}} to the top of the section.
Add the nomination entry to the bottom of the October archive. This is done by simply adding the line {{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Page name}} from this page to the bottom of the archive.
If the nomination is listed at Template:FPC urgents, remove it.

Delist closing procedure

Note that delisting an image does not equal deleting it. Delisting from Featured pictures in no way affects the image's status in its article/s.

If consensus is to KEEP featured picture status, and the image is used in at least one article, perform the following:

Check that the image has been in the article for at least one week. Otherwise, suspend the nomination to give it time to stabilize before continuing.
Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/delist/subpage:
{{FPCresult|Kept|}} --~~~~
Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.
Optionally leave a note on the picture's talk page.

If consensus is to DELIST, or the image is unused (and consensus is not for a replacement that is used), perform the following:

Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/delist/subpage:
{{FPCresult|Delisted|}} --~~~~
Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.
Replace the {{Featured picture}} tag from the image with {{FormerFeaturedPicture|delist/''Image name''}}.
Remove the image from the appropriate sub-page of Wikipedia:Featured pictures and the appropriate section of Wikipedia:Featured pictures thumbs.

If consensus is to REPLACE (and at least one of the images is used in articles), perform the following:

Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/delist/subpage:
{{FPCresult|Replaced|}} with File:NEW_IMAGE_FILENAME.JPG --~~~~
Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.

Replace NEW_IMAGE_FILENAME.JPG with the name of the replacement file.
Replace the {{Featured picture}} tag from the delisted image with {{FormerFeaturedPicture|delist/''Image name''}}.
Update the replacement picture's tag, adding the tag {{Featured picture|delist/image_name}} (replace image_name with the nomination page name, i.e., the image_name from Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/delist/image_name). Remove any no longer applicable tags from the original, replacement and from any other alternatives. If the alternatives were on Commons and no longer have any tags, be sure to tag the description page with {{missing image}}.
Replace the delisted Featured Picture in all articles with the new replacement Featured Picture version. Do NOT replace the original in non-article space, such as Talk Pages, FPC nominations, archives, etc.
Ensure that the replacement image is included on the appropriate sub-page of Wikipedia:Featured pictures and the appropriate section of Wikipedia:Featured pictures thumbs. Do this by replacing the original image with the new replacement image; do not add the replacement as a new Featured Picture.

Then perform the following, regardless of the outcome:

Move the nomination entry to the top of the "Recently closed nominations" section. It will remain there for three days after closing so others can review the nomination. This is done by simply moving the line {{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Image name}} to the top of the section.
Add the nomination entry to the bottom of the archived delist nominations. This is done by simply adding the line {{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Image name}} to the bottom of the appropriate section of the archive.
If the nomination is listed at Template:FPC urgents, remove it.

Recently closed nominations

Nominations in this category have already been closed and are here for the purposes of closure review by FPC contributors. Please do not add any further comments or votes regarding the original nomination. If you wish to discuss any of these closures, please do so at Wikipedia talk:Featured picture candidates. Nominations will stay here for three full days following closure and subsequently be removed.

The Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem

Voting period ends on 4 Nov 2025 at 17:33:56 (UTC)

Reason: EV
Articles in which this image appears: The Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem, Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE), Francesco Hayez, Av (month), Tisha B'Av Jerusalem during the Second Temple period, First Jewish–Roman War, Siege warfare in ancient Rome, Third Temple, Simon bar Giora, Altar (Bible), Ki Tavo, Preterism and Temple menorah
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator: Francesco Hayez

Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 17:33, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - oversharpened. MER-C 10:02, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – I've seen this painting in real life and this scan is not representative, esp. when I zoom in on the faces. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 21:24, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I withdraw my nomination @Howardcorn33: impressive how it passed as VI on Commons. ArionStar (talk) 22:10, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 04:44, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Withdrawn nomination. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 04:44, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

John and Mary Jane Richardson Jones

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 25 Oct 2025 at 16:48:07 (UTC)

Reason: EV
Articles in which this image appears: John Jones (abolitionist), Mary Jane Richardson Jones, Site of the John and Mary Jones House and Dearborn Park
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Others
Creator: Unknown photographer (found from the Bruce Purnell's archives), restored by u/kmccormi2

Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 16:48, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support; considering the date of the photo. — Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:47, 18 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
~~Oppose~~ – Fails criterion #7 as the source is vague. Who is Bruce Purnell? ―Howard • 🌽³³ 13:34, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Possibly a descendant of the Joneses. @Ganesha811: could you help us here? ArionStar (talk) 17:27, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, as far as I am aware, and as supported by other interviews and genealogical sites, Bruce Purnell is a direct descendant of the Joneses via their daughter Lavinia Jones Lee --> her daughter Theodora Lee Purnell. I found the picture online on his personal website, which I can no longer find - he may have taken the page down sometime in the last few years. I also eventually asked the r/estoration community on Reddit to clean it up, which someone kindly volunteered to do, hence the two versions we have. —Ganesha811 (talk) 18:41, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support: I've edited the file description to align with this info, and I credited the restorer. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 19:52, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Ganesha811: thanks for explaining to us. ArionStar (talk) 21:56, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support EV UnpetitproleX (talk) 10:09, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support - DreamSparrow ^Chat 03:36, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:John and Mary Jones in the 1840s.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:47, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Added image to People/Political, as both of them were abolitionists. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:47, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Lei Áurea (Golden Law)

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 25 Oct 2025 at 16:55:43 (UTC)

Reason: Huge resolution of the most important law of the history of Brazil, making the country the last in the Western world to do it.
Articles in which this image appears: Lei Áurea, Slavery in Brazil, Brazilian National Archives, Racism in Brazil, Abolitionism in Brazil and Post-abolition in Brazil
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/Others
Creator: Senado Imperial (Imperial Senate)

Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 16:55, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – I thought the TIFF format was meant for archival on Commons, not display for Wikimedia projects? Shouldn't this be in JPG format? ―Howard • 🌽³³ 09:30, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
There's not a guideline/rule. ArionStar (talk) 16:05, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It isn't, but I think it should be edited to remove some of the dirt/specks and to enhance text readability by improving contrast, and converted to JPG. Would support if that can be done. UnpetitproleX (talk) 00:11, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not on Wikipedia, but per c:COM:TIFF: Only some TIFF files can, at this time, be displayed in resized (thumbnailed) form within Wikipedia or on Commons, and TIFF files are not supported by most Internet browsers. They are an archival format, and should never be used for images intended to be displayed. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 06:29, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:40, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Paracelsus

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 25 Oct 2025 at 16:31:22 (UTC)

Reason: EV
Articles in which this image appears: Paracelsus, List of Swiss people, Physician writer, Microcosm–macrocosm analogy, Origin and use of the term metalloid, University of Basel and Cornelis van der Geest
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering
Creator: Unknown, probably Quentin Matsys

Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 16:31, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:50, 18 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:39, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination didn’t reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:39, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Apostolic Nuncio to Spain blesses the 6th Army Corps headed to Cuba

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 25 Oct 2025 at 16:20:11 (UTC)

Reason: high quality, high resolution depiction of the early stage of the Cuban War for Independence as well as late 19th Century Spain.
Articles in which this image appears: Cuban War for Independence
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/War
Creator: Juan Comba y Garcia

Support as nominator – — ♠ Ixtal ^{( T / C )} ⁂ Non nobis solum ♠ 16:20, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support ArionStar (talk) 16:59, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:52, 18 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Matarisvan (talk) 11:06, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:38, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination didn’t reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:38, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

2025 Nepalese Gen Z protests

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 25 Oct 2025 at 15:59:40 (UTC)

Reason: High quality and EV
Articles in which this image appears: 2025 Nepalese Gen Z protests, Gen Z protests, Gen Z protests in Asia, Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) and 2020s
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/Others
Creator: हिमाल सुवेदी

Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 15:59, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
support-हिमाल सुवेदी (talk) 16:43, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – Jumbled capture of protest crowd, the nature of which is less than readily apparent. – Sca (talk) 17:57, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Your comment confused me… ArionStar (talk) 20:48, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It's basically a crowd of unknown people and unexplained smoke. -- Sca (talk) 16:56, 17 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
No. Just see the Nepalese flag… 🇳🇵 It represents a recent relevant event in 2025, part of the Gen Z protests, everybody is watching the TV journals (unless you're living in a cave). ArionStar (talk) 02:44, 18 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
News snap taken 40 days ago. -- Sca (talk) 19:31, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
What's "news snap"? ArionStar (talk) 22:35, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Snapshot taken of a news event. -- Sca (talk) 21:02, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support: Good EV WhatADrag07 (talk) 00:40, 18 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose, the compo is bad, the head on the left is very distracting. Also not an iconic picture associated with the event. Sorry. --UnpetitproleX (talk) 04:15, 18 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The image has EV, but not much as it's rather unclear what it depicts. Nick-D (talk) 05:39, 18 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:37, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Assassination of Inejirō Asanuma

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 24 Oct 2025 at 14:58:22 (UTC)

Reason: EV
Articles in which this image appears: Assassination of Inejirō Asanuma, Inejirō Asanuma, Otoya Yamaguchi, Yasushi Nagao, Japan Socialist Party, History of Tokyo, October 1960, 1960, 1961 Pulitzer Prize and Pulitzer Prize for Photography
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/Others
Creator: Yasushi Nagao

Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 14:58, 14 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
May be FP, but there are some specks left. Yann (talk) 16:59, 14 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – A 45-year-old spot news shot lacking visual info for non-Japanese readers. – Sca (talk) 17:13, 14 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Huge EV. JJARichardson (talk) 19:53, 14 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support —Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 00:51, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support; Strong EV. — Hamid Hassani (talk) 05:52, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support; on strength of EV. — ♠ Ixtal ^{( T / C )} ⁂ Non nobis solum ♠ 16:21, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support on huge EV, nominated this when I was a newbie and never transcluded it properly. Bremps... 23:25, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 10:44, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support - DreamSparrow ^Chat 03:36, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Tokyo Stabbing.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:42, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter on Mars

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 23 Oct 2025 at 16:38:37 (UTC)

Reason: Good quality and FP at Commons.
Articles in which this image appears: Ingenuity (helicopter)
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Getting there
Creator: semeion.photo Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Simeon Schmauß

Support as nominator – WhatADrag07 (talk) 16:38, 13 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support: Crystalite13 (talk) 21:55, 13 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support ArionStar (talk) 14:48, 14 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 17:00, 14 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support UnpetitproleX (talk) 17:42, 14 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support —Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 00:51, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Radomianin (talk) 21:22, 17 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:54, 18 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 10:20, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:NASA's Ingenuity helicopter on Mars by Perseverance Mastcam-Z, Sol 768 (53475637956).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:00, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Suspended nominations

This section is for Featured Picture (or delisting) candidacies whose closure is postponed for additional editing, rendering, or copyright clarification.