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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

Boston Massacre

Voting period ends on 14 Nov 2025 at 12:59:18 (UTC)

Reason: EV
Articles in which this image appears: Boston Massacre
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others
Creator: Paul Revere

Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 12:59, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

PEF Survey of Palestine

Voting period ends on 14 Nov 2025 at 12:52:43 (UTC)

Reason: EV and huge resolution
Articles in which this image appears: PEF Survey of Palestine and Cartography of Palestine
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Maps
Creator: Palestine Exploration Fund

Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 12:52, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Macanese pataca

Voting period ends on 13 Nov 2025 at 14:13:39 (UTC)

Reason: EV
Articles in which this image appears: Macanese pataca
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Currency/Other
Creator: J. Patrick Fischer

Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 14:13, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

James Dyson

Voting period ends on 12 Nov 2025 at 22:39:11 (UTC)

Reason: HQ portrait.
Articles in which this image appears: James Dyson, List of members of the Order of Merit
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering
Creator: Royal Society

Support as nominator – JJARichardson (talk) 22:39, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:45, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 (My "blotter") 05:35, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hounaam (talk) 10:53, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

SS Sankt Erik

Voting period ends on 12 Nov 2025 at 15:23:41 (UTC)

Reason: great quality + EV
Articles in which this image appears: SS Sankt Erik, List of museum ships
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Water
Creator: Julian Herzog

Support as nominator – EUPBR (talk) 15:23, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – Eponymous article totals 180 words.
Support Great quality, not sure about EV. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 (My "blotter") 05:38, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hounaam (talk) 10:53, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Barred buttonquail

Voting period ends on 12 Nov 2025 at 12:00:18 (UTC)

Reason: Unanimously featured on Commons. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears: Barred buttonquail
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator: Tisha Mukherjee

Support as nominator – MER-C 12:00, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – Could be cropped more tightly. – Sca (talk) 20:32, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hounaam (talk) 10:53, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Self-portrait of Nadar

Voting period ends on 12 Nov 2025 at 11:35:18 (UTC)

Reason: Unanimously featured on Commons. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears: Nadar, etc.
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists
Creator: Nadar, restored by JayCubby

Support as nominator – MER-C 11:35, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – ―Howard • 🌽³³ 15:03, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:44, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hounaam (talk) 10:53, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- Support
10ploopy10 (talk) 02:33, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comet NEOWISE

Voting period ends on 11 Nov 2025 at 13:09:29 (UTC)

Reason: EV
Articles in which this image appears: Comet NEOWISE, +…
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out#Other observations
Creator: SimgDe

Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 13:09, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hounaam (talk) 10:53, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Sophisticatedevening^(talk) 15:45, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
comment highlights blown on the head and the colour choice is questionable (the head should be green). Problem is this plays into the usual issues with colour in space stuff. Naked eye the commet was greyscale (not bright enough to fire cone cells so rod only) it was basicaly File:The comet C 2020 F3 NEOWISE set.gif but a bit dimmer. Cameras have better than human colour perception so you do get colour but straight out the camera the dominant colour was the green head File:Neowise from St. Catherines Hill.JPG.©Geni (talk) 13:45, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Galerie d'Apollon

Voting period ends on 10 Nov 2025 at 19:07:56 (UTC)

Reason: HQ and EV
Articles in which this image appears: Galerie d'Apollon, 2025 Louvre robbery and 2025
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors
Creator: Wilfredor

Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 19:07, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The ground is missing, being below the frame (what appears to be ground are apparently exposition boxes), so EV is impaired in my opinion. Brandmeister ^talk 13:53, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'm OK with the missing ground, but some PC may be needed. The visitors' group in the bottom left is also distracting. UnpetitproleX (talk) 12:54, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Frederic Thesiger, Lord Chelmsford

Voting period ends on 8 Nov 2025 at 02:12:02 (UTC)

Reason: A fine Woodburytype image; decently high resolution.
Articles in which this image appears: Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford, Battle of Isandlwana, Battle of Ulundi +1
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Military
Creator: Lock & Whitfield, restored by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.7% of all FPs.} 02:12, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support — Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:03, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support ―Howard • 🌽³³ 14:34, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support, the decorated uniform adds EV. Brandmeister ^talk 19:26, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support ―UnpetitproleX (talk) 22:58, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support ― Yann (talk) 18:06, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 (My "blotter") 05:18, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 11:30, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hounaam (talk) 10:52, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

L. Ron Hubbard

Voting period ends on 7 Nov 2025 at 23:17:18 (UTC)

Reason: HQ and EV. Cropped is main image on bio article.
Articles in which this image appears: L. Ron Hubbard, Jack Parsons, History of Dianetics and Scientology, Bare-faced Messiah
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Writers
Creator: Los Angeles Daily News

Support as nominator – JJARichardson (talk) 23:17, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – I'd only support this if the photo (minor flecks) is restored. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 07:25, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'll support a restored version. JJARichardson (talk) 13:59, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Shouldn't this be categorized under the "religious figures" as Hubbard is primarily known as the founder of the Church of Scientology? ―Howard • 🌽³³ 08:52, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The "writers" category felt more appropriate for Hubbard given Scientology is heavily derived from his works of science fiction. I wouldn't object to him being put under the "religious figures" category however. JJARichardson (talk) 14:38, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I suppose its acceptable either way. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 14:45, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@JJARichardson and Howardcorn33: I've restored it. File upload history was a mess, so I've replaced with the restoration universally so I could have the original visible. Will try to figure out what to do about the mess of uploads Support Restoration anyway. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.7% of all FPs.} 04:06, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support restoration and thank you. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 08:32, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support restoration JJARichardson (talk) 10:47, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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]
Struck vote as user doesn't has the required number of edits (has only 11 instead of 100). Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:22, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – when zooming in, one can see artifacts and pixelations ―Howard • 🌽³³ 16:09, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – One of 15 images in the eponymous article. Not used in infobox, as is this one. – Sca (talk) 19:14, 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]
Support — Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:05, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.7% of all FPs.} 03:42, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support ArionStar (talk) 13:41, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support ― Yann (talk) 18:09, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 (My "blotter") 05:18, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - not used in any articles. MER-C 11:13, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The cropped version of this picture is used in the common swift infobox and is the only good quality picture of the species in flight. Alexis Lours (talk) 09:09, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hounaam (talk) 10:52, 3 November 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]
Support – ―Howard • 🌽³³ 17:06, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:06, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.7% of all FPs.} 03:41, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support 10ploopy10 (talk) 00:37, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hounaam (talk) 10:52, 3 November 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]
Support — Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:07, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support I'm not sure what quality one should expect from this, but it looks pretty good, so unless someone has a good reason not to promote... Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.7% of all FPs.} 03:39, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support --EUPBR (talk) 15:25, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hounaam (talk) 10:52, 3 November 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]

I think those are paint cracks on the upper wall. JJARichardson (talk) 15:12, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Inclined to agree. Some dust, though - lots of white spots on the suits. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.7% of all FPs.} 01:22, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Restoration would be most appreciated. JJARichardson (talk) 18:36, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support – Hounaam (talk) 10:52, 3 November 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]
Support – Hounaam (talk) 10:51, 3 November 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]
I have started a deletion nomination as this has not been addressed: c:Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:I Am Happy Because Everybody Loves Me. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 00:22, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment This could not be considered one of his finest works. It is not representative of his oeuvre. Charlesjsharp (talk) 20:00, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I nominated it less for artistic quality and more for its encyclopedic value in Wain's life story, where his popularity and auctions of his artwork led to his more desirable hospital conditions. JJARichardson (talk) 22:29, 2 November 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]
Support – Hounaam (talk) 10:51, 3 November 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]
Support I'd like a little more resolution, but hard to go against Commons' evaluation. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.7% of all FPs.} 03:40, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hounaam (talk) 10:51, 3 November 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]
Support. MER-C 11:12, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support --EUPBR (talk) 15:26, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hounaam (talk) 10:51, 3 November 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]
Support – Hounaam (talk) 10:50, 3 November 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 cropped Version — Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:55, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Edited (Cropped) Version —Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 08:12, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support cropped version 04:34, 3 November 2025 (UTC)🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 (My "blotter")
Support cropped version – Hounaam (talk) 10:51, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support cropped version. - Matarisvan (talk) 10:20, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Celosia argentea in Philippines

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. 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]
Support ArionStar (talk) 16:48, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hounaam (talk) 10:50, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose It's very grainy, really. There's no part of it that's perfectly sharp, and, comparing the current version to the original version, there's a massive increase in graininess without any real increase in sharpness. I'd probably be fine with the original, but this is the definition of overprocessed. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.7% of all FPs.} 11:25, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:43, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Three-headed Shiva

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. 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]

Promoted File:8th century Standing Shiva Mahadeva, Kashmir, India, Clevelandart 1989.369.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 08:29, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Added image to Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Religion and mythology instead. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 08:29, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Plectorhinchus gaterinus

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. 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]

Promoted File:Labiudo africano (Plectorhinchus gaterinus), Zanzíbar, Tanzania, 2024-05-31, DD 03.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:34, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Blackburnian warbler

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. 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]

Promoted File:Blackburnian warbler (81156).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:28, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Suspended nominations

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