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The Belle of Broadway

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 1 Jan 2025 at 18:28:10 (UTC)

Original – The Belle of Broadway (1926) by Harry O. Hoyt
Reason
full movie, high quality copy
Articles in which this image appears
The Belle of Broadway
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Film
Creator
Harry O. Hoyt
  • I'm aware of the practice. The article doesn't discuss why tinting was used in this particular instance, and the purple seems quite vibrant (especially contrasted with the B&W) — Chris Woodrich (talk) 14:45, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    It's a language of early film we don't have anymore. It's probably meant to emphasise the femininity of her dressing room or something. It's cruder, but not much weirder than those extreme orange/blue palettes that were huge 10 years ago and will look odd in twenty years. Support as it's a very high resolution copy, very sharp, very good, and it's in an article about itself. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 06:27, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:The Belle of Broadway (1926) by Harry O. Hoyt.webm --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:53, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Wasp Woman

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 1 Jan 2025 at 18:33:04 (UTC)

Original – The Wasp Woman (1959) by Roger Corman
Reason
whole movie, high quality copy
Articles in which this image appears
The Wasp Woman
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Film
Creator
Roger Corman

Promoted File:The Wasp Woman (1959) by Roger Corman.webm --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:54, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Self-Portrait (Ellen Thesleff)

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 2 Jan 2025 at 14:05:24 (UTC)

Original – Self-Portrait, a pencil and sepia ink drawing on paper by the Finnish artist Ellen Thesleff. It is believed to have been influenced by spiritualism and Symbolism, an art movement popular in France at the fin de siècle.
Reason
High quality digitization of a notable drawing. Interesting in its sketch-like quality.
Articles in which this image appears
Self-Portrait (Ellen Thesleff)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others
Creator
Ellen Thesleff

Promoted File:Omakuva Ellen Thesleff 1894-1895 Ateneum.webp --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:06, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Jewel (singer)

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 2 Jan 2025 at 19:26:37 (UTC)

Original – Singer-songwriter Jewel performing in Concord, California in 2022.
Reason
I know concert photos are hit-or-miss, but I've listened to a fair amount of Jewel and I think this is an excellent depiction of the overall attitude she brings to music. It's a shame her left hand is out of frame, but I think the expressiveness still comes through strongly.
Articles in which this image appears
Jewel (singer)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Davidwbaker

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:26, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Lower Manhattan, August 2001

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 16 Dec 2024 at 18:58:39 (UTC)

Original – Lower Manhattan seen in an aerial shot in August July 2001, a two months before the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
Alt 1 – Restored and fixed perspective distortion
Alt 2 – Blue tint corrected
Reason
Gorgeous image of Lower Manhattan, a two months before it no longer looked like this. Image is large as well, and I only noted small distortion on a few buildings at the edges of the picture, all the rest are straight from what I've seen. High EV as it depicts a building complex with it's surroundings, just a two months before they left us. Amazing image overall, especially for 2001. May need slight clean-up, I did notice dust at the top.
Articles in which this image appears
Architecture of New York City, World Trade Center (1973–2001), (will add to more articles shortly, surprised it isn't used in more)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban
Creator
Carol M. Highsmith
  • It would probably in her WTC book (ISBN 9780517220924), if someone has access. blameless 02:06, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Alt 2 I more like Alt2, but in any case i would support what came out of film. Which i dont know and cant see. So Alt 2 for now. --Petar Milošević (talk) 12:47, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I think there is a color issue. Please see this comment on Commons. Yann (talk) 11:54, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
So I made blue tint corrected version. Support Alt2 --Yann (talk) 17:52, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
To be clear, I oppose Alt 1. Yann (talk) 17:40, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Striked that after new corrections. Yann (talk) 10:05, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No comment, so @EF5, Janke, Bammesk, Blameless, Moonreach, VulcanSphere, Crisco 1492, PetarM, and Hamid Hassani: Yann (talk) 16:31, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • @EF5:, try it again. I just fixed a thumbnail color profile error. See it at This link, because smaller thumbnails might still display exaggerated colors/brightness (because it takes some time for servers to react). You can also click on the image several times to see it at full screen or full size. Bammesk (talk) 18:14, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:World Trade Center towers, New York, LCCN2015645969.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:39, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Vaduz Castle

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 3 Jan 2025 at 21:29:38 (UTC)

Reason
High quality, very high resolution. Featured pictures on Wikimedia Commons (14 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral)
  • Facade to the mountains
    Facade to the mountains
  • Facade to Vaduz
    Facade to Vaduz
Articles in which this image appears
Vaduz Castle, Vaduz, List of royal palaces etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
A.Savin

Promoted File:Liechtenstein asv2022-10 img01 Vaduz Schloss.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:35, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Liechtenstein asv2022-10 img22 Vaduz Schloss.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:35, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Anger of Achilles

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 3 Jan 2025 at 21:43:50 (UTC)

Original – The Anger of Achilles (1819)
Reason
High quality and resolution. Good digitization
Articles in which this image appears
The Anger of Achilles, Agamemnon, Iphigenia in Aulis, Iphigénie, Jacques-Louis David, Nous, List of paintings by Jacques-Louis David.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Jacques-Louis David

Promoted File:Jacques-Louis David - The Anger of Achilles - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:55, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hurricane Florence from the ISS

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 3 Jan 2025 at 23:25:36 (UTC)

Original – Hurricane Florence from the International Space Station
Reason
Image was unanimously featured on Commons (please read the rationale there as it is too long to put here and ignore the first sentence)
Articles in which this image appears
Tropical cyclone, Hurricane Florence, Meteorological history of Hurricane Florence
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Weather
Creator
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Promoted File:Dramatic Views of Hurricane Florence from the International Space Station From 9 12 (42828603210) (cropped).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:31, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

African desert warbler

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 4 Jan 2025 at 11:03:26 (UTC)

Original – An African desert warbler, Jebil National Park, Tunisia
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears
African desert warbler
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
El Golli Mohamed

Promoted File:Fauvette du désert Jebil NP.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:04, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Jupiter clouds

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 4 Jan 2025 at 11:09:43 (UTC)

Original – Jupiter clouds in false color (Juno; October 2017)
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Atmosphere of Jupiter
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
Creator
Juno (spacecraft) (NASA/JPL)

Promoted File:PIA21972 Jupiter Blues.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:13, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Lion

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 4 Jan 2025 at 11:14:31 (UTC)

Original – Wild lion (Panthera leo), laying on a lava rock in the Serengeti National Park.
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons. Headline image. Functional replacement for File:Lion waiting in Namibia.jpg, which is up for delisting.
Articles in which this image appears
Lion etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
Giles Laurent
  • Support as nominator – MER-C 11:14, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose It's a good Commons FP, but don't actually think this image should be the lead image in an encyclopaedia. It portrays a very old lion. I prefer something more like The Lion King. When it was substituted as lead image, the photographer stated 'by Community consensus'. There wasn't any consensus. Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:57, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Sorry but this is very untrue. The lion was only between 7 and 9 years old when the picture was taken (2020) which is not a "very old lion" as you pretend.
    Also, in my opinion the picture you linked is of much lower encyclopedic value then the actual one because : 1) the photo you linked is of much lower resolution ; 2) the lion in the photo you linked is facing away (second eye almost not visible, half the face missing).
    Finally, only support votes without any oppose is consensus whether you like it or not. Also let me remind you that you're actually the one replacing images in the Lion article to put your own images without any community consensus. Examples : 1, 2, 3, 4 -- Giles Laurent (talk) 17:08, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Your own vote plus one other on a talk page that few visit is not a consensus. Wikipedia does not require a consensus to replace an image in an article. Charlesjsharp (talk) 15:12, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I pinged the user who told me to bring that subject to the talk page and he didn't oppose once he saw all arguments in favor. Another user also supported. The edit was performed after over 3 weeks after the discussion was started to let any eventual oppose speak. There were only supports and no oppose in that deadline. Like it or not, that is a consensus. If wikipedia doesn't require consensus to edit featured articles then I don't see why you tried to make a story out of it with your first message. -- Giles Laurent (talk) 16:42, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Not so. He was born in 2010 so was age 9 or 10 and well past his prime. Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:57, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    He was between 10 and 13 according to the Washington Post when he died so he was between 7 and 10 when photographed. You're now referring to lion prime and mane. According to your own article this lion was on his prime since his mane is extremely impressive (much more then the picture you linked in my opinion : color, length, thickness and overall mane appearance) and this would also mean that the age would be between 6 and 8 according to your article -- Giles Laurent (talk) 22:42, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Charlesjsharp and Giles Laurent: If I might put in my opinion - and you can agree or disagree as you see fit:
    First of all, let's look at the before and after images:
    • The replaced image was File:Lion_waiting_in_Namibia.jpg. This image has a good thumbnail, arguably slightly better æsthetics than Giles' image, but objectively, is blurry - even though it's somewhat low resolution - and is nowhere near FP quality.
    • Giles' image, on technical grounds, is excellent. Sharp, well-lit, good composition, high resolution. It does seem to be a slightly shaggy-maned, older lion.
    Now, let's ask some questions about what the lead image should do:
    • It should draw people into the article. This can be by identifying the subject, looking good, or a lot of other ways. For most articles, it should be an initial introduction to the subject, but few subjects are narrow enough to have one image fully cover them, and some - certain mathematical subjects with unclear discoverers, say - may not be able to have a particularly compelling or relevant illustration at all.
    • It's good to start with a high-quality image, so people looking for images of a subject will be encouraged to check out the other images in the article. This is a lesser criteria.
    And what it doesn't need to do:
    • The first image doesn't have to be the most iconic one. We don't start Margaret Hamilton (actress) with her dressed as the Wicked Witch of the West; the heavy makeup distorts too much, and she did a lot of other things. It can be helpful to slightly challenge an over-simplistic view of a subject early. There's a lot of latitude here.
    • It doesn't have to do everything. There's a reason we don't limit images to one or two per article.
    And, while not relevant here, I don't think that the lead image is the only one that can be featured. That just discourages improving the images not in the lead.
    ----
    I'd say that, taken in totality with all the images in the article, the older lion is... a type of lion worth seeing in the article. We want to see a variety of images in the article, otherwise, some are redundant. For example, a lead image for Cat doesn't need to include ginger, tabbies, calico, black, white, long haired, short haired, sphinx, and every other sort of cat out there, but the article as a whole should try to show the variety. Here, we'd reasonably want a few angles, both genders, and a few ages, and a bunch of behaviours. I'd say the article has a decent variety as it stands.
    Hence, I'm voting Support. But I think you're having a dispute over what's the ideal lead image - which there is some reason to do: we don't want the image to disappear from the article in the months before it mainpages, and a poorly-positioned image is more likely to do that. I don't think an older lion is necessarily bad, but that's a judgement call, and I'm not sure that's going to be something that you two are going to agree on, because it's a very subjective point. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 06:21, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Very helpful contribution. Charlesjsharp (talk) 17:32, 26 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support thank you for the nomination! -- Giles Laurent (talk) 17:00, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support as per Adam. High quality image used as lead. Yann (talk) 12:31, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - I much prefer this lion. The other one looked almost mangy.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 13:36, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 05:20, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:07, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:020 The lion king Snyggve in the Serengeti National Park Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:20, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Masked lapwing ssp novaehollandiae

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 4 Jan 2025 at 12:16:09 (UTC)

Original – Masked lapwing (Vanellus miles novaehollandiae), Waitākere, New Zealand
Reason
High quality image. Adds value to article. FP on Commons. Image of nominate subspecies is already an FP.
Articles in which this image appears
Masked lapwing
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Masked lapwing (Vanellus miles novaehollandiae) Waitakere.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:17, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Collared lory

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 4 Jan 2025 at 12:19:27 (UTC)

Original – Collared lory (Vini solitaria) on octopus tree (Heptapleurum actinophyllum) Colo-I-Suva, Viti Levu, Fiji
Reason
High quality image. Adds value to article. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Collared lory
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Collared lory (Vini solitaria) on octopus tree (Heptapleurum actinophyllum) Colo-I-Suva.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:21, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Pyrops candelaria

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 4 Jan 2025 at 12:25:45 (UTC)

Original – Lantern bug (Pyrops candelaria), Double Haven, New Territories, Hong Kong
Reason
High quality image. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Pyrops candelaria
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Lantern bug (Pyrops candelaria) Double Haven HK.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:26, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Dias Gomes

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 4 Jan 2025 at 14:58:40 (UTC)

Original – Dias Gomes
Reason
While the width is only just over 1,000 px, I think that's more to do with the aspect ratio. It's still 2 megapixels, and, having got it as part of a collaboration with the museum, I don't think it's likely to get better anytime soon
Articles in which this image appears
Dias Gomes
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
Creator
Unknown photographer, restored by Adam Cuerden
  • Chris, the copyright tag covers US, no? Says "is in the public domain both in Brazil and in the United States". I am fine with the composition, and pixel count (per historic exception), if the copyright is PD. Bammesk (talk) 17:33, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I'd say the tag covers the URAA situation better than any new tag could. I presume, given the Brazilian National Archive has declared it public domain, that it's considered a non-artistic photographic portrait - and the composition with his crossed leg at the bottom, a background that looks like auditorium seating, and so on, kind of leans into that explanation. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 17:52, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • About the aspect ratio, I am pretty sure the negative covered more area, and the print crops the sides (perhaps other people were seated there or etc.). It's an unusual crop, but sometimes that's interesting though. The crop kind of matches his expression, I think. Bammesk (talk) 18:33, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Dias Gomes (sem data) - Restoration.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:21, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Uncle Sam - I Want You Poster

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 4 Jan 2025 at 18:03:05 (UTC)

Original – A World War I United States Army recruitment poster featuring a half-length portrait of Uncle Sam pointing at the viewer, with the legend "I want you for U.S. Army".
Reason
Previously nominated here, the picture went through some issues that were unsorted, such as replacing the photo nominated with this one. Nonetheless, this image is still very historically important and high quality, and is one of the most
Articles in which this image appears
Uncle Sam, Propaganda
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War I
Creator
James Montgomery Flagg

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:54, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Photo 51

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Original – Photo 51 is an X-ray based fiber diffraction image of a paracrystalline gel composed of DNA fiber taken by Raymond Gosling
Reason
One of the most famous and important images in science. Because of that, I think it is an exception when it comes to quality
Articles in which this image appears
Photo 51, DNA
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Biology
Creator
Raymond Gosling
  • Support as nominator – Wcamp9 (talk) 18:25, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • I need to talk this one through: On the one hand, this was originally a photographic plate, so the limit of detail is somewhere a little smaller than the film grain size (since the film grains don't form a grid, so the conversion to grid is going to eat detail if it's too close to film grain size).
It's not sharp, but I'm not sure if that's JPEG artefacting, resolution, or just that X-ray diffraction isn't a photograph of a straight line.
It's relatively small dimensions (858 × 858) which might be reasonable if this is a tiny spot on a photographic plate, or might be horrible. I don't know. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.8% of all FPs. 21:31, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment: Because a photo in an article is supposed to add value on its own. This doesn't. It only makes any sense after you read about it. For me, that is the wrong way round. Also, it adds little value to DNA article and isn't included in double helix article, Why? I Ask. Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:16, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Charlesjsharp: That is an incredibly stupid reason. If something is described as the most important photo by many medical journals, newspapers, and books, it certainly has great encyclopedic value. (I did a basic search and found no less than forty sources calling it such.) Hell, it even has a play about it. And isn't one of the criteria literally it illustrates the subject in a compelling way, making the viewer want to know more? Why? I Ask (talk) 19:06, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • There is no reason to be rude Why? I Ask. I may be old but I am not stupid. And even if I was, you shouldn't insult me. I read Watson's The Double Helix when it was published in 1968. The FP criteria you quote is spot on and I know it well. The image does not illustrate the subject in a compelling way. It does not make the viewer want to know more. QED. Charlesjsharp (talk) 12:00, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I did not say you were stupid. You're clearly a very talented photographer based on your page. I said it was a stupid reason, and I stand by that. It meets all the criteria laid out. The fact that it is aesthetically dull is explicitly not a reason to oppose: A featured picture is not always required to be aesthetically pleasing; it might be shocking, impressive, or just highly informative. Highly graphic, historical and otherwise unique images may not have to be classically beautiful at all. As I have said, it is highly historical. Why? I Ask (talk) 12:17, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:55, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Chicago and North Western locomotive shops

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 5 Jan 2025 at 02:52:41 (UTC)

Original – Chicago and North Western Railway locomotive shops, Chicago, Illinois, 1942
Reason
Quality lead image, represents the subject of the article well. Has been a stable lead image for 5 years. By notable photographer Jack Delano. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Industrial society
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Others or Vehicles/Land
Creator
Jack Delano, edited by Yann

Promoted File:Chicago and Northwestern railroad locomotive shop fsac.1a34676u.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:56, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Crosspoint Christian Daycare Tornado Damage

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Voting period ends on 14 Jan 2025 at 19:36:07 (UTC)

Original – Significant damage to Crosspoint Christian Daycare from the tornado, where 70 children survived the tornado
Reason
High-quality image (3,264 × 2,448) that has solid EV. The structure and damage seen here is directly mentioned in the article (Tornado outbreak of January 12, 2023#Selma, Alabama): “Reaching high-end EF2 strength, the tornado struck the Crosspoint Christian Daycare along Cooper Drive, inflicting severe structural damage to the building, which sustained collapse of its roof and several brick exterior walls. At the time of the tornado, 70 children were inside the daycare along with staff workers. One baby received a minor cut from the tornado, with no other injuries occurring at that location.” Seeing the damage itself is solid EV. Passes all criteria points.
Articles in which this image appears
Tornado outbreak of January 12, 2023
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Weather
Creator
National Weather Service, uploaded by WeatherWriter
If I may ask Charlesjsharp, could you explain how the image does not really add value to the article? Maybe the image should be changed in the article if you feel it is not valuable, hence why I’m asking if you could explain it a little more. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 20:21, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Sure. I just Googled selma tornado and many more interesting images showed up, some of EF3 damage. There are more interesting images of the EF2 Daycare damage too. Charlesjsharp (talk) 20:47, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Googled images are not free-to-use images. This is the only free-to-use damage photo of the daycare as it was taken by the U.S. government. Do you have any other more interesting free-to-use photos that are better and more interesting to the article? Given there is a free-to-use photo, absolutely no non-free media is allowed of the daycare (per WP:NFCCP criteria 1). So, that does bring up the question on if there is actually any other free media that would be “more interesting” or more valuable to the article, or is this image, indeed, the most valuable damage photograph, since it is free-to-use? Also a P.S., the tornado itself was rated EF2, so any EF3 damage is not this tornado and is some other tornado/other article. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 20:53, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment iPad photo of rather low resolution (only 3,264 × 2,448 pixels). Dull light. Quality issues involving artifacts at the Bottom and low level of detail. Noisy sky. Damaged building but not so different from a house being demolished in some construction site. -- Basile Morin (talk) 02:20, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Withdraw – per WP:SNOW. Clear this image will not pass FPC, with the sole opposition reasonings being (1) not valuable to the article and (2) better non-free images exist. F me, no wonder tornado damage photos can’t easily be FPs…The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 02:28, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:52, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Pipa

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Original – A late 16th/early 17th-century pipa made of wood, ivory, bone, and silk. This traditional Chinese musical instrument has a pear-shaped wooden body with a varying number of frets. It is played by plucking the strings.
Reason
High quality image that shows the important features of the musical instrument. Professionally shot.
Articles in which this image appears
Pipa
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Promoted File:Pipa MET DP216710.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:02, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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