Jump to content

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/2012

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an archive page for featured picture status removal debates. These debates are closed and should not be edited. For more information see Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates.

2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015
2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2020 - 2021 - 2022 - 2023 - 2024

Retained

[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 28 Jan 2012 at 00:30:40 (UTC)

Liquid chlorine sealed in a quartz ampoule and then in an acrylic cube (edge length 5cm).
Reason
Unused, replaced by File:Liquid chlorine.jpg and File:Liquid chlorine in flask.jpg, both of which depict the element better IMO.
Articles this image appears in
None
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Chlorine
Nominator
Crisco 1492 (talk)
  • DelistCrisco 1492 (talk) 00:30, 14 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment It is always worth checking out any rationale when an image is removed from an article. In particular, it is commonplace for editors to have some pride over the images that they have taken the time to acquire. Article illustration quality can, and does suffer for it, so keep an eye out. Here is the relevant diff for this image. It is important to note that the replacement image was created by materialscientist. I'm personally neutral in this particular case, the replacement is better at thumb size at least. JJ Harrison (talk) 01:14, 14 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep Technically well done, much better than the other two pictures: illustrates the subject just as well, does not contain distracting elements, and is properly exposed. Clegs (talk) 10:38, 14 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm not arguing against the technical aspects, but EV. An image not used anywhere has no EV, by FP definition. Both images in the article now, though technically inferior as pictures, have higher EV, and the current image cannot be inserted willy-nilly when the subject is usually a gas (i.e. it's liquid form is not as common). Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:04, 14 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • I've asked Alchemist to weigh in here. I'd like to see what he says about the relative value of these three photographs. Chick Bowen 05:29, 16 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep What we are see at the other two images? What is relevant? My opinion: we must see a yellow liquid: chlorine. The current FP image has the best quality and the best description! It shows us an valued educational sample! This image: File:Liquid chlorine.jpg has the false color for the liq. chlorine: grey-yellow, and low description. This image: File:Liquid chlorine in flask.jpg has a very bad quality. It is very noisy, disturbing background and has a very low description. I have no problems if my image isn't more an FP Image, but the comparison with the other two images isn't a comparison for me. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 21:02, 16 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Kept --Makeemlighter (talk) 00:53, 28 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 30 Jan 2012 at 11:27:19 (UTC)

A glowing tube of hydrogen gas
A glowing tube of nitrogen gas
Reason
Borderline resolution, low EV as it has been replaced in Hydrogen and is now found only in one article. At the nomination, it was said to be in the hydrogen article at the time. However, the stable version at the time did not include the image; it may never have been included.
Articles this image appears in
Gas-discharge lamp
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Five Noble Gases
Nominator
Crisco 1492 (talk)
What's an "EV"? --Wtshymanski (talk) 15:51, 25 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Encyclopaedic Value. --jjron (talk) 16:45, 25 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Kept --Makeemlighter (talk) 22:33, 30 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 8 Feb 2012 at 00:06:29 (UTC)

A man playing gamelan at the Indonesian embassy in Australia
Reason
This really kills me (I think we need more Indonesia-related FPs), but the image has been replaced by other, more encyclopedic images and is not used anymore. The resolution is also on the low side.
Articles this image appears in
N/A
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Playing gamelan
Nominator
Crisco 1492 (talk)
  • As noted in the original nomination by the only oppose voter, gamelan is not something one plays alone. It is a set, including gongs, instruments like xylophones, and other instruments which sadly I forget the name of. Any pictures showing only a single player have lower EV than set pictures. Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:29, 25 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
OK, but this image appears to be of a far higher quality than those remaining. Could they not both be in place? Maybe in the "Influence on Western music" section, what with it being in Australia. (Tenuous connection there, I realise!) Nikthestoned 09:21, 26 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Should've put @jjron in front of that...
    @jjron: Without knowing if there was a wayang performance, no. I've put it in Gendér though, as that is the instrument he is playing.
@Nik: Theoretically I could get better pictures, if I had the time to go down to the sultan's palace (lighting would be an issue though). I think having the image in gendér is good, but I'm not sure if the EV is high enough, especially with the round mallet so motion blurred. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Crisco 1492 (talkcontribs) 09:32, 26 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Given the lack of Indonesia-related FPs (and content in general) I'd say this still meets the EV in this area (given it's now in use)... As in, the value is higher if the images subject is barely represented, right? Nikthestoned 09:53, 26 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep It's certainly well above resolution requirements and as mentioned above we don't many (if any) other Indonesian FPs and to me the playing of the particular instrument would meet EV requirements --Fir0002 04:41, 27 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Kept --Makeemlighter (talk) 02:15, 8 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 31 Mar 2012 at 18:39:39 (UTC)

The Atlantic spadefish (Chaetodipterus faber) is a species of marine fish endemic to the western Atlantic Ocean. They are commonly found in shallow waters off the coast of the southeastern United States and in the Caribbean.
Reason
  1. Bad flash highlights (blown areas on both fish)
  2. Awkward crop (too much space above and below, hanging tail on right edge, end of subject fish's tail cut off.
  3. Chromatic abberation around head of background fish
  4. Artifacting, either from jpg compression or too much NR, under head of background fish

#Possibly should not have passed original nom, as I count 5 Supports and 3 opposes (not a 2/3 majority).

Articles this image appears in
Atlantic Spadefish
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Atlantic Spadefish.jpg
Nominator
Clegs (talk)
  • DelistClegs (talk) 18:39, 17 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment You could read the closing statement [1] and/or note that one of the opposes was specific to the original. I suggest striking that part of your opening statement. Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 09:50, 18 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. I think the composition/crop is quite charming, and while this isn't the most technically super-awesome picture on Wikipedia (not that I'm buying your overexposure argument- these are scaley shiny fish, and the overexposed areas are small) there is a good amount of EV here. As PLW points out, the original closure looks sound. Note that I voted twice, once in opposition to the original, once in support of this version; only two vote in opposition to the either (with one in opposition to only the original), while two support either, and three (one being the nominator) support only the edit. It's five for and two against the edit, which is more than two thirds in support. J Milburn (talk) 23:41, 18 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Struck. My embarrassment at this being on the front page a couple days ago remains. If a picture with this much artifacting came through today, we would shoot it down in flames. Clegs (talk) 07:37, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    • You know, I'm not really sure of your use of the word "artefacting" - normally, we use that to refer to jpeg artefacts, which look different from what I can find in this picture, and JPEG quality here is a respectable 93%. In fact, I now think that all of your remaining claims about image quality are false: (1) I can't see any traces of denoising in the original, and there was none done in the edit. (2) I can see no chromatic aberration, although, if present, it is now trivial to fix. Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 13:49, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep JJ Harrison (talk) 22:38, 23 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep Per J Milburn. Dusty777 16:24, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Kept Julia\talk 10:37, 1 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 31 Mar 2012 at 00:15:52 (UTC)

Diego Velázquez's Las Meninas
Replacement from Google Images
Reason
Image has been universally superceded by File:Las Meninas, by Diego Velázquez, from Prado in Google Earth.jpg
Articles this image appears in
None
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Las Meninas
Nominator
Crisco 1492 (talk)
  • Delist and replaceCrisco 1492 (talk) 00:15, 17 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delist and replace One has to wonder a little about the difference in saturation, and comment in passing on this being yet another image that Google have made too dark, but if we're going to keep either of them, it clearly should be the high resolution one. Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 09:44, 17 March 2012 (UTC) I'm going to suspend my vote for the moment to see what emerges from discussion. Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 13:29, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delist and Replace per above comments. Clegs (talk) 08:46, 18 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delist but do not replace. Google's version is really dark. The Prado's version isn't nearly as dark. Makeemlighter (talk) 13:57, 18 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Which, if any, is an accurrate reproduction? Only an accurate reporoduction should be FP regardless of resolution. Saffron Blaze (talk) 18:56, 18 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Do not replace. This is much too dark. The content of the paintings on the back wall should be visible; you can see that in almost any reproduction. Here they're just brown squares. I still do not understand the internet's adoration for Google Art: ridiculously high resolution is useless if the subject is poorly lit. Chick Bowen 16:24, 19 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment The google reproduction is provided by the museums and it's safe to assume these new digitizations are done as accurately as possible. The darkness of the photograph is VERY likely accurately reflecting the darkness of the painting. The original is likely been altered with like Photoshop to increase the brightness which would be INACCURATE to the original painting. In the past we've relied upon the faithfulness of the museums reproductions over any other, they shoot them in proper studio environment with high quality cameras and experienced professionals. So for my two cents, I will assume the painting is actually that dark which isn't unthinkable that it would be. So... Delist and Replace for me. — raekyt 02:44, 21 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    • The old photo was also provided by the museum. Why should we assume this one is more accurate? (Whatever that might mean anyway--the dynamic range of the eye is greater than that of a photograph, so there's no way a reproduction can reproduce what the painting looks like to someone standing in front of it.) Since various blemishes and scratches are visible on the old one, I believe, on the contrary, that this one was shot with less light on purpose, to make it look better. Chick Bowen 03:52, 22 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delist and replace. Neutralitytalk 09:22, 25 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. I've been noticing for a while now that high resolution images from museums are routinely on the dark side. Check out the Rokeby Venus above for another example. I would be astonished if these paintings were actually that dark under normal lighting conditions. Kaldari (talk) 03:56, 26 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Do not replace Per chick, I think that the Google reproduction is far far too dark. --Guerillero | My Talk 14:09, 28 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Kept Julia\talk 10:41, 1 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  • Original kept as FP, not replaced. Only one voter stated a preference for delisting without replacing. For those who voted "delist and replace", it is not clear whether that applies to delisting as well, if a replacement is not made. If opinion is such that the original should be delisted, a separate nomination can determine that. Julia\talk 10:41, 1 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 5 Apr 2012 at 01:08:55 (UTC)

The Scenic Railway at Luna Park, Melbourne, viewed from Shakespeare Grove.
Reason
Shadows are terrible, really detract from the image
Articles this image appears in
Roller coaster, Luna Park, Melbourne, +2
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Scenic railway
Nominator
Crisco 1492 (talk)

Kept --Makeemlighter (talk) 00:08, 6 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 9 Apr 2012 at 16:21:07 (UTC)

Hi. I'm a crab.
Reason
Not used in any articles. Marbled rock crab already has a different FP of this species and this photo doesn't really show anything different than the existing one to warrant its inclusion in the article.
Articles this image appears in
Pachygrapsus marmoratus
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Marbled rock crab male
Nominator
howcheng {chat}
  • To my uneducated eyes, they look the same. Others' thoughts? Clegs (talk)
I think I see it. The bottom end of the male is slightly more angular. Also, the image has been removed again. howcheng {chat} 22:14, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Twice, but it's always the same editor, and he seems to have a theme about removing relevant images, see [2]. Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 13:19, 30 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. No rule against two of the same species; if they are indeed one of each gender, there's definitely EV. No reason to punish the picture for one user's personal edit war. Clegs (talk) 18:15, 2 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    • Except that by definition, an FP must be included in an article. For me, this is purely a procedural nomination. No article = no star. howcheng {chat} 23:31, 2 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
      • I'm not really sure how we should handle nominations where FP/no FP hinges on an edit war where the opposing side consists of a single editor (=potential minority position). That said, George could probably turn this into a non-issue by contributing two short paragraphs of relevant text to the article. Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 16:34, 3 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. The partial camouflage here brings valuable EV. NauticaShades 21:25, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Delisting an unused image is really procedural, and if a home can't be found for it that it has EV for, then it would need delisted and probably no vote is necessary to do it... Although I do see this editor as being maybe edit-warish. Probably wouldn't hurt anything to postpone the delisting for a month and give the article's talk page time to discuss the relevance of having both sexes pictured. That way all interested editors for that article will have plenty of time to weigh in on keeping the image or not and we won't be delisting it over one editors wishes to remove it from the article. So Postpone one month and discuss on article's talk page is my "vote" lol. ;-) — raekyt 02:05, 10 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    • I agree that this needs to be clarified in article talk space. But a procedural point: the reason why we insist on a vote even for an obvious delist due to non-usage is precisely to reveal issues like this, in which an image has been removed for less-than-stellar reasons. Chick Bowen 15:34, 11 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • The reasons given for the removal of the picture from the article are not valid. I have read through all the image guidelines/essays ETC... and I cannot find a valid reason for the removal of the picture from the article. Dusty777 16:46, 11 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Update/Question: I've tried to add it to the article. Removed by User:Stemonitis. Added it again, and tried to discuss with him that consensus is the picture adds value to the article. He replied vehemently, both on my talk and the article talk, that it did not and he did not want it there and removed the picture again. He insists it's not an edit war or WP:OWN, he's just trying to make sure WP has the best content possible and the picture adds nothing so he's not going to let it in the article. Sounds like edit warring and WP:OWN to me. What's the next step? AN/I? Never had to deal with this before. Clegs (engage in rational discourse) 08:47, 13 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: (Added after the discussion should have been closed.) Can we stop this discussion here? It's not helping. A reasoned discussion, focussing on the article, not the picture, needs to be had on the article talk page. Once a conslusion has been reached there, we can have this discussion. Here is not the place for a "should it, shouldn't it" concerning whether the image should be in the article- once that has been decided through the proper procedure, this discussion can go ahead, and it will no doubt be a simple one. J Milburn (talk) 11:29, 13 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Kept -- No consensus; Keep without prejudice against a renom. There's a discussion on the article's talk page to determine this image's usage on that page; depending on its results I may renom the image for delisting. I'm closing this because it's been sitting for several days; if anyone feels I should have left it open, feel free to revert me. Clegs (engage in rational discourse) 07:22, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 3 Jun 2012 at 18:57:13 (UTC)

Various types of cirrus clouds
Reason
Poor image quality.
Articles this image appears in
Cirrus cloud, List of cloud types, International Cloud Atlas
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Cirrus Field
Nominator
Julia\talk

Kept --jjron (talk) 15:30, 10 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 11 Jun 2012 at 17:55:07 (UTC)

Pictured: not Melo aethiopica
Reason
Procedural nomination. Was removed from article for being the wrong species
Articles this image appears in
None (was: Melo aethiopica)
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Melo aethiopica 001.jpg
Nominator
howcheng {chat}
  • Question: On the description page I wrote:

"Difference of M. aethiopica to M. broderipii: In Melo aethiopica the protoconch doesn't surmount the last whorl or only marginally, in Melo broderipii [3] it does significantly." In the depicted specimen the last whorl does surmount only marginally, and so it is aethiopica in my opinion. Which species is it in your opinion and which character(s) is it based upon? I miss both in the delisting article, the name of an alternative species and the character(s), which lead to it, and the characters, which exclude M. aethiopica. I would be glad, if you could tell me something about the correct determination. --Llez (talk) 17:54, 29 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

User:Invertzoo is the one who removed it from the article. Please talk to her. howcheng {chat} 18:29, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Info I made the following note on Invertzoo's talk page:

There is a delisting-discussion caused by your removing of a picture of Melo aethiopica, see [4]. I please you to explain the reasons, why you removed it, especially the characters, your decision is based on. As far as I know, the only character is the protonch (and according to this it is a aethiopica; see also the link to M. broderipii on the description page of the picture of M. aethiopica), all others (shell form, colour and so on are variable and/or depending of age) are not suited for exact determination. If it is neither aethiopica nor broderipii, what do you think it is? By the way, we had a similar discussion on Commons about the same subject, and you can see the result: It is still listed as aethiopica. Please anwer on the page (see above), where the delisting is discussed. Greetings --Llez (talk) 11:19, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    • Hello. Sorry to have caused a problem with this. I myself am not an expert on the family Volutidae and the genus Melo, and my decision on this species was based on advice from an editor who has since left Wikipedia, User:MerlinCharon.
[5] At the time I was convinced by MerlinCharon's argument, but of course my decision could have been incorrect. I would guess that only an expert on the genus could give an expert opinion, and even then it's hard to ID species from a photo rather than the shell itself. However, since this is a very fine photo and since it's unlikely that anyone looking at the photo could be absolutely certain of the species on this shell either way, I would be perfectly happy to see it go back in the article, so feel free to restore it. Best wishes, Invertzoo (talk) 12:36, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No quorum. Reopened at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/File:Melo aethiopica 001.jpg 2 howcheng {chat} 16:19, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 24 Jun 2012 at 18:36:56 (UTC)

Air force one flying over mt rushmore
Reason
Grainy not the best composition, one of the heads isnt even visible, wouldn't pass today
Articles this image appears in
Links to the article/s that use this image
Previous nomination/s
Link/s to the image's original FPC nomination, and any previous delist noms
Nominator
Thanks, Hadseys (talk)
  • Delist — Thanks, Hadseys (talk) 18:36, 10 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. Well I can see four heads, though admittedly one is somewhat obscured. Regardless, I think the EV is really for Air Force One, and I like the imagery of it flying over an iconic American landscape, particularly the one with the giant carved heads of the bestest American presidents. It's also used in several other articles. Would it pass today? Probably not, based on the technical quality, but I as I've said many times, I'm not one for just delisting anything that wouldn't pass today. And for mine, the fact that it's still the lead image in Air Force One eight years after its FP promotion, and is also still prominent in Mount Rushmore and other articles, speaks volumes for its EV. --jjron (talk) 10:31, 11 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delist Not only is it grainy and overexposed, but it's a low-quality scan with tons of dust on it. I love the shot, but it's a poor quality image. -RunningOnBrains(talk) 20:52, 17 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep Per jjron. Dusty777 19:09, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delist Objective assessment as to quality (per nom/FPC criteria) trumps sentimentality. Plutonium27 (talk) 21:11, 23 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Kept --Makeemlighter (talk) 18:25, 28 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 21 Jun 2012 at 16:42:43 (UTC)

Pulmonates
Reason
Procedural nomination. Image was removed from article for the reason "non-pulmonata pictured and with not precisely drawn species".
Articles this image appears in
none (was: Pulmonata)
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Pulmonata.jpg
Nominator
howcheng {chat}

Kept --Makeemlighter (talk) 18:25, 28 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 28 Jul 2012 at 12:42:30 (UTC)

Reason
Low quality, Small size (336 KB), Unsuccessful Candidacy in Commons
Articles this image appears in
Cirrus cloud
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Cirrus Field
Nominator
Kasir talk
  • Featured articles are a little different then pictures. Articles have to put up with vandalism, the listing of incorrect information, vandalism, and link rot. Pictures never change. What I really should have said, is pictures nominated from a few years ago, should not be judged by today's standards. Dusty777 02:38, 15 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • And, again, I ask whether you would say the same thing about a featured article? "Ok, so it's not good enough to pass today, but it did pass years ago and hasn't changed much. I guess we'll just ignore the fact that the criteria have changed." That's ridiculous. We're trying to write an encyclopedia here, not keep a museum of how an encyclopedia was written several years ago... J Milburn (talk) 13:00, 26 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Kept --Makeemlighter (talk) 00:50, 3 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 7 Sep 2012 at 16:43:15 (UTC)

Samurai with sword, photo by Felice Beato
Reason
When originally nominated, it was included in both Samurai and Sword, but today it belongs to neither of those. In Samurai, it was in the Weapons section, but has been replaced by File:Old Japanese military paraphernalia.jpg, another FP (which is more appropriate IMHO). In Sword, it was removed in November 2010, only three months after promotion.
Articles this image appears in
Aikido techniques, Conservation Techniques for Cultural Properties
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Samurai with sword
Nominator
howcheng {chat}

Kept --Cal Engime (talk) 23:18, 7 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 18 Oct 2012 at 11:41:52 (UTC)

File:Hitlermusso2 edit.jpg
Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini.
Reason
Too small even by previous standards.
Articles this image appears in
Adolf Hitler and others
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Hitler and Mussolini
Nominator
Brandmeistertalk

Kept --Makeemlighter (talk) 19:28, 30 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 22 Oct 2012 at 20:29:36 (UTC)

Hooded Plover (Thinornis rubricollis), Bruny Island, Tasmania
Reason
Picture has a "bleached" look-n-feel from overexposure leading to little contrast. Cropping gives off-balance feel to composition.
Articles this image appears in
there are many
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Thinornis rubricollis Bruny Island.jpg
Nominator
Jason Quinn (talk)

Kept --Julia\talk 22:05, 27 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Replaced

[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 3 Feb 2012 at 18:57:33 (UTC)

The USS Arizona (BB-39) burning after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941.
Reason
To be replaced with this candidate, which has better quality.
Articles this image appears in
Attack on Pearl Harbor, USS Arizona Memorial, Maritime history, Equipment losses in World War II, Infamy Speech, Pacific War
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/USS Arizona during attack on Pearl Harbor
Nominator
  ■ MMXX  talk 

Replaced with File:The USS Arizona (BB-39) burning after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor - NARA 195617 - Edit.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 01:20, 30 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delisted

[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 9 Jan 2012 at 11:52:13 (UTC)

A user-created SVG drawing of a pirate
Reason
As noted in a previous candidacy, user generated art is generally not considered to have high enough EV now; as such, this old nomination should probably be delisted. Two other pictures by this editor, File:Mad scientist.svg and File:Villainc.svg, have also been delisted previously.
Articles this image appears in
Eyepatch Piracy Pirates in popular culture
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Pirate
Nominator
Crisco 1492 (talk)
Delist:Agree with your reasoning, File:Villainc.svg had a similar fate, now these cartoons don't meet today's criterias. --Extra 999 (Contact me) 15:27, 28 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delisted --Makeemlighter (talk) 22:07, 9 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 11 Jan 2012 at 12:30:50 (UTC)

Picture of a house, created using Blender
Reason
Although the image is admittedly striking, it's EV is fairly low. In the Blender article it is only in a gallery, while in Computer-generated imagery it is next to a paragraph about using software for architectural purposes... which this image would be useless for.
Articles this image appears in
Blender (software), Computer-generated imagery
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/ImpressiveBlender3DWork
Nominator
Crisco 1492 (talk)

Delisted --Makeemlighter (talk) 17:19, 11 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 9 Jan 2012 at 11:58:47 (UTC)

An animated horse created by a Wikipedia editor based on photographs by Eadweard Muybridge
Reason
As noted in a previous candidacy, user generated art is generally not considered to have high enough EV now; as such, this old nomination should probably be delisted.
Articles this image appears in
Animation, 12 basic principles of animation, and several more.
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Animhorse.gif, Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/animhorse
Nominator
Crisco 1492 (talk)

Delisted --Extra 999 (Contact me) 09:17, 16 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 19 Jan 2012 at 01:52:27 (UTC)

Phyllopteryx taeniolatus
Reason
This would not pass today- it's very small (only just over the minimum) and the technical quality is low. The crop is also unfortunately tight. We have a stronger photo, but this is also far below current standards.
Articles this image appears in
Fauna of Australia, List of sub-national animals, List of symbols of Australian states and territories, Phyllopteryx, Symbols of Victoria (Australia), Syngnathidae
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/WeedySeadragon
Nominator
J Milburn (talk)

Delisted --Makeemlighter (talk) 04:33, 20 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 31 Jan 2012 at 02:57:45 (UTC)

Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis), Winter Plumage, Ralph's Bay, Tasmania, Australia
Reason
I was lucky, and think this image has been superseded by the image currently nominated for featured status
Articles this image appears in
Swan Bay and Port Phillip Bay Islands Important Bird Area
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Calidris ruficollis 2.jpg
Nominator
JJ Harrison (talk)

Delisted --Makeemlighter (talk) 23:14, 1 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 31 Jan 2012 at 22:52:17 (UTC)

Portrait of Thomas More
Reason
The current FP comes from the the Yorck Project, which is notorious for its bad reproductions, it should be replaced by this Google Art Project file which is superior in both colour correctness and size.
Articles this image appears in
several
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Sir Thomas More
Nominator
P. S. Burton (talk)

Delisted --Jujutacular (talk) 13:48, 8 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 17 Apr 2012 at 18:22:33 (UTC)

Original
Reason
Not being used in article space, as it has been replaced in all 16 instances by the much larger Google version, File:Las Meninas, by Diego Velázquez, from Prado in Google Earth.jpg. We've determined that the Google version is too dark and not suitable to replace this version as FP: Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Las Meninas. Before I go changing all of the articles, however, I think it's worth asking first if this version is going to stay put in the articles, and do we want it to? Perhaps neither version is FP-worthy?
Articles this image appears in
none at present
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Las Meninas, Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Las Meninas
Nominator
Julia\talk

Delisted --Makeemlighter (talk) 00:09, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 27 Apr 2012 at 16:44:59 (UTC)

Administrative map of Goa
Reason
The original reasons for promotion bear little resembelence to today's criteria: there doesn't seem to be a source for the map, either for data or verifiability; the scale doesn't have any units. Original creator/nominator is inactive. I'd consider making an SVG version if it can be brought up to standards.
Articles this image appears in
Goa, North Goa, South Goa
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Map of Goa
Nominator
Grandiose (me, talk, contribs)

Delisted --Makeemlighter (talk) 23:14, 30 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 30 Apr 2012 at 13:18:04 (UTC)

Hi, I'm still a crab.
Reason
File was nominated here for delisting based on its non-usage. A discussion regarding its usage in the article on the species just finished, and the consensus was that doesn't add enough new information to include it in the article. Since it's not in any article, we need to have a delist vote on it.
Articles this image appears in
Nothing; formerly Pachygrapsus_marmoratus
Previous nomination/s
FP nom; Delist nom
Nominator
Clegs (engage in rational discourse)

Delisted --Makeemlighter (talk) 00:04, 2 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 7 May 2012 at 16:18:18 (UTC)

A Bad Hoss (1904) by Charles Marion Russell
Reason
Procedural nomination: no longer used in any articles. Removed from Cowboy in this edit with the reasoning that it was not relevant to the section it was in. Removed from Charles Marion Russell only 3 days after its insertion.
Articles this image appears in
none; was: Cowboy, Charles Marion Russell
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Charles Marion Russell - A bad hoss (1904).jpg
Nominator
howcheng {chat}

Delisted --Makeemlighter (talk) 20:24, 12 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 31 May 2012 at 04:40:06 (UTC)

An osprey, by NASA
Reason
Terrible, terrible, terrible technical quality.
Articles this image appears in
Dozens, but not Osprey or a species article
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Osprey
Nominator
 — Crisco 1492 (talk)

Delisted --Makeemlighter (talk) 20:00, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 31 May 2012 at 09:24:19 (UTC)

Magellanic penguin, by NASA
Reason
Blown highlights, lack of use
Articles this image appears in
Supraorbital gland, List of birds of Chile
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Magellanic penguin
Nominator
 — Crisco 1492 (talk)

Delisted --Makeemlighter (talk) 16:25, 2 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 10 Jun 2012 at 06:24:21 (UTC)

Golden Gate Bridge at night
Reason
I wouldn't say this is an obvious delist, but I'm taking this opportunity, on the 75th anniversary of the bridge's opening, to nominate this image for delisting as I just don't think the quality is very good. Interestingly, the same was said during its nomination seven years ago, but its technically challenging nature seemed to override that. I imagine standards have gone up since then, and having seen other photos of the Golden Gate Bridge taken during less-the-ideal lighting times (e.g. before dawn) this doesn't seem to meet the expectations for a featured picture. Maybe the best night photo we have, but I feel this is quite distant from the best we can do and its difficulty shouldn't outweigh its quality deficiencies.
Articles this image appears in
Golden Gate Bridge
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Ggb by night.jpg
Nominator
-- tariqabjotu

Delisted --Makeemlighter (talk) 18:13, 10 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 1 Jun 2012 at 02:10:13 (UTC)

Reason
I nominated this for deletion a while ago for copyright reasons, but you know Commons: it could be months. I think we should go ahead and delist it. In addition to the copyright problem (which is that there's no evidence that the underlying painting is free, just the digitization), EV seems low to me: it was originally supported in part based on its use in Greencastle, County Donegal, but it hasn't been used there in some years.
Articles this image appears in
Sheila McClean
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/GreencastleHarbour 2004 SeanMcClean
Nominator
Chick Bowen

Suspended pending resolution of deletion nomination. Makeemlighter (talk) 22:02, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delisted

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 29 Jun 2012 at 16:19:08 (UTC)

Possibly the wrong species
Reason
First time around, we ran out time after trying to determine if this was a picture of the correct species or not. The conclusion was that it might be, but it wasn't 100% certain. Without a definitive species identification, then it by definition it should be delisted. Regardless, it's still not in any articles, and Melo aethiopica is a one-line stub with a large infobox and three images, so there's not really any room there.
Articles this image appears in
None (was: Melo aethiopica)
Previous nomination/s
FPC nomination: Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Melo aethiopica 001.jpg
First delist nomination: Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/File:Melo aethiopica 001.jpg
Nominator
howcheng {chat}

Delisted --Makeemlighter (talk) 00:52, 3 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  • Yes, I participated in this discussion. And yes, the five delist minimum has not been met. But this image is still not used in article space. This is the most important criterion for FP, so this image must be delisted. Makeemlighter (talk) 00:52, 3 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 14 Sep 2012 at 14:01:14 (UTC)

Charlie Day, a European American trader's son, costumed as a God Impersonator, in ceremonial dress including mask and body paint, c.1904
Reason
Image is no longer used in the corresponding article, and the article doesn't mention the relevance of the image or the depicted costume. EV is further called into question due to the fact that the photo appears to be unauthentic. According to Pinney, Christopher; Peterson, Nicolas (2003). Photography's Other Histories. Duke University Press.:

Research into an early trading family's unpublished photographic archive revealed that Curtis's masked Navajo were often phony - they were actually photographs of a European-American trader's son in Navajo gear! ... Curtis's turn-of-the century project was motivated by a nostalgic concern for the "vanishing race."

There's also an anonymous comment on the file talk page stating that it is culturally insensitive.
Articles this image appears in
History of painting; used to be in Navajo people
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Navajo man in ceremonial dress
Nominator
Paul_012 (talk)

Delisted --Makeemlighter (talk) 02:51, 15 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 8 Oct 2012 at 20:50:36 (UTC)

Nearly Full Moon view from earth.
Reason
No longer the best picture available. To be replaced by this nomination. No need for two Featured Pictures of the same thing.
Articles this image appears in
Used only in Template:The Moon (as far as a I know. I'll be checking all links.)
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Full Moon
Nominator
Dusty777

Delisted --Makeemlighter (talk) 00:59, 22 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 28 Nov 2012 at 00:01:52 (UTC)

Panorama of Château de Chambord, France.
Reason
Not in use in the article any more. Superseded by the picture nominated here.
Articles this image appears in
None
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Chambord pano.jpg
Nominator
J Milburn (talk)

Delisted --Julia\talk 19:47, 29 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]


Other

[edit]