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Featured picture candidates

Featured picture candidates are images that the community will vote on, to determine whether or not they will be highlighted as some of the finest on Commons. This page lists the candidates to become featured pictures. The picture of the day images are selected from featured pictures.

Old candidates for Featured pictures are listed here. There are also chronological lists of featured pictures: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and current month.

For another overview of our finest pictures, take a look at our annual picture of the year election.

Formal things

Nominating

Guidelines for nominators

Please read the complete guidelines before nominating.

This is a summary of what to look for when submitting and reviewing FP candidates:

  • Licensing – Images licensed with solely "GFDL" or "GFDL and an NC-only license" are not acceptable due the restrictions placed on re-use by these licenses.
  • Resolution – Raster images of lower resolution than 2 million pixels (pixels, not bytes) are typically rejected unless there are strong mitigating reasons. This does not apply to vector graphics (SVGs).
    • Graphics on Commons are not only viewed on conventional computer screens. They may be used in high-resolution print versions, and the images may be cropped to focus on portions of the image. See Commons:Why we need high resolution media for more information.
  • Scans – While not official policy, Help:Scanning provides advice on the preparation of various types of images that may be useful.
  • General quality – pictures being nominated should be of high technical quality.
  • Digital manipulations must not deceive the viewer. Digital manipulation for the purpose of correcting flaws in an image is generally acceptable, provided it is limited, well-done, and not intended to deceive.
    • For photographs, typical acceptable manipulations include cropping, perspective correction, sharpening/blurring, and color/exposure correction. More extensive manipulations, such as removal of distracting background elements, should be clearly described in the image text, by means of the {{Retouched picture}} template. Undescribed or mis-described manipulations which cause the main subject to be misrepresented are never acceptable. For images made from more than one photo, you can use the {{Panorama}} or {{Focus stacked image}} templates.
    • For historic images, acceptable manipulations might include digitally fixing rips, removal of stains, cleanup of dirt, and, for mass-produced artworks such as engravings, removal of flaws inherent to the particular reproduction, such as over-inking. Careful color adjustments may be used to bring out the original work from the signs of ageing, though care should be taken to restore a natural appearance. The original artistic intent should be considered when deciding whether it is appropriate to make a change. Edits to historic material should be documented in detail within the file description, and an unedited version should be uploaded and cross linked for comparison.
  • Value – our main goal is to feature most valuable pictures from all others. Pictures should be in some way special, so please be aware that:
    • almost all sunsets are aesthetically pleasing, and most such pictures are not in essence different from others,
    • night-shots are pretty but normally more details can be shown on pictures taken at daytime,
    • beautiful does not always mean valuable.
Artworks, illustrations, and historical documents

There are many different types of non-photographic media, including engravings, watercolors, paintings, etchings, and various others. Hence, it is difficult to set hard-and-fast guidelines. However, generally speaking, works can be divided into three types: Those that can be scanned, those that must be photographed, and those specifically created to illustrate a subject.

Works that must be photographed include most paintings, sculptures, works too delicate or too unique to allow them to be put on a scanner, and so on. For these, the requirements for photography, below, may be mostly followed; however, it should be noted that photographs which cut off part of the original painting are generally not considered featurable.

Works that may be scanned include most works created by processes that allow for mass distribution − for instance, illustrations published with novels. For these, it is generally accepted that a certain amount of extra manipulation is permissible to remove flaws inherent to one copy of the work, since the particular copy – of which hundreds, or even thousands of copies also exist – is not so important as the work itself.

Works created to serve a purpose include diagrams, scientific illustrations, and demonstrations of contemporary artistic styles. For these, the main requirement is that they serve their purpose well.

Provided the reproduction is of high quality, an artwork generally only needs one of the following four things to be featurable:

  • Notable in its own right: Works by major artists, or works that are otherwise notable, such as the subjects of a controversy.
  • Of high artistic merit: Works which, while not particularly well known, are nonetheless wonderful examples of their particular type or school of art.
  • Of high historic merit: The historical method values very early illustrations of scenes and events over later ones. Hence, a work of poor quality depicting a contemporaneous historical event can be nonetheless important, even if the artistic merit is relatively low. Likewise, scans or photographs of important documents – which may not be at all artistic – nonetheless may be highly valuable if the documents are historically significant. The reason for the image's historical importance should be briefly stated in the nomination, for those reviewers unfamiliar with the subject.
  • Of high illustrative merit: Works that illustrate or help explain notable subjects, for instance, illustrations of books, scientific subjects, or technical processes. The amount of artistic merit required for these will vary by subject, but, for instance, an illustration that makes the working of a complicated piece of machinery very clear need not be notable as a piece of artwork as well, whereas an illustration for a book might well be expected to reach much higher artistic standards.

Digital restorations must also be well documented. An unedited version of the image should be uploaded locally, when possible, and cross-linked from the file description page. Edit notes should be specified in detail, such as "Rotated and cropped. Dirt, scratches, and stains removed. Histogram adjusted and colors balanced."

Photographs

On the technical side, we have focus, exposure, composition, movement control and depth of field.

  • Focus – every important object in the picture should normally be sharp.
  • Exposure refers to the shutter diaphragm combination that renders an image with a tonal curve that ideally is able to represent in acceptable detail shadows and highlights within the image. This is called latitude. Images can be on the low side of the tonal curve (low range), the middle (middle range) or high side (upper range). Lack of shadow detail is not necessarily a negative characteristic. In fact, it can be part of the desired effect. Burned highlights in large areas are a distracting element.
  • Composition refers to the arrangement of the elements within the image. The "Rule of thirds" is one useful guideline. Horizons should almost never be placed in the middle, where they "cut" the image in half. Often, a horizon creating a top or bottom third of the space works better. The main idea is to use space to create a dynamic image.
    • Foreground and background – foreground and background objects may be distracting. You should check that something in front of the subject doesn't hide important elements and that something in background doesn't spoil the composition (for example that the streetlight doesn't "stand" on someone's head).
  • Movement control refers to the manner in which motion is represented in the image. Motion can be frozen or blurred. Neither one is better than the other. It is the intention of representation. Movement is relative within the objects of the image. For example, photographing a race car that appears frozen in relation to the background does not give us a sense of speed or motion, so technique dictates to represent the car in a frozen manner but with a blurred background, thus creating the sense of motion, this is called "panning". On the other hand, representing a basketball player in a high jump frozen in relation to everything else, due to the "unnatural" nature of the pose would be a good photograph.
  • Depth of field (DOF) refers to the area in focus in front of and beyond main subject. Depth of field is chosen according to the specific needs of every picture. Large or small DOF can either way add or subtract to the quality of the image. Low depth of field can be used to bring attention to the main subject, separating it from the general environment. High depth of field can be used to emphasize space. Short focal length lenses (wide angles) yield large DOF, and vice versa, long focal lenses (telephotos) have shallow DOF. Small apertures yield large DOF and conversely, large apertures yield shallow DOF.

On the graphic elements we have shape, volume, color, texture, perspective, balance, proportion, noise, etc.

  • Shape refers to the contour of the main subjects.
  • Volume refers to the three dimensional quality of the object. This is accomplished using side light. Contrary to general belief, front lighting is not the best light. It tends to flatten subject. Best light of day is early morning or late afternoon.
  • Color is important. Oversaturated colors are not good.
  • Texture refers to the quality of the surface of the subject. It is enhanced by side lighting… it is the "feel" to the touch.
  • Perspective refers to the "angle" accompanied by lines that disappear into a vanishing point that may or may not be inside the image.
  • Balance refers to the arrangement of subjects within the image that can either give equal weight or appear to be heavier on one side.
  • Proportion refers to the relation of size of objects in picture. Generally, we tend to represent small objects small in relation to others, but a good technique is to represent small objects large contrary to natural size relationship. For example, a small flower is given preponderance over a large mountain…. This is called inversion of scales.
Not all elements must be present. Some photographs can be judged on individual characteristics, that is, an image can be about color or texture, or color AND texture, etc.
  • Noise refers to unwanted corruption of color brightness and quality and can be caused by underexposure. It is not a desirable quality and can be grounds for opposition.
  • Symbolic meaning or relevance … Opinion wars can begin here … A bad picture of a very difficult subject is better than a good picture of an ordinary subject. A good picture of a difficult subject is an extraordinary photograph.
Images can be culturally biased by the photographer and/or the observer. The meaning of the image should be judged according to the cultural context of the image, not by the cultural context of the observer. An image "speaks" to people, and it has the capacity to evoke emotion such as tenderness, rage, rejection, happiness, sadness, etc. Good photographs are not limited to evoking pleasant sensations …

You will maximise the chances of your nominations succeeding if you read the complete guidelines before nominating.

Video and audio

Please nominate videos, sounds, music, etc. at Commons:Featured media candidates.

Set nominations

If a group of images are thematically connected in a direct and obvious way, they can be nominated together as a set. A set should fall under one of the following types:

  • Faithful digital reproductions of works notable in their own right, which the original author clearly intended to be viewed as a set. Examples: pages in a pamphlet, crops (puzzle pieces) of a prohibitively large scan, a pair of pendant paintings. Not acceptable: Arbitrary selection of sample works by an artist.
  • A sequence of images showing the passage of time. They could depict frames of a moving/changing object or a static object during different times of day or different seasons. Examples: diagrams illustrating a process, steps of a dance, metamorphosis of an insect, maps/drawings/photos of the same subject over the years (frame of view should be more or less the same).
  • A group of images depicting the same subject from different viewpoints, preferably taken under the same lighting conditions when possible. Examples: Exterior and interior of a building, different facades of a building, different interior views, obverse and inverse of a banknote/coin. Not acceptable: A selection of different rooms in a skyscraper, the facade of a church plus an organ, any images of fundamentally different scopes.
  • A group of images which show all possible variations of a particular class of object. Examples: Male and female versions of an animal (preferably in the same setting), all known species of a genus. Not acceptable: A few breeds of cats (unless they share a defining characteristic and represent all possible examples of that).


Adding a new nomination

If you believe that you have found or created an image that could be considered valuable, with appropriate name, quality, image description, categories and licensing, then do the following.

Step 1: copy the image name into this box, after the text already present in the box, for example, Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Your image filename.jpg. Then click on the "create new nomination" button.

All single files:

For renominations, simply add /2 after the filename. For example, Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Foo.jpg/2

All set nomination pages should begin "Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/", e.g. "Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/My Nomination".


Step 2: follow the instructions on the page that you are taken to, and save that page.

Step 3: manually insert a link to the created page at the top of Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list: Click here, and add the following line to the TOP of the nominations list:

{{Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Your image filename.jpg}}

Galleries and FP categories: Please add a gallery page and section heading from the list at Commons FP galleries. Write the code as Page name#Section heading. For example: Commons:Featured pictures/Sports#Individual sports An image will only appear ONE time in the galleries. After a successful nomination, the image can be placed in several of the Featured pictures categories.

Optional: if you are not the creator of the image, please notify them using {{subst:FPC-notice|Your image filename.jpg}} -- ~~~~.

Note: Do not add an 'Alternative' image when you create a nomination. Selecting the best image is part of the nomination process. Alternatives are for a different crop or post-processing of the original image, or a closely related image from the same photo session (limited to 1 per nomination), if they are suggested by voters.

Voting

Editors whose accounts have at least 10 days and 50 edits can vote. Everybody can vote for their own nominations. Anonymous (IP) votes are not allowed.

You may use the following templates:

  • {{Support}} ( Support),
  • {{Oppose}} ( Oppose),
  • {{Neutral}} ( Neutral),
  • {{Comment}} ( Comment),
  • {{Info}} ( Info),
  • {{Question}} ( Question),
  • {{Request}} ( Request).

You may indicate that the image has no chance of success with the template {{FPX|reason - ~~~~}}, where reason explains why the image is clearly unacceptable as a FP. The template can only be used when there are no support votes other than the one from the nominator.

A well-written review helps participants (photographers, nominators and reviewers) improve their skills by providing insight into the strengths and weaknesses of a picture. Explain your reasoning, especially when opposing a candidate (which has been carefully selected by the author/nominator). English is the most widely understood language on Commons, but any language may be used in your review. A helpful review will often reference one or more of the criteria listed above.

Unhelpful reasons for opposing include:

  • No reason
  • "I don't like it" and other empty assessments
  • "You can do better" and other criticisms of the author/nominator rather than the image

Remember also to put your signature (~~~~).

Over time, featured picture standards change. It may be decided that for some pictures which were formerly "good enough", this is no longer the case. This is for listing an image which you believe no longer deserves to be a featured picture. For these, vote:

Text to use Displays as Meaning
{{Keep}}  Keep It deserves to remain a featured picture.
{{Delist}}  Delist It does not deserve to be a featured picture anymore.

This can also be used for cases in which a previous version of an image was promoted to FP, but a newer version of the image has been made and is believed to be superior to the old version, e.g. a newly edited version of a photo or a new scan of a historical image. In particular, it is not intended for replacing older photos of a particular subject with newer photos of the same subject, or in any other case where the current FP and the proposed replacement are essentially different images. For these nominations, vote:

Text to use Displays as Meaning
{{Keep}}  Keep Do not replace the old image with the new image as a FP.
{{Delistandreplace}}  Delist and replace Replace the current FP with the proposed replacement.

If you believe that some picture no longer meets the criteria for FP, you can nominate it for delisting, copying the image name into this box, after the text already present in the box:


In the new delisting nomination page just created you should include:

  • Information on the origin of the image (creator, uploader);
  • A link to the original FP nomination (it will appear under "Links" on the image description page);
  • Your reasons for nominating the image and your username.

After that, you have to manually insert a link to the created page at the top of Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list.

As a courtesy, leave an informative note on the talk page(s) of the original creator, uploader(s), and nominator with a link to the delisting candidate. {{subst:FPC-notice-removal}} can be used for this purpose.

General rules

  1. The voting period is 9 complete days counted from the nomination. After the end of this period the result will be determined. Votes added on day 10 and after are not counted.
  2. Nominations by anonymous contributors are welcome.
  3. Contributions to discussion by anonymous contributors are welcome.
  4. Only registered contributors whose Commons accounts have at least 10 days and 50 edits can vote. Exception: registered users can always vote in their own nominations no matter the account age and number of edits.
  5. Nominations do not count as votes. Support must be explicitly stated.
  6. Nominators and authors can withdraw their nominated pictures at any time. This is done by adding the following template: {{Withdraw}} ~~~~. Also, remember that if more than one version is nominated, you should explicitly state which version you are withdrawing.
  7. Remember, the goal of the Wikimedia Commons project is to provide a central repository for free images to be used by all Wikimedia projects, including possible future projects. This is not simply a repository for Wikipedia images, so images should not be judged here on their suitability for that project.
  8. Rules of the 5th day based on vote counts on day number 5 (day of nomination + 5):
    1. Pictures are speedy declined if they have fewer than two support votes.
    2. Pictures are speedy promoted if they have 10 support votes or more and no oppose votes. (Note that if it takes more than five days to reach this threshold, the picture can be promoted as soon as it is reached.) This does not apply to nominations containing at least one ‘Alternative’ image – because it is possible that another image can overtake the one in the lead during the last days, such nominations are never closed early.
    3. Once either speedy criterion is reached, the voting period is considered closed, and no more votes may be added.
  9. Pictures tagged {{FPX}} may be removed from the list 24 hours after the tag was applied, provided there are no support votes other than that of the nominator.
  10. Pictures tagged {{FPD}} (FP-Denied) may be removed from the list 24 hours after the tag was applied.
  11. Only two active nominations by the same user (that is, nominations under review and not yet closed) are allowed. The main purpose of this measure is to contribute to a better average quality of nominations, by driving nominators/creators to choose carefully the pictures presented to the forum.

Featuring and delisting rules

A candidate will become a featured picture in compliance with following conditions:

  1. Appropriate license (of course)
  2. At least seven  Support votes (or 7  Delist votes for a delist) at the end of nine days
  3. Ratio of supporting/opposing votes at least 2/1 (a two-thirds majority); same for delist/keep votes
  4. Two different versions of the same picture cannot both be featured, but only the one with higher level of support, as determined by the closer. Whenever the closer is not sure which version has consensus to be featured, they should attempt to contact the voters to clarify their opinions if not clear from the nomination page.
  5. Only two active delisting nominations per user, which is in addition to the limit of two active regular nominations.

The delisting rules are the same as those for FPs, with voting taking place over the same time period. The rule of the 5th day is applied to delisting candidates that have received no votes to delist, other than that of the proposer, by day 5.

The FPCBot handles the vote counting and closing in most cases, current exceptions are candidates containing multiple versions of the image as well as FPXed and withdrawn nominations. Any experienced user may close the requests not handled by the bot. For instructions on how to close nominations, see Commons:Featured picture candidates/What to do after voting is finished. Also note that there is a manual review stage between when the bot has counted the votes and before the nomination is finally closed by the bot; this manual review can be done by any user familiar with the voting rules.

Above all, be polite

Please don't forget that the image you are judging is somebody's work. Avoid using phrases like "it looks terrible" and "I hate it". If you must oppose, please do so with consideration. Also remember that your command of English might not be the same as someone else's. Choose your words with care.

Happy judging… and remember… all rules can be broken.

See also

Table of contents

List may contain works considered Not Safe for Work (nudity).

Nominators are requested, out of courtesy, to include the {{Nsfw}} template with such images. Users may select the gadget in user preferences "Deferred display of images tagged with {{Nsfw}} on COM:FPC" to enable the template's effect of hiding the image until selected.

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File:VitorJubini DunasdeItaunas ConceicaodaBarra ES (40154690824).jpg

Voting period ends on 8 Oct 2025 at 01:18:53 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Silhouettes of tourists during sunset at the Itaúnas State Park, Conceição da Barra, Espírito Santo, Brazil

File:VitorJubini GrutadoLimoeiro Castelo ES08 (39816612330).jpg

Voting period ends on 8 Oct 2025 at 01:07:04 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Interior of the Gruta do Limoeiro (Portuguese for Lemon Tree Cave), Castelo, Espírito Santo, Brazil

File:006 Toco toucan in Encontro das Águas State Park Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg

Voting period ends on 7 Oct 2025 at 21:34:59 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Toco toucan in Encontro das Águas State Park

File:Castle Katz - 1.jpg

Voting period ends on 7 Oct 2025 at 20:32:09 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Castle Katz / Sankt Goarshausen

File:Bayerische-Staatskanzlei-München-vom-Hofgarten-Gewitter-2025.jpg

Voting period ends on 7 Oct 2025 at 15:50:14 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Bavarian State Chancellery just before a thunderstorm sets in
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture/Exteriors/Germany#Munich
  •  Info Bavarian State Chancellery in Munich minutes before a thunderstorm sets in
  •  Info all by me -- Tuxyso (talk) 15:50, 28 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Tuxyso (talk) 15:50, 28 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose While the image quality is excellent and the subject and mood are nice, I'm not sure an off-centre composition was the right choice here, and I don't think the people add to the scene, particularly as they are carrying mobile phones and plastic bottles so they can't really be said to add to the composition. We have two |existing FPs of this subject. Though, rather confusingly, even though the pictures are both by the same author, one is in the Architecture/Exteriors gallery and one is in Architecture/Castles and fortifications. Which I guess links to my concerns here about how inconsistently these pages are actually categorised. Cmao20 (talk) 20:58, 28 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks for the review. Imho the first existing FP has unfavorable light, because the main building is in shadow. The second one is a remarkable different composition. Indepedently what the group of people do have in their hands, all of them are looking or pointing at the main motif and support the overall composition. —Tuxyso (talk) 23:45, 28 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Aerial View of Peaks of Khumbu, Ngozumpa Glacier and Gokyo Lakes (crop).jpg

Voting period ends on 7 Oct 2025 at 12:35:15 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Aerial View of Peaks of Khumbu, Ngozumpa Glacier and Gokyo Lakes

File:Khangsar Mountains View Lahaul Jul16 D32 13398.jpg

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Khangsar village, HP, India

File:Helfenstein 2025 I.jpg

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The highest and easternmost of the Helfensteine on the Dörnberg

File:Црква „Св. Никола“ - Буриловци.jpg

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The medieval Saint Nicholas Church in the village of Burilovci

File:2025-09-20 D500-0784 Achim-Lammerts Rechtenbach-Protestantische-Pfarrkirche-Rheinebene.jpg

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View of Rechtenbach in the Southern Palatinate with the surrounding vineyards. In the background, across the Rhine valley, you can see the mountains of the Black Forest. In the foreground, on the outskirts of the village, stands the Protestant parish church (formerly St. Mary's).
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured_pictures/Places/Settlements#Germany
  •  Info View of Rechtenbach in the Southern Palatinate with the surrounding vineyards. In the background, across the Rhine valley, you can see the mountains of the Black Forest. In the foreground, on the outskirts of the village, stands the Protestant parish church (formerly St. Mary's). Created, uploaded and nominated by Syntaxys (talk) 06:36, 28 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Abstain as author -- Syntaxys (talk) 06:36, 28 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment I'm still considering it. It's a very beautiful scene and exceptionally clear. The lighting is rather unfavorable for the church and the Black Forest, as they're in shadow. A few hours later might have been better. --Milseburg (talk) 10:10, 28 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you very much for your review. I took the photo a few days ago at 3:30 p.m. CEST, when the sun is already a little lower in the sky at this time of year, as you can see from the shadows. Sunset that day was at 7:30 p.m., and because the hills of the Palatinate Forest begin right behind me, the village would probably have been in shadow much earlier. Two hours later, the picture would certainly have been different, but what it would have been like is anyone's guess – it turned out the way it did.
    According to the simulation by https://www.suncalc.org/, this side of the church is only in sunlight early in the morning at the given date. --Syntaxys (talk) 11:56, 28 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support I like the lighting to be honest. Good quality and composition Cmao20 (talk) 13:49, 28 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Apart from the lighting the compo isn't working for me. Too cluttered. The path is always a nice option to make it interesting, but it's too short/cropped, the church is partially obscured and centered. I'd have tried to place the church on the left and show more of that path. Poco a poco (talk) 13:52, 28 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support I like the chosen viewpoint as it depicts the fact that the church has been founded on higher ground than the village itself thus gives it a more dominant character. Virtual-Pano (talk) 21:44, 28 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:V-P 08411 Altenberg cathedral stained-glass window western facade.jpg

Voting period ends on 6 Oct 2025 at 21:00:27 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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File:Pez payaso de cola amarilla (Amphiprion clarkii) en una anémona magnífica (Heteractis magnifica), islas Ad Dimaniyat, Omán, 2024-08-16, DD 76.jpg

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Clark's anemonefish​ (Amphiprion clarkii) in a magnificent sea anemone (Heteractis magnifica), Ad Dimaniyat Islands, Oman

Image:Schlachthof Crimmitschau.jpg

Voting period ends on 6 Oct 2025 at 12:09:31 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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The photo shows the old municipal slaughterhouse in a saxony smalltown Crimmitschau

The image is a Streetline panorama and was created from 24 individual photos. What makes it special is that it is a linear panorama due to the short shooting distance. This cannot be easily created using stitching software, but must be corrected in a complex manual process (further information here) created by Je-str (talk) 12:09, 27 September 2025 (UTC)| – uploaded by Je-str (talk) 12:09, 27 September 2025 (UTC)| – nominated by Je-str -- Je-str (talk) 12:09, 27 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  •  Neutral It's absolutely fantastic that you went to the trouble of showing the overall view of a building, which you wouldn't normally get in this way. However, the compromises in composition regarding the doubling and corrections in the background seem quite significant to me. --Milseburg (talk) 10:17, 28 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • weak  Support The sky could definitely use more work, but otherwise very good to me. --UnpetitproleX (Talk) 12:43, 28 September 2025 (UTC) Better now --UnpetitproleX (Talk) 23:29, 28 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment I think this is a really interesting effort and a great subject but I'd like you to check the pavement because it does seem to undulate up and down, I'd like to be sure that's a feature of the original images rather than being caused by improper stitching. Cmao20 (talk) 13:32, 28 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@ Cmao20: Indeed the road and sidewalk were last completely repaired in 2005. This is evident from the numerous repairs and patches. Je-str (talk) 19:43, 28 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Bologna - Basilica di San Petronio - Crocifisso dell'Altare Maggiore - HDR - GT 04 - 2025-09-27 12-42-25 001.jpg

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Crucifix of Basilica of San Petronio, Bologna.

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SHORT DESCRIPTION

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"White Sandstone Mountains" erosion formations near Gerakas Beach, Zakynthos
  •  Comment Yeah, you are correct, the grain size of the particles here is less than on the common definition of sand. That is why I put the name of the formations under quotation marks, as it is not technically correct. Same thing with the size of the cliffs, they are rather small to be mountains - that is why I took the photo with the person: it works as a scale. —kallerna (talk) 18:05, 28 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Pez mariposa arábigo (Chaetodon melapterus), islas Ad Dimaniyat, Omán, 2024-08-13, DD 77.jpg

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Jewish cemetery in Żory (Sohrau), Silesia

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View up to the sky at the courtyard of the Palais Erdödy-Fürstenberg in Vienna, Austria

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Pulkau altar piece

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Interior of the Saint Dominic church in Viana do Castelo, Viana do Castelo district, Portugal

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Cloister of the abbey in Saint-Papoul, Aude, France

File:Победник, Београд (The Victor, Belgrade, Serbia).jpg

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Statue of "The Victor", Belgrade in "Fujifilm Velvia" colors.
  •  Comment True. Its done by me in software, but it was not hard to capture Velvia colors, i used it and still do on film camera. Actually Velvia is done for Asian market, they say Asians (perhaps Laitche can say more) see this colors different than Caucausian. It would be hard to climb with 6×6, its some 15-20 m above the ground. What i miss is 2×, 3× zoom, which i might try with tieing smartphone to DJI. Yes, Velvia make more cinematic look. --Mile (talk) 08:28, 26 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Sunrise over the river Selbitz in the Höllental, Franconian Forest, Germany

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The Prophet David - Girolamo Lombardo

File:Red ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra) head.jpg

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Red ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra)

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Flehingen castle, Germany

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Melania Trump’s official portrait
  • Strong  Oppose. I like the composition, but it's got some artifacts and those strange blurry spots mentioned earlier. There has also been some poor erasing at the top of the head. The person depicted also has what looks to me like a vengeful look. Very bad energy, really dislike this picture. --Micha (talk) 20:15, 26 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Finnish singer and filmmaker Anna Eriksson.

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Organ of Eggenburg parish church

File:095 Vermilion flycatcher in Encontro das Águas State Park Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg

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Vermilion flycatcher in Encontro das Águas State Park

File:Felice Beato - Interior of the Angle of Taku North Fort Immediately After Its Capture by Storm - Google Art Project.jpg

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Interior of the Angle of Taku North Fort Immediately After Its Capture

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The Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

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Nativity of the Theotokos Church of the Kališta Monastery

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Bingen Toll Tower

File:Сава центар конгресна соба (Sava Center, convention room).jpg

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Sava Center, convention room

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Ra Gusela (2595 m) seen from Giau Pass

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Isterdalen from above

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Gimsøystraumen Bridge

File:20250412 Aussegnungshalle Friedhof Obermenzing 02.jpg

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The cemetery gate and funeral hall of the cemetery Obermenzing, Munich, Germany

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Giant otter eating a fish in Encontro das Águas State Park
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Result: 26 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 21:15, 28 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Mammals/Carnivora#Family : Mustelidae (Mustelids)

Image:2025-09-17 D850-0006 Achim-Lammerts Esslingen-(Neckar)-Marktplatz-St-Dionys.jpg

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The town church of St. Dionysius and the market square in Esslingen (Neckar).

File:Aerial image of Château de Villandry (view from the southeast).jpg

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Aerial image of Château de Villandry and its unique gardens
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured_pictures/Places/Architecture/Castles and fortifications#France
  •  Info Aerial image of Château de Villandry and its unique gardens; created, uploaded and nominated by Carsten Steger -- Carsten Steger (talk) 06:52, 23 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Carsten Steger (talk) 06:52, 23 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Weak oppose It's a nice image but there just isn't a wow factor for me – I think the residential area on the left kinda ruins it for me. :( --SHB2000 (talk) 22:33, 23 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Nice drone shot with a good composition, though the light could be better Cmao20 (talk) 00:51, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --S. DÉNIEL (talk) 14:18, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Low detail, disturbing non horizontal lines, part of the park obscured but the forest, highlights and dark areas can be improved. I think that this subject shouts for a shot from the above (centered) Poco a poco (talk) 14:47, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Comment Thank you for your review. I aligned the image so that the parallel structures in the gardens appear horizontal in the image. I was also wondering about the alignment of the uppermost edges of the uppermost three flower beds until I looked at Google maps and realized that they are not rectangular. The ground plan of the entire garden is somewhat irregular. Other lines that appear to be non-norizontal to you may be caused by slopes in the gardes, for example hedges on ramps or staircases. I agree that a minisucle part of the gardens is obscured by the forest — basically a part of the hedge at the southern end of the gardens. The corresponding parts of the garden that are framed by this hedge are depicted almost completely. --Carsten Steger (talk) 16:00, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      •  Comment Your comment about the drone photo piqued my curiosity. The maximum drone flying height in France is 120 m above ground level. The extents of the château's grounds are approximately 400 m × 340 m. This means that the drone's camera would have to have a field of view of approximately 120° × 110° — the equivalent of a 10 mm lens for a 36 mm × 24 mm camera sensor. There are drones that have a camera with a 120° field of view along the horizontal image axis. However, if I assume a 16:9 aspect ratio (or even a 4:3 aspect ratio), the château's grounds would probably be a bit too large to fit into the frame. Even if they would, the perspective distortions of anything that is non-planar, such as any building on the château's grounds or the higher parts on its east and south sides, would be enormous. I'm not sure whether this wouldn't create more visually displeasing effects than it would solve. --Carsten Steger (talk) 18:17, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 16:58, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Excellent documentation and a really fascinating view for everybody who appreciates classic garden design. Carsten is obviously right that it is impossible to take a perfectly aligned photo because the ground plan of the garden itself is somewhat irregular; and the houses at the left do not distract, it’s not an ugly modern residential area, but a likeable old hamlet. The light is a bit harsh and the white balance a bit cold, but in the end this is a matter of taste. – Aristeas (talk) 18:15, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:ND-05456 Linde vor der Kapelle 4-2025 (7).jpg

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"Lime tree in front of the chapel" natural monument

File:Life preserver on post, Leamington Harbour, Leamington, Ontario, 2025-08-02.jpg

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A life preserver on a wooden post at Leamington Harbour

File:Dublin Trinity College BW 2025-09-09 12-33-20.jpg

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SHORT DESCRIPTION

File:Purple Sunbird in Bhigwan August 2025 by Tisha Mukherjee 01.jpg

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Cinnyris asiaticus (Purple Sunbird)

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Sun striking through the clouds over Guaiba river

File:Oliver's Wharf 2022-10-11.jpg

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Oliver's Wharf
Thank you for such a detailed analysis! I agree it could be bigger; wish I had a longer lens with me that day. --The Cosmonaut (talk) 15:38, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Trilogie "Hexentanz" -- 2025.jpg

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Photographic art “Witches’ Dance Trilogy” (based on a view of the buoys at the buoy yard), Norderney, Lower Saxony, Germany
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Photo_techniques/Styles_and_Techniques#Photo art
  •  Info created and uploaded and nominated by XRay -- XRay 💬 17:07, 20 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Info Admittedly, I thought long and hard before nominating the photo, or rather the composition of photos. Should I nominate a single photo? Or all three as a set? In the end, I chose the image that combines all the photos. This way, the photo series is complete and arranged exactly as I imagined it. It is certainly an unusual nomination. --XRay 💬 17:07, 20 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- XRay 💬 17:07, 20 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 19:53, 20 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Great. A touchstone for critics. You either love it or hate it. ;–) – Aristeas (talk) 10:02, 21 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment I don't know if Commons is the correct forum for amateur art. —kallerna (talk) 11:22, 21 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Or is it just that only some amateur art is correct on Commons? Make it cute and it will be accepted, anything else is frowned upon. --Cart (talk) 13:14, 21 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    kallerna, your last nominations are wonderful landscape photos and have been promoted to FP status with great consent. But they did not appeal to so many people because they were just documentary photos. They got so much applause because they were amateur art, namely excellent artistic landscape photos taken by an amateur. (Or are you a professional photographer with a formal education in photography? Then please take my apology, because in this case your FP candidates were excellent artistic landscape photos taken by a professional.) Of course there are some FPs which are promoted just because of the peculiarity of the subject or because of the difficulty to take them. But most successful FP candidates are good examples of amateur art, namely artistic photographs taken (or artistic graphics created) by amateurs. So in the end the FPC page is a (somewhat special) forum for amateur art, regardless whether we like this or not. – Aristeas (talk) 18:49, 21 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Changed gallery to 'Photo art' since this is a mix of ICM and Montages. --Cart (talk) 13:18, 21 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Great, and yes, of course it is suitable for the project. Cmao20 (talk) 13:56, 21 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose I don't understand what this image represents at all. It's just artistic, with no real relevance to Wikimedia projects, except to illustrate the page of the creator of this image, if it is eligible for inclusion in Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Guy Delsaut (talk • contribs)
    •  Question Why should an image have “no real relevance to Wikimedia projects” just because it is “just artistic”? How would you illustrate an article about (e.g.) Landscape painting without “just artistic” images? I assume you agree that – good – landscape paintings are artistic, don’t you? Or would you disallow to illustrate the article about landscape painting with landscape paintings, just because they are artistic? And Wikipedia is not the only Wikimedia project (although Wikipedians often seem to think so). Think e.g. about Wikibooks. For Wikibooks about artistic techniques, sujets, genres, movements, etc., you certainly need many “just artistic” illustrations. Has “artistic” nowadays become a swear word? Is this the influence of those tasteless tech bros who despise all real artists and art because they think their sloppy AI generated images/music/poetry are even better? – Aristeas (talk) 18:14, 21 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yes, well said, and I'd also point out a couple more things. First, this image could be used to illustrate at least two obvious artistic concepts - triptychs, and intentional camera movement. (Both of which have ENWikipedia articles). Second, I don't think it's even our job on this forum to judge what reusers might use photos for. Commons has long since evolved past the point where it just provides photographs for Wikipedia. We're supposed to be building a library of the best high quality images on the internet available under a free license. What people use the images for is really none of our business as long as it complies with the specified licenses. Cmao20 (talk) 19:15, 21 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support This work clearly illustrates two established artistic concepts - triptychs and intentional camera movement - giving it both encyclopedic and aesthetic value. Commons curates freely usable quality works, not just for Wikipedia. -- Radomianin (talk) 19:22, 21 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment I have often commented on the very narrow focus on Wikipedia. Wikimedia Commons does not do justice to this, because Wikimedia Commons is much more than just a media repository for all the Wikipedias. (And even if you only refer to Wikipedia, it might be helpful to take a look at articles—and their illustrations—on the various photographic techniques.) From using my own photos, I know that Wikimedia Commons is the most important archive of media under a free license for many applications outside the Wikimedia world.
    I also regret that disrespectful language is being used as arguments here – fortunately only by a few individuals – which does not promote cooperation. Photographic art is created using a different photographic technique, whereby the zoom effect, for example, has been known for a long time. But there is more to it than that. As an aside, I would like to mention that at Wikimedia Commons, pretty much all photos are categorized as works of art: Works of art → Works of art by medium → Photographs.
    In the interest of the Commons community, I would like to appeal to everyone to inform themselves thoroughly about the possibilities of photography (e.g., via en:Category:Photographic techniques) and, above all, to remain objective and polite in their evaluations.
    At this point, and with regard to the comments, I would like to thank everyone who is involved in Wikimedia Commons. (Please overlook any unusual phrasing. I used a translation tool, as my English is rather limited.) --XRay 💬 10:56, 22 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support This is "something else" in the best possible sense. --MB-one (talk) 15:32, 22 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support I appreciate efforts to expand the idea of what constitutes an FP. This is well done. Acroterion (talk) 23:18, 22 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support — Rhododendrites talk |  15:09, 23 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Ermell (talk) 21:51, 23 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support per Acroterion. --Terragio67 (talk) 15:30, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Personally, I have always been impressed by X-Ray's willingness to explore the boundaries of photographic media through borrowing from classical art (i.e., the triptych presentation, minimalism) and uses of purely photographic techniques (deliberate motion blur, as in this case). I for one am working very hard to move beyond the temptation to employ a purely documentarian approach.
I don't agree with the scope argument; as per Commons:Project scope, Commons does not solely serve as a repository for various Wikimedia projects but also provides "public domain and freely-licensed educational media content to all". While our scope does exclude "artwork without obvious educational value, including non-educational artwork uploaded to showcase the artist's skills", that exception does not apply here; X-Ray consistently documents the photographic techniques used, and where necessary provides a detailed overview of the process that would allow the techniques to be reproduced. "Amateur" artwork can be well within scope when it is used to depict a specific style, a genre (the FP File:JackXArik.png, for example, is used to depict the manga genre of yaoi), or a part of a broader whole; this triptych also qualifies. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 14:40, 26 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thank you for your detailed comment. I find it extremely difficult to decide whether a photo should be classified as photographic art or not. Actually, it's not that important. What matters to me is showing others the possibilities of photography and trying out different photographic techniques myself. I find this to be an educational experience. I would also like to mention that, as a lecturer for photography courses at the local adult education center (German: Volkshochschule), I always try to introduce participants to the possibilities of photography. It is important to me to convey the joy of photography. --XRay 💬 14:56, 26 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Maria zu den Ketten - Right side altar 02.jpg

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Crucifixion group, right side altar "Maria im Leid", pilgrimage church Maria zu den Ketten, Zell am Harmersbach, Germany
  • Thank you, that was an improvement but per MB-one still not to strike the oppose vote, sorry. It's also a nice altar, but still there are thousends like this (correct me if I am wrong, I didn't investigate about this particular one) Poco a poco (talk) 14:43, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Pacific double-saddle butterfly fish (Chaetodon ulietensis) Moorea.jpg

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes.Voting period ends on 28 Sep 2025 at 22:42:29 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Pacific double-saddle butterfly fish (Chaetodon ulietensis)
  • Yes, there is a blue cast but my comment refers rather to the level of detail, there is noise everywhere on the fish and the eye e.g. looks overprocessed. I don't understand this level of support. Poco a poco (talk) 14:45, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]


Timetable (day 5 after nomination)

Wed 24 Sep → Mon 29 Sep
Thu 25 Sep → Tue 30 Sep
Fri 26 Sep → Wed 01 Oct
Sat 27 Sep → Thu 02 Oct
Sun 28 Sep → Fri 03 Oct
Mon 29 Sep → Sat 04 Oct

Timetable (day 9 after nomination, last day of voting)

Sat 20 Sep → Mon 29 Sep
Sun 21 Sep → Tue 30 Sep
Mon 22 Sep → Wed 01 Oct
Tue 23 Sep → Thu 02 Oct
Wed 24 Sep → Fri 03 Oct
Thu 25 Sep → Sat 04 Oct
Fri 26 Sep → Sun 05 Oct
Sat 27 Sep → Mon 06 Oct
Sun 28 Sep → Tue 07 Oct
Mon 29 Sep → Wed 08 Oct

The bot

Note that the description below is for manual closure, this is mostly not needed anymore as there exists a bot (FPCBot) that counts the votes and handles the process below. However after the bot has counted the votes a manual review step is used to make sure the count is correct before the bot again picks up the work.

Manual procedure

Any experienced user may close requests.

  1. In Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the candidate image, then [edit].
    Add the result of the voting at the bottom (on a new line with a space first)
    {{FPC-results-reviewed|support=x|oppose=x|neutral=x|featured=("yes" or "no")|gallery=xxx (leave blank if "featured=no")|sig=~~~~}}
     (for example see Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:The Bridge (August 2013).jpg). See also {{FPC-results-reviewed}}.
  2. Also edit the title of the candidate image template and add after the image tag featured or not featured – for example:
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] ===
    becomes
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], featured ===
  3. Save your edit.
  4. If it is featured:
    • Add the picture to the list of the four most recently featured pictures of an appropriate gallery of Commons:Featured pictures, list as the first one and delete the last one, so that the number is four again.
    • Also add the picture to the appropriate gallery and section of Commons:Featured pictures, list. Click on the most appropriate link beneath where you just added it as one of the four images. An image should only appear ONE time in the galleries. After a successful nomination, the image can be placed in several of the Featured pictures categories.
    • Add the template {{Assessments|featured=1}} to the image description page.
      • If it was an alternative image or part of a set nomination, use the com-nom parameter. For example, if File:Foo.jpg was promoted at Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Bar.jpg, use {{Assessments|featured=1|com-nom=Bar.jpg}}
      • If the image is already featured on another Wikipedia, just add featured=1 to the Assessments template. For instance {{Assessments|enwiki=1}} becomes {{Assessments|enwiki=1|featured=1}}
    • Add the picture to the chronological list of featured pictures. Put it in the gallery using this format: File:xxxxx.jpg|# '''Headline'''<br>created by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]], uploaded by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]], nominated by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]]
      • The # should be replaced by 1 for the first image nominated that month, and counts up after that. Have a look at the other noms on that page for examples.
      • You may simplify this if multiple things were done by the same user. E.g.: File:xxxxx.jpg|# '''Headline'''<br>created, uploaded, and nominated by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]]
    • Add == FP promotion ==
      {{FPpromotion|File:XXXXX.jpg}} to the talk page of the nominator. For set nominations, use:
      == Set Promoted to FP ==
      <gallery>
      File:XXXXXX.jpg
      File:XXXXXX.jpg
      </gallery>
      {{FPpromotionSet2|YYYYY}}      , using the names of the set files instead of the XXXXXX and the title of the set instead of YYYYY.
    • Add == FP promotion ==
      {{FPpromotedUploader|File:XXXXX.jpg}} to the talk page of the user who has uploaded the image, if that user is not the same as the nominator.
    • Add == FP promotion ==
      {{FPpromotedCreator|File:XXXXX.jpg}} to the talk page of the creator, if the author is a different Commons user than nominator and uploader.
  5. As the last step (whether the image is featured or not; including {{FPX}}ed, {{FPD}}ed and withdrawn nominations), open Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list, click on [edit], and find the transclusion of the nomination you've just finished closing. It will be of the form:
    {{Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:XXXXX.jpg}}
    Copy it to the bottom of Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/September 2025), save that page, and remove it from the candidate list.

Closing a delisting request

  1. In Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the candidate image, then [edit].
    Add the result of the voting at the bottom (on a new line):
    {{FPC-delist-results-reviewed|delist=x|keep=x|neutral=x|delisted=yes/no|sig=~~~~}}
    (for example see Commons:Featured picture candidates/removal/File:Ensifera ensifera (22271195865).jpg)
  2. Also edit the title of the delisting candidate image template and add after the image tag
    delisted or not delisted
    For example:
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] === becomes === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], delisted ===
  3. Move the actual template from Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list to the bottom of the actual month page on Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/September 2025.
  4. If the outcome was not delisted, stop here. If it is delisted:
    1. Remove the picture from Commons:Featured pictures, list and any subpages.
    2. Edit the picture's description as follows:
      1. In the {{Assessments}} template on the image description page, change featured=1 to featured=2 (do not change anything related to its status in other featured picture processes). If the image description page uses the old {{Featured picture}} template, replace it by {{Assessments|featured=2}}.
      2. Remove the image from all categories beginning with "Featured [pictures]" (example: Featured night photography, Featured pictures from Wiki Loves Monuments 2016, Featured pictures of Paris).
      3. Remove the "Commons quality assessment" claim (P6731) "Wikimedia Commons featured picture" from the picture's Structured data.
    3. Add a delisting-comment to the original entry in chronological list of featured pictures in bold-face, e. g. delisted 2007-07-19 (1-6) with (1-6) meaning 1 keep and 6 delist votes (change as appropriate). The picture must not be removed from the chronological list.
  5. If this is a Delist and Replace, the delisting and promotion must both be done manually. To do the promotion, follow the steps in the above section. Note that the assessment tag on the file page and the promotion tag on the nominator's talk page won't pick up the /replace subpage that these nominations use.

Manual archiving of a withdrawn nomination

  1. In Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the candidate image, then [edit].
    In the occasion that the FPCbot will not mark withdrawn nominations with a "to be reviewed" template and put them in Category:Featured picture candidates awaiting closure review just like if they were on the usual list, put the following "no" template:
    {{FPC-results-reviewed|support=X|oppose=X|neutral=X|featured=no|gallery=|sig=--~~~~}}
  2. Also edit the title of the candidate image template and add after the image tag
    not featured
    For example:
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] ===
    becomes
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], not featured ===
  3. Save your edit.
  4. Open Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list, click on [edit], and find the transclusion of the nomination. It will be of the form:
    {{Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:XXXXX.jpg}}
    Copy it to the bottom of Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/September 2025), save that page, and remove it from the candidate list.
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