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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 in the log pages and in the candidate archives. 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, 2026 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, PDFs, 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}}

Nominations are time-sensitive and for one-time use only. An automatic clock starts as soon as they are created. Do not create them in advance, save them for later or re-activate them.

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. They should be added by, or at the request of, the nominator.

An 'Alternative' is created by adding a sub-section to the nomination page: ====Alternative==== [[File:Foo.jpg|300px]] *{{info}} A short description.

Voting

Editors whose accounts have at least 10 days and 100 constructive, stable edits on Commons (excluding user and talk pages) 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 100 constructive, stable edits on Commons (excluding user and talk pages) 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 (“alternatives”) of the image as well as delist-and-replace 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. Hint: Until summer 2025, the bot was also not able to process FPXed, FPDed and withdrawn nominations as well as delist nominations; this has been fixed, users do not need to close such nominations anymore.

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:Argiope lobata - 08-2025.jpg

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File:Common redshank (Tringa totanus) breeding Marken.jpg

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  Question Technically excellent, but I was recently told that FPC should be « the Best of Commons ». Should we have three « Best of Commons » pictures of the same bird ? --Jebulon (talk) 19:07, 25 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

File:Northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) female display Marken.jpg

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File:Cosmos bipinnatus in Jardin universitaire Roger-Van den Hende, Quebec, Canada.jpg

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File:Le géranium odorant (ou Pelargonium).jpg

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File:Payal Radhakrishna by Rudhra Varma.jpg

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File:Rakky Suresh.jpg

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File:Wied il-Għasri 2025-05-05 (1).jpg

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File:Mirador de la Fortaleza 2023-12-27.jpg

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File:Small Minivet in Saswad August 2025 by Tisha Mukherjee 01.jpg

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File:Bombus impatiens on Zinnia elegans at Jardin botanique Roger-Van den Hende.jpg

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File:DSC08927-2 Beach, Forest, and Sky at Plaża Białogóra, Poland, 2025-09.jpg

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Memorial Stones for the Citizens of Łódź, Poland

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    Detailed view of some stones and their cast iron plaques.
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    A multitude of neatly arranged stones forms the pavement of Ulica Piotrkowska.
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Objects/Sculptures#Monuments_and_memorials
  •   Info Ulica Piotrkowska in Łódź (Poland) is paved with 16,890 personalized stones, each carrying the name of one of the city's inhabitants. The project was started in 2000 on the occasion of the turn of the millennium, and has since been expanded twice. The aim of this set is to illustrate the commemorative stones and their cast iron plaques both in detail and as repeated elements arranged in rows forming the surface of the street. All by me. --Aciarium ⚒ (talk) 17:43, 24 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Support -- Aciarium ⚒ (talk) 17:43, 24 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Support Strong and consistent visual approach throughout the set. The selective focus works here as part of the memorial narrative rather than a technical limitation. Having visited Piotrkowska myself, I find the images particularly effective in conveying the reflective atmosphere of the site - the fading names and repetitive structure reinforce the sense of memory and quiet absence remarkably well. -- Radomianin (talk) 18:45, 24 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Support I like this very much but   Comment I don’t understand the idea of a set. each is featurable IMO. in my humble opinion you should nominate one after the other…--Jebulon (talk) 19:23, 25 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    @Jebulon: Thank you, I actually wanted to nominate the images separately in the first place. However, I think a set nomination is suitable here, because both pictures show different aspects of the same subject, which I think is very helpful in explaining the artwork. The pavement, photographed at a "macroscopic" scale, visualizes the sheer amount of stones that it consists of. The other image shows how such a commemorative stone and its plaque look in detail. IMO, this also corresponds to what you might experience when you visit the location for the first time: at the first glance, you see that the pavement is made up of uncountable individualized stones; then you bow down and look at the single stones up close, reading the names inscribed in them -- at least this is what I did! :) --Aciarium ⚒ (talk) 23:56, 25 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

File:Bullfinch in Hampshire.jpg

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Démolition des cheminées de la Raffinerie de Collombey

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    Before demolition
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    Explosion
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    Both chimneys leaning
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    Left chimney collapsing
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    Left chimney hits the ground
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    Right chimney collapsing
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    Right chimney hits the ground
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    Cloud of dust following the collapse
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    After demolition

File:M. François Coppée (auteur) - btv1b53111903w restaured.jpg

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File:Side view of the Château de Chantilly with water reflection and blue sky Oise France.jpg

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  • I am not sure why you are commenting this kind of thing on nearly every recent nomination on this page. The picture is probably cropped but I don't see why that is an issue. The file size seems roughly normal for an image of this resolution when compared to other FPs in the category and I cannot see any compression artefacts. Cmao20 (talk) 15:38, 24 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you for your question. For FP, it's not enough for an image to simply look good; technical quality is also part of the evaluation. Cropping an image isn't necessarily a problem, but if a file has been compressed or significantly reduced in size, it's fair to ask if a better version exists. This helps encourage uploading images at the highest possible quality. Wilfredor (talk) 16:09, 24 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Relying so heavily on file size as a metric does not seem to be a good way of evaluating technical quality. I see no actual issues. Cmao20 (talk) 16:27, 24 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    I agree with you that visible quality is the most important thing, without a doubt. However, we judge phone images quite strictly for technical limitations such as noise, processing and compression. For consistency, I think it's also fair to ask technical questions about files from high-end cameras, especially when the uploaded image is well below the camera's native resolution. My question is simply if there is a better version. Wilfredor (talk) 16:45, 24 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Support Thank you very much, Cmao20, for the nomination. The picture is 6000 pixels large, and not heavily compressed. Weight is 7,62 Mb. -- Basile Morin (talk) 16:14, 24 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks, Basile. Your values ​​are correct; the file is approximately 6000 pixels wide and 7.62 MB. My question arose from comparing it to the native resolution of the EOS R5: 6001 × 3840 represents approximately 51% (half) of the camera's total 45 MP resolution, which isn't necessarily a problem. I agree that the file size alone doesn't indicate harmful compression if no artifacts are visible. My only remaining question was whether a higher-resolution version exists. Wilfredor (talk) 16:26, 24 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
8192 pixels => 6001 pixels is a decent crop, in my opinion. The current best Canon camera available on the market (EOS-1D X Mark III) has a maximum of 5472 pixels. The larger resolution of this one offers freedom to choose a convenient framing afterwards. Yes, I decided to focus the composition on the castle. -- Basile Morin (talk) 18:09, 24 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  Support Thank you Basile, after checking the numbers again, 7.62 MB for 23 MP can be consistent with a high-quality JPEG export so I withdraw the concern about heavy compression. My original question was based on calculs, but I see no clear evidence of harmful compression here Wilfredor (talk) 18:48, 24 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

File:Alte Oper Frankfurt 2019.jpg

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File:20260317 Hohenbergia stellata.jpg

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File:Wasdale Tree under Kirk Fell Lake District 2025 01.jpg

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File:Wrocław – wieczorny widok na centrum miasta i najbliższe szczyty.jpg

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I added the camera information bassed on your comment. --Wilfredor (talk) 17:19, 24 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! Krigore (talk) 17:28, 24 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

File:Toujane paysage.jpg

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File:Moscow - 2025 - Rosa in the Park of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour8.jpg

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File:A faut esperer q'eu se jeu la finira bentot LCCN2004676889-restored.jpg

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File:20260516 Monroe Z09 0327.jpg

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File:20220615 Anoecia corni.jpg

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File:160 Cape starling in Otjozondjupa Region Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg

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Black-backed jackal hunting for food at Cape cross Photos by Giles Laurent

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    Frontal view
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    Lateral view

File:Црква „Св. Димитриј“ - Иловица 10.jpg

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File:Ханака Диван-Беги, Бухара (Khanqah of Nodir Devonbegi, Nodir devonbegi xonaqohi).jpg

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File:A pair of little Harvest Mice (50331384776).jpg

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File:Mural en Santiago, Chile A74178720240526.jpg

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File:Visual Art of the first indentured Indian labourers arriving in Mauritius (1834).jpg

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This is a digital reproduction of a painting by this person -
Raouf Oderuth, User:Oderuth, https://raouf-oderuth.pixels.com/
The digital file reproduction in Commons is high quality. The subject matter of the painting is useful for illustrating en:Mauritius, en:Indian indenture system, and other high traffic articles which are challenging to match with relevant historical media.
The artist actually uploaded several of their original historical paintings to Wikimedia Commons.
I am unsure how to evaluate the image resolution.

-- Bluerasberry (talk) 16:00, 22 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

File:Eastern kingbird on the hunt (56948).jpg

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File:Chess game Staunton No. 6 perfil view 8.jpg

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File:Tea garden at Nagri in the Kangra Valley of Himachal Pradesh, India.jpg

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File:20260513 Alexandra Căpitănescu Z09 7315.jpg

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  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/People/Work#Musicians with Instruments
  •   Info created by Granada – uploaded by Granada – nominated by Granada -- Granada (talk) 18:02, 21 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Support Alexandra Căpitănescu at the beginning of her performance in the second semi final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna. The white LED strips looked great together with their amount of movement. -- Granada (talk) 18:02, 21 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Comment - Fantastic image at thumb, but seems OOF. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 18:24, 21 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    This was shot at 300mm and f/2.8 from around 15m from the stage. She (Alexandra to the left) is the main subject and in focus, the other two are playing their guitars around 1,5m away from her and further away from the photographers, so they cannot be in focus. --Granada (talk) 18:30, 21 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, I did look at the metadata before commenting and realized that Alexandra was the main subject. Looking at it, I'd say focus is about 10 cm off of her, which the long lens and the wide aperture has turned into a near-miss. The shoulder pads and far end of the costume are much sharper than her face and the microphone (though some of that looks like a sharpening artefact).  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 19:04, 21 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Neutral Amazing wow factor, but lack of DoF. I understand that it is difficult to take a picture from far away and in the dark. f/2.8 was too shallow, or the focus was missed due to movement in the darkness. In these conditions, noise would have been acceptable, but a richer depth of field would have worked better. --Wilfredor (talk) 20:40, 21 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Comment Thank you two for your comments, that was also my concern when nominating this image. I will not withdraw this nomination prematurely but wait for other opinions. To me the wow-factor weighs higher than the shallow DoF and nobody would notice it when printing the photo in DIN A4. --Granada (talk) 08:22, 22 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Weak support per Fredo. I think some selective sharpening would help here, though. JayCubby (talk) 14:36, 22 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Post-withdrawal support for the "wowing" composition. ★ 17:26, 24 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

File:Morena de boca amarilla (Gymnothorax nudivomer), islas Ad Dimaniyat, Omán, 2024-08-13, DD 59.jpg

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File:Cesenatico - Presepe galleggiante del Museo della Marineria - GT 12 2025 - ver 2.jpg

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File:Hooded crow – Wrona zwyczajna – Corvus corone cornix.jpg

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File:Greece Ktiponissi Dyrfis.jpg

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File:Hyles euphorbiae Raupe 20250709 01.jpg

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File:Arc en Ciel Plage de Radès.jpg

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File:PELOPHYLAX SAHARICUS - mai 2026.jpg

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File:Bloemknoppen van een Laurierkers (Prunus laurocerasus). 26-04-2026 (d.j.b.).jpg

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Confirmed results:
Result: 1 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 21:08, 25 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

File:Old Muscat City View, Muscat, Oman3.jpg

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  • Jebulon, the bot has been able to count weak support/oppose templates for at least a year now. They are now just seen as valid ways of expressing nuance to one's vote. Cmao20 (talk) 10:50, 21 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks for the information. Of course I did not know that. The "prompt" - ;) - of the rules must be changed then, in English (add the {{weak o}} and {{weak s}} templates in the list), and more in the french translation of the rules, where it is especially forbidden. Good to know, and sorry ! Jebulon (talk) 15:18, 21 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • No worries. I did not know the templates were explicitly banned in the French translation of the rules. Aristeas, we should probably do something about this at some point (and check as to whether the templates are prohibited in other languages). Edit: I removed this from the French translation. I don't think we necessarily need to specify that you can use the other templates in each language, because it will potentially confuse people given that on English Wikipedia a 'weak' template used to count as half a vote, so it is unnecessarily confusing to be going on about these templates in the official rules - but we do need to remove places where these valid templates are expressly forbidden. Cmao20 (talk) 22:32, 21 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • FPCBot supports a splendid choice of voting templates (see the code) in many languages, with abbreviations, weak and strong variants, etc. I have checked and improved that list last year. So there is no need to advise against using these variants. Of course the bot counts a weak support just like a normal support, etc., so these are, as Cmao20 has put it very well above, “ways of expressing nuance to one's vote”. It would be possible to change this – I have drafted a simple algorithm which would allow the bot to weight weak support/oppose votes differently –; but I have put that idea aside because I guess the problem would be the manual review: users who review and close nominations would need to follow exactly the same algorithm in order to check the result, and I am not sure whether people would like that, especially when we take into account that people already seem to consider the existing FPC rules as complicated and often have difficulties to find the rule for a specific question. This is why I think we better keep the counting just as it is. Cmao20, thank you for your comments and the adjustment of the French translation! What exactly do you think we need to do? I agree with you that it may be the best to keep the rules just as they are. But I’m happy to go into details if you think this would be useful; maybe we can continue this on the talk page. Best, – Aristeas (talk) 16:51, 22 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    I can't say that I expected this to become a larger discussion on commons, but thank you @Cmao20 for the feedback nevertheless. TheBritinator (talk) 15:54, 24 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed results:
Result: 1 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Wilfredor (talk) 15:39, 24 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

File:Göpelschachtanlage Naturschutzgebiet Staatsbruch Lehesten IMGP7124 5 DxO Sharp.jpg

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File:Mandelbrot Set Image 96.png

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes.Voting period ends on 25 May 2026 at 12:57:44 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Confirmed results:
Result: 3 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Wilfredor (talk) 02:37, 25 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes.Voting period ends on 24 May 2026 at 14:51:40 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Confirmed results:
Result: 3 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Wilfredor (talk) 15:39, 24 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]


Timetable (day 5 after nomination)

Wed 20 May → Mon 25 May
Thu 21 May → Tue 26 May
Fri 22 May → Wed 27 May
Sat 23 May → Thu 28 May
Sun 24 May → Fri 29 May
Mon 25 May → Sat 30 May

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

Sat 16 May → Mon 25 May
Sun 17 May → Tue 26 May
Mon 18 May → Wed 27 May
Tue 19 May → Thu 28 May
Wed 20 May → Fri 29 May
Thu 21 May → Sat 30 May
Fri 22 May → Sun 31 May
Sat 23 May → Mon 01 Jun
Sun 24 May → Tue 02 Jun
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Closing nominations manually

The following description explains how to close nominations manually. Normally this is not necessary, as FPCBot takes care of counting the votes, closing and archiving the nominations. When the Bot has counted the votes, a user needs to check and approve the result; everything else is done by the Bot. Therefore, the following instructions are normally only needed for delist-and-replace nominations that the Bot cannot (yet) process, and in case the Bot malfunctions. The closing can be done by any experienced user. If you need help, just ask on the FPC talk page.

  1. On Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the nomination, then [edit].
    • Add the result of the voting at the bottom (on a new line):
      {{FPC-results-reviewed|support=x|oppose=x|neutral=x|featured=(“yes” or “no”)|gallery=xxx|sig=~~~~}}
      (You can leave the gallery parameter blank if the image was not featured. If the nomination contains alternatives, you must add the alternative=xxx parameter with the name of the selected image between the gallery and the sig parameter. See {{FPC-results-reviewed}} for examples and more explanations.)
    • Edit the title of the nomination and add featured or not featured after the link – for example:
      === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] ===
      becomes
      === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], featured ===
    • Save your edit.
  2. If it is featured:
    1. 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.
    2. Add the picture to the appropriate featured picture gallery page and section. Click on the most appropriate link beneath where you just added it as one of the four images on Commons:Featured pictures, list to find the gallery page, and search for the correct section. (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.)
    3. 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 in the nomination Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Bar.jpg, use {{Assessments|featured=1|com-nom=Bar.jpg}} You also need the com-nom parameter if the image gets renamed.
      • 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}}
    4. Head over to the structured data for the image and add the “Commons quality assessment” claim (P6731) “Wikimedia Commons featured picture” (Q63348049).
    5. Add the picture to the chronological archives of featured pictures. Place it at the end of the gallery using this format:
      File:xxxxx.jpg|# '''Title'''<br>created by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]], uploaded by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]], nominated by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]]<br> {{s|xxx}}, {{o|xxx}}, {{n|xxx}}
      • The # should be replaced by 1 for the first image nominated that month, and counts up after that. Have a look at the other entries on that page for examples. (If you want to do everything perfectly, link that number to the nomination subpage, just like FPCBot does this. It allows users to jump directly to the nomination.)
      • The Title should be replaced by the bare name of the featured picture, without the ‘File:’ or the file extension (such as .jpg .tif .svg).
      • The x in {{s|x}}, {{o|x}}, {{n|x}} should be replaced by the count of support, oppose, and neutral votes respectively.
      • If the nomination was a set nomination, use this format:
        File:xxxxx.jpg|# '''Set: Title (Z files)'''<br>created by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]], uploaded by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]], nominated by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]]<br> {{s|x}}, {{o|x}}, {{n|x}}
        Replace the Z in (Z files) by the count of images in the set, and use the name of the first image from the set instead of File:xxxxx.jpg and for the title.
    6. 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.
    7. 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.
    8. 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.
  3. Add candidate archive categories to the nomination so that people can easily find and evaluate past nominations (this applies also to unsuccessful, {{FPX}}-d, {{FPD}}-d and {{Withdraw}}-n nominations). It’s best practice to wrap all these categories in a <noinclude>...</noinclude> section because they apply only to the nomination itself, not to the log page etc. which transclude it. You need three or four categories:
    1. A category for the month and year, like Category:May 2026 featured picture candidates for the current month.
    2. A category for the type and result of the nomination, like Category:2026 successful candidates for featured picture status; replace “successful” by “unsuccessful”, “FPXed”, “FPDed” or “withdrawn”, depending on the final result of the nomination (see the supercategory for common values).
    3. A category for the subject of the nomination, like Category:2026 featured picture candidates of plants. Replace “plants” by one of the possible subject keywords like “animals”, “architecture”, etc.; see the base category for all common keywords. Basically the subject keywords correspond to the first part of the gallery link.
    4. If the nomination is a set nomination, add Category:2026 featured picture set nominations.
  4. As the last step (whether the image is featured or not; including {{FPX}}-d, {{FPD}}-d and {{Withdraw}}-n nominations), you have to move the transclusion (the {{ }} and the text within those) of the nomination to the current log page.
    • To find the current log page, visit the first page of the log for this month. If the header of that page contains a link with the text “Next part of this month”, the log for this month has been split into several parts because it contains too many entries. Click on the “Next part …” link and repeat this until you reach a page where the header does not offer a “Next part …” link; that’s the last and current log page.
    • Now open Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list, click on [edit], and find the transclusion of the nomination you are closing. It will be of the form: {{Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:XXXXX.jpg}} or: {{Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/XXXXX}}.
    • Copy that line to the bottom of the current log page and save that page. Then remove the same line from the candidate list and save that page.

Closing a delisting nomination

  1. On 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. Edit the title of the delisting nomination and add delisted or not delisted after the image title; for example:
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] ===
    becomes
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], delisted ===
  3. Add candidate archive categories to the nomination; this works the same way as described above for featured picture nominations. The only difference is that the category for type and status must be of the form Category:2026 successful candidates for delisting from featured picture status, or Category:2026 successful candidates for delisting and replacing featured pictures if this is a delist-and-replace nomination. Substitute “unsuccessful”, “FPXed”, “FPDed” or “withdrawn” for “successful”, depending on the final result of the nomination.
  4. Move the transclusion of the nomination to the current log page; please see above for an explanation how to find the current log page and how to move the nomination to it.
  5. 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:
    3. Add a delisting-comment to the original entry in the chronological archive 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 archives.
  6. 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 section above. 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.

Archiving a withdrawn nomination

If a nomination has been withdrawn by the nominator by using {{Withdraw}} or is cancelled with {{FPX}} or {{FPD}}, wait 24 hours after the nomination was last edited. If there has been no objection to the cancellation within this time, the nomination can simply be archived. Just add candidate archive categories to the nomination itself, then move the transclusion of the nomination to the current log page; please see above for an explanation how to find the current log page and how to move the nomination to it.

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