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This star, with one point broken, symbolizes the featured candidates on Wikipedia.

Featured pictures are images that add significantly to articles, either by illustrating article content particularly well, or being eye-catching to the point where users will want to read its accompanying article. Taking the adage that "a picture is worth a thousand words", the images featured on Wikipedia:Featured pictures should illustrate a Wikipedia article in such a way as to add significantly to that article, according to the featured picture criteria.

Promoting an image

If you believe an image should be featured, create a subpage (use the "For Nominations" field, below) and add the subpage to the current nominations section.

For promotion, if an image is listed here for ten days with five or more reviewers in support and the consensus is in its favor, it can be added to the Wikipedia:Featured pictures list. Consensus is generally regarded to be a two-thirds majority in support, including the nominator and/or creator of the image; however, anonymous votes are generally disregarded, as are opinions of sockpuppets.

All users may comment. However, only those who have been on Wikipedia for 25 days and with at least 100 edits will be included in the numerical count. If necessary, decisions about close candidacies will be made on a case-by-case basis. Nominations started in December are given three extra days, due to the holidays slowing down activity here.

The archive contains all opinions and comments collected for candidate nominations and their nomination results.

If you nominate an image here, please consider also uploading and nominating it at Commons to help ensure that the pictures can be used not just in the English Wikipedia but on all other Wikimedia projects as well.

Delisting an image

A featured picture can be nominated for delisting if you feel it no longer lives up to featured picture standards. You may also request a featured picture be replaced with a superior image. Create a subpage (use the "For Delists" field, below) and add the subpage to the current nominations section.

Please leave a note on the talk page of the original FPC nominator (and creator/uploader, if appropriate) to let them know the delisting is being debated. The user may be able to address the issues and avoid the delisting of the picture.

For delisting, if an image is listed here for ten days with five or more reviewers supporting a delist or replace, and the consensus is in its favor, it will be delisted from Wikipedia:Featured pictures. Consensus is generally regarded to be a two-thirds majority in support, including the nominator. Note that anonymous votes are generally disregarded, as are opinions of sockpuppets. However, images are sometimes delisted despite having fewer than five in support of their removal, and there is currently no consensus on how best to handle delist closures, except for one point: If the image to be delisted is not used in any articles by the time of closure, it must be delisted. If it is added to articles during the nomination, at least one week's stability is required for the nomination to be closed as "Kept". The nomination may be suspended if a week hasn't yet passed to give the rescue a chance.

Outside of the nominator, all voters are expected to have been on Wikipedia for 25 days and to have made a minimum of 100 edits. If necessary, decisions about close candidacies will be made on a case-by-case basis. As with regular nominations, delist nominations are given three extra days to run if started in December.

Note that delisting an image does not mean deleting it. Delisting from Featured pictures in no way affects the image's status in its article(s).

Shortcuts

Featured content:

Featured picture tools:

Step 1: Evaluate

Evaluate the merit of a nomination against the featured picture criteria. Most users reference terms from this page when evaluating nominations.

Step 2: Create a subpage

For Nominations

To create a subpage of Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates for your nomination, add a title for the image you want to nominate in the field below (e.g., Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Labrador Retriever) and click the "Create new nomination" button.

For Delists

To create a subpage for your delist, add a title for the image you want to delist/replace in the field below and click the "Create new delist nomination" button.

For Delist and replace

To create a subpage for your delist and replace, add a title for the image you want to delist/replace in the field below and click the "Create new delist nomination" button.

Step 3: Transclude and link

Transclude the newly created subpage to the Featured picture candidate list (direct link).

How to comment for Candidate Images

Write Support, if you approve of the picture. A reason is optional.
Write Oppose, followed by your reasoning, if you disapprove of the picture. All objections should be accompanied by a specific rationale that, if addressed, would make you support the image. If your concern is one that can only be addressed by the creator, and if they haven't nominated or commented on the image, and if they are a Wikipedian, you should notify them directly.
You can weak support or weak oppose instead, so that your opinion will be weighed as half of a "full" opinion.
- To change your opinion, strike it out (with <s>...</s>) rather than removing it.
If you think a nominated image obviously fails the featured picture criteria, write Speedy close followed by your reasons. Nominations may be closed early if this is the case.

Recommendations added early in the process may be disregarded if they do not address concerns and/or improvements that arise later in the debate. Reviewers are advised to monitor the progress of a nomination and update their votes accordingly.

Prior to giving an opinion, the image should be assessed on its quality as displayed at full size (high-resolution) in an image editing program. Please note that the images are only displayed at thumbnail size on this page. The thumbnail links to the image description page which, in turn, links to the high-resolution version.

How to comment for Delist Images

Write Keep, followed by your reasons for keeping the picture.
Write Delist, followed by your reasons for delisting the picture.
Write Delist and Replace if you believe the image should be replaced by a better picture.
You can weak keep, weak delist or weak delist and replace instead, so that your opinion will be weighed as half of a "full" opinion.
- To change your opinion, strike it out (with <s>...</s>) rather than removing it.

Please remember to be civil, not to bite the newbies and to comment on the image, not the person.

You may find the glossary useful when you encounter acronyms or jargon in other voters' comments. You can also link to it by using {{FPCgloss}}.

Editing candidates

If you feel you could improve a candidate by image editing, please feel free to do so, but do not overwrite or remove the original. Instead, upload your edit with a different file name (e.g., add "edit" to the file name), and display it below the original nomination. Edits should be appropriately captioned in sequential order (e.g., Edit 1, Edit 2, etc), and describe the modifications that have been applied.

Is my monitor adjusted correctly?

In a discussion about the brightness of an image, it is necessary to know if the computer display is properly adjusted. Displays differ greatly in their ability to show shadow detail. There are four dark grey circles in the adjacent image. If you can discern three (or even four) of the circles, your monitor can display shadow detail correctly. If you see fewer than three circles, you may need to adjust the monitor and/or computer display settings. Some displays cannot be adjusted for ideal shadow detail. Please take this into account when voting.

Displays also differ greatly in their ability to show highlight detail. There are light grey circles in the adjacent image. If you can discern three (or even four) of the circles, your monitor can display highlight detail correctly. If you see fewer than three circles, you may need to adjust the monitor and/or computer display settings (probably reduce the contrast setting). Some displays cannot be adjusted for ideal highlight detail. Please take this into account when voting.

On a gamma-adjusted display, the four circles in the color image blend into the background when seen from a few feet (roughly 75–150 cm) away. If they do not, you could adjust the gamma setting (found in the computer's settings, not on the display), until they do. This may be very difficult to attain, and a slight error is not detrimental. Uncorrected PC displays usually show the circles darker than the background. Note that the image must be viewed in original size (263 × 68 pixels) - if enlarged or reduced, results are not accurate.

Note that on most consumer LCD displays (laptop or flat screen), viewing angle strongly affects these images. Correct adjustment on one part of the screen might be incorrect on another part for a stationary head position. Click on the images for more technical information. If possible, calibration with a hardware monitor calibrator is recommended.

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Current nominations

Robert De Niro

Voting period ends on 28 Sep 2025 at 17:05:01 (UTC)

Reason: HQ and EV
Articles in which this image appears: Robert De Niro and Heart of Sarajevo
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator: Harald Krichel

Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 17:05, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – Promo pick by professional fotog of actor, 82. Not used at 2025 Cannes Film Festival. EV? – Sca (talk) 19:34, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Promotional? Source? ArionStar (talk) 21:05, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Old Faithful

Voting period ends on 28 Sep 2025 at 14:40:09 (UTC)

Reason: High quality, high EV, featured/valued media on several wikis.
Articles in which this image appears: Geyser, Old Faithful
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Others
Creator: Dietmar Rabich

Support as nominator – ^EF⁵ 14:40, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hutsul Madonna triptych

Voting period ends on 28 Sep 2025 at 00:38:38 (UTC)

Reason: HQ and EV.
Articles in which this image appears: Kazimierz Sichulski, Art Nouveau
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator: Kazimierz Sichulski

Support as nominator – JJARichardson (talk) 00:38, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Colorful and arresting gallery of this Polish artist's work. – Sca (talk) 19:44, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hall of Supreme Harmony

Voting period ends on 27 Sep 2025 at 16:00:31 (UTC)

Reason: The people don't removed the EV, IMO
Articles in which this image appears: Hall of Supreme Harmony, Forbidden City, Beijing, China, Chinese palace, Palace and List of palaces
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator: N509FZ

Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 16:00, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delist and replace:

Voting period ends on 27 Sep 2025 at 12:38:04 (UTC)

Reason: Superior copy of the image.
Articles this image appears in: Social services, Labor rights, Fundamental rights in India
Previous nomination/s: Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/ChildLabor1910.png
Nominator: Jay Cubby

Delist and replace — Jay Cubby 12:38, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delist and replace Nice picture. A few spots to be cleaned, but already good. Yann (talk) 19:33, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
D&R. I added the new version to Child labor in the United States, which, oddly, had never had a lead image in its history. blameless 23:46, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Porto Alegre

Voting period ends on 26 Sep 2025 at 23:22:11 (UTC)

Reason: As we have several FPs of nigh urban places; FP on Commons
Articles in which this image appears: Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, List of cities in South America and List of largest cities in the Americas
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban
Creator: Felipe Valduga

Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 23:22, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

My Lai massacre

Voting period ends on 26 Sep 2025 at 22:27:55 (UTC)

Reason: Image is used in many places that mention this massacre, and is the most known image of this tragic event. High EV
Articles in which this image appears: My Lai massacre, Vietnam War, 1968, List of photographs considered the most important
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/War
Creator: Ronald L. Haeberle

Support as nominator – 10ploopy10 (talk) 22:27, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support JJARichardson (talk) 23:06, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 17:45, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – P. S. Burton (talk) 22:08, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Mac DeMarco

Voting period ends on 26 Sep 2025 at 21:40:21 (UTC)

Reason: Taken at a concert in Houston, HQ and overall an expressive photo. Featured on the rock music portal in the Galego Wikipedia.
Articles in which this image appears: Mac DeMarco discography
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator: Ralph Arvesen

Support as nominator – 10ploopy10 (talk) 21:40, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment This image might be a better candidate. Higher res and cleaner visuals. JJARichardson (talk) 14:40, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico

Voting period ends on 26 Sep 2025 at 19:58:49 (UTC)

Reason: Renowned landscape photograph.
Articles in which this image appears: Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, Ansel Adams, List of photographs considered the most important
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator: Ansel Adams

Support as nominator – JJARichardson (talk) 19:58, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — 10ploopy10 (talk) 21:47, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I uploaded a new hi-res version at File:Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico Christies.jpg. Yann, would you be able to match the toning? Jay Cubby 12:47, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
New version – Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico by Ansel Adams.

~~::I support this version as the nomination. JJARichardson (talk) 14:46, 17 September 2025 (UTC)~~[reply]

While the higher res is great, the colour balance is better in the original. The new version also needs cropping slightly as scanning is visible on the upper left-hand side. JJARichardson (talk) 16:48, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Great to have found this high resolution version. I would support this after restoration. Also I think that the edited version, should be uploaded separately, i.e. File:Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico (cropped).jpg, so I reverted to the uncropped version. Yann (talk) 17:38, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The uncropped version would be better suited to Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others if Ansel intended its display as such. JJARichardson (talk) 18:05, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the fixes Yann. I have a little time this afternoon which I will put into the crop. Jay Cubby 18:27, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I already started. ;o) Here is the PNG file: File:Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico (cropped).png. I also created a category on Commons. Yann (talk) 19:54, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've overwritten the cropped JPEG (accidentally from the JPEG, not the PNG, but oh well). My PSD is at https://wormhole.app/pAQ7xO#LTzcFyGMLGtUOGWyTNDo1A (this expires in a day) or here if that expires (will expire in 3 days). Jay Cubby 02:47, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This cropped version is the one I would support nomination for. I cannot overwrite the file of the original crop though. JJARichardson (talk) 11:17, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Panama Canal

Voting period ends on 26 Sep 2025 at 10:25:25 (UTC)

Reason: Yes, it's from 2009, but still huge and full of details, EV and HQ
Articles in which this image appears: Panama Canal
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Others
Creator: Brian Gratwicke

Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 10:25, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Horizon severely bent at left. Needs re-stitching or distortion control. --Janke | Talk 18:38, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Beauty of Damage

Voting period ends on 25 Sep 2025 at 23:04:46 (UTC)

Reason: Self-portrait that appeared in TIME's 100 Photographs that Changed the World.
Articles in which this image appears: Matuschka, List of photographs considered the most important
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists
Creator: Matuschka

Support as nominator – JJARichardson (talk) 23:04, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support 10ploopy10 (talk) 21:48, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 17:47, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support --EUPBR (talk) 18:21, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Out of Afghanistan

Voting period ends on 25 Sep 2025 at 22:27:04 (UTC)

Reason: High EV.
Articles in which this image appears: September 11 attacks, List of photographs considered the most important, Chris Donahue (general), 2020–2021 U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, 2021 Kabul airlift
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/American
Creator: Alexander Burnett

Support as nominator – JJARichardson (talk) 22:27, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 20:03, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support, really powerful image 10ploopy10 (talk) 00:51, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support I think it being off-center is beneficial. Jay Cubby 13:11, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - high EV but the quality is terrible. ^EF⁵ 15:25, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It is unremarkable technically speaking but remarkable historically. JJARichardson (talk) 17:23, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@EF5, it's a photo taken with (or possibly through) a night vision device. For that, it's pretty high quality. Jay Cubby 15:30, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support High EV and for a night vision military camera, that is really high quality. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 15:43, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Very high EV. From a military history point of view, this illustrates an important event and also depicts an important tradition in the military where senior officers are the last ones out during evacuations. The image is perfectly OK technically given it was taken using night vision equipment from the interior of a military cargo aircraft during a very risky military operation. Nick-D (talk) 03:25, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support --EUPBR (talk) 18:26, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tawny-bellied hermit

Voting period ends on 25 Sep 2025 at 20:54:47 (UTC)

Reason: High quality image. Adds value to article. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears: Tawny-bellied hermit
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator: Charlesjsharp

Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 20:54, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Jay Cubby 00:26, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Redthreadhx (talk) 02:06, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 20:03, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Andean emerald male

Voting period ends on 25 Sep 2025 at 20:47:08 (UTC)

Reason: High quality image. Adds value to article. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears: Andean emerald
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator: Charlesjsharp

Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 20:47, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Jay Cubby 00:26, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Redthreadhx (talk) 02:07, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 20:03, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Alpine heath

Voting period ends on 25 Sep 2025 at 20:50:12 (UTC)

Reason: High quality large image. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears: Coenonympha gardetta
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator: Charlesjsharp

Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 20:50, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Jay Cubby 00:26, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Redthreadhx (talk) 02:08, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 20:04, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Kissing the War Goodbye

Voting period ends on 25 Sep 2025 at 17:14:48 (UTC)

Reason: notable picture, restored
Articles in which this image appears: V-J Day in Times Square, List of photographs considered the most important, Victor Jorgensen, Victory Day (United States), Victory over Japan Day, Unconditional Surrender (sculpture), History of Manhattan, Greta Zimmer Friedman, August 1945
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War II
Creator: Victor Jorgensen, restored by User:JayCubby

Info U.S. Navy photojournalist Victor Jorgensen captured another view of the same scene taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt that was published in The New York Times the following day. Eisenstaedt's picture is still under a copyright, while Jorgensen's is in the public domain.
Support as nominator – Yann (talk) 17:14, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support and thanks for nominating! Jay Cubby 17:19, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 20:56, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Valley of the Shadow of Death

Voting period ends on 25 Sep 2025 at 15:53:18 (UTC)

Reason: notable picture with its own article, restored
Articles in which this image appears: Valley of the Shadow of Death (Roger Fenton), List of photographs considered the most important, Roger Fenton, Crimean War, War photography
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/War
Creator: Roger Fenton, restored by User:JayCubby and User:Yann

Info Albumen print photograph by Roger Fenton, taken on April 23, 1855, during the Crimean War. These were one of the first cases of war photography, with Valley of the Shadow of Death considered "the most eloquent metaphor of warfare" by The Oxford Companion to the Photograph.
Support as nominator – Yann (talk) 15:53, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Jay Cubby 16:21, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support ArionStar (talk) 16:36, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 16:46, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Very strong EV in its own right, as well as in relation to a famous event. Nick-D (talk) 03:28, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Claude Mellan

Voting period ends on 25 Sep 2025 at 14:00:52 (UTC)

Reason: EV
Articles in which this image appears: Claude Mellan
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists
Creator: Claude Mellan

Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 14:00, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 16:46, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ilha Fiscal

Voting period ends on 24 Sep 2025 at 22:11:17 (UTC)

Reason: EV and HQ
Articles in which this image appears: Ilha Fiscal and Gothic Revival architecture
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator: Clarissa1986

Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 22:11, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Gypsum

Voting period ends on 24 Sep 2025 at 10:29:19 (UTC)

Reason: Unanimously featured on Commons. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears: Gypsum
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Materials science
Creator: Didier Descouens

Support as nominator – MER-C 10:29, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support ArionStar (talk) 22:12, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 15:38, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 16:47, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 20:57, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tam Nakano

Voting period ends on 24 Sep 2025 at 10:02:00 (UTC)

Reason: Unanimously featured on Commons. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears: Tam Nakano
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Sport
Creator: KevMullen23

Support as nominator – MER-C 10:02, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – Seems sort of obscure to the Western mind. EV? – Sca (talk) 20:24, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 15:39, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Nice pose. ArionStar (talk) 16:37, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 16:47, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Redthreadhx (talk) 02:16, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Cool to see a high quality wrestling image. JJARichardson (talk) 21:19, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Grigori Rasputin

Voting period ends on 22 Sep 2025 at 16:54:09 (UTC)

Reason: EV
Articles in which this image appears: Grigori Rasputin, Rasputin (song), Rasputin (opera), 1916, December 1916 and List of unusual deaths in the 20th century
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Others
Creator: Unknown

Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 16:54, 12 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose: Information on this file is scanty, so it fails criterion 7 for now. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 08:59, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As well as part of his lifetime… ArionStar (talk) 12:44, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tornado timelapse

Voting period ends on 20 Sep 2025 at 13:06:19 (UTC)

Original – Timelapse of a rope tornado's lifecycle near Prospect Valley, Colorado on June 19, 2018.

Reason: Not only is it the only full timelapse of a tornado's full lifecycle on Wikipedia, but it's also of amazing composition and carries high EV. Featured Media on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears: Tornado, Tornadogenesis, although I'm sure this could be added elsewhere
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Weather
Creator: Runningonbrains

Support as nominator – ^EF⁵ 13:06, 10 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support ArionStar (talk) 22:13, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support —Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 07:02, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Redthreadhx (talk) 02:13, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 02:25, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Lambchops

Voting period ends on 20 Sep 2025 at 00:11:27 (UTC)

Original – Lambchops is an 8-minute American comedy Vitaphone short subject released in October 1929, which depicts a vaudeville performance by Burns and Allen of the comedy routine "Lambchops" written by Al Boasberg.

Reason: Inducted in the National Film Registry in 1999, this is the first film appearance of the husband and wife comedy duo Burns and Allen.
Articles in which this image appears: Lambchops (film)
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Film
Creator: Murray Roth

Support as nominator – GamerPro64 00:11, 10 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - very low quality compared to recent FP movies. I'd support a sharper & larger copy. --Janke | Talk 11:31, 10 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Add the Featured Picture tag and star to the image page using {{Featured picture|page_name}} (replace page_name with the nomination page name, i.e., the page_name from Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/page_name). To add this template you most likely will have to click the "create" button on the upper right if the "edit" button is not present, generally if the image originates from Commons.
If an edited or alternative version of the originally nominated image is promoted, make sure that all articles contain the Featured Picture version, as opposed to the original.
Notify the nominator or co-nominators by placing {{subst:PromotedFPC|File:file_name.xxx}} on each nominator's talk page. For example: {{subst:PromotedFPC|File:Blue morpho butterfly.jpg}}.
If the image was created by a Wikipedian, place {{subst:UploadedFP|File:file_name.xxx}} on the creator's talk page. For example: {{subst:UploadedFP|File:Blue morpho butterfly.jpg}}.

Then perform the following, regardless of the outcome:

Move the nomination entry to the top of the "Recently closed nominations" section. It will remain there for three days after closing so others can review the nomination. This is done by simply moving the line {{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Page name}} to the top of the section.
Add the nomination entry to the bottom of the September archive. This is done by simply adding the line {{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Page name}} from this page to the bottom of the archive.
If the nomination is listed at Template:FPC urgents, remove it.

Delist closing procedure

Note that delisting an image does not equal deleting it. Delisting from Featured pictures in no way affects the image's status in its article/s.

If consensus is to KEEP featured picture status, and the image is used in at least one article, perform the following:

Check that the image has been in the article for at least one week. Otherwise, suspend the nomination to give it time to stabilize before continuing.
Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/delist/subpage:
{{FPCresult|Kept|}} --~~~~
Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.
Optionally leave a note on the picture's talk page.

If consensus is to DELIST, or the image is unused (and consensus is not for a replacement that is used), perform the following:

Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/delist/subpage:
{{FPCresult|Delisted|}} --~~~~
Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.
Replace the {{Featured picture}} tag from the image with {{FormerFeaturedPicture|delist/''Image name''}}.
Remove the image from the appropriate sub-page of Wikipedia:Featured pictures and the appropriate section of Wikipedia:Featured pictures thumbs.

If consensus is to REPLACE (and at least one of the images is used in articles), perform the following:

Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/delist/subpage:
{{FPCresult|Replaced|}} with File:NEW_IMAGE_FILENAME.JPG --~~~~
Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.

Replace NEW_IMAGE_FILENAME.JPG with the name of the replacement file.
Replace the {{Featured picture}} tag from the delisted image with {{FormerFeaturedPicture|delist/''Image name''}}.
Update the replacement picture's tag, adding the tag {{Featured picture|delist/image_name}} (replace image_name with the nomination page name, i.e., the image_name from Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/delist/image_name). Remove any no longer applicable tags from the original, replacement and from any other alternatives. If the alternatives were on Commons and no longer have any tags, be sure to tag the description page with {{missing image}}.
Replace the delisted Featured Picture in all articles with the new replacement Featured Picture version. Do NOT replace the original in non-article space, such as Talk Pages, FPC nominations, archives, etc.
Ensure that the replacement image is included on the appropriate sub-page of Wikipedia:Featured pictures and the appropriate section of Wikipedia:Featured pictures thumbs. Do this by replacing the original image with the new replacement image; do not add the replacement as a new Featured Picture.

Then perform the following, regardless of the outcome:

Move the nomination entry to the top of the "Recently closed nominations" section. It will remain there for three days after closing so others can review the nomination. This is done by simply moving the line {{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Image name}} to the top of the section.
Add the nomination entry to the bottom of the archived delist nominations. This is done by simply adding the line {{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Image name}} to the bottom of the appropriate section of the archive.
If the nomination is listed at Template:FPC urgents, remove it.

Recently closed nominations

Nominations in this category have already been closed and are here for the purposes of closure review by FPC contributors. Please do not add any further comments or votes regarding the original nomination. If you wish to discuss any of these closures, please do so at Wikipedia talk:Featured picture candidates. Nominations will stay here for three full days following closure and subsequently be removed.

Battle of Taku Forts

Voting period ends on 22 Sep 2025 at 07:01:26 (UTC)

Reason: High quality scan of well-composed war photography
Articles in which this image appears: Battle of Taku Forts (1860), War photography, Felice Beato
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/War
Creator: Felice Beato

Support as nominator – ―Howard • 🌽³³ 07:01, 12 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support ArionStar (talk) 22:12, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Certainly a potential FP, but not with this yellow cast. Yann (talk) 15:40, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Withdraw nomination ―Howard • 🌽³³ 08:01, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:48, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Withdrawn nomination. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:48, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delist and replace: Union Stock Yards

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 18 Sep 2025 at 17:16:13 (UTC)

Reason: Superseded by a higher resolution image.
Articles this image appears in: Union Stock Yards, South Side, Chicago, Labor rights in American meatpacking industry, Harry Jackson (artist). I will replace the uses after the nomination is complete (my MEATBOT is messy and overeager, and it's easier to only have to clean up after it once).
Previous nomination/s: Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Livestock chicago 1947.jpg
Nominator: Jay Cubby

Delist and replace — Jay Cubby 17:16, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Replace - clearly higher detail and better lighting. MER-C 20:11, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Replace --Janke | Talk 11:32, 10 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Replace clearly superior. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 11:28, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
D. & R. — Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:16, 13 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delist and Replace —Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 02:36, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
D/R ArionStar (talk) 22:14, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Replaced with File:The maze of livestock pens and walkways at Chicago's stockyards, ca. 1947 - NARA - 541823 (cropped).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:38, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

History of the world's tallest buildings

Voting period ends on 19 Sep 2025 at 15:03:31 (UTC)

Reason: High EV
Articles in which this image appears: History of the world's tallest buildings
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Drawings
Creator: James Reynolds and John Emslie

Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 15:03, 9 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - A bit of minor grime (mostly in the top-left corner) — Chris Woodrich (talk) 12:50, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I withdraw my nomination ArionStar (talk) 00:03, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 08:53, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Withdrawn nomination. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 08:53, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Male Samoan blue tiger

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 18 Sep 2025 at 08:46:53 (UTC)

Reason: High quality large image. Endemic subspecies. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears: Tirumala hamata
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator: Charlesjsharp

Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:46, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 10:59, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Jay Cubby 17:18, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:19, 13 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 15:51, 13 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support —Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 02:37, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Samoan blue tiger (Tirumala hamata melittula) male underside Upolu.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 08:51, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Verreaux's sifaka

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 18 Sep 2025 at 08:40:24 (UTC)

Reason: High quality large image. Illustrates article well with high EV. FP on Commons
Articles in which this image appears: Verreaux's sifaka
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator: Charlesjsharp

Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:40, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 10:58, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – ―Howard • 🌽³³ 15:48, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – An attractive, colorful creature, so weak support, but an image showing more of the adult of the species might be preferable. – Sca (talk) 15:54, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:17, 13 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Critically endangered. MER-C 15:52, 13 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support —Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 02:37, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Zoboomafoo? ArionStar (talk) 22:15, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) Peyrieras.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 08:48, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Violet-tailed sylph

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 18 Sep 2025 at 08:35:39 (UTC)

Reason: High quality image. Adds value to article. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears: Violet-tailed sylph
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator: Charlesjsharp

Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:35, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 10:58, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support. I tagged a hot pixel on the commons file page. Jay Cubby 17:18, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks. Charlesjsharp (talk) 19:54, 9 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:18, 13 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 15:52, 13 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support —Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 02:37, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Violet-tailed sylph (Aglaiocercus coelestis coelestis) male in flight Paz de las Aves.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 08:44, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Dr. Seuss

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 18 Sep 2025 at 01:03:48 (UTC)

Reason: EV and High Quality
Articles in which this image appears: Dr. Seuss, List of people associated with Lincoln College, Oxford
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Writers
Creator: Al Ravenna

Support as nominator – 10ploopy10 (talk) 01:03, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Not in the worst of shape, but a) some dust needs removing and b) the current version is highly compressed, which limits our ability to edit it further (work should be done using the TIF version anyways, but I did want to note it). — Chris Woodrich (talk) 11:01, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, maybe somebody will do it 10ploopy10 (talk) 18:59, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
doing... Jay Cubby 18:34, 10 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I withdraw my nomination 10ploopy10 (talk) 21:18, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:47, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Withdrawn nomination. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:47, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yousuf Karsh

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 17 Sep 2025 at 12:59:29 (UTC)

Reason: High quality photo showing Karsh at what he's famous for: photography
Articles in which this image appears: Yousuf Karsh
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists
Creator: Chris Lund [Wikidata]

Support as nominator – ―Howard • 🌽³³ 12:59, 7 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Janke | Talk 17:45, 7 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Excellent photograph. It needs a US copyright tag, however; if this press release was in the US, PD-US-no notice would likely work. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 11:03, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The license template says (emph. mine):

According to Public Works and Government Services Canada / Travaux publics et Services gouvernementaux Canada, Canada has no intention of renewing expired Crown Copyright works in any country, and consequently the URAA does not apply.
Does this mean it still needs a US tag? ―Howard • 🌽³³ 16:37, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- Interesting. I haven't seen that before. I think that disclaimer should work to demonstrate status in the US, so Support. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 12:54, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support —Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 02:37, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support ArionStar (talk) 02:12, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Yousuf Karsh 1958.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:30, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Archaeotherium

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 17 Sep 2025 at 10:23:22 (UTC)

Reason: Unanimously featured on Commons. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears: Archaeotherium
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator: Chris Woodrich

Support as nominator – MER-C 10:23, 7 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 13:43, 7 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:49, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:29, 13 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support —Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 02:37, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Archaeotherium sp. (TMP 2019.003.0004), Royal Tyrrell Museum, Drumheller, Alberta, 2025-07-13.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 11:15, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fernando Alonso

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 17 Sep 2025 at 06:45:33 (UTC)

Reason: HQ
Articles in which this image appears: Fernando Alonso
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Sport
Creator: United Autosports [1]

Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 06:45, 7 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 11:04, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Hamid Hassani (talk) 05:09, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support —Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 07:02, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Redthreadhx (talk) 01:59, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Alonso-68 (24710447098).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 07:51, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

History of the Czech lands

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 17 Sep 2025 at 00:20:46 (UTC)

Reason: EV
Articles in which this image appears: History of the Czech lands, +… (as a template image) and Lands of the Bohemian Crown (1526–1648) (as a solo image)
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Maps
Creator: Dirk Jansz van Santen

Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 00:20, 7 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Lean oppose – I'm seeing quite a few digital artifacts upon zooming in. Is this the best quality scan we have? ―Howard • 🌽³³ 15:51, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I withdraw my nomination Okay. ArionStar (talk) 22:03, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:26, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Withdrawn nomination. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:26, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

McMinnville UFO photograph

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 15 Sep 2025 at 19:17:09 (UTC)

Reason: High EV as it depicts a subject of the article.
Articles in which this image appears: McMinnville UFO photographs
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Other or Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others
Creator: Paul Trent

Support as nominator – JJARichardson (talk) 19:17, 5 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: shouldn't this photo first go through restoration to remove the flecks? ―Howard • 🌽³³ 12:49, 7 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Especially that big, dark one in the middle... ;-) --Janke | Talk 17:43, 7 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I would argue against restoration for this given that the condition of the photograph is relevant to its notability (which is solely derived from the question of whether it's a hoax--or rather, sorry, the fact that it's a hoax--not any artistic or historical merit). No comment on whether it is featurable; it meets criterion 5 but would require the historical exception to criterion 1. blameless 01:17, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think restoration is impossible in this case, at the very least it can be cropped.

Oppose from me unless a restoration is performed. ―Howard • 🌽³³ 15:54, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:22, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Suspended nominations

This section is for Featured Picture (or delisting) candidacies whose closure is postponed for additional editing, rendering, or copyright clarification.