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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:Refroidisseur d'eau à Nefta.jpg

Voting period ends on 10 Jul 2026 at 08:37:00 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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SHORT DESCRIPTION

File:Cimenterie Jbal Ressas la nuit.jpg

Voting period ends on 10 Jul 2026 at 08:23:50 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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SHORT DESCRIPTION

File:Boeing B-17G Sentimental Journey N9323Z HGR MD8.jpg

Voting period ends on 10 Jul 2026 at 02:16:06 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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B-17 Sentimental Journey
  •  Support The harmonious metallic tones and muted sky make the turquoise canopy stand out as a tasteful, eye-catching accent. -- Radomianin (talk) 08:35, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support -- Krigore (talk) — Preceding undated comment was added at 10:18, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

File:Un autre motard.jpg

Voting period ends on 10 Jul 2026 at 01:42:10 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Un motard dans le désert tunisien
 Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: Too small. Please read the Commons:Image guidelines. Yann (talk) 09:26, 1 July 2026 (UTC) Anyone other than the nominator who disagrees may override this template by changing {{FPX}} to {{FPX contested}} and adding a vote in support. Voting will then continue in the usual way. If not contested within 24 hours, this nomination may be closed.

File:La dune de Sif Essouane.jpg

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La plus haute dune du désert tunisien
 Thank you for nominating this image. Unfortunately, it does not fall within the Guidelines and is unlikely to succeed for the following reason: Too small. Please read the Commons:Image guidelines. Yann (talk) 09:25, 1 July 2026 (UTC) Anyone other than the nominator who disagrees may override this template by changing {{FPX}} to {{FPX contested}} and adding a vote in support. Voting will then continue in the usual way. If not contested within 24 hours, this nomination may be closed.

File:Visby ringmur June 2026 01.jpg

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Visby city wall.
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture/Castles and fortifications#Sweden
  •  Info Visby's city wall just before sunset with the Baltic Sea in the background. This is my favorite spot in Visby, and the only place where you can photograph the wall from the inside without buildings getting in the way. As the strongest, most extensive, and best preserved medieval city wall in Scandinavia, the wall forms an important and integral part of Visby World Heritage Site. Created, uploaded and nominated by -- ArildV (talk) 06:43, 30 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support -- ArildV (talk) 06:43, 30 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Comment There's a spot near the top of the walls on the right side (see note). --Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 06:54, 30 June 2026 (UTC)
    ✓ DoneThank you.--ArildV (talk) 07:04, 30 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support Rishan Hossain (talk) 04:42, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

File:Artemis II in Eclipse.jpg

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Captured by the Artemis II crew during their lunar flyby on April 6, 2026, this image shows the Moon fully eclipsing the Sun. From the crew’s perspective, the Moon appears large enough to completely block the Sun, creating nearly 54 minutes of totality and extending the view far beyond what is possible from Earth. We see a glowing halo around the dark lunar disk. The science community is investigating whether this effect is due to the corona, zodiacal light, or a combination of the two. Also visible are stars, typically too faint to see when imaging the Moon, but with the Moon in darkness stars are readily imaged. This unique vantage point provides both a striking visual and a valuable opportunity for astronauts to document their observations during humanity’s return to deep space. The faint glow of the nearside of the Moon is visible in this image, having been illuminated by light reflected off the Earth.

File:Morena del Mediterráneo (Muraena helena), Catania, Sicilia, Italia, 2025-04-05, DD 29.jpg

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Mediterranean moray (Muraena helena), Catania, Sicily, Italy
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish#Family_:_Muraenidae_(Moray_Eels)
  •  Info Mediterranean moray (Muraena helena) with a prey, Catania, Sicily, Italy. Mediterranean moray or Roman eel (Muraena helena) is a fish of the moray eel family. It has a long eel-like body and is found in coastal waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. It prefers rocky bottoms and lives in depths of from 5 to 80 meters (16.5 to 264 feet). It is a solitary and territorial species. This moray spends most of the day in cavities and clefts between rocks and is more active at night. It hunts fish, crayfish and cephalopods, but also feeds on dead animals. A bite with its long and sharp-pointed teeth can be dangerous to humans also due to the mildly toxic slime of its skin. c/u/n by Poco a poco (talk) 21:40, 29 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support -- Poco a poco (talk) 21:40, 29 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Request No depicts (P180) statement, This is the structured-data equivalent of categories: it tells other Wikimedia projects, search engines, and reuse tools what the image is of. Add at least one depicts entry on the file page, for example the Wikidata item for the main subject --Wilfredor (talk) 02:44, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
  • I expect that somewhen our tools get a bit more intelligent with help of AI and I don't need to fill out additional 5 more fields than I do now. Anything to say about the image? If I upload the image to iNaturalist it will tell mostly tell me the species depicted on the image. Poco a poco (talk) 08:12, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

File:Polistes dominula auf Wasser-20260526-RM-125135.jpg

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House wasp (Polistes dominula) floating on the water while drinking

File:V.A. Kokorev Hotel - Sofiyskaya Embankment - 2026.jpg

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  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture/Exteriors#Russia
  •  Info Historic building (1860s) on Sofiyskaya Embankment in Moscow, V.A. Kokorev Hotel. My photo.
  •  Support Юрий Д.К. 16:34, 29 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support interesting subject, nice light, nice composition. —UnpetitproleX (Talk) 17:12, 29 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support --Mile (talk) 17:35, 29 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support --Joydeep (Talk) 17:56, 29 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support Lovely light, lovely symmetry. --JackyM59 (talk) 19:07, 29 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support --Famberhorst (talk) 04:38, 30 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Oppose Definitely a good QI, but I fail to find something making it special enough for FP, sorry --Benji 06:01, 30 June 2026 (UTC)
    Hi, Benji. Thank for your review. It is a cultural heritage monument in the historic center of Moscow, taken during the best light conditions. It isn't just an office or a residential building. IMO, deserves FP star. Юрий Д.К. 16:57, 30 June 2026 (UTC)
    I believe we won't agree on this, and it doesn't matter :-) To me , the simple fact that a building has some cultural, artistic or historic importance and that the picture was well-taken doesn't make it an FP. I need some extraordinary architecture and/or an uncommon composition and/or something unusual in the picture outside the building to catch my eye and make me feel "wow, I've never seen a picture like this one before" Benji 18:07, 30 June 2026 (UTC)
    Thanks for reply. For me it is unusial architecture (Russia Russian Empire is famous for this), especially if you compare it with what is under construction in Moscow right now :-). It is a sad to see Moscow becoming so ugly... Юрий Д.К. 18:20, 30 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support --Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 06:51, 30 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 09:21, 30 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support--Mounir TOUZRI (talk) 18:30, 30 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support Well-framed and organized. Acroterion (talk) 02:25, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support -- Rishan Hossain (talk) 04:45, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support --Ermell (talk) 10:33, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

File:House Sparrow – wróbel zwyczajny – Passer domesticus.jpg

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Wild House Sparrow, female, panting in the heat. Wrocław, Poland

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Plage de l'Anse du Vieux Fort in commune of Sainte-Rose, Guadeloupe, France

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Giffre river in commune of Samoëns, Haute-Savoie, France

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Shell of a Short Spined Murex
  •  Question What do you mean? It is not a panorama. --07:06, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

File:Gripsholm castle (by Pudelek).JPG

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Gripsholm Castle
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture/Castles and fortifications#Sweden
  •  Info A risky nomination. In my opinion the shadows add depth to the image and make it more interesting, providing a sort of framing device that draws the eye towards the castle tower, but I will absolutely understand if people oppose for that reason. No FPs of this place. created by Pudelek – uploaded by Pudelek – nominated by Cmao20 -- Cmao20 (talk) 03:48, 29 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support -- Cmao20 (talk) 03:48, 29 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Comment Interesting place and the shadow doesn’t bother me, but I believe a slight crop on the left (without any on right) to make the image perfectly square will elevate the image and make it more balanced, pinging @Pudelek: in case they may want to apply such a crop. Would support a square crop. —UnpetitproleX (Talk) 17:09, 29 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Oppose For daytime architectural photos of a popular tourist attraction without any travel restrictions, I'd expect higher image quality, at least better than an average phone camera. A 3500px wide image would be fine for wildlife and stuff. The sky seems splotchy at the top and there are some small black spots next to the tip of the tower. The composition is subjective (the trees and shadows may add depth) but not outstanding in my opinion. dllu (talk) 18:41, 29 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Request Missing geolocation --Wilfredor (talk) 02:45, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

File:Црква „Св. Димитриј“ - Брусник 9.jpg

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St. Demetrius Church and the cemetery in the village of Brusnik

File:Црква „Св. Теодор Тирон“ - Граешница 3.jpg

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A niche with an engraving of Theodore of Amasea above the entrance of the eponymous church of the Graešnica Monastery
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Non-photographic media/Religion#Christianity
  •  Info The engraving was produced when the church was built in 1926. Its frame has dimensions of around 60 x 30 cm. In Orthodox Christianity, there's a niche above the main entrance of the church with an artwork depicting the patron saint. The artwork is most commonly a fresco, sometimes it may be a mosaic, and this is a very rare example where it is an engraved work. All by me. -- Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 22:09, 28 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support -- Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 22:09, 28 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Question What is the size of this? How old is it? More information would probably help people understand what it is. Yann (talk) 20:24, 29 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support Good and interesting. --Yann (talk) 09:29, 30 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Request No depicts (P180) statement --Wilfredor (talk) 02:45, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

File:Catedral BSB2.jpg

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  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture/Religious buildings#Brazil
  •  Info created and uploaded by Francisco Willian Saldanha – nominated by IamMM -- IamMM (talk) 18:14, 28 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support -- IamMM (talk) 18:14, 28 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Oppose Description and categorization problem. Gallery could be improved -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:29, 29 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Oppose Sorry, I recognise the building but I am not normally a fan of these kinds of views, it feels more like a gimmick than an outstanding composition to me. This is a very subjective opinion and I can absolutely understand why others might see this as FP. Also agree with Basile's points about proper documentation. Cmao20 (talk) 15:47, 29 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Neutral - I really like the style of this photo, but in my opinion the good effect is spoiled by the vignetting visible in the corners. - Krigore (talk)

File:Portrait assis de l'empereur Ming Taizu.jpg

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Ming Taizu Emperor

File:Rathaus-Essen-Abendlicht-2026-02.jpg

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Essen City Hall in evening light
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured_pictures/Places/Architecture/Exteriors#Germany
  •  Info Essen City Hall in evening light
  •  Info all by me -- Tuxyso (talk) 16:42, 28 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support -- Tuxyso (talk) 16:42, 28 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support An elegant and classy presentation of a not obviously very interesting building. Cmao20 (talk) 15:43, 29 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support --JackyM59 (talk) 19:15, 29 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Comment While I was uncertain at first, the image eventually was able to convince me. Could you just add some more categories, please? --Aciarium ⚒ (talk) 20:09, 29 June 2026 (UTC)
    Thanks for the review. I have added one more cat for the Golden hour light. Category:Rathaus Essen has already a lot of useful sub cats. Have you something in mind Icoversee here? Tuxyso (talk) 21:29, 29 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support --Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 06:53, 30 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 09:14, 30 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Comment @ Tuxyso I would suggest to make own Template for this lens, with some words of description, and add it on file. Since lens is more special than others. So photo of lens + some description what is so special. --Mile (talk) 15:41, 30 June 2026 (UTC) p.S. For photo, compo would be much better if right, dark tree would be a bit more seperated from building, but not erased since we have on left tree too.

File:A Sattriya dancer performing the dance form in Assam, India2.jpg

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A Sattriya dancer performing
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/People/Work#Dancers_performing
  •  Info Traditional Dance in Assam, India. Created, uploaded and originally nominated by --Joydeep (Talk) 11:07, 28 June 2026 (UTC), nomination adopted by UnpetitproleX (Talk) 07:31, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support -- Joydeep (Talk) 11:07, 28 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support --Ermell (talk) 21:43, 28 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support --UnpetitproleX (Talk) 03:11, 29 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 08:55, 29 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support --Llez (talk) 09:48, 29 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support Cmao20 (talk) 15:43, 29 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support --JackyM59 (talk) 19:15, 29 June 2026 (UTC)
  • FPD Over the limit of two active nominations (COM:FPC rule 11). Please withdraw one of your other open nominations first. --Wilfredor (talk) 02:46, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
  •  Comment @Wilfredor and Joydeep: I have decided to adopt this nomination, if you allow me, since I have none active and we have prior precedence of such 'adoptions' when a good enough nomination is erroneously made in excess of 2 noms. But I will also emphasise to Joydeep: please be more careful while nominating, it is not difficult to count and wait for your active nominations to pass. UnpetitproleX (Talk) 07:31, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

File:Burg Windeck- Bühl 01.jpg

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Windeck Castle, Bühl
  •  Question What do you mean by "pano template" and "depicts (P180) statemen"?. Please explain. --Llez (talk) 07:10, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

File:Abeille recouverte de pollen.jpg

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Bee with pollen

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Wooden relief on a choir stall in Roskilde Cathedral, Denmark, depicting the preaching of St. John the Baptist
  • ✓ Done -- Jakubhal 03:41, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

File:A Monastery Gate, Sikkim, India.jpg

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File:Turkistan.jpg

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Walls of mausoleum to Koja Ahmad Yassaui, Turkistan, Kazakhstan
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture/Religious_buildings#Kazakhstan
  •  Info Walls of mausoleum to Koja Ahmad Yassaui, Turkistan, Kazakhstan. My shot from 2013, re-edited. -- Mile (talk) 07:51, 28 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support -- Mile (talk) 07:51, 28 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support -- Min968 (talk) 11:44, 28 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support --UnpetitproleX (Talk) 03:12, 29 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Oppose Sorry, but I don't see anything special enough to deserve the star. Lighting is sub-optimal (shadows), crop of the subject is too tight and the human figures are superfluous. Alvesgaspar (talk) 14:34, 29 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support I like the figures for scale. However, the image title needs to be changed, 'Turkistan' is too vague. Cmao20 (talk) 15:40, 29 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Comment @Cmao20 Name of the town. Maybe to do after it to "Walls of ..." --Mile (talk) 17:08, 29 June 2026 (UTC)
  • ✓ Done --Mile (talk) 12:19, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

File:Portrait assis de l'empereur Ming Chengzu.jpg

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Portrait of Ming Chengzu Emperor

File:Jungle Bush-Quail in Mahabaleshwar August 2025 by Tisha Mukherjee 01.jpg

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Jungle Bush-Quail (Perdicula asiatica)

File:St. Louis gateway arch underside view southern leg.jpg

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st. louis gateway arch, underside view

File:Allegorie dèdiè au tiers etat LCCN2004676887-restored.jpg

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Engraving from the time of the French Revolution (specifically from the period of the National Constituent Assembly, around 1789) entitled "Allegory Dedicated to the Third Estate."

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Cala Tonnarella dell'Uzzo

File:Ornithogale d'Arabie ou Étoile de Bethléem.jpg

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File:Port aux Princes.jpg

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  • Gallery: Commons:Featured_pictures/Places/Natural#Tunisia
  •  Info created by Smailtn – uploaded by Smailtn – nominated by TOUMOU -- Mounir TOUZRI (talk) 08:30, 27 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support -- Mounir TOUZRI (talk) 08:30, 27 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Comment Nice compo, view. Maybe too much satured/vibrance (orange stones). But Aperture was too narrow. f/13@18mm for APS-C is making colors pastel with no sharpnes. I would try f/9-10...also anti-clockwise rotation necessary. --Mile (talk) 11:44, 27 June 2026 (UTC)
    thank you SAIDI Ismail (talk) 04:10, 28 June 2026 (UTC)
    Hi Mile, I tried f/13 to get more detail in the distant landscape and also in the strong sunlight; next time I think the best technique will be focus stacking. SAIDI Ismail (talk) 04:15, 28 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Weak support: lovely scene with some technical shortcomings --The Cosmonaut (talk) 12:31, 27 June 2026 (UTC)
    thank you SAIDI Ismail (talk) 04:10, 28 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support Agree with The Cosmonaut but I think the small technical issues are outweighed by the nice composition and mood. Cmao20 (talk) 13:30, 27 June 2026 (UTC)
    thank you SAIDI Ismail (talk) 04:11, 28 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support Agrre to the both above --Berthold Werner (talk) 18:10, 27 June 2026 (UTC)
    thank you SAIDI Ismail (talk) 04:11, 28 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support --JackyM59 (talk) 20:04, 27 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Weak support Low quality but good composition --Wilfredor (talk) 23:13, 27 June 2026 (UTC)
    thank you SAIDI Ismail (talk) 04:12, 28 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support -- Min968 (talk) 17:02, 28 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Weak oppose Composition is okay but white balance is on the yellow side -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:23, 29 June 2026 (UTC)
    hi Basile Morin, Thank you for your comment., the yellow issue has been fixed. SAIDI Ismail (talk) 07:42, 29 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support SAIDI Ismail (talk) 08:00, 29 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Weak support per Wilfredor Юрий Д.К. 18:43, 29 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support --MZaplotnik(talk) 05:02, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

File:White Fungus Lentinus Ooty Jun26 A7CR 11026-70 zsp.jpg

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Lentinus fungus on tree stump, Ooty, Nilgiris, India

File:Gusano de fuego (Hermodice carunculata), Catania, Sicilia, Italia, 2025-04-04, DD 21.jpg

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Bearded fireworm (Hermodice carunculata), Catania, Sicily, Italy

File:The pier at Velenje Lake (Velenje, Slovenia, 2026).jpg

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The pier at Velenje Lake (Velenje, Slovenia, 2026)

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  • ✓ Done. Flower centered. Thank you. for your review.--Famberhorst (talk) 14:48, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

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61st European Karate Championships 2026, Frankfurt am Main: Women's Kumite Team Gold Medal Match: France (red) vs. Germany (blue); representing Germany: Hannah Riedel

File:Catalina Back Side by Don Ramey Logan.jpg

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Catalina Back Side
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Places
  •  Info The Back Side of Santa Catalina Island; Cottonwood Beach, Little Harbor Beach and Catalina Head in the distance: By WPPilot -- Don (talk) 20:28, 24 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support -- Don (talk) 20:28, 24 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support Wow! Cmao20 (talk) 00:00, 26 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support but EXIF would be nice. Yann (talk) 05:43, 26 June 2026 (UTC)
    Yann, I added Exif data and uploaded yet it does not seem to apply on the commons page? It was shot with my Fujifilm GFX 100 S II and I frankly have no idea how that was stripped from the file? Any ideas? Don (talk) 19:08, 27 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Weak support -- It's a pity that the foreground is a bit blurry, but overall it's impressive. -- Krigore (talk) 09:36, 26 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Oppose Poor sharpnes, no EXIF, comment to 2nd upload: "YES" ? I feel focus is in the back. --Mile (talk) 09:40, 26 June 2026 (UTC)
  • Very  weak support per Mile and Kigore. —UnpetitproleX (Talk) 08:04, 27 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support --MZaplotnik(talk) 19:04, 28 June 2026 (UTC)

File:Echinops-Sitia-Crete-Greece.jpg

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Echinops. Sitia, Crete, Greece.

File:La Pedrera Barcelona May 2026-1-2a.jpg

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Stairway of Casa Milá
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Objects/Architectural elements#Stairs
  •  Info Here is a risky nomination I can't resist to, due to my fascination for the creations of Antonio Gaudi. I have included two pictures of the stairway of Casa Milá because I found it difficult to make justice to its beauty with a single one. Yes, I do love what the French call Art Nouveau and the Spanish Modernism. All by Alvesgaspar (talk) 21:13, 24 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 21:13, 24 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support It is a beautiful building notwithstanding several technical flaws of the photographs (such as blown highlights, lack of sharpness, etc -- but you are no doubt already aware). The official regulations prohibit bringing a "professional camera" so probably we can't do much better than the Fujifilm X-T5 (although I am also disappointed in the X-T5, I thought it would be a lot better, but I checked your EXIF data and found your settings to be optimal for the situation). Overall, the harmonious textures and smooth curves are very nice. However, the regulations also mention that photography "requires special authorisation" and that the "Organization reserves the right to take legal action for the publication of any graphic, audiovisual or digital material of La Pedrera without prior authorization", which seems rather at odds with a free license for Commons. Would that be a problem? But I suppose Gaudi died 100 years ago and the copyright has expired so the architecture itself is public domain. dllu (talk) 23:12, 24 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Comment. The nomination should probably be withdrawn and, I assume, the images deleted. "No photos, video and/or sound recordings may be made or broadcast from the Basilica for commercial, advertising or dissemination (my emphasis) purposes without written authorisation in advance from the Foundation" Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:23, 25 June 2026 (UTC)
  • The rules you cite probably apply to the Sagrada Familia basilica, not Casa Milá. The norms concerning Casa Milá are much more ambiguous. By the way, there are hundreds of photos of this building in Commons.-- Alvesgaspar (talk) 09:49, 25 June 2026 (UTC)
  • I think these are the rules of Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera which runs the place. Charlesjsharp (talk) 14:42, 25 June 2026 (UTC)
  • In my understanding (but I'm not familiar with Spanish law), Gaudi and the other artists who worked here have been dead long enough for their work to be public domain, and the organization operating this place can claim whatever they want, they have no legal basis to restrain the use of any pictures taken here. A lot of organizations running heritage buildings have similar "rules" (in France, the RMN even claims it owns copyright on Renaissance paintings), but thankfully, there are laws and the simple fact that some organization says you can't do something doesn't make it true. --Benji 08:11, 27 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support --Petro Stelte (talk) 16:33, 25 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Oppose Contrast is to high, composition is not interesting, colors neither. Despite you could out 2 original into set nomination. --Mile (talk) 17:18, 25 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support I think the atmosphere of the photos, and the presentation as a diptych, is artistic and elegant. I hope the pictures do not have to be deleted. I won't comment on that, as it is out of scope for what I'm judging here. Cmao20 (talk) 18:19, 25 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Oppose -- Per Mile, I think one photo with better postprocessing would do the job. Now it's kinda unappealing, mostly because of the colors. And I had to think to figure out that it was the same staircase from above and below. It's not that obvious. -- Krigore (talk) 09:45, 26 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Oppose -- Per Mile and Krigore, the technical quality of this picture is not good enough (although I understand it is difficult to do better in a crowded place with restrictions on photography), the result is not appealing and I don't think making one file out of the two pictures was a good idea. --Benji 08:11, 27 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Oppose No doubt that the place offers a bunch of possible FPs but I don't think that these images illustrate the beuty of the place. I agree that the images are not appealing (porbably not the nicest motives), look overporocessed and the light management is not the best either. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Poco a poco (talk • contribs)

File:Воронцовський маяк Одеса 115.jpg

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Vorontsov Lighthouse in the Black Sea port of Odesa, Ukraine.

File:Ceriagrion coromandelianum female 26052014.jpg

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  • Gallery: Commons:Featured_pictures/Animals/Arthropods/Odonata#Family : Coenagrionidae (Narrow-winged Damselflies)
  •  Info Coromandel Marsh Dart Ceriagrion coromandelianum (female) with its pray in mouth. It is a medium sized pale green damselfly with yellow tail. Thorax is olive green above merging to yellow on sides, underside is white. Legs are yellow with black spines. Common along the banks of ponds, rivers and canals. Also found frequently far away from water bodies. Breeds in shallow water bodies with profuse growth of grass and other aquatic plants. Flies throughout the year and distributed throughout the Oriental region. Taken at Burdwan, West Bengal, India. --Joydeep (Talk) 15:48, 24 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support --Joydeep (Talk) 15:49, 24 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support -- Nurtenge (talk) 18:47, 24 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Question Not sure why you are nominating this female when your existing FP is sharper. Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:03, 24 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Comment I'm not sure I feel strongly enough on this one to vote either way. It's sharp and good quality with a nice composition, but quite small for FP. However, I think if you have other FPs of the same species as Charles notes, it would probably be the right thing to do to inform us of them when making the nomination. That's definitely relevant information for voters. Cmao20 (talk) 18:15, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

File:Mandelbrot Set Image 110.png

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Fragment of the Mandelbrot set, using perturbation theory. Frame width: 1.53 x 10⁻⁶². Rendered at 80,000 × 80,000 pixels and downsampled using 8×8 Super-Sampling Anti-Aliasing (SSAA) to a 100-megapixel final image. C++ source code included.
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Non-photographic_media/Computer-generated#Mathematics
  •  Info Fragment of the Mandelbrot set, using perturbation theory. Frame width: 1.52 x 10⁻⁶². Rendered at 80,000 × 80,000 pixels and downsampled using 8×8 Super-Sampling Anti-Aliasing (SSAA) to a 100-megapixel final image. C++ source code included. Most importantly, beyond its technical milestones, the image showcases a striking aesthetic beauty. Created, uploaded and nominated by Aokoroko -- Aokoroko (talk) 14:15, 24 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support -- Aokoroko (talk) 14:15, 24 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Comment The Mandelbrot set is an endless source of beauty and all we have to do is to choose among thousands of different images generated automatically (or by AI). This is not a critique just a realization that disturbs me a little. Could we compare this situation with the choice we make among the many different views nature has to offer? I feel it is not really the same thing and feel tempted to reject most of these images until something extraordinary comes up. -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 19:40, 25 June 2026 (UTC)
    No! Automatically generated (or artificially intelligent) is impossible! Only a HUMAN can do this! And yes, it's extraordinary, but it takes many hours and even days. Aokoroko (talk) 22:26, 25 June 2026 (UTC)
    It is a matter of human taste to decide which view to choose, as well as choices in, say, the colour palette used. You can see here that Aokoroko has swept through over 100 different fractals from File:Mandelbrot Set Image 01.jpg to File:Mandelbrot Set Image 110.png before finally one was deemed worthy of nominating as an FP. dllu (talk) 10:29, 26 June 2026 (UTC)
    Yes! This is a very good fractal! Beautiful! Aokoroko (talk) 12:16, 26 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 12:45, 27 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support -- George Chernilevsky talk 20:48, 27 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support Юрий Д.К. 18:33, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

File:Lago di Carezza and Latemar, Carezza, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, 2025 October.jpg

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Lago di Carezza and Latemar, Carezza, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
  • Sorry, I can't see any sign of CA at all. Cmao20 (talk) 10:55, 25 June 2026 (UTC)
 Comment I can zoom in to 200% and scroll around in the top right corner but I cannot see any of the claimed artifacts. Also I can't make out any of the claimed chromatic aberrations in the mountains. Granada (talk) 12:06, 25 June 2026 (UTC)
Indeed. I have noticed this forum growing rather paranoid about CA lately. In the past I've nominated pictures that do have slight chromatic aberrations but are extremely high resolution and otherwise good quality, and they have passed without opposition; lately I've seen opposes for CA that is so minor that I genuinely cannot see any evidence of it whatever. Perhaps standards are changing...I'd appreciate a note to show where this has been noticed. Cmao20 (talk) 12:29, 25 June 2026 (UTC)
Thanks for nomination! I'm a bit confused about the CA and artefact claims as well. I can't see anything drastic myself. I've definitely had worse examples of CA in some of my other pictures, and tbh I don't personally feel too bothered about a little bit of CA. I think it's quite natural thing, that I sometimes fix a bit if I feel like it. The artefacts, I can't seem to find them on my screen. Surely they can't be that bad, because... uh? The other thing I can address a bit: Yeah, I honestly have a habit of downscaling, and it's purely my preference how I like to view my images when at 100%. I don't want to downscale much, but that's how I like to look at them. (I'm not so interested in evaluating how perfect the lenses are at every situation, or how well camera bodies translate the lens qualities into pixel clusters of varying quality at different corners of image at the full size. Instead, at 100% I like the eye to wander in the details of the landscape itself at that particular resolution, at the level of detail where everything worthy is still there identifiable, if that makes sense.) In short, I just want them to have just the appropriate amount of detail to be "perfect" for Wikipedia articles. The second reason is, i'm still a bit paranoid about where all my pictures might end up, so to ease my anxiety, I still like to have the original files and image sizes in my personal storage as a proof of original ownership. Greetings, --Ximonic (talk) 18:45, 25 June 2026 (UTC)
Found some artefact patches and removed them. Looked like different level of pixel noise. They were very faint atleast for me - I had to really look closely to find them. --Ximonic (talk) 19:01, 25 June 2026 (UTC)
Thank you for dropping in to make improvements and talk about your photo, Ximonic. You are most welcome for the nomination. I can see the artefacts now that I compare the before and after, but agree that they were very faint indeed! Cmao20 (talk) 19:11, 25 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support Stunning view and likely a POTY finalist or even winner. There is a very slight CA but only visible at very high zoom, so it is negligible. But I've noticed that original was 6,720х4,480px. Is the photo is cropped or downscaled? Юрий Д.К. 13:18, 25 June 2026 (UTC)
  • Thank you, agree. I have to go to 300% zoom to see anything that looks like colour fringing! Most of Ximonic's pictures seem to be cropped pretty extensively, often from larger panoramas. Cmao20 (talk) 16:02, 25 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support --Famberhorst (talk) 13:34, 25 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support --Petro Stelte (talk) 15:27, 25 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support --Ermell (talk) 20:42, 25 June 2026 (UTC)
  • UnpetitproleX, would you consider re-evaluating this new version? Cmao20 (talk) 02:42, 26 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Comment Thanks for removing the multiple patches of artefacts.  Support now but I do not appreciate the accusatory tone of several editors here ("can’t see … CA at all", "cannot see … claimed artifacts … claimed CAs", "CA and artefact claims"), and elsewhere, as if I am making up the issues in the image(s) or that they don’t actually exist—and yet a moment later the artefacts not only appear but also get fixed (which is all I had asked for). CAs and artefacts are not hard to fix, CAs in fact are rather easy to remove especially when they’re minor.
    My primary reason to change my vote from neutral to weak oppose originally, were the artefacts especially and less so the CAs, as I also noted in my original comment. I also don’t understand why an issue shouldn’t matter if it’s only visible at 100% (or more) zoom. It is a pretty standard practice at FPC to judge an image based on detail, sharpness, and indeed CAs and artefacts, at that level of zoom. --UnpetitproleX (Talk) 04:54, 26 June 2026 (UTC)
  • UnpetitproleX, I am not sure how 'I can't see any signs of CA at all' is accusatory. (I won't address the other instances you felt were accusations, because I didn't say them.) It was merely a statement of fact. I couldn't see any, because it had not occurred to me that I was supposed to zoom in to 300% to see it. I will be honest, I absolutely think an issue does not matter if it is only visible at 300% zoom. I would call it pixel peeping. It is irrelevant to artistic enjoyment of the photograph, irrelevant to realistic use cases of the photograph in Wikimedia projects, and irrelevant to any realistic use case of the photograph by any third party reuser. If it is a standard practice to judge an image at FPC based on CAs at more than 100% zoom, then it is in my opinion a wrong practice and ought to change. You are free to have a different opinion, and you may of course choose to oppose images for this reason. But I am also free to speak my mind, and I don't think my tone was (or is) hostile. I fully stand by my original comments - I can't see any signs of CA at all at any magnification that I personally believe it is reasonable to judge a photograph. Cmao20 (talk) 10:57, 26 June 2026 (UTC)
  • Im sorry but this is in fact a clear example of pixel peeping, one of the most notorious I've seen in almost 20 years experience on FPC. UnpetitproleX you don't even seem to care about the image resolution. I've to ask you to discontinue with this practice. It will just frustrate authors, reviewers and yourself, and if it makes a difference in the end, then we'll have more downsampling. Poco a poco (talk) 17:58, 26 June 2026 (UTC)
  • Thank you, Poco, I'm glad you see it this way too. Cmao20 (talk) 18:16, 26 June 2026 (UTC)
  • Cmao20 I could see the multiple patches of artefacts (multiple as in more than one, patches as in portions of the image and just not some pixels) at less than 100% zoom and the CA at 100% zoom. Your personal inability to see them at less than 300% does not mean others can not. The accusations, now, of "pixel peeping" by you and Poco a poco, with whose image I pointed out similar issues though did not oppose since there were no patches of artefacts in it, are frankly offensive. I will continue to review nominations. UnpetitproleX (Talk) 03:02, 27 June 2026 (UTC)
  • UnpetitproleX, no, they're not offensive. Sorry but they're just not. You may feel offended by them but that does not make them offensive, sorry. I didn't ask you not to continue to review nominations so am unsure why you are acting like I did. You have a right to your opinion and you may oppose any and all of my nominations if you wish. But I have a right to point out that I think your opinion is bad and that criticising images for such miniscule technical failings (as opposed to more substantive issues such as composition, light, and quality at sensible zoom levels) is bad for the project and makes FPC worse. Please don't try to shut down my right to my opinions by calling politely-expressed viewpoints that happen to conflict with your own opinions 'offensive.' Cmao20 (talk) 05:32, 27 June 2026 (UTC)
    • I just don’t believe multiple large patches of visible artefacts are 'minuscule', and I’d be surprised if anyone thought so. You may believe me pointing out those patches are pixel peeping and "make FPC worse" but I don’t. Such accusations I do find offensive.
    UnpetitproleX (Talk) 05:46, 27 June 2026 (UTC)
  • Well, it seems that everyone else did think so, as the picture did not pick up any criticism from any other voter and even the creator could barely see the issues, but alright, this discussion will not be productive. I wish you all the best even though I wish you would be willing to tolerate civil disagreement. Cmao20 (talk) 05:56, 27 June 2026 (UTC)
    I don’t think everyone said the multiple large patches of visible artefacts were minuscule, only that the CAs were minor—which I also said—but we’re all allowed to draw our own conclusions. I’m just glad those patches were removed, a FP shouldn’t have such issues, even if the minor CAs are still there. I wish people would be less hostile to those pointing out issues and not accuse them of inventing those. UnpetitproleX (Talk) 07:39, 27 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support -- Krigore (talk) 09:46, 26 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support per Radomianin and others. – Aristeas (talk) 15:23, 26 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support --Stepro (talk) 15:56, 26 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Oppose Will oppose, i see a lot of green CA (in the shadow !, on 1:1, snow in mountains) and perhaps was made with adding green color. Some white dots also seen (in 1st version). Could remove if lake was near to that color, Ximonic can original be seen ? --Mile (talk) 10:15, 27 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support --Llez (talk) 14:18, 27 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support -- Min968 (talk) 17:05, 28 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support --Tournasol7 (talk) 12:18, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

File:Eakins, Thomas - The Agnew Clinic.jpg

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File:SANAA-Gebäude-Morgenlicht-2026-01.jpg

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SANAA-Building at Zeche Zollverein in morning sunlight, architects: Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured_pictures/Places/Architecture/Exteriors#Germany
  •  Info SANAA-Building at Zeche Zollverein in morning sunlight, architects: Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa
  •  Info all by me -- Tuxyso (talk) 22:16, 23 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support -- Tuxyso (talk) 22:16, 23 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support Cmao20 (talk) 22:42, 23 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support --Petro Stelte (talk) 04:09, 24 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 07:13, 24 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support --Llez (talk) 10:35, 24 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Oppose Looks distorted because the viewpoint is too close to the building --Uoaei1 (talk) 12:35, 24 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Oppose As above. Alvesgaspar (talk) 15:01, 24 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Comment Alvesgaspar and Uoaei1: As I've explained in previous nominations with similiar photos, nothing here is distorted or over-corrected. This was shot with a high quality PC-E 19mm tilt-shift lens precisely to render the verticals correctly and avoid the converging-lines distortion a tilted camera would produce. The perspective you see is the geometrically accurate one.
    My goal was a high-quality architectural shot in beautiful light that puts the building clearly at its center. The SANAA building stands in a very urban setting, so a more distant viewpoint would inevitably pull in distracting elements such as street lamps, the road, trees and residential buildings. The close corner perspective was a deliberate choice to keep the focus on the architecture. It also nicely emphasises the cirrocumulus clouds, which add to the morning atmosphere.
    I'm always a little surprised that slightly bolder perspectives keep meeting resistance - a dynamic viewpoint shouldn't be mistaken for a distorted one. --Tuxyso (talk) 17:34, 24 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Comment There is no such thing as a "geometrically accurate perspective". Yes, those lines are vertical but we see them as converging when we look up at the building. If we look straight ahead at a close distance, we often won't be able to see it all. Please understand these negative opinions as an expression of an aesthetical feeling, not as a technical evaluation. In other words as a way of saying "this doesn't look natural". Anyway, many people here are aware of my depp deslike of the present fashion of correcting all verticals. -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 18:10, 24 June 2026 (UTC)
    I fully respect your standpoint. As always with photos - often a matter of personal taste. Nonetheless: I have not corrected the verticals but only put the camera into horizontal position and shifted the image circle. For those who prefer a less dynamic viewpoint I have these shots File:SANAA-Gebäude-Morgenlicht-2026-03.jpg and File:SANAA-Gebäude-Morgenlicht-2026-02.jpg but finally I deciced to nominate this one here. Tuxyso (talk) 18:37, 24 June 2026 (UTC)
    To be honest I can understand Alvesgaspar's comments. When using a super wide shift lens, e.g. with a Laowa 15mm f/4.5 Shift, I generally prefer to just take a flat frontal view like File:Hallidie Building in San Francisco dllu.jpg rather than a really dynamic corner view for that reason. Here, I also prefer the relatively "boring" view of File:SANAA-Gebäude-Morgenlicht-2026-02.jpg. As a personal rule of thumb (just for my own taste rather than as a general recommendation), when I do take photos of corner views of cuboid-shaped buildings, I try to prevent the corner from approaching an acute angle less than 90 degrees, although I sometimes do break this rule myself, e.g. in File:Hillman Library, exterior (brighter).jpg. Sometimes I also leave the verticals slightly uncorrected on purpose, e.g. File:Jackson Tower, Portland at dusk.jpg. As an extremely minor nitpick, in the 2026-02 image, there's a very slight bit of chromatic aberrations and barrel distortion, which are generally super annoying to correct with shift lenses. Some newer, super expensive shift lenses, like the Fujifilm GF 30mm f/5.6 TS, will save the shift amount in the metadata, so that software can correct for these. P.S. the legendary Nikkor 19mm f/4 PC-E has long been one of my dream lenses. It is wonderful to see people contributing to Commons with such high end gear. dllu (talk) 20:29, 24 June 2026 (UTC)
    Thank you so much for your detailed background information, I really appreciate it. Due to your hint I have corrected CA on 02 (the correction in LR was just deactivated). The PC-E 19mm is a stunning lens - had a chance to get it used. It is not yet available new. --Tuxyso (talk) 21:43, 24 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Weak support Юрий Д.К. 12:59, 25 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Oppose I agree, the distortion is probably what is exceptional here, something you manage getting close to the object, not a FP to me, sorry Poco a poco (talk) 19:48, 25 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Weak support -- Krigore (talk) 09:49, 26 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Oppose Sorry but I have to agree with Uoaei1 and Alvesgaspar. Also no "wow" for me in this picture --Benji 08:19, 27 June 2026 (UTC)
    The stunning architecture and favorable morning light and very high quality is enough wow for me. Maybe I am a bit biased :) Nonetheless I am still convinced, otherwise I had not nominated it. As already stated the close view point is also to get maxium attention on the building (which won an architecture prize) without and distractions. Would you prefer one of the two other photos? —Tuxyso (talk) 08:37, 27 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Oppose The perspective is neither natural nor artistic to me, to make it exceptional. Overall not up to the FPs in the gallery. --Tagooty (talk) 04:03, 28 June 2026 (UTC)

File:Indian elephant in Kaziranga National Park March 2025 by Tisha Mukherjee 04.jpg

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Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus)
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals#Family_:_Elephantidae_(Elephants)
  •  Info All by -- Tisha Mukherjee (talk) 06:46, 23 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support -- Tisha Mukherjee (talk) 06:46, 23 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support —Bruce1eetalk 07:04, 23 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support --Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 08:02, 23 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 11:33, 23 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support Simply majestic. Wow! Wolverine X-eye 14:47, 23 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support --Yann (talk) 20:25, 23 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support Cmao20 (talk) 22:41, 23 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support --Petro Stelte (talk) 04:12, 24 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Oppose We have thousands of images of elephants on Commons. I don't see why this one should be considerered expectional. Quality is fine, not outstanding, the pose interesting, the human road rather a minus. Sorry, not a FP to me. Poco a poco (talk) 07:15, 24 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support --Llez (talk) 10:33, 24 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Oppose Agree with opposer. And I don't like the washed-out colors. -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 15:06, 24 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Oppose per Poco a poco & Alvesgaspar. --Joydeep (Talk) 18:05, 24 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Weak oppose Sorry, have to agree. --UnpetitproleX (Talk) 05:06, 25 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Oppose Agreed that this photo isn't outstanding compared to existing FPs of elephants. Still, a technically decent image though. dllu (talk) 18:26, 25 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Comment I like 1st shot, easy for my eyes. But you could leave ISO Auto, no use for elephant in low shutter time. I dislike background. --Mile (talk) 09:50, 26 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support --Mounir TOUZRI (talk) 23:21, 28 June 2026 (UTC)

File:Osaka City Central Public Hall main facade 2026 dllu.jpg

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Osaka City Central Public Hall main facade

File:Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art spiral staircase Kobe 2026 dllu.jpg

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Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art spiral staircase

File:Camomille sauvage (Matricaria chamomilla), coquelicots (Papaver rhoeas) au bord d'un champ d'orge (Hordeum vulgare).jpg

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Wild chamomile and cockroaches on the edge of a barley field in Monchecourt (France) in June.
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Plants#Others
  •  Info created by JackyM59 – uploaded by JackyM59 – nominated by JackyM59 -- JackyM59 (talk) 14:53, 22 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support -- JackyM59 (talk) 14:53, 22 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support -- JulfikarIndia (talk) 16:03, 22 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support -- Nurtenge (talk) 17:26, 22 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Oppose Quality is good and colors are vey nice. But composition seems chaotic to me. Alvesgaspar (talk) 22:50, 22 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Comment Thanks for this great review. This is exactly what I was looking to show: a spring field bouquet looking for a little space among the monoculture fields… -- JackyM59 (talk) 09:00, 23 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support: lovely scene for me. --The Cosmonaut (talk) 11:31, 23 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support -- This is what flower-rich wild edges generally look like. That is the charm of uncomplicated flower meadows.Famberhorst (talk) 15:55, 23 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support --Yann (talk) 20:27, 23 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support Юрий Д.К. 22:05, 23 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support Excellent way of capturing what spring flowers actually look like Cmao20 (talk) 22:39, 23 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support --Petro Stelte (talk) 04:16, 24 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 07:01, 24 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Oppose Per Alvesgaspar Poco a poco (talk) 07:19, 24 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support Overall this imge works but could be a little more impactful if the distracting poppy in the top right was cropped out. That would leave the rest of the red poppies appear like a diagonal dappling of sunlight across a meadow... --GRDN711 (talk) 18:26, 24 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support The top-right poppy mentioned by GRDN711 is a minor distraction, but it doesn't reduce the image's appeal for me. The wonderfully natural abundance of flowers is exactly what makes this composition so convincing. -- Radomianin (talk) 22:27, 24 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Comment Thanks for the tips, I had made a second cliché more square this one. I kept this one more open with the barley field blurred in the background and especially not to cut the oat stalk on the left. -- JackyM59 (talk) 06:45, 25 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support Composition is as chaotic as nature sometimes is. --imehling (talk) 08:33, 27 June 2026 (UTC)

Baia dei Conigli

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It is, in fact, quite long, it's not a small cove, but that's not the issue. It's certainly possible to make a panorama from one of these viewpoints, but it's not possible to merge the views from the two opposite points into one, hence the set. The Cosmonaut (talk) 15:17, 22 June 2026 (UTC)
thanks for explain Wilfredor (talk) 21:01, 22 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support -- Nurtenge (talk) 17:26, 22 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Comment It would look nicer with the horizons aligned. Charlesjsharp (talk) 20:39, 22 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Weak support up to charles sugestion --Wilfredor (talk) 21:02, 22 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Oppose I don't think this montage works. One of the reasons is that the individual images are not vey good per se. -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 22:53, 22 June 2026 (UTC)
  • ✓ Done: made it more symmetrical. --The Cosmonaut (talk) 11:24, 23 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support --Yann (talk) 20:27, 23 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support Юрий Д.К. 22:06, 23 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Weak oppose I would support the right image by itself but the composition of the left image does not rise to FP level to me, although the image quality is good. Cmao20 (talk) 22:38, 23 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support I was too harsh on this. I still think the west view is much better though. Cmao20 (talk) 18:24, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

Timetable (day 5 after nomination)

Fri 26 Jun → Wed 01 Jul
Sat 27 Jun → Thu 02 Jul
Sun 28 Jun → Fri 03 Jul
Mon 29 Jun → Sat 04 Jul
Tue 30 Jun → Sun 05 Jul
Wed 01 Jul → Mon 06 Jul

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

Mon 22 Jun → Wed 01 Jul
Tue 23 Jun → Thu 02 Jul
Wed 24 Jun → Fri 03 Jul
Thu 25 Jun → Sat 04 Jul
Fri 26 Jun → Sun 05 Jul
Sat 27 Jun → Mon 06 Jul
Sun 28 Jun → Tue 07 Jul
Mon 29 Jun → Wed 08 Jul
Tue 30 Jun → Thu 09 Jul
Wed 01 Jul → Fri 10 Jul

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:July 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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