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Carlo Acutis

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 3 Jun 2024 at 02:49:10 (UTC)

Reason

Recent news of Pope Francis' plans on canonizing Carlo Acutis had me checking his Wikipedia page. And I thought this could this picture is a good presentation of the first millennial saint, especially with it being good EV for its article its apart of.

Articles in which this image appears

Carlo Acutis

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Religious figures

Creator

Dobroš

• Support as nominator – GamerPro64 02:49, 24 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose - Tilted, awkward framing, snapshot-like. Doesn't fulfill criterion #3 IMO. --Janke | Talk 12:13, 24 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose – Per Janke. Weird, IMO. – Sca (talk) 13:01, 24 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose, per Janke. – Hamid Hassani (talk) 09:13, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 05:32, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nuba wrestling

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 22 May 2024 at 09:31:47 (UTC)

Reason

Featured unanimously on Commons two months ago. Illustrates article well.

Articles in which this image appears

Nuba wrestling

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Sport

Creator

Diego Delso

• Support as nominator – MER-C 09:31, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – ―Howard • 🌽³³ 11:04, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 07:18, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Bammesk (talk) 01:41, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Should be the lead image, as it is much better than the current one. Yann (talk) 13:00, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Support High EV and well executed. I've just swapped it in as the lead per Yann's comment Nick-D (talk) 05:45, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• @MER-C: The image was removed from the only article it appeared in and it can't be promoted if it's unused. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:37, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Added to Mundari people. MER-C 11:22, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Great. Now it just needs to remain stable in the article for seven days. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 08:10, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Lucha entre clanes de la tribu Mundari, Terekeka, Sudán del Sur, 2024-01-29, DD 197.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 10:26, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Giacchino

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 4 Jun 2024 at 15:49:58 (UTC)

Reason

High quality and resolution

Articles in which this image appears

Michael Giacchino etc.

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment

Creator

Dgoldwas

• Support as nominator – Vinícius O. (talk) 15:49, 25 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment - Promotional pic. EV?. – Sca (talk) 11:57, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment – It isn't sharp at full size, most likely because the file size is small 206KB. Good otherwise. Bammesk (talk) 16:21, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:51, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Maria Carolina of Austria

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 4 Jun 2024 at 15:55:04 (UTC)

Reason

High quality and resolution. Good digitization.

Articles in which this image appears

Maria Carolina of Austria

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Royalty and nobility

Creator

Anton Raphael Mengs

• Support as nominator – Vinícius O. (talk) 15:55, 25 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment – I am leaning to support, but the file at the source link Here is slightly different. Bammesk (talk) 23:51, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:56, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

BL 60-pounder gun

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 5 Jun 2024 at 02:17:54 (UTC)

Reason

Outstanding picture quality for the time (1915), you can even see the nickname given to the cannon clearly on the barrel with zoom.

Articles in which this image appears

BL 60-pounder gun, Artillery

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Weaponry

Creator

Ernest Brooks

• Support as nominator – Grozalunatic (talk) 02:17, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• I struck this vote. User has less than 100 edits. See instructions on top of the WP:FPC page. Bammesk (talk) 17:22, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  I believe the nominator is actually an exception to that. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.9% of all FPs.} 04:09, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Support – Bammesk (talk) 16:42, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Support per nominator. The quality of this image is remarkable for the time and it has very strong EV given it provides what looks like a very realistic depiction of one of these guns in combat. Nick-D (talk) 00:19, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Support; current edition is a very good picture as for 1915. – Hamid Hassani (talk) 06:11, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Support, nice historic shot and EV. Brandmeister^talk 07:49, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Support as per above. Moonreach (talk) 14:45, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:60 pounder Cape Helles June 1915.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 10:30, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Rufous-throated partridge

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 5 Jun 2024 at 11:20:20 (UTC)

Reason

Featured on Commons recently. Headline image.

Articles in which this image appears

Rufous-throated partridge

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds

Creator

JJ Harrison

• Support as nominator – MER-C 11:20, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Giles Laurent (talk) 11:52, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 06:25, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. Choliamb (talk) 11:01, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – ―Howard • 🌽³³ 13:49, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Rufous-throated Partridge 0A2A9937.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 11:36, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Alpine ibex

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 5 Jun 2024 at 11:26:58 (UTC)

Reason

Unanimously featured on Commons last week. Headline image in a featured article.

Articles in which this image appears

Alpine ibex

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals

Creator

Giles Laurent

• Support as nominator – MER-C 11:26, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment - Great detail of subject, but DOF-blurry background. Could be cropped. – Sca (talk) 11:50, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Giles Laurent (talk) 11:52, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Bammesk (talk) 16:30, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Support — Bruce1ee^talk 06:24, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 06:27, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:094 Wild female Alpine Ibex at Creux du Van Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 11:40, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Cygnus olor swimming

Voting period ends on 13 Jun 2024 at 07:50:11 (UTC)

Reason

FP and QI on Commons, headline image, used on multiple articles, featured in DYK

Articles in which this image appears

Mute swan, Island gigantism, List of Anseriformes by population, List of domesticated animals, List of birds of India, etc.

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds

Creator

Sanchezn

• Support as nominator – WILD MOUSE what? 07:50, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment I feel like the .jpg ending to the URL is somehow breaking the transclusion at Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates# Zanahary (talk) 07:52, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  @Zanahary  Fixed WILD MOUSE what? 08:00, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment – we have a FP of this species Here. Bammesk (talk) 01:18, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
•  I withdraw my nomination -- WILD MOUSE what? 02:22, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 07:28, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Withdrawn nomination. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 07:28, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Kongouro from New Holland

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 7 Jun 2024 at 14:38:40 (UTC)

Reason

Excellent photo of the painting. Provides encyclopedic value to articles linked. Color is made clearer than the original.

Articles in which this image appears

The Kongouro from New Holland, George Stubbs, Art of the United Kingdom, Australian art, Kangaroo

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings

Creator

George Stubbs

• Support as nominator – Cowboygilbert - (talk) ♥ 14:38, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – ―Howard • 🌽³³ 13:47, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Support I'm really feeling the kongouro Zanahary (talk) 07:23, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Support – The Herald (Benison) (talk) 06:09, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:30, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Nomination didn’t reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:30, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]