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OriginalHaane Te Rauawa Manahi, DCM (28 September 1913 – 29 March 1986) was a New Zealand Māori soldier during the Second World War whose gallantry during the Tunisian campaign resulted in a recommendation that he be awarded the Victoria Cross (VC). The subsequent award of the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) disappointed his fellow soldiers who, after his death, advocated greater recognition of his valour. This eventually resulted in a special award in 2007 of an altar cloth for use in a local church, ceremonial sword and a personal letter from Queen Elizabeth II in recognition of his gallantry.
Reason
A fantastic photograph from World War II of a valiant Maori soldier, and the lead image in a featured article. I do like improving the images in featured articles where possible.
Articles in which this image appears
Haane Manahi
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Military
Creator
George Robert Bull, restored by Adam Cuerden
Aye, a good guide for this kind of thing is to see if they cross boundaries. The lines behind him (even in the unrestored original) stop instantly when they reach him, which is evidence against them being artefacts. There is a shadow on the ear that does slightly line up, but it's different in appearance. (and, frankly, coincidental lines are ridiculously common in photos). Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.8% of all FPs 00:04, 26 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Haane Manahi.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:51, 1 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Himawari-8 satellite images of the 15 January 2022 eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai.
Reason
Main image that illustrates the largest atmospheric blast ever measured.
Articles in which this image appears
2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai eruption and tsunami, etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Others
Creator
Japan Meteorological Agency

Promoted File:Tonga Volcano Eruption 2022-01-15 0320Z to 0610Z Himawari-8 visible.gif --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:29, 1 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – The Vermont State House, located in Montpelier, is the state capitol of the U.S. state of Vermont.
Reason
High resolution. Good capture. Was seen on FP candidates on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Vermont State House, Vermont General Assembly, List of state and territorial capitols in the United States
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
King of Hearts

Promoted File:Vermont State House Montpelier October 2021 HDR.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:32, 1 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Panorama of an area in the Buzk's Gard National Nature Park, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine.
Reason
Good capture.
Articles in which this image appears
Buzk's Gard National Nature Park
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Panorama
Creator
Vian

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:34, 1 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason
Lead images, illustrates article well. Both unanimous features on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Northern cardinal etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Rhododendrites

Promoted File:Male northern cardinal in Central Park (52612).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:37, 1 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Northern cardinal female in CP (02035).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:37, 1 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalThe Cry of Jazz is a 1959 American documentary film by Ed Bland.
Reason
Very interesting documentary on one of my favorite genres. It is also inducted into the National Film Registry. The quality of the video is also quie good.
Articles in which this image appears
The Cry of Jazz
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
Ed Bland

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 05:19, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Viperine water snake (Natrix maura), Extremadura, Spain
Reason
Good capture. Was seen on FP candidates on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Natrix maura
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Reptiles
Creator
Charlesjsharp
  • Okay, Support. Just that bit looks a little weird with the way the water reflects. As for the rest of the image, snake's very thin and long, so, while I might want more resolution to zoom in more, I'm not sure if that would be possible while getting the whole thing in. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.8% of all FPs 19:51, 27 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:46, 3 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala), Bundala National Park, Sri Lanka
 
Existing FP
Reason
High quality image. Should delist existing FP.
Articles in which this image appears
Painted stork, Stork
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp
  • Technical criticism is fine, but no need to be rude. Your existing FP is a nice enough photo, but does not show the legs so is not as encyclopaedic. This nominated image was voted as most valuable at Commons VI. For a bird in water, I prefer this image Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:41, 27 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:31, 5 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalChestnut-headed bee-eater (Merops leschenaulti), Yala National Park, Sri Lanka
Reason
High quality image. FP on Commons. Should delist existing FP.
Articles in which this image appears
Chestnut-headed bee-eater
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Chestnut-headed bee-eater (Merops leschenaulti) Yala.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:34, 5 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalAlfred Waud, artist of Harper's Weekly, sketching at the site of the Battle of Gettysburg during or just after the battle.
Reason
For an outdoor, more-or-less candid shot from 1863, this is stunningly good. In case anyone wonders: The lighter line is above his moustache also appears in the other half of the stereoscopic image, so it's real. File:Alfred Waud, full-length portrait, seated, holding a pencil and pad, facing left.jpg, despite its poor quality, does have a slight hint of it. I think it's something to do with very high cheeks.
Articles in which this image appears
Alfred Waud, Battle of Gettysburg, Devil's Den
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
Creator
Timothy H. O'Sullivan, restored by Adam Cuerden
 
Portrait
  • Weak oppose - I can't support it on encyclopedic grounds. In the Battle of Gettysburg it gives little to no value. In Devil's Den it's in a gallery (big no-no) and it similarly serves little purpose. In Alfred Waud it's encyclopedic, but I would argue that his portrait is of much higher quality in illustrating what he looked like. If someone cleaned it up a little, I think it would be a decent FP candidate. The nominated photo is focused on his trousers and the exposure time has left his face blurred. I know we can overlook technical aspects in historical photos, but the best that this has going for it is that it's an "action" shot of Waud in his profession. That just isn't good enough to fully convince me, unfortunately. -- Veggies (talk) 01:35, 1 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • There's generally a bias towards the time they're doing the things they're famous for; the portrait is from nearly a decade before the American Civil War even started. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.9% of all FPs 13:35, 1 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:20, 5 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalCabinet card of Belva Ann Lockwood, an attorney, politician, educator, and author. She was active in working for women's rights, including women's suffrage. She also ran for President of the United States, and was the first woman to do so who was actually eligible for the position. (Victoria Woodhull campaigned before her, but was too young to meet the constitutional requirement)
Reason
This image hasn't had the best luck, first being nominated before it was finished, and then nominated during a dead period and failing to reach quorum. Still, I think it's an excellent image.
Articles in which this image appears
Belva Ann Lockwood
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political seems to make the most sense. Yes, she was a lawyer, but Suffragettes tend to be in Political, and she ran for President, so...
Creator
Benjamin Joseph Falk, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:32, 7 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Oroblanco (sweetie) fruits. Grown in Israel. Oroblanco is a citrus hybrid fruit similar to grapefruit
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC two weeks ago, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Oroblanco, List of citrus fruits, Citrus
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Fruits
Creator
Ivar Leidus

Promoted File:Oroblanco (sweetie) fruits.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:52, 8 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Male song sparrow (Melospiza melodia) in Prospect Park (Brooklyn, NY, USA)
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC last week, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Song sparrow etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Rhododendrites
  • It's hard (for me) to imagine the toes going over that little branch. But since that's what the RAW file shows, then it is what it is. It just "looks" strange or disjoint. I am neutral on this nom, no longer for the look of the toes and the branch (since it is in the RAW file), but just generally. Bammesk (talk) 02:35, 31 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Charlesjsharp: No trick here IMHO and per Rhododendrites's confirmation. It looks really awkward and the first impression is indeed that there is something wrong there, but looking closer there is an explanation. I don't find the double image/contour so disturbing or a real issue here --Poco2 19:33, 31 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    • I have a theory: The double contours are due to the noise reduction of the background, the selection area may have shifted a bit upwards and caused the effect. You actually see it on the top of the beak, too. --Janke | Talk 11:05, 31 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:54, 8 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Adult male wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo intermedia) strutting at Deer Island Open Space Preserve near Novato, California.
Reason
High resolution image, good quality and composition, and illustrative of male turkey behavior. This image is already a featured picture on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Wild turkey, Turkey (bird)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Frank Schulenburg

Promoted File:Male wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) strutting.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:49, 10 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Candles are placed throughout Holy Cross Cemetery in Gniezno, Poland in obsevation of All Saints' Day
Reason
Visually striking image, high resolution and quality, and illustrates how All Saint's Day is celebrated in Poland. Featured picture on fawiki.
Articles in which this image appears
All Saints' Day
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Religion and mythology
Creator
Diego Delso

Promoted File:Celebración de Todos los Santos, cementerio de la Santa Cruz, Gniezno, Polonia, 2017-11-01, DD 07-09 HDR.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:44, 10 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Panorama of the ruins of Martand sun temple from inside the enclosure
Reason
Ruins of the ancient Martand sun temple near southern Kashmir's Mattan. Sitting atop a plateau above the valley, the temple is the largest specimen of Kashmir's temple architecture. I also like the angle of the image, it kind of draws the viewer towards the central shrine while also showing the periphery, unlike most other images of the complex that mainly focus on symmetry and show only the central structure.
Articles in which this image appears
Martand Sun Temple
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Panorama
Creator
Varun Shiv Kapur

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:03, 11 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalJohn C. Dancy
Reason
Reconstruction after the American Civil War was met with pushback, and one of those were a variety of attempts to genocide the African-American population of various towns in response to one of them getting 'too much' power. Dancy was one of the people who were attacked in the Wilmington insurrection of 1898, but managed to survive, and, with the help of his friend, Booker T. Washington, was able to rebuild in Washington, D.C.

Hopefully I'm not putting these up too quickly. I've been trying to not put up a new one when more than one isn't passing, but I... think the two below this will pass.

Articles in which this image appears
John C. Dancy, Wilmington insurrection of 1898
FP category for this image
He worked in governmental positions and manufacturing, and was a civil rights leader. Maybe Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political for the activism?
Creator
"Turner", restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:John Campbell Dancy, Recorder of Deeds, Washington, D.C..jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:11, 12 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – View of Gyakar village of the Upper Mustang region
 
ALT 1 – more sky, edited by User:Aristeas
Reason
Excellent detail and beautiful contrast of the autumn colours of the village with the arid hills and snowy Himalaya. And the suspended bridge on the gorge!
Articles in which this image appears
Upper Mustang, Himalayas
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator
Jmhullot

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 01:12, 14 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalSelimiye Mosque, Nicosia
Reason
great view of the subject, good photo quality
Articles in which this image appears
Selimiye Mosque, Nicosia, Islam in Cyprus, Latin Catholic Archdiocese of Nicosia, Turks in Europe
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
User:A.Savin

Promoted File:Nicosia 01-2017 img20 View from Shacolas Tower.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:11, 14 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalMadame Dugazon in the title rôle of Nicolas Dalayrac's Nina
Reason
A rather beautiful 18th century print, with a lot of value in opera articles
Articles in which this image appears
Nina (Dalayrac), Nicolas Dalayrac, Louise-Rosalie Lefebvre
FP category for this image
WP:FP/THEATRE
Creator
Jean-François Janinet, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Portrait of Madame Dugazon (Louise Rosalie Lefèvre), in the title rôle of Nina (Scene V).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:20, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Sweet granadillas (Passiflora ligularis) – single and cross section
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC two weeks ago, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Passiflora ligularis, Passion fruit (fruit), Quechua (geography)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Fruits
Creator
Ivar Leidus

Promoted File:Sweet granadillas (Passiflora ligularis) - whole and cross section.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:48, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – The broom moth caterpillar (body length 4 cm) on the common nettle
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC last week, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Ceramica pisi
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Ivar Leidus

Promoted File:Ceramica pisi caterpillar (side view) - Keila.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:50, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalNational Archaeological Museum, Athens
Reason
Great quality and EV
Articles in which this image appears
National Archaeological Museum, Athens, List of largest art museums
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
User:Der Wolf im Wald
  • There are a bunch of buildings in Athens that look like that, and this one is pretty run down so isn't a great example of the style. It's one of the best museums I've visited, but it's building really isn't great. Nick-D (talk) 01:44, 12 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 04:00, 16 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalEdwin Lutyens' design for the permanent version of The Cenotaph
Reason
A nice bit of design work. I think I can fairly firmly say this was the final form, given this illustration of the Cenotaph, published in the Illustrated London News November 13 1920, page 769, states it's based on Lutyen's design work, and follows the flag folding (They're cloth flags, so are drawn differently in different sketches) exactly. Given that was published two days after the unveiling, we can be confident this was the final design.

As for restoration, I've tried to be conservative, largely trying to remove stains on the paper.

Articles in which this image appears
The Cenotaph
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Places/Architecture maybe? Feel free to suggest better alternatives Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Diagrams
Creator
Edwin Lutyens, lightly restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Cenotaph sketch by Lutyens.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:29, 16 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – An iceberg in Fonfjord, Northeast Greenland National Park.
Reason
Rita Willaert's photograph of an iceberg in Fonfjord (part of the world's largest national park) is a beautiful, dynamic composition with excellent colour balance and contrast. The iceberg, shown in full (well, the above-the-surface portion), stands out to the viewer as a icy monolith of nature. An illusion of movement is created by the clouds, drawing the viewer's focus onto the iceberg; almost absorbing them. And, of course, the water itself is highlights this all and more, showing a subtle reflection of the massive iceberg in its surface, further drawing the viewer in.
The photograph is available in high resolution, is free to share and adapt under the Creative Commons license, and adds encyclpedic value to both the Fonfjord and Northeast Greenland National Park pages (and likely many more, should it be selected as a feature picture).
This eye-catching image, I was shocked to find, is not already a featured picture and I feel it demonstrated perfectly the type of incredible, awesome images Wikipedian's love to see.
For your consideration! Glandrid (talk) 17:58, 6 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Articles in which this image appears
Fonfjord as the main article photo, giving the viewer an impression of how the fjord appears. Northeast Greenland National Park as an image within the article providing a similar function.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator
Rita Willaert https://www.flickr.com/people/14417999@N00

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:23, 16 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Costume design for Arac, Gunon, and Scynthius in Princess Ida (1884)
Reason
By far the best preserved costume design in William Charles John Pitcher, quite a nice bit of art, also lends some specific value to Princess Ida by adding to variety of images therein, though I know that's not always considered as highly as a lead image (which it is in the other article).
Articles in which this image appears
William Charles John Pitcher, Princess Ida
FP category for this image
WP:FP/THEATRE
Creator
William Charles John Pitcher (Wilhelm), restored by Adam Cuerden

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:16, 21 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Black Bittern (Ixobrychus flavicollis). Warriewood Wetlands, New South Wales
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC two weeks ago, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Black Bittern
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
JJ Harrison

Promoted File:Black Bittern- Warriewood Wetlands.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:08, 22 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Longitudinal section of papaya fruit showing orange flesh and numerous black seeds
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC two weeks ago, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Papaya etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Fruits
Creator
Ivar Leidus

Promoted File:Papaya - longitudinal section.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:10, 22 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalPinnularia major, specimen length 0.3 mm (0.012 inch)
Reason
Quality lead image of this microalgae. Specimen length 0.3 mm (0.012 inch).
Articles in which this image appears
Pinnularia + four more
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Other lifeforms/Protists
Creator
Anatoly Mikhaltsov

Promoted File:Pinnularia major.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:10, 22 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Excerpt from the declassified copy of the President's Daily Brief, dated August 6, 2001
Reason
This is a declassified intelligence briefing dated August 2001 which was part of the lead up to the 9/11 attacks in the United States. It holds two important places in US history. In the first case, President Bush's response of "All right. You've covered your ass." has been erroneously linked to this PDB. This response, however, came from a separate PDB linked to Bin Laden from several months earlier. During 2001, CIA analysts produced several reports warning of imminent attacks by Bin Laden and al-Qaeda. Senior officials, including Vice President Dick Cheney and staff from Donald Rumsfeld's office at the Department of Defense, questioned whether these reports might not be deception on the part of al-Qaeda, purposely designed to needlessly expend resources in response. After reevaluating the legitimate risks of these recent reports, CIA analysts produced a report titled "UBL [Usama Bin Laden] Threats Are Real". It was after this report that the president gave that now-infamous response. In the second case, former CIA director George Tenet considered the PDB so sensitive that during July 2000 he indicated to the National Archives and Records Administration that none of them could be released for publication "no matter how old or historically significant it may be." During a briefing on May 21, 2002, Ari Fleischer, former White House Press Secretary, characterized the PDB as "the most highly sensitized classified document in the government." That makes any such report extraordinarily rare, and this report, having been leaked in 2002 before the release of a limited number of these reports from JFK, LBJ, Nixon, and Ford presidencies, would be both the first ever released and the most recently brief that we know of. Forth these reasons, I am nominating this image for FP status. I'm aware that the one side is a little below 1500px, however I believe that this is due to the size of a stand sheet of paper (8.5 x 11 in) and therefore, even it was 1500 x 1500 min, would not detract from the meaning or the importance of the memo, particularly in light of the above stated facts.
Articles in which this image appears
Bin Ladin Determined To Strike in US
FP category for this image
Most likely Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA History
Creator
United States Government

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:15, 22 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalPorta Nigra at Trier, Germany
Reason
High resolution.
Articles in which this image appears
Porta Nigra
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Der Wolf im Wald

Promoted File:Porta Nigra morgens (100MP).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:22, 23 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalAcanthite crystal, specimen 4.0 × 2.5 × 1.5 cm from Morocco
Reason
Quality lead image of Acanthite crystal, a form of silver sulfide. According to this article, in nature silver "mostly occurs in sulfide ores, especially acanthite and argentite". Interestingly silver sulfides are useful in photography! I saw this today on Commons FP noms.
Articles in which this image appears
Acanthite, Silver, Noble metal
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Geology
Creator
Ivar Leidus

Promoted File:Acanthite - Imiter mine, Jbel Saghro, Tinghir, Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:09, 26 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalScarlet lily beetles (Lilioceris lilii) mating in Oxfordshire, UK
Reason
High quality large image. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
scarlet lily beetle
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:03, 28 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalSpanish festoon (Zerynthia rumina) in Extremadura, Spain
Reason
High quality large image. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Spanish festoon
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Spanish festoon (Zerynthia rumina).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:09, 28 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – General James Birdseye McPherson
Reason
Quite a nice image. Heavy on the head space, but that's old photography for you. Passed on Commons easily
Articles in which this image appears
James B. McPherson, Battle of Raymond
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Military
Creator
Barr & Young, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:James Birdseye McPherson c. 1862 by Barr & Young.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:54, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – A dusky seaside sparrow, a subspecies declared extinct in 1990
Reason
This is an excellent photograph of an elusive and very small bird, particularly in relation to the standards of its era (probably the 70s or early 80s, when one only had 35 frames before having to change film, and focus stacking was not a thing) and a good scan from what was likely either positive or negative film (I suspect positive). This is the best image of this bird I've seen and it is implausible that a better one exists and impossible for one to be created.
Articles in which this image appears
Dusky seaside sparrow and also List of extinct bird species since 1500 and various others related to extinction
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
P. W. Sykes for the United States Department of Fish and Wildlife (i.e., I believe, Paul W. Sykes, Jr.)

Promoted File:Dusky Seaside Sparrow.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:58, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – 1:2,500,000-scale geologic map of the Moon (warning: 100 MB)
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC last week, where it was featured unanimously. Peer reviewed (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2022.05.021).
Articles in which this image appears
Geology of the Moon
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Understanding
Creator
Ji et al.

Promoted File:The geologic map of the Moon at 1-2.5M scale.png --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:03, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Hermit crab (Dardanus calidus), Teno-Rasca marine strip, Tenerife, Spain
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC last week, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Dardanus calidus, Dardanus (crustacean)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Crustaceans
Creator
Diego Delso
  • Charlesjsharp, your comment disconcerts me. What does "encyclopedic" and "how much of it is visible" have to do with each other? Following your comment the FP for this species would be a dead specimen without the shell where you cann appreciate the whole body, but that's not how you would find this crab in its habitat. If you find it in the nature it will be like this or even you see the shell and nothing behind it. I believe that the way you most frequently will find an animal in the nature is encyclopedic. --Poco2 15:36, 19 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • A Wikipedia FP of an animal should show it well. In the case of a hermit crab, more crab should be visible than you show here. This is a land crab, but it shows what I mean. Charlesjsharp (talk) 17:27, 19 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    To be fair, Charles, showing behaviour is a valid criteria too, and there's probably cases where seeing only a tiny bit of an animal might be encyclopedic for a non-main image. However, that... doesn't apply here as the problem is the angle, which pulls a lot of focus off the crab and onto the shell, but not in a way that shows off camoflauge or something. Oppose Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.9% of all FPs 23:00, 19 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:04, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalMagna Lykseth-Skogman as Isolde in Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, Kungliga Operan, 1909
Reason
An excellent photo of a notable Swedish opera singer. Had the misfortune of being nominated during a period of low participation last time. Passed on Commons with overwhelming support.
Articles in which this image appears
Magna Lykseth-Skogman
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Atelier Jaeger[sv], restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Magna Lykseth in Tristan och Isolde at Kungliga Operan 1909 - SMV - GL164.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:37, 30 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]