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Original – An Army officer of North Vietnam talks with American prisoner of war Richard Springman, who is about to be released.
Reason
No copyright issues, good EV, and reasonably high quality considering it's almost fifty years old.
Articles in which this image appears
Prisoner of war
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Military
Creator
SSGT Herman Kokojan
Probably worth mentioning there's at least one variant: https://nara.getarchive.net/media/spc-4-richard-springman-us-army-captured-25-may-70-talks-with-a-north-vietnamese-4323f6 Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.6% of all FPs 00:08, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 04:52, 1 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Official Presidential portrait of Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States.
Reason
High quality scan of a great painting of a famous president.
Articles in which this image appears
Thomas Jefferson, United States Declaration of Independence, Embargo Act of 1807, Jeffersonian democracy, Levi Lincoln Sr., Presidency of Thomas Jefferson, List of multilingual presidents of the United States + 14
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
Rembrandt Peale

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 04:52, 2 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalHenry Highland Garnet was an African-American abolitionist, minister, educator and orator. Having escaped as a child from slavery in Maryland with his family, he grew up in New York City. He was educated at the African Free School and other institutions, and became an advocate of militant abolitionism. He became a minister and based his drive for abolitionism in religion. Garnet was a prominent member of the movement that led beyond moral suasion toward more political action. Renowned for his skills as a public speaker, he urged black Americans to take action and claim their own destinies.
Reason
For 1881, this is a damn good image, especially printed. I can certainly point at much worse from the time. Lots of shine on the head, but, well, as I said, it's from about 1881 and he died a year later, so... Mount was very plain and the border was absolutely hideous - messy background - so I didn't think it worth trying to get it in the image.
Articles in which this image appears
Henry Highland Garnet, Free-produce movement, Cuban Anti-Slavery Committee, 1843 National Convention of Colored Citizens
FP category for this image
Either Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Religious figures or Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
James U. Stead, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Henry Highland Garnet by James U. Stead.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:13, 3 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Index to the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India (1922). Open for higher quality.
Reason
Index to the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India (1922). The survey had great scientific and popular accomplishments, namely being one of the first accurate measurements of a section of a longitude's arc, other measurements that led to the development of the theory of isostasy, and the measurements of the height of the Everest, K2, and Kanchenjunga (3 of the highest mountains in the world). FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Great Trigonometrical Survey
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Maps
Creator
Government of India, uploaded by Shyamal

Promoted File:1922 Index of Great Trigonometrical Survey of India.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:51, 4 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 as Vice President Hubert Humphrey, Lady Bird Johnson, Muriel Humphrey Brown, Sen. Edward (Ted) Kennedy, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, and others look on.
Reason
High resolution.
Articles in which this image appears
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert F. Kennedy, Democratic Party (United States), Political positions of the Democratic Party
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA History
Creator
Yoichi Okamoto

Promoted File:President Lyndon B. Johnson Signing of the Immigration Act of 1965 (02) - restoration1.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:00, 5 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Marsh thistle inflorescence covered with morning dew
Reason
About to be featured unanimously on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Cirsium palustre
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Flowers
Creator
Ivar Leidus

Promoted File:Cirsium palustre inflorescence - Niitvälja.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:08, 5 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalCrepidotus variabilis
Reason
High quality lead image. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Crepidotus
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Fungi
Creator
Dominicus Johannes Bergsma

Promoted File:Wit oorzwammetje s.l. (Crepidotus variabilis s.l.) 12-01-2022. (d.j.b).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 11:44, 7 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalBronze-winged jacana (Metopidius indicus). Vembanad Lake Lake, Kerala, India
Reason
High quality image. FP on Commons. Demonstrates how the ‘Jesus bird’ "walks on water".
Articles in which this image appears
Bronze-winged jacana, Jacanidae
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Bronze-winged jacana (Metopidius indicus).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:00, 9 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Nave of Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire, England
Reason
Featured unanimously on Commons two and a half years ago. Illustrates subject well, especially the decorative font.
Articles in which this image appears
Salisbury Cathedral etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors
Creator
Diliff

Promoted File:Salisbury Cathedral Nave, Wiltshire, UK - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:04, 9 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Dwarf poinciana (Caesalpinia pulcherrima f. rosea) with Plain tiger butterfly (Danaus chrysippus chrysippus), Singapore Botanic Gardens
Reason
High quality image. FP on Commons. Butterfly is a bonus
Articles in which this image appears
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Flowers
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:05, 9 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Pabda macher jhal cooked with ginger, green chilies, tomato paste, and coconut milk
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC last year, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Machher Jhol, Bengali cuisine
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Food and drink
Creator
Nilanjan Sasmal

Promoted File:Pabda Jhaal - Home- Kolkata - West Bengal.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:10, 9 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Royal Air Force Tornado GR4 in 2012
Reason
Quality lead image. This intercept and strike aircraft has been a work horse in the UK, German and Italian air forces since 1979. This image is of the GR4 variant introduced in 1996.
Articles in which this image appears
Panavia Tornado
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Air
Creator
Corporal Mike Jones / MOD
Boring. – Sca (talk) 13:28, 4 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:RAF Tornado GR4 MOD 45155233.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 08:29, 10 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalCabinet card of Sojourner Truth, which she sold to raise money to support herself and continue her work. Purchased in 1870 from a photograph copyrighted to her in 1864.
Reason
While I kind of agree with the other photo being the lead, Sojourner Truth sold photographs of herself to support her work, and this is the only one in the article that shows that. It's also really not an article we have a lot of photographs for.
Fun fact: This is the same image used on most of the extant carte-de-visites of her, but in a much more generous crop and higher quality since it's a cabinet card. Which presumably means she had the negatives, since there weren't cabinet cards in 1864. Compare commons:Category:Sojourner Truth
Articles in which this image appears
Sojourner Truth et al.
FP category for this image
Given Frederick Douglass and many suffragettes are already classified there, since they sought political change, Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political.
Creator
Unknown photographer, restored by Adam Cuerden.

Promoted File:Cabinet Card of Sojourner Truth - Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:05, 10 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – A physician closing a wound on a person's thumb with sutures
Reason
High quality image of a basic medical procedure
Articles in which this image appears
Surgical suture, Wound
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Others
Creator
Jake Wartenberg

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:38, 11 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Gilbert Stuart's 29 x 24 inch Oil painting of the first American vice-president and second president John Adams
Reason
High quality portrait, and more importantly, high encyclopedia value
Articles in which this image appears
Lead image of the featured article John Adams, other articles include Federalist Party, and List of presidents of the United States by age.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political, Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Gilbert Stuart

Promoted File:Gilbert Stuart, John Adams, c. 1800-1815, NGA 42933.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:08, 12 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – A Hen Harlequin relaxes on a large rock at the Barnegat Inlet in Ocean County, NJ.
Reason
I was very close to this bird, with excellent lighting, a shutter speed that was overkill, a reasonably low ISO and a focal length less than the maximum for my lens (360mm / 400mm.) As a result this image is tack sharp with low noise and captures a single hen harlequin in a natural setting with no distraction. The feather detail is, in my opinion, exquisite. This image is 7600 px wide.
Articles in which this image appears
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlequin_duck
FP category for this image
Animals
Creator
Charles Homler / FocusOnWildlife

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:10, 13 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]


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OriginalSouthern pale chanting goshawk (Melierax canorus argentior) juvenile, Etosha National Park, Namibia
Reason
High quality image. FP on Commons. As a juvenile, not in the infobox
Articles in which this image appears
Southern pale chanting goshawk
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:57, 14 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalMarabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) in flight over Lake Ziway, Ethiopia
Reason
High quality image. FP on Commons. A bird with a wingspan comparable to the Andean condor.
Articles in which this image appears
Marabou stork
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) in flight 2.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:00, 14 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalVictoria Woodhull, journalist, magnetic healer, first female stock broker on Wall Street (alongside her sister), and first woman to run for president (if you ignore she was under 35 and thus wouldn't have been able to claim it if she won).
Reason
Quite a nice image as these things go. Oval prints aren't my favourite, but with the card, it works. Plus, y'know, Mathew Brady. Fun fact: Her article dates to December 2001, which dates it to Wikipedia's first year. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.6% of all FPs 20:45, 4 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Articles in which this image appears
Victoria Woodhull +3
FP category for this image
Some subcategory of Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People I'd imagine, depending on which aspect of her life wins out.
Creator
Mathew Brady, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Victoria Claflin Woodhull by Mathew Brady - Oval Portrait.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 00:20, 15 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalBelva Ann Lockwood (1830–1917) was an American attorney, politician, educator, and author. She was active in working for women's rights, including women's suffrage.
Reason
High resolution. Restored picture.
Articles in which this image appears
Belva Ann Lockwood
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
Benjamin Joseph Falk, restored by Adam Cuerden
I am terrible at working to a schedule. The moment I found out I should be working on this, everything else suddenly was super tempting. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.6% of all FPs 15:23, 8 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:38, 15 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Leonard Cohen, 1988
Reason
Technically not ideal (tight crop, etc.), but a fitting composition for lead image of his article, and shows him mid-career in 1980s.
Articles in which this image appears
Leonard Cohen
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Gorupdebesanez

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:54, 15 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalJulian Alps seen from Vršič Pass, Upper Carniola, Slovenia
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC last month, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Julian Alps
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Panorama
Creator
Tournasol7

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:02, 15 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalEuropean bison in Skole Beskids National Nature Park of western Ukraine.
Reason
Excellent quality, no copyright issues, good EV, stunning depiction of Ukrainian nature.
Articles in which this image appears
European bison
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
Stargazer00

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 01:07, 16 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – San Luis Reservoir in July 2021, taken from California State Route 152
Reason
This is a good photo, that shows a lot of clear detail and is composed well. One of my favorites that I've taken. Clearly shows the decrease in water level ("bathtub rings"), as well as the topography of the region.
Articles in which this image appears
San Luis Reservoir (lead), Merced County, California (infobox), California State Water Project, California Aqueduct, State Scenic Highway System (California), History of California (1900–present), California Department of Water Resources, Harvey Oren Banks
FP category for this image
Places/Landscapes
Creator
JPxG

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:50, 16 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalBenjamin Franklin Tilley, naval officer and first governor of American Samoa
Reason
I place this at 1896-1901 by the rank insignia, so this seems a decent photo for its time, although it does fall into the period where lighting effects - extreme shadows and such - became popular. This is also the period where you're starting to exchange resolution for the speed, but that's not entirely a bad thing as it does have character and expression to it that a slow photo might not have. Editing history of the article (twice in all of 2021) shows little need to worry about waiting very long for it to settle in.
Articles in which this image appears
Benjamin Franklin Tilley, American Samoa +1
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Military
Creator
Unknown photographer, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Benjamin Franklin Tilley - NH 67313.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:46, 16 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalNikola Tesla in his laboratory in Colorado Springs, U.S., in 1899, next to his "magnifying transmitter"
Reason
Renominating this. I removed the handwritten inscription per discussion in previous nomination.
A photo of Nicola Tesla's work, a pioneer in AC electric power generation and distribution, and co-inventor of the Induction motor. Also known for Tesla coil, Tesla (unit) and Tesla (car). This is probably the most iconic photo of his work. At the time, the photo was used to promote his work. In this photo he is sitting in his laboratory in Colorado Springs, U.S., next to his magnifying transmitter. This photo is still used in books and articles [2] [3] [4]. The photo was shot in multiple-exposures (i.e. the film was exposed with and without him present).
Articles in which this image appears
Nikola Tesla, Tesla Experimental Station, Science and technology in the United States, + other versions in several articles
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering
Creator
Dickenson V. Alley, restored by Bammesk

Promoted File:Nikola Tesla, with his equipment Wellcome M0014782 - restoration2.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:10, 17 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalKenje Ogata, one of five documented Nisei to serve in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II, in 1943.
Reason
Ignoring the normal requirement that an image be in an article for a while since there were no images in the article before this. Lucked out on being able to find this. Restoration is... Heh. Really not much. Maybe a dozen spots, hence I'm not listing myself in the creator field on here
That said, I think it's a strong image. Decent resolution; very slightly soft focus, but that seems intentional, and, since he's most famous for being a Japanese-American who served in WWII despite the prejudice against Japanese-Americans at the time.
Articles in which this image appears
Kenje Ogata
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Military
Creator
Unknown photographer

Promoted File:Kenje Ogata 1943.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:39, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – The Hass avocado – single and halved
Reason
Currently doing well on Commons FPC. Higher resolution than existing FP File:Avocado with cross section edit.jpg which will be nominated for delisting if promoted.
Articles in which this image appears
Avocado, Persea, Hass avocado
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Fruits
Creator
Ivar Leidus
Oppose – I don't like guacamole. – Sca (talk) 14:27, 9 March 2022 (UTC) ;-) [reply]
Guess you missed the smiley face. – Sca (talk) 13:51, 10 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Don't oppose when you are trying to be amusing. Please give a valid reason or strike your oppose vote. And please don't use small font which is difficult to read. Charlesjsharp (talk) 07:39, 11 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I am most grateful for your lordship's sagacious and enlightening instruction. – Sca (talk) 14:14, 11 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Avocado Hass - single and halved.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:06, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Holata Micco ("Alligator Chief"), known by whites as Chief Billy Bowlegs or Billy Bolek was an important leader of the Seminoles in Florida during the Second Seminole War and was the remaining Seminole's most prominent chief during the Third Seminole War, when he led the Seminoles' last major resistance against the United States government. With the possibilities of military victory dwindling and facing starvation, he finally agreed to relocate with his people to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) in 1858.
Reason
Quite a nice lithograph, and from near enough the time that the colour is likely to be pretty accurate, which is nice. Thanks to Charles J. Sharp for helping fix a colour profile bug or something that was causing issues.
Articles in which this image appears
Billy Bowlegs
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Military
Creator
After Julian Vannerson; restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Billy Bowlegs (Holata Micco, "Alligator Chief").jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:37, 19 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – A official portrait of Sir Archibald Sinclair, Secretary of State for Air during WWII.
 
Alt 1 – Changed from 1,764 × 2,480 pixels to 1,764 × 2,511 pixels with more background at the top.
Reason
Well composed, clear, reasonably high resolution, high encyclopedic value (used in several pages on the en WP)
Articles in which this image appears
Archibald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso, Secretary of State for Air, 1945 United Kingdom general election, Norway Debate (GA), Churchill war ministry, Robin Sinclair, 2nd Viscount Thurso, Secretary of State for Scotland, Leader of the Liberal Party (UK), List of Knights and Ladies of the Thistle
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
Royal Air Force official photographer
  • Support eitherLiam2520 (talk) 05:12, 10 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – An official RAF photo, but at least it's an interesting face & pose. – Sca (talk) 13:48, 10 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, alt 1 preferred., although adding another couple dozen pixels of background at the top wouldn't be the worst idea. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.6% of all FPs 14:35, 10 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Alt 1Bammesk (talk) 02:43, 11 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Alt 1 We shouldn't be adding pixels to archive images, Adam. Charlesjsharp (talk) 07:35, 11 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Charlesjsharp: Thing is, it's not like we're seeing the edges of the photo here. Simply cropping a scan could have removed that much if it wasn't done carefully. There's often more vagueness in where a photo starts than you'd think: Text written on the negative, uneven borders, trying to crop out a rip or fading that could have been easily fixed, and so on. I tend to go for as much of the original content as possible, but scans by archives can be... surprisingly strange. This, for example is an actual scan from the University of Pennsylvania archives. Similarly, what's the correct crop on the current Billy Bowlegs image? I went with one that seemed roughly guided by the paper, but books have gutters on one side for where the paper goes into the spine, so I didn't exactly use the paper edges as a guide, as that would have uncentred the text, which is very much not the artistic intent. Now, I can't check the IWM site - it's down - so I can't say if they have a copy of a scan that shows more of the edge that was expanded here, or evidence that this is the intentional crop, but this feels well within the range of acceptable. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.6% of all FPs 16:46, 12 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
      • @Charlesjsharp: Right. IWM is back up. If you look at the second copy after you click through you'll see it has substantially more headroom, with what may be a crop line about where we have it here, whereas the third copy is similar to the original. So there's no one valid answer here: Different prints vary on that front. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.6% of all FPs 13:34, 13 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    • The "Archive image" was not changed at all: [8]. The change was uploaded as a separate file. We can do derivative files of everything on Commons. We are not an archive site. Bammesk (talk) 17:47, 12 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • We are an encyclopaedia and should not manipulate archive images. So, if it was a photo composed with a very tight crop, that is how it should stay. In this case, Adam has shown that adding the pixels is reasonable. Charlesjsharp (talk) 14:18, 13 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support ... Alt1 — The added pixels are visually contentless and simply improve the image slightly per standard tenets of composition. This isn't a case of manipulating or distorting the image. – Sca (talk) 14:04, 11 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, prefer Alt1 - good quality, distinctive image of notable figure - comparing other scans demonstrates the original crop was not quite so severe. TSP (talk) 16:17, 17 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:The Air Ministry, 1939-1945. CH10270 – Edit 1.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 07:23, 20 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalSonoma chipmunk, juvenile (left) and adult (right), California, U.S.
Reason
Quality lead image. Shows both juvenile (left) and adult (right). FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Sonoma chipmunk
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
Frank Schulenburg

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 05:01, 21 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – The ruins of the 7th-century Armenian Zvartnots Cathedral, June 2015. Since 2000, is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Reason
Good composition
Articles in which this image appears
Zvartnots Cathedral
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Panorama
Creator
Adam Jones

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:39, 21 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalNathan Francis Mossell (1856 – 1946) was the first African-American graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1882. He did post-graduate training at hospitals in Philadelphia and London. In 1888, he was the first black physician elected as member of the Philadelphia County Medical Society in Pennsylvania. He helped found the Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital and Training School in West Philadelphia in 1895, which he led as chief-of-staff and medical director until he retired in 1933.
Reason
There aren't many good photos of Mossell out there, as a glance at the image we were until recently using in his article will prove very quickly. While there was a fair bit of damage - the hand on the right being particularly bad - this image has a nice pose, a bit of personality, and is generally pretty good for 1882. Just over 2 inches wide originally, and still looks great zoomed in fairly far. It would, of course, be nice if we had the negative instead of a print - the paper fibres were probably the biggest problem here - but what's preserved is what's preserved in the end.
Unedited image here, if you want to compare.
Not sure he has the biggest firsts out there, but I'd say he's plenty interesting enough.
Articles in which this image appears
Nathan Francis Mossell
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Others or Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/People/Science_and_engineering depending on whether you think that doctors come under science.
Creator
H.D. Carns & Co.; restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Nathan Francis Mossell (1856-1946), M.D. 1882, portrait photograph by H.D. Carns & Co; Image ID 27593990.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:21, 22 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Cleopatra's Needle in New York City
Reason
High resolution
Articles in which this image appears
Cleopatra's Needle (New York City), others
FP category for this image
Artwork/Sculpture or Places/Architecture
Creator
King of Hearts

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:46, 22 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalDust devil on Mars, viewed by the Curiosity rover in 2020, the estimated size is 5 meters wide x 50 meters tall.
Reason
Dust devil on Mars captured by the Curiosity rover in 2020, enhances several articles.
Articles in which this image appears
Martian soil, Dust devil, Dust devil tracks, Atmosphere of Mars, +1
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Understanding
Creator
NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI

Promoted File:PIA24039-MarsCuriosityRover-DustDevil-20200809.gif --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:30, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalArena of Nîmes, exterior, 2019
Reason
Quality image of the subject. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Arena of Nîmes
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Panorama
Creator
Krzysztof Golik
The image is what it is – a distorted representation of reality. Whether it's due to the lens is irrelevant to the viewer. – Sca (talk) 13:10, 21 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
 
Alt.1 - Perspective correction by Janke
  • Support either, prefer Alt 1. How about this little perspective change - a little magic done with Darktable? Note that I did not tilt the edges, since as Bammesk notes, the background buildings are straight - so maybe the arena walls really tilt a little outward? --Janke | Talk 13:27, 21 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Arenes de Nimes Alt 1.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:36, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – The ruins of São Miguel das Missões, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1984, was built between 1735 and around 1745.
Reason
High resolution and good capture.
Articles in which this image appears
Ruins of São Miguel das Missões, others
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Ian Storni Machado

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:19, 30 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalLas Médulas, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997, is a historic gold-mining site near the town of Ponferrada in the comarca of El Bierzo (province of León, Castile and León, Spain). It was the most important gold mine, as well as the largest open-pit gold mine in the entire Roman Empire.
Reason
High resolution and good composition.
Articles in which this image appears
Las Médulas
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator
Anual

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:19, 30 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Gowanus Canal, as viewed from Union Street Bridge, Gowanus, Brooklyn, New York City.
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC three weeks ago, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Gowanus Canal
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban
Creator
King of Hearts

Promoted File:Union Street Gowanus New York October 2021 panorama 1.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 08:52, 31 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Portrait of Heungseon Daewongun, father of Gojong of Korea
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC six months ago where it was featured unanimously. There is a black and white photo in the article but this painting adds color. High resolution. Painting is a Treasure of Korea.
Articles in which this image appears
Heungseon Daewongun
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/East Asian art
Creator
Lee Han-chul

Promoted File:Portrait of Yi Haeung (National Museum of Korea).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:34, 31 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]