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Original – Panorama of the Constitution Square in Warsaw
Reason
Good quality and EV
Articles in which this image appears
Plac Konstytucji, Śródmieście, Warsaw
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban
Creator
User:Emptywords
I struck the above vote per instructions on top of the WP:FPC page. Editor has less than 100 edits on the English Wikipedia. Bammesk (talk) 17:21, 24 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
That is true and fair, thank you for pointing out! EUPBR (talk) 20:59, 24 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Plac Konstytucji Warsaw 2022 aerial.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:02, 2 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Poster for Falka, Henry Brougham Farnie's English-language adaptation of Le droit d'aînesse.
Reason
Quite a nice poster. Touring production of the run, which I think goes some way to show the popularity. The English-language adaptation has a large presence in the article, which I think justifies it not being the original French.
Articles in which this image appears
Le droit d'aînesse, Henry Brougham Farnie
FP category for this image
WP:FP/THEATRE
Creator
David Allen & Sons, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Falka - Weir Collection.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:07, 2 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalTony Lovato, the lead vocalist for the pop punk band Mest
Reason
Excellent pose, taken during a performance. I'm normally very iffy about my concert photographs because I've been limited to a cell, but this one I think crosses the threshhold.
Articles in which this image appears
Tony Lovato
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
 — Chris Woodrich (talk)

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:40, 3 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Female four-banded longhorn beetle (body length ca 20 mm) on the inflorescence of wild carrot.
Reason
Featured unanimously on Commons this year.
Articles in which this image appears
Leptura quadrifasciata
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Ivar Leidus

Promoted File:Leptura quadrifasciata female - Keila.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:11, 4 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Yellow cluster anemone (Parazoanthus axinellae), Arrábida National Park, Portugal. (As the article notes, this is not an anemone.)
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons this year.
Articles in which this image appears
Parazoanthus axinellae
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Cnidaria
Creator
Diego Delso

Promoted File:Anémona incrustante amarilla (Parazoanthus axinellae), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2022-07-20, DD 49.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:15, 4 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalRed-tailed squirrel (Sciurus granatensis chrysuros) male, Caldas Department, Colombia
Reason
High quality large image. Illustrates article well. FP on Commons
Articles in which this image appears
Red-tailed squirrel
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Red-tailed squirrel (Sciurus granatensis chrysuros) male Caldas.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:43, 5 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalBuff-tailed coronet (Boissonneaua flavescens flavescens), Caldas Department in Colombia
Reason
High quality image. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Buff-tailed coronet
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Buff-tailed coronet (Boissonneaua flavescens flavescens) Caldas.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:47, 5 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalHooded mountain tanager (Buthraupis montana cucullata), Caldas Department in Colombia
Reason
High quality image. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Hooded mountain tanager
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Promoted File:Hooded mountain tanager (Buthraupis montana cucullata) Caldas.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:48, 5 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – In 1921, the Empire of Japan turned a Korean royal cemetery into the first golf course on the peninsula. The fenced-off tombs (center of image) remained in the line of play.
 
Restoration (by Adam Cuerden)
Reason
Paired with a caption I think it's pretty shocking; my jaw dropped when I first learned of it. Succinctly captures why the period of Korea under Japanese rule has continued to cause controversy. For sources for the claims in the caption, please see the Hyochang Park article.
Articles in which this image appears
Hyochang Park
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/Others
Creator
『朝鮮』(朝鮮總督府, 1925), Seoul History Archives

Promoted File:Hyochangwon as Korea's first golf course.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:55, 5 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, pilot of the Gemini 12 spacecraft, is seen in a self-photograph during extra-vehicular activity (EVA) in 1966.
Reason
Historical and notable as the first EVA space self potrait ever taken, as well as high EV and good resolution.
Articles in which this image appears
Space selfie and selfie
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Photographic techniques, terms, and equipment/Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Getting there/Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering
Creator
NASA/Buzz Aldrin
Updated. Nonetheless, historical and notable. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 12:04, 28 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 07:08, 8 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Red Sea clownfish (Amphiprion bicinctus) in a magnificent sea anemone (Heteractis magnifica), Red Sea, Egypt.
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC a month ago, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Red Sea clownfish
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish
Creator
Diego Delso

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:48, 10 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – A blackberry.
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC two weeks ago, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Blackberry, Rubus fruticosus
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Fruits
Creator
Ivar Leidus

Promoted File:Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:49, 10 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – The surviving fragment of the Piri Reis world map
Reason
This early map of the New World has already been selected as a featured picture on the Turkish and Arabic Wikipedia. It famously incorporates an early depiction of the Caribbean from the Voyages of Christopher Columbus. It was created at a point in time when the Ottoman Empire was still a major power in Europe. It is likely most famous for the disproven theory that it depicted an ice-free Antarctica.
Articles in which this image appears
Piri Reis map, List of cartographers
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Maps
Creator
Piri Reis

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:16, 11 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Indian geneticist and international administrator Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan in 2013
Reason
High quality image
Articles in which this image appears
M. S. Swaminathan, Indira Gandhi Prize, Om Prakash Bhasin Award, University of Madras etc
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering
Creator
Biswarup Ganguly

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 04:30, 12 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – The first known version "Hello, World!" program by Brian Kernighan from Artsy's Algorythm Auction based on a 1974 Bell Laboratories internal memorandum, "Programming in C: A Tutorial".
Reason
High quality file of historical value, excellent EV and importance in the computing and programming.
Articles in which this image appears
"Hello, World!" program, C (programming language), Computer program, The C Programming Language
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Electronics
Creator
Brian Kernighan

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:52, 14 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – This first light image of the TRAPPIST national telescope at La Silla shows the Tarantula Nebula, located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, one of our closest celestial neighbors.
Reason
Excellent EV, high res file of one of the first inages from TRAPPIST.
Articles in which this image appears
BI 253,Caldwell catalogue,First light (astronomy), TRAPPIST
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
Creator
TRAPPIST/E. Jehin/ESO

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:53, 14 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Alexandre Colonna-Walewski in 1860
Reason
High quality drawing
Articles in which this image appears
Alexandre Colonna-Walewski
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
Auguste-Charles Lemoine
Seems excessively cropped, to the point of cutting off parts of the artwork. There's not much more in the original, but given the original isn't even uploaded on here (archive access isn't necessarily forever: Look at the British National Portrait Gallery, for instance, or all the ones that aren't even available at any scale anymore), and there is more, I think we need another look at this. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.5% of all FPs. 23:46, 7 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Condolences Adam, I wish you a peaceful transition. No worries about images, we can re-nominate. Bammesk (talk) 01:07, 11 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 07:10, 16 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Hendrick Goltzius, self-portrait (c. 1593–94)
Reason
High quality drawing. Good digitalization
Articles in which this image appears
Hendrick Goltzius
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists and writers
Creator
Himself

Promoted File:Hendrick Goltzius - Self-Portrait, c. 1593-1594 - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 07:13, 16 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Electronic version of the General Map of Switzerland (1:300'000) published by the Federal Office of Topography
Reason
high quality and detailed map, high EV
Articles in which this image appears
National Maps of Switzerland, Cartography of Switzerland, Geography of Switzerland
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Maps
Creator
Swiss Federal Office of Topography
Hamid Hassani, FYI that was addressed at Commons and is included in the file page. Bammesk (talk) 03:54, 16 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you Bammesk; and I saw that. But there is no info on the map itself. – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:05, 16 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:General Map of Switzerland.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:41, 16 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalTancredo Neves in 1979, as senator of Minas Gerais
Reason
Not the lead (maybe it should be? I don't like messing with lead image choice too much), but a good image, showing a part of his career well.
Articles in which this image appears
Tancredo Neves
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
Senado Federal do Brasil (Agência Senado); restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Senador Tancredo Neves.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 08:11, 18 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Geometric moray (Gymnothorax griseus), Red Sea, Egypt.
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC three months ago, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Geometric moray
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish
Creator
Diego Delso

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:33, 18 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Female common blue, underside.
Reason
Featured unanimously two years ago on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Common blue
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Ivar Leidus

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:33, 18 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalAragonite from Los Molinillos, Cuenca, Spain, sample width about 4 cm
Reason
High quality image of this crystal. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Aragonite
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Geology
Creator
JJ Harrison

Promoted File:Aragonite crystal - Los Molinillos, Ceunca, Spain - 4x3.6x3.5cm 100g.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:26, 18 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – The OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule upon landing in Utah on 24 September 2023
 
Alt - better view of the landing area in the Utah Test and Training Range
Reason
Quality photo of the OSIRIS-REx mission's sample return capsule upon landing in September 2023. The capsule returned samples collected from the Bennu asteroid in October 2020.
Articles in which this image appears
OSIRIS-REx, Sample-return mission, Comet Nucleus Dust and Organics Return, Extraterrestrial sample curation, +4
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Understanding
Creator
NASA/Keegan Barber
  • I don't think the Alt is a better image in the mission article: OSIRIS-REx, and I am not sure it will remain stable there, if added. The other listed articles are too generic for either photo. If the Alt image is not in the mission article and stable, then it has my oppose vote, in favor of my support vote for the Original image. Bammesk (talk) 00:07, 13 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
It wasn't staged, brushed down and straightened! The tilt is from front to back, not side to side, so it doesn't show in a frontal photo. Yes the parachute remnant was removed, and an orange sticker was placed on what appears to be a sensor hole (I suppose to prevent contamination). That's normal procedure, not manipulation. Not a disqualifier as far as I am concerned. Bammesk (talk) 18:26, 15 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:28, 18 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalCharon, Pluto's moon
Reason
Honestly, was very surprised this wasn't featured already
Articles in which this image appears
Charon (moon) and many, many others
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
Creator
NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute/Alex Parker

Promoted File:Charon in True Color - High-Res.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:32, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – A unique aerial photo of Urbino, made with a camera attached to a kite line. The kite was launched from Fortezza di Albornoz during the 68th Festa dell'Aquilone di Urbino.
Reason
a unique aerial view of a Renaissance city, shot with a camera attached to a kite line
Articles in which this image appears
Urbino
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Places/Urban
Creator
ZmajiZmajiZmaji

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:40, 21 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Jimmy Carter in 1988
Reason
High resolution and good quality
Articles in which this image appears
Jimmy Carter
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
Rob Croes for Anefo

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 00:31, 23 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – The image's title on Commons: Smoke and flames billow after Israeli forces struck a high-rise tower in Gaza City, October 7, 2023. Palestinian militants have begun a "war" against Israel which they infiltrated by air, sea and land from the blockaded Gaza Strip, Israeli officials said, a major escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Reason
High-quality image of a historical event.
Articles in which this image appears
2023 Israel–Hamas war 2020s
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/War
Creator
Wafa
Comment I'm going around on the Wafa site and found this identical image which even has a Wafa watermark on it. The footer of the page states, in part, "ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TO WAFA ©". Are we sure about its copyright status? Bremps... 04:57, 14 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I raised the same concern on this talk page, and got an answer. If you have any other copyright-related question, you can probably ask Batoul84, who answered my question, or—per the image's page—ask on Wiki Palestine's talk page. FunLater (talk) 12:36, 14 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Wonderful. With the copyright question cleared up, I'll support for the compositon and usefulness. Bremps... 16:15, 14 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I'm inclined to support, but am inclined to think this should be given a week or so to have usage settle down before voting. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.5% of all FPs. 05:07, 18 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:58, 23 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – A painting 1654 or 1655 painting by Jacob van Ruisdael depicting a Jewish cemetery
Reason
High res scan of a good painting
Articles in which this image appears
The Jewish Cemetery, List of paintings by Jacob van Ruisdael, Repoussoir,
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Jacob van Ruisdael
I stumbled upon this painting by chance, and thought it pertinent given the situation in Israel right now. Please judge the painting on its own, however. Bremps... 05:03, 14 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Jacob Isaackszoon van Ruisdael - The Jewish Cemetery (1654 or 1655).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:16, 24 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalNettie Stevens, the discoverer of sex chromosomes
Reason
There don't appear to be many images of her, and I think this may be the only one that shows her face fully.
Articles in which this image appears
Nettie Stevens, List of multiple discoveries. Just added to XY sex-determination system
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering
Creator
Carnegie Institution of Washington, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Nettie Maria Stevens.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:08, 24 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalRegeneration is a 1915 American silent biographical crime drama co-written and directed by Raoul Walsh.
Reason
Added to the National Film Registry in 2000, this 1915 film feared to be lost until being found in the 1970s is one of the first full-length gangster films. And this is a very clean print of said movie.
Articles in which this image appears
Regeneration (1915 film)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
Fox Film

Promoted File:Regeneration (1915).webm --Armbrust The Homunculus 07:31, 25 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Saturnia pavonia caterpillar (side view)
Reason
I nominated the top view and it was suggested this has more EV. Like the other image, it was featured unanimously on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Saturnia pavonia
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Ivar Leidus

Promoted File:Saturnia pavonia caterpillar (side view) - Niitvälja bog.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:11, 25 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Red trillium (Trillium erectum).
Reason
Featured on Commons two months ago.
Articles in which this image appears
Trillium erectum
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Flowers
Creator
The Cosmonaut

Promoted File:Trillium erectum - Stephen's Gulch CA.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:14, 25 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]


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OriginalIce eggs (diameter 5–10 cm) on Stroomi Beach, northern Estonia, at temperature of minus 15–20 degrees Celsius
Reason
Lead image in the Ice eggs article. The technical quality isn't ideal, but this is a rare phenomenon that occurs at low temperatures. Not a common occurrence to photograph. See the Commons nom: [3] for a discussion of the technical quality.
Articles in which this image appears
Ice eggs, +2
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Others
Creator
Aleksandr Abrosimov

Promoted File:Jää on kulmunud pallideks (Looduse veidrused). 05.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:12, 28 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Original (currently hosted on YouTube, to be uploaded on 31 December 2023) – Steamboat Willie, the first animated movie featuring the character "Mickey Mouse", enters the public domain under U.S. copyright law on 1 January 2024, 95 years after its release in 1928.
Reason
This film is considered a major milestone in the history of animation. It also complies with the featured picture criteria.
Articles in which this image appears
Mickey Mouse, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Steamboat Willie, etc.
FP category for this image
Entertainment
Creator
Walt Disney Studios

Hello, I would like to nominate Disney's animated short film Steamboat Willie which has not been uploaded yet. The reason is that the film will famously enter the Public Domain on 1 January 2024 and I would like to showcase it on the Main Page on that exact day (I would upload it on Commons on the evening of 31 December 2023). I know that this is unorthodox, but it would be a really cool way to celebrate Public Domain Day next year. What do you think? --Gnom (talk) 06:53, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support as nominatorGnom (talk) 06:53, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per talk page comment. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 08:34, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support with a BIG caveat: In order to avoid any copyright infringement, even one ever so small, it should not be viewable anywhere until January 1st at 00:00 local time. Does the Wiki software actually time the front page view to the actual date/time of the page viewer's location? And how to decide exactly when to upload to Commons? 00:00 according to UTC, or PST - assuming the latter is the time zone for the original copyright? Or even the earliest time zone possible, that of Kiribati, i.e. UTC +14 - which means the upload would be legal at least somewhere on the earth... (This is only half in jest!) --Janke | Talk 09:07, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • SupportTheHistoryBuff101 18:55, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose until the file is actually uploaded. While I support the premise of the nomination in principle, I can't support something until I see what the Main Page readers will see. MER-C 19:02, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    • Comment - Well, you can see the film itself via the YT link above, and the Main Page text can actually be proposed here... perhaps with the help of MP editors? It would be fun to have it at the first possible moment! --Janke | Talk 20:19, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
      • I think MER-C means that you can’t just download a file from YouTube and upload it directly to Commons. You have to convert the file to a format that’s compatible with Commons, and that conversion can have adverse effects on the video if not properly done. Regards, Armbrust The Homunculus 20:26, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
        Yes, and to add to that someone is likely to release a much higher quality version of this movie on January 1. MER-C 19:33, 25 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose, at least with the proposed source. While I appreciate the sentiment, the YouTube version, at 360p, is too low in quality to meet the FP criteria. And the historic exception argument doesn't quite hold, as the low resolution is a limitation imposed on this digital version, not inherent to the original format. Surely there are archives in possession of the original film prints who will be able to publish higher quality conversions once the copyright finally lapses? There may also be issues over the creativity and copyrightability of the restoration work itself, if such work took place as part of the digitisation. Altogether, I don't think it's practically possible to have Steamboat Willie as POTD for 1 January, so better just take the usual route and nominate it when it's ready (and maybe discuss making an exception for jumping the POTD queue to feature it as early as possible then). --Paul_012 (talk) 21:18, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    I'd have to oppose uploading it December 31st, when it's still in copyright. I'd suggest the earliest we can go for is January 2nd. The copyright law is a little vague as to the exact time of changeover online, where there's many timezones. The servers are in Florida and California, I believe, which means we technically should be careful about hosting something before midnight Pacific time, by which time it will be 8 am UTC and the POTD will have been running for 8 hours. We could do it by the same logic as the IAR for Queen Elizabeth's funeral (which might have proven controversial as every section of the main page independently got in on it, but I don't think was an issue otherwise): Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Hrh Princess Elizabeth in the Auxiliary Territorial Service, April 1945 TR2832.jpg - If it's passing, and there's no opposition to it after a reasonable discussion done a few days beforehand, it can jump immediately to the next day's queue. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.5% of all FPs. 21:49, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    @Paul 012 and @Adam Cuerden, thank you for your commens – would you support a FP nomination of the Bluray version (assuming that I can find a way to upload it to Commons)? Gnom (talk) 13:46, 22 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, as long as there's no presumption of new copyright. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.5% of all FPs. 19:32, 22 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • oppose A 1080p version apparently exists on the Celebrating Mickey blu ray.©Geni (talk) 22:22, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • I support a January 1st upload (U.S. time) and a January 2nd POTD. I am Ok with the current 360p version on youtube [4]. It's downloadable as MP4 and can be converted to WebM. A 1080p version can be uploaded later to overwrite it (whenever available, and with a proper license if needed for reproduction creativity and restoration). Bammesk (talk) 19:21, 21 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    • Hi Bammesk, thank you for your comment. Do you support the FP nomination (which is what this discussion is about, after all)? --Gnom (talk) 13:44, 22 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
      • Yes, with the stated caveat. I changed my comment to a vote. When/if the concerns expressed above by others are addressed, regarding the feasibility of a January 1st POTD (i.e. timing), and/or a 1080p version (and its copyright if applicable), then I support those scenarios as well. Bammesk (talk) 14:22, 22 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
        Yes, we will address the copyright issue separately (I am a media lawyer and actually hold a PhD in copyright law, so I think that I should be able to figure this out). Gnom (talk) 14:29, 22 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
        • I support the idea, in whatever way it is accomplished. But could we be absolutely sure that a Blu-Ray rip is copyright-free, since such a HD transfer was probably originally done by Disney? --Janke | Talk 19:48, 22 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Let's wait until the file is a) actually uploaded and b) stable in the relevant articles until a FPC. Nick-D (talk) 10:27, 23 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:37, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Original – Former Queen, now Princess Beatrix, 2015
Reason
High resolution and good quality
Articles in which this image appears
Beatrix of the Netherlands, 1938 etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Royalty and nobility
Creator
RVD Koninklijk Huis

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:50, 31 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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OriginalEdmund Beecher Wilson, during his time at Bryn Mawr College
Reason
While finishing up things with Nettie Stevens, I checked Wilson - who independently discovered the Y chromosome - albeit without as much insight as Stevens had - at around the same time. This was the lead image. So, yeah, I took it upon myself to research and restore a better image. This kind of dramatic lighting was a bit of a photographic trend a decade or so either side of 1900; This is one of the better examples, with superb facial detail.
Articles in which this image appears
Edmund Beecher Wilson, XY sex-determination system
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering
Creator
Unknown photographer, restored by Adam Cuerden

Promoted File:Edmund Beecher Wilson between about 1885 and 1891.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:57, 31 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]