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Featured pictures are images that add significantly to articles, either by illustrating article content particularly well, or being eye-catching to the point where users will want to read its accompanying article. Taking the adage that "a picture is worth a thousand words", the images featured on Wikipedia:Featured pictures should illustrate a Wikipedia article in such a way as to add significantly to that article, according to the featured picture criteria. Promoting an image If you believe an image should be featured, create a subpage (use the "For Nominations" field, below) and add the subpage to the current nominations section. For promotion, if an image is listed here for ten days with five or more reviewers in support and the consensus is in its favor, it can be added to the Wikipedia:Featured pictures list. Consensus is generally regarded to be a two-thirds majority in support, including the nominator and/or creator of the image; however, anonymous votes are generally disregarded, as are opinions of sockpuppets. All users may comment. However, only those who have been registered on the English Wikipedia for 25 days and with at least 100 edits will be included in the numerical count. If necessary, decisions about close candidacies will be made on a case-by-case basis. Nominations started in December are given three extra days, due to the holidays slowing down activity here. The archive contains all opinions and comments collected for candidate nominations and their nomination results. If you nominate an image here, please consider also uploading and nominating it at Commons to help ensure that the pictures can be used not just in the English Wikipedia but on all other Wikimedia projects as well. Delisting an image A featured picture can be nominated for delisting if you feel it no longer lives up to featured picture standards. You may also request a featured picture be replaced with a superior image. Create a subpage (use the "For Delists" field, below) and add the subpage to the current nominations section. Please leave a note on the talk page of the original FPC nominator (and creator/uploader, if appropriate) to let them know the delisting is being debated. The user may be able to address the issues and avoid the delisting of the picture. For delisting, if an image is listed here for ten days with five or more reviewers supporting a delist or replace, and the consensus is in its favor, it will be delisted from Wikipedia:Featured pictures. Consensus is generally regarded to be a two-thirds majority in support, including the nominator. Note that anonymous votes are generally disregarded, as are opinions of sockpuppets. However, images are sometimes delisted despite having fewer than five in support of their removal, and there is currently no consensus on how best to handle delist closures, except for one point: If the image to be delisted is not used in any articles by the time of closure, it must be delisted. If it is added to articles during the nomination, at least one week's stability is required for the nomination to be closed as "Kept". The nomination may be suspended if a week hasn't yet passed to give the rescue a chance. Outside of the nominator, all voters are expected to have been on Wikipedia for 25 days and to have made a minimum of 100 edits. If necessary, decisions about close candidacies will be made on a case-by-case basis. As with regular nominations, delist nominations are given three extra days to run if started in December. Note that delisting an image does not mean deleting it. Delisting from Featured pictures in no way affects the image's status in its article(s).

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How to comment for Candidate Images Write Support, if you approve of the picture. A reason is optional. Write Oppose, followed by your reasoning, if you disapprove of the picture. All objections should be accompanied by a specific rationale that, if addressed, would make you support the image. If your concern is one that can only be addressed by the creator, and if they haven't nominated or commented on the image, and if they are a Wikipedian, you should notify them directly. You can weak support or weak oppose instead, so that your opinion will be weighed as half of a "full" opinion. To change your opinion, strike it out (with <s>...</s>) rather than removing it. If you think a nominated image obviously fails the featured picture criteria, write Speedy close followed by your reasons. Nominations may be closed early if this is the case. Recommendations added early in the process may be disregarded if they do not address concerns and/or improvements that arise later in the debate. Reviewers are advised to monitor the progress of a nomination and update their votes accordingly. Prior to giving an opinion, the image should be assessed on its quality as displayed at full size (high-resolution) in an image editing program. Please note that the images are only displayed at thumbnail size on this page. The thumbnail links to the image description page which, in turn, links to the high-resolution version. How to comment for Delist Images Write Keep, followed by your reasons for keeping the picture. Write Delist, followed by your reasons for delisting the picture. Write Delist and Replace if you believe the image should be replaced by a better picture. You can weak keep, weak delist or weak delist and replace instead, so that your opinion will be weighed as half of a "full" opinion. To change your opinion, strike it out (with <s>...</s>) rather than removing it. Please remember to be civil, not to bite the newbies and to comment on the image, not the person. You may find the glossary useful when you encounter acronyms or jargon in other voters' comments. You can also link to it by using {{FPCgloss}}. Editing candidates If you feel you could improve a candidate by image editing, please feel free to do so, but do not overwrite or remove the original. Instead, upload your edit with a different file name (e.g., add "edit" to the file name), and display it below the original nomination. Edits should be appropriately captioned in sequential order (e.g., Edit 1, Edit 2, etc), and describe the modifications that have been applied. Is my monitor adjusted correctly? In a discussion about the brightness of an image, it is necessary to know if the computer display is properly adjusted. Displays differ greatly in their ability to show shadow detail. There are four dark grey circles in the adjacent image. If you can discern three (or even four) of the circles, your monitor can display shadow detail correctly. If you see fewer than three circles, you may need to adjust the monitor and/or computer display settings. Some displays cannot be adjusted for ideal shadow detail. Please take this into account when voting. Displays also differ greatly in their ability to show highlight detail. There are light grey circles in the adjacent image. If you can discern three (or even four) of the circles, your monitor can display highlight detail correctly. If you see fewer than three circles, you may need to adjust the monitor and/or computer display settings (probably reduce the contrast setting). Some displays cannot be adjusted for ideal highlight detail. Please take this into account when voting. On a gamma-adjusted display, the four circles in the color image blend into the background when seen from a few feet (roughly 75–150 cm) away. If they do not, you could adjust the gamma setting (found in the computer's settings, not on the display), until they do. This may be very difficult to attain, and a slight error is not detrimental. Uncorrected PC displays usually show the circles darker than the background. Note that the image must be viewed in original size (263 × 68 pixels) - if enlarged or reduced, results are not accurate. Note that on most consumer LCD displays (laptop or flat screen), viewing angle strongly affects these images. Correct adjustment on one part of the screen might be incorrect on another part for a stationary head position. Click on the images for more technical information. If possible, calibration with a hardware monitor calibrator is recommended.

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	Nicolás Maduro

Voting period ends on 28 Jan 2026 at 22:27:23 (UTC)

Reason

EV. HQ image from the Euromaidan.

Articles in which this image appears

Euromaidan

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/Others

Creator

User:Ввласенко

• Support as nominator – JJARichardson (talk) 22:27, 18 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period ends on 28 Jan 2026 at 19:36:37 (UTC)

Reason

big image with great details

Articles in which this image appears

Field of Mars (Saint Petersburg)

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings

Creator

Grigory Chernetsov, photo by Google Art Project

• Support as nominator – Petar Milošević (talk) 19:36, 18 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period ends on 28 Jan 2026 at 18:13:29 (UTC)

Reason

Good quality.

Articles in which this image appears

Year 2000 problem

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others

Creator

Best Buy, DraftSaturn15

• Support as nominator – TheFreeWorld (talk) 18:13, 18 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period ends on 28 Jan 2026 at 15:51:10 (UTC)

Reason

Unanimously featured on Commons. Infobox image.

Articles in which this image appears

Painted francolin, List of Galliformes by population

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds

Creator

Tisha Mukherjee

• Support as nominator – MER-C 15:51, 18 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support TheFreeWorld (talk) 17:47, 18 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period ends on 28 Jan 2026 at 15:48:07 (UTC)

Reason

Unanimously featured on Commons. Infobox image.

Articles in which this image appears

Amphidromus sulphuratus

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Molluscs

Creator

H. Zell

• Support as nominator – MER-C 15:48, 18 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support TheFreeWorld (talk) 17:47, 18 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support --Petar Milošević (talk) 18:50, 18 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period ends on 27 Jan 2026 at 21:39:55 (UTC)

Reason

The Jack Pine is a famous example of Canadian art and landscapes. It is a valuable image used in many articles.

Articles in which this image appears

Canada, Canadian Art, Culture of Canada, Group of Seven, Algonquin Provincial Park, Jack Pine, Tom Thomson, and many more.

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings

Creator

Tom Thomson

• Comment – Hello everyone, I'm pretty new to Wikipedia and can't actually vote for my own nomination. Regardless, I would really appreciate any feedback on how to improve my first nomination. Thank you for your consideration! RedRampageRuckusRaider (talk) 21:39, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period ends on 27 Jan 2026 at 18:25:52 (UTC)

Reason

High resolution and quality.

Articles in which this image appears

Apple Park, others

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture

Creator

Dllu

• Support as nominator – TheFreeWorld (talk) 18:25, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. MER-C 15:35, 18 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support ArionStar (talk) 16:55, 18 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period ends on 26 Jan 2026 at 12:15:53 (UTC)

Reason

high resolution copy of a notable painting

Articles in which this image appears

Still Life with Candlestick

FP category for this image

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

Creator

Fernand Léger

• Support as nominator The painting is now in the public domain, so I uploaded a high resolution version on Commons. – Yann (talk) 12:15, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period ends on 25 Jan 2026 at 22:03:14 (UTC)

Reason

Featured Picture on Commons, showing the telescope under good lighting at high resolution

Articles in which this image appears

Sardinia Radio Telescope

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Understanding

Creator

Mike Peel

• Support as nominator – Mike Peel (talk) 22:03, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support ArionStar (talk) 17:07, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support TheFreeWorld (talk) 18:28, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support although the cloud layout isn't quite perfect.©Geni (talk) 20:15, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

• That's exactly what I thought while observing with it... :) Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 21:24, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

• Support. MER-C 15:36, 18 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period ends on 25 Jan 2026 at 21:19:27 (UTC)

Reason

FP on Commons, in use here

Articles in which this image appears

Laurent Guétal

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings

Creator

Mike Peel

• Support as nominator – Mike Peel (talk) 21:19, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Nice painting, very good reproduction. – Yann (talk) 12:19, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support As I had suggested. ArionStar (talk) 17:02, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support TheFreeWorld (talk) 18:30, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period ends on 25 Jan 2026 at 18:05:20 (UTC)

Reason

Dynamic, vibrant, well-composed photograph of the subject wearing a flaming helmet. There are some blown-out highlights on his suit, but as the material appears to be Mylar or some similar reflective subject, I think that's acceptable.

Articles in which this image appears

Arthur Brown (musician), The Crazy World of Arthur Brown

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment

Creator

MarvinSLemon

• Support as nominator – Moonreach (talk) 18:05, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Weak oppose - uᴉɐʇsǝɥʇuƎ uoʇsᴉoʅɓoʅɥԀ (Hit Me Up) 20:32, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

It is a very impressive picture, but I don't think I specifically learn anything from this photo. It doesn't feel as if it is worth a thousand words to me. uᴉɐʇsǝɥʇuƎ uoʇsᴉoʅɓoʅɥԀ (Hit Me Up) 20:32, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

He's a performer, and this shows him performing. You can see who he is, he's speaking into a microphone so you have a sense of what he does, he's gesturing and he's in full costume. To the extent that a musician can be expressed through a static image, I think this is excellent. Moonreach (talk) 18:35, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period ends on 24 Jan 2026 at 18:09:01 (UTC)

Reason

very high resolution copy of a notable painting

Articles in which this image appears

The Abduction of Europa (Rembrandt), Europa (consort of Zeus), Rembrandt, List of paintings by Rembrandt, catalogues raisonnés, etc.

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Religion and mythology

Creator

Rembrandt, digitized by the Google Art Project

• Support as nominator – Yann (talk) 18:09, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support 🀰☯🀰Hexes54☯Talk to me🀰☯🀰 09:33, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support ArionStar (talk) 17:07, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support TheFreeWorld (talk) 18:31, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. MER-C 15:39, 18 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period ends on 23 Jan 2026 at 00:24:20 (UTC)

Reason

EV and HQ

Articles in which this image appears

Faustin-Archange Touadéra and 2025 Central African general election

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political

Creator

Christophe Licoppe

• Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 00:24, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose The image has EV, but this is an unremarkable headshot of a man wearing a suit with no indications of their reasons for notability, etc. Nick-D (talk) 23:02, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • The uncropped original image (File:Visit of Faustin-Archange Touadéra, President of the Central African Republic, to the European Commission (P067074-430913).jpg), while not of FP quality either, seems to have higher EV here as well, including for the rather unusual detail that President Touadéra appears to be wearing an extremely expensive gold Rolex Daytona watch. Nick-D (talk) 23:20, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period ends on 22 Jan 2026 at 19:39:20 (UTC)

Reason

Very nice shot taken in the evening by original user. Vivid contrast of red and the darker surrounding. High quality res. While the sun is visibly beginning to set, still light enough for visible detail. Strong EV as it's the primary identifier of the article page's subject.

Articles in which this image appears

Calandagan

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Sport, otherwise Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals

Creator

Hatomizinko

• Support as nominator – RandomEditsForWhenIRemember (talk) 19:39, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support —Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 01:21, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support 🀰☯🀰Hexes54☯Talk to me🀰☯🀰 18:14, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support ArionStar (talk) 17:06, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support TheFreeWorld (talk) 18:32, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period ends on 21 Jan 2026 at 18:53:31 (UTC)

Reason

EV and HQ.

Articles in which this image appears

Kyrgyz people

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Traditional dress

Creator

User:Theklan

• Support as nominator – JJARichardson (talk) 18:53, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Thanks for the nomination! -Theklan (talk) 19:01, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - The subjects aren't quite centered, but otherwise this is a technically strong submission. Content-wise, I like that it gets traditional dress, local food and a yurt in the same shot. Good all around. Moonreach (talk) 18:15, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period ends on 21 Jan 2026 at 11:52:45 (UTC)

Reason

Unanimously featured on Commons. Infobox image.

Articles in which this image appears

Pluteus cervinus

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Fungi

Creator

Reinhold Möller

• Support as nominator – MER-C 11:52, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support ArionStar (talk) 17:05, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support TheFreeWorld (talk) 18:34, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period ends on 21 Jan 2026 at 11:48:46 (UTC)

Reason

Unanimously featured on Commons. Infobox image.

Articles in which this image appears

Sabellastarte spectabilis

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Others

Creator

Diego Delso

• Support as nominator – MER-C 11:48, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support High EV, good picture. – Yann (talk) 18:11, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support ArionStar (talk) 17:05, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support RandomEditsForWhenIRemember (talk) 22:15, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support TheFreeWorld (talk) 18:36, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period ends on 21 Jan 2026 at 01:02:21 (UTC)

Reason

EV

Articles in which this image appears

2026 United States strikes in Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7), History of Venezuela, American expansionism under Donald Trump and United States involvement in regime change in Latin America

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/Others

Creator

US Military

• Support as nominator The educational value overshadows resolution, in this case. – ArionStar (talk) 01:02, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak Support on EV grounds. Technically low quality and a very recent event, but it may never be replaced by a higher quality image. Also this would probably come under American history instead of other. JJARichardson (talk) 01:43, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak Support - Low quality and slightly blurry, but this is probably one of the only in-the-moment images we'll ever get of this particular event, and undoubtedly the most recognizable. I'd say the historical value is more important than the resolution. MagnesiumCube (talk) 03:08, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak oppose - I must say, this has exceptional EV but is of exceptionally poor quality. I would err on oppose due to the white line top left and odd lighting (is this a picture of a photograph?). Also, previous events of this scale can depict secondary events. For example, none of the 9/11 FPs depict the explosion or the collapse but rather the rescue and aftermath. I would much prefer a higher quality image of a smoked Caracas or similar if one is made available. As for Trump in Mar-a-Lago? Maybe, if the time comes. Hugoaway (talk) 14:01, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I would support a Mar-a-Lago photo nom despite WP:RECENT. Technically better photo than The Situation Room. JJARichardson (talk) 23:51, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

• Oppose Controversial image, poor EV and poor quality. Yann (talk) 18:15, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak support - While the event it depicts is controversial, this is the canonical image of Maduro's capture and transport to the United States. It has a lot of technical shortcomings, so I could go either way on whether it should be featured. Moonreach (talk) 18:09, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose Bad quality. Is bad quality American propaganda really the best wiki has to offer? --Muhammad(talk) 06:59, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose --Petar Milošević (talk) 18:52, 18 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period ends on 20 Jan 2026 at 08:33:08 (UTC)

Reason

Featured on Commons.

Articles in which this image appears

Blyth's reed warbler

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds

Creator

Tisha Mukherjee

Nominator

Paramanu Sarkar (talk) 08:33, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

• Support - MagnesiumCube (talk) 03:11, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. MER-C 11:41, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support —Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 01:04, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support ArionStar (talk) 17:05, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support RandomEditsForWhenIRemember (talk) 22:15, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 19 Jan 2026 at 23:19:45 (UTC)

Reason

HQ example of Hopper's realist paintings. EV for use in several articles.

Articles in which this image appears

Whitney Museum, Ashcan School, American realism, List of works by Edward Hopper

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings

Creator

Edward Hopper

• Support as nominator – JJARichardson (talk) 23:19, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support It needs more attention. ArionStar (talk) 17:04, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 17 Jan 2026 at 19:11:16 (UTC)

Reason

EV. HQ example of a handcycle/handbike.

Articles in which this image appears

Handcycle

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Land

Creator

User:Erik Wannee

• Support as nominator – JJARichardson (talk) 19:11, 7 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:42, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 16 Jan 2026 at 15:21:35 (UTC)

Reason

EV and HQ

Articles in which this image appears

Contemporary architecture

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors

Creator

Frank Schulenburg

• Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 15:21, 6 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose only used in a gallery of images. —kallerna 09:25, 7 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:32, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 15 Jan 2026 at 22:44:58 (UTC)

Reason

HQ painting by a celebrated American painter. EV as subject of its own article.

Articles in which this image appears

Gas (Hopper), List of works by Edward Hopper

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings

Creator

Edward Hopper

• Support as nominator – JJARichardson (talk) 22:44, 5 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support —Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 01:04, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:15, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

• Nomination didn’t reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:15, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 15 Jan 2026 at 19:05:56 (UTC)

Reason

HQ image of an iconic landmark by a renowned photographer.

Articles in which this image appears

Scranton, Pennsylvania, Carol M. Highsmith

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Others

Creator

Carol M. Highsmith

• Support as nominator – JJARichardson (talk) 19:05, 5 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support —Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 01:30, 6 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Straight Outta Scranton... —kallerna 09:28, 7 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. MER-C 11:43, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support JayCubby 13:53, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Scranton, Pennsylvania, restored historic Electric City sign by Carol Highsmith (LOC highsm.04369).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:12, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 15 Jan 2026 at 17:40:15 (UTC)

Reason

HQ example of work by a renowned American photographer. Already featured on Commons.

Articles in which this image appears

Carol M. Highsmith

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Others

Creator

Carol M. Highsmith

• Support as nominator – JJARichardson (talk) 17:40, 5 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose Questionable EV —kallerna 09:29, 7 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

It's an example of Highsmith's photography of the people of the rural and urban United States per article lead. JJARichardson (talk) 21:09, 7 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:57, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 15 Jan 2026 at 16:15:29 (UTC)

Reason

HQ and EV for parasports.

Articles in which this image appears

Natalia Partyka

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Sport

Creator

User:Ailura

• Support as nominator – JJARichardson (talk) 16:15, 5 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:28, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 15 Jan 2026 at 03:05:56 (UTC)

Reason

Unanimously featured on Commons. Infobox image.

Articles in which this image appears

Minato, Tokyo

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban

Creator

David Kernan

• Support as nominator – MER-C 03:05, 5 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support - Thanks for the nomination. Davekern (talk) 10:42, 5 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support —Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 01:33, 6 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support — Hamid Hassani (talk) 08:52, 7 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support Warm Regards, Miminity (Talk?) (me contribs) 04:34, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Support High EV, good picture. – Yann (talk) 18:17, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Minato City, Tokyo, Japan.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 04:41, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 15 Jan 2026 at 03:12:09 (UTC)

Reason

Unanimously featured on Commons. Infobox image.

Articles in which this image appears

Melodious warbler

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds

Creator

Alexis Lours

• Support as nominator – MER-C 03:12, 5 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment EV would be increased with tighter crop. —kallerna 07:15, 5 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 04:38, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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