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This star, with one point broken, symbolizes the featured candidates on Wikipedia.

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).

Shortcuts

Featured content:

Featured picture tools:

Step 1: Evaluate

Evaluate the merit of a nomination against the featured picture criteria. Most users reference terms from this page when evaluating nominations.

Step 2: Create a subpage

For Nominations

To create a subpage of Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates for your nomination, add a title for the image you want to nominate in the field below (e.g., Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Labrador Retriever) and click the "Create new nomination" button.

For Delists

To create a subpage for your delist, add a title for the image you want to delist/replace in the field below and click the "Create new delist nomination" button.

For Delist and replace

To create a subpage for your delist and replace, add a title for the image you want to delist/replace in the field below and click the "Create new delist nomination" button.

Step 3: Transclude and link

Transclude the newly created subpage to the Featured picture candidate list (direct link).

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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	Common chiffchaff
	Stelvio Pass 2
	Charles Gounod, 1860

Current nominations

Mac DeMarco

Voting period ends on 9 Jan 2026 at 22:11:37 (UTC)

Reason: HQ shot of a stage performance.
Articles in which this image appears: Mac DeMarco
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator: Ralph Arvesen

Support as nominator – JJARichardson (talk) 22:11, 27 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Major Lazer

Voting period ends on 9 Jan 2026 at 01:55:16 (UTC)

Reason: EV and Featured on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears: Major Lazer
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator: created by Warner Music Norway, uploaded and nominated by Meganenohito

Support as nominator – Meganenohito (talk) 01:55, 27 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sun

Voting period ends on 8 Jan 2026 at 22:30:31 (UTC)

Reason: EV
Articles in which this image appears: Sun, Star, Solar System, +…
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
Creator: MotloAstro

Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 22:30, 26 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Velarde map

Voting period ends on 8 Jan 2026 at 22:09:19 (UTC)

Reason: EV
Articles in which this image appears: Velarde map (as a standalone image), History of the Philippines and more (as a template-added image)
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Maps
Creator: Pedro Murillo Velarde

Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 22:09, 26 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Mother with Two Children II

Voting period ends on 8 Jan 2026 at 20:26:13 (UTC)

Reason: HQ capture of a Schiele painting. Already a Quality image.
Articles in which this image appears: Egon Schiele
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator: Egon Schiele

Support as nominator – JJARichardson (talk) 20:26, 26 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

Voting period ends on 8 Jan 2026 at 09:57:19 (UTC)

Reason: Featured on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears: Black drongo
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator: Tisha Mukherjee

Support as nominator – Paramanu Sarkar (talk) 09:57, 26 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Chop Suey

Voting period ends on 7 Jan 2026 at 19:08:20 (UTC)

Reason: HQ painting by a celebrated American painter. EV as subject of its own article.
Articles in which this image appears: Chop Suey (Hopper), List of works by Edward Hopper, Edward Hopper, American Chinese cuisine
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator: Edward Hopper

Support as nominator – JJARichardson (talk) 19:08, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Elizabeth Griffiths Smith Hopper, The Artist's Mother

Voting period ends on 7 Jan 2026 at 18:58:20 (UTC)

Reason: HQ portrait by a celebrated American painter.
Articles in which this image appears: List of works by Edward Hopper
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator: Edward Hopper

Support as nominator – JJARichardson (talk) 18:58, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Self-portrait by Edward Hopper

Voting period ends on 7 Jan 2026 at 18:53:32 (UTC)

Reason: HQ self-portrait by a celebrated American painter.
Articles in which this image appears: List of works by Edward Hopper
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists
Creator: Edward Hopper

Support as nominator – JJARichardson (talk) 18:53, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Treblinka memorial

Voting period ends on 6 Jan 2026 at 21:26:06 (UTC)

Reason: High EV. Already a Quality image.
Articles in which this image appears: Treblinka extermination camp
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator: Adrian Grycuk

Support as nominator – JJARichardson (talk) 21:26, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Musk Thistle

Voting period ends on 5 Jan 2026 at 15:22:17 (UTC)

Reason: Good lightling, better quality photo than other thistles on wikipedia, widely spread species (therefore useful to recognise), has all distinctive features of the plant (flower, stem, spines, slight bobbing of inflorescence), high resolution, good focus, accurate species identification
Articles in which this image appears: Carduus nutans, Thistle
FP category for this image
Creator: Andreiflorea993

Support as nominator – Andreiflorea993 (talk) 15:22, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - composition, more specifically the blurry, cut off flower in the right foreground. MER-C 12:15, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Timothée Chalamet

Voting period ends on 6 Jan 2026 at 02:58:09 (UTC)

Reason: Another HQ photo by Harald Krichel.
Articles in which this image appears: Timothée Chalamet, 31st Screen Actors Guild Awards
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator: User:Harald Krichel

Support as nominator – JJARichardson (talk) 02:58, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Charles Gounod

Voting period ends on 5 Jan 2026 at 00:30:40 (UTC)

Reason: For fairly early photography, quite good, and right at the height of some of his most important works. Smallish, but seems to be reasonable for the actual image resolution.
Articles in which this image appears: Charles Gounod +2
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator: Bayard & Bertall, restored by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 00:30, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:15, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support —Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 11:52, 26 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

John Fetterman

Voting period ends on 4 Jan 2026 at 22:32:28 (UTC)

Reason: HQ and EV for capturing Fetterman in his signature informal style of dress.
Articles in which this image appears: John Fetterman
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator: Office of Governor Tom Wolf (edited by User:Pennsylvania2)

Support as nominator – JJARichardson (talk) 22:32, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Good, but waaay down in the article, buried in a host of vaguely-similar photos. This rather limits its value. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 20:47, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I agree the article has too many photos, this one stands out as higher quality. JJARichardson (talk) 21:38, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed that this is definitely great quality. I'm just not sure it passes on usage, since, at thumbnail, it's just one of a half-dozen or so photos of the same man with the same haircut, at indistinguishable ages, doing fairly nondescript things. Worse, at thumbnail, the tight crop at the top arguably makes it look worse than several other images. Compare, for example, File:Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (cropped).jpg at thumbnail scale, which also has the advantage of being of a reasonably notable event. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 03:44, 26 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Cheek-lined wrasse

Voting period ends on 4 Jan 2026 at 03:13:48 (UTC)

Reason: Unanimously featured on Commons. Infobox image.
Articles in which this image appears: Cheek-lined wrasse
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish
Creator: Diego Delso

Support as nominator – MER-C 03:13, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:16, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Unsure Quite blurry, but it's underwater, which calls for somewhat lower standards. @Charlesjsharp: Your thoughts as a photographer? Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 20:43, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
support yes, very different standards. Charlesjsharp (talk) 16:32, 26 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support then. Thanks. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 22:39, 27 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Stelvio Pass

Voting period ends on 4 Jan 2026 at 03:10:35 (UTC)

Reason: Unanimously featured on Commons. Previous nomination ended at 4-0.
Articles in which this image appears: Stelvio Pass, Alps
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator: Kallerna

Support as nominator – MER-C 03:10, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:20, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — --Andreiflorea993 (talk) 15:24, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 20:40, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Common chiffchaff

Voting period ends on 4 Jan 2026 at 03:04:16 (UTC)

Reason: Unanimously featured on Commons. Infobox image.
Articles in which this image appears: Common chiffchaff
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator: Alexis Lours

Support as nominator – MER-C 03:04, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:21, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Andrei Florea 💬 11:37, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 20:39, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Pampulha Modern Ensemble

Voting period ends on 3 Jan 2026 at 17:54:39 (UTC)

Reason: HQ and EV
Articles in which this image appears: Pampulha Modern Ensemble
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator: Donatas Dabravolskas

Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 17:54, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
comment Not really avoidable but those are some pretty harsh shadows under the trees to the right.©Geni (talk) 09:26, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Georgina Weldon

Voting period ends on 3 Jan 2026 at 00:21:27 (UTC)

Reason: An interesting woman of some note. Famous for refusing to hand over Charles Gounod's music, for instance.
Articles in which this image appears: Georgina Weldon +2
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator: Elliott & Fry, restored by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 00:21, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Hamid Hassani (talk) 05:18, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support —Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 22:37, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 03:01, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Yann (talk) 16:47, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Giles Laurent (talk) 13:45, 26 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Polyeucte

Voting period ends on 2 Jan 2026 at 18:03:20 (UTC)

Reason: Original poster from the première is hard to beat for EV, even if the anatomy of his head is a little wonky
Articles in which this image appears: Polyeucte (opera)
FP category for this image: WP:FP/THEATRE
Creator: Jules Chéret, restored by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 18:03, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Hamid Hassani (talk) 05:19, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support —Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 22:37, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 03:06, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Yann (talk) 16:48, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Giles Laurent (talk) 13:45, 26 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Palacio de Cibeles

Voting period ends on 30 Dec 2025 at 13:32:11 (UTC)

Reason: HQ and EV
Articles in which this image appears: Palacio de Cibeles, Plaza de Cibeles, Spanish architecture, Antonio Palacios, Madrid, City Council of Madrid and 2015 La Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator: Kadellar

Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 13:32, 17 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Hamid Hassani (talk) 05:20, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support as the photographic quality is impressive. Andrei Florea 💬 15:42, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Giles Laurent (talk) 13:45, 26 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Pancake

Voting period ends on 30 Dec 2025 at 13:21:06 (UTC)

Reason: HQ and EV
Articles in which this image appears: Pancake
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Food and drink
Creator: Mae Mu

Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 13:21, 17 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support —Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 22:37, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Andrei Florea 💬 15:43, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Giles Laurent (talk) 09:56, 26 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Petar Milošević (talk) 10:43, 27 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tosh Gate

Voting period ends on 28 Dec 2025 at 08:56:48 (UTC)

Reason: Unanimously featured on Commons. Illustrates article well.
Articles in which this image appears: Tosh Gate
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator: Petar Milošević

Support as nominator – MER-C 08:56, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Nice photo, put surely not with the most EV? Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:57, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Underexposed + the used filter makes the sky look unnaturally dark. —kallerna 16:38, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Thanx for nomination MER-C. Probably one of best I made in Uzbekistan, or to say eye-capturing. All is very naturally, no saturation added etc. C-PL is made for photographers. --Petar Milošević (talk) 21:08, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support —Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 22:37, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:22, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Giles Laurent (talk) 13:45, 26 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Trifid and Lagoon nebulae

Voting period ends on 28 Dec 2025 at 08:21:03 (UTC)

Reason: Unanimously featured on Commons. Illustrates articles well.
Articles in which this image appears: Vera C. Rubin Observatory, First light (astronomy)
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
Creator: NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory

Support as nominator – MER-C 08:21, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support —Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 15:58, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Yann (talk) 16:54, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
~~Support~~ This image has already gone in history of photographic art. K. M. Skylark (talk) 20:48, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Struck vote as user doesn't has the required number of edits (has only 32 instead of 100). Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:05, 18 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Why was my vote scrapped? :( I do have more than a 1400 edits on Wikipedia, just in its Russian segment. Here is the rule: «However, only those who have been on Wikipedia for 25 days and with at least 100 edits», but there is absolutely no demand for my edits to be made specifically in its English version!.. Wikipedia is a global project. Why didn't you check my global account at first? :( And I, in fact, did read this exact line of rule beforehand. Please, Mr Armbrust, could you ~~rehabilitate~~ exonerate my vote for… I understand you wanted the better, but now I am so upset… I have truly spent so much time on Wikipedia… 😔 K. M. Skylark (talk) 14:07, 19 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
AFAIK only edits that were made locally count towards that. If you disagree, then feel free to initiate a discussion at WT:FPC. Regards, Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:42, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I think Armbrust's understanding is the usual one, so I have clarified. But I invite the person closing this discussion to make their own decision about whether K. M. Skylark's view 'counts'; after all, they didn't write the guidelines, so they can hardly be held responsible for any ambiguity. Josh Milburn (talk) 17:58, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Armbrust, J Milburn, and K. M. Skylark: Practically speaking, the rules are meant to keep very inexperienced people and bots out of voting. There's no question that K. M. Skylark is not one of those - and their vote numerically won't make a difference to the closing outcome (all supports, and more than the required 5) so I'd say we take the option that doesn't, effectively, WP:BITE the newbie (to en-wiki). Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 05:20, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

So does that mean that my struck vote turned out to be the precedent, which had led to changing the rules by slashing the amount of potential voters according to the established consensus? I thought that my global edits were just missed, and I did have a right to vote, because the rules didn't clarify the necessity of the edits to be local, and I did have 1400 global edits; so I thought as Everything which is not forbidden is allowed, I would be fine!.. K. M. Skylark (talk) 06:00, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I think it pointed out an assumption that was widespread but not explicit, at the least. The interesting thing is 51 edits (the number you have left) isn't that many: Go on a mild editing spree and you'd be within any interpretation of the rules. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 18:06, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Jay Cubby 13:56, 18 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support My dad worked on the telescope - designed the mirror mountings. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 22:40, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:23, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Giles Laurent (talk) 13:44, 26 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Streak-throated woodpecker

Voting period ends on 28 Dec 2025 at 08:15:29 (UTC)

Reason: Unanimously featured on Commons. Infobox image.
Articles in which this image appears: Streak-throated woodpecker
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator: Giles Laurent

Support as nominator – MER-C 08:15, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Thank you for the nomination! — Giles Laurent (talk) 08:33, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Hamid Hassani (talk) 05:21, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support —Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 22:38, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Add the image to the appropriate section of Wikipedia:Featured pictures - newest on left and remove the oldest from the right so that there are always three in each section.
Add the Featured Picture tag and star to the image page using {{Featured picture|page_name}} (replace page_name with the nomination page name, i.e., the page_name from Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/page_name). To add this template you most likely will have to click the "create" button on the upper right if the "edit" button is not present, generally if the image originates from Commons.
If an edited or alternative version of the originally nominated image is promoted, make sure that all articles contain the Featured Picture version, as opposed to the original.
Notify the nominator or co-nominators by placing {{subst:PromotedFPC|File:file_name.xxx}} on each nominator's talk page. For example: {{subst:PromotedFPC|File:Blue morpho butterfly.jpg}}.
If the image was created by a Wikipedian, place {{subst:UploadedFP|File:file_name.xxx}} on the creator's talk page. For example: {{subst:UploadedFP|File:Blue morpho butterfly.jpg}}.

Then perform the following, regardless of the outcome:

Move the nomination entry to the top of the "Recently closed nominations" section. It will remain there for three days after closing so others can review the nomination. This is done by simply moving the line {{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Page name}} to the top of the section.
Add the nomination entry to the bottom of the December archive. This is done by simply adding the line {{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Page name}} from this page to the bottom of the archive.
If the nomination is listed at Template:FPC urgents, remove it.

Delist closing procedure

Note that delisting an image does not equal deleting it. Delisting from Featured pictures in no way affects the image's status in its article/s.

If consensus is to KEEP featured picture status, and the image is used in at least one article, perform the following:

Check that the image has been in the article for at least one week. Otherwise, suspend the nomination to give it time to stabilize before continuing.
Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/delist/subpage:
{{FPCresult|Kept|}} --~~~~
Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.
Optionally leave a note on the picture's talk page.

If consensus is to DELIST, or the image is unused (and consensus is not for a replacement that is used), perform the following:

Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/delist/subpage:
{{FPCresult|Delisted|}} --~~~~
Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.
Replace the {{Featured picture}} tag from the image with {{FormerFeaturedPicture|delist/''Image name''}}.
Remove the image from the appropriate sub-page of Wikipedia:Featured pictures and the appropriate section of Wikipedia:Featured pictures thumbs.

If consensus is to REPLACE (and at least one of the images is used in articles), perform the following:

Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/delist/subpage:
{{FPCresult|Replaced|}} with File:NEW_IMAGE_FILENAME.JPG --~~~~
Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.

Replace NEW_IMAGE_FILENAME.JPG with the name of the replacement file.
Replace the {{Featured picture}} tag from the delisted image with {{FormerFeaturedPicture|delist/''Image name''}}.
Update the replacement picture's tag, adding the tag {{Featured picture|delist/image_name}} (replace image_name with the nomination page name, i.e., the image_name from Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/delist/image_name). Remove any no longer applicable tags from the original, replacement and from any other alternatives. If the alternatives were on Commons and no longer have any tags, be sure to tag the description page with {{missing image}}.
Replace the delisted Featured Picture in all articles with the new replacement Featured Picture version. Do NOT replace the original in non-article space, such as Talk Pages, FPC nominations, archives, etc.
Ensure that the replacement image is included on the appropriate sub-page of Wikipedia:Featured pictures and the appropriate section of Wikipedia:Featured pictures thumbs. Do this by replacing the original image with the new replacement image; do not add the replacement as a new Featured Picture.

Then perform the following, regardless of the outcome:

Move the nomination entry to the top of the "Recently closed nominations" section. It will remain there for three days after closing so others can review the nomination. This is done by simply moving the line {{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Image name}} to the top of the section.
Add the nomination entry to the bottom of the archived delist nominations. This is done by simply adding the line {{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Image name}} to the bottom of the appropriate section of the archive.
If the nomination is listed at Template:FPC urgents, remove it.

Recently closed nominations

Nominations in this category have already been closed and are here for the purposes of closure review by FPC contributors. Please do not add any further comments or votes regarding the original nomination. If you wish to discuss any of these closures, please do so at Wikipedia talk:Featured picture candidates. Nominations will stay here for three full days following closure and subsequently be removed.

Russell Lee

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 26 Dec 2025 at 19:51:01 (UTC)

Reason: HQ restoration. (N. B. : previous nom Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.})
Articles in which this image appears: Russell Lee (photographer)
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Artists
Creator: Farm Security Administration (restored by User:Adam Cuerden)

Support as nominator – JJARichardson (talk) 19:51, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support as nominator – uncropped version. JJARichardson (talk) 16:48, 17 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

~~Support~~ — Yann (talk) 16:55, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I really don't see any advantage of the tight crop over File:Portrait of Russell Lee, FSA (Farm Security Administration) photographer.jpg. It's just less reusable. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 23:35, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I added the uncropped version to the nom. JJARichardson (talk) 16:47, 17 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support uncropped Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 23:26, 17 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support uncropped Right. Yann (talk) 15:48, 18 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support uncropped — Hamid Hassani (talk) 05:17, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Uncropped —Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 22:38, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support uncropped MER-C 03:01, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support uncropped -- Giles Laurent (talk) 09:54, 26 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Portrait of Russell Lee, FSA (Farm Security Administration) photographer.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 00:20, 27 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Gulf of Tonkin

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 26 Dec 2025 at 15:49:13 (UTC)

Reason: HQ and EV
Articles in which this image appears: Gulf of Tonkin
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking back
Creator: NASA (MODIS imagery from the Terra satellite)

Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 15:49, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:57, 26 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ceramic

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 26 Dec 2025 at 15:45:36 (UTC)

Reason: EV and HQ
Articles in which this image appears: Ceramic, Vase, Ancient Maya art and Codex Style
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others
Creator: Unknown (exhibited at the Met)

Support as nominator – ArionStar (talk) 15:45, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:56, 26 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Grey Francolin (Ortygornis pondicerianus)

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 26 Dec 2025 at 06:27:33 (UTC)

Reason: Featured on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears: Grey francolin
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator: Tisha Mukherjee

~~Support as nominator~~ – Paramanu Sarkar (talk) 06:27, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Struck vote as user doesn't has the required number of edits (has only 75 instead of 100). Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:11, 18 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 14:15, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Hamid Hassani (talk) 07:52, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support MER-C 08:11, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Giles Laurent (talk) 08:36, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support —Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 22:38, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Grey Francolin in Bhigwan August 2025 by Tisha Mukherjee 04.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 07:18, 26 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Bonnie and Clyde fooling around

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 25 Dec 2025 at 20:25:40 (UTC)

Reason: historical image of the famous gangster duo. This is one of the images which made them famous.
Articles in which this image appears: Bonnie and Clyde, List of photographs considered the most important, Barrow Gang, Bonnie and Clyde (film)
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Others
Creator: Probably Buck Barrow, Clyde's brother

Support as nominator – Yann (talk) 20:25, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:01, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hounaam (talk) 09:28, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 14:16, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 08:09, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Giles Laurent (talk) 08:36, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support & thanks for the nom! Jay Cubby 15:19, 17 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support —Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 22:38, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Bonnie and Clyde fooling around Getty 514872400.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:20, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Composition VII, by Wassily Kandinsky

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 25 Dec 2025 at 20:01:14 (UTC)

Reason: high resolution copy of a notable painting with its own article, used in 11 articles
Articles in which this image appears: Composition VII, Wassily Kandinsky, History of painting, etc.
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator: Wassily Kandinsky, reproduction by Google Art & Culture

Support as nominator – Yann (talk) 20:01, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:05, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hounaam (talk) 09:29, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 14:16, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 08:06, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Giles Laurent (talk) 08:36, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support ‒ Jay Cubby 20:11, 17 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support —Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 22:39, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Andrei Florea 💬 15:51, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Composition VII - Wassily Kandinsky, GAC.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:15, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Grey cat in the Malay restaurant

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 25 Dec 2025 at 08:40:14 (UTC)

Reason: It's an cute animal, a cute grey cat.
Articles in which this image appears: Feral cat
FP category for this image: Cat
Creator: Countryball_mys123

~~Support as nominator~~ – Countryball mys123 (talk) 08:40, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Struck vote as user doesn't has the required number of edits (has only 40 instead of 100). Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:12, 18 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose No EV. Only enwiki articles are relevant here. Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:09, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Phone-cam perspective distortion. – Sca (talk) 14:11, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Low quality image with no EV. The image was only added to the article yesterday, and I've just removed it so I'd suggest that this be closed as the FP criteria weren't met at the time the nomination was lodged. Nick-D (talk) 04:00, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose; per above. — Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:07, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy Close - This picture fails standards (angle, distortion, perspective, in frame positioning), though nobody can deny it is a cute cat (not the object of Wikipedia though). Andrei Florea 💬 13:22, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 11:46, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Charlottesville car attack

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 23 Dec 2025 at 17:27:43 (UTC)

Original – Brennan Gilmore's footage of the white supremacist terror attack in Charlottesville on August 12, 2017

Reason: EV. Video footage of an infamous event in recent US history. The creator's X/Twitter account is no longer active but public domain review hopefully still stands.
Articles in which this image appears: Charlottesville car attack, Black KKKlansman, Unite the Right Rally, Alt-right
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/American
Creator: Brennan Gilmore

Support as nominator – JJARichardson (talk) 17:27, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Skewed. Apparently fails Criterion 3. – Sca (talk) 22:52, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

In which way? It meets the historic image criteria in my opinion, as this particular video of the car attack was widely distributed, notably appearing in the film Black KKKlansman for example. JJARichardson (talk) 23:06, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Skewed to left. -- Sca (talk) 17:32, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I appreciate there are other (and more graphic) videos of this event which shows the attack more clearly, but this particular video is historically significant. JJARichardson (talk) 19:42, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 06:02, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:15, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Significant video. ArionStar (talk) 05:13, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 02:15, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination didn’t reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 02:15, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Suspended nominations

This section is for Featured Picture (or delisting) candidacies whose closure is postponed for additional editing, rendering, or copyright clarification.