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

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Edmund Hillary

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Voting period ends on 13 Oct 2026 at 21:55:58 (UTC)

Original – New Zealand mountineer and explorer Edmund Hillary, 1953
Reason
HQ restored image of Hillary from the year he summited Mount Everest.
Articles in which this image appears
Edmund Hillary, New Zealanders
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Others
Creator
Author unknown (restored by User:TimofKingsland)

Mondrian Collection

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Voting period ends on 13 Oct 2026 at 18:43:40 (UTC)

Original – Women modeling Yves Saint Laurent's Mondrian collection in the Haagse Gemeente Museum on January 12, 1966.
Reason
Well-composed 1966 photo for a fashion collection notable enough to have its own article. Has strong secondary EV for Yves Saint Laurent, the designer, and Piet Mondrian, the artist who was at least part of the inspiration. I'll admit that for once I wish this black and white photo was in color, since the dresses are, but that's how it is with period photos. Previously nominated here; unanimous but insufficient support.
Articles in which this image appears
Mondrian Collection, Yves Saint Laurent (designer), Piet Mondrian, Color-blocking, History of Paris (1946–2000)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Culture and lifestyle
Creator
Eric Koch for Anefo, via Nationaal Archief

Wat Pariwat Ratchasongkram ubosot Bangkok Thailand

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Voting period ends on 12 Oct 2026 at 20:31:56 (UTC)

Original – Wat Pariwat Ratchasongkram ubosot, Bangkok, Thailand
Reason
High quality large format photo
Articles in which this image appears
Wat Pariwat
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Don

Alice Glass

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Voting period ends on 12 Oct 2026 at 17:59:30 (UTC)

Original – Canadian singer and songwriter Alice Glass, 2019
Reason
HQ main image of bio article.
Articles in which this image appears
Alice Glass
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator
Andreas Lawen

Amanda's blue

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Voting period ends on 12 Oct 2026 at 11:01:24 (UTC)

Original – Amanda's blue (Polyommatus amandus) on hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium) at Myrstigen butterfly habitat, Brastad, Lysekil Municipality, Sweden.
Reason
High quality image. Adds EV to article.
Articles in which this image appears
Polyommatus amandus
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
W.carter

Delist: Lunar distance

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Voting period ends on 11 Oct 2026 at 06:59:59 (UTC)

Earth and Moon to scale. Line below Earth represents distance of Earth's centre from the system barycentre. Line below the Moon represents perigee and apogee with the moon at the semi‐major axis position.
Proposed replacement
Reason
No longer EV.
Articles this image appears in
Nothing.
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Earth-Moon.png
Nominator
The NMI User (talk)


Nursultan Mosque

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Voting period ends on 10 Oct 2026 at 13:43:30 (UTC)

Original – The Nursultan Mosque (also called the Grand Republican Mosque and Astana Grand Mosque) of Astana, Kazakhstan, the eighth-largest mosque in the world.
Reason
Excellent two-point perspective photo of the structure in its environment. Kazakhstan doesn't have freedom of panorama, so this can't be uploaded to Commons, but for the English Wikipedia it's fine. I would argue against a tighter crop; this framing preserves the structure's full raised footprint.
Articles in which this image appears
Nursultan Mosque, Astana, Kazakhstan, List of largest mosques, others
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Красный

Rocky Mountain golden-mantled ground squirrel

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Voting period ends on 9 Oct 2026 at 21:06:07 (UTC)

Original – Rocky Mountain golden-mantled ground squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis tescorum), off Highway 93, near Banff, Alberta, Canada
Reason
High quality large image. Adds EV to article. FP on Commons
Articles in which this image appears
Golden-mantled ground squirrel
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Common moorhen swimming

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Voting period ends on 9 Oct 2026 at 21:01:51 (UTC)

Original – Common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus), Bürgerpark, Bremen, Germany
Reason
High quality large image. High EV. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Common moorhen
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Helga Dernesch

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Voting period ends on 7 Oct 2026 at 10:10:14 (UTC)

Original – Helga Dernesch wearing a stage costume with a crown and veil. Recording of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi.
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons. Infobox image.
Articles in which this image appears
Helga Dernesch
FP category for this image
People/Entertainment
Creator
Fred Erismann

Delist and replace: Alba Madonna

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Voting period ends on 7 Oct 2026 at 10:00:17 (UTC)

Delist: current FP
Replacement: higher resolution image
Reason
Replaced with higher resolution, official image.
Articles this image appears in
Alba Madonna etc.
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Alba Madonna
Nominator
MER-C

Black francolin

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Voting period ends on 7 Oct 2026 at 09:55:31 (UTC)

Original – Male black francolin in Tal Chhapar Sanctuary, Rajasthan, India.
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons. Infobox image.
Articles in which this image appears
Black francolin
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Tisha Mukherjee

Bristled grassbird (Schoenicola striatus)

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Voting period ends on 7 Oct 2026 at 08:24:13 (UTC)

Original – Bristled Grassbird (Schoenicola striatus) in Baruipur, West Bengal, India.
Reason
High quality image. Adds EV to article. FP on Commons
Articles in which this image appears
Bristled grassbird
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Tisha Mukherjee

Military campaigns during the second phase of the Gothic War (535–554)

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Voting period ends on 7 Oct 2026 at 03:37:08 (UTC)

Original – Military campaigns during the second phase of the Gothic War (535–554)
Reason
My first FP nomination, so if I made a mistake, please explain. SVG map depicting the army movements of Justinian's Gothic War (535–554) in the second phase; the parent article is a vital level-4 and it is currently a GT nomination. No other map describes the second phase of the war, except a German one with some historical inaccuracies, e.g., Belisarius invaded Sicily from the Balkans, not Africa.
Articles in which this image appears
Gothic War (535–554), Battle of Taginae, Sack of Rome (546), Siege of Rome (549–550), Battle of Mons Lactarius, Battle of the Volturnus, Battle of Faventia, Battle of Sena Gallica (551), Siege of Verona, Battle of Mucellium, Siege of Naples (542–543), John (nephew of the consul Vitalian), Battle of Treviso, Constantinianus
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Maps
Creator
A.Cython
  • Support as nominator – A.Cython(talk) 03:37, 27 September 2026 (UTC)reply
  • Oppose I can see a lot of thought has gone into this. Could it be considered WP:NOR? It seems inconsistent with king/general and peoples (Franks) conflated, as well as names (Rome = Roma) and possibly an anachronism in the use of Taginae as the name of the battle. It has also simplified troop movements which reduces EV e.g. Totila at Florence; and could misleads e.g. it looks as is Totila split his forces to end up at Hydruntum and Sicily and doesn't show the timing of his attacks on Rome. Charlesjsharp (talk) 10:08, 27 September 2026 (UTC)reply
    Thank you for your comments as I find them instructive and educational. I was following the style of the German one which is FP in the German WP. I updated the legend, changing "Franks" to one of their leaders for consistency, and I also changed Rome to Roma and Taginae to Busta Gallorum. As for the army movements, yes, these are approximations based on the sources and consistent with other maps in secondary sources, so I do not think it is WP:NOR; otherwise, no map can be made to improve WP. The siege of Hydrnrum, while minor and not worth a dedicated article in WP, shows the extent of Totila's reach; note that Totila sent a detachment, a frequent tactic in those days. Unfortunately, here we are compressing nearly 14 years of campaigning (so some details are skipped) and on top of that we have the fog of war because our sole primary source by Procopius (and as a result all the secondary sources) does not provide sufficient details for some battles and army movements. For example, little information exists about Totila's campaign in Sicily, but the siege of Ancon (as described in Battle of Sena Gallica (551)) was not included, as it would mess up the map reading. Regarding Totila in Florence, this was not notable enough to be a standalone article based on the sources and it is covered in Battle of Faventia and Battle of Mucellium. A.Cython(talk) 18:32, 27 September 2026 (UTC)reply
    Yes, a really tricky challenge. I am not sure it is possible to create a simple-to-read single map of such a complex war. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:28, 28 September 2026 (UTC)reply
    I understand and I appreciate your comments.A.Cython(talk) 00:00, 30 September 2026 (UTC)reply

The Frozen City

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Voting period ends on 6 Oct 2026 at 21:13:15 (UTC)

Original – Die gefrorene Stadt (The Frozen City), a 2006 painting by Swiss artist Matthias A. K. Zimmermann.
Reason
Excellent EV for the page about its artist, fun secondary EV as an illustrative example of unusual graphical perspective in the article about that.
Articles in which this image appears
Matthias A. K. Zimmermann, Perspective (graphical)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Matthias A. K. Zimmermann

Brat album cover

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Voting period ends on 6 Oct 2026 at 00:19:26 (UTC)

Original – Album cover art for Brat (2024) by Charli XCX
Reason
An unusually minimal album cover from contemporary popular music with a significant cultural impact. The image artifacts are intentional features of the design.
Articles in which this image appears
Brat (album), Brat Summer, Cover art, Shades of green
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
Special Offer, Inc.

Hoary marmot

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Voting period ends on 4 Oct 2026 at 10:17:45 (UTC)

Original – Hoary marmot (Marmota caligata cascadensis), Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
Reason
High quality large image. Adds EV to article. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Hoary marmot, Whistler, British Columbia
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Common tern with common roach

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Voting period ends on 4 Oct 2026 at 10:22:51 (UTC)

Original – Common tern (Sterna hirundo) with common roach (Rutilus rutilus), Haff Reimech, Luxembourg
Reason
High quality large image. High EV. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Common tern, common roach
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Gaillardia aristata

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Voting period ends on 4 Oct 2026 at 10:31:13 (UTC)

Original – Ligated furrow bee (Halictus ligatus) on blanket flower (Gaillardia aristata), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Reason
High quality large image. High EV. FP on Commons. Image of whole plant is in infobox but has less EV.
Articles in which this image appears
Gaillardia aristata, Halictus ligatus
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Zhu Youyuan

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Voting period ends on 4 Oct 2026 at 10:09:39 (UTC)

Original – Palace portrait on a hanging scroll, kept in the National Palace Museum in Taipei
Reason
High quality large image. FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Zhu Youyuan, + ...
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Royalty and nobility
Creator
Unknown Ming artist

Nominations — to be closed

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Nominations in this category are older than ten days and are to be closed. New votes will no longer be accepted.

Older nominations requiring additional input from users

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These nominations have been moved here because consensus is impossible to determine without additional input from those who participated in the discussion. Usually this is because there was more than one edit of the image available, and no clear preference for one of them was determined. If you voted on these images previously, please update your vote to specify which edit(s) you are supporting.

Closing procedure

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A script is available that automates the majority of these tasks: User:Armbrust/closeFPC.js

When NOT promoted, perform the following:

  1. Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/subpage:
    {{FPCresult|Not promoted| }} --~~~~
    • Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.
  2. If the nominator is new to FPC, consider placing {{subst:NotpromotedFPC|Image name}} on their talk page. To avoid overuse, do not use the template when in doubt.

When promoted, perform the following:

  1. Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/subpage:
    {{FPCresult|Promoted|File:FILENAME.JPG}} --~~~~
    • Replace FILENAME.JPG with the name of the file that was promoted. It should show up as:
    Promoted File:FILENAME.JPG
    • Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.
  2. Add the image to:
  3. Add the image to the proper sub-page of Wikipedia:Featured pictures - newest on top.
    The caption for a Wikipedian created image should read "Description at Article, by Creator". For a non-Wikipedian, it should be similar, but if the creator does not have an article, use an external link if appropriate. For images with substantial editing by one or more Wikipedians, but created by someone else, use "Description at Article, by Creator (edited by Editor)" (all editors involved should be clear from the nomination). Additionally, the description is optional - if it's essentially the same as the article title, then just use "Article, by Creator". Numerous examples can be found on the various Featured Pictures subpages.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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}}.
  8. 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:

  1. 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.
  2. Add the nomination entry to the bottom of the October archive. This is done by simply adding the line {{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Page name}} from this page to the bottom of the archive.
  3. If the nomination is listed at Template:FPC urgents, remove it.

Delist closing procedure

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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:

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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:

  1. 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.
  2. Replace the {{Featured picture}} tag from the image with {{FormerFeaturedPicture|delist/''Image name''}}.
  3. 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:

  1. 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.
  2. Replace the {{Featured picture}} tag from the delisted image with {{FormerFeaturedPicture|delist/''Image name''}}.
  3. 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}}.
  4. 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.
  5. 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:

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. If the nomination is listed at Template:FPC urgents, remove it.

Recently closed nominations

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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.

433 Eros

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 3 Oct 2026 at 16:32:54 (UTC)

Original – The unusually shaped asteroid 433 Eros as imaged by NEAR Shoemaker. Large bumps, deep valleys and chaotic craters can be seen.
Reason
Medium-quality colourised photo of a chaotic asteroid, Illustrating that they come in many different shapes in sizes. Being the highest quality image of the asteroid for the page helps too.
Articles in which this image appears
433 Eros
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Space/Looking_out
Creator
PlanetUser

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:55, 3 October 2026 (UTC)reply

Iridescence

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Voting period ends on 12 Oct 2026 at 11:39:45 (UTC)

Original – While the hair-like scales on a ringlet are brown or gray, they can take on an iridescent sheen by diffraction when light hit them at the right angle. This phenomena can also be seen in bird wings.
Reason
High quality image showing clearly a rarely photographed phenomena. Photos of how this looks in bird feathers have circulated online ( & ), unfortunately we don't have any such on Wikimedia. Note, this phenomena is a different level than the usual iridescence on a microscopic scale that gives color to many butterflies and birds. The "normal" color of the animal is irrelevant, with dull-colored animals also displaying these rainbow colors.
Articles in which this image appears
Diffraction, Insect scale, Ringlet
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Others
Creator
W.carter

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:53, 3 October 2026 (UTC)reply

At the Circus movie poster

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Original – Poster for the 1939 Marx Brothers comedy film At the Circus
Reason
High-quality digitization of a poster with natural EV for the article about the movie it's for.
Articles in which this image appears
At the Circus
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Film
Creator
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, individual artist not given. The printer's name is in the lower right but I can't make it out clearly.

Promoted File:At the Circus.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:42, 3 October 2026 (UTC)reply

Study for a portrait of Pierre-Auguste Renoir

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Original – Study for a portrait of Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Musée de la Chartreuse de Douai
Reason
Quality Image, Valued Image, used
Articles in which this image appears
Impressionism, Musée de la Chartreuse de Douai
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
JackyM59

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 08:44, 3 October 2026 (UTC)reply

Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus) - juvenile

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Original – Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus) juvenile in Sundarbans National Park, West Bengal, India.
Reason
High quality image. Adds EV to article. FP on Commons
Articles in which this image appears
Brahminy kite
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Tisha Mukherjee

Promoted File:Brahminy Kite in Sundarbans National Park July 2025 by Tisha Mukherjee 06.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:30, 1 October 2026 (UTC)reply

Lee Kuan Yew's press conference on 9 August 1965

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Original – Singaporean prime minister Lee Kuan Yew's press conference on the separation and independence of Singapore from Malaysia on 9 August 1965.
Reason
High EV. Significant moment in Singapore's history.
Articles in which this image appears
Lee Kuan Yew, State of Singapore (Malaysia)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/Others
Creator
Singapore Broadcasting Company

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:20, 1 October 2026 (UTC)reply

SMPTE Color Bars

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Original – The SMPTE Color Bars, a test pattern used for equipment calibration and as signal filler.
Reason
You know them! You love them! It's the iconic SMPTE Color Bars, aka the NTSC test pattern, as a vector graphic. Excellent EV for their own article, as well as others on the engineering side of television.
Articles in which this image appears
SMPTE color bars, Test card, NTSC, others
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Electronics
Creator
Specification by the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers; this SVG rendition by Denelson83

Promoted File:SMPTE Color Bars.svg --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:38, 30 September 2026 (UTC)reply

Suspended nominations

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

Pet Sounds album cover

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Original – Album cover art of Pet Sounds (1966) by the Beach Boys
Reason
HQ and retouched reproduction of a very famous album cover. Apparently the same copyright status as the featured Beatles Abbey Road cover.
Articles in which this image appears
Pet Sounds, The Beach Boys, cover art
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
George Jerman and Capitol Records (restored by User:Pbrks)
  • Support as nominator – JJARichardson (talk) 22:02, 22 September 2026 (UTC)reply
  • Comment The 'proof' cited in the Commons record that this is PD is this expired Ebay listing with a tiny thumbnail of the cover. It might well be out of copyright due to it not being registered correctly at the time, but I'd suggest that better evidence is needed to support this for a Wikipedia FP than the rather sloppy standards at Commons for these matters. Nick-D (talk) 10:58, 23 September 2026 (UTC)reply
    I second this. I'm uncomfortable with these nominations of work that is only dubiously public domain. Moonreach (talk) 14:03, 23 September 2026 (UTC)reply
    Forgive me for my naivety, but I simply assumed that if an image is determined to be public domain on the Commons and is freely used on Wikipedia, then it would also be suitable for featured image status here. As has happened with a famous Beatles album cover. Though I do appreciate that the Commons and Wikipedia are technically separate projects, I've made these nominations in good faith. JJARichardson (talk) 15:07, 23 September 2026 (UTC)reply
    Agree with Nick. It's possible that the item was not correctly registered/renewed, or that a copyright notice was not included, but short of handling a physical copy we'd need to see the inside and rear of the cover to really be sure this is free. I'll nominate this one for discussion as well. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 17:21, 23 September 2026 (UTC)reply
    And nominated. Just as a best practice, I would recommend taking the availability of media on Commons with a grain of salt re: its copyright status. Copyright is highly complex, and uploaders/content creators have different levels of understanding. I find myself consulting available guidelines regularly, even after over a decade of reading through copyright legislation for Wikipedia purposes, and even then I sometimes realize after the fact that I should not have uploaded something (when writing Feelie, for example, I uploaded comics that I thought were published with no notice only to realize that the comics had been incorporated into an instruction manual that had a copyright notice).  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 18:27, 23 September 2026 (UTC)reply
  • @JJARichardson: apologies if my comment suggested that this nomination wasn't made in good faith: it clearly was. I was commenting on the poor standards for these issues that currently prevail at Commons, where Ebay listings and the like are considered appropriate sources. Nick-D (talk) 07:52, 24 September 2026 (UTC)reply
    No offence was taken, it's simply confusing given both Wikipedia and the Commons both come under the Wikimedia umbrella and the Pet Sounds cover featuring on the WP:STRANGECOMMONS article gave additional credibility to the apparent public domain status. JJARichardson (talk) 14:38, 24 September 2026 (UTC)reply
    I discovered that page myself only recently, and it concerns me because there isn't a single citation anywhere on it for any of the CC or public domain claims. To pick one example, the entirity of the show Wayside is marked CC, and I can't find anything online backing that up that doesn't lead back to Wikimedia. That's not to say any individual claim can't be correct, but I'd recommend viewing that list with skepticism, and doing research before bringing anything from there here. Moonreach (talk) 17:38, 24 September 2026 (UTC)reply
  • Requesting that User:Armbrust holds this nom due to unclear copyright status. JJARichardson (talk) 19:32, 23 September 2026 (UTC)reply
  • Suspend nomination until the deletion request on Commons is resolved. Armbrust The Homunculus 20:42, 24 September 2026 (UTC)reply

The Dark Side of the Moon album cover

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Original – Album cover art for The Dark Side of the Moon (1973) by Pink Floyd
Reason
Do I need to explain? One of the most iconic album covers of all time.
Articles in which this image appears
The Dark Side of the Moon, Cover art, Pink Floyd, The Dark Side of the Rainbow
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
George Hardie
English-language L plate
Cover for the album L
  • Comment — Of possible relevance is this prior nomination for the same phenomenon, just illustrated in a scientific rather than aesthetic context. The prism visualization wasn't invented by Pink Floyd; if it can be proved that the same image (or one very much like it) existed prior to the album and is now in the public domain, that would make a good case for the cover being PD. For instance, the cover for the Godley & Creme album L is the same as a British L-plate, which is prior art and would likely make the cover PD even if it weren't so geometrically simple.
My bad, thanks for catching that. Moonreach (talk) 18:08, 22 September 2026 (UTC)reply
  • I agree that the L album cover is well below the TOO in the US and (assuming retroactivity) the United Kingdom. The prism and diagram of how it works is more of an edge case. Looking at Prism (optics), there are quite a few different realizations possible, which suggests human input.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 18:04, 22 September 2026 (UTC)reply
In any case, I did nominate the file for discussion on Commons so that we have a more solid community consensus. It'll likely take a bit, and I'd recommend holding the nomination until the discussion resolves.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 18:06, 22 September 2026 (UTC)reply
I'd also support a hold. The deletion discussion is here, for those who want to weigh in. Moonreach (talk) 18:09, 22 September 2026 (UTC)reply
As the nominator I'd support a hold until we can establish copyright status. JJARichardson (talk) 20:23, 22 September 2026 (UTC)reply
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