Arthur Kornberg received the 1959 Nobel Prize in medicine for discovering the mechanisms of DNA synthesis and replication, along with Severo Ochoa. In 1967 his team was the first to synthesize DNA in a test tube and created the first artificial virus. This photo shows him around 1950.
Comment I love the earlier maps as well but I thought this was the best representative of the six available on LOC collection. All of his maps are works of art and historically vital. This one covers more territory, has much more information, and also is in color so a better choice aesthetically, IMHO. BusterD (talk) 18:24, 28 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
FP on Commons and has been reworked. Some weird voting when previously nominated. This 37mm long damselfly holds its wings spread unlike most others which hold them alongside their body so can be in focus.
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Original – Elizabeth Taylor in a MGM publicity still, circa late 1950s.
Reason
Elizabeth Taylor was a British-American actress known for receiving two Academy Awards, her tumultuous private life, her being supportive of LGBT+ people, and is considered one of the finest actresses in Hollywood. She also advocated for AIDS activism and other humanitarian ventures. This image depicts her in a MGM publicity still, circa late 1950s. Good quality and large image, depicts her well in glamour common in old Hollywood publicity stills.
Oppose for now. You only put the image there on 20 May and there are so many images of Liz Taylor that we need some stability. Knowing her image well, this is not one I'd choose as lead image. Charlesjsharp (talk)
Support. High EV and well-composed high-res view. There's a little chromatic aberration visible on the leftmost and rightmost dark turrets but not so much as to be problematic. —David Eppstein (talk) 06:57, 30 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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Original 1 – Firefighting at an abandoned convent in Quebec, CanadaOriginal 2 – Firefighting training exercise by U.S. Marine Corps
Reason
Good encyclopedic depictions of firefighting. Each image is used in a different section of Firefighting. I am nominating both as a set, but feel free to vote for just one. FP on Commons.
Oppose on procedural grounds: these images illustrate entirely different fires in different countries, so don't constitute a set. "Original 1" probably has strong FP potential though. Nick-D (talk) 01:01, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Nick-D and Reza babaeian: as I mentioned in the reason section you can vote for either image individually, not as a set. There is no procedural conflict in doing so. If either image gets 5 supports, it becomes FP. Bammesk (talk) 02:53, 1 June 2020 (UTC) . . . . Nick-D, about "different fires": the EV is not on the "fire incident" itself, but the act of "firefighting". They both depict the act, each in its own way, and enhance the Firefighting article (one as article lead, one in a section). Bammesk (talk) 03:08, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, both. As I said, second image is not suitable illustration of whole process of firefighting. first image is chaotic, for example one firefighter who is extinguishing fire by water is hidden. Rez-A (talk) 06:58, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose set. I'm not necessarily opposed to sets made up of photos from different times/places, but it's not obvious to me that these produce a "set". A "set" might be (for example - I'm making this up) the four main firefighting techniques, the three main tools of firefighting in use, the 5 stages of fighting a fire, or something like that. As best as I can see, these are just two different images of firefighters. Josh Milburn (talk) 16:13, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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Original – Serge Gainsbourg
Reason
This picture was nominated before by @Yann: had no "against" but failed to gain enough supporters. I still think it is one of the most unique portraits created by Wikipedia users.
Support – not a typical composition, it suits the not typical person (poet, painter, writer, actor, musician). And scanned from a film negative. Bammesk (talk) 19:33, 30 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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Original – Portrait of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, by Thomas Lawrence
Reason
Was nominated in March, when it got drowned in a flood of nominations and didn't make quorum. Now that participation has increased, it's time for a second try.
Support For a set - and I know this is basically impossible for wild photography - I'd prefer a slightly more consistent bokeh in the background. However, as far as I'm aware this largely isn't possible, so I'm instead going to focus on the excellent photography - because this is world-class nature photography - and not complain about the least important part of the image. Adam Cuerden(talk)Has about 7.3% of all FPs12:23, 2 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Veggies, alternates replace originals in articles once they get enough support and become FP. The category (in this case "panorama") is routinely changed by User:Armbrust at the time he closes noms. Bammesk (talk) 02:35, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure that's true? Maybe it happens in practice, but it's not part of any written process; and, as the nominated image is specifically captioned "Panoramic view of the monastery and surroundings" in the article, article editors might say that the alt is not a replacement. The alt would arguably be a closer replacement for the infobox image; but might well be disputed there because of the scaffolding and temporary roof (also in the panorama, but not in the infobox image). I'm not sure we can assume that, just because we promote an image, it will be accepted by article editors, where it isn't a clear like-for-like replacement for the current image? TSP (talk) 13:05, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support original, Oppose alt as ineligible - Both great photos; but I'm unconvinced by this strategy of putting forward a choice of two different images, with the nominator's preference being for the one not currently in an article. If you believe the alt is superior, I suggest you put it in the article, then come back once it's been stable there for at least a week and nominate it. TSP (talk) 20:12, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I see the value of allowing the audience at FPC to decide, especially for images used in articles that likely don't receive enough traffic to produce a consensus on the talk page over which image is superior. So if you replaced the image and it stayed for a week, it just means that no one saw it or cared enough to contest it, not that everyone agrees that the replacement is superior. Not sure what the best solution to this dilemma is, however. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠04:59, 3 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
The nominator can put their preferred image in the article, wait a few weeks, then nominate it if no-one objected. If no editors saw it on the article, nothing is lost; but we shouldn't really be making decisions about article content here, away from the editors of those articles. Similar alternatives coming up during the nomination process has been long accepted as part of the process - though if they don't then find a place in an article, they should be nominated for delisting; but I'm uncomfortable with a nomination where the preferred option is an image not in an article. Ultimately, Featured Picture Candidates exists to serve Wikipedia, not vice versa: FPC is here to recognise images that bring value to the encyclopedia, the encyclopedia is not here to display images FPC thinks are beautiful. TSP (talk) 11:04, 6 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Perhaps the nominator can put the new image in the article, and if no one objects, then it represents implicit consent of the community to use either of the two images. Then it would be fair game to have FPC decide IMO, even if the original image is technically no longer used in the article. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠15:09, 6 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
It's a very fine image. Probably a bit more artistic than 100% accurate - that is some beautiful composition, with a clear eyeline concentrating a charge - but it's stable, illustrates the battle in an engaging way, and really nice example of mass-produced military art. It dates somewhere between the time of the battle in 1900 and his death in 1919, but I'd presume the earlier end of that, especially given I doubt the market for Boxer Rebellion images was strong once the Great War started. I apologise for the terrible pun in the nomination page name.
Question This artist appears to be very minor (not surprised!), Adam. Do you have other information that might indicate some artistic merit? Charlesjsharp (talk) 17:41, 2 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. It might have made a great cover for a young-adult historical novel. And I'm sure the restoration is top-notch; Adam's always are. But I'm concerned that, in its use at Battle of Taku Forts (1900), we're presenting this image in Wikipedia's voice as how the battle really appeared, when it appears instead to have been painted purely from the artist's imagination, and from a romanticized and somewhat racist imagination at that. And it doesn't seem to have independent EV as an image itself rather than from what it depicts. Doesn't the reasoning in Wikipedia:Historical portraits and pictures apply here? —David Eppstein (talk) 04:06, 3 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Honestly, having done work with the American Civil War and Crimean War, I kind of see a certain amount of inaccuracy and triumphalism as the cost of entry to military art. Adam Cuerden(talk)Has about 7.3% of all FPs11:02, 3 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – Per Eppstein. Sorry, but to this history buff it looks amateurish and cliché-ish. Just an opinion. – Sca (talk) 13:14, 3 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment This is actually a very good example of jingoistic age of imperialism-era military art, but I'm unenthusiastic about its primary use in an infobox given the nature of the image. Nick-D (talk) 11:06, 5 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Too fantastical for its nature. Also, possibly historically inaccurate, given this is an artist's (whom is apparently very unknown) impression with a misleading appeal. Lemonreader (talk) 16:18, 5 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I look into it. ID-ing microalgae isn't an exact thing. Here is a quote from Microalgae: "The biodiversity of microalgae is enormous and they represent an almost untapped resource. It has been estimated that about 200,000-800,000 species in many different genera exist of which about 50,000 species are described." I think the image caption (unicellular and colonial) can be improved. @Armbrust: let's suspend the nom. Bammesk (talk) 02:54, 22 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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Original – A screenshot of the game Cultist Simulator that illustrates all of the elements in the game. For a listing of those elements, see the file description.
Reason
This screenshot from the game Cultist Simulator, released under a free license today, meets all of the FP criteria.It's at 1080p, the standard monitor resolution. It illustrates the article on the game in a compelling way (I deliberately chose a late-game screenshot, because being overwhelmed and having lots of cards to manage is part of the game experience), it is under a free license, it is used in the articles on the game, its author, and its publisher, and it's got a good description. If accepted, this would be the third time I secured a video game screenshot that went on to become an FP.
You're going to have to explain that to me. It conveys what the game looks like, and I don't get what you mean by "poor technical quality". If you're talking about the odd perspective, that's how the game normally looks - as if you're hunched over a table looking at the cards. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 17:46, 12 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. I don't think all this criticism of the technical quality of the screenshot is necessary. As a screenshot of a game it is a completely accurate representation of what the game looks like, so in that sense it is of perfect quality. Where I think it falls down in the featured picture criteria is "3. Is among Wikipedia's best work". Is it really one of the best game screenshots that Wikipedia has to offer? Does it really "illustrate the subject in a compelling way, making the viewer want to know more"? I doubt it. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:36, 13 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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Original – Julie d'Aubigny (1670/1673–1707), a.k.a. Mademoiselle Maupin. In a dramatic life with many lovers, she created several rôles in notable operas - as well as having the contralto voice type in opera created for her (if our article on Tancrède is to be believed), and inspired a book by Théophile Gautier.
Reason
Obviously, someone from the seventeenth/eighteenth centuries isn't going to have a photograph, and - unless painted, which not everyone was - is likely to get ephemeral art in the styles of the time. That said, it's a nice example of that style, and the subject is notable. Spent quite some time restoring it as well. Paper is yellowed with age, but, honestly, I think that looks better than an unnatural black and white - ink isn't naturally pure black, nor is historic paper a pure white, after all, and it adds some colour to the article. One does need to be careful, mind, as scans can exaggerate the yellowness of paper (c.f. the bright yellows of practically everything on the Library of Congress), but Gallica seems to have good colour fidelity, so I'm trusting it.
There's a scratch across his chin, and a shadow across the bottom of the image. They feel significant enough that they should be fixed. Adam Cuerden(talk)Has about 7.3% of all FPs14:48, 11 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support - You could probably do a little more, but it's good enough to feature; most of the remaining issues are down to some issues with the original. There IS a light spot between the eye and ear that coule probably be fixed, though, and you could do a little more on the lower edge, left side, where the shadow is still rather visible, although that may be down to monitor settings, as it's much, MUCH more visible on the laptop than it is on my tablet. There's also a light spot left of the fob chain, between the heights of the second and third waistcoat buttons counting up from the bottom. Light and dark spot right next to the other just below the earlobe, and just right of that. Couple light spots on the neck, one below the ear, just up from the collar, and one up from the left edge of the bowtie, just above the chinline. This may be nitpicking a bit. @Bammesk:. Adam Cuerden(talk)Has about 7.3% of all FPs14:47, 12 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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Original – Small red damselflies (Ceriagrion tenellum) mating, Ober Water, Hampshire, UK. The female (on the left) is the form typica
Reason
These are the UK's smallest damselflies and fly weakly close to the ground, often on boggy ground, making photographing them a soggy experience. High EV even though the image is not the lead picture. FP on Commons. 4 positives on previous nomination
Support. It's too bad the view is not quite wide enough to show the center of the fresco but this gives a much clearer idea of how the abbey interior looks. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:49, 9 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Charlesjsharp, in my opinion it does. What you see here is the result of the vulcanos in the long run. Not only the spor where the mud erupts is the subjuct but also the chabge in the landscape caused by them. Poco221:42, 11 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I think the infobox image shows the subject better. This would be excellent to illustrate an article on the run off, but the article is about the mud volcanoes themselves. Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:58, 12 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support. The GA status of its article gives it enough EV. I think it is supposed to be dark; it fits the subject. And the fact that it has a strong political subtext that not all would agree with (one nation's loss of Smolensk is another's gain) is not problematic; rather, it adds EV in providing context to the international politics and nationalistic spirit of that era. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:48, 16 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support Shows Finland as it was before Soviet Russia gobbled a big slice of it - and with the place names in Swedish, to boot! :-) --Janke | Talk11:10, 10 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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Original – Black skimmer (Rynchops niger) in flight in the Pantanal, Brazil
Reason
High quality large image. FP on Commons. In flight image essential to illustrate what a skimmer does. Earlier nom. withdrawn as image had not been in articles long enough.
Comment. It has appropriate EV as the lead image of its article. But there's some obvious restoration that could be done to improve the technical quality of the image. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:40, 13 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. I realize this odd-looking close-and-wide perspective may be necessary because otherwise the trees get in the way, but I don't see a good reason for this to be a night (or late evening) shot and I think the colors and creepy lit-from-below shadows that one gets from that are a distraction from the subject. I much prefer, for instance, File:Grant's Tomb 02.JPG among our over-300 shots of this subject (even though the color noise in the frieze makes it non-FP quality). —David Eppstein (talk) 17:04, 13 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. I find the description seriously misleading. The image indeed has 1677216 pixels at full resolution, which is far larger than it would be displayed within an Encyclopedia article, so the EV of having an image with that property is dubious. But more than that, it is divided into an 1024 x 1024 array of 16 x 16 squares, each of which is arranged with some pixels as a frame around a central bump of other pixels. So if you look at it at a large enough resolution, it appears to be pixelated, but actually each of those things that looks like a pixel is really one of those 16 x 16 squares. The net effect is that although it may be true that all 24-bit colors are represented somewhere (I didn't check), the colors that you see across the image are not the full spread of 24-bit colors, because each thing that you think is a single pixel is really many. —David Eppstein (talk) 04:40, 24 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I also noticed the squares in a lattice. Looking through the history it appears that the original creator of the image simply overlaid blue squares over a preexisting image to create this one. I do think that this concept is still a worthy FA idea with sufficient EV in its niche, so I'd be more than happy to create an alt that is more honest and direct. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 04:56, 24 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Current FP, showing 1 million colors, with explanation on file page.
Oppose per above. Does not work in thumb or article space - works only in full size (but cannot then be seen all at once). No explanation on the file page of how the 16x16 blue squares contain 256 levels of blue. PS: We have an existing FP showing 1 million colors, with a thorough explanation on the file page. The full-size image of that will fit on a monitor screen, being 1000x1000 pixels. --Janke | Talk10:08, 24 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Withdrawing nom, will probably create a non-lattice version for future nomination. The 1-million color thing looks cool, but I think the full 24-bit gamut would be even better if done right. Thanks for your comments! – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 18:47, 24 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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Original – A panorama of Bolungarvik in the Westfjords, Iceland taken in early July 2018 from the large avalanche dam overlooking town. Lupin, which covers much of this area of Iceland in summer, is visible at the extreme bottom left.
Reason
It is a fine representation of the village of Bolungarvik, in the Westfjords, the surrounding valley, and the mountains and common summer weather conditions.
Comment. It looks a little heavy on the saturation to me. There are a lot of patches of color in which one of the color channels is completely blown to black or white. The bright red duffel is maybe the most obvious, but also for instance there's near-zero red in the nearest lower blue panel on the train. There's also a lot of noise in the darker shades. —David Eppstein (talk) 05:59, 17 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Good photo of the recently completed building, good EV in the history section of the article, and good restoration. Bammesk (talk) 00:47, 19 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Doesn't add much value to People's Liberation Army article; is not a good example of the goose step; and is irrelevant for red article. Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:53, 20 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I'm surprised that this passed a FP process on Commons: the composition isn't particularly good, and the colours look weird (though it might have been taken during a dust storm or period of heavy pollution, of which Beijing is notorious for). Nick-D (talk) 23:13, 20 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Animal behaviour images are not placed in the infobox, where it is usual to have one male and one female portrait style image. In the damselfly article, one of the images is already FP. For the kingfisher, the composite wouldn't fit there anyway although that is irrelevant. Both the nominations you refer to add signifiant value to the articles - the core requirement of FP, even thopugh the damselfly was not promoted. Charlesjsharp (talk) 19:59, 20 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose rationals should be in-line with the en-WP FP criteria. Infobox is not a requirement. Commons FP is not a requirement either. In the past you have argued for multiple images showing various aspects of an animal's life or behavior, in flight, juvenile, mating, etc. Obviously not all of these fit in an infobox. In short, infobox is not a valid oppose rational (for birds or any subject). Bammesk (talk) 20:51, 20 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Sure, where there's logic. In this case, it is time-consuming to have to oppose such a poor nomination. I have argued without success that images should pass through FP in Commons. I will only oppose on technical grounds where I opposed at Commons FP. I am much more likely to oppose on technical grounds if a nominator has not bothered to go through Commons FP. Here should be about EV in an article. Charlesjsharp (talk) 17:31, 21 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I was trying to be brief. This image adds little value to Douglas A-20 Havoc article where there are many images. This one is of little historical interest. There is no evidence that this aircraft was in 465th Tactical Training Squadron. In fact it almost certainly wasn't as the paint is wrong. Charlesjsharp (talk) 19:52, 20 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]