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Sate kambing

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 3 Jul 2018 at 07:04:10 (UTC)

Original – Sate kambing is a type of satay or skewered meat made with goat meat and served with soy sauce; this portion was purchased in Jombang, East Java

Reason: High quality image. Framing and lighting are very appetizing
Articles in which this image appears: Sate kambing, satay
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Food and drink
Creator: Chris Woodrich

Support as nominator – — Chris Woodrich (talk) 07:04, 23 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Slightly blurry, but it looks so good that it satisfies the needs for EV. Mattximus (talk) 17:40, 23 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 09:23, 3 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hollow Horn Bear

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 6 Jul 2018 at 10:55:49 (UTC)

Original – Hollow Horn Bear (1850 – 1913) was a Brulé Lakota leader, who fought in a number of battles, including that at Little Big Horn. He later testified before the US Supreme Court in the case of Ex parte Crow Dog, rode in the inaugural parades of presidents Roosevelt and Wilson, and was featured on the five dollar bank note and a 1922 US postage stamp.

Reason: Never done this before, but I figured I'd give it a go. Found this a while ago while digging through a few hundred, maybe a thousand or more images from this LOC dump on Commons. Just a visually striking image of the type that made me super interested to figure out who this guy was, and then wound up writing his article, and a then a bunch of related articles. Turns out he wasn't just a native but was widely described as the native par excellence, and often lauded in the period papers for his striking physical appearance and stature (the guy was huge). Wound up being the archetypal physical appearance of a native on the 1922 stamp and the five dollar bill, and would have been notable only for his physical appearance even if he had not done a whole bunch of other really interesting things. ~~The image is a completely unedited scan with the exception of a slight crop to remove artifacts of the original glass negative.~~
Articles in which this image appears: Hollow Horn Bear
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Traditional dress
Creator: Part of the Library of Congress Harris & Ewing collection, almost certainly taken in Washington D. C. in either 1905 or 1913 while Hollow Horn Bear was present for his participation in the respective inaugural parades. Unable to absolutely verify this beyond the context of the biography, and the original LOC description, along with the context of the collection, which is largely made up of period politicians and taken in Washington.

Support as nominator – GMG ^talk 10:55, 26 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
~~Conditional~~ Support – Quite a few scratches and dust spots; support when/if they are removed. --Janke | Talk 12:35, 26 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm...Good point. I'll look at doing more in depth touch-ups tonight. GMG ^talk 12:41, 26 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Full support after restoration. --Janke | Talk 06:47, 27 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Support – ~~(Conditional Per Janke.)~~ A face with character. High EV for a Native American leader who seems not widely known today despite his prominence in 1890-1910. Sca (talk) 13:16, 26 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Excellent. DonFB (talk) 23:15, 26 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Okay Janke, Sca, I threw a few hours at it and I think I've gotten it cleaned up pretty well. Lemme know what you think. I'll be honest, I haven't fired up GIMP since college, and it was definitely interesting retraining myself how to fix these kinds of things. But hopefully I did alright. GMG ^talk 23:23, 26 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

⇒ Looks mighty good to me for a century-old photo. Sca (talk) 14:45, 27 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Support – Yann (talk) 16:09, 27 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 23:29, 27 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
support©Geni (talk) 13:04, 28 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Hollow Horn Bear LCCN 2016858434 (2) (cropped).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 10:57, 6 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Kuch nahi , chitiya aurat hai , back button davao! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.248.249.126 (talk) 06:00, 17 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Sandhya Jane

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 12 Jul 2018 at 10:42:11 (UTC)

Original – Sandhya Jane

Reason: high resolution and high quality portrait used as a lead image
Articles in which this image appears: Sandhya Jane
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Business
Creator: AKS.9955

Support as nominator – Yann (talk) 10:42, 2 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Not FP worthy, notability and neutrality dispute on page and talk. --Janke | Talk 13:17, 2 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – Per Janke. Unremarkable pic. Article is basically a stub. Sca (talk) 13:41, 2 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Level of airbrushing borders on absurd Calliopejen1 (talk) 23:50, 2 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 11:54, 12 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Viburnum × bodnantense budding in the spring in New York

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 14 Jul 2018 at 04:32:49 (UTC)

Original – Viburnum × bodnantense buds in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Reason: Nice spring buds of Viburnum × bodnantense in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. I like the color and sharpness contrast between subject and background.
Articles in which this image appears: Viburnum
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Plants
Creator: Rhododendrites

Support as nominator – — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 04:32, 4 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Lots of empty space at the bottom. Might be worth cropping. Also, I'd prefer a non-crossbred specimen to illustrate Viburnum. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:40, 5 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I withdraw my nomination Personally, I like the composition, contrasting the colors and the sharp lines of the leaves in the background with the softer subject. That said, it's a good point that the composition doesn't add to the EV (probably lessens it, since the leaves are from a different plant), and that the EV is hurt by it being a hybrid. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 18:04, 9 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:28, 14 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Two juvenile Nubian ibex kids in Mitzpe Ramon, Israel

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 14 Jul 2018 at 05:04:33 (UTC)

Original – Two juvenile Nubian ibex kids in Mitzpe Ramon, Israel

Reason: EV, clarity, cuteness :)
Articles in which this image appears: Nubian ibex
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator: Rhododendrites

Support as nominator – — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 05:04, 4 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:41, 5 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 17:00, 7 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Bammesk (talk) 14:07, 8 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:28, 14 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination didn’t reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 12:28, 14 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Combat

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 17 Jul 2018 at 16:58:39 (UTC)

Original – “A battalion commander”. Soviet officer leading his soldiers to the assault

Reason: high resolution of an iconic photograph, which has its own article
Articles in which this image appears: Combat (photograph), Max Alpert, Political commissar, Kombat (military rank), Soviet Union in World War II
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War II
Creator: Max Alpert, last version uploaded by RedAndr

Support as nominator – Yann (talk) 16:58, 7 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Bammesk (talk) 13:53, 8 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support - To me this is a good example of an image that might not make FPC on Commons, but which has very high EV such that it feels like a good fit here. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 18:00, 9 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Marvellous Spider-Man 17:53, 12 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 03:45, 14 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support — B dash (talk) 14:00, 17 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support - It's not the most clear picture, but the EV is there since it actually has its own page! Mattximus (talk) 14:40, 17 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:RIAN archive 543 A battalion commander.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:51, 18 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Rainbow White House

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 27 Jul 2018 at 09:03:55 (UTC)

Original – The White House is decorated in rainbow [colors] to celebrate the Supreme Court same-sex marriage ruling

Reason: The rainbow White House is very beautiful, also it has high EV on the LGBT issue in the U.S.
Articles in which this image appears: Obergefell v. Hodges, Rainbow flag (LGBT movement), Social policy of the Barack Obama administration
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator: Ted Eytan, uploaded by Fæ

Support as nominator – B dash (talk) 09:03, 17 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Yann (talk) 12:09, 17 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Nice picture, but I'm not sure I see any EV on either of those two pages that you linked. Mattximus (talk) 14:39, 17 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – Per Mattximus. Plus, all colored-lights-on-structures pix seem gimmicky to me. (Pic. is three years old, so not current poltically.) Sca (talk) 15:08, 17 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- @Mattximus and Sca: I have add the article about social policy of Obama, passing the same-sex marriage ruling is a notable policy of Obama. --B dash (talk) 15:24, 17 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Fine, but the rainbow-colors illumination of the White House isn't mentioned in the text of said article, only in the caption below this picture (which appears to have been added to the article in April 2017). So EV does seem lacking. Sca (talk) 20:14, 17 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I can't see the EV, since there is no mention of this particular event of lighting up the white house in the article, and if added won't really be significant. Mattximus (talk) 19:01, 19 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I have to agree with Matt; there needs to be more discussion for EV. Is there something about the practice of lighting up buildings in commemoration/recognition of things? That seems to common enough these days to deserve an article. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 07:03, 20 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Such as the Brandenburg Gate being lit in French colors after the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks. Nice gesture, but ephemeral and lacking significance. Sca (talk) 14:40, 20 July 2018 (UTC) →[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 07:50, 28 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Butorides striata javanica @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (1).jpg

Blood orange on white

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 31 Jul 2018 at 14:56:19 (UTC)

Original – A ripe blood orange

Reason: EV, quality - focus stacked image of a ripe blood orange on white background
Articles in which this image appears: Blood orange
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Food and drink
Creator: Rhododendrites

Support as nominator – — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 14:56, 21 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – awkward-looking composition (bottom looks squashed) and unappealing lighting. --Janke | Talk 16:42, 22 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – Ditto. Looks haphazard. Sca (talk) 21:23, 23 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:40, 31 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]