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The Belle of Broadway

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 1 Jan 2025 at 18:28:10 (UTC)

Original – The Belle of Broadway (1926) by Harry O. Hoyt

Reason: full movie, high quality copy
Articles in which this image appears: The Belle of Broadway
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Film
Creator: Harry O. Hoyt

Support as nominator – Yann (talk) 18:28, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – EV? – Sca (talk) 14:00, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Question What's with the different tints of the print? I see sepia, B&W, and purple. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 14:09, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

See Film_tinting... --Janke | Talk 19:06, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm aware of the practice. The article doesn't discuss why tinting was used in this particular instance, and the purple seems quite vibrant (especially contrasted with the B&W) — Chris Woodrich (talk) 14:45, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It's a language of early film we don't have anymore. It's probably meant to emphasise the femininity of her dressing room or something. It's cruder, but not much weirder than those extreme orange/blue palettes that were huge 10 years ago and will look odd in twenty years. Support as it's a very high resolution copy, very sharp, very good, and it's in an article about itself. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 06:27, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Though the article will need work before MP time. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 13:37, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:10, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Needs a fifth. --Janke | Talk 13:47, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Carlosmarkos2345 (talk) 17:10, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:The Belle of Broadway (1926) by Harry O. Hoyt.webm --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:53, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Wasp Woman

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 1 Jan 2025 at 18:33:04 (UTC)

Original – The Wasp Woman (1959) by Roger Corman

Reason: whole movie, high quality copy
Articles in which this image appears: The Wasp Woman
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Film
Creator: Roger Corman

Support as nominator – Yann (talk) 18:33, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – EV? – Sca (talk) 13:59, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 14:11, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 13:01, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Vinícius O. (talk) 20:53, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:30, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Giles Laurent (talk) 18:41, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:The Wasp Woman (1959) by Roger Corman.webm --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:54, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Self-Portrait (Ellen Thesleff)

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 2 Jan 2025 at 14:05:24 (UTC)

Reason: High quality digitization of a notable drawing. Interesting in its sketch-like quality.
Articles in which this image appears: Self-Portrait (Ellen Thesleff)
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others
Creator: Ellen Thesleff

Support as nominator – — Chris Woodrich (talk) 14:05, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Haunting. --Janke | Talk 19:09, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Moonreach (talk) 19:13, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 13:01, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – Subject's bio article is a 195-word stub. Seems rather obscure. – Sca (talk) 15:32, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Considering Viriditas was able to pull together 1400 words on this self-portrait alone, I expect there is significantly more available about the artist than what we currently have. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:55, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @Sca: Birds and insects in FPC pass with stubs less than 50 words. Why does the article size matter? Cowboygilbert - (talk) ♥ 00:06, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Bammesk (talk) 18:29, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support It will only be in the public domain in a few days, but well... – Yann (talk) 19:25, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- I noticed that as well. Figured, since the FFD would close after it became PD, no point. Especially since we could always transwiki it to EN-Wiki for the... ten days it'll take. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 19:27, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:29, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Giles Laurent (talk) 18:41, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 11:18, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Omakuva Ellen Thesleff 1894-1895 Ateneum.webp --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:06, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Jewel (singer)

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 2 Jan 2025 at 19:26:37 (UTC)

**Original** – Singer-songwriter Jewel performing in Concord, California in 2022.

Reason: I know concert photos are hit-or-miss, but I've listened to a fair amount of Jewel and I think this is an excellent depiction of the overall attitude she brings to music. It's a shame her left hand is out of frame, but I think the expressiveness still comes through strongly.
Articles in which this image appears: Jewel (singer)
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Entertainment
Creator: Davidwbaker

Support as nominator – Moonreach (talk) 19:26, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 13:01, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – Her face is out of focus (doesn't look like motion blur). I think the focal plane is in front, at her elbow. Sometimes a high pixel count makes up for softness issues, but the pixel count isn't that high in this case. Bammesk (talk) 18:43, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support Agree with Bammesk. This is slightly soft on the face. It's quite competent, overall, but between the low resolution and missed focus I'm not sure. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 16:24, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support: Same as Chris Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 06:51, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:04, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:26, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination didn’t reach the necessary quorum for promotion. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:26, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Lower Manhattan, August 2001

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 16 Dec 2024 at 18:58:39 (UTC)

Reason: Gorgeous image of Lower Manhattan, a two months before it no longer looked like this. Image is large as well, and I only noted small distortion on a few buildings at the edges of the picture, all the rest are straight from what I've seen. High EV as it depicts a building complex with it's surroundings, just a two months before they left us. Amazing image overall, especially for 2001. May need slight clean-up, I did notice dust at the top.
Articles in which this image appears: Architecture of New York City, World Trade Center (1973–2001), (will add to more articles shortly, surprised it isn't used in more)
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban
Creator: Carol M. Highsmith

Support as nominator – E_F⁵ 18:58, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose due to a lot of dust & scratches, needs restoration. --Janke | Talk 21:20, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment — Agree about the dust and scratches. I'd support a restored alt, though. Moonreach (talk) 20:38, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
~~Conditional~~ Support Alt 1 – ~~if the restoration is done~~ now is done. It would be nice if we could source the "August 2001". Bammesk (talk) 02:49, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Alt 2 – Bammesk (talk) 17:29, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It would probably in her WTC book (ISBN 9780517220924), if someone has access. blameless 02:06, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

About the restoration, I will do it in the next couple of days. Photo was certainly shot post 1997 because that's when the Museum of Jewish Heritage was completed, in foreground. Close enough to 2001 for me to support. Bammesk (talk) 02:34, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support Vulcan thinks a restoration will help this image, now waiting and will switch support to Alt 1 if it is ready.–Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 05:02, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I added Alt 1, restored it and fixed the perspective/lens distortion (it was visible at far left and far right). And added the image to the World Trade Center (1973–2001) article. BTW, the date of the photo is July 2001. I verified it in Highsmith's book (per User:Blameless), and added a note on the file page, the book says "two months before" the attacks. Pinging participants @EF5, Janke, Moonreach, and VulcanSphere:, @Blameless:. Bammesk (talk) 18:22, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Looks amazing, thank you! E_F⁵ 18:11, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

EF5, you need to vote for the Alt, your earlier vote covers the "Original", not "Alt 1". See my vote above. Bammesk (talk) 18:29, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support ALT1 - E_F⁵ 18:36, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Alt 1 - Moonreach (talk) 20:51, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Alt 1 –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 21:22, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Alt 1 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 22:15, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
~~Support Alt 1~~ --Petar Milošević (talk) 12:42, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support Alt 2 I more like Alt2, but in any case i would support what came out of film. Which i dont know and cant see. So Alt 2 for now. --Petar Milošević (talk) 12:47, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support Alt 1 – Hamid Hassani (talk) 04:01, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I think there is a color issue. Please see this comment on Commons. Yann (talk) 11:54, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

So I made blue tint corrected version. Support Alt2 --Yann (talk) 17:52, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

To be clear, I oppose Alt 1. Yann (talk) 17:40, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Striked that after new corrections. Yann (talk) 10:05, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No comment, so @EF5, Janke, Bammesk, Blameless, Moonreach, VulcanSphere, Crisco 1492, PetarM, and Hamid Hassani: Yann (talk) 16:31, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support Alt 2 The blue tint correction looks convincing enough for Vulcan –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 00:17, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Postpone closure to give time for editors to consider alt 2. @EF5, Janke, Bammesk, Moonreach, Crisco 1492, PetarM, and Hamid Hassani: Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:07, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support ALT2 as well. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 19:56, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support either alt - Moonreach (talk) 16:09, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Armbrust and Yann: Hi. I was out of WP for nearly a week. My vote is Alt 2 indeed, but, I'm sorry that voting period is over now. Best, Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:18, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Moved from talk page. @Hamid Hassani: FYI: if you voted on a nomination, than you can update your vote until the discussion is closed (even after the voting period ended). Regards, Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:51, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Armbrust, you might want to keep this nom open for another week. I might get a chance to improve "Alt 1" and address the other issues as well, which were noted in the Commons FP nom. Bammesk (talk) 03:04, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Okay. As it currently stands it’s very close between the two alts too. Regards, Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:59, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I did more restoration on Alt 1. Edited tint, colors, brightness, vignetting, and sky noise/artifacts. These were critiqued in the Commons FP nom. FYI, the adjustments are made based on the time of day (per the shadows) which indicate a July mid-late afternoon clear-sunny day. Pinging participants who voted support, please indicate a preference for either "Alt 1" or "Alt 2" so we can close this nom. @EF5, Moonreach, VulcanSphere, Crisco 1492, PetarM, Hamid Hassani, Yann, and Armbrust:. Bammesk (talk) 17:29, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Alt 2, Alt 1 has weird color imbalances from the vignette correction. Also, please don't ping me about this discussion any more. I'm not that invested in it. Moonreach (talk) 20:37, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I still support ALT2. The colors are too bright, in my opinion. Sort of looks like ALT1 got flashbanged. E_F⁵ 17:35, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@EF5:, try it again. I just fixed a thumbnail color profile error. See it at This link, because smaller thumbnails might still display exaggerated colors/brightness (because it takes some time for servers to react). You can also click on the image several times to see it at full screen or full size. Bammesk (talk) 18:14, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

For comparison Here is a screenshot of her book taken from Archive.org here. It's not a good scan of the book, but it shows the colors and brightness of a sunny afternoon. Bammesk (talk) 18:49, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I still tend to support Alt 2. As I see, the colors seem brighter and clearer, and, e.g, the surface of the water and to some extent the sky also look more natural. – Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:17, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, Alt 1 looks much better now, so I don't oppose it anymore, but I still have a slight preference for Alt 2, as mentioned by others above. Yann (talk) 10:05, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:World Trade Center towers, New York, LCCN2015645969.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:39, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Alt 2 has the most support, and therefore it's promoted. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:39, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Vaduz Castle

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 3 Jan 2025 at 21:29:38 (UTC)

Reason: High quality, very high resolution. Featured pictures on Wikimedia Commons (14 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral)

Facade to the mountains
Facade to Vaduz

Articles in which this image appears: Vaduz Castle, Vaduz, List of royal palaces etc.
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator: A.Savin

Support as nominator – Vinícius O. (talk) 21:29, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support --EUPBR (talk) 12:19, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Bammesk (talk) 16:19, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 16:21, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Giles Laurent (talk) 18:42, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 03:23, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:18, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Moonreach (talk) 20:42, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Liechtenstein asv2022-10 img01 Vaduz Schloss.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:35, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Liechtenstein asv2022-10 img22 Vaduz Schloss.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:35, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Anger of Achilles

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 3 Jan 2025 at 21:43:50 (UTC)

Reason: High quality and resolution. Good digitization
Articles in which this image appears: The Anger of Achilles, Agamemnon, Iphigenia in Aulis, Iphigénie, Jacques-Louis David, Nous, List of paintings by Jacques-Louis David.
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator: Jacques-Louis David

Support as nominator – Vinícius O. (talk) 21:43, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 16:20, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.8% of all FPs.} 21:57, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 03:23, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Giles Laurent (talk) 10:07, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 11:30, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:17, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Jacques-Louis David - The Anger of Achilles - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 21:55, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hurricane Florence from the ISS

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 3 Jan 2025 at 23:25:36 (UTC)

Reason: Image was unanimously featured on Commons (please read the rationale there as it is too long to put here and ignore the first sentence)
Articles in which this image appears: Tropical cyclone, Hurricane Florence, Meteorological history of Hurricane Florence
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Weather
Creator: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Support as nominator – _ZZ^Z 'S 23:25, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 10:58, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 12:31, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Two more articles should be listed above too (for its EV), Hurricane Florence and Meteorological history of Hurricane Florence. Being in Tropical cyclone and its lead image is great, but over time it can be replaced there as new cyclones occur and better images are uploaded. Whereas this image will be stable and hard to replace in articles relating to Hurricane Florence itself. Bammesk (talk) 15:47, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 16:20, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Giles Laurent (talk) 18:47, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 03:22, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 03:16, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Moonreach (talk) 20:42, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Dramatic Views of Hurricane Florence from the International Space Station From 9 12 (42828603210) (cropped).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:31, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]