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Featured picture candidates

Featured picture candidates are images that the community will vote on, to determine whether or not they will be highlighted as some of the finest on Commons. This page lists the candidates to become featured pictures. The picture of the day images are selected from featured pictures.

Old candidates for Featured pictures are listed here. There are also chronological lists of featured pictures: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and current month.

For another overview of our finest pictures, take a look at our annual picture of the year election.

Formal things

Nominating

Guidelines for nominators

Please read the complete guidelines before nominating.

This is a summary of what to look for when submitting and reviewing FP candidates:

  • Licensing – Images licensed with solely "GFDL" or "GFDL and an NC-only license" are not acceptable due the restrictions placed on re-use by these licenses.
  • Resolution – Raster images of lower resolution than 2 million pixels (pixels, not bytes) are typically rejected unless there are strong mitigating reasons. This does not apply to vector graphics (SVGs).
    • Graphics on Commons are not only viewed on conventional computer screens. They may be used in high-resolution print versions, and the images may be cropped to focus on portions of the image. See Commons:Why we need high resolution media for more information.
  • Scans – While not official policy, Help:Scanning provides advice on the preparation of various types of images that may be useful.
  • General quality – pictures being nominated should be of high technical quality.
  • Digital manipulations must not deceive the viewer. Digital manipulation for the purpose of correcting flaws in an image is generally acceptable, provided it is limited, well-done, and not intended to deceive.
    • For photographs, typical acceptable manipulations include cropping, perspective correction, sharpening/blurring, and color/exposure correction. More extensive manipulations, such as removal of distracting background elements, should be clearly described in the image text, by means of the {{Retouched picture}} template. Undescribed or mis-described manipulations which cause the main subject to be misrepresented are never acceptable. For images made from more than one photo, you can use the {{Panorama}} or {{Focus stacked image}} templates.
    • For historic images, acceptable manipulations might include digitally fixing rips, removal of stains, cleanup of dirt, and, for mass-produced artworks such as engravings, removal of flaws inherent to the particular reproduction, such as over-inking. Careful color adjustments may be used to bring out the original work from the signs of ageing, though care should be taken to restore a natural appearance. The original artistic intent should be considered when deciding whether it is appropriate to make a change. Edits to historic material should be documented in detail within the file description, and an unedited version should be uploaded and cross linked for comparison.
  • Value – our main goal is to feature most valuable pictures from all others. Pictures should be in some way special, so please be aware that:
    • almost all sunsets are aesthetically pleasing, and most such pictures are not in essence different from others,
    • night-shots are pretty but normally more details can be shown on pictures taken at daytime,
    • beautiful does not always mean valuable.
Artworks, illustrations, and historical documents

There are many different types of non-photographic media, including engravings, watercolors, paintings, etchings, and various others. Hence, it is difficult to set hard-and-fast guidelines. However, generally speaking, works can be divided into three types: Those that can be scanned, those that must be photographed, and those specifically created to illustrate a subject.

Works that must be photographed include most paintings, sculptures, works too delicate or too unique to allow them to be put on a scanner, and so on. For these, the requirements for photography, below, may be mostly followed; however, it should be noted that photographs which cut off part of the original painting are generally not considered featurable.

Works that may be scanned include most works created by processes that allow for mass distribution − for instance, illustrations published with novels. For these, it is generally accepted that a certain amount of extra manipulation is permissible to remove flaws inherent to one copy of the work, since the particular copy – of which hundreds, or even thousands of copies also exist – is not so important as the work itself.

Works created to serve a purpose include diagrams, scientific illustrations, and demonstrations of contemporary artistic styles. For these, the main requirement is that they serve their purpose well.

Provided the reproduction is of high quality, an artwork generally only needs one of the following four things to be featurable:

  • Notable in its own right: Works by major artists, or works that are otherwise notable, such as the subjects of a controversy.
  • Of high artistic merit: Works which, while not particularly well known, are nonetheless wonderful examples of their particular type or school of art.
  • Of high historic merit: The historical method values very early illustrations of scenes and events over later ones. Hence, a work of poor quality depicting a contemporaneous historical event can be nonetheless important, even if the artistic merit is relatively low. Likewise, scans or photographs of important documents – which may not be at all artistic – nonetheless may be highly valuable if the documents are historically significant. The reason for the image's historical importance should be briefly stated in the nomination, for those reviewers unfamiliar with the subject.
  • Of high illustrative merit: Works that illustrate or help explain notable subjects, for instance, illustrations of books, scientific subjects, or technical processes. The amount of artistic merit required for these will vary by subject, but, for instance, an illustration that makes the working of a complicated piece of machinery very clear need not be notable as a piece of artwork as well, whereas an illustration for a book might well be expected to reach much higher artistic standards.

Digital restorations must also be well documented. An unedited version of the image should be uploaded locally, when possible, and cross-linked from the file description page. Edit notes should be specified in detail, such as "Rotated and cropped. Dirt, scratches, and stains removed. Histogram adjusted and colors balanced."

Photographs

On the technical side, we have focus, exposure, composition, movement control and depth of field.

  • Focus – every important object in the picture should normally be sharp.
  • Exposure refers to the shutter diaphragm combination that renders an image with a tonal curve that ideally is able to represent in acceptable detail shadows and highlights within the image. This is called latitude. Images can be on the low side of the tonal curve (low range), the middle (middle range) or high side (upper range). Lack of shadow detail is not necessarily a negative characteristic. In fact, it can be part of the desired effect. Burned highlights in large areas are a distracting element.
  • Composition refers to the arrangement of the elements within the image. The "Rule of thirds" is one useful guideline. Horizons should almost never be placed in the middle, where they "cut" the image in half. Often, a horizon creating a top or bottom third of the space works better. The main idea is to use space to create a dynamic image.
    • Foreground and background – foreground and background objects may be distracting. You should check that something in front of the subject doesn't hide important elements and that something in background doesn't spoil the composition (for example that the streetlight doesn't "stand" on someone's head).
  • Movement control refers to the manner in which motion is represented in the image. Motion can be frozen or blurred. Neither one is better than the other. It is the intention of representation. Movement is relative within the objects of the image. For example, photographing a race car that appears frozen in relation to the background does not give us a sense of speed or motion, so technique dictates to represent the car in a frozen manner but with a blurred background, thus creating the sense of motion, this is called "panning". On the other hand, representing a basketball player in a high jump frozen in relation to everything else, due to the "unnatural" nature of the pose would be a good photograph.
  • Depth of field (DOF) refers to the area in focus in front of and beyond main subject. Depth of field is chosen according to the specific needs of every picture. Large or small DOF can either way add or subtract to the quality of the image. Low depth of field can be used to bring attention to the main subject, separating it from the general environment. High depth of field can be used to emphasize space. Short focal length lenses (wide angles) yield large DOF, and vice versa, long focal lenses (telephotos) have shallow DOF. Small apertures yield large DOF and conversely, large apertures yield shallow DOF.

On the graphic elements we have shape, volume, color, texture, perspective, balance, proportion, noise, etc.

  • Shape refers to the contour of the main subjects.
  • Volume refers to the three dimensional quality of the object. This is accomplished using side light. Contrary to general belief, front lighting is not the best light. It tends to flatten subject. Best light of day is early morning or late afternoon.
  • Color is important. Oversaturated colors are not good.
  • Texture refers to the quality of the surface of the subject. It is enhanced by side lighting… it is the "feel" to the touch.
  • Perspective refers to the "angle" accompanied by lines that disappear into a vanishing point that may or may not be inside the image.
  • Balance refers to the arrangement of subjects within the image that can either give equal weight or appear to be heavier on one side.
  • Proportion refers to the relation of size of objects in picture. Generally, we tend to represent small objects small in relation to others, but a good technique is to represent small objects large contrary to natural size relationship. For example, a small flower is given preponderance over a large mountain…. This is called inversion of scales.
Not all elements must be present. Some photographs can be judged on individual characteristics, that is, an image can be about color or texture, or color AND texture, etc.
  • Noise refers to unwanted corruption of color brightness and quality and can be caused by underexposure. It is not a desirable quality and can be grounds for opposition.
  • Symbolic meaning or relevance … Opinion wars can begin here … A bad picture of a very difficult subject is better than a good picture of an ordinary subject. A good picture of a difficult subject is an extraordinary photograph.
Images can be culturally biased by the photographer and/or the observer. The meaning of the image should be judged according to the cultural context of the image, not by the cultural context of the observer. An image "speaks" to people, and it has the capacity to evoke emotion such as tenderness, rage, rejection, happiness, sadness, etc. Good photographs are not limited to evoking pleasant sensations …

You will maximise the chances of your nominations succeeding if you read the complete guidelines before nominating.

Video and audio

Please nominate videos, sounds, music, etc. at Commons:Featured media candidates.

Set nominations

If a group of images are thematically connected in a direct and obvious way, they can be nominated together as a set. A set should fall under one of the following types:

  • Faithful digital reproductions of works notable in their own right, which the original author clearly intended to be viewed as a set. Examples: pages in a pamphlet, crops (puzzle pieces) of a prohibitively large scan, a pair of pendant paintings. Not acceptable: Arbitrary selection of sample works by an artist.
  • A sequence of images showing the passage of time. They could depict frames of a moving/changing object or a static object during different times of day or different seasons. Examples: diagrams illustrating a process, steps of a dance, metamorphosis of an insect, maps/drawings/photos of the same subject over the years (frame of view should be more or less the same).
  • A group of images depicting the same subject from different viewpoints, preferably taken under the same lighting conditions when possible. Examples: Exterior and interior of a building, different facades of a building, different interior views, obverse and inverse of a banknote/coin. Not acceptable: A selection of different rooms in a skyscraper, the facade of a church plus an organ, any images of fundamentally different scopes.
  • A group of images which show all possible variations of a particular class of object. Examples: Male and female versions of an animal (preferably in the same setting), all known species of a genus. Not acceptable: A few breeds of cats (unless they share a defining characteristic and represent all possible examples of that).


Adding a new nomination

If you believe that you have found or created an image that could be considered valuable, with appropriate name, quality, image description, categories and licensing, then do the following.

Step 1: copy the image name into this box, after the text already present in the box, for example, Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Your image filename.jpg. Then click on the "create new nomination" button.

All single files:

For renominations, simply add /2 after the filename. For example, Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Foo.jpg/2

All set nomination pages should begin "Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/", e.g. "Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/My Nomination".


Step 2: follow the instructions on the page that you are taken to, and save that page.

Step 3: manually insert a link to the created page at the top of Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list: Click here, and add the following line to the TOP of the nominations list:

{{Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Your image filename.jpg}}

Galleries and FP categories: Please add a gallery page and section heading from the list at Commons FP galleries. Write the code as Page name#Section heading. For example: Commons:Featured pictures/Sports#Individual sports An image will only appear ONE time in the galleries. After a successful nomination, the image can be placed in several of the Featured pictures categories.

Optional: if you are not the creator of the image, please notify them using {{subst:FPC-notice|Your image filename.jpg}} -- ~~~~.

Note: Do not add an 'Alternative' image when you create a nomination. Selecting the best image is part of the nomination process. Alternatives are for a different crop or post-processing of the original image, or a closely related image from the same photo session (limited to 1 per nomination), if they are suggested by voters.

Voting

Editors whose accounts have at least 10 days and 50 edits can vote. Everybody can vote for their own nominations. Anonymous (IP) votes are not allowed.

You may use the following templates:

  • {{Support}} ( Support),
  • {{Oppose}} ( Oppose),
  • {{Neutral}} ( Neutral),
  • {{Comment}} ( Comment),
  • {{Info}} ( Info),
  • {{Question}} ( Question),
  • {{Request}} ( Request).

You may indicate that the image has no chance of success with the template {{FPX|reason - ~~~~}}, where reason explains why the image is clearly unacceptable as a FP. The template can only be used when there are no support votes other than the one from the nominator.

A well-written review helps participants (photographers, nominators and reviewers) improve their skills by providing insight into the strengths and weaknesses of a picture. Explain your reasoning, especially when opposing a candidate (which has been carefully selected by the author/nominator). English is the most widely understood language on Commons, but any language may be used in your review. A helpful review will often reference one or more of the criteria listed above.

Unhelpful reasons for opposing include:

  • No reason
  • "I don't like it" and other empty assessments
  • "You can do better" and other criticisms of the author/nominator rather than the image

Remember also to put your signature (~~~~).

Over time, featured picture standards change. It may be decided that for some pictures which were formerly "good enough", this is no longer the case. This is for listing an image which you believe no longer deserves to be a featured picture. For these, vote:

Text to use Displays as Meaning
{{Keep}}  Keep It deserves to remain a featured picture.
{{Delist}}  Delist It does not deserve to be a featured picture anymore.

This can also be used for cases in which a previous version of an image was promoted to FP, but a newer version of the image has been made and is believed to be superior to the old version, e.g. a newly edited version of a photo or a new scan of a historical image. In particular, it is not intended for replacing older photos of a particular subject with newer photos of the same subject, or in any other case where the current FP and the proposed replacement are essentially different images. For these nominations, vote:

Text to use Displays as Meaning
{{Keep}}  Keep Do not replace the old image with the new image as a FP.
{{Delistandreplace}}  Delist and replace Replace the current FP with the proposed replacement.

If you believe that some picture no longer meets the criteria for FP, you can nominate it for delisting, copying the image name into this box, after the text already present in the box:


In the new delisting nomination page just created you should include:

  • Information on the origin of the image (creator, uploader);
  • A link to the original FP nomination (it will appear under "Links" on the image description page);
  • Your reasons for nominating the image and your username.

After that, you have to manually insert a link to the created page at the top of Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list.

As a courtesy, leave an informative note on the talk page(s) of the original creator, uploader(s), and nominator with a link to the delisting candidate. {{subst:FPC-notice-removal}} can be used for this purpose.

General rules

  1. The voting period is 9 complete days counted from the nomination. After the end of this period the result will be determined. Votes added on day 10 and after are not counted.
  2. Nominations by anonymous contributors are welcome.
  3. Contributions to discussion by anonymous contributors are welcome.
  4. Only registered contributors whose Commons accounts have at least 10 days and 50 edits can vote. Exception: registered users can always vote in their own nominations no matter the account age and number of edits.
  5. Nominations do not count as votes. Support must be explicitly stated.
  6. Nominators and authors can withdraw their nominated pictures at any time. This is done by adding the following template: {{Withdraw}} ~~~~. Also, remember that if more than one version is nominated, you should explicitly state which version you are withdrawing.
  7. Remember, the goal of the Wikimedia Commons project is to provide a central repository for free images to be used by all Wikimedia projects, including possible future projects. This is not simply a repository for Wikipedia images, so images should not be judged here on their suitability for that project.
  8. Rules of the 5th day based on vote counts on day number 5 (day of nomination + 5):
    1. Pictures are speedy declined if they have fewer than two support votes.
    2. Pictures are speedy promoted if they have 10 support votes or more and no oppose votes. (Note that if it takes more than five days to reach this threshold, the picture can be promoted as soon as it is reached.) This does not apply to nominations containing at least one ‘Alternative’ image – because it is possible that another image can overtake the one in the lead during the last days, such nominations are never closed early.
    3. Once either speedy criterion is reached, the voting period is considered closed, and no more votes may be added.
  9. Pictures tagged {{FPX}} may be removed from the list 24 hours after the tag was applied, provided there are no support votes other than that of the nominator.
  10. Pictures tagged {{FPD}} (FP-Denied) may be removed from the list 24 hours after the tag was applied.
  11. Only two active nominations by the same user (that is, nominations under review and not yet closed) are allowed. The main purpose of this measure is to contribute to a better average quality of nominations, by driving nominators/creators to choose carefully the pictures presented to the forum.

Featuring and delisting rules

A candidate will become a featured picture in compliance with following conditions:

  1. Appropriate license (of course)
  2. At least seven  Support votes (or 7  Delist votes for a delist) at the end of nine days
  3. Ratio of supporting/opposing votes at least 2/1 (a two-thirds majority); same for delist/keep votes
  4. Two different versions of the same picture cannot both be featured, but only the one with higher level of support, as determined by the closer. Whenever the closer is not sure which version has consensus to be featured, they should attempt to contact the voters to clarify their opinions if not clear from the nomination page.
  5. Only two active delisting nominations per user, which is in addition to the limit of two active regular nominations.

The delisting rules are the same as those for FPs, with voting taking place over the same time period. The rule of the 5th day is applied to delisting candidates that have received no votes to delist, other than that of the proposer, by day 5.

The FPCBot handles the vote counting and closing in most cases, current exceptions are candidates containing multiple versions of the image as well as FPXed and withdrawn nominations. Any experienced user may close the requests not handled by the bot. For instructions on how to close nominations, see Commons:Featured picture candidates/What to do after voting is finished. Also note that there is a manual review stage between when the bot has counted the votes and before the nomination is finally closed by the bot; this manual review can be done by any user familiar with the voting rules.

Above all, be polite

Please don't forget that the image you are judging is somebody's work. Avoid using phrases like "it looks terrible" and "I hate it". If you must oppose, please do so with consideration. Also remember that your command of English might not be the same as someone else's. Choose your words with care.

Happy judging… and remember… all rules can be broken.

See also

Table of contents

List may contain works considered Not Safe for Work (nudity).

Nominators are requested, out of courtesy, to include the {{Nsfw}} template with such images. Users may select the gadget in user preferences "Deferred display of images tagged with {{Nsfw}} on COM:FPC" to enable the template's effect of hiding the image until selected.

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File:Mosquee Douiret Vue 2.jpg

Voting period ends on 18 Oct 2025 at 07:56:08 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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SHORT DESCRIPTION

File:Dülmen, Kirchspiel, ehem. Sondermunitionslager Visbeck, Wachturm -- 2025 -- 0028.jpg

Voting period ends on 18 Oct 2025 at 04:36:59 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Watchtower “Charly,” special ammunition depot Dülmen-Visbeck, Dernekamp hamlet, Kirchspiel, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

File:Huron sachem (14025).jpg

Voting period ends on 17 Oct 2025 at 23:06:27 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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Female Huron sachem

File:Pine warbler (81059).jpg

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Pine warbler

File:Islamic ornaments and window (Sherdor Medresa, Samarkand).jpg

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Islamic ornaments and window (Sherdor Medresa, Samarkand)

File:Thajiwas Park, Sonamarg, Jammu and Kashmir, India.jpg

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Thajiwas Park, a popular tourist site in the resort town of Sonamarg, in the Himalayas of the northern Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.

File:Zitting Cisticola in Bhigwan August 2025 by Tisha Mukherjee 01.jpg

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Cisticola juncidis (Zitting Cisticola)

File:Psathyrella piluliformis 2025 G1.jpg

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Clustered brittlestem (Psathyrella piluliformis)

File:Panixersee (Lag da Pigniu) boven Andiast. 26-09-2025. (d.j.b.) 14.jpg

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File:A light in the dark 09.jpg

Voting period ends on 16 Oct 2025 at 19:27:49 (UTC) (unless closed by the 5th-day rule)
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File:Tsessebe común (Damaliscus lunatus), parque nacional Serengueti, Tanzania, 2024-05-26, DD 56.jpg

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Topi (Damaliscus lunatus), Masai Mara, Kenya.

File:Closeup at Gussadi dance performer.jpg

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Closeup at a Gussadi dance performer

File:Kaiserschleuse Ostfeuer - Kleiner Glockenturm - Pingelturm - Bremerhaven 03.jpg

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Pingelturm, Lighthouse Kaiserschleuse with fog bell, built in 1900;Bremerhaven, Germany

File:Short-toed Snake-Eagle in Bhigwan August 2025 by Tisha Mukherjee 01.jpg

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Circaetus gallicus (Short-toed Snake-Eagle)

File:Jawlensky Sakharoff.jpg

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Portrait of Alexander Sakharoff

File:Tyler Connolly performing with Theory of a Deadman, Hogs for Hospice, Leamington, Ontario, 2025-08-01 67.jpg

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Tyler Connolly of Theory of a Deadman performing in 2025

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File:Marksburg - 1.jpg

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Marksburg from opposite side of Rhine

File:Orion–Eridanus Superbubble in H-alpha and continuum.jpg

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Orion–Eridanus Superbubble

File:003 Ringed kingfisher flying with a fish in Encontro das Águas State Park Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg

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Ringed kingfisher flying with a fish in Encontro das Águas State Park

File:Girl wearing traditional Magar dress, Nepal-070A0920.jpg

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File:Поглед на Долно Косоврасти.jpg

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A view of the village of Dolno Kosovrasti with Debar Lake in the background

File:Verdun – Cathédrale Notre-Dame – Crypte 2025 08 16.jpg

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12th-century Romanesque crypt of Verdun Cathedral, looking east towards the altar. The crypt was rediscovered during restoration works after the Great War and restored in the 1930s.

File:Birmingham Quran manuscript full.jpg

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Seventh-century Quran manuscript held by the University of Birmingham.

File:Refuge Giosos Apostolidis Olympus National Park Greece.jpg

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Refuge "Giosos Apostolidis" at 2,697 metres (8,848 ft), Olympus National Park, Greece

File:Deity performer.jpg

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Gussadi Dance Performer

File:Serval (Leptailurus serval), parque nacional de Tarangire, Tanzania, 2024-05-25, DD 54.jpg

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Serval (Leptailurus serval), Tarangire National Park, Tanzania
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals/Carnivora#Genus : Leptailurus (Servals) (section will be created if this nom succeeds)
  •  Info Portrait of a serval (Leptailurus serval), Tarangire National Park, Tanzania. It is widespread in sub-Saharan countries, where it inhabits grasslands, wetlands, moorlands and bamboo thickets. It's a slender, medium-sized cat that stands 54–62 centimetres (21–24 in) tall at the shoulder and has a weight range of approximately 9–18 kilograms (20–40 lb). It is characterised by a small head, large ears, a golden-yellow to buff coat spotted and striped with black, and a short, black-tipped tail. The serval has the longest legs of any cat relative to its body size. The serval is a solitary carnivore and active both by day and at night. It preys on rodents, particularly vlei rats, small birds, frogs, insects, and reptiles, using its sense of hearing to locate prey. It leaps over 2 metres (6.6 ft) above the ground to land on the prey on its forefeet, and finally kills it with a bite on the neck or the head. Note: there are no FPs on Commons of servals. c/u/n by Poco a poco (talk) 18:56, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Poco a poco (talk) 18:56, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Yann (talk) 19:29, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support. @Poco a poco: , do you think it's worth sharpening a bit? JayCubby (talk) 19:36, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Norderney, Promenade, Feld L -- 2025 -- 9016.jpg

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Sign for the beach chair field L, Norderney, Lower Saxony, Germany
  • Wouldn't a more interesting typeface make the photo less minimalist, by drawing away attention from the overall shapes and colours? When I first looked at this image, I focused on the meaning of the signs. After a translation revealed their mundane meaning about renting beach chairs, my mind was free to enjoy the rest of the composition --Julesvernex2 (talk) 06:46, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • I find your comment remarkable. I see the photo as a whole, while you focus on details that I find much less important. Of course, typography is important. When I typeset texts with LaTeX, I also have a different focus. Here I see a round and a square sign (a minor contrast) that appeals to the viewer. In my opinion, the text is irrelevant, but the simplicity of the sign fits well. --XRay 💬 09:22, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Basile is certainly right that just referring to minimalism is not enough, we also have to mention why exactly this photo is a successful example of minimalist photography. So my “me too” was a bit lazy, sorry. For me the appeal of this photo is (i) in the clear composition (vertically four stripes: ¼ blue sky, ½ sky with clouds and sign, ¼ ground with grass; horizontally clear asymmetrical division in just two parts by the sign); (ii) in the select colours which give a very harmonic impression; and (iii) in the contrast of the natural forms of the grass (complex, wild natural forms with linear, vertical tendency) and of the clouds (less complex, rounded natural forms with horizontal tendency) with the artificial, rigid shape of the man-made sign (elementary form, vertical tendency). The simple shapes of the letters, esp. of the prominent capital L, fit very well with the overall rather geometrical shape of the sign; if the L would use a more ornate typeface, this would not work as well. (Although a severe neoclassical roman type, best a Bauer Bodoni or Didot, would also give a nice contrast ;–). – Aristeas (talk) 10:49, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • It's perhaps "cluttered minimalism". Because the blue sign (with icon) takes too much place. And because white foreground on white background makes the whole complicated. At the end, it's just a standard road sign -- Basile Morin (talk) 11:27, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Mörzelspitze, an 1830-meter-high mountain in the Bregenzerwald Mountains, Vorarlberg, Austria

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Face of the singer Proscriptor McGovern at the Mystic festival with face paint

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Rock salt Wintershall (potash mine), Heringen, Hesse, Germany Permian, Lopingian, Zechstein, approx. 255 million years. Exhibition German Mining Museum in Bochum

File:Мавзолей эмира Бурундука, Самарканд (Amir Burunduk Mausoleum, Shah-i-Zinda, Samarkand).jpg

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Steps and wooden door to Amir Burunduk Mausoleum, Shah-i-Zinda, Samarkand. Play of sun/shadow.
  •  Comment Thanx Julesvernex2. I even didn't lower shadow much. @ Ikan Kekek worst problem will be "what is straight". When PD corrections will be mentioned, skew, distort, warp... at end you see you can't have them as modern building (paralel-vertical borders). --Mile (talk) 06:49, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:009 Female jaguar in Encontro das Águas State Park Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg

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Female jaguar in Encontro das Águas State Park

File:Helene Schjerfbeck, Self-Portrait, Black Background, 1915.jpg

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Helene Schjerfbeck, Self-Portrait, Black Background, 1915
 Comment The photo is from the website of the Finnish National Gallery, and the photographer is Hannu Aaltonen. I added the description to the Info section. --Thi (talk) 17:23, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment Maybe taken with a Phase One camera/digital back … often used by serious art reproduction photographers who are lucky enough to have a sensible (not miserly) employer. – Aristeas (talk) 14:08, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Mireille Mathieu Hamburg 1971 006.jpg

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French singer Mireille Mathieu during a concert in Musikhalle Hamburg in 1971.

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Max and Eugen Skladanowsky with their film camera and projector "bioscop".

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Pilgrimage chapel in Unterlind

File:Milano - Torrione del Carmine - Piazza Castello - 2025-09-03 22-37-48 001.jpg, featured

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Torrione del Carmine, Castello place, Milan.
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Krishansar Lake, Sonmarg, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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Former Rhine side arm Sporkenheimer Graben

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A Map on a common valerian in Aschheim, Germany

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Folio from the Blue Quran, an early manuscript written in kufic script.

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Sunset at Ponta da Barra

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Terracotta panel with patterns on the left side of the front wall of the Lakkhi Janardan temple in Ghurisha, West Bengal, India.

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Tours (Indre-et-Loire, France) - Town hall - Pediment
  • To me the wow is in the pleasant light and the detail of the sculptures which is interesting to explore at full size. I understand and respect your opinion though. Cmao20 (talk) 17:15, 2 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Valley of flowers national park, Uttarakhand, India

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Dzhuguturlyuchat massif and glaciers in the Dombay-Ulgen Valley, Caucasus Mountains.

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File:D-6-78-193-157 St Leonhard, Stettbach. Blick von der Empore.jpg

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Saint Leonard church in Stettbach
  • Yes, according to current german law, the image is probably not covered by FoP. The architect's copyright, or that of his heirs, remains in force for 70 years after his death, in this case until 2032. Under American law, works are generally protected for up to 99 years after their creation. I recently had to learn this the hard way and unfortunately delete the files after documenting a Way of the Cross by Siegfried Fricker. The only way to publish the image is to obtain permission from the copyright holders. --Syntaxys (talk) 04:52, 3 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    (Since this is a disussion about German law, I will continue in German.) @Ermell, @Syntaxys, da habt ihr wohl Recht. Frage wäre höchstens, ob diese Kirche (und der Ausschnitt im Bild) die notwendige Schöpfungshöhe erreicht. Wie sehr ihr das? Ich habe leider auf die Schnelle auch keine Information über die Erben bzw. Rechtsnachfolger von Wilhelm Fahlbusch finden können; bei der VG Bild-Kunst ist er nicht registriert. Plozessor (talk) 13:28, 3 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Ich erkenne hier keine herausragende Architektur - eine Kirche mit Fenstern und Holzbänken - soweit so unspektakulär. Von daher würde ich hier keine besondere Schöpfungshöhe (der Architektur) erkennen. Vielleicht ein Fall für Wikipedia:Urheberrechtsfragen? Die Kandidatur würde ich hier allerdings erst mal weiterlaufen lassen. Tuxyso (talk) 15:09, 3 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Den Thread im Forum zu meiner Anfrage findet Ihr unter Commons:Forum/Archiv/2025/August#Urheberrecht_bei_Reproduktionen; das Problem ist, daß FoP in Innenräumen nicht gilt. Alles, was jünger als 100 Jahre ist, kann wohl problematisch sein. Bezüglich meiner Fotos hab ich zwar Kontakt zum Rechteinhaber, aber es ging da leider noch nichts weiter. --Syntaxys (talk) 18:14, 3 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Hab hier mal gefragt, wie von @Tuxyso vorgeschlagen. Plozessor (talk) 03:12, 4 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Gnom: Was meinst Du? Der Architekt dürfte meiner Laienansicht nach hier nur sein Handwerk und nicht seine Kreativität angewendet haben, so dass nach COM:TOO Germany keine urheberrechtlichen Bedenken bei der Abbildung des Gebäudes bestehen dürften. Das US-Recht erlaubt die Abbildung öffentlicher Gebäude auch als Innenansicht (COM:FOP US), so dass kein Löschgrund gegen das Bild bestehen sollte. Grüße, Grand-Duc (talk) 03:59, 4 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Meines Wissens müssen wir bei derartiger Architektur im Zweifel tatsächlich immer von einem Überschreiten der Schutzschwelle (also von "Schöpfungshöhe") ausgehen... Gnom (talk) 07:27, 4 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
 Question What is the copyright status of the various statues and other works of art we see? They are not unwesentliches Beiwerk per the 2014 court decision by the BGH (COM:DM Germany). --Rosenzweig τ 16:15, 4 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Rosenzweig: Interesting questions. I didn't think that a heritage-protected church would be so new that copyright is still an issue, but seems I wrong.
Most of the equipment was taken from the older church; the main statues are from the 16th century. There is one modern statue which isn't visible on the picture. The altar, however, was designed by an architect who seems still alive (Dag Schröder) and crafted by an artist who died in 2018 (Julian Walter). Both Schröder's office and Walter's son could be contacted and asked for permission in theory. I'm not sure how this works with architecture though; all the templates and processes I found are about images. Plozessor (talk) 03:21, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Julian Walter (1935–2018) is named as a sculptor and wood carver there, so the central St. Leonard figure of the altar would be by him. That is so prominent in the photograph that it probably would not even be de minimis by US standards. It certainly is not by German standards as mentioned above.
As for VRT permissions, I think such permissions for works of art shown in photos must have been given before. Best ask at Commons:Volunteer Response Team/Noticeboard or send them an e-mail. --Rosenzweig τ 16:23, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Petronas Panorama II.jpg (delist)

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Petronas Towers panorama

  •  Question Is there a way to exclude your own images from nominations by other users at FPC/QIC? I have also uploaded images that are useful for Commons, but which I do not believe are of sufficient quality for nomination. --Syntaxys (talk) 06:34, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Hi Syntaxys, as the author of a photograph you have the right to withdraw nominations by other users if you do not wish your photo to become FPC/QIC. Here is an example of a regular contributor exercising that right. If you would prefer to pre-empt this possibility, I see no reason why you can't note on the file pages of the images in question that you do not wish them to be nominated for FPC/QIC, and common courtesy would indicate that this should be taken as a withdrawal of consent from the author. Cmao20 (talk) 15:17, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Delist per Cmao. --SHB2000 (talk) 09:27, 3 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Delist because of low resolution/size (heavily downsized) and quality/post-processing faults. IMHO the creator’s wish alone would not be sufficient (sometimes skilled artists underrate or neglect their own works – think what would have happened if Max Brod would have respected Kafka’s last will, or if Augustus would have respected Virgil’s last will – we would have lost some of the greatest works of literature; and there are many more examples from other arts), but this photo is neither a masterpiece nor unique. – Aristeas (talk) 08:31, 4 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Delist per others. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:35, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Црква „Св. Наум Охридски“ - Стар Караорман 8.jpg

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A fresco depicting Christ Pantocrator inside the dodecagonal dome of St. Naum of Ohrid Church in the village of Star Karaorman
  • @Poco a poco: I worked on the RAW file and uploaded a new version with significantly higher detail. The reason for the low detail was the excessive denoising in the processing phase. I first uploaded a version with very little processing, but brightened and sharpened it a bit following Bojan’s comment below. How does it look now? --Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 06:10, 1 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Open wing basking upon cemented floor of Bassarona durga (Moore, 1858) - Blue Duke WLB IMG 4446.jpg, featured

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Open wing basking upon cemented floor of Bassarona durga (Moore, 1858) - Blue Duke WLB IMG 4446.jpg
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An aerial view of the Ranney School campus, Monmouth County, NJ, USA
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Two white doves allopreening in the Wildpark Saarbrücken, Germany
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Fort at Slavonski Brod, Croatia
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Yungblud at Taubertal-Festival
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      {{FPpromotionSet2|YYYYY}}      , using the names of the set files instead of the XXXXXX and the title of the set instead of YYYYY.
    • Add == FP promotion ==
      {{FPpromotedUploader|File:XXXXX.jpg}} to the talk page of the user who has uploaded the image, if that user is not the same as the nominator.
    • Add == FP promotion ==
      {{FPpromotedCreator|File:XXXXX.jpg}} to the talk page of the creator, if the author is a different Commons user than nominator and uploader.
  5. As the last step (whether the image is featured or not; including {{FPX}}ed, {{FPD}}ed and withdrawn nominations), open Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list, click on [edit], and find the transclusion of the nomination you've just finished closing. It will be of the form:
    {{Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:XXXXX.jpg}}
    Copy it to the bottom of Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/October 2025), save that page, and remove it from the candidate list.

Closing a delisting request

  1. In Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the candidate image, then [edit].
    Add the result of the voting at the bottom (on a new line):
    {{FPC-delist-results-reviewed|delist=x|keep=x|neutral=x|delisted=yes/no|sig=~~~~}}
    (for example see Commons:Featured picture candidates/removal/File:Ensifera ensifera (22271195865).jpg)
  2. Also edit the title of the delisting candidate image template and add after the image tag
    delisted or not delisted
    For example:
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] === becomes === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], delisted ===
  3. Move the actual template from Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list to the bottom of the actual month page on Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/October 2025.
  4. If the outcome was not delisted, stop here. If it is delisted:
    1. Remove the picture from Commons:Featured pictures, list and any subpages.
    2. Edit the picture's description as follows:
      1. In the {{Assessments}} template on the image description page, change featured=1 to featured=2 (do not change anything related to its status in other featured picture processes). If the image description page uses the old {{Featured picture}} template, replace it with {{Assessments|featured=2}}.
      2. Remove the image from all categories beginning with "Featured [pictures]" (example: Featured night photography, Featured pictures from Wiki Loves Monuments 2016, Featured pictures of Paris).
      3. Remove the "Commons quality assessment" claim (P6731) "Wikimedia Commons featured picture" from the picture's Structured data.
    3. Add a delisting-comment to the original entry in chronological list of featured pictures in bold-face, e. g. delisted 2007-07-19 (1-6) with (1-6) meaning 1 keep and 6 delist votes (change as appropriate). The picture must not be removed from the chronological list.
  5. If this is a Delist and Replace, the delisting and promotion must both be done manually. To do the promotion, follow the steps in the above section. Note that the assessment tag on the file page and the promotion tag on the nominator's talk page won't pick up the /replace subpage that these nominations use.

Manual archiving of a withdrawn nomination

  1. In Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the candidate image, then [edit].
    In the occasion that the FPCbot will not mark withdrawn nominations with a "to be reviewed" template and put them in Category:Featured picture candidates awaiting closure review just like if they were on the usual list, put the following "no" template:
    {{FPC-results-reviewed|support=X|oppose=X|neutral=X|featured=no|gallery=|sig=--~~~~}}
  2. Also edit the title of the candidate image template and add after the image tag
    not featured
    For example:
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] ===
    becomes
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], not featured ===
  3. Save your edit.
  4. Open Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list, click on [edit], and find the transclusion of the nomination. It will be of the form:
    {{Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:XXXXX.jpg}}
    Copy it to the bottom of Commons:Featured picture candidates/Log/October 2025), save that page, and remove it from the candidate list.
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