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

Featured pictures are images that add significantly to articles, either by illustrating article content particularly well or by being eye-catching to the point where users will want to read its accompanying article. Taking the adage that "a picture is worth a thousand words", the images featured on Wikipedia:Featured pictures should illustrate a Wikipedia article in such a way as to add significantly to that article, according to the featured picture criteria.

Promoting an image

If you believe an image should be featured, create a subpage (use the "For Nominations" field, below) and add the subpage to the current nominations section.

For promotion, if an image is listed here for ten days with five or more reviewers in support and the consensus is in its favor, it can be added to the Wikipedia:Featured pictures list. Consensus is generally regarded to be a two-thirds majority in support, including the nominator and/or creator of the image; however, anonymous votes are generally disregarded, as are opinions of sockpuppets.

All users may comment. However, only those who have been registered on the English Wikipedia for 25 days and with at least 100 edits will be included in the numerical count. If necessary, decisions about close candidacies will be made on a case-by-case basis. Nominations started in December are given three extra days, due to the holidays slowing down activity here.

The archive contains all opinions and comments collected for candidate nominations and their nomination results.

If you nominate an image here, please consider also uploading and nominating it at Commons to help ensure that the pictures can be used not just in the English Wikipedia but on all other Wikimedia projects as well.

Delisting an image

A featured picture can be nominated for delisting if you feel it no longer lives up to featured picture standards. You may also request a featured picture be replaced with a superior image. Create a subpage (use the "For Delists" field, below) and add the subpage to the current nominations section.

Please leave a note on the talk page of the original FPC nominator (and creator/uploader, if appropriate) to let them know the delisting is being debated. The user may be able to address the issues and avoid the delisting of the picture.

For delisting, if an image is listed here for ten days with five or more reviewers supporting a delist or replace, and the consensus is in its favor, it will be delisted from Wikipedia:Featured pictures. Consensus is generally regarded to be a two-thirds majority in support, including the nominator. Note that anonymous votes are generally disregarded, as are opinions of sockpuppets. However, images are sometimes delisted despite having fewer than five in support of their removal, and there is currently no consensus on how best to handle delist closures, except for one point: If the image to be delisted is not used in any articles by the time of closure, it must be delisted. If it is added to articles during the nomination, at least one week's stability is required for the nomination to be closed as "Kept". The nomination may be suspended if a week hasn't yet passed to give the rescue a chance.

Outside of the nominator, all voters are expected to have been on Wikipedia for 25 days and to have made a minimum of 100 edits. If necessary, decisions about close candidacies will be made on a case-by-case basis. As with regular nominations, delist nominations are given three extra days to run if started in December.

  • Note that delisting an image does not mean deleting it. Delisting from Featured pictures in no way affects the image's status in its article(s).
Shortcuts

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Step 1: Evaluate

Evaluate the merit of a nomination against the featured picture criteria. Most users reference terms from this page when evaluating nominations.

Step 2: Create a subpage
For Nominations

To create a subpage of Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates for your nomination, add a title for the image you want to nominate in the field below (e.g., Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Labrador Retriever) and click the "Create new nomination" button.


For Delists

To create a subpage for your delist, add a title for the image you want to delist/replace in the field below and click the "Create new delist nomination" button.

For Delist and replace

To create a subpage for your delist and replace, add a title for the image you want to delist/replace in the field below and click the "Create new delist nomination" button.

Step 3: Transclude and link

Transclude the newly created subpage to the Featured picture candidate list (direct link).

How to comment for Candidate Images

  • Write Support, if you approve of the picture. A reason is optional.
  • Write Oppose, followed by your reasoning, if you disapprove of the picture. All objections should be accompanied by a specific rationale that, if addressed, would make you support the image. If your concern is one that can only be addressed by the creator, and if they haven't nominated or commented on the image, and if they are a Wikipedian, you should notify them directly.
  • You can weak support or weak oppose instead, so that your opinion will be weighed as half of a "full" opinion.
    • To change your opinion, strike it out (with <s>...</s>) rather than removing it.
  • If you think a nominated image obviously fails the featured picture criteria, write Speedy close followed by your reasons. Nominations may be closed early if this is the case.
Recommendations added early in the process may be disregarded if they do not address concerns and/or improvements that arise later in the debate. Reviewers are advised to monitor the progress of a nomination and update their votes accordingly.
Prior to giving an opinion, the image should be assessed on its quality as displayed at full size (high-resolution) in an image editing program. Please note that the images are only displayed at thumbnail size on this page. The thumbnail links to the image description page which, in turn, links to the high-resolution version.

How to comment for Delist Images

  • Write Keep, followed by your reasons for keeping the picture.
  • Write Delist, followed by your reasons for delisting the picture.
  • Write Delist and Replace if you believe the image should be replaced by a better picture.
  • You can weak keep, weak delist or weak delist and replace instead, so that your opinion will be weighed as half of a "full" opinion.
    • To change your opinion, strike it out (with <s>...</s>) rather than removing it.
Please remember to be civil, not to bite the newbies and to comment on the image, not the person.

You may find the glossary useful when you encounter acronyms or jargon in other voters' comments. You can also link to it by using {{FPCgloss}}.

Editing candidates

If you feel you could improve a candidate by image editing, please feel free to do so, but do not overwrite or remove the original. Instead, upload your edit with a different file name (e.g., add "edit" to the file name), and display it below the original nomination. Edits should be appropriately captioned in sequential order (e.g., Edit 1, Edit 2, etc), and describe the modifications that have been applied.

Is my monitor adjusted correctly?

In a discussion about the brightness of an image, it is necessary to know if the computer display is properly adjusted. Displays differ greatly in their ability to show shadow detail. There are four dark grey circles in the adjacent image. If you can discern three (or even four) of the circles, your monitor can display shadow detail correctly. If you see fewer than three circles, you may need to adjust the monitor and/or computer display settings. Some displays cannot be adjusted for ideal shadow detail. Please take this into account when voting.

Displays also differ greatly in their ability to show highlight detail. There are light grey circles in the adjacent image. If you can discern three (or even four) of the circles, your monitor can display highlight detail correctly. If you see fewer than three circles, you may need to adjust the monitor and/or computer display settings (probably reduce the contrast setting). Some displays cannot be adjusted for ideal highlight detail. Please take this into account when voting.

On a gamma-adjusted display, the four circles in the color image blend into the background when seen from a few feet (roughly 75–150 cm) away. If they do not, you could adjust the gamma setting (found in the computer's settings, not on the display), until they do. This may be very difficult to attain, and a slight error is not detrimental. Uncorrected PC displays usually show the circles darker than the background. Note that the image must be viewed in original size (263 × 68 pixels) - if enlarged or reduced, results are not accurate.

Note that on most consumer LCD displays (laptop or flat screen), viewing angle strongly affects these images. Correct adjustment on one part of the screen might be incorrect on another part for a stationary head position. Click on the images for more technical information. If possible, calibration with a hardware monitor calibrator is recommended.
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Scrawled butterflyfish


delist/An Old Woman Cooking Eggs


Current nominations

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Pet Sounds album cover

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Voting period ends on 2 Oct 2026 at 22:02:16 (UTC)

Original – Album cover art of Pet Sounds (1966) by the Beach Boys
Reason
HQ and retouched reproduction of a very famous album cover. Apparently the same copyright status as the featured Beatles Abbey Road cover.
Articles in which this image appears
Pet Sounds, The Beach Boys, cover art
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
George Jerman and Capitol Records (restored by User:Pbrks)

Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus) - juvenile

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Voting period ends on 1 Oct 2026 at 06:45:36 (UTC)

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

Lee Kuan Yew's press conference on 9 August 1965

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Voting period ends on 1 Oct 2026 at 05:30:06 (UTC)

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

SMPTE Color Bars

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Voting period ends on 30 Sep 2026 at 21:20:09 (UTC)

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

Esplanade Riel

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Voting period ends on 30 Sep 2026 at 11:34:41 (UTC)

Original – The Esplanade Riel, a cable-stayed pedestrian bridge across the Red River, photographed at dusk using a long exposure, with the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and downtown Winnipeg skyline visible in the background. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons. Infobox image.
Articles in which this image appears
Esplanade Riel etc.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Ethan Sahagun

Delist and replace: Wheatfield with a reaper

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Voting period ends on 30 Sep 2026 at 11:25:35 (UTC)

Delist: Wheatfield with a reaper
Replacement: Higher resolution official reproduction
Reason
Replaced with higher resolution image.
Articles this image appears in
Reaper (Van Gogh series) etc.
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/A collection of paintings of that strange wild man who roamed the fields of Provence
Nominator
MER-C

Leptuca pugilator

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Voting period ends on 30 Sep 2026 at 11:14:38 (UTC)

Original – Female Leptuca pugilator eating at Plumb Beach, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons. Infobox image.
Articles in which this image appears
Leptuca pugilator
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Crustaceans
Creator
Rhododendrites

Maqam Ibrahim

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Voting period ends on 27 Sep 2026 at 15:18:28 (UTC)

Original – The structure containing the Maqam Ibrahim, at the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Hejaz, Saudi Arabia
Reason
EV and HQ
Articles in which this image appears
Maqam Ibrahim and Hejaz
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Religion and mythology
Creator
Unknown

Resident Evil Requiem

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Voting period ends on 27 Sep 2026 at 14:42:46 (UTC)

Original – A render from the 2025 Capcom game Resident Evil Requiem, showing Leon S. Kennedy in the streets of Wrenwood near the beginning of the game.
Reason
Very rare to have free images for a AAA video game. This image captures the overall graphical style of the video game's opening Leon chapter, and highlights the various lighting elements and general light levels used. Note that discussion of Capcom France and its licensing has already taken place here.
Articles in which this image appears
Resident Evil Requiem
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator
Capcom
  • Support as nominator –  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 14:42, 17 September 2026 (UTC)reply
  • Comment — I know this isn't the venue to re-litigate deletion discussions, but I have misgivings about the debate you linked to. Granted, I don't spend a lot of time in media deletion discussions, but I've never seen a Wikimedia consensus-seeking discussion resolved against the majority opinion like that. Setting that aside, I don't really get a lot from the image itself, either. It's very dark and nothing much is happening. I don't think we'd feature this if it was a photo of the same scene happening in real life. As a painting, maybe, if the painting was notable or by someone notable, but this is a single frame from a game. Moonreach (talk) 19:43, 17 September 2026 (UTC)reply
    • To be fair, "very dark" is part of the EV - as a survival horror game, the darkness is part of the aesthetic. In the case of Requiem, the first half of the game (minus the first sequence of the first chapter) is mostly in poorly lit rooms, with some sequences lit only by the character's flashlight. The second half of the game gets brighter, but there are still numerous sequences in dark rooms and there's a more post-apocalyptic aesthetic in outdoors scenes. As for the deletion discussion... I agree the close is unconventional, and could probably have been explained better, but it does seem covered by the "not a vote" nature of deletion discussions. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 11:23, 18 September 2026 (UTC)reply

Disaronno

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Voting period ends on 27 Sep 2026 at 13:10:27 (UTC)

Original – Disaronno is a brand of amaretto produced in Saronno, Italy, since 1525.
Reason
High technical quality; showcases the characteristic square bottle of the brand
Articles in which this image appears
Disaronno
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Food and drink
Creator
 — Chris Woodrich (talk)

Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Phelps Stokes

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Voting period ends on 26 Sep 2026 at 18:38:42 (UTC)

Original – Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Phelps Stokes, an 1897 portrait by John Singer Sargent of married couple Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes and Edith Minturn Stokes.
Reason
Museum photograph of a painting with its own article. Good supporting EV for other articles about the subjects, artist, era, etc.
Articles in which this image appears
Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Phelps Stokes, Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes, Edith Minturn Stokes, List of works by John Singer Sargent, 1890s in Western fashion
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Painting by John Singer Sargent, photo by the Metropolitan Museum of Art

L'Ecole No. 41

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Voting period ends on 25 Sep 2026 at 23:21:58 (UTC)

Original – L'Ecole No. 41 winery in Lowden, Washington
Reason
High-quality photo of a prominent winery and former schoolhouse. Good lighting and shading, especially with the angle and contrast with the blue sky.
Articles in which this image appears
L'Ecole No. 41, Walla Walla Valley AVA
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
User:Generalissima

Western white-bearded wildebeest river crossing

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Voting period ends on 25 Sep 2026 at 13:33:45 (UTC)

Original – Western white-bearded wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus mearnsi) making a crossing of the Mara River, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Reason
High quality large image. Adds EV to article. FP on Commons as part of set.
Articles in which this image appears
Western white-bearded wildebeest, Blue wildebeest, Serengeti
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Rüppell's griffon vulture

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Voting period ends on 25 Sep 2026 at 13:27:58 (UTC)

Original – Rüppell's griffon vulture (Gyps rueppelli rueppelli), Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Reason
High quality large image. High EV. FP on Commons
Articles in which this image appears
Rüppell's griffon vulture
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Taiwan barbet

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Voting period ends on 25 Sep 2026 at 13:25:07 (UTC)

Original – Taiwan barbet (Psilopogon nuchalis), Qianshan, New Taipei, Taiwan. Known locally as the ‘five-coloured bird’.
Reason
High quality large image. High EV.
Articles in which this image appears
Taiwan barbet
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charlesjsharp

Amager Bakke

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Voting period ends on 25 Sep 2026 at 07:18:48 (UTC)

Original – Amager Bakke, a power plant and 85 m tall recreational facility in Copenhagen
Reason
Headline image
Articles in which this image appears
Amager Bakke
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
kallerna

London After Midnight poster

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Voting period ends on 24 Sep 2026 at 14:49:51 (UTC)

Original – Poster for the lost mystery/horror movie London After Midnight, a silent film from 1927.
Reason
High EV for its subject, a famous and much-sought silent film believed to be lost. Has modest amounts of wear reasonable for a paper artifact of this age.
Articles in which this image appears
London After Midnight (film), Lost media
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Film
Creator
Individual artist(s) uncredited, J. H. Tooker Print Co., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Scrawled butterflyfish

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Voting period ends on 23 Sep 2026 at 10:20:24 (UTC)

Original – Scrawled butterflyfish, Nosy Kalakajoro, Madagascar.
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons. Infobox image.
Articles in which this image appears
Scrawled butterflyfish
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish
Creator
Diego Delso

Delist and replace: Old Woman Frying Eggs

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Voting period ends on 23 Sep 2026 at 10:16:15 (UTC)

Delist: Current FP
Replacement: Proposed replacement
Reason
Replaced with higher resolution image.
Articles this image appears in
Old Woman Frying Eggs etc.
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Old Woman Frying Eggs
Nominator
MER-C

Uinta ground squirrel

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Voting period ends on 23 Sep 2026 at 10:11:21 (UTC)

Original – Uinta ground squirrel near Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons. Infobox image.
Articles in which this image appears
Uinta ground squirrel
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
Rhododendrites

Nominations — to be closed

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

Older nominations requiring additional input from users

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

Closing procedure

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

When NOT promoted, perform the following:

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

When promoted, perform the following:

  1. Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/subpage:
    {{FPCresult|Promoted|File:FILENAME.JPG}} --~~~~
    • Replace FILENAME.JPG with the name of the file that was promoted. It should show up as:
    Promoted File:FILENAME.JPG
    • Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.
  2. Add the image to:
  3. Add the image to the proper sub-page of Wikipedia:Featured pictures - newest on top.
    The caption for a Wikipedian created image should read "Description at Article, by Creator". For a non-Wikipedian, it should be similar, but if the creator does not have an article, use an external link if appropriate. For images with substantial editing by one or more Wikipedians, but created by someone else, use "Description at Article, by Creator (edited by Editor)" (all editors involved should be clear from the nomination). Additionally, the description is optional - if it's essentially the same as the article title, then just use "Article, by Creator". Numerous examples can be found on the various Featured Pictures subpages.
  4. Add the image to the appropriate section of Wikipedia:Featured pictures - newest on left and remove the oldest from the right so that there are always three in each section.
  5. Add the Featured Picture tag and star to the image page using {{Featured picture|page_name}} (replace page_name with the nomination page name, i.e., the page_name from Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/page_name). To add this template you most likely will have to click the "create" button on the upper right if the "edit" button is not present, generally if the image originates from Commons.
  6. If an edited or alternative version of the originally nominated image is promoted, make sure that all articles contain the Featured Picture version, as opposed to the original.
  7. Notify the nominator or co-nominators by placing {{subst:PromotedFPC|File:file_name.xxx}} on each nominator's talk page. For example: {{subst:PromotedFPC|File:Blue morpho butterfly.jpg}}.
  8. If the image was created by a Wikipedian, place {{subst:UploadedFP|File:file_name.xxx}} on the creator's talk page. For example: {{subst:UploadedFP|File:Blue morpho butterfly.jpg}}.

Then perform the following, regardless of the outcome:

  1. Move the nomination entry to the top of the "Recently closed nominations" section. It will remain there for three days after closing so others can review the nomination. This is done by simply moving the line {{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Page name}} to the top of the section.
  2. Add the nomination entry to the bottom of the September archive. This is done by simply adding the line {{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Page name}} from this page to the bottom of the archive.
  3. If the nomination is listed at Template:FPC urgents, remove it.

Delist closing procedure

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Note that delisting an image does not equal deleting it. Delisting from Featured pictures in no way affects the image's status in its article/s.

If consensus is to KEEP featured picture status, and the image is used in at least one article, perform the following:

  1. Check that the image has been in the article for at least one week. Otherwise, suspend the nomination to give it time to stabilize before continuing.
  2. Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/delist/subpage:
    {{FPCresult|Kept|}} --~~~~
    • Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.
  3. Optionally leave a note on the picture's talk page.

If consensus is to DELIST, or the image is unused (and consensus is not for a replacement that is used), perform the following:

  1. Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/delist/subpage:
    {{FPCresult|Delisted|}} --~~~~
    • Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.
  2. Replace the {{Featured picture}} tag from the image with {{FormerFeaturedPicture|delist/''Image name''}}.
  3. Remove the image from the appropriate sub-page of Wikipedia:Featured pictures and the appropriate section of Wikipedia:Featured pictures thumbs.

If consensus is to REPLACE (and at least one of the images is used in articles), perform the following:

  1. Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/delist/subpage:
    {{FPCresult|Replaced|}} with File:NEW_IMAGE_FILENAME.JPG --~~~~
    • Do NOT put any other information inside the FPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.
    • Replace NEW_IMAGE_FILENAME.JPG with the name of the replacement file.
  2. Replace the {{Featured picture}} tag from the delisted image with {{FormerFeaturedPicture|delist/''Image name''}}.
  3. Update the replacement picture's tag, adding the tag {{Featured picture|delist/image_name}} (replace image_name with the nomination page name, i.e., the image_name from Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/delist/image_name). Remove any no longer applicable tags from the original, replacement and from any other alternatives. If the alternatives were on Commons and no longer have any tags, be sure to tag the description page with {{missing image}}.
  4. Replace the delisted Featured Picture in all articles with the new replacement Featured Picture version. Do NOT replace the original in non-article space, such as Talk Pages, FPC nominations, archives, etc.
  5. Ensure that the replacement image is included on the appropriate sub-page of Wikipedia:Featured pictures and the appropriate section of Wikipedia:Featured pictures thumbs. Do this by replacing the original image with the new replacement image; do not add the replacement as a new Featured Picture.

Then perform the following, regardless of the outcome:

  1. Move the nomination entry to the top of the "Recently closed nominations" section. It will remain there for three days after closing so others can review the nomination. This is done by simply moving the line {{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Image name}} to the top of the section.
  2. Add the nomination entry to the bottom of the archived delist nominations. This is done by simply adding the line {{Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Image name}} to the bottom of the appropriate section of the archive.
  3. If the nomination is listed at Template:FPC urgents, remove it.

Recently closed nominations

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Nominations in this category have already been closed and are here for the purposes of closure review by FPC contributors. Please do not add any further comments or votes regarding the original nomination. If you wish to discuss any of these closures, please do so at Wikipedia talk:Featured picture candidates. Nominations will stay here for three full days following closure and subsequently be removed.

Barack Obama announces the death of Osama bin Laden

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 22 Sep 2026 at 21:08:03 (UTC)

Original – President Barack Obama announces that Osama bin Laden has been killed in a SEAL Team Six operation in Pakistan. May 2, 2011.
Reason
High EV. One of the defining moments of Obama's presidency.
Articles in which this image appears
September 11 attacks, Killing of Osama bin Laden, Presidency of Barack Obama
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/American
Creator
White House

Promoted File:President Obama on Death of Osama bin Laden no watermark.webm --Armbrust The Homunculus 00:20, 23 September 2026 (UTC)reply

Nu Virgos (VIA Gra)

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 22 Sep 2026 at 18:02:03 (UTC)

Original – VIA Gra, known internationally as Nu Virgos, was a Ukrainian girl group formed in 2000. The photo shows the group's golden lineup of Vera Brezhneva, Anna Sedokova and Nadia Meiher (left to right) with the Golden Gramophone Award in 2003. The group was disbanded in 2025.
Reason
High EV with the group's classical lineup (before frequent shakeups) and a music award, back in the day when Russia still had decent relations (taken in Moscow).
Articles in which this image appears
Nu Virgos, Anna Sedokova, Vera Brezhneva
FP category for this image
Entertainment
Creator
Vasily Smirnov

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:30, 22 September 2026 (UTC)reply

Bustle

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 21 Sep 2026 at 20:28:13 (UTC)

Original – A mannequin fitted with a bustle c. 1885, as well as other period clothing items
Reason
Museum photograph of the clothing item in question. Excellent technical presentation and high EV for its article.
Articles in which this image appears
Bustle
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Culture and lifestyle
Creator
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LACMA Image Library. Individual photographer not named.

Promoted File:Bustle c. 1885.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:59, 21 September 2026 (UTC)reply

Remains of the Tollund Man

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 21 Sep 2026 at 04:11:18 (UTC)

Original – The Tollund Man is a well-preserved Pre-Roman Iron Age bog body found in Denmark in 1950. The image shows the Tollund Man around the time of the discovery, including his entire body, which was not preserved.
Reason
High quality image with EV. The remains of the body do not exist anymore, which also gives the image some uniqueness.
Articles in which this image appears
Tollund Man, Human sacrifice, May 1950
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Others
Creator
Nationalmuseet

Promoted File:Tollundmanden DO-10895 original.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 04:12, 21 September 2026 (UTC)reply

Geoffrey Hinton

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 21 Sep 2026 at 02:50:16 (UTC)

Original – a caption for the image, providing adequate context for voters on WP:FPC
Reason
EV and HQ
Articles in which this image appears
Geoffrey Hinton, University of Edinburgh and List of University of Edinburgh people
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering
Creator
Cmichel67

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:41, 21 September 2026 (UTC)reply

Joy-Con 2

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 20 Sep 2026 at 17:54:45 (UTC)

Original – A detached set of light blue (left) and light red (right) Joy-Con 2 controllers. These colours came with the original release of the Switch 2 in 2025.
Reason
High technical quality and EV
Articles in which this image appears
Joy-Con, List of game controllers
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Electronics
Creator
 — Chris Woodrich (talk)

Promoted File:Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Con 2 Blue and Orange.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:25, 20 September 2026 (UTC)reply

Wat Pariwat Ratchasongkram ubosot Bangkok Thailand

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Voting period ends on 29 Sep 2026 at 18:09:22 (UTC)

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

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 05:58, 20 September 2026 (UTC)reply

Solar eclipse of August 12, 2026/2

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 19 Sep 2026 at 17:50:00 (UTC)

Original – Solar eclipse of August 12, 2026, from Torrehermosa, Spain. Solar prominences and Baily's beads clearly visible on the left, right and at the top.
Reason
EV and FP
Articles in which this image appears
Solar eclipse of August 12, 2026
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Understanding
Creator
Lviatour

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:04, 19 September 2026 (UTC)reply

Tianqi Emperor

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 18 Sep 2026 at 16:34:47 (UTC)

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

Promoted File:Portrait assis de l'empereur Tianqi.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:20, 18 September 2026 (UTC)reply

Suspended nominations

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

The Dark Side of the Moon album cover

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Voting period ends on 1 Oct 2026 at 22:02:30 (UTC)

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