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

Featured content:

Featured picture tools:

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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Trindade and Martim Vaz


Current nominations

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John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen/2

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Voting period ends on 1 May 2025 at 23:16:37 (UTC)

Original – Portrait of Johan Maurits (1604-1679), Count of Nassau-Siegen, Founder of the Mauritshuis, by Jan de Baen, c.1668
Reason
High EV and reproduction
Articles in which this image appears
John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen, Mauritshuis, Pernambuco, John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen, Margaret of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg and Eighty Years' War, 1621–1648
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Jan de Baen

Thousand yard stare

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Voting period ends on 30 Apr 2025 at 20:03:59 (UTC)

Original – A Marine is pulled aboard a Coast Guard transport after returning from battle on Eniwetok, 1944
Reason
notable picture used in several articles, restored. I replaced the image with a restored version (previous nom.: Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Thousand yard stare)
Articles in which this image appears
Thousand-yard stare, Battle of Eniwetok, Combat stress reaction, Ray Platnick, Ebon Atoll, List of United States Marine Corps acronyms and expressions, Close Combat (video game)
FP category for this image
Creator
Ray Platnick, restored by Yann Forget

Ciudad Mitad del Mundo

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Voting period ends on 30 Apr 2025 at 18:08:10 (UTC)

Original – The Monument to the Equator at Ciudad Mitad del Mundo, Quito, Ecuador
Reason
HQ and EV
Articles in which this image appears
Ciudad Mitad del Mundo
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Others
Creator
Poco a poco

Garcinia humilis

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Voting period ends on 30 Apr 2025 at 13:48:45 (UTC)

Original – Achacha (Garcinia humilis) fruits and seed. Grown in Brazil
Reason
High resolution. Good composition. FP candidate on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Garcinia humilis
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Plants/Fruits
Creator
Iifar

Tufted titmouse

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Voting period ends on 30 Apr 2025 at 10:09:50 (UTC)

Original – Tufted titmouse in Central Park.
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears
Tufted titmouse
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Rhododendrites

Blackspotted puffer

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Voting period ends on 30 Apr 2025 at 10:07:55 (UTC)

Original – Blackspotted puffer (Arothron nigropunctatus), Anilao, Philippines
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears
Blackspotted puffer
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Fish
Creator
Diego Delso

Auckland CBD

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Voting period ends on 28 Apr 2025 at 21:50:13 (UTC)

Original – Skyline of the Auckland CBD seen from Devonport in 2010
Reason
HQ and EV
Articles in which this image appears
Auckland CBD, Economy of Oceania and List of cities by country
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban
Creator
DXR

Toronto's skyline

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Voting period ends on 28 Apr 2025 at 01:08:21 (UTC)

Original – Panoramic photography of the Toronto's skyline featuring Rogers Centre, CN Tower, city centre and harbour
Reason
HQ, huge resolution and EV
Articles in which this image appears
Skyline
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Panorama
Creator
SkiEngineer

Trindade and Martim Vaz

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Voting period ends on 26 Apr 2025 at 23:38:21 (UTC)

Original – Rocky cliffs of Trindade Island, Trindade and Martim Vaz, Espírito Santo, Brazil
Reason
FP on Commons
Articles in which this image appears
Trindade and Martim Vaz
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator
Simone Marinho

Tom Brady in 2019

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Voting period ends on 26 Apr 2025 at 14:18:58 (UTC)

Original – Tom Brady holding the football in a game against the Washington Redskins in 2019
Reason
Good image of Tom Brady: the greatest football player in history, high quality, picture of him in action. P.S. theres a lot of good photos of some of the best athletes in sports such as Basketball, Baseball, and Football so I'm gonna start nominating more
Articles in which this image appears
Tom Brady, Quarterback
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Sport
Creator
All Pro Reels

Qutb Minar

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Voting period ends on 24 Apr 2025 at 13:38:49 (UTC)

Original – Qutb Minar, Delhi, India
Reason
HQ and EV
Articles in which this image appears
Qutb Minar and Mamluk dynasty (Delhi)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Sfu


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 April 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.

Gurudongmar Lake

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 23 Apr 2025 at 13:26:39 (UTC)

Original – Partially frozen Gurudongmar Lake in Sikkim, India
Reason
Goood quality; unanimous FP at commons
Articles in which this image appears
Gurudongmar Lake, Himalayas
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Landscapes
Creator
Yoghya (edited by UnpetitproleX)

Promoted File:Gurudongmar Lake Sikkim, India (edit).jpg --– 🌻 Hilst (talk | contribs) 13:32, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Viñales

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 23 Apr 2025 at 13:13:32 (UTC)

Original – 2 men dragging their bikes at Viñales (Cuba)
Reason
A beautiful photo that encloses 2 of the main topics of Viñales: Full green of the nature and people biking
Articles in which this image appears
Viñales
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Others
Creator
Wilnel José Verdú Guerrero
Please could you explain why you are suddenly visiting FPC to support a single image, the only one that doesn't belong to any article. -- Basile Morin (talk) 00:48, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
He wasn't unfriendly; that's the guidelines. ArionStar (talk) 02:55, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --– 🌻 Hilst (talk | contribs) 13:29, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Czapski Palace

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 23 Apr 2025 at 10:00:35 (UTC)

Original – Czapski Palace in Warsaw, main building.
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears
Czapski Palace, Warsaw, Rococo, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Adrian Grycuk

Promoted File:Pałac Czapskich w Warszawie 2021.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:01, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Golden-crowned kinglet

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 23 Apr 2025 at 09:47:18 (UTC)

Original – A Golden-Crowned Kinglet at Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge.
Reason
Unanimously featured on Commons. Headline image.
Articles in which this image appears
Golden-crowned kinglet, Regulus (bird)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Charles Homler

Promoted File:Golden-Crowned Kinglet EBFNWR.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:48, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]


Delist and replace: Frederic Chopin

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 21 Apr 2025 at 14:11:02 (UTC)

This version is lacking detail (though it has been overwritten since its nomination), color, and it (horror!) isn't the full picture.
This is the original toning, the full picture (though a crop would be acceptable), and isn't blotchy and lacking detail.
Reason
As explained above, this is a much higher-resolution and more detailed photo.
Articles this image appears in
All mainspace uses have been replaced for now:
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Frederic Chopin photo.jpeg
Nominator
JayCubby
  • listen, the original one isn't good, but it is adequete and should remain its way. on the other hand, this one is HORRIBLE and the details are hard to pick out. There is no crop so most of the photo is just the outside boundary anyway. No features are good and the quality does not make it qualified in anyway Wcamp9 (talk) 21:13, 13 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delisted --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:11, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]


Alexei Navalny

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 20 Apr 2025 at 04:01:26 (UTC)

Original – Roman Rubanov, Alexei Navalny and Ivan Zhdanov at a meeting of the Central Election Commission in December 2017
Reason
Politically historic in Russian recent times
Articles in which this image appears
Alexei Navalny, Roman Rubanov and Ivan Zhdanov
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
Creator
Evgenyfeldman

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 04:02, 20 April 2025 (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.

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