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An unnamed person after being lynched in an unknown locale in 1925.
Reason
I think the photographic decisions reinforce a narrative, and it's not one I like: Not photographing the face is a photographic decision that reinforces the dehumanisation of the victim. The hat - seriously, why would he still be wearing a hat after a violent lynching - hides any evidence of beatings prior to the lynching. His neck is hidden by the collar, hiding the actual lynching except for a short bit of chain. His arms are tied, but that isn't particularly visible. It feels like this photograph was staged, the body arranged to lessen the violence, and hide the humanity of the victim.
There's also an extreme lack of documentation for this image. Other than knowing it comes from 1925, we don't know where it happened, we don't know who it happened to. And, I hesitate to say this, but the lack of documentation means we don't even know for certain this was a real hanging: stage rigs for fake-hanging someone aren't particularly complex. (Obviously, lynchings happen, but that would go some way to explaining some of the other features of the image).
Articles this image appears in
Leonidas C. Dyer, Lynching
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Lynching
Nominator
Durova

Kept --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:35, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]


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Chestnut-headed Bee-eater (Merops leschenaulti), Kaeng Krachan, Phetchaburi, Thailand
Not for delisting: the new FP
Reason
Replaced by newly promoted FP File:Chestnut-headed bee-eater (Merops leschenaulti) Yala.jpg.
Articles this image appears in
None
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Merops leschenaulti - Kaeng Krachan.jpg
Nominator
MER-C
Comparing the two, the busy background of the new FP isn't ideal in this case, IMO. Bammesk (talk) 16:04, 12 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Kept --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:48, 19 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]



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Dream of the Fisherman's Wife
Reason
I'm willing to stand up against censorship, but I'd like the image to be of FP quality first. This is just not a good reproduction. The restoration's decent as far as it goes, but the scan wasn't great and the colours are terrible. This version might be acceptable, if we can get it downloaded.
Articles this image appears in
Dream of the Fisherman's Wife and quite a few others.
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Tako to Ama, Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Dream of the Fisherman's Wife
Nominator
Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.9% of all FPs

Kept --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:53, 8 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]


Replaced

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Dorie Miller, cropped - current FP
Full restoration (by me) - for replacement
Reason
Not quite sure why this was cut off in the original restoration; I presume in imitation of a magazine I found, combined with some really nasty damage to the tie that was... quite a restoration work.
Articles this image appears in
Dorie Miller +2
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Dorie Miller
Nominator
Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.7% of all FPs

Replaced with File:Dorie Miller - Restoration, full.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 05:38, 4 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]


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Delist
Replacement
Reason
Unused, replaced long ago in articles with a better quality image presented here as replacement.
Articles this image appears in
List of works by Vincent van Gogh, Wheat Fields
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/A collection of paintings of that strange wild man who roamed the fields of Provence
Nominator
--- C&C (Coffeeandcrumbs)

Replaced with File:Korenveld - s0146V1962 - Van Gogh Museum.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:42, 11 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]


Delisted

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A ripened avocado fruit with its cross section
Newly promoted FP for comparison. Not for delisting
Reason
Replaced with newly promoted FP File:Avocado Hass - single and halved.jpg.
Articles this image appears in
None
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Avocado with cross section.jpg, Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Avocado cross section
Nominator
MER-C

Delisted --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:17, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]



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A riffle shuffle being performed during a game of poker.
Reason
Noticed that this image fails the second criterion as its 1,024 × 731 pixels, being much too small for the minimum.
Articles this image appears in
Shuffling
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Shuffle, Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Shuffle delist
Nominator
GamerPro64

Delisted --Armbrust The Homunculus 02:46, 18 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]



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Northern Mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos, Humber Bay Park (West), Toronto, Canada
Not for delisting: the newly promoted FP
Reason
Replaced by newly promoted FP File:Mockingbird in Bay Ridge (85082).jpg.
Articles this image appears in
Residual uses, can be replaced.
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Image:Mimus-polyglottos-002 edit.jpg
Nominator
MER-C

Delisted --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:39, 25 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]



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Love or Duty by Gabriele Castagnola, restored by Durova from an old Library of Congress Scan. Has a strong yellow cast (admittedly, attractive, but not accurate from what I can tell) and (relatively) low resolution
Proposed replacement, restored by Adam Cuerden from a better scan.
Reason
Quite simply, the Library of Congress has rescanned this, it's now far, far better quality than the one we used to have, and thus a much better restoration can be done. Also, given it's used on Chromolithography, cutting out the colour check on the right - which shows the inks appearing in it and provides a quick check that all of them were printed - seems counterproductive when it only adds value. A defining feature of Chromolithography is the number of inks used in the high-end stuff, which this demonstrates.
On the restoration, I've checked, and in other paintings of the same scene he made he put a paint spill on the ground about where there's a blotch in this one, so I think that blotch in the shadow between her and the easel is meant to be there.
Articles this image appears in
Chromolithography, and, perhaps more questionably, Gabriele Castagnola
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/"Love or Duty" and Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Love or dutyb.jpg
Nominator
Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.9% of all FPs

Delisted --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:06, 17 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]


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Su-27 on landing
Reason
Low quality, composition, not used in any article
Articles this image appears in
-
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Su-27 on landing
Nominator
Andrei (talk)

Delisted --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:57, 19 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]



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Reason
Legs appear heavily photoshopped (where are her knees?), butt proportions seem way off, spine should likely have cracked.... Honestly, I think this was a reasonable FP for when it happened, and it should have been on the main page years ago. But it's far, far too late for it now.
Articles this image appears in
Michele Merkin, Handbra
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Michele Merkin 1.jpg Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Image:Michele Merkin 1.jpg
Nominator
Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.9% of all FPs
  • DelistAdam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.9% of all FPs 18:37, 14 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delist – EV, i.e. I don't see much in her article that relates to nudity in her career. Bammesk (talk) 02:23, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delist Not a horrible photo, but not featured quality. Looking at it, i fail to see any educational value. The helper5667 (talk) 03:35, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    • I think best case scenario, it's a photo of her, in her job as a model. However, it's also not even the lead image in her article. I have the vague idea it used to be in glamour photography, which I think would do a lot to justify it, but it's not there now. And then there's the... simply terrible usage from the original nomination. [2]. I somewhat feel bad nominating it, because I feel as POTD co-ordinator I should be a little more dispassionate, but it's also clear people are willing to spend three pages complaining about how bad of an image it is without taking any concrete action, so perhaps I can justify the nomination on the grounds of "I'm speaking up for people who will not listen to advice on proper forum to deal with the objections they're making". Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.9% of all FPs 17:01, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I am not familiar with the featured picture process so I have no vote, but I would like to point out that this picture is being discussed at Talk:Main Page#Planned POTD 2022-06-13 (File:Michele Merkin 1.jpg). Delisting this image does not resolve questions of what is or is not appropriate for POTD. Polycarpa aurata (talk) 03:45, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Actually, if the objection is, as it was there, that the image isn't good enough for featured picture status, this 100% resolves the question. If there's anything else worth objecting to in the queue, I'm 100% sure I'll hear about it. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.9% of all FPs 17:22, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
That comment from a single user did not refer to the image's status as a featured picture. It referred to suitability as an image to be POTD. Polycarpa aurata (talk) 23:16, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
This, not POTD, is the most appropriate venue to deal with quality issues. Other issues are irrelevant if quality isn't there, because quality alone can block it. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.9% of all FPs 01:06, 17 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Delisted --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:16, 24 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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MIsidentified mushroom
Reason
Not used in any English Wikipedia articles, and per User talk:Sasata/Archive 23#POTD notification 2 it is likely misidentified.
Articles this image appears in
N/A
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Amanita caesarea
Nominator
--Ahecht (TALK
PAGE
)

Delisted --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:45, 25 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]


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Ivan the Terrible and Harsey
Suggested replacement: Not tiny, not bad quality, exists.
Reason
Tiny, bad quality, nothing to replace with
Articles this image appears in
none
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Ivan the Terrible
Nominator
Andrei (talk)

Delisted --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:36, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]



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False-color image
Replace – higher quality version
Reason
This image is not used in any articles, and has no longer EV
Articles this image appears in
None
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Uranus
Nominator
The NMI User (talk)

Delisted --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:30, 3 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]



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Landscape Arch
Not for delisting: the newly promoted FP
Reason
Replaced with newly promoted FP File:Landscape Arch Utah.jpg.
Articles this image appears in
None
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Landscape Arch
Nominator
MER-C

Delisted --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:16, 30 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]



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Purple mangosteen fruit (Garcinia mangostana)
Reason
A higher resolution image, Here, was recently nominated, Here, and passed. The nominated image has a low pixel count (less than 1500 pixels) and is no longer used in articles.
Articles this image appears in
None
Previous nomination/s
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Purple mangosteen
Nominator
Bammesk (talk)

Delisted --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:55, 30 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]



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