


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". 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. Note that anonymous votes are generally disregarded, as are opinions of sockpuppets. Consensus is generally regarded to be a two-thirds majority in support, including the nominator. The user may be able to address the issues and avoid the delisting of the picture.įor 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. 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. Create a subpage (use the "For Delists" field, below) and add the subpage to the current nominations section. You may also request a featured picture be replaced with a superior image. 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.Ī featured picture can be nominated for delisting if you feel it no longer lives up to featured picture standards.
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The archive contains all opinions and comments collected for candidate nominations and their nomination results. Nominations started in December are given three extra days, due to the holidays slowing down activity here. If necessary, decisions about close candidacies will be made on a case-by-case basis. However, only those who have been on Wikipedia for 25 days and with at least 100 edits will be included in the numerical count. 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.Īll users may comment. 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.įor 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. 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. 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.
