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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 in the log pages and in the candidate archives. 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, 2026 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, PDFs, 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}}

Nominations are time-sensitive and for one-time use only. An automatic clock starts as soon as they are created. Do not create them in advance, save them for later or re-activate them.

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. They should be added by, or at the request of, the nominator.

An 'Alternative' is created by adding a sub-section to the nomination page: ====Alternative==== [[File:Foo.jpg|300px]] *{{info}} A short description.

Voting

Editors whose accounts have at least 10 days and 100 constructive, stable edits on Commons (excluding user and talk pages) 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 100 constructive, stable edits on Commons (excluding user and talk pages) 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 (“alternatives”) of the image as well as delist-and-replace 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. Hint: Until summer 2025, the bot was also not able to process FPXed, FPDed and withdrawn nominations as well as delist nominations; this has been fixed, users do not need to close such nominations anymore.

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:Daucus-carota-Sitia-Crete-Greece.jpg

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Daucus carota. Sitia, Crete, Greece.

File:Cuckoo in Surrey, England.jpg

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File:2026-04-26 Z5-7300E Achim-Lammerts Veronica-chamaedrys.jpg

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The common speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys) with its characteristic deep-blue flowers

File:Ohrenlerche (Eremophila alpestris flava) am Belchengipfel 02.jpg

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Horned lark (Eremophila alpestris flava) in snow

File:The camel driver and the dromedary.jpg

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File:Passion of Jesus (Pieta from 1400−1410, Narodna galerija Slovenije).jpg

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Passion of Jesus (Pieta from 1400−1410, National Gallery Slovenia.

File:Durbuy - L'Ourthe et le château.jpg

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The Ourthe River, which flows through the town of Durbuy in Belgium at the foot of the castle

File:Black-throated Prinia in Mungpoo May 2025 by Tisha Mukherjee 01.jpg

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Black-throated Prinia (Prinia atrogularis)

File:Put van Nederhorst in de mist. 01-04-2026. (d.j.b) 19.jpg

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File:(Map of the complete island of Cuba). LOC 2003623399.jpg

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File:Inland Sea 2025-05-02.jpg

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Inland Sea

File:Wied il-Għasri 2025-05-05.jpg

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Wied il-Għasri

 Comment excellent light, sharpness and composition. But some artefacts (rocks and water) in the left corner below prevents me of a support. do you think you could correct ?--Jebulon (talk) 19:13, 10 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

File:Birds eye view of a paddy field near Bhutiachang, Udalguri District.jpg

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Birds eye view of a paddy field near Bhutiachang, Udalguri District, Assam.

File:Edward Knight Collins, restored and colorized.jpg

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Edward K.Collins I (5 August 1802 – 22 January 1878) was an American shipping magnate.
This work was very difficult and tedious. For this restoration I used mainly GIMP, and FLOW.

-- Jebulon (talk) 17:12, 10 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

File:Itsukushima-jinja torii at sunset, Miyajima, Japan, 20240816 1812 4144.jpg

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Floating torii gate in Miyajima at sunset

File:DSC09516 Edge East Side Tower, Berlin, 2025-09.jpg

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Worm's eye view of the Edge East Side Tower, with clouds reflecting in its glass facade. After its completion at the end of 2023, it (still) is the tallest multistory building of Berlin.

File:Stone lattice, Windsor, Ontario, 2026-05-09 02.jpg

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Stone lattice, Windsor, Ontario

File:Ant on golden club (24749).jpg

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Formica ant on golden club

File:Louis XVI, avoit mis le Bonnet rouge, il avoit crié vive la nation, ... restored.jpg

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A satirical 18th-century engraving depicting King Louis XVI of France during the revolutionary events of June 20, 1792
You're right @Charlesjsharp: I uploaded the true version, thanks! --Ezarateesteban 20:22, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Fixed, thanks! --Ezarateesteban 22:52, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I improved the restoration --Ezarateesteban 18:51, 10 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

File:Profile portrait of Joseph Pulitzer.jpg

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Profile portrait of Joseph Pulitzer facing left.

File:A micrograph showing four ostracods.jpg

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File:Mandelbrot Set Image 94.png

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Fragment of the Mandelbrot set. 100 Megapixels (10,000 x 10,000 px) with 8x SSAA. And resembling multiple eyes.

File:Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) Moorea 4.jpg

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File:Curiosity Self-Portrait at 'Big Sky' Drilling Site.jpg

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Self-portrait of the Curiosity rover on Mars

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File:A Swirl of a Day for Phytoplankton (154086).jpg

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A bloom of phytoplankton in the Gulf of Oman, as seen from Earth orbit. I believe that the small bright objects making trails over the bloom are ships.

File:Stolperstein Marburg Richard Hartmann Bahnhofstr 3 (2026).jpg

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Stolperstein for Richard Hartmann embedded in tactile paving for visually impaired pedestrians, Bahnhofstraße 3, Marburg.

File:20171125 Day 8 studio24596.jpg

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Congo Tales photograph by Pieter Henket

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Cope and coronation robe known as Cappa Leonis (silver velvet, silk, gold and silver thread, gilded silver rosettes, 100 silver bells without clappers, pearls and precious stones; before 1349, altered 1520) in the Aachen Cathedral Treasury

File:Reliquar-Geißelstrick-Christi-Aachener-Domschatz-2026.jpg

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Reliquary for the scourge of Christ, displayed at the Aachen Cathedral Treasury. Gilded silver, rock crystal, precious stones, pearls, antique and medieval engraved gems; Prague (?), circa 1380. photographic technique: focus stack, hand-held
Thank you very much for your comment, Jebulon — and first of all, please feel free to oppose if you think that is appropriate.
Are you sure you were looking at the latest version of the image? I had several cache-related issues after uploading updates (Ctrl+Shift+R may help).
There are indeed a very small number of areas where I intentionally did not fully remove the background, for example in the uppermost tower window. Any further masking there causes the very delicate rear opening to lose too much precision and visibility. The same applies to a few other areas: additional masking consistently resulted in a noticeable degradation of the overall appearance.
Regarding the noise: this is always a matter of balance. I generally avoid aggressive noise reduction because, especially for such an important artefact, my priority is preserving the surface detail as accurately as possible. For example, please look at the fine details in the braided cord or the subtle details in the glass.
A few words about the shooting technique as well: I usually strongly underexpose highly reflective gold surfaces in order to avoid blown highlights — see the out-of-camera image here: https://ibb.co/vxMJTXDn
When lifting the shadows significantly during RAW processing, some level of noise becomes unavoidable, even at ISO 200. Since I am not allowed to use either a tripod or, even more so, a flash inside the museum, I shoot wide open (here: f/1.8) and choose the slowest shutter speed at which I can still reliably obtain sharp handheld images (here: 1/40 s). --Tuxyso (talk) 18:21, 10 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for explanation. I know how difficult are museum shots… Jebulon (talk) 18:50, 10 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]


File:M24 - VST - potw2237a.jpg

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Barnard 92 and 93 in front of Sharpless 41, embedded in the Small Sagittarius Star Cloud.

File:Grnčarska radionica.jpg

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Men at work in a pottery workshop in Smederevska Palanka, Serbia

File:Averau from Fedare at Passo Giau, Belluno, Veneto, Italy, 2025 October.jpg

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Monte Averau
  • You're very welcome. I think the light is very special in this picture and it's what it made it stand out when I was browsing QI for possible candidates. Cmao20 (talk) 00:28, 10 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

File:004 Great horned owl under a Pink Ipê tree in Encontro das Águas State Park Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg

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Great horned owl

File:MK&G Zweimanualiges Cembalo 2000.532.jpg

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Harpsichord created by Pascal Taskin (1723–1793)

File:Catedral de Santa Cecilia, Albi, Francia, 2023-01-07, DD 89-91 HDR.jpg

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High altar of the Saint Cecil Cathedral (Cathédrale Sainte-Cécile) in Albi, France.

File:Main Gate Chellah Rabat Nov25 A7CR 08921.jpg

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The main gate of Chellah, Rabat, Morocco

File:Wien - SPÖ-Maiaufmarsch (a).JPG

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1st of May demonstration in Vienna
  • Gallery: Commons:Featured_pictures/Places/Other#Austria
  •  Info 1st of May demonstration of the SPÖ at Rathausplatz in Vienna. Created, uploaded and nominated by me -- Bwag (talk) 10:53, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Neutral -- Bwag (talk) 10:53, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose Not with the cut tower. Yann (talk) 18:52, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    This is not an architectural photograph; the focus is on documenting the 1st of May demonstration. -- Bwag (talk) 19:33, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, I know, but still. Yann (talk) 21:32, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Weak oppose Tower cutting off is distracting. Perhaps a crop could improve this? TheBritinator (talk) 23:47, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Oppose I know the location quite well, also in regards of how difficult it is to get the entire facade of this high and wide town hall into a photo. I guess stitching would have been the way to go. --Aciarium ⚒ (talk) 19:03, 10 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    The subject is the 1st of May demonstration, not the town hall. Therefore, I see no need to create an "art photograph" like stitching. -- Bwag (talk) 20:29, 10 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks for the clarification. If you strictly see the demonstration (the people and the stage) as the subject, then the shot shows too much of the city hall for it not to be distracting, and the group of people at the bottom is cropped too tightly from the bottom. On the other hand, if the overall May 1st celebrations on the square (including both the event in the foreground and the building in the background) were the subject, the city hall would become an integral element, both visually and in regards of storytelling. The current composition perfectly guides the viewer's eyes from the bottom edge across the people and stage to a beautifully-lit, full-frontal view of the city hall's protruding facade, decorated with banners to celebrate the occasion. All of this provides excellent framing to the picture's central vertical axis and the building's main architectural feature, the tower; but remains unsatisfying since it is cut off. --Aciarium ⚒ (talk) 10:42, 11 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

File:Rolling Hills - Wolf Crossing, Arizona.jpg

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File:Perchtoldsdorf Pfarrkirche Josefsfenster 01.jpg

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Josefsfenster Perchtoldsdorf

File:OCHA OpT September 2023 map of the Gaza Strip.pdf

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File:Basílica, Javier, Navarra, España, 2023-01-05, DD 86-88 HDR.jpg

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Basilica, Xavier, Navarre, Spain.
  • Explanation: it concerns both windows. To me, the light coming through is far too intense. The stained glass images on both windows are distorted and blown out at the edges. The blue glow shining through the windows is far too intense. In my opinion, the photo would have been much more beautiful if it had been taken at a different time. Of course, this is my personal opinion. Reading Charlesjsharp's comment, the photo will turn out fine.--Famberhorst (talk) 15:38, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

File:Water strider (Gerridae sp.) Makiling.jpg

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Water strider (Gerridae sp.)
  • JayCubby, thank you very much for the kind mention - I really appreciate it. I'd honestly love to try a fresh RAW development from the original files, especially since I personally feel that upscaling should generally not be accepted at FPC (and ideally not at QIC either), unless the upscaling itself is the subject being documented. Unfortunately I'm currently away from home and limited to mobile devices only, so I'm a bit restricted at the moment and probably not the best option for a quick turnaround. Also, I should admit that I unfortunately do not yet have practical experience with focus stacking itself, since my rather simple camera setup does not support that workflow. Perhaps another colleague with more stacking experience could help in the meantime. Best regards, -- Radomianin (talk) 02:52, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • The in-camera focus-stacking on the Canon R6 is great to see if your photos have covered all the focus points you want, but is useless for final editing where stacking errors must be corrected before saving. I use Helicon Focus from Ukraine. Enlargement has been around since photography was invented, but in those says, detail was lost. Topaz Photo (previously Topaz Photo AI) has a 'High Fidelity' setting (with sliders set at 1) which allows simple enlargement with no loss of detail. The use of Topaz AI and Lighroom AI is permitted in many Wildlife Photography Competitions like the British Wildlife Photography Awards. FPC is not a competition of course, but reputable photo competitions do not allow the amount of cloning done by Commons photographers (flipping images, adding clouds, removing annoying sticks etc.) and cloning is frequently requested by voters. In this nomination I have removed dozens of floating bits and pieces and random reflections which would mean this would be fine in an 'photographic art' category, but would not be acceptable in a wildlife category. For many of us, having our images in Wikipedia/Wikidata/other Wikis is important and I think the level of cloning we do is about right, though without RAW files no one can see how honest we are... Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:17, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Charles, thank you very much for the detailed explanation and for being so transparent about your workflow - that is genuinely appreciated. I also think the balance between careful cleanup and preserving documentary value is an important discussion for Commons, especially in the context of educational use across Wikimedia projects. Best regards, -- Radomianin (talk) 08:27, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • According to Commons Photography Terms: In almost all cases, upsampling makes the file larger but adds no additional information. For this reason, images on Wikimedia Commons should, in general, not be upsampled. (Link) The underlying reason is that upscaling does not add any new image information, but only interpolates existing pixels. For FPC context, this is typically not considered a genuine quality improvement, but rather a technical alteration of the image's apparent resolution. -- Radomianin (talk) 18:01, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Addendum: For broader context regarding upscaling on Wikimedia Commons, including current discussions around AI-assisted workflows, see here. The page notes that AI-based upscaling may introduce speculative or non-original details, which is why upscaled images on Commons generally require transparent documentation of the workflow used. -- Radomianin (talk) 08:41, 12 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

File:Red fox kits playing Bombay Hook (36455).jpg

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American red fox kits playing

File:Argiope lobata - tunisia.jpg, featured

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Result: 13 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /FPCBot (talk) 13:04, 12 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

File:Gadwall (51156826697).jpg

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Gadwall gliding through the water

File:Camel's eye.jpg

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File:Stiftskirche Herzogenburg Orgel 06.JPG (delist)

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File:Least sandpiper (52870202210).jpg

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Least Sandpiper standing on a rock, staring intently

File:Parque Nacional dos Lençóis Maranhenses Paulo Cattelan (03).jpg

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Lençóis Maranhenses National Park

Sansad Bhavan of Nepal

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    Before Genz Protest in Nepal
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    After Genz Protest in Nepal

File:Narayanhiti Palace-070A1259.jpg

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File:DSC07721 Palm House and Benches, Flower Gardens Hirschstetten, 2025-07.jpg

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Benches in front of the Palm House of the Flower Gardens Hirschstetten, Vienna, Austria.

File:Durbuy vu du jardin de l'anticlinal.jpg

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The historic center of Durbuy in Belgium, seen from the Anticlinal rock garden

File:Galerida cristata - tunisia.jpg

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File:Dülmen, Merfeld, Merfelder Bruch, Dülmener Wildpferde -- 2026 -- 0972.jpg

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Dülmen wild horses in the Merfelder Bruch, Merfeld, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  • As for the eye discharge, I had initially considered removing it digitally, but these are wild horses, and that’s just part of being a horse. -- XRay 💬 19:11, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    I think it was good to leave it, it was not a criticism to remove it, I understand that it is part of a natural scene to see this, I appreciate your explanation and your courage in not editing it Wilfredor (talk) 19:26, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • In this context, I should perhaps mention that visitors are not allowed to touch (pet) or feed the horses. Contact with humans has been significantly reduced, and only a few photography groups are now permitted to get so close to the horses. -- XRay 💬 19:16, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Zepellin on flying display at AERO Friedrichshafen 2025
Very much so. Thank you. JayCubby (talk) 12:30, 4 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed results:
Result: 8 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 16:04, 12 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Objects/Vehicles/Air transport#Aerostats

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Jungle Prinia (Prinia sylvatica)
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Result: 9 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 16:05, 12 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Birds/Passeriformes#Family : Cisticolidae (Cisticolas)


Timetable (day 5 after nomination)

Thu 07 May → Tue 12 May
Fri 08 May → Wed 13 May
Sat 09 May → Thu 14 May
Sun 10 May → Fri 15 May
Mon 11 May → Sat 16 May
Tue 12 May → Sun 17 May

Timetable (day 9 after nomination, last day of voting)

Sun 03 May → Tue 12 May
Mon 04 May → Wed 13 May
Tue 05 May → Thu 14 May
Wed 06 May → Fri 15 May
Thu 07 May → Sat 16 May
Fri 08 May → Sun 17 May
Sat 09 May → Mon 18 May
Sun 10 May → Tue 19 May
Mon 11 May → Wed 20 May
Tue 12 May → Thu 21 May

Closing nominations manually

The following description explains how to close nominations manually. Normally this is not necessary, as FPCBot takes care of counting the votes, closing and archiving the nominations. When the Bot has counted the votes, a user needs to check and approve the result; everything else is done by the Bot. Therefore, the following instructions are normally only needed for delist-and-replace nominations that the Bot cannot (yet) process, and in case the Bot malfunctions. The closing can be done by any experienced user. If you need help, just ask on the FPC talk page.

  1. On Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list click on the title/link of the nomination, then [edit].
    • Add the result of the voting at the bottom (on a new line):
      {{FPC-results-reviewed|support=x|oppose=x|neutral=x|featured=(“yes” or “no”)|gallery=xxx|sig=~~~~}}
      (You can leave the gallery parameter blank if the image was not featured. If the nomination contains alternatives, you must add the alternative=xxx parameter with the name of the selected image between the gallery and the sig parameter. See {{FPC-results-reviewed}} for examples and more explanations.)
    • Edit the title of the nomination and add featured or not featured after the link – for example:
      === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] ===
      becomes
      === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], featured ===
    • Save your edit.
  2. If it is featured:
    1. Add the picture to the list of the four most recently featured pictures of an appropriate gallery of Commons:Featured pictures, list as the first one and delete the last one, so that the number is four again.
    2. Add the picture to the appropriate featured picture gallery page and section. Click on the most appropriate link beneath where you just added it as one of the four images on Commons:Featured pictures, list to find the gallery page, and search for the correct section. (An image should only appear ONE time in the galleries. After a successful nomination, the image can be placed in several of the Featured pictures categories.)
    3. Add the template {{Assessments|featured=1}} to the image description page.
      • If it was an alternative image or part of a set nomination, use the com-nom parameter. For example, if File:Foo.jpg was promoted in the nomination Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Bar.jpg, use {{Assessments|featured=1|com-nom=Bar.jpg}} You also need the com-nom parameter if the image gets renamed.
      • If the image is already featured on another Wikipedia, just add featured=1 to the {{Assessments}} template. For instance, {{Assessments|enwiki=1}} becomes {{Assessments|enwiki=1|featured=1}}
    4. Head over to the structured data for the image and add the “Commons quality assessment” claim (P6731) “Wikimedia Commons featured picture” (Q63348049).
    5. Add the picture to the chronological archives of featured pictures. Place it at the end of the gallery using this format:
      File:xxxxx.jpg|# '''Title'''<br>created by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]], uploaded by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]], nominated by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]]<br> {{s|xxx}}, {{o|xxx}}, {{n|xxx}}
      • The # should be replaced by 1 for the first image nominated that month, and counts up after that. Have a look at the other entries on that page for examples. (If you want to do everything perfectly, link that number to the nomination subpage, just like FPCBot does this. It allows users to jump directly to the nomination.)
      • The Title should be replaced by the bare name of the featured picture, without the ‘File:’ or the file extension (such as .jpg .tif .svg).
      • The x in {{s|x}}, {{o|x}}, {{n|x}} should be replaced by the count of support, oppose, and neutral votes respectively.
      • If the nomination was a set nomination, use this format:
        File:xxxxx.jpg|# '''Set: Title (Z files)'''<br>created by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]], uploaded by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]], nominated by [[User:xxxxx|xxxxx]]<br> {{s|x}}, {{o|x}}, {{n|x}}
        Replace the Z in (Z files) by the count of images in the set, and use the name of the first image from the set instead of File:xxxxx.jpg and for the title.
    6. Add == FP promotion ==
      {{FPpromotion|File:XXXXX.jpg}} to the talk page of the nominator. For set nominations, use:
      == Set Promoted to FP ==
      <gallery>
      File:XXXXXX.jpg
      File:XXXXXX.jpg
      </gallery>
      {{FPpromotionSet2|YYYYY}}      , using the names of the set files instead of the XXXXXX and the title of the set instead of YYYYY.
    7. 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.
    8. 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.
  3. Add candidate archive categories to the nomination so that people can easily find and evaluate past nominations (this applies also to unsuccessful, {{FPX}}-d, {{FPD}}-d and {{Withdraw}}-n nominations). It’s best practice to wrap all these categories in a <noinclude>...</noinclude> section because they apply only to the nomination itself, not to the log page etc. which transclude it. You need three or four categories:
    1. A category for the month and year, like Category:May 2026 featured picture candidates for the current month.
    2. A category for the type and result of the nomination, like Category:2026 successful candidates for featured picture status; replace “successful” by “unsuccessful”, “FPXed”, “FPDed” or “withdrawn”, depending on the final result of the nomination (see the supercategory for common values).
    3. A category for the subject of the nomination, like Category:2026 featured picture candidates of plants. Replace “plants” by one of the possible subject keywords like “animals”, “architecture”, etc.; see the base category for all common keywords. Basically the subject keywords correspond to the first part of the gallery link.
    4. If the nomination is a set nomination, add Category:2026 featured picture set nominations.
  4. As the last step (whether the image is featured or not; including {{FPX}}-d, {{FPD}}-d and {{Withdraw}}-n nominations), you have to move the transclusion (the {{ }} and the text within those) of the nomination to the current log page.
    • To find the current log page, visit the first page of the log for this month. If the header of that page contains a link with the text “Next part of this month”, the log for this month has been split into several parts because it contains too many entries. Click on the “Next part …” link and repeat this until you reach a page where the header does not offer a “Next part …” link; that’s the last and current log page.
    • Now open Commons:Featured picture candidates/candidate list, click on [edit], and find the transclusion of the nomination you are closing. It will be of the form: {{Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:XXXXX.jpg}} or: {{Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/XXXXX}}.
    • Copy that line to the bottom of the current log page and save that page. Then remove the same line from the candidate list and save that page.

Closing a delisting nomination

  1. On 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. Edit the title of the delisting nomination and add delisted or not delisted after the image title; for example:
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]] ===
    becomes
    === [[:File:XXXXX.jpg]], delisted ===
  3. Add candidate archive categories to the nomination; this works the same way as described above for featured picture nominations. The only difference is that the category for type and status must be of the form Category:2026 successful candidates for delisting from featured picture status, or Category:2026 successful candidates for delisting and replacing featured pictures if this is a delist-and-replace nomination. Substitute “unsuccessful”, “FPXed”, “FPDed” or “withdrawn” for “successful”, depending on the final result of the nomination.
  4. Move the transclusion of the nomination to the current log page; please see above for an explanation how to find the current log page and how to move the nomination to it.
  5. 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:
    3. Add a delisting-comment to the original entry in the chronological archive 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 archives.
  6. 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 section above. 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.

Archiving a withdrawn nomination

If a nomination has been withdrawn by the nominator by using {{Withdraw}} or is cancelled with {{FPX}} or {{FPD}}, wait 24 hours after the nomination was last edited. If there has been no objection to the cancellation within this time, the nomination can simply be archived. Just add candidate archive categories to the nomination itself, then move the transclusion of the nomination to the current log page; please see above for an explanation how to find the current log page and how to move the nomination to it.

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