| | Valued pictures are images that add significantly to articles, either by illustrating article content particularly well, or by providing information relevant to a particlular topic. The images on Wikipedia that are Wikipedia:Valued pictures should illustrate a Wikipedia article in such a way as to add significantly to that article, according to the valued picture criteria. If you believe an image should be listed as a valued picture, please add it below to the current nominations section. For promotion, if an image is listed here for about seven days with four or more opinions in support (including the nominator), and the consensus is in its favor, it can be added to the Wikipedia:Valued pictures list. Note, however, that anonymous votes are generally disregarded, as are opinions of sockpuppets. If necessary, decisions about close candidacies will be made on a case-by-case basis. The archive contains all opinions and comments collected on this page, and also 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. - To see recent changes, purge the page cache
| | [edit] How to nominate [edit] Step 1 - Evaluate The submissions will be evaluated using the criteria listed on Wikipedia:What is a valued picture? Please read the criteria before submitting a picture to help cut down on the number of candidates that have a low chance of making it. If you are unsure if your picture will fulfill the criteria, please consider adding it to Wikipedia:Picture peer review for initial assessment. [edit] Step 2 - Create subpage Create a page to place the image on; this page needs to be a subpage of Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates. To create your own subpage, add a title for the image you want to nominate in the form below (for example Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/Southern Right Whale) and click the "Create new nomination" button. [edit] Step 2.5 - Transclude and link Transclude the newly created subpage to the Valued picture candidate list (direct link). [edit] Step 3 - Update image On the nominated image's page use the 'Edit page' button to add the vpc template like so: {{VPC|title}} (placing in "title" the first text typed above) for example: Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/Southern Right Whale. This inserts the valued pictures candidate template, to let the original contributor and other interested parties know that the image is up for voting. [edit] Step 4 - Review a nomination This project only exists because users devote time to review nominations. After nominating an image, please consider reviewing some other nominations below. Please keep the criteria in mind when doing so. - If you approve of a picture, write Support followed by your reasons.
- If you oppose a nomination, write Oppose followed by your reasons. All objections should be accompanied by a specific rationale that, if addressed, would make you support the image.
- If you think a nominated image obviously fails the valued picture criteria, write Speedy close followed by your reasons. Nominations may be closed early if this is the case.
- To change your opinion, strike it out (with <s>...</s>) rather than removing it.
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. Please remember to be civil, not to bite the newbies and to comment on the image, not the person. |
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- Your comments are also appreciated on images at Picture peer review.
[edit] Current nominations  Original - A young Dusky Leaf Monkey ( Trachypithecus obscurus) in Khao Sam Roi Yot national park in Southern Thailand - Reason
- High EV, it makes the viewer want to know more. Good composition, background, colours, natural habitat. Missed FP by margin of 4:2. However there was agreement that it makes Wikipedia more attractive.
- Articles this image appears in
- Dusky Leaf Monkey, Lutung
- Creator
- Robertpollai
- Support as nominator --Elekhh (talk) 06:38, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
- Support Group "awwwww" so cute. Really though, well composed image (minus the missing half). High EV. Nezzadar [SPEAK] 17:27, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
 Original - A female Alpine Ibex, in Slovenia. A vulnerable species, which tends to be found on steep, rough terrain at elevations of 2,000–4,600 m (6,500–15,000 feet) - Reason
- High EV in illustrating the Alpine Ibex in its natural habitat, good composition, good technicals. Missed FP by margin of 6 support :5 oppose for technicals.
- Articles this image appears in
- Alpine Ibex, Slovenia
- Creator
- Chmehl
- Support as nominator --Elekhh (talk) 06:18, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
- Oppose Simply put, I don't think this picture is worthy of any promotion. It really is a disturbing angle, it makes the poor animal look like a mutant... Nezzadar [SPEAK] 17:24, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
- Support Good EV. Composition not fit for FP but good enough for VP --Muhammad(talk)
 Original - First graders, some of Japanese ancestry pledging allegiance to the American flag in 1942. - Reason
- Missed FP by a narrow margin (2 support + 4 weak support vs. 2 weak oppose). It was generally recognised to be of value.
- Articles this image appears in
- Pledge of Allegiance, Japanese American internment, Dorothea Lange.
- Creator
- Dorothea Lange
- Support as nominator --Elekhh (talk) 11:55, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
- Support as co-nominator --Nezzadar [SPEAK] 17:48, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
- I added myself as a co-nominator as I was the one who nominated this for FP status just over a week ago. If you mind, go ahead and remove this. Nezzadar [SPEAK] 17:48, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
- Don't mind at all. Just hope no coco-nominator will pop-up :). Elekhh (talk) 22:09, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
 Original - Print of one of the first X-rays of Wilhelm Röntgen (1845-1923), the hand of his wife Anna taken in 1895 - Reason
- Very valuable image as it shows one of the first X-Rays ever taken. Value is increased by the fact that Anna is wearing her wedding ring, which shows the effects of X-Rays, along with her bones
- Articles this image appears in
- X-Ray, Wilhelm Röntgen
- Creator
- Wilhelm Röntgen
 Alt Another early X-ray, found by Staxringold - Support as nominator --upstateNYer 06:53, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
- Oppose Truly bad, especially since we have good FPs of early Xrays. Nezzadar [SPEAK] 19:04, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
- Oppose This one is far better and just as early. Staxringold 00:53, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
- I know, but I chose this one because it came before the one you mention. upstateNYer 21:50, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Nominations older than 7 days - decision time! Nominations in this category are older than seven days and are soon to be closed. Votes will still be accepted until closing of the nomination. Please close nominations from the bottom up.
[edit] Closing procedure When NOT promoted, perform the following: - Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:FPC/subpage:
- {{VPCresult|Not promoted| }} --~~~~ [[Category:Ended valued picture nominations]]
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- Do NOT put any other information inside the VPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.
- Move the nomination entry to the bottom of the November archive. This is done by simply moving the line {{Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/Image name}} from this page to the bottom of the archive.
- Remove the {{VPC}} tag from the image and any other suggested versions. If any of those images were on Commons, be sure to tag the description pages with {{db-f2}}.
When promoted, perform the following: - Place the following text at the bottom of the WP:VPC/subpage:
- {{VPCresult|Promoted|File:FILENAME.JPG}} --~~~~ [[Category:Ended valued picture nominations]]
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- Replace FILENAME.JPG with the name of the file that was promoted. It should show up as:
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- Promoted File:FILENAME.JPG
- Do NOT put any other information inside the VPCresult template. It should be copied and pasted exactly.
- Move the nomination entry to the bottom of the November archive. This is done by simply moving the line {{Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/Image name}} from this page to the bottom of the archive.
- Update the picture's tag, replacing {{VPC}} with {{ValuedPicture|image_name}} (replace image_name with the nomination page name, i.e., the image name from Wikipedia:Valued_picture_candidates/image_name), and remove {{VPC}} from alternatives of the promoted image. If the alternatives were on Commons, be sure to tag the description page with {{db-f2}}.
- Add the image to Wikipedia:Valued pictures thumbs - newest on top. Include a link to its main article, and the creator if made by a Wikipedian. Follow examples of earlier promoted images.
- Add the recently promoted image to the gallery at Wikipedia:Valued pictures by adding it at the top of the list and deleting the bottom picture(s), keeping the number of images in the gallery at 16. Follow the same format as for Valued pictures thumbs. Don't forget to update the number of valued pictures - in the sentence "There are currently X valued pictures."
- Notify the nominator by placing {{subst:PromotedVPC|File:file_name.xxx}} on the nominator's talk page. For example: {{subst:PromotedVPC|File:Southern Right Whale.jpg}}.
- If the image was created by a Wikipedian, place {{subst:UploadedVP|File:file_name.xxx}} on the creator's talk page. For example: {{subst:UploadedVP|File:Southern Right Whale.jpg}}.
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