Commons:Quality images candidates

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These are the candidates for becoming quality images. This is not the same thing as featured pictures. If you want informal feedback on your photos, please ask at Commons:Photography critiques.

Purpose[edit]

The purpose of quality images is to encourage the people that are the foundation of Commons, the individual users who provide the unique images that expand this collection. While featured pictures identifies the absolute best of all the images loaded into Commons, Quality images sets out to identify and encourage users’ efforts in providing quality images to Commons. Additionally, quality images should be a place to refer other users to when explaining methods for improving an image.


Guidelines[edit]

All nominated images should be the work of Commons users.

For nominators[edit]

Below are the general guidelines for Quality images; more detailed criteria are available at Image guidelines.

Image page requirements[edit]
  1. Copyright status. Quality image candidates have to be uploaded to Commons under a suitable license. The full license requirements are at Commons:Copyright tags.
  2. Images should comply with all Commons policies and practices, including Commons:Photographs of identifiable people.
  3. Quality images shall have a meaningful file name, be properly categorized and have an accurate description on the file page in one or more languages. It is preferred, but not mandatory, to include an English description.
  4. No advertisements or signatures in image. Copyright and authorship information of quality images should be located on the image page and may be in the image metadata, but should not interfere with image contents.
Creator[edit]
Proposed wording changes to specifically exclude AI generate media from being eligable for QI see discussion

Pictures must have been created by a Wikimedian in order to be eligible for QI status. This means that pictures from, for example, Flickr are ineligible unless the photographer is a Commons user. (Note that Featured Pictures do not have this requirement.) Photographical reproductions of two-dimensional works of art, made by Wikimedians, are eligible (and should be licensed PD-old according to the Commons guidelines). If an image is promoted despite not being the creation of a Wikimedian, the QI status should be removed as soon as the mistake is detected.


Technical requirements[edit]

More detailed criteria are available at Commons:Image guidelines.

Resolution[edit]

Bitmapped images (JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF) should normally have at least 2 megapixels; reviewers may demand more for subjects that can be photographed easily. This is because images on Commons may be printed, viewed on monitors with very high resolution, or used in future media. This rule excludes vector graphics (SVG) or computer-generated images that have been constructed with freely-licensed or open software programs as noted in the image's description.

Image quality[edit]

Digital images can suffer various problems originating in image capture and processing, such as preventable noise, problems with JPEG compression, lack of information in shadow or highlight areas, or problems with capture of colors. All these issues should be handled correctly.

Composition and lighting[edit]

The arrangement of the subject within the image should contribute to the image. Foreground and background objects should not be distracting. Lighting and focus also contribute to the overall result; the subject should be sharp, uncluttered, and well-exposed.

Value[edit]

Our main goal is to encourage quality images being contributed to Wikicommons, valuable for Wikimedia and other projects.

How to nominate[edit]

Simply add a line of this form at the top of Commons:Quality images candidates/candidate list Nominations section:

File:ImageNameHere.jpg|{{/Nomination|Very short description  --~~~~ |}}

The description shouldn't be more than a few words, and please leave a blank line between your new entry and any existing entries.

If you are nominating an image by another Wikimedian, include their username in the description as below:

File:ImageNameHere.jpg|{{/Nomination|Very short description (by [[User:USERNAME|USERNAME]]) --~~~~ |}}

Note: there is a Gadget, QInominator, which makes nominations quicker. It adds a small "Nominate this image for QI" link at the top of every file page. Clicking the link adds the image to a list of potential candidates. When this list is completed, edit Commons:Quality images candidates/candidate list. At the top of the edit window a green bar will be displayed. Clicking the bar inserts all potential candidates into the edit window.

Number of nominations[edit]

No more than five images per day can be added by a single nominator.

Note: If possible, for every picture you nominate, please review at least one of the other candidates.

Evaluating images[edit]

Any registered user whose accounts have at least 10 days and 50 edits, other than the author and the nominator, can review a nomination. For an easier evaluation you can activate the gadget QICvote

When evaluating images the reviewer should consider the same guidelines as the nominator.

How to review[edit]

How to update the status

Carefully review the image. Open it in full resolution, and check if the quality criteria are met.

  • If you decide to promote the nomination, change the relevant line from
File:ImageNameHere.jpg|{{/Nomination|Very short description --~~~~ | }}

to

File:ImageNameHere.jpg|{{/Promotion|Very short description --Nominators signature |Why you liked it. --~~~~}}

In other words, change the template from /Nomination to /Promotion and add your signature, possibly with some short comment.

  • If you decide to decline the nomination, change the relevant line from
File:ImageNameHere.jpg|{{/Nomination|Very short description --~~~~ | }}

to

File:ImageNameHere.jpg|{{/Decline|Very short description --Nominators signature |Why you didn't like it. --~~~~}}

In other words, change the template from /Nomination to /Decline and add your signature, possibly with a statement of the criteria under which the image failed (you can use titles of section from the guidelines). If there are many problems, please note only 2 or 3 of the most severe, or add multiple problems. When declining a nomination please do explain the reasons on the nominator’s talk page – as a rule, be nice and encouraging! In the message you should give a more detailed explanation of your decision.

Note: Please evaluate the oldest images first.

Grace period and promotion[edit]

If there are no objections within a period of 2 days (exactly 48 hours) from the first review, the image becomes promoted or fails according to the review it received. If you have objection, just change its status to Discuss and it will be moved to the Consensual review section.

How to execute decision[edit]

QICbot automatically handles this 2 days after a decision has been made, and promoted images are cached in Commons:Quality Images/Recently promoted awaiting categorization before their automatic insertion in to appropriate Quality images pages.

If you believe that you have identified an exceptional image that is worthy of Featured picture status then consider also nominating the image at Commons:Featured picture candidates.

Manual instructions (open only in cases of emergency)

If promoted,

  1. Add the image to appropriate group or groups of Quality images page. The image also needs to be added to the associated sub pages, only 3–4 of the newest images should be displayed on the main page.
  2. Add {{QualityImage}} template to the bottom of image description page.
  3. Move the line with the image nomination and review to Commons:Quality images candidates/Archives March 2024.
  4. Add the template {{File:imagename.jpg}} to the user’s talk page.

If declined,

  1. move the line with the image nomination and review to Commons:Quality images candidates/Archives March 2024.
  • Images awaiting review show the nomination outlined in blue.
  • Images the reviewer has accepted show the nomination outlined in green
  • Images the reviewer has rejected show the nomination outlined in red

Unassessed images (nomination outlined in blue)[edit]

Nominated images which have not generated assessments either to promote nor to decline, or a consensus (equal opposition as support in consensual review) after 8 days on this page should be removed from this page without promotion, archived in Commons:Quality images candidates/Archives March 23 2024 and Category:Unassessed QI candidates added to the image.

Consensual review process[edit]

Consensual review is a catch all place used in the case the procedure described above is insufficient and needs discussion for more opinions to emerge.

How to ask for consensual review[edit]

To ask for consensual review, just change the /Promotion, /Decline to /Discuss and add your comments immediately following the review. An automatic bot will move it to the consensual review section within one day.

Please only send things to consensual review that have been reviewed as promoted/declined. If, as a reviewer, you cannot make a decision, add your comments but leave the candidate on this page.

Consensual review rules[edit]

See Commons:Quality images candidates#Rules

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Nominations[edit]

Due to the Mediawiki parser code ~~~~ signatures will only work on this page if you have JavaScript enabled. If you do not have JavaScript enabled please manually sign with:

--[[User:yourname|yourname]] 07:09, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
  • Please open a new date section if you are nominating an image after 0:00 o'clock (UTC)
  • Please insert a blank line between your new entry and any existing entries
  • Please help in reviewing "old" nominations here below first; many are still unassessed
  • If you see terms with which you are unfamiliar, please see explanations at Photography terms


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Consensual review[edit]

Rules

These rules are in accordance with the procedures normally followed in this section. If you don’t agree with them please feel free to propose changes.

  • To ask for consensual review, just change the /Promotion, /Decline to /Discuss and add your comments immediately following the review. An automatic bot will move it to the consensual review section within one day. Alternatively move the image line from the main queue to Consensual Review/Images and follow the instructions in the edit window.
  • You can move an image here if you contest the decision of the reviewer or have doubts about its eligibility (in which case an 'oppose' is assumed). In any case, please explain your reasons. Our QICBot will move it for you. When the bot moves it, you might have to revisit the nomination and expand your review into the Consensual Review format and add "votes".
  • The decision is taken by majority of opinions, including the one of the first reviewer and excluding the nominator's. After a minimum period of 48 hours since the last entry, the decision will be registered at the end of the text using the template {{QICresult}} and then executed, according to the Guidelines.
Using {{support}} or {{oppose}} will make it easier to count your vote.
Votes by anonymous contributors aren't counted
  • In case of draw, or if no additional opinions are given other than the first reviewer's, the nomination can be closed as inconclusive after 8 days, counted from its entry.
  • Turn any existing comments into bullet points—add  Oppose and  Support if necessary.
  • Add a comment explaining why you've moved the image here - be careful to stay inside the braces.
  • Preview and save with a sensible edit summary like "+Image:Example.jpg".



File:Kruger National Park (ZA), Afrikanische Büffel -- 2024 -- 0774.jpg[edit]

  • Nomination Water buffalos at Mazithi Dam in Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga, South Africa --XRay 04:42, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
  • Discussion
  •  Support Good quality.--Agnes Monkelbaan 05:16, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
  •  Oppose not water buffalos --Charlesjsharp 09:47, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
  • It would be very helpful if you could name the correct species, especially if you are responding with a contra. Not everyone knows it well. --XRay 05:53, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
  • I'll fix it to "African buffalo" (with respect to the existing category). --XRay 05:55, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
  • ✓ Done Fixed. (SDC will be fixed within the next minutes by my bot.) --XRay 06:34, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

File:2013._Крым_397.jpg[edit]

  • Nomination Horse head --Butko 13:22, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
  • Discussion
     Support Good quality. --Jakubhal 19:03, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
     Support Good quality. --Poco a poco 19:11, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
     Oppose top crop too tight --Charlesjsharp 09:49, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
    @Charlesjsharp: I've uploaded new version with more space at top --Butko 11:45, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

File:Kruger_National_Park_(ZA),_Elefanten_--_2024_--_0623.jpg[edit]

  • Nomination Elephants in Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga, South Africa --XRay 03:55, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
  • Discussion
  •  Support Not perfectly sharp, but it has very high resolution and is adequately sharp at lower (still high enough) resolution. --Plozessor 04:39, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
  •  Oppose not sharp, foreground overexposed --Charlesjsharp 09:51, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
  •  Info Sharpness and foreground (a little bit) improved. --XRay 05:50, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

File:March_2024_in_Seattle,_Washington,_US_-_055_(cropped).jpg[edit]

  • Nomination Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, Washington --Another Believer 00:49, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
  • Discussion
    The caption/description should indicate the subject, a specific gravestone --Tagooty 02:42, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
     Support Good quality. --Plozessor 04:41, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
    QI guidelines require descriptive filename and caption and specifc CATs. --Tagooty 03:42, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

File:Бердянский_зоопарк_025.jpg[edit]

  • Nomination Anas platyrhynchos --Butko 13:22, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
  • Discussion
     Support Good quality. --Трифонов Андрей 13:45, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
     Oppose Not even one duck is sharp --Jakubhal 19:02, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
Running total: 1 support (excluding the nominator), 1 oppose → More votes?   --Robert Flogaus-Faust 00:05, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

File:Panteón,_París,_Francia,_2022-10-29,_DD_61.jpg[edit]

  • Nomination Panteón, París, Francia, 2022-10-29 (by Poco a poco) --Sebring12Hrs 13:23, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
  • Discussion
  •  Oppose Quality is good but looks skewed and very unnatural - like broken toy, not a famous building --Екатерина Борисова 00:58, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
  • ✓ New version, not a famous building? do you know what you talk about? Anyway, if you that would be true, that's no valid argument here, please, read the guidelines --Poco a poco 19:31, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
  •  Comment Maybe my English is not good enough to describe my opinion properly. I know that this building is very famous but this picture shows it as something distorted and nearly broken - that was my point. --Екатерина Борисова 03:00, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
  •  Oppose Per Екатерина Борисова - perspective is extremely unnatural since the picture was taken from near the ground from a low distance and then the verticals were fixed. --Plozessor 06:03, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
Running total: 0 support (excluding the nominator), 2 oppose → Decline?   --Robert Flogaus-Faust 00:06, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

File:Campamento_de_ganado_de_la_tribu_Mundari,_Terekeka,_Sudán_del_Sur,_2024-01-29,_DD_51.jpg[edit]

  • Nomination Cattle camp of the Mundari tribe, Terekeka, South Sudan --Poco a poco 06:59, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
  • Discussion
  •  Oppose Tight crop. --SHB2000 08:12, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
  •  Support Crop is intended and works --Charlesjsharp 17:06, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
  •  Support Great photo and good quality --Jakubhal 05:13, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
  •  Support Good picture, no issue with the crop. --Plozessor 08:09, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
  •  Support Good picture, all is ok from my side. --Reda Kerbouche 08:00, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
  •  Support per Jakubhal -- Basile Morin 02:59, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
Running total: 5 support (excluding the nominator), 1 oppose → Promote?   -- Basile Morin 03:00, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

File:VTA_bus_9901_interior_looking_forward.jpg[edit]

  • Nomination The interior of Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority bus 9901, a Gillig Phantom, servicing route 26. --Grendelkhan 03:41, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
  • Discussion
  •  Support Good quality. --Plozessor 05:24, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
  •  Oppose Blown highlihgts. Sorry. --Ermell 16:46, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
  • Weak  Support. The overexposed areas outside the vehicle only take up a very small area, and I don't think they are image-defining and therefore tolerable. --Smial 17:52, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
Running total: 2 support (excluding the nominator), 1 oppose → Promote?   --Robert Flogaus-Faust 00:03, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

File:Bussysteme_Extended_ISA_32Bit,_ISA_16Bit,_XT_8Bit.JPG[edit]

  • Nomination Verschiedene PC-Bussysteme, die aufeinander aufbauen: 8Bit-Bus des XT, 16Bit-Bus ISA, 32Bit-Bus Extended ISA (EISA) --Nightflyer 18:28, 19 March 2024 (UTC)
  • Discussion
  •  Oppose Detail is too low for an studio shot, sorry, not a QI to me --Poco a poco 19:06, 19 March 2024 (UTC)
  •  Support I'm not sure what more detail could be missing. The picture is meant to illustrate the different buses and it does that very well --Plozessor 05:34, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
  •  Oppose per Poco. Probably a VI, but 3 megapixels for a studio shot is not enough these days. The lighting is also not optimal. --Smial 14:14, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
Sorry. Das Bild ist von 2007. Gruss --Nightflyer 22:18, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
Running total: 1 support (excluding the nominator), 2 oppose → Decline?   --Robert Flogaus-Faust 22:24, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

File:March_2024_in_Seattle,_Washington,_US_-_007.jpg[edit]

  • Nomination Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, Washington --Another Believer 05:34, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
  • Discussion
  •  Info Needs PC. --Plozessor 05:51, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
  •  Support Good quality. --Трифонов Андрей 19:35, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
  •  Weak oppose Still needs PC. --Plozessor 19:57, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
Running total: 1 support (excluding the nominator), 1 oppose → More votes?   --LexKurochkin 07:21, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

File:Decorated_Bull_at_Yanamalakuduru_Shivaratri_fest_02.jpg[edit]

  • Nomination Bull decorated for Shivaratri at Yanamalakuduru --IM3847 03:39, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
  • Discussion
  •  Support Good quality. --Rjcastillo 03:50, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
  •  Oppose arm in foreground --Charlesjsharp 20:10, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
  •  Support Arm is not "in foreground" but behind the cow, seems ok for me. --Plozessor 05:45, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
  •  Support Per Plozessor --Jakubhal 20:04, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
  •  Support The arm is behind cow's head. Very good quality. --LexKurochkin 12:16, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
Running total: 4 support (excluding the nominator), 1 oppose → Promote?   --LexKurochkin 12:16, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

File:Interboot_2023,_Friedrichshafen_(P1120952).jpg[edit]

  • Nomination demonstration of an electric hydrofoil surfboard at Interboot 2023 --MB-one 09:41, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
  • Discussion
  •  Support Good quality. --Ermell 19:39, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
  •  Oppose no demonstration in progress --Charlesjsharp 20:14, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
  •  Oppose I don't agree that the title is wrong but the image itself is overprocessed.--Peulle 11:29, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
  •  Oppose Per Peulle --Jakubhal 20:04, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
  •  Oppose Overprocessed --LexKurochkin 12:13, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
Running total: 1 support (excluding the nominator), 4 oppose → Decline?   --LexKurochkin 12:13, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

File:Unofficial_winner's_ceremony_SL_Soldeu_24_(3).jpg[edit]

  • Nomination Women's Slalom – unofficial winner's ceremony, 3rd place: Paula Moltzan (USA), Soldeu, Andorra, 11 February 2024. --Tournasol7 05:10, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
  • Discussion
  •  Support Good quality. --Rjcastillo 05:35, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
  •  Oppose misleading file name --Charlesjsharp 20:16, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
Running total: 1 support (excluding the nominator), 1 oppose → More votes?   --LexKurochkin 07:14, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

File:Бесідка._Ставок.jpg[edit]

  • Nomination A pond in the village of Besidka --Nikride 08:20, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
  • Discussion
  •  Oppose Lacks sharpness, sorry, not a QI to me --Poco a poco 20:14, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
  • I disagree. Sharpness is enough --Nikride 11:21, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
  •  Support Sufficient sharpness IMO. --Plozessor 05:34, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
  •  Support --Palauenc05 08:24, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
  •  Oppose The focus is on the grass in the foreground. The forest in the background, which is most prominent in the photo, is indeed, in my opinion, too soft. Also, there is a minor perspective distortion. --Jakubhal 13:10, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
  •  Oppose Distortion and CA. Sorry.--Ermell 21:05, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
    @Ermell and Jakubhal: ✓ Done --Nikride 08:19, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
Running total: 2 support (excluding the nominator), 3 oppose → Decline?   --Robert Flogaus-Faust 18:29, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

File:"Museum_Sorgdrager"_Oosterlaan_31,_Hollum_(Ameland).jpg[edit]

  • Nomination "Museum Sorgdrager" Oosterlaan 31, Hollum (Ameland). --JoachimKohler-HB 10:29, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
  • Discussion
  •  Comment Green CA visible, particularly on the left side of the roof, fixable? --Mike Peel 09:51, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
  •  Support Good quality. --MB-one 09:53, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
  •  Oppose Per Mike Peel, CA at the left side of the building and in the treetops. Otherwise ok. --Plozessor 05:32, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
  •  Oppose Blown sky. Sorry.--Ermell 21:08, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
Running total: 1 support (excluding the nominator), 2 oppose → Decline?   --Robert Flogaus-Faust 18:28, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

File:Glyderau_o_Pen_yr_Helgi_Du.jpg[edit]

  • Nomination The Glyderau range from Pen yr Helgi Du. By User:Erwynj
     Support Good quality. --Llywelyn2000 (talk) 07:35, 8 March 2024 (UTC)  Comment Reset to nomination since User:Llywelyn2000 is the nominator. --Milseburg 11:31, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
  • Discussion
     Support Good quality. --Mike Peel 09:51, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
     Oppose It's a very good image, but not a good image to illustrate the mountain range (fog, distracting foreground). Could be promoted with a different description. --MB-one 09:53, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
Running total: 1 support (excluding the nominator), 1 oppose → More votes?   --Robert Flogaus-Faust 18:27, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

Timetable (day 8 after nomination)[edit]

  • Fri 15 Mar → Sat 23 Mar
  • Sat 16 Mar → Sun 24 Mar
  • Sun 17 Mar → Mon 25 Mar
  • Mon 18 Mar → Tue 26 Mar
  • Tue 19 Mar → Wed 27 Mar
  • Wed 20 Mar → Thu 28 Mar
  • Thu 21 Mar → Fri 29 Mar
  • Fri 22 Mar → Sat 30 Mar
  • Sat 23 Mar → Sun 31 Mar