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Original – Nuclear reactor: pressurized water type Water is heated through the splitting of uranium atoms in the reactor core. The water, held under high pressure to keep it from boiling, produces steam by transferring heat to a secondary source of water. The steam is used to generate electricity. Cooling water from the river condenses the steam back into water. The river water is either discharged directly back to the river or cooled in the towers and reused in the plant.
Reason
Found this movie on a drive by of the articleNuclear power, and thought it was interesting and educational enough to warrant an FPC shot.
Support A good educational video. Slightly weird at the end with the pipes coming from who-knows-where to the condenser, but I can live with that.Adam Cuerden(talk)12:40, 24 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Adam Cuerden: You're right, however if you look at the first 3 seconds or so of the video you can see that the "Houdini pipes" actually are present and lead to the cooling tower on the right of the video. Water would be circulated there to be cooled before returning to the plant, but you are correct in that they could have done a bit better job of showing/explaining that part.TomStar81 (Talk)15:44, 25 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
This is nothing to do with policy change. A VP9/Opus transcode of the source file would be unambiguously better. I find it hard to believe that the source file was Theora. -hahnchen16:05, 27 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support One thing I've always found interesting in these photographs is the difference in hygienic standards between the Civil war and the more recent fighting of the 20th century. Modern regulations mandate that everyone be clean shaven, yet in almost every picture I have ever seen from this time the ranking officers have sideburns, mustaches, beards, or some combination of the above.TomStar81 (Talk)17:46, 25 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I think it's honestly less of a hygiene thing nowadays and more a conformity issue. The army is not known for a love of expressing individuality nowadays...Adam Cuerden(talk)23:00, 25 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Very nice (good lighting, sharp, etc).@PetarM: there is a line or gap from x,y=4130,3290 to x,y=3125,2885 (relative to top left corner). Is the gap real? or is it a stacking (stitching) artifact?Bammesk (talk)01:16, 24 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Adam Cuerden : dont worry, selected with care. That part is not so interesting, since just hole is visible and not good for compo, its macro shot, buttons are much more interesting. But you can see, other stuff, they never put hole, keys are too far. @Bammesk yes real gap, borders between A4 note papers. --PetarM (talk)04:33, 24 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The image shows intricate details of the instrument well (felt and rubber stops, adjustment screw, rod springs, solder joints, resting position of keys). Some of these are discussed in the article (perhaps more can be done). For comparison,this image shows the full instrument but the details are not clear.Bammesk (talk)03:26, 25 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Bammesk i saw it now. Was wondering if is stitching error, but checked into original files, yes its like there, so problem is in copy of notes - note are copy, that can be seen on some places. I might correct it manually. @Josh Milburn : What are you missing, how about if you checkhere. Maybe more interesting. --PetarM (talk)06:16, 25 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Subject cut off, and musical sheets are distracting (see above conversation about what the music is as an example) which therefore detracts from the subject.gazhiley10:21, 27 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Original – Nogi Maresuke standing before his house in Nogizaka, Tokyo
Reason
While grainy, it's a high-resolution photo of a notable Meiji-era Japanese general. This is... a very, very underrepresented subject, I think you'll agree.
Support European influenced military uniform, you can really see how the Meji restoration took root in Japan between the collapse of the Tokogawa Dynasty and the Russo-Japanese War.TomStar81 (Talk)02:12, 24 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Original – Numerous viruses attached to a bacterial cell
Reason
This is an electron micrograph (not a photograph) of the viruses that replicate in bacteria at work. The magnification is around 200,000 times. I have lost count of the numerous books and articles that this image has been used in since I gave it to Wikipedia. Please note that the grain is not a photographic artifact; the image was greated by electrons and not photons.
They are on the original film. They are often seen whennegative stains are used in electron microscopy. The dark spots are probably crystals of the stain used, (phosphotungstic acid), which are electron dense. The white spots are probably holes in the formvar membrane used to support the preparation. Scientists never, or never should, edit their images.Graham Beards (talk)17:01, 24 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
It depends on the purpose, but for proper scientific use, I agree. (For an encyclopedia, we have a little more freedom). That said, if they're original and meant to be there, there's no reason not toSupport.Adam Cuerden(talk)19:18, 24 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support – how about adding to the file description, perhaps from the image captionhere, magnification being approximately 200,000, or other pertinent information.Bammesk (talk)02:24, 26 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Original –Feb 2011 storm moves across the U.S. - Animation made with images from the NOAA-NASA GOES 13 satellite showing a giant storm developing and moving across the U.S. The animation shows clouds building over New Mexico and Texas early in the day. As the system develops and moves north-east, the storm grows and becomes more organized. By the end of February 1, 2011, the storm was a sprawling comma that extended from the Midwest to New England.
Oppose - We should not be promoting Ogg Theora files in 2016. Transcode the source file into something better. -hahnchen14:39, 26 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The Theora codec, which this video is encoded in, was already outdated in2013. You should download the video from its source at NASA, and then convert that to WebM format, encoded inVP9. This file format is more efficient - so a video of the same size as this ogg candidate would be of higher quality. WebM (VP8 and VP9) have significantly better hardware support than Theora, which means that videos can be played on target devices with lower power/battery costs. I wrote some instructions for transcoding video to VP8here, but you should really be using VP9. -hahnchen19:43, 27 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
While a somewhat grainy photo, it's from the first production run of a very notable musical, and free-licensed photos of that sort of thing are rare as hen's teeth.
New York City does sometimes have some pretty elabourate sets. If we presume the rear section is a flat, it's not inconceivable they're running through grass wheeled onto the stage. But I may be overthinking.Adam Cuerden(talk)08:00, 28 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Renovations are important, and while tsome people did move during the photo, they're minor blotches on a sharp, clear photo. I've increased the contrast a little bit, otherwise it's just a dust and damage fix. With thanks toChris Woodrich for acquiring the original for me.
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Original –Chien-Shiung Wu, whose nicknames include "the First Lady of Physics", "the Chinese Madame Curie", and the "Queen of Nuclear Research", worked on theManhattan Project and designed theWu experiment, for which... other people got the Nobel Prize. WTF?
Reason
A fine image of a notable female scientist in her natural environment, as it were.
Comment – Nice restoration, I am leaning to support, but why not do something (anything) about the top and bottom edge tilts. I know it is a historic image and we cannot do "original research", but can't we do anything? clone from nearby areas, fill with flat gray shades to match nearby areas, crop it out, anything?! It is distracting for a FP.Bammesk (talk)14:46, 29 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Close-up of a Leopard seal yawn displaying teeth. The combination ofcanine teeth andmolars allow it to hunt other animals or sieve small organisms from the water.
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Original – Cherenkov radiation, also known as Vavilov–Cherenkov radiation, is electromagnetic radiation emitted when a charged particle (such as an electron) passes through a dielectric medium at a speed greater than the phase velocity of light in that medium. The characteristic blue glow of an underwater nuclear reactor, such as theAdvanced Test Reactor shown here, is due to Cherenkov radiation.
Reason
This effect is described in an article I found some time back that always amused me, but the image illustrating it was below FP quality. At some point when I was not looking, that changed, and now this image is within FPC size guidelines so I am letting it have a run here to see if others think it to be worthy of a Featured Picture star. The image in question illustrates the Cherenkov effect, which creates a blue hue in nuclear material under certain circumstances. Although Cherenkov radiation had been theoretically predicted by the English polymath Oliver Heaviside in papers published in 1888–89, it was first detected experimentally in 1958 by Soviet scientist Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov, the 1958 Nobel Prize winner. A theory of this effect was later developed within the framework of Einstein's special relativity theory by Igor Tamm and Ilya Frank, who also shared the Nobel Prize.
Should be, I mean that is what the photograph is supposed to show. That being said, if you'd like to get a second opinion from someone more photographically competent that me I have no objections. Double checking is always a good idea.TomStar81 (Talk)05:08, 1 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know anything about photographing nuclear reactors, and I don't know anyone who does. I'm just noting that a blue tint is possible with lighting etc. I'm not saying that's been done here. — Chris Woodrich (talk)06:15, 1 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment There is a copyright tag on the bottom left with the name "Mel Snyder 2015", don't know if that affects the FPC (nothing in the rules though).Spongie555 (talk)06:37, 6 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. We should not be supporting any image with an unnecessary watermark, and there definitely seems to be a question mark over the copyright status of this image.Josh Milburn (talk)22:05, 8 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Brandmeister: It's on the file description page: The LoC has two scans, each mirror images of each other. I checked carefully, nd realised you can just see a sign in front of the jalopy, with enough letters visible to definitely say the original image was flipped, and the other (lower-quality) scan got it right.Adam Cuerden(talk)19:10, 8 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Also, if you presume the line left (in this chirality) of the car in the background is the median line, it would be driving on the left if in the original chirality.
We have very little FPs fromFormula One. This one has particular significance since it shows current Drivers' World ChampionLewis Hamilton on his way to victory at the most prestigious race on the calendar, theMonaco Grand Prix. The composition is great, the colors stunning and the car driving through the relentless rain adds to the flavor.
You'll be glad to know that neither of my ancient vehicles has ABS. Does this qualify me as an F1 driver?Sca (talk)00:29, 6 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support The photo is somewhat under-utilised in both articles (where its simply one of many photos of race cars), but it's an excellent dramatic shot with strong EVNick-D (talk)02:18, 5 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Zwerg Nase: It has to run the full period first, but with eight supports and no opposes, it's basically passed. Give it a couple more hours for the timer to tick over, then it should be closed pretty quickly - Armbrust never seems to be away very long.Adam Cuerden(talk)11:33, 13 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
A good quality Google Art Project image of a memorable painting by a notable artist. This image is featured on Commons. I replaced a lower quality version of the painting in the artist's article, and just added it to the articlesOmbre andBrøndums Hotel.
Comment: In many ways, I want to support this. However, I note that it currently appears in two galleries and decoratively in an article about a card game.Josh Milburn (talk)22:10, 8 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – Oddly enough, whileOmbre describes it as "a card game for three players," there appear to be four in Anna's painting.Sca (talk)18:36, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Excellent illustration for the articleCultural influence ofStar Trek, already featured on Commons. The shuttle was originally to be namedConstitution, but a letter-writing campaign of fromStar Trek fans consisting of "hundreds of thousands of letters" petitioned for name to be changed in honor ofStar Trek'sUSSEnterprise (NCC-1701). For a science fiction entertainment franchise and cultural phenomenon to have such influence over a real-world political decision is notable.
Oppose per the above - this isn't a good example of a promotional photo, nor a particularly good photo of Ms Hunt given the technical problems.Nick-D (talk)07:32, 17 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
A photograph of high resolution that has a free license and adequately provides the same information as a non-free screenshot of a copyrighted web/television program.
Articles in which this image appears
The Young Turks (should also appear in the articleCenk Uygur but it's currently protected from editing)
Tim Collins through the newtytvault Flickr account with CC-BY-SA licensing. I requested copyright permission. Also there is a standalonetytvault website with non-free images.
3a states it "is among the best examples of a given subject"; how are they not among the best example when they are the only photographs ofThe Young Turks that the encyclopedia has to offer? 3b states it "illustrates the subject in a compelling way [and] has appropriate lighting"; Cenk and Ana are using hand gestures to evoke attention in a powerfully irresistible way and the photographs have appropriate lighting. 3c states it "is not always required to be aesthetically pleasing; it might be [...] just highly informative"; the deconstructedAmerican flag background is aesthetically pleasing and the photographs are highly informative of the show, its hosts and its studio. I don't see how it being a "promotional shot, akin to advertising" violates the criterion 3 especially whentoday's featured picture is taken fromthe subject'sofficial website.New9374 (talk)03:36, 16 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Sca has a long history of objecting to any promotional shots of living people (particularly politicians). As the unanimous support forthe Emily Batty image shows, not everyone agrees with him. Personally I think this image has a lot of character. Sadly, it hasn't gotten much attention. — Chris Woodrich (talk)00:55, 18 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Sca and Jobas,all objections should be accompanied by a specific rationale that, if addressed, would make you support the image.. Thank you Chris Woodrich, it is unfortunate this picture hasn't gotten much attention and no rationale has been provided for opposes.New9374 (talk)09:43, 18 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Sca has a long history of opposing artificial, staged photos designed to promote or sell a personality, politician, program, product or service, and he will continue to do so based on his training in principles of journalism. However, in this case: Mediocre detail, distracting background, and lack of any visual clue as to why this person would be featured. Thus, puzzling and not "among the best examples of a given subject that the encyclopedia has to offer," IMO. PS: This opinion has nothing to do withSca's personal political views. Nor doesSca have any opinion of the subject(s) of this (these) photos, having never heard of them before.Sca (talk)20:40, 18 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, not a bad shot, but opposing based on EV. It is not the lead image for the person in question (so limited EV on that page), nor does it show both hosts for tv show (limited EV for the TV program).Mattximus (talk)15:35, 18 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
A photograph of high resolution that has a free license. It shows the "new" set of the web seriesThe Young Turks. The funding and building of the set were significant moments in the show's production history: $400,000 wascrowdfunded for the studio onIndiegogo (linkhere), the studio's debut was covered in aTubefilter article (linkhere), and the show has achieved significant popularity following the "new" studio.
Tim Collins through the newtytvault Flickr account with CC-BY-SA licensing. I requested copyright permission. Also there is a standalonetytvault website with non-free images.
3a states it "is among the best examples of a given subject"; how are they not among the best example when they are the only photographs ofThe Young Turks that the encyclopedia has to offer? 3b states it "illustrates the subject in a compelling way [and] has appropriate lighting"; Cenk and Ana are using hand gestures to evoke attention in a powerfully irresistible way and the photographs have appropriate lighting. 3c states it "is not always required to be aesthetically pleasing; it might be [...] just highly informative"; the deconstructedAmerican flag background is aesthetically pleasing and the photographs are highly informative of the show, its hosts and its studio. I don't see how it being a "promotional shot, akin to advertising" violates the criterion 3 especially whentoday's featured picture is taken fromthe subject'sofficial website.New9374 (talk)03:36, 16 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Not a bad photograph of the set, but any image for the TV program should clearly show the two hosts. The person on the right is only seen in a harsh profile unfortunately. Oppose on grounds of EV.Mattximus (talk)15:37, 18 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Original – This close-up view of the interior of the Command Module shows the effects of the intense heat of the flash fire which killed the prime crew during a routine training exercise. While strapped into their seats inside the Command Module atop the giant Saturn rocket, a wire bundle sparked and ignited flammable material. This quickly grew into a large fire in the pure oxygen environment. The speed and intensity of the fire quickly exhausted the oxygen supply inside the crew cabin. Unable to deploy the hatch due to its cumbersome design and lack of breathable oxygen, the crew lost consciousness and perished.
Reason
Before the United States could put a man on the moon it had to design a machine to get man to the moon, and the machine chosen for this was the Saturn V rocket. Unfortunately, as has always been the case with the new, there were issues with the design that needed to be addressed before the project could get off the ground. Sadly, discovering those issues usually entails the loss of life, and so it was with the Apollo Project as well. On January 27, 1967, during a launch simulation test, an unidentified ignition source (widely believed to be faulty wiring) caused the 100% oxygen in the cabin at the time to ignite. The resulting fire killed the three intended Apollo 1 astronauts and resulted in a major rebuilding of the Command Module design for future Apollo missions and new procedures to effectively respond to and deal with an emergency of this nature.
Oppose – It has EV but as a stand-alone image it can be almost anything. I would support if the composition covered more of the surrounding area and showed some relation to the space program.Bammesk (talk)02:05, 13 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, but I'm not persuaded that a pic. of the charred module is worth featuring. Everyone who knows about or remembers this tragedy knows the three astronauts were killed; I'm not convinced that scene needs to be shown.Sca (talk)18:22, 13 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@TomStar81: Either the before and after, orthis (which has some technical issues). I will weak-support either choice, but perhaps others will do full-support. Obviously the images have excellent EV, but there is technical/composition issues IMO.Bammesk (talk)02:35, 14 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Itcould be removed, but I tend to leave on photographer's identification markings, as part of the image's presentation. This one is borderline, though.Adam Cuerden(talk)16:49, 13 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
My reaction is, it doesn't really add anything relevant to the content of the photo, and it's a little bit distracting. If this were being used to illustrate types of early 20th C. photos, etc., that would be different. Definitely a face with a lot of character.Sca (talk)18:14, 13 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support – But I agree with the removal of the copyright tag, since it has nothing to do with the person in question, and detracts from the overall image.Mattximus (talk)23:25, 13 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Good work, Adam, and thank you for this one. I'm a collector of photographiccarte-des-visites and own another image of Mrs Pankhurst. This one is better.Vesuvius Dogg (talk)16:25, 14 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. I'm sorry to do this; the image has a really nice composition and great colours, but I'm not sure it shows the distinguishing features of the species as well as it could. This is a familiar species to many, and so I think we can afford to be particularly discerning.Josh Milburn (talk)07:49, 20 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@J Milburn: Has to be. Look at the circular decorations on the right side of the chair. Two of them are missing in the alt. At a guess, the alt was a study for the full-sized painting.Adam Cuerden(talk)02:16, 18 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
A pretty good example of the "arrivals on the ships" style of photojournalism popular in American theatre journalism c. 1910-1930. It's not perfect, but it makes for some interesting candid shots.
@Crisco 1492,Sca, andJobas: I think all professional photos are going to be at least a bit gimmicky. They reflect the fashions of the time, like how c. 1910 photographs focus on chiaroscuro, and news photographs a little later loved to photograph the celebrities arriving on ships, or the few fixed standard poses you see in the long-exposure Victorian "hold it for a few minutes" photographs.Adam Cuerden(talk)03:12, 19 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support. I don't actually share the concerns of the above commenters, but I do question the extent to which the photo actually looks like her.Josh Milburn (talk)12:51, 26 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Original – Indonesian film actressChitra Dewi in a promotional still from circa 1955. Dewi appeared in more than eighty films between 1955 and 1993. She was also one of Indonesia's few women directors during the Suharto period, directing three films in 1971.
Reason
High quality image of this Indonesian film actress
The hard copy is a bit bigger than A4, but it is glossy (scanner glare was really bad on some parts of the image, particularly the top part of her hair) and printed on a porous photo paper (and thus the textures were very distracting at full size). My efforts to reduce glare and the prominence of the pores in the paper left the 600 ppi scan too soft to be uploaded at full resolution, hence the downsampling. That being said, I've uploaded a less-downsampled version. The softness is acceptable at 3000px tall (roughly the equivalent of 300 ppi) — Chris Woodrich (talk)00:42, 18 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment It looks good, but there's some bits on the nose, just above the upper lip, and in the lower right corner that could probably use a smidgen more cleanup.Adam Cuerden(talk)12:24, 18 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Nearly got it. There's a white streak, more or less vertical, below her right nostril (on the right as you're looking at her) that I'd fix, and that looks like a crack on the bottom of her chin. There's also a lighter bit between the TATT studio stamp and her hand, protruding up from the bottom of the image. Just the last couple bits on an otherwise excellent restoration (Support in the meantime)Adam Cuerden(talk)15:07, 18 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
WhileAfghan Girl is Pashtun, this one is reportedly Nuristani. Once again shows how such poor folks can present themselves better than wealthy politicians on generic shots.
Weak support – Agree the lighting is less than ideal, but facial detail is excellent and the photo has a rather spontaneous feel to it.Sca (talk)20:45, 18 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
My guess is it's an effort to highlight an obscure ethnic group, of which probably few in the West ever have heard.(Would 'woman' perhaps be more appropriate than 'girl' for this person?)Sca (talk)20:31, 19 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
"this one is reportedly", "Once again shows how such poor folks", "this girl", "an average Afghan". It's all a bit colonial for me. My oppose stands.Josh Milburn (talk)07:46, 20 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support as scanner/uploader - One of the beautiful characteristics of a platinum print is lack of deterioration with age. This image was well preserved for decades within the front blank pages of a volume of poetry. Perhaps just as notable is the ghost image that was produced on the facing page.Londonjackbooks (talk)14:17, 20 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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