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 May 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 May 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 May 09 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]] 11:56, 9 May 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
Please nominate no more than 5 images per day and try to review on average as many images as you nominate (check here how you are doing).


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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:2018-06-02_01_ARKLOW_FAITH_-_IMO_9361718.jpg[edit]

  • Nomination Cargo ship, Arklow Faith, leaving the harbor at Aberdeen, Scotland. --GRDN711 14:14, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
  • Discussion
     Oppose I'm sorry. Sky is overexposed. --Nacaru 22:29, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
     Comment @Nacaru: If you go to the upload page and see the image against the white page background, you will see that while it is an overcast day in Scotland, there is tone in the clouds and all of the sky. My histogram of this image is balanced and does not show any blown highlights or too dark tones. Please take another look. --GRDN711 23:52, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
    Alright, I'll move it to discussion to see what others think. --Nacaru 23:12, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

File:IBM_AS400_Keyboard.jpg[edit]

  • Nomination IBM AS400 Keyboard --Wilfredor 15:22, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
  • Discussion <
  •  Support Good quality. --Poco a poco 09:43, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
  •  Oppose Sorry, I disagree. Needs perspective correction, right side angle is much starker than the one on left side. --Nacaru 22:29, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
  •  Comment Also the AS/400 does not have a keyboard. This device must belong to a Twinax terminal, such as IBM 5250, not to the AS/400 (or "IBM iSeries") as such. Would be good to have the actual model number of the keyboard in the description. --Plozessor 10:02, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
  •  Question This image is already a QI? --Smial 10:59, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
  •  Comment @Poco a poco, Nacaru, Plozessor, and Smial: As Smial says above, this is already a QI. I had a look at how this could have happened, and it seems that QICbot (talk · contribs) never removed the archived nominations on the morning of 7 May as it usually does. It did all the rest of the steps, including creating the archive page for that day, tagging all the images and notifying the creators/nominators, but for whatever reason (edit conflict?) didn't remove them from the candidate list. Nacaru (talk · contribs) then opposed the image later on the same day which changed the template to /Discuss. When QICbot ran on the morning of 8 May it moved the image down to this section despite the fact it had already been promoted 24 hours earlier. As far as I know there is no current process to delist QIs so not sure what to do here, interested to hear views. BigDom 10:32, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

File:Malbork_Castle_2023_061.jpg[edit]

  • Nomination Relief of Madonna & The Magi at the Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork --Scotch Mist 13:11, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
  • Discussion  Comment I don't think it's sharp enough. --Sebring12Hrs 15:53, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
    Another perspective? --Scotch Mist 22:12, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

File:Malbork_Castle_2023_112.jpg[edit]

  • Nomination River View of St Mary's Church, High Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork (Lightened Shadows!) --Scotch Mist 06:34, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
  • Discussion
    IMHO, it is better with the darker shadows. --C messier 16:20, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
    Another perspective? --Scotch Mist 13:32, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

File:EBACE_2023,_Le_Grand-Saconnex_(EB237703).jpg[edit]

  • Nomination Lavatory aboard a Pilatus PC-12 at EBACE 2023 --MB-one 22:52, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
  • Discussion
  •  Support Good quality. --Poco a poco 13:46, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
  •  OpposeI'm sorry, but I disagree. The blurry element at the top is a bit strange. --Nacaru 23:17, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
  • @Nacaru: ✓ Done cloned out this imperfection. Thanks for the review. --MB-one 19:01, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
  •  Support Fixed, although I have to say the top foremost cropping of the right white wall is unfortunate. Nacaru 22:29, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
Running total: 2 support (excluding the nominator), 0 oppose → Promote?   --Milseburg 15:01, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

File:022_Wild_Alpine_Ibex_Grammont_Photo_by_Giles_Laurent.jpg[edit]

  • Nomination Wild alpine ibex massive mountains at Grammont --Giles Laurent 01:26, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
  • Discussion
     Oppose Not sharp. --Tagooty 02:57, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
    The subject is the ibex and it was in focus and sharp enough in my opinion. Anyway, I just uploaded a new file with sharpened ibex. What do you think now Tagooty ? --Giles Laurent 11:35, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
  •  Oppose Sorry, I have to agree with Tagooty above. Still not sharp enough. --SHB2000 13:01, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
  • ✓ Done New sharpened version uploaded. Press Ctrl+F5 with image open at full resolution on Windows or Cmd+R on Mac to update cache and see the new version. What do you think now Tagooty and SHB2000 ? --Giles Laurent 09:20, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
  •  Oppose Indeed, it's not very sharp. --Sebring12Hrs 14:49, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
    Could you please elaborate what you consider is not sharp in the ibex @Sebring12Hrs? At such distance it is normal to not see every single hair of the animal, especially when the sun has already set and I think that even in these circumstances a sufficient enough amount of hair detail can be seen in this picture --Giles Laurent 18:03, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
    The animal is sharp, but it is such a small part of the image that we expect better sharpness either of the foreground or the background. Yann 18:27, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
    Thank you for your precision Yann. The thing is that at f2.8 (needed because of low light) and 104mm it is impossible to not have bokeh. In this case I think the subject of the image is the ibex and that the bokeh actually highlights the subject by separating it from the background. But I can understand that the subject beeing small, some people could be disturbed. But the fact of having the subject small was deliberate as the image was intended to showcase the animal in its habitat that is still very visible and distinguishable in my opinion. --Giles Laurent 18:52, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
  •  Neutral Undecided. The ibex is perfectly sharp and the bokeh is fine. However, for the ibex to be the subject (as outlined above), it makes up a quite small portion of the image. Resolution would be high enough to crop it a bit tighter around the animal though. --Plozessor 13:04, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
    Thank you for your review Plozessor. I could crop a bit the bottom of the picture if you think it would make it better but I'd like to keep the top of the mountains as they well represent the environment of the animal (I would like to avoid a crop like this one because the goal of the present picture is to show the animal surroundings). So do you think it would be better if I crop more the bottom of the picture Plozessor? (I'm just afraid that if I do so the subject would be too much lost on the bottom edge of the image instead of being at the 1/3 ratio) -- Giles Laurent 15:03, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
  •  Oppose The revisions have not brought any real improvement. The animal is simply too small and it doesn't work as a landscape photo either due to the lack of DOF. --Smial 15:56, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
Running total: 0 support (excluding the nominator), 4 oppose → Decline?   --Robert Flogaus-Faust 22:17, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

File:Mini_Hatch_(J01)_IMG_8799.jpg[edit]

  • Nomination Mini Hatch (J01) in Böblingen --Alexander-93 07:47, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
  • Discussion
  •  Support Good quality. --GoldenArtists 08:18, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
  •  Oppose. The car is very crowded. In addition, the transition between the roof and the light car in the background is barely visible. Incidentally, I find the license plate holder without a license plate unsightly. Please discuss. -- Spurzem 14:02, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
  •  Support Not a FP but good quality also regarding the conditions. --Milseburg (talk) 15:05, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
  •  Oppose Distracting background. --Kallerna 09:06, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
Running total: 2 support (excluding the nominator), 1 oppose → Promote?   --Milseburg (talk) 15:05, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

File:Velden_Selpritsch_Kirchenweg_Filialkirche_hl._Andreas_Christophorus_20042024_4899.jpg[edit]

  • Nomination Painting of Saint Christopher at the subsidiary church Saint Andrew on Kirchenweg in Selpritsch, Velden, Carinthia, Austria -- Johann Jaritz 01:26, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
  • Discussion
  •  Support Good quality. --Jacek Halicki 01:29, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
  •  Oppose I'm sorry, it has good composition, but the top shadow kinda ruins it for me --Nacaru 23:06, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
  •  Oppose The shadow is too disturbing for QI. -- Spurzem 12:45, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
  •  Oppose Per Nacaru and Spurzem. You could try with different RAW conversion settings (like increasing clarity and dynamics while reducing contrast) to reduce the extreme contrast between the bright and the dark part, but not sure if that would be enough. --Plozessor 04:39, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
  •  Oppose Such a composition could work if the gutter or the roof casting the shadow were visible in the picture. The way the object is shown here, the lighting is not suitable. Better to wait for a day when there is no direct sunlight. --Smial 15:52, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
Running total: 1 support (excluding the nominator), 4 oppose → Decline?   --MB-one 10:42, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

File:Beijing_city_subway_passage.jpg[edit]

  • Nomination A photo showing a dark passage within the Beijing Subway during the Chinese new year celebrations --Nacaru 11:02, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
  • Discussion
  •  Oppose The picture is too dark and I think you need to straighten it. --Shougissime 14:20, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
  • Is the pic too dark or is that just what the environment looks like? That's an important distinction to make. --ReneeWrites 19:21, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
  • The place was unusually dark for a metro corridor, it's why I took a picture of it. Also I cropped it a little on the left side to avoid having part of a wall poster on the frame. --Nacaru 21:00, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
  •  Weak oppose Opposing for now because it needs perspective correction (left side is leaning in, right side is straight). Brightness is ok. Shadows are a bit noisy, IMO still acceptable for the situation but maybe a bit stronger (chroma) noise reduction would further improve the image. --Plozessor 04:12, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
  •  Support Good now.
  • ✓ Done. @Plozessor and Shougissime: , perspective has been corrected and I have made it less dark. Nacaru 11:54, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
  •  Support Looks good to me. ReneeWrites 23:03, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
Running total: 2 support (excluding the nominator), 1 oppose → Promote?   --Plozessor 04:42, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

File:Castello_di_Salorno_by_drone_01.jpg[edit]

  • Nomination Drone shot of Haderburg, Salorno, Italy--Syrio 09:44, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
  • Discussion
     Support Good quality. --Nacaru 11:15, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
  •  Oppose. I think the image is a little bit to dark for QI. But I am not sure. Please discuss. -- Spurzem 13:26, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
    I'm agree with the comment above. If you can correct the darkness of the background, I think it could be a QI. --Shougissime 14:20, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
    I'm not great at color correction but I've tried; is it enough? --Syrio 16:09, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
  •  Oppose Per Spurzem --Nikride 13:30, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
  •  Oppose Good composition but it's still a bit dark and not very sharp. I don't think it's possible to improve it. Sorry. --Sebring12Hrs 14:47, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
  • @Spurzem and Shougissime: I have tried to correct the color. --Syrio 10:54, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
  •  Oppose Interesting, but lower left part is too dark. --Milseburg 15:19, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
Running total: 1 support (excluding the nominator), 4 oppose → Decline?   --Milseburg 15:19, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

Timetable (day 8 after nomination)[edit]

  • Wed 01 May → Thu 09 May
  • Thu 02 May → Fri 10 May
  • Fri 03 May → Sat 11 May
  • Sat 04 May → Sun 12 May
  • Sun 05 May → Mon 13 May
  • Mon 06 May → Tue 14 May
  • Tue 07 May → Wed 15 May
  • Wed 08 May → Thu 16 May
  • Thu 09 May → Fri 17 May