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 April 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 April 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 April 29 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]] 14:09, 29 April 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:Lille_bd_pierre_de_coubertin.jpg[edit]

  • Nomination View of Boulevard Pierre de Coubertin (M651), in Lille, France --Velvet 07:07, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
  • Discussion
  •  Support Good quality. --PaestumPaestum 07:39, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
  •  Oppose Man's head spoils the image IMHO --Екатерина Борисова 08:29, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
  •  Oppose Yes, the man's head is disturbing --Jakubhal 05:35, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
  •  Oppose The head is a no go for QI. This crop would work though. --MB-one 10:27, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
Running total: 1 support (excluding the nominator), 3 oppose → Decline?   --MB-one 10:27, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

File:Bloemencorso_Zundert_2023_-_Afwas_1.png[edit]

  • Nomination Float of the 2023 flower parade of Zundert, titled "The dishes" --ReneeWrites 06:49, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
  • Discussion
     Oppose Nice composition, but unfortunately lack of detail. --Alexander-93 07:17, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
    Disagree - appears sufficient detail given the subject photographed!
     Support Good quality. --Scotch Mist 09:44, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
  •  Oppose Per Alexander --Jakubhal 12:13, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
Running total: 1 support (excluding the nominator), 2 oppose → Decline?   --Robert Flogaus-Faust 20:29, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

File:Anthocharis_cardamines_male_01.jpg[edit]

  • Nomination Anthocharis cardamines, male, Italy --Syrio 18:19, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
  • Discussion
  •  Support Good. --Thi 19:08, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
  •  Oppose Sorry, but I disagree. This one is just too noisy, hardly anything really in focus and low detail. The level of noise is quite astonishing for ISO 200. I wonder whether this could be upscaled or overprocessed? --Robert Flogaus-Faust 10:10, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
  • @Robert Flogaus-Faust: it's been a while since I took this; I may have used the digital zoom, could it be that? --Syrio 12:08, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
  •  Oppose Per Robert, it's either digitally upscaled or it had massive NR applied. --Plozessor 04:22, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
Running total: 1 support (excluding the nominator), 2 oppose → Decline?   --Robert Flogaus-Faust 07:21, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

File:Plaza_de_Saint-Michel,_París,_Francia,_2022-10-29,_DD_140.jpg[edit]

  • Nomination Plaza de Saint-Michel, París, Francia, 2022-10-29 (by Poco a poco) --Sebring12Hrs 15:41, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
  • Discussion
  •  Oppose Blown sky, rest looks noisy, not sure this is recoverable, sorry --Mike Peel 21:04, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
  • May I ask for a new assessment? --Poco a poco 12:54, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
  •  Comment Of course, but then this should go to CR instead of being reset to "/Nomination". I set it to "/Discuss". --Robert Flogaus-Faust 09:49, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
  •  Support Not sure this needed to end up at CR, sorry I didn't manage to respond sooner. It looks good to me now, thanks for reworking it, I was clearly wrong about it not being recoverable. Thanks. Mike Peel 18:34, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
 Support Good quality. ReneeWrites 18:48, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
Running total: 2 support (excluding the nominator), 0 oppose → Promote?   --Mike Peel 18:34, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

File:Red_Clay,_Jana_(P1100314).jpg[edit]

  • Nomination Cessna 414 on display at Red Clay Studio near Tamale, Ghana --MB-one 09:12, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
  • Discussion
  •  Support Yes. --PetarM 19:42, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
  •  Oppose I disagree. Wing is clipped in this image and there is lots of room to move around to include all of the plane. You have another image of this plane (already QI) that shows all of the plane. --GRDN711 19:45, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
  •  Comment @GRDN711: Although there is another image of the same aircraft already promoted to QI, this one is showing a different angle. I also don't see which part of the wing is clipped. Could you be more specific about this please? --MB-one 19:42, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
  •  Comment My apologies, MB-one. The plane is not clipped. However, per Plozessor but taking the opposite tack on this, I continue to weakly oppose this nomination due to the cluttered background of this image. I just don't think it is QI. Would support your other image --GRDN711 00:02, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
  •  Weak support What appears to be a clipped wing is actually the wing of the other aircraft on the left. The subject aircraft is completely in the picture. The composition is not ideal because of these other planes around, but there was probably no other possibility to show this side of the Cessna. --Plozessor 03:35, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
Running total: 2 support (excluding the nominator), 1 oppose → Promote?   --Robert Flogaus-Faust 09:32, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

File:St_Martin_church_in_Limayrac_(3).jpg[edit]

  • Nomination Saint Martin church in Limayrac, Aveyron, France. --Tournasol7 04:23, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
  • Discussion  Support Good quality --Llez 05:23, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
  •  Oppose. It looks like the church is tipping backwards. In addition, the lighting is very unfavorable. Please discuss whether the photo is a quality image or whether a better shot could be imagined. -- Spurzem 09:51, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
  •  Oppose per Spurzem -- Екатерина Борисова 07:25, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
  •  Support Verticals are fine. Exposure is good enough IMO. --MB-one 10:26, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
  •  Support Per MB-one. --Sebring12Hrs 11:45, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
 Comment. It's amazing: If the verticals are right, a picture is good. Everything else doesn't matter. Every day I understand more and more why I no longer present photos here. -- Spurzem 13:48, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
Running total: 2 support (excluding the nominator), 2 oppose → More votes?   --MB-one 10:26, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

File:Seattle_-_April_13,_2024_-_14.jpg[edit]

  • Nomination Grieg Garden, University of Washington --Another Believer 02:06, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
  • Discussion
     Support Good quality. --MB-one 08:37, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
     Oppose PC is needed, and it'snot very sharp. --Sebring12Hrs 18:07, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
     Oppose Oversharpened --Nikride 12:59, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
Total: 1 support (excluding the nominator), 2 oppose → Declined   --MB-one 10:22, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

File:St_Christopher_church_in_Ampiac_(5).jpg[edit]

  • Nomination Portal of the Saint Christopher church in Ampiac, commune of Druelle Balsac, Aveyron, France. --Tournasol7 05:53, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
  • Discussion
  •  Support A bit dark overall but ok --Poco a poco 06:16, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
  •  Oppose. The "restless" shadows bother me a lot. Please discuss whether the photo is still a quality image. -- Spurzem 17:17, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
  •  Support I don't have a problem with those shadows. --Sebring12Hrs 09:54, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
  •  Oppose Shadows are distracting. --Tagooty 02:54, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
  •  Support The shadows are there in reality due to the tree in front of the church, and the picture shows the door as a visitor would see it on a sunny day. IMO it's even capturing that atmosphere. --Plozessor 04:12, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
Hello Plozessor, Your explanation reminds me of the photo I've often mentioned of the black cat in the dark basement with no light. Best regards -- Spurzem 11:31, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
  •  Support Per Plozessor --Jakubhal 15:25, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
  •  Oppose Opposes per Tagooty. --GRDN711 20:16, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
  •  Oppose per others --Robert Flogaus-Faust (talk) 09:37, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
  •  Support --Argenberg 12:48, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
  •  Support Absolutely poetic,good quality --GoldenArtists 13:53, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
Running total: 5 support (excluding the nominator), 4 oppose → Promote?   --GoldenArtists 13:53, 29 April 2024 (UTC) (talk) 09:37, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

Timetable (day 8 after nomination)[edit]

  • Sun 21 Apr → Mon 29 Apr
  • Mon 22 Apr → Tue 30 Apr
  • Tue 23 Apr → Wed 01 May
  • Wed 24 Apr → Thu 02 May
  • Thu 25 Apr → Fri 03 May
  • Fri 26 Apr → Sat 04 May
  • Sat 27 Apr → Sun 05 May
  • Sun 28 Apr → Mon 06 May
  • Mon 29 Apr → Tue 07 May