Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Smiling meerkat.jpg

File:Smiling meerkat.jpg, not featured edit

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Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals/Carnivora#Family : Herpestidae (Mongooses)
Info All by me. -- MSN12102001 (talk) 12:04, 23 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- MSN12102001 (talk) 12:04, 23 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose This image could be submitted to Quality Images which is the first level for image assessment on Commons. I fear it would struggle there. Once you have 'support' votes on some images, then have a look at the composition and technical quality of successful nominations here. And it may look like it, but meerkats do not smile. Charlesjsharp (talk) 12:37, 23 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Hi MSN12102001, and thanks for nominating this picture here. It's definitely a cute picture, but as Charles says it's probably not up to standards for this process ("Featured Picture"). We have several processes which recognize high-quality content. The other two main ones are valued image (which is about the best image in a particular category/scope), and quality image (for good technical quality). Featured Pictures typically requires good technical quality, some sort of educational content (interpreted very loosely), and a "wow!" factor. That is, they're the best images we have here on Commons. You can get a sense for what pictures of meerkats and related animals get promoted through this gallery: Commons:Featured_pictures/Animals/Mammals/Carnivora#Family_:_Herpestidae_(Mongooses). To learn more about nominating for quality image, see COM:QIC. If an image doesn't get promoted there, ask the reviewer for feedback. Hopefully people who go through these processes become better photographers! — Rhododendrites ^talk | 13:40, 23 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Nice thumbnail but at full size the head is out of focus -- Basile Morin (talk) 22:55, 24 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per above. SHB2000 (talk) 01:03, 25 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Regretful oppose per Charles. Daniel Case (talk) 19:29, 25 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per others. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:02, 26 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmed results:

Result: 1 support, 5 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /--MZaplotnik^(talk) 13:36, 28 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]