RuneScape:Featured images

Featured images are images that add significantly to articles, either by illustrating article content particularly well, or being eye-catching to the point where users will want to read its accompanying article. Taking the adage that "a picture is worth a thousand words," the images featured on the Main Page should illustrate a Wiki article in such a way as to add significantly to that article, according to the featured image criteria. All currently featured images can be found in the featured images gallery.

Nominating

 * If you believe an image should be featured, please add it below to the "Current nominations" section.
 * Conversely, if you believe that an image should be "unfeatured", add it to the "Nominations for delisting" section.
 * For promotion, if an image is listed here for about seven days with three or more reviewers in support (excluding the nominator(s)) and the consensus is in its favour, it can be added to the list.
 * Anonymous user votes are generally disregarded as sockpuppet votes.
 * If necessary, decisions about close candidacies will be made on a case-by-case basis.

Image criteria

 * The image is used in an article.
 * Unless the image is used elsewhere in the wiki, it will not be accepted. This is to prevent "orphaned images".
 * The image is taken from RuneScape game client.
 * Non-free images used under the "Fair use" condition should not be nominated.
 * The image file size is less than 100kb.
 * This is to facilitate users with slower connections, and to reduce lag.
 * Larger images may be used, provided the thumbnails are within this limit.
 * The image is moderately sized.
 * The size is recommended to be larger than 30x30, but smaller than 200x200 pixels.
 * For larger images, use a thumbnail which is within these sizes.

How to nominate
See the following example:

Example
Description: A description for the image. Maximum 10 words long.

Reason: Provide a valid reason for nomination.

Expiry:

Note to nominators

 * The description should describe the image itself, and not be biased.
 * Be creative. Descriptions such as "A picture of..." and "A view of..." is not acceptable.
 * Try not to use superlatives (such as "most", "greatest", "best", etc.).
 * Please make sure the image is used in the mainspace before nominating.
 * Nominations without a valid reason and description will not be accepted.

How to vote

 * Support as nominator
 * Support/Oppose/Neutral - with reasons
 * Weak support/oppose - with reasons
 * Comment - to provide comments

Statistics
What type of images do you think should be featured more? NPCs Monsters Locations Scenery Others

Total images: 37

Aquanite
Description The Aquanite, in all it's grace and beauty.

Reason I think the Aquanite's textures look great in HD. The colours are also eyecatching and the Aquanites seem to be graceful by the way they stand up tall.

Expiry:


 * Support as Nominator. 08:06, September 6, 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment Can someone fix this.... I can never get the image right... 08:09, September 6, 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose - I wouldn't say it has grace and beauty. It looks like retarded fish to me, and I don't get the eyecatching colours part - it's dark green with hints of blue. Seems like a clash to me <_>'
 * Oppose - First of all I never liked NPC/Monsters images to be featured on the main page. As Requiem said, this fish-like thing looks retarded to me... 20:14, September 6, 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose - Yes its eyecatching but in the wrong way <.> 20:17, September 6, 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose - Not a great angle, not anti-aliased, the colors aren't that great either. 00:21, September 7, 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose - Per all :o 09:30, September 7, 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment - I'm sorry, but has anyone gone to look at them in person? Have you seen the way they walk? 18:07, September 8, 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes but this and image only 18:38, September 8, 2009 (UTC)


 * Oppose - Just a normal monster. Nothing special. 14:23, September 9, 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose - They look neat in Animations, but a screenie looks....odd. -- 18:43, September 10, 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose - I don't like it. 15:53, September 12, 2009 (UTC)

Witchaven
Description: The entrance to the Shrine of the Sea slugs.

Reason: Very nice textures and details, good angle, interesting image.

Expiry:


 * Support - as nom. 08:32, September 7, 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose - Try another angle with the ship dont gets croped, or that the ship doesn´t apear 09:28, September 7, 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose - Per Shadow. Always try different angles until ones best.
 * Sigh, I don't take screenshots. If I find an image that catches my eye, I nominate it. Therefore, asking me to try to take the screenshot with another angle is more or less pointless. In any case, the focal point of the image is not the ship, but the ruins/entrance. 14:29, September 9, 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose - The focal point may not be the ship, but its still there and the flaws with its representation cannot be ignored. 15:10, September 9, 2009 (UTC)
 * Support - Il lilike it! . 14:51, September 10, 2009 (UTC)


 * Weak Oppose - I like it, but it's... I don't know - it's just something about it.. Support When I looked at it again, it's actually a great picture. What lurks beneath the ruins, I wonder?
 * Oppose - Per Shadow 17:52, September 10, 2009 (UTC)
 * Neutral, leaning towards Oppose - Very chaotic. And I don't like the ship. 15:53, September 12, 2009 (UTC)

Ape Atoll Agility Course
Description: The entrance to the Ape Atoll Agility Course.

Reason: This image is incredibly bright and vibrant and shows one of Runescape's more exotic areas without the distraction of a player. Also highlights in particular the Runescape engines shader and anti aliasing capabilities.

Expiry:


 * Support - As nominator. 02:08, September 10, 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose - I feel as if its too cramped. The waterfall (which in my opinion is the most interesting part) is cut off, and the cliff dominates the left side, leaving the right side empty and off balance. 01:31, September 10, 2009 (UTC)
 * I see what you mean. Unfortunately after revisiting the spot in order to obtain a better angle, I found the camera is naturally locked either straight up or down so you have zero control. The best I could manage would be to cut the photo almost in half which I feel would defeat the point of having an image featured that is not high resolution. 09:32, September 10, 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose - I understand that the camera was locked, but it's a very odd picture. It seems like you want everyone to see the signpost. And, I'm not sure if it's just my eyes (pretty tired today) but it looks rather blurry
 * oppose - I cant see nothing here... this image sucks 17:45, September 10, 2009 (UTC)
 * There's really no need to be so harsh in your appraisal. Yes, the image could be better, but it certainly does not "suck". 17:49, September 10, 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose - There is nothing special about this image. 17:53, September 10, 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose - No offense, but umm... What's to see? -- 18:43, September 10, 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose - Too much tall grass in the way. Most of the image is fine otherwise. 10:46, September 12, 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose - I only see a hill, some water and a signpost. 15:53, September 12, 2009 (UTC)

Cosmic Plane
Description: A quiet and delicate plane of mystery.

Reason: In this picture, there is alot of colours which makes it eye-catching. It shows beauty aswell, and the little floating bubbles add to it!

Expiry:

. 18:32, September 11, 2009 (UTC)
 * Support - as nom. 14:26, 11 September 2009
 * Comment - Oh look! Another BnV image.
 * Seriously? What's wrong with my RSC graphics?.


 * Weak oppose - Its really nice, but I don't think its centered well enough. On the left side, there's a bit of land that's just baaarely cut off. Also, on the right side there's this suddenly white land mass and its cut off. It draws the eyes to the right, especially since its the only white thing there.
 * Yeah, I wasn't to happy and wanted to take the picture again - let's see with your suggestion.
 * I didn't take the picture again, I simply removed the white island, and I couldn't do much about the cut-off land without ruining the picture.

Oppose - Too much blackness. Not enough to look at. 10:43, September 12, 2009 (UTC) Oppose - While I do like the general look and feel of the area, I think it's a little too plain with all the beige. 10:46, September 12, 2009 (UTC)
 * Slight Oppose - Not very detailed. Everything looks the same. Everything's either black or beige. 15:53, September 12, 2009 (UTC)

Lumbridge
Description: Lumbridge, birthplace of the greatest heroes.

Reason: Lumbridge is a home. It's a home to all the newbie players and some of the highest too (RFD chest). It is where you start, it has alot of beauty, and superb textures.

Expiry:


 * Support: as Nominator. 14:20, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak oppose - Its almost perfect but has one very large flaw in my opinion... the flags and the top of the castle are cut off 14:23, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Hmm? The top of the castle is there, it's just the flag at the top. I'll see if I can crop it in.
 * Impossible, screen isn't big enough (ironically). Besides, it's so small and trivial who cares tbh? >_<
 * Support - Wow, it's like OMG... :O 18:10, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak support - Awesome picture but the big archway-type-wall-thing sort of ruins the image. It blocks the courtyard, which could make this image 100% perfect. 05:49, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Neutral - It's nice, but I would more like it if the castle was captured from a different angle. It's not thát clear it's a castle right now. . 15:06, September 1, 2009 (UTC)
 * I know, I can't tell it's castle either. It looks more like a volcano to me.


 * Neutral - Nice, could be better. 21:00, September 1, 2009 (UTC)
 * Support - Per Gragon(: 17:56, September 2, 2009 (UTC)
 * Notice of intent - Nomination extended by a week to 9 September 2009. 02:51, September 7, 2009 (UTC)
 * Support - It's a great pic, per Gragon. 18:33, September 8, 2009 (UTC)
 * Support - Apart from the head off, its a wonderful landscape.
 * Weak support Its OK, the picture captures the top of Lumbridge Castle well 16:14, September 10, 2009 (UTC)
 * Support - I like it. I also like the cannons.... -- 18:43, September 10, 2009 (UTC)

Dagganoth Prime
Reason The picture is taken from the runescape website (the original uploader of this picture didn't take the picture, he "robbed" from Jagex) and the Dagganoth claw looks blured.

Original nomination: /archive1

Expiry:


 * Check http://www.runescape.com/c=3ZuvmPJsjJc/kbase/guid/waterbirth_island_dungeon_members
 * Support - As Nominator  18:08, September 6, 2009 (UTC)
 * Nobody own anything in this wiki. Instead of saying "owner of this picture" it would be better to say the original uploader.
 * The blurry part could be my fault, since I touched up the transparency when I cropped the image. 09:39, September 7, 2009 (UTC)
 * Support - Per nominator, monster images are boring - also, you misspelled 'robbed' in the reason section.
 * Comment - Lol im portuguese... so my english sucks a little. :D 09:25, September 7, 2009 (UTC)
 * It's cool, just always looking out for my Wikians ^w^


 * Support - Looks pretty bad, and that's not surprising since it came from the Knowledge Base! 00:22, September 7, 2009 (UTC)
 * Support - It's from the Knowledge Base! 03:03, September 7, 2009 (UTC)
 * Support - Per Muzzy - -- 03:36, September 7, 2009 (UTC)
 * Support - Per nom. 16:07, September 7, 2009 (UTC)
 * Support - Per Oli. 14:23, September 9, 2009 (UTC)
 * Support - I don't see why we have to wait like 6 days to get this removed from featured images, it MUST be deleted without a nomination for delisting. This is just my opinion and I think it should be like that. 02:07, September 10, 2009 (UTC)
 * Support - I don't really like monster images, I think only pictures of scenery should be FIMG. -- 18:43, September 10, 2009 (UTC)

Fishing Guild
Reason - This image isn't really scenery, it's not of a boss monster, but it's a dock with players fishing in it. I don't like this image, as it doesn't show anything epic like the dragon forge, or anything like that. It's basically just some dock with players fishing. You can't even tell it's the Fishing guild. Original nomination: /archive1

Expiry:


 * Support As nom. -- 18:52, September 10, 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose - There's more to RuneScape than monsters and ancient ruins. This picture is a very nice picture of the communal aspect to the game. 19:45, September 10, 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose - Although this picture isn't the best, it captures the community of RS at it's best, something some pictures can't do.
 * Oppose - It's lovely. 15:47, September 12, 2009 (UTC)
 * Strong Oppose - I really like it. It isn't the very best picture in terms of beauty, but it captures the daily lives of many players, and it shows what most people do on RuneScape, which is training their skills and making money. 15:55, September 12, 2009 (UTC)