Commons:Featured media/chronological/February 2020

File:The Iron Horse.webm, featured

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•  Description :  1924 American silent film, directed by John Ford. Earned a MOTD.
• Category: Commons:Featured videos/Fiction
•  Info created by John Ford & Fox Film - uploaded to commons by Racconish - nominated by Abzeronow -- Abzeronow (talk) 18:05, 19 January 2020 (UTC)
•  Support -- Abzeronow (talk) 18:05, 19 January 2020 (UTC)

•  Support FV for me -- — Racconish ^💬 18:15, 19 January 2020 (UTC)
•  Support Uploader. — Racconish ^💬 18:15, 19 January 2020 (UTC)

  I don't think we can vote twice. That's why I cancelled the second vote.Filo gèn' (talk) 04:31, 20 January 2020 (UTC)

  Sorry about that. I meant the 2nd one. — Racconish ^💬 20:34, 20 January 2020 (UTC)

•  Support FV for me, The criteria are respected even if it's an old video so I vote pour. -- Filo gèn' (talk) 04:04, 20 January 2020 (UTC)

•  Support but honestly I didn't watched the full move because it's too big and I never watched a black and white movie so it feels unnatural to me and usually I don't watch many movies in general. But I watched about 45 minutes from different sections, read about it on enwiki and now I know what's it all about and why it is culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant. It's a successful movie considering the budget to box office ratio. I also didn't knew that Chinese immigration to the US started before 1900, I am not a historian after all. FV for me -- Eatcha (talk) 18:01, 20 January 2020 (UTC)

•  Support Nice old movie -- PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 14:14, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

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Result: 5 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Eatcha (talk) 04:27, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
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File:2019-10-13 fete-science-Mulhouse.webm, featured

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•  Description : 
  Français : Fête de la science 2019, à la fonderie, à Mulhouse (France).
  English: Science fair 2019, at Mulhouse (France).
• Category: Commons:Featured videos/Historical
•  Info created by ComputerHotline - uploaded to commons by ComputerHotline - nominated by ComputerHotline -- ComputerHotline (talk) 21:33, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
•  Support -- ComputerHotline (talk) 21:33, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

•  Support FV for me, I may be biased on this because I love participating in Science fairs. -- Eatcha (talk) 04:23, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

•  Support - I found it interesting. Your kilometerage may vary. :-) -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 03:41, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

•  SupportGood summary of scientific experiments -- PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 14:12, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

•  Support FV for me -- Filo gèn' (talk) 01:58, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

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Result: 5 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Eatcha (talk) 03:00, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
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File:Panama Canal Timelapse- Caribbean to Pacific.webm, featured

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•  Description :  Panama Canal in South America
• Category: Commons:Featured videos/Time-lapse
•  Info created by Morrison Mast- uploaded to commons by Atlasowa - nominated by Filo gèn' -- Filo gèn' (talk) 21:57, 26 January 2020 (UTC)
•  Support -- Filo gèn' (talk) 21:57, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

•  Neutral I am neutral on this. 🥱 --Killarnee (T•R•P) 04:06, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

•  Support FV for me -- Atlasowa (talk) 10:42, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

•  Support Reminded me of Megastructures on National Geographic Channel, unfortunately 73% of it is held by Disney(rest by NGS), the videos are not freely licensed despite the fact that National Geographic Society is not for profit. They should have changed the name to Disney geographic channel. Please ignore what I wrote earlier, the video is fine. FV in my eyes. -- Eatcha (talk) 17:49, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

•  Support - The pace is a little fast for my taste, but this is certainly a valuable video that has interest. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 03:14, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
•  Support I wish the footage was a bit smoother over all (not necessarily slower), but I like it well enough. --El Grafo (talk) 16:38, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
•  Support — Rhododendrites ^talk |  05:30, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

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Result: 6 support, 0 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /Eatcha (talk) 03:03, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
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File:Joaldunak - Puskak biltzen - Ituren (1).webm.webm, featured

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•  Description :  Joaldunak gather at the beginning of the carnival, in Ituren, Navarra, the Basque Country
• Category: Commons:Featured videos/Other
•  Info created & uploaded by User:Iñaki LL - nominated by Eatcha -- Eatcha (talk) 13:27, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
•  Support -- Eatcha (talk) 13:27, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
• Well that's... loud. :) Would be good to get some better categories and geotags? Undecided on this one myself. It's more POV than documentary, but educational value is there. Will try to come back. — Rhododendrites ^talk |  05:13, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

• Just following up to clarify what I mean by "POV" - I mean it seems like it's supposed to show what it's like to be in the procession rather than documentation of the procession (i.e. looking at the back/bells of people in front of you rather than watching the procession go by, with lots of people, fronts/backs, etc.). — Rhododendrites ^talk |  15:21, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

•  Support Myself being its author:) It lost quite a lot during compression. I do not understand the "POV than documentary" claim. Iñaki LL (talk) 09:52, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

•  Comment - I don't understand it, either. And it's certainly interesting, but Iñaki LL, could you post some kind of explanation of the idea and/or background behind the procession in your file description and/or link to an article that does? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 13:42, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

•  Support FV for me -- Filo gèn' (talk) 16:07, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

•  Support A valuable record of traditions -- PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 14:05, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

•  Support FV for me -- Theklan (talk) 15:47, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

•  Support What they do is what you watch -- Suna no onna (talk) 15:51, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

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Result: 6 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Eatcha (talk) 14:41, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
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File:Traditional Bird Singing Contest, Phuket - A mini documentary.webm, featured, featured

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•  Description :  Bird singing contest in Thailand
• Category: Commons:Featured videos/Documentary
•  Info created by FAT MANGO Showreel - uploaded to commons by Спасимир - nominated by Filo gèn' -- Filo gèn' (talk) 08:46, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
•  Support -- Filo gèn' (talk) 08:46, 23 January 2020 (UTC)

•  Support FV for me -- Eatcha (talk) 08:52, 23 January 2020 (UTC)

•  Support Well done. --- C&C (Coffeeandcrumbs) 08:53, 26 January 2020 (UTC)
•  Comment I like this. I'm not a big fan of the subtitles being embedded in the video itself, but I could live with that. The last few seconds should be cut, though, as they are not part of the actual content and make no sense at all outside Youtube. --El Grafo (talk) 16:18, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
•  Support Interesting, good documentary. I was disappointed not to hear more birdsongs, though. Too bad we didn't hear any of the competition. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 03:22, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

I thought I had already posted a comment on this, but I don't see it. I liked this, although I wish they had also given footage of birds competing with songs. But it's interesting and I thought it was well shot. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 13:31, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

There was a duplicate nom page at Commons:Featured video candidates/File:Traditional Bird Singing Contest, Phuket - A mini documentary.webm: (now redirects here). --- C&C (Coffeeandcrumbs) 19:18, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

•  Oppose but only because of the end. we don't need someone's "subscribe" button and clip of an unrelated video that exist only for promotion. if it were cut I'd probably be weak support on this. — Rhododendrites ^talk |  05:33, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

•  Support FV for me -- Karelj (talk) 21:47, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

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Result: 5 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. //Eatcha (talk) 10:22, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
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File:Haltern - Naturwildpark Granat - Dama dama dama 15 (1) ies.webm, featured, featured

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•  Description :  Video of a species of Cervidae
• Category: Commons:Featured videos/Animals
•  Info created by Frank Vincentz - uploaded to commons by les - nominated by Filo gèn' -- Filo gèn' (talk) 12:55, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
•  Support -- Filo gèn' (talk) 12:55, 29 January 2020 (UTC)

•  Support -- Eatcha (talk) 13:22, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
•  Support - That was fun. Could you add geocoordinates? I wonder why that one deer was shouting "DER! DER! DER! DER!" That was kind of funny. I also liked the big antlers, the albino/white deer, the white one with spots and the couple of deer that looked at the videographer. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 13:48, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

•  Support Very much animals -- PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 14:06, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

•  Support FV for me -- Karelj (talk) 20:08, 12 February 2020 (UTC)

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Result: 5 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. //Eatcha (talk) 03:56, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
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File:Cocaine dependence.webm, featured

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•  Description :  What is cocaine dependence? Cocaine dependence occurs when a person needs cocaine just to feel normal. Cocaine abuse often leads to overdosing and death.
• Category: Commons:Featured videos/Educational
•  Info created by OsmoseIt - uploaded to commons by OsmoseIt - nominated by Eatcha -- Eatcha (talk) 12:51, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
•  Support -- Eatcha (talk) 12:51, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

•  Support FV for me -- Filo gèn' (talk) 15:29, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
• Weak  Support. Pretty good, overall. Some criticisms: The block of cocaine looks like a bar of soap. "Cocaine comes from the leaves of the South America coca plant has been used for over a thousand years." I listened to that repeatedly, and that's what I heard. It's not a sentence, and it's ambiguous. If the suggestion is that cocaine is over 1,000 years old, that's incorrect. According to w:Cocaine, it is the leaves of the coca plant themselves that have been chewed by Andean people for over 1,000 years. The cocaine alkyloid wasn't isolated until 1855. "Cool compress" is mispronounced, with "compress" accented as if it were a verb (2nd syllable accented). I'm also skeptical of his pronunciation of "ibogaine", which I would think would be accented on the first syllable. A more important criticism is that the champion-like imagery for cocaethylene is unfortunate because pictures often get through to people more than spoken words. And this is not the most impressive or professional-looking non-fiction style (we really have to use a silly envelope icon for neurotransmitters sending a "message"?). Overall, all of this translates into weak support, and if there were a "Quality Video" category, I'd say we could make this one and not feature it. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 04:22, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

•  Support FV for me -- Karelj (talk) 22:02, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

•  Support Nice info video, although I never took cocaine to share this experience -- PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 19:19, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

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Result: 5 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Eatcha (talk) 05:13, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
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File:Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) looking for a mouse.webm, featured

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•  Description :  That's what the fox does for a meal.
• Category: Commons:Featured videos/Animals
•  Info created by Lubo Ondrasko - uploaded to commons by The Nature Box - nominated by Filo gèn' -- Filo gèn' (talk) 09:19, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
•  Support -- Filo gèn' (talk) 09:19, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

•  Support Useful. -- Gyrostat (talk) 13:31, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

•  Support FV for me -- Karelj (talk) 22:11, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

•  Support Nice catch! -- Ainali (talk) 10:17, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

•  Support FV -- Eatcha (talk) 10:21, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

•  Support FV for me -- Ermell (talk) 23:18, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

•  Support Wow! Perfect! --- C&C (Coffeeandcrumbs) 19:07, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

•  Support "Wow" :-) Ahmad^talk 20:14, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

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Result: 8 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. //Eatcha (talk) 13:40, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
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File:President Obama on Death of Osama bin Laden.ogv, featured

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•  Description :  President Obama announces the death of Osama bin Laden, praises those Americans who carried out the operation to kill Osama bin Laden, tells the families of the victims of September 11, 2001 that they have never been forgotten, and calls on Americans to remember the unity of that tragic day.
• Category: Commons:Featured videos/Historical
•  Info created by The USGov - uploaded to commons by User:Fourthords - nominated by Eatcha -- Eatcha (talk) 04:22, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
•  Support -- Eatcha (talk) 04:22, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
• Just in case anyone's interested : This is the most viewed video across all Wikimedia foundation's projects. More than 14M views as of 2015. -- Eatcha (talk) 04:28, 21 January 2020 (UTC)

•  Support Per historical importance. -- Gyrostat (talk) 12:00, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
•  Support Historic, often referenced. Abzeronow (talk) 15:38, 23 January 2020 (UTC)

•  Oppose – We can get a higher quality video without watermarks from the Barack Obama Presidential Library. --- C&C (Coffeeandcrumbs) 08:59, 26 January 2020 (UTC)
•  Question - Aren't watermarks of any kind inadmissible for FVs? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 03:26, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

I can't speak for others, videos of Most Significant world events with watermarks are FV for me. // Eatcha (talk) 05:45, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

I thought "no watermarks" was a rule. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 13:32, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

There is a another rule : "all rules can be broken." Keeping my BS aside, this video is very important one and to get watermark free version, you're required to contact(email) Barack Obama Presidential Library. They will send RAW footage of the speech which are usually greater than 4 GiB(maximum file size limit on commons). You need to process that video, request server side upload by creating a ticket on phabricator. Usually takes more than a day to successfully upload a single video with maximum quality supported by Mediawiki. Conclusion : It's not easy to get watermark free videos by contacting BOPL. -- Eatcha (talk) 15:16, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

Since this is only 9 minutes it would not be that large. There is a cost ($25) so I understand the hesitation. --- C&C (Coffeeandcrumbs) 18:51, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

I think watermarks are okay, when they are located in a corner and not too much, so they don't decrease the experience of watching --PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 19:17, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

•  Support major event, good documentation. if there are better versions available, I will happily support delisting/replacing when we have it. — Rhododendrites ^talk |  05:34, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
• I can now  Oppose this version with no compunctions. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 04:48, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

Alternative, File:President Obama on Death of Osama bin Laden no watermark.webm

•  Support FV for me -- Eatcha (talk) 03:44, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
• @Gyrostat: , @Abzeronow: , @Coffeeandcrumbs: , @Ikan Kekek: , @Rhododendrites: uploaded a better version, with no watermark. -- Eatcha (talk) 03:48, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
•  Support Abzeronow (talk) 03:50, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
•  Comment – Please clean up the description. Need source info. --- C&C (Coffeeandcrumbs) 03:57, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
• @Coffeeandcrumbs what changes do you want ? Added source in the file page. Unrelated : Please verify that you're still logged in and try again. Any Idea why I am getting this warning ? -- Eatcha (talk) 04:43, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
• Super!  Support. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 04:47, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
•  Support – Thanks. This is all I was looking for. Unrelated: Sorry, no idea. --- C&C (Coffeeandcrumbs) 05:14, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
•  Support Even better, thanks. --Gyrostat (talk) 16:41, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

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Result: 5 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. //Eatcha (talk) 13:45, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
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The chosen alternative is: File:President Obama on Death of Osama bin Laden no watermark.webm

File:Le Marché de Noël allemand de Québec.webm, featured

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•  Description :  A Christmas market (type of street market) during the four weeks of Advent. Originated in Germany, but are now common worldwide.
• Category: Commons:Featured videos/Documentary
•  Info created by Wilfredor - uploaded to commons by Wilfredor - nominated by Eatcha -- Eatcha (talk) 05:41, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
•  Support -- Eatcha (talk) 05:41, 14 February 2020 (UTC)

•  Support FV for me -- Filo gèn' (talk) 07:38, 14 February 2020 (UTC)

•  Support Thanks for the nomination -- Wilfredor (talk) 16:24, 14 February 2020 (UTC)

•  Support FV for me -- Ermell (talk) 19:55, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

•  Support FV for me -- Karelj (talk) 21:33, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

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Result: 5 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Eatcha (talk) 04:32, 24 February 2020 (UTC)
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File:Lentil sprouting Haft-sin time lapse.webm, featured

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•  Description :  Lentil sprouting Haft-sin, Nowruz time lapse. Sabzeh, which is fresh sprouting seeds, is the first item on any Haft-seen table and represents rebirth.
• Category: Commons:Featured videos/Short
•  Info created by Meisam - uploaded to commons by Eatcha - nominated by Eatcha -- Eatcha (talk) 04:07, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
•  Support -- Eatcha (talk) 04:07, 15 February 2020 (UTC)

•  Neutral That's well done but you could shorten that. Not that much is happening.. -- Ermell (talk) 19:54, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

•  Support FV for me -- Karelj (talk) 21:37, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

•  Support FV for me -- Filo gèn' (talk) 16:54, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

•  Support --Killarnee (T•R•P) 16:06, 20 February 2020 (UTC)

•  Support -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:33, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

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Result: 5 support, 0 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /Eatcha (talk) 05:17, 24 February 2020 (UTC)
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File:Alexander Gerst’s Earth timelapses (2017 reissue).webm, featured

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•  Description :  Alexander Gerst’s Earth timelapses, created during his six-month participation in Expedition 40 on the International Space Station in 2014.
• Category: Commons:Featured videos/Astronomy Commons:Featured videos/Time-lapse
•  Info created by Alexander Gerst - uploaded to commons by Ptolusque - nominated by Jahobr -- Jahobr (talk) 09:17, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
•  Support -- Jahobr (talk) 09:17, 15 February 2020 (UTC)

•  Support FV for me -- Gyrostat (talk) 09:55, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

•  Support FV for me -- Ermell (talk) 19:39, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

•  Support FV for me -- Karelj (talk) 21:39, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
•  Support — Rhododendrites ^talk |  04:44, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

•  Support FV for me -- Eatcha (talk) 18:20, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

•  Support --Killarnee (T•R•P) 16:05, 20 February 2020 (UTC)

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Result: 7 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. //Eatcha (talk) 03:50, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
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