Commons:Featured Kittens
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The Featured Kittens project is designed to replace potentially offensive pictures of the day with inoffensive photographs of cats, specifically kittens.
Criteria
[edit]The Five "C"s
[edit]The images chosen must comply with the Five "C"s:
- Cat - The picture must be of a cat.
- Cute - The kitten in the picture must be cute.
- Carefree - Kittens are meant to be carefree and whimsical - a kitten which is unhappy or otherwise disturbed is not suitable for being featured.
- Clean - There should not be the slightest hint of anything controversial - this includes dead mice, suckling, owners, etc.
- Cute - this one is so important it deserves a second mention.
Technical
[edit]Featured Kittens, like Featured Pictures, have the following technical requirements: focus, exposure, composition, movement control and depth of field.
- Focus - the main focus of the photo must be the kitten.
- Exposure - The kitten must be visible, however particularly cute lumps under towels and the like may be granted exemptions.
- Composition - the kitten must be composed of feline elements, such as ears, fur, paws and a tail (optional).
- Movement control - The kitten must be in control of its movement, either directly or by controlling human patsies.
- Depth of field - This is a field. It may have a kitten in it, but the field is too deep to be able to tell. Such pictures are not acceptable.
Graphic elements
[edit]On the graphic elements we have shape, volume, colour, texture, perspective, balance, proportion, noise, etc.
- Shape - The kitten must still be kitten shaped. Kittens in bottles are not accepted here.
- Volume - The kitten must be of feline volume - particularly large kittens may in fact be sheep.
- Texture - The kitten in question should preferably have fur. While egyptian hairless cats are cats, they may well fail the cute requirement.
- Perspective - The perspective should be such as to show the kitten at optimal cuteness.
- Balance - Kittens are not required to be balanced, however full-grown cats have more self-esteem and so photos of fully grown cats falling over are strictly banned, and nominating such images may well lead to you being indefinitely blocked from editing Commons.
- Proportion - If the kitten seems very long, it may be a sausage dog.
- Noise - If the picture miaows, mews, purrs, roars or otherwise makes a noise, please see a doctor.
Nominations
[edit]July 24, 2010
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- Nomination A black and white kitten called "Kokonek". ~~~~
- Promotion Exactly what we're looking for. ~~~~
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- Nomination A Polish girl holding a kitten. ~~~~
- Decline Kitten hidden, and does not seem very carefree. Furthermore, the woman could possibly offend some people. ~~~~
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- Nomination A tuxedo cat sleeping on a dog. ~~~~
- Review needed
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- Nomination A sleeping kitten. ~~~~
- Discussion Badly named, no description. ~~~~
July 21, 2018
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- Nomination Kitties!!
- Promotion Exactly what we're looking for.
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- Nomination Young cat from Bangladesh on red set.
- Promotion Exactly what we're looking for.
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- Nomination Smiling kitten (?)
- Promotion Exactly what we're looking for.
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- Nomination Grey Kittens with golden eyes.
- Promotion Exactly what we're looking for.