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Former featured articlePalace of Westminster is a former featured article. Please see the links under Article milestones below for its original nomination page (for older articles, check the nomination archive) and why it was removed.
Main Page trophyThis article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on June 26, 2005.
On this day... Article milestones
DateProcessResult
April 17, 2005Featured article candidatePromoted
January 4, 2008Featured article reviewDemoted
May 31, 2008Good article nomineeNot listed
On this day... Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on January 20, 2005, January 20, 2006, and January 20, 2007.
Current status: Former featured article

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According to recent history, there seems to be a disagreement of which image should be used in the infobox. Initially, @PEPSI697 changed the image and provided a reason in the summary. Following that, @5.70.188.253 reverted the edit, which led to @SShreddies redoing the initial edit, which, from my POV, could be considered the start of an edit war. Subsequently, the latter two users and @OverlordQ engaged in this potential edit war.

The two images involved in this incident are Houses of Parliament in 2022 (cropped).jpg (previous) and Palace of Westminster, July 2024.jpg (new).

To determine which of them is more suitable for the article, I would look at several parameters. First of all, the date: I currently don't see any good reason why a more recent image should automatically be superior to an older one with potentially higher quality, especially regarding structures like the Palace of Westminster, which have not changed in recent years to necessitate a new photo. Secondly, we could examine the previous images used in the infobox. Prior to the 2022 version, Parliament at Sunset.JPG adorned the article for over a whole decade, succeeding Westminster palace.jpg. Apart from the latter, both previous images share the characteristic of not being aerial images and covering the profile view of the buildings. The 2024 image has a lower resolution and less vivid colours than its 2022 equivalent. Therefore, in my opinion, the previous image should be reinstated. However, before proceeding, I would like to reach a consensus rather than just reporting people and further fuelling the edit war. –Tobias (talk) 16:36, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]