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I've had a poke around but couldn't find what I was looking for. How many POTDs have yet to be shown on the main page? Or does something become a Featured Picture only through the POTD process? Background to my query is that I gave a presentation on Wikipedia's main page and POTD is the part I know least about. Schwede 66 07:14, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Schwede66, as per first paragraph of Wikipedia:Picture of the day, additional emphasis mine:

The picture of the day (POTD) is a [...] updated every day with one or more featured pictures [...]

Meaning that a picture is a featured picture first, and a POTD second.

Something becomes a Featured Picture through the Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates process, if it satisfies the Wikipedia:Featured picture criteria.

The scheduling of POTDs should follow Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Guidelines.

POTDs are scheduled ahead of time. For example, almost half of April is already planned, but only four pictures have been planned for May. For specific anniversaries, the scheduling can be done months or even years in advance, e.g. Template:POTD/2025-11-17 and Template:POTD/2028-02-02. —⁠andrybak (talk) 10:29, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

POTD archive history page[edit]

What I see on my home page POTD is not reflected in the archive search. May 5 2024 shows a Serbian food platter, archive shows giant glyphs in the desert. BobBataviaIL (talk) 05:32, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

POTDPageCreator: Template:POTD/2024-06-07 does not exist[edit]

While attempting to create Template:POTD protected/2024-06-07, I found that Template:POTD/2024-06-07 does not exist. Please create it! When you have fixed this issue, please change the section title (e.g. append " - Fixed") or remove this section completely. I will repost the notice if the page is still broken or is re-broken. If you have any questions or comments that my operator should see, please post a notice to User talk:AnomieBOT. Thanks! AnomieBOT ⚡ 22:00, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

POTDPageCreator: Template:POTD/2024-06-10 does not exist[edit]

While attempting to create Template:POTD protected/2024-06-10, I found that Template:POTD/2024-06-10 does not exist. Please create it! When you have fixed this issue, please change the section title (e.g. append " - Fixed") or remove this section completely. I will repost the notice if the page is still broken or is re-broken. If you have any questions or comments that my operator should see, please post a notice to User talk:AnomieBOT. Thanks! AnomieBOT ⚡ 22:00, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]