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Original – Double-crested cormorant juvenile drying its wet feathers
Reason
Quality lead image, represents the subject well. We do have a 2005 FP
here but it doesn't have a good angle or high resolution. I will do a delist nom once this nom passes.
Comment/Question - I don't think the article should lead with a photo of a juvenile. The convention (for pretty much all animal articles, not just birds) is to lead with photos of "typical" adults (sometimes with separate photos of the male and female if they are sexually dimorphic). We usually put juvenile photos in a Life cycle or Gallery section. If I were to move this photo lower down in the article, that wouldn't affect the nomination would it?
Kaldari (
talk) 16:28, 1 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Kaldari, it shouldn't affect the nom, being in an infobox is not a requirement. It just implies editors think it represents the subject well (it just implies, it doesn't prove). The image has EV as a juvenile, improves the article as such, and meets the technical requirements, therefore it meets the FP criteria, regardless of whether it's in the infobox or not. Personally I am Ok with it in the infobox because, it's the best image, it is identified by a caption therefore no misrepresentation, and it has been stable. However, if you or anyone wants to move it, they could (my edit summary in the article says so as well).
Bammesk (
talk) 01:43, 2 May 2020 (UTC)reply
Promoted File:Double-crested cormorant at Sutro Baths-6460.jpg --
ArmbrustTheHomunculus 07:17, 9 May 2020 (UTC)reply