Support Sure! Looks good, even if likely a bit of artistic license insofar as I believe black holes tend to have more accretion discs than shown. Adam Cuerden(
talk) 12:42, 21 February 2016 (UTC)reply
Support –
Jobas (
talk) 20:02, 21 February 2016 (UTC)reply
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Reason
Shows the spread of Women's Suffrage across America in a very engaging way. The poem by
Alice Duer Miller adds a fair bit of interest, and this image has been the main illustration on the artist's page since late 2014, albeit in a much lower-quality copy.
Henry "Hy" Mayer, restored by
Adam Cuerden. Does "Hy" really count as a nickname, or is that just like the old Wm as short for William type of traditional abbreviations?
Support –
Jobas (
talk) 20:07, 21 February 2016 (UTC)reply
Support Not sure quite what the benefit is of Sca's comment. Yes it is dark. The room is dark. Anyway, looks good to me, excellent detail, and darkness is representative of the lighting level in the hall, on the basis of the heavy focussed lights on the exhibits, but not on the main floor itself...
gazhiley 16:45, 22 February 2016 (UTC)reply
Being dark makes detail less accessible to the casual viewer of the Main Page, of whom there are millions every day. This isn't a technical comment – understand it's a dark scene.
Sca (
talk) 15:34, 23 February 2016 (UTC)reply
Yes I understand what you meant Sca, but not what the benefit of adding that comment is? What is the intended result of leaving a single word comment? And if there was no intended result then may I ask why you felt the need to do so? I just find it odd personally...
gazhiley 16:29, 23 February 2016 (UTC)reply
Well, we all have our personal foibles, don't we? But in this case, IMO, the photo doesn't fully meet
criteria Nos. 1 or 3 due to the darkness of the subject.
Sca (
talk)
It wasn't a comment on you personally Sca, just saying the comment itself with any follow up or explanation was odd. Not you. The comment. Your further explaination makes more sense now, as I see that your "Dark" comment was saying that that is a bad thing - not just a random comment stating a fact... Thank you for explaining futher...
gazhiley 11:09, 24 February 2016 (UTC)reply
Oppose It appears to be tilted to the left and underexposed between 1/3 and 2/3 EV. Also vertical center of the hall isn't in a center of the frame.
SkywalkerPL (
talk) 17:16, 28 February 2016 (UTC) +reply
The exhibition being off to the left justifies the choice of centre though. I'm not sure it's underexposed - I think that any increase in exposure would blow the brightly-lit exhibit. SupportAdam Cuerden(
talk) 02:23, 1 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Support as nominator –
Tomer T (
talk) 16:45, 21 February 2016 (UTC)reply
Support A tad soft towards the centre of the picture, but otherwise excellent detail.
gazhiley 16:39, 22 February 2016 (UTC)reply
Support –
Jobas (
talk) 14:44, 23 February 2016 (UTC)reply
Comment If Novoslobodskaya is a train station, wouldn't the platform have greater EV? —
Chris Woodrich (
talk) 15:32, 23 February 2016 (UTC)reply
Depends on the arrangement of the station. If the architecture near the platform iis a lot more standard, the interesting other parts might well have higher EV. In any case, I think there's room for both. SupportAdam Cuerden(
talk) 05:40, 25 February 2016 (UTC)reply
Support as nominator –
Buxtehude (
talk) 16:41, 23 February 2016 (UTC)reply
On my monitor I find it hard to discern differences between original and ALT, so I'm fine with the ALT version.
Buxtehude (
talk) 12:53, 4 March 2016 (UTC)reply
A few minor scratches, but that's easily fixable. I'll do that by tomorrow. Support ^alt in the meantime. Very grainy, but nothing appalling. Period where we kind of have to take what we can get Adam Cuerden(
talk) 10:20, 24 February 2016 (UTC)reply
Support ALT –
Bammesk (
talk) 17:21, 27 February 2016 (UTC) amended my vote
Bammesk (
talk) 03:00, 1 March 2016 (UTC)reply
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Reason
ANZAC day is approaching, and I think we often forget New Zealand. This is an iconic image of the
Māori Battalion, well-known in in New Zealand (I am assured by New Zealand friends).
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Reason
High quality scan of a poster which both illustrates the subject and was used in education in the same, under
a regime which emphasised Pancasila in all walks of life.
Support –
Jobas (
talk) 19:32, 25 February 2016 (UTC)reply
Support I don't understand a word of it, but it looks like it is high quality and its use is definitely encyclopedic. Cat-fivetc ---- 08:58, 6 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Support as nominator –
Scewing (
talk) 15:41, 25 February 2016 (UTC)reply
Comment Horizontal resolution is 250 px below minimum. —
Chris Woodrich (
talk) 15:48, 25 February 2016 (UTC)reply
@
Crisco 1492: That's mainly because it's a rather extreme crop of the original, though. Why not remove this from articles and put in the original, CSS cropped? I like the original better, anyway. Adam Cuerden(
talk) 15:55, 25 February 2016 (UTC)reply
Support ALT – uncropped version, and its use in articles by CSS image crop template, per above. It has the minimum pixels and good composition.
Bammesk (
talk) 17:15, 27 February 2016 (UTC)reply
I support the original –
Jobas (
talk) 22:57, 28 February 2016 (UTC)reply
At time this was added "Original" meant "alt". I think. Adam Cuerden(
talk) 22:23, 4 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Comment- This is going to get confusing... The "original" meaning the original presented here, or the original pre-crop image (which hasn't been presented here as an alt yet)?-
Godot13 (
talk) 16:21, 29 February 2016 (UTC)reply
I introduced an alternate and amended my vote. The scan has some technical issues but the photograph's quality is too good not to support, IMO.
Bammesk (
talk) 02:53, 1 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Support as nominator –
Nergaal (
talk) 04:40, 28 February 2016 (UTC)reply
Support Considering the size of the photograph, I think the quality is good enough. I like the EV too. It can definitely catch your eye.
Étienne Dolet (
talk) 07:01, 29 February 2016 (UTC)reply
Support You cant go and take a snapshot of this everyday, can you? ;-) --
Janke |
Talk 08:23, 29 February 2016 (UTC)reply
Just because you people don't want to pay the transport costs... SupportAdam Cuerden(
talk) 02:35, 1 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Support That's an ACTUAL picture of ACTUAL Mars. Technology is amazing... Oh and this is an excellent picture that will get the attention of visitors to the site.
gazhiley 09:02, 5 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Support Very nice, especially considering the circumstances required to take such a picture. Cat-fivetc ---- 09:00, 6 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Support - attention getter for sure. Atsme📞📧 19:51, 6 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Promoted File:Curiosity Self-Portrait at 'Big Sky' Drilling Site.jpg --
ArmbrustTheHomunculus 11:05, 9 March 2016 (UTC)reply
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Reason
A rather nicely-composed image, showing many of the symbols of Welsh nationalism - flag, daffodil, druidicism/historical dress (I believe that's part of the druidicism that pervades such things as the
Eisteddfod, but I can't prove that without a source).
Comment - @
Adam Cuerden: the shot's amazing. Great quality. Symbolism is good. However, I'm hesitant in voting support (I'm inclined for a weak support, unless you convince me otherwise, and you usually do) because I'm worried about EV here. It seems like any other parade in Wales, and how this particular theme relates to St. David's Day is questionable on my end. Is this the only way they celebrate it? If so, is the costume of this person unique for St. David Day parades, or do people dress like this during other Wales parades as well? If it's the latter, I'm afraid the EV may drop considerably. Also, the guy on the left with the yellow jacket is kinda bugging me.
Étienne Dolet (
talk) 07:39, 1 March 2016 (UTC)reply
@
EtienneDolet: Offhand, I can't think of any other day widely celebrated with parades, to be honest - Admittedly, when I lived in Wales, I was out in Haverfordwest, not one of the big cities - still, anything I can think of that would be a parade, e.g. celebrating a sporting win, probably wouldn't involve costumes. Adam Cuerden(
talk) 09:53, 1 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Comment I'm still inclined to do a weak support, but I'm going to let others comment and see what they have to say.
Étienne Dolet (
talk) 18:04, 1 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Weak Support –
Jobas (
talk) 06:42, 2 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Suggestion: crop out the yellow out-of-focus guy on the left? He's very distracting.
Renata (
talk) 15:56, 6 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Comment - crop much needed. Atsme📞📧 19:50, 6 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Keep eyeing this and trying to figure out how to crop it, to keep it balanced. Adam Cuerden(
talk) 01:23, 11 March 2016 (UTC)reply
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Reason
This is a historic painting and a high technical standard and extremely high resolution photograph by the restoration team (53,671 × 47,584 pixels). High resolution is valuable for encyclopaedic use, as Bosch is famous for his fine detail work, for example the top right of the work shows a sinking ship and a crowd of fishermen dragging a giant fish out of the sea, details that are almost impossible to examine at conventional resolutions and best viewed on Wikipedia using the
media zoom viewer. This image replaced a manipulated image and is an official research quality photograph/scan taken after recent restoration by the Bosch Research and Conservation Project. A scan at the same resolution of the painting using
infra-red reflectography is available at
File:Triptych of the crucified Martyr (infra-red reflectography).jpg.
Support as nominator –
Fæ (
talk) 08:15, 1 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Support — Great work, it is fun to spend some time wandering through the image at full resolution. --
AFBorchert (
talk) 19:08, 1 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Note, the image was so large that it was breaking the zoomviewer. The viewer has now been rebuilt after a modification to be able to cope, and you should be able to see the correct version of the file and zoom in down to see every brush stroke. --
Fæ (
talk) 22:48, 3 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Support Very nice, and glad to hear that the viewer was fixed so that it can be seen in full. Cat-fivetc ---- 09:02, 6 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Support - impressive Atsme📞📧 19:48, 6 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Support - What a treat. And a nice tie in for Bosch's quincentenary. (Especially for those of us who are not likely to get to the exhibition in the Netherlands).
Mr impossible (
talk) 12:46, 9 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Support, but it does seem a bit soft. —
Chris Woodrich (
talk) 05:32, 3 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Would a crop have more EV?
Nergaal (
talk) 16:36, 3 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Nergaal-I thought about it, but wanted to include some of the background (how often do you get to use part of an iceberg washed up on the shore as background?). The article does use a css image crop to make it a bit tighter.--
Godot13 (
talk) 17:25, 3 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Borderline Support per
Chris Woodrich. Given the file size I was expecting crisper. It's crisp enough to show the water droplets though, hence support. No opinion on the crop...
gazhiley 08:54, 5 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Weak Support Don't like the crop, and I agree that it is a tiny bit soft, but overall it is a good image. Cat-fivetc ---- 09:03, 6 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Support - pretty "cool" shot. Atsme📞📧 19:45, 6 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Oppose Not sharp enough - possibly because hand held 1/200sec at 300mm not a good combination. The composition doesn't work very well for me.
Charlesjsharp (
talk) 10:45, 8 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Support as nominator –
Imad_J (
talk) 22:57, 2 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Note:This is a featured picture on the Arabic and German language Wikipedia.
Imad_J (
talk) 22:59, 2 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Support Excellent work, quality is exactly what this process is for - highlighting pictures like this. I'm intruiged by the way that the Chimneys appear to be habitated (if not now, then previously). Excellent...
gazhiley 08:49, 5 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Support Very nice. Cat-fivetc ---- 09:06, 6 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Support - it passes hands down - nothing more I can add to what's already been said. Atsme📞📧 15:13, 6 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Needs a fifth support, so here it comes - very interesting image! --
Janke |
Talk 10:07, 8 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Support as nominator –
Imad_J (
talk) 22:30, 3 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Note This is a featured picture on the Arabic language Wikipedia.-
Imad_J (
talk) 11:03, 4 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Comment – Nice capture of a nice little owl. Two notes: Detail at full resolution is a bit fuzzy, and the matching background doesn't provide much contrast.
Sca (
talk) 16:15, 4 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Weak Support No issue with the background - it is the scenery this owl is found in, so helps with EV. Not full support though because per
Sca the detail at full res is fuzzy, probably due to this literally being borderline sizewise.
gazhiley 08:46, 5 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Weak Support that background, but otherwise nice. Cat-fivetc ---- 09:07, 6 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Support – I like the background. It looks like a good
camouflage, EV worthy. The details aren't perfect, but I think are Ok. (probably as good as it gets for the small camera and sensor, just about meets the 1500 pixels given the down sampling.)
Bammesk (
talk) 17:30, 6 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Support ALT – per comments below, seems like
Atsme denoised and the jpg artifacts are gone (eye area). I agree with the file size comments by user
Charlesjsharp below. May be denoising the original 4000x3000px image and then down sampling to 2000x1500px can produce a higher quality image. I like the image, but agree that the technical quality could be better.
Bammesk (
talk) 03:18, 9 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Comment - it could use a little PS tweaking. Atsme📞📧 19:42, 6 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Feel free to upload a tweak if you think it's worthwhile. (overwrite
[1] or alternate)
Bammesk (
talk) 21:40, 6 March 2016 (UTC)reply
I'll see what I can do. Atsme📞📧 22:25, 6 March 2016 (UTC) See if that helps. 23:09, 6 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Oppose Not a very large file and so little definition which is a shame, so not quite FP. No binomial name.
Charlesjsharp (
talk) 10:41, 8 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Comment - the size of the file meets the requirements for FP (minimum of 1500 pixels in width and height) but I also realize larger files are preferred. The binomial name can easily be added by the nom.Done ✓16:25, 8 March 2016 (UTC) I agree that it lacks definition but does the EV make-up for it? I'm neither familiar with the region nor do I know how difficult it is to photograph this species. Input? Atsme📞📧 16:15, 8 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Support It's a shame so much of the Viper is out of focus, but the important parts are well captured, and the EV pushes this into the realm of a support...
gazhiley 08:32, 5 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Support pretty much per Gaz. Cat-fivetc ---- 09:07, 6 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Support - Not the perfect crop, but I do like the position and context of the snake.
Mattximus (
talk) 13:21, 6 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Support - the eyes, the horns, the scales!! Atsme📞📧 14:58, 6 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Oppose Over-exposed and not very sharp.
Charlesjsharp (
talk) 10:38, 8 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Oppose - have to agree with above, basically, only the head is sharp, so the rest of the area in the photo is almost superfluous. And cutting off the tip of the tail is just too much... ;) --
Janke |
Talk 09:22, 9 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Oppose – The in-focus area has lots of white spots, both on the animal's skin and on the sand (visible at 100%, but easier to see at 200%). Also, for a zoo photograph it can be better (stack focus and better lighting).
Bammesk (
talk) 01:11, 11 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Support as nominator – Full disclosure: Pallas' cat is also called "Manul", which is my name (conflict of interest?). Manul ~
talk 15:21, 4 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Administrative note - the listing was just added to the page now, restarting timer.
עוד מישהוOd Mishehu 04:29, 6 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Support the crop top is a little bit off-putting, but otherwise a very nice image. Cat-fivetc ---- 09:05, 6 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Weak oppose I'd like to support, but the crop is too tight, with clipped head. Commons has several full-body shots, but they look unsharp at full size. Looks like it could be retaken easily.
Brandmeistertalk 17:23, 6 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Comment - is it possible to redo the crop or is it the shot itself? Atsme📞📧 19:40, 6 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Oppose due to tight crop - a full head would provide better EV. --
Janke |
Talk 20:52, 6 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Weak support – due to crop (or framing), but it's an interesting species and detail of coat and eyes is very good.
Sca (
talk) 15:04, 7 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Oppose Nice photo, but the tight crop/zoom significantly reduces the EV.
Nick-D (
talk) 10:04, 8 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Comment – for article use
[2] 220px is too small, the car is hard to see. To the right is a 270px example crop, it puts more emphasis on the car. Just a suggestion.
Bammesk (
talk) 02:10, 11 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Think that CSS image cropping is appropriate, though I think this can pass either way. Adam Cuerden(
talk) 18:50, 11 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Compositionally, I much prefer the original. —
Chris Woodrich (
talk) 01:08, 12 March 2016 (UTC)reply
comment The lighting of the ski run is unfortunate and also it would be better to use the description cable car rather than North American tramway.
Charlesjsharp (
talk) 10:35, 13 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Question: Where do you read "North American tramway"?--
Moroder (
talk) 11:20, 13 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Support - Good EV. Admittedly at first I had some difficulty seeing the restoration other than some specks in the image. But then I noticed the very subtle restoration (not cropping) at the top and right edges...--
Godot13 (
talk) 04:48, 16 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Support While not perfectly focused throughout, given the very large image size, the flaws are very minor. Adam Cuerden(
talk) 14:50, 13 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Comment - It's good quality. I'm just wondering if whould we have the bottom edge cropped out a bit. What do you think?
Étienne Dolet (
talk) 19:36, 14 March 2016 (UTC)reply
The edge isn't straight, so I think part of the painting would be chopped off during crop. Maybe there's another way...
Brandmeistertalk 21:17, 14 March 2016 (UTC)reply
That's why, when I copied images from the MET, I always kept a black border, to keep the canvas from looking artificially straight... Shame Google doesn't have the other three edges online. —
Chris Woodrich (
talk) 02:50, 15 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Personally, I don't mind having a small bit of the painting cropped just to even it out. But is it such a crime to do so under FP standards?
Étienne Dolet (
talk) 06:01, 15 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Well,
WP:WIAFP advises against "deceptive", "inappropriate" and "any manipulation which causes the main subject to be misrepresented".
Brandmeistertalk 09:07, 15 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Problem being that the other sides have already been cropped like that... —
Chris Woodrich (
talk) 09:27, 15 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Comment – The obverse includes what appears to be an image of a repeat of Franklin's kite experiment (and a flying topless lady at right), and I'm wondering what that has to with Hawaii.
Sca (
talk) 14:37, 17 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Good question
Sca- The design of National Bank Notes was uniform with the exception of the section of lettering on the front identifying the name of the bank and its location (sometimes called the "tombstone") and the charter number engraved in the border (and in large numbers across the center reverse). For most states and some territories the reverse side left oval contained the state or territorial coat of arms. Since Hawaii was annexed in 1898 and the 1882 series in essence ended in 1902, an official territorial coat of arms was never added. (Idaho, for example, stated issuing in the 1860s and there are two versions of the territorial seal). The remaining territories (like Hawaii) simply had two versions of the eagle in the ovals. Hope that helps...--
Godot13 (
talk) 18:08, 17 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Support – Still puzzled. But, well, it's different. Colors seem somewhat reminiscent of some Confederate notes.
Sca (
talk) 18:28, 17 March 2016 (UTC)reply
The purpose of having all the notes with the same basic design was familiarity and recognition. They were backed by the Treasury and were legal tender in any state or territory. The early vignettes were meant to be "educational" in nature (
particularly the reverse).--
Godot13 (
talk) 18:57, 17 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Yes, I can see the wingborne lady was very educational.
Sca (
talk) 23:58, 17 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Support, also it's not that often you can see bare breasts on banknotes...
Brandmeistertalk 19:07, 18 March 2016 (UTC)reply
... At least,not that are supposed to be there.Once I've got my hands on them with my little marker pen,it's a different story....
Lemon martini (
talk) 18:00, 26 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Well, Hawaii does have a tropical climate.
Sca (
talk) 00:01, 19 March 2016 (UTC)reply
Oppose as I could see too much noise in it. The distractions like the dry tree, surrounding peaks do hinder the view. A nice shoot but not just fine for a FP.
See Here for getting some which I would have picked up.-
The Herald (Benison) •
the joy of the LORDmy strength 17:31, 25 March 2016 (UTC)reply
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Reason
One of the most important late works by
W. S. Gilbert, this expanded retelling of H.M.S. Pinafore for children teaches them such things as how one goes about singing a song to the moon (Step one: During the intermission evening, stay in your cabin composing it on your guitar...) It's a very fun read, and, while we currently lack an article on the book itself, this image is used to represent it in H.M.S. Pinafore and
Gilbert and Sullivan
@
Brandmeister: It's from a book and the captions are printed on separate pages; I don't think the borders don't really add any significant value here beyond needing a CSS crop. Adam Cuerden(
talk) 19:29, 20 March 2016 (UTC)reply
I think it might give a false impression about the borders to an average user (technically they are still part of the page), but wouldn't oppose on that basis.
Brandmeistertalk 19:35, 20 March 2016 (UTC)reply
At least this is done consistently, rather than leaving two sides uncropped... —
Chris Woodrich (
talk) 23:39, 20 March 2016 (UTC)reply
At least I can blame Google in that case :)
Brandmeistertalk 15:22, 21 March 2016 (UTC)reply