Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Alessandro Scarlatti - Griselda

Alessandro Scarlatti - Griselda

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 14 May 2013 at 14:48:19 (UTC)

Reason: This is the first page ("Atto Primo, Scena Prima") of an autograph manuscript copy of Scarlatti's final opera; it's in his own handwriting, and has some unusual features including a correction on the fourth stave. It's a good example of a "working copy" of a piece of music by a reasonably important Baroque composer. The manuscript itself is a little dirty and worn (especially in the lower right corner), but cleanup would not seem appropriate - this is, after all, how it looks!; The only other two music MS featured images have been cropped to give a white background rather than a grey one, but personally I feel the neutral background feels better - it makes the edges of the manuscript more visible.; Currently used to illustrate the Scarlatti article as well as the article on Griselda itself.; (Recently featured on Commons.)
Articles in which this image appears: Alessandro Scarlatti; Griselda (A. Scarlatti)
FP category for this image: Entertainment
Creator: Uploaded by commons:User:LibraryBot; digitised and released by the British Library.

Support as nominator --Andrew Gray (talk) 14:48, 5 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment, leaning support: This is an obvious FP in some form, and we don't want to crop it too closely, but there seems to be a lot more black background than actually necessary. What do you think of cropping it to the page edge? Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 11:17, 6 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure how well it would work, but feel free to give it a shot :-) The paper's not completely straight-edged - and there's a bit of warping due to age - so we're either going to have to crop bits of the paper off, or still leave some background visible. Andrew Gray (talk) 13:24, 6 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I was thinking just crop a little tighter, if it still looks good. I'll fiddle with it. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 20:13, 6 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Support ~~original~~ ~~or Support white background (if made available)~~. I won't support a straight crop that removes the entire book portion because that to me was a fascinating little extra bit to look at, the sheaf of papers and the cover. It's not much, but it's EV (for me, at least). If the dark background is removed though, and the book is kept whole, that's fine by me. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 18:05, 6 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm good with either. ~~I'll say support alt 1 because it will look much nicer and cleaner on an article.~~ Would removing the background entirely be a bad idea? There'd be no faux border, this way, and the book cover would probably be a little more apparent than it is in Alt 1. Just a thought. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 23:46, 6 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

That tends to be rather obvious, though. Cut-outs are rarely entirely clean. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 09:51, 7 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Support, agree with User:Keraunoscopia. --Wingtipvorte^X PTT ∅ 20:27, 6 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support alt 1 Think that just that extra bit of tightness makes it look better and more... well, thoughtfully-prepared, I guess. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 21:04, 6 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm happy with either version (in fact, I'd be happy just to upload the tighter crop over the original, if the Commons FP people won't mind switching...) Andrew Gray (talk) 21:22, 6 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I too Support alt 1, but am happy with the original as well. --Wingtipvorte^X PTT ∅ 22:43, 6 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Support either, prefer original. Original is currently used in the articles and is a Commons FP, and I like the small additional border for better contrast. --Pine^✉ 06:41, 8 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- If an alt is passed, everything gets switched over. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 09:10, 9 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  - The Commons FP will remain as it is, and I prefer the original version anyway. --Pine^✉ 21:39, 12 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
As above, Support either, prefer original--Godot13 (talk) 02:30, 9 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Alessandro Scarlatti - Griselda. (BL Add MS 14168 f. 5r) crop.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 00:28, 15 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Edit 1 has 6 supports, while the original only 5. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 00:28, 15 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]