Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Boeing 737-8 MAX Belyakov.jpg

Boeing 737 MAX 8

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 19 Feb 2021 at 10:34:59 (UTC)

Reason: Yeah yeah, I know, "Why are you still nominating stuff? You lost the other 2!" I had no idea of criterion 3#2: "It illustrates the subject in a compelling way, making the viewer want to know more." I think that this image meets that criteria well. It also has significant EV, and looks awesome technically. No JEPG or noise as far as I can zoom.
Articles in which this image appears: Boeing 737 MAX, Wingtip device
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Air
Creator: Oleg V. Belyakov

Support as nominator – Gerald WL 10:34, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – How does this pic convey the story of the 737-Max? – Sca (talk) 14:43, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sca, this does not have to convey the story of the groundings. It shows just how glorious the plane looks like to the world before the crash occurred. Striking wings and dynamic shape. Retrospectively, it conveys just how greedy Boeing is; seeing the image makes you cling between liking it or hating it. Gerald WL 14:54, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose – Doesn't illustrate entire aircraft. – Sca (talk) 15:11, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sca, it has to? The criteria merely states "It illustrates the subject in a compelling way", and I think this does. Showing the whole picture, I think would make it dull, as the whole body is predictable, looking at the previous 737s. This image shows the dynamic side of the 737, making it original. Gerald WL 15:19, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

'Scimitar' (a silly designation) appears to be growing out of the forward crew cabin (or cockpit). – Sca (talk) 14:45, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

PS: It's really not necessary to ping me every time you post. – Sca (talk) 14:45, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Well that's because of the angle it is shot. It's three dimensional world, anyone who has seen airplane photos can know that it's not growing out of the cabin. Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Air has similar angles. Gerald WL 18:27, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, we all knew that, but it makes for an awkward and odd composition. – Sca (talk) 20:08, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Arty, but with very little EV Nick-D (talk) 22:28, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. It is actually a pretty good illustration of the split-tip winglet, although I could quibble that the alignment of the winglet edge with the plane's nose makes it difficult to understand the image. But as the discussion above illustrates, its purpose as an illustration of this specific winglet rather than as a general illustration of the whole plane is not obvious from its current usage. We don't currently have a separate article on the split-tip winglet; it is just a paragraph in the more general winglet article. Is there enough EV for this subtopic? —David Eppstein (talk) 19:32, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

David Epstein, one could argue that it serves little EV, but I think it has a significant amount. In the wingtip device article, it illustrates the split-tip type, and in the MAX article, it gives a closer look at the device. It also shows how cool this aircraft was with the split-tip to everyone when it first launched: amazing, striking. Gerald WL 02:01, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose - Only Wingtip highlighted in the picture. The engine & fuselage is cropped off. A different color detail on wingtip bringing its design to focus might clear voting. --Kalyan (talk) 03:54, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:19, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]