Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Christy Mathewson

Reason: Great portrait of The Christian Gentleman, one of the original five inductees in the baseball Hall of Fame, in 1910.
Articles this image appears in: Christy Mathewson
Creator: Photo: Paul Thompson. Restored by Michel Vuijlsteke

Support as nominator --Michel Vuijlsteke (talk) 11:45, 9 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment There's a blob on the corner of his mouth that almost certainly cannot be from the original shot. Otherwise, it looks quite good. If you can fix that, I'll support. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 10:05, 10 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I wasn't sure about the speck myself, but hey: it's gone! -- Michel Vuijlsteke (talk) 13:11, 10 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Sorry, it's nice, but Christy Mathewson was a baseball player. He'd need to be on the field or at least in uniform for this to have enough EV. Makeemlighter (talk) 01:58, 13 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I disagree that he has to be in uniform. To comply with that sort of restriction, singers should only be performing or in the studio and actors should only be in character and surgeons should only be in white coats with bloody gloves. Christy was also a soldier, and a bit of a "celebrity" in his time. Maedin\^talk 16:40, 15 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support: Although the blur on his nose is very distracting, I think this is excellent. Good quality and striking portrait. As a side note, when I was an adolescent, my dad had a book of old "baseball greats" and I remember this picture printed next to Christy's biography. He was the player I "liked most"—I thought he was so cute! Maedin\^talk 16:49, 15 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted ~ ωαdεstεr16_«talk^stalk» 17:08, 16 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]