Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Dagestani

Dagestani

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 15 Dec 2010 at 18:38:23 (UTC)

Reason: Excellent color photograph taken between 1905 and 1915 by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii. Appears in Dagestan, Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii. This picture is available from the United States Library of Congress
Articles in which this image appears: Dagestan, Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Traditional
Creator: Eloquence

Support as nominator -- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 18:38, 6 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Strong support I honestly thought that this was a photo taken within the last few years, not one hundred years ago! This is amazing! --AmericanXplorer13 (talk) 03:09, 7 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Sorry, I'm not seeing it. Yeah, it's a nice photo for its time, but that doesn't mean it's worthy of being a FP. J Milburn (talk) 11:31, 8 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- It has an excellent quality, what do you want more?-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 11:53, 8 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- That's totally unnecessary. Please learn to accept constructive criticism without taking personal offence. Try and take a more professional approach next time you make contributions to this site.-- mcshadypl ^T ^C 03:03, 9 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - I didn't insult, that was just my opinion. Yes, maybe I overstated, but that wasn't crossly meant.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 08:12, 9 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Gorskii's pictures File:Prokudin-Gorskii-19.jpg and File:Prokudin-Gorskii-09-edit2.jpg are also FLs, and this pic is not worse than the other.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 12:11, 8 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - Quality is not everything, the encyclopedic value of an image is far more important; perhaps you would prefer the Commons FPC. The other pictures you link are of notable subjects; this one is not. In any case, you'll note I did not support either of them... J Milburn (talk) 17:06, 8 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Tend to agree, EV feels pretty limited. Noodle snacks (talk) 09:14, 9 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Can you explain me what EV means? Thank you.--♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 09:46, 9 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

EV stands for Encyclopedic Value - "Adds value to an article and helps readers to understand an article. The image is used in one or more articles. A picture's encyclopedic value is given priority over its artistic value." Also "An image has more encyclopedic value (often abbreviated to "EV" or "enc" in discussions) if it contributes strongly to a single article, rather than contributing weakly to many. Adding an image to numerous articles to gain EV is counterproductive and may antagonize both FPC reviewers and article editors." That said, I vote Support. Awesome image, great historical value, and good enough EV. We've got an article about the photographer, guys! Aaadddaaammm (talk) 18:28, 9 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- So, erm, every picture he's taken has EV enough for a FP? J Milburn (talk) 01:01, 10 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - who are you talking about , j milburn. I personally agree with Noodle Snacks about the EV and I Oppose it.Pteronura brasiliensis (talk) 19:24, 9 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support I think it has good EV (unless those are not actual traditional clothes). Nergaal (talk) 20:12, 9 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose the image quality is not stellar. Unless nobody wears these kinds of clothes anymore, it should be possible to take better pictures of people wearing them. Besides, sitting on the grass is not the best way to showcase the traditional clothes. Purpy Pupple (talk) 08:10, 10 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I agree that the picture is not particularly stellar. Somehow it doesn't scream FP to me on technical aspects. SMasters (talk) 09:01, 10 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Sourcing and other information on the alt is substandard. Can we please have that fixed? J Milburn (talk) 22:05, 13 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support High EV, rare, historical and really good quality. FP for me --George Chernilevsky ^talk 10:17, 14 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 21:38, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]