Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/David Schwimmer 2
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 7 Sep 2010 at 17:06:28 (UTC)
- Reason
- Despite a little motion blur, I think this is a high quality illustration of the subject and a high EV usage in its current use on WP
- Articles in which this image appears
- David Schwimmer
The Last One (Friends)
Greenzo
The Pilot (Friends) - FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
- Creator
- toothgap
- Support as nominator --TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 17:06, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
- Oppose This isn’t a fine portrait; it is a quick snapshot from the audience, just like the Charles Baker nom. It is not what I would call eye-catching fine photography that showcases the outstanding material that comes to Wikipedia. These shortcomings are not overcome by the virtue of Schwimmer having spent a lot of time in Chicago.®™© Now this is what I would consider to be a good effort at capturing an eye-catching image of notable individuals; not this nom. Greg L (talk) 17:50, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
- Oppose, I have to agree with Greg. A good picture to have, but not FP material. J Milburn (talk) 20:17, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
- Oppose: The July 2005 picture is a better shot and that's not FP material either. I guess I have a hard time seeing how a snap taken from a crowd is going to meet FP requirements. I appreciate the effort it takes to get these photos, especially since in most cases there is no alternative. But to me the EV requirement says that for a public person the photo should tell me something about what the person is known for. For an actor it would probably be a shot in character in a role for which the subject is known.--RDBury (talk) 15:41, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
- I believe we have guidelines that specifically discourage that- a picture of the actor as themselves is preferred. What they are as a character is certainly not necessarily who they are- it wouldn't be fair to feature a picture of Russell Crowe as Maximus, as Crowe isn't actually a Roman soldier. J Milburn (talk) 18:38, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
- As an actor, though, showing him in a role tells us at least as much about him as a regular portrait does. Makeemlighter (talk) 02:05, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
- Only if that actor has only ever played one role... If he has played more than one (as DS has) then one could easily mistake their appearance in a picture as their regular appearance... Therefore it is best to have a picture of how they look most of the time ie when not working... gazhiley.co.uk 14:17, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
- As an actor, though, showing him in a role tells us at least as much about him as a regular portrait does. Makeemlighter (talk) 02:05, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
- I believe we have guidelines that specifically discourage that- a picture of the actor as themselves is preferred. What they are as a character is certainly not necessarily who they are- it wouldn't be fair to feature a picture of Russell Crowe as Maximus, as Crowe isn't actually a Roman soldier. J Milburn (talk) 18:38, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 18:56, 7 September 2010 (UTC)