Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Korean War causality

Chinese soldier killed during Korean war, 1951.

A Chinese soldier, killed by Marines of the 1st Marine Division in Korea during attack on Hill 1051, on Kari San Mountain

Edited version: tonal imbalance (L-R), dust removed

Reason: A perfect image of a war causality, it beautifully represents the subject matter of war dead. High resolution.
Articles this image appears in: Korean War
Creator: US Military. McMasters, N. H., photographer.

Support as nominator — Futurekiller 08:57, 25 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support Wonderful. SingCal 17:13, 25 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support, though I'm not sure I would use adjectives such as "wonderful" and "beautiful". -- Phoenix2 ^(holla) 07:16, 26 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support edited version. A striking and moving image. I thought the original looked tonally imbalanced; the new version is corrected and cleaned up. mikaul^talk 11:57, 26 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support, strong preference for edit--Mad Max 07:52, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Terrible, looks like a child - Alvesgaspar 08:47, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support, valuable photograph, very encyclopedic. - Mailer Diablo 02:24, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support #2 image. Some may object to a photo of a war dead that shows the face, but I don't. CLA 03:11, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support with preference for the edit.Spikebrennan 17:24, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose; I think this is disrespectful to the dead. -Branddobbe 01:02, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support edit - I don't feel that the potential disrespect outweighs the obvious importance of such a powerful war image.Supaluminal 04:09, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support edited version great illustration --snowolfD4 ^{( talk / @ )} 08:32, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I'm not convinced this image has enc value. How did this soldier die? The caption mentions him being killed by marines but looking at his shattered legs I'd hazard a guess at a land mine rather than a gunshot. Do we know whose? It's a powerful image but I think it fails criteria 5, 6 and 7. ~ Veledan • Talk 22:38, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The (slightly) extended caption at the image's source page states "Killed by air support, 05/23/1951". I'm not sure how certain anyone can be of this under the circumstances, but that's the way it's been archived. Land mines are unlikely at this location, assuming that is the location.. absence of proof is not proof of absence, or something like that. mikaul^talk 13:21, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with mikaul^talk, I'm not sure you can accurately tell a cause of death from a single photograph, the other photo by 'N.H McMasters' shows helicopters picking up wounded marines on the same kari san mountain on the same day, I wonder if this Chinese soldier was killed by a helicopter MG, however I don't know enough about the Korean War and helicopters used there to say with certainty. Bleh999 14:14, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support It's not too gory to be distasteful, but death is not pretty, he is covered in flies. Bleh999 16:19, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:DeadchinesesoldierEdit.jpg MER-C 11:56, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]