Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Moonbeam III

Moonbeam III

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 21 Nov 2012 at 19:04:51 (UTC)

Reason: Good quality photo of a yacht designed by William Fife, already featured on Commons
Articles in which this image appears: William Fife
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Vehicles/Water
Creator: Ludo29 on Commons

Support as nominator --Pine^✉ 19:04, 12 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support, quite striking and beautiful, good coloration, educational and encyclopedic. — Cirt (talk) 00:21, 13 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support. Quite an interesting and striking photo, but sharpness is lacking. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 12:59, 13 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. It's a lovely photograph of a yacht, but I wish there were more information about it in our article(s). Right now, it's only mentioned in passing in William Fife, sharing a bullet point with Moonbeam IV on a list of yachts identified (without specific explanation) as being among Fife's sixteen most notable vessels still sailing. The bullet point briefly mentions that it is a "cruiser handicap rater" without further explanation or supporting references and links. What is the sail plan? Is the ship notable for its design, or its condition, or because it was used to smuggle rum? Is it flying a French flag for a particular event or does it have a French owner? What happened to Moonbeams I and II? Right now this image is being used as part of a gallery down the side of the article. While it is the only color photograph and is arguably the prettiest and most 'dynamic' of the bunch, right now the other images seem to have greater historical and educational significance. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 14:30, 13 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- I believe that since the only contemporary photograph of a Fife vessel that's still sailing, and the article is about Fife rather than the ship, the current placement of the image has good EV as a depiction of Fife's work and legacy. Regarding the French flag, if you read the caption on the file page, it says that the photo was taken as the ship participated in the French Fêtes maritimes de Brest 2008 maritime event. --Pine^✉ 18:43, 13 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 04:30, 22 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]