Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/US states by date of statehood

US states by date of statehood

Reason: I looked at the article and saw this picture, which clearly explained and showed in a nice, attractive manner the order the states entered the union. It even shows W.V. and Maine splitting from Virgina and Massachusetts. Having this as a featured piture would compliment the featured list it is in. The Placebo Effect 20:45, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Articles this image appears in: List of U.S. states by date of statehood, United States, U.S. state
Creator: User:Astrokey44
Nominator: The Placebo Effect

Support — The Placebo Effect 20:45, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support -i think there must be a better way to show Maine becoming a seperate state from Massachusetts -Nelro
~~Weak oppose~~ - This is a nice and illustrative animation. But no being an American, it would be an useful improvement to show the names of the states when they appear. Alvesgaspar 21:30, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Weak support - Change my vote, the "weak" goes to the grey time scale and the aliased lines - Alvesgaspar 21:25, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Question: I'm terrible at U.S. History, but... is that exactly what each state looked like AS it joined the union? In other words, did any of them change boundaries after they joined? tiZom_(2¢) 22:04, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The only states that did are virgina, and massachusettes. The Placebo Effect 00:47, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nevada changed too -Nelro
It did, but it changed to the boundries it has now before any other states were added. The Placebo Effect 13:17, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
So did Missouri. Texas may have as well, and Kentucky was originally part of Virginia. --Golbez 20:54, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I realise it doesnt include the historical borders, it was made after a request on commons:Image talk:US states by date of statehood.PNG --Astrokey44 10:10, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - I would like to see the name of each state in its location at the "map". Now it's not really understandable for readers who don't know a lot about the U.S., its states and its geography. I think that in its current condition, it is not an attractive picture for most of Wikipedia's visitors. Tomer T 16:03, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have updated it to include the states names. --Astrokey44 10:10, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support I feel that adding names would clutter this map, and initials wouldn't add much to those without much knowledge about the US.KenBest 04:03, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Provisional Support, I would like to see the year in question written in a large font - currently it only really shows the sequence of statehoods, to see what year the state received statehood you have a lot of trouble reading the years on the slider-bar at the bottom.

Witty lama 10:24, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Actually I tried updating it with the dates before, but the thumbnail image refuses to work. Probably this is because of the larger filesize.. it is now located here --Astrokey44 12:31, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - Agree with Witty lama. Also, why is the time scale grey (instead of back or dark blue)? By the way, the states names are nice. Alvesgaspar 10:55, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

the blue bar might be harder to see if the key was black. im glad you like the names :) --Astrokey44 12:31, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support Tomer T 12:46, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support very nicely done. Cat-five - talk 22:00, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong opppose the borders are not even attempting to be anti-aliased. Circeus 20:09, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- anti-aliasing makes maps harder for other people to edit --Astrokey44 15:20, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - Is it really that likely the date of statehoods will change? The image should look good at full size. It absolutely does not.Circeus 22:24, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support very encyclopedic, nice job RyGuy17 19:26, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support educational and nicely done kstern 02:53, 12 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Edit or original? Moving to "additional input required" section. --KFP (talk | contribs) 16:24, 16 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Edit. I doesn't hurt to have the dates and states in the image, and it's not detracting, really. _└^Jared_┘^┌_talk^┐ 17:48, 19 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Edit It gets the message across even better. The Placebo Effect 18:57, 21 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:US states by date of statehood3.gif --KFP (talk | contribs) 15:15, 27 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]