Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Women of Britain Say - "Go!"
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- Reason
- An image already used in a few articles, illustrates the role women were cast in in the recruiting efforts of WWI in Britain rather well.
- Articles in which this image appears
- British women's literature of World War I, Recruitment to the British Army during the First World War, Music hall
- FP category for this image
- WP:Featured pictures/History/WWI
- Creator
- E. J. Kealey / Parliamentary Recruiting Committee; restored by Adam Cuerden
- Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden (talk) 14:16, 3 January 2016 (UTC)
- Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:22, 3 January 2016 (UTC)
Comment– They might just as well have said, "Go to hell!" – Sca (talk) 17:13, 3 January 2016 (UTC)- Poster was only produced in may 1915. Anyone going as a result would be a little late for the Second Battle of Ypres.©Geni (talk) 01:46, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
- But not for the ensuing 3 1/2 years of mutual slaughter. Sca (talk) 00:30, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
- Support – good. sst✈ 07:36, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
- Support per my !vote at Commons. Daniel Case (talk) 02:03, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
- Support – on historical EV pertaining to the emotional basis of much wartime propaganda. Sca (talk) 17:47, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
- Support - I could have sworn I supported this already! Miyagawa (talk) 20:12, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
- Support – interesting propaganda. Worth remembering that women couldn't vote and suffrage campaigns were suspended during the War (but continued quietly). Vesuvius Dogg (talk) 19:49, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
- @Vesuvius Dogg: I think that's what makes British women's literature of World War I so fascinating, really. Adam Cuerden (talk) 20:54, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
Promoted File:Women of Britain Say - "Go" - World War I British poster by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, art by E J Kealey (Restoration).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:39, 13 January 2016 (UTC)