Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Charlie Murder

Charlie Murder edit

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 18 May 2014 at 01:31:02 (UTC)

Original – A screenshot from the action/role-playing/beat-em-up video game Charlie Murder, in which players assume control of members of a punk rock garage band as they fight off an undead/demonic army summoned by a former band member.

Reason: Why do I feel that this should be an FP? Actually, I don't. I think that it's too small. Adam Cuerden feels that a size exception should be made, however, and since the size is the only thing that was holding me back... well... here it is. It has decent EV, high quality, and freely licensed screenshots are still not all that common.
Articles in which this image appears: Charlie Murder (first of three screenshots in a vertical bar), Ska Studios
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment
Creator: Ska Studios, who released a boatload of screenshots and character art after discussions with me

Support as nominator – Sven Manguard Wha? 01:31, 8 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support - If the game's native resolution is 1280 pixels wide, we can't ask for more. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 03:38, 8 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- I did some checking, and most Xbox 360 games are natively 1280x720 (720p) resolution, which is what this is. My last screenshot FP nominee was larger, 1920x1080 (1080p), but that game was intended for release on the PC. Sven Manguard Wha? 05:03, 8 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Godhulii 1985 (talk) 06:57, 8 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support if the native resolution matches the image, it follows that a higher resolution would mislead. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 17:57, 8 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support: Admittedly, this is my first FP vote, but I don't see any issues with the WP:Featured picture criteria, and this is an all-around good picture IMO. (Good job on getting Ska to release the pictures, BTW) Supernerd11 :D Firemind ^_^ Pokedex 02:17, 9 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
What exactly is the educational value in this, aside from showing what the game looks like?-- Brainy J ~✿~ (talk) 19:52, 9 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Far as I know, educational value can be bypassed for FP's. Since this is definitely a compelling picture and, as nom said, there's not a lot of free screenshots out there, that's enough to get around that since it fits all of the featured picture criteria, IMO. Supernerd11 :D Firemind ^_^ Pokedex 20:20, 9 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  - (edit conflict) Brainy J: Actually, that's exactly where the EV comes from. Screenshots are tremendously useful in helping readers understand elements of the game that don't lend themselves easily to being described with prose. This includes the art style, what the playable characters look like, elements of the user interface, and so on. In much the same way that an article about a painting is greatly enriched by being able to see the actual painting, an article about a video game is greatly enriched by being able to see stills from the game. This is also Sven Manguard 20:29, 9 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    - Supernerd11 and Brainy J: At FPC we use the term "encyclopedic value", rather than "educational value". That way, people can discuss how much an image adds to the articles it is in, without having to deal with people's subjective opinions on the subject of the image itself. The discussion is not "do video games (or images of video games) have educational value", it is "does this image help readers understand the article, or points within it". See item #5 at Wikipedia:Featured picture criteria. This is also Sven Manguard 20:32, 9 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support The picture is alright, surprisingly got the game after looking at this picture! ///EuroCarGT 01:39, 10 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Charlie Murder screenshot 5.png --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 01:41, 18 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]