Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Federal Lands in Southern Nevada (Delist Nomination)

Federal Lands in Southern Nevada edit

Useful? maybe; image, however, lacks FP quality picture similar to above: nothing special and lacks "wow" quality

Nominate and Delist. - Vircabutar 19:41, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. It was made by a Wikipedian. That's enough "wow" factor for me. howch e ng {chat} 00:11, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delist. The map is not extraordinary and if this was nominated for FP status today it would be denied. -- AJ24 01:31, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. It's professional, clear and informative: everything a map should be.--Bagginz 07:20, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- comment yes it's professional and informative (like any other maps), but the question is whether it's amazingly special or encyclopedic that it should be a FP. --Vircabutar 17:00, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  - If "any other map" is professional and informative, I'll show you something drawn on a cocktail napkin. This map was promoted on a 6-1 vote a scant ten months ago. Its creator took suggestions from users to make a good map better. The craftsmanship is enough for me to recommend keeping it as an FP. Perhaps the addition of anthropomorphic clouds with puffy cheeks supplying wind at the four corners and drawing sea dragons off the edges would increase the "wow" factor. --Bagginz 16:51, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delist. It doesn't matter who made this...it's still a map, and I don't think there's anything about this map that makes it good enough to be a FP. --Joniscool98 15:31, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Excellent quality, informative map produced by a Wikipedian, clearly labelled , nice use of colour, clear to read, includes topographic relief and shows location context within the United States. It is particularly encyclopedic in terms of its subject matter as evidenced by its use in eight articles (Nevada Test Site, Nellis Air Force Range, Nellis Air Force Base, Tonopah Test Range, Desert National Wildlife Refuge, Area 51, Yucca Mountain, Mercury, Nevada) and also appears in other language Wikipedias. It is well referenced on its image page which includes details of its method of production and design rationale which would be very useful to the production of other maps for Wikipedia in the future.--Melburnian 02:53, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- It's also used in the French, Japanese, Polish, Finnish and whatever language ET is Wikipedias. Middenface 09:20, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  - That would be Estonian. User:Angr 11:38, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Agree with Melburnian - very well made, and illustrates a confluence of locations of interest (particularly Area 51, Yucca Mountain, and early atomic testing range) - not "nothing special". --Davepape 03:09, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - it's a great example of what Wikipedia should have more of. "wow factor" be damned. Middenface 09:20, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delist. Delisting does not mean deleting. This is not a vote about whether Wikipedia should have maps or not -- "wow factor" matters, amongst other things. -- Moondigger 19:58, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep-- Chris 73 | Talk 14:07, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. It wows me more than yet another flower or bug. User:Angr 11:40, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Retained as featured picture Raven4x4x 06:00, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]